This set, along with the direct previous Japanese set Incandescent Arcana which focused on Alolan Vulpix, will be the basis of the fourth and final English-language Sword & Shield set of 2022, which is expected to close out the era for international audiences
Goyo Predator X EARTH Level 6 [ Warrior / SynchroEffect ] ATK 2400 DEF 1200 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon that monster to your side of the field, but any battle damage it inflicts to a player is halved
You can use this ability from the bench, powering up this Ho-Oh to get it to four Fire Energy so you can use it Shining Feather attack, dealing 160 damage and healing all your Pokemon for 50 damage each
This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat
Better pack some infinite hand size effects
If you have two non-Hydra creatures with Wildwood Scourge's ability (perhaps because they were mutated using the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths mutate ability), putting a +1/+1 counter on any non-Hydra creature you control will cause the two abilities to trigger each other indefinitely
