At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn. With Misty being completely naked this card was doomed from the beginning to receive the alternative art treatment. Gambling to Gaming To me, it’s obvious that Kogemoru Himeno wouldn’t admit to her actual intentions, but I’ll let you decide for yourself. Gengar Cross Out Jynx would start getting the purple face treatment on Japanese cards starting with the Expedition Set released December 1st, 2001 Grimer Being Grimy In a delicious (no pun intended) turn of events, the original Moo-Moo Milk card was eventually censored both overseas and within Japan itself. Before secondary releases could do away with its trauma-inducing imagery, however, the original Moo-Moo Milk card made Pokemon fans around the world cringe.

Before beginning your collect, it is always best to compare the differences between the two. Aside from obvious censoring differences, English cards have had many deviations from their Japanese counterparts—deviations that have led many fans to claim that the original Japanese cards are superior.

Koga’s Ninja Trick (Gym Challenge)

Pokemon’s recurring “gambling” features have long been the target of censoring, so much so that the infamous Game Corners have either been removed or significantly altered in the most recently released Pokemon titles. All Pokemon cards dealing with the series’ notorious gambling are cropped to remove some of the more obvious, casino-esque giveaways (grounded seats, words like “slot” and “card,” and the telling rows of gambling machines). These censored cards may resemble arcade games to younger players, but the cards’ more mature implications aren’t likely to fly so easily over the heads of older collectors. Jynx (Base Set)

While my list shows five different Jynx cards have been censored two of those cards are reprints. The reason for the censorship is Jynx itself. The original design of Jynx has been called, well I’ll just quote Carole Boston Weatherford here: In this guide, I’ll go over exactly what the changes were and why the change was needed, even if it’s quite obvious. The Censorship of JynxThe following is a chronological list of all the Trainer cards released in the main Japanese expansions for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.