Today, the official Pokemon TCG Pocket Twitter account released a statement: "It has come to our attention that there was a production issue regarding the illustration of Ho-Oh featured in the immersive card artwork for Ho-Oh EX (3-Star) and Lugia EX (3-Star)." It identifies the issue: "The card production team provided incorrect reference materials as official documents to the illustrator commissioned to create these cards." For now, both cards have been replaced with placeholder text that reads "New Art Coming Soon," and the statement affirms that new material will come "as soon as it's ready." While the statement doesn't directly mention the artist who alleges their work was used, it does offer apologies to "the talented illustrators who bring the Pokemon world to life" and reassures "we are also conducting a broader investigation to ensure no similar issues exist elsewhere in the game." Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more The original artist shared a statement (with an English version they say they used "a translator" for) which reads: "I appreciate the prompt resolution and hope this matter rests here." Unfortunately, artwork that hasn't been licensed or commissioned ending up in games is nothing new

This is pretty dangerous if you have a lot of birds when it comes out, and fits nicely into a typal deck but doesn't have legs outside of that
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Their Super Absorption move does pretty much the same thing as Hatterene's Life Sucker, though deals 10 less damage and requires one more energy to use