172:(Premiere and Bankai) there were two Hi-Tech cards per starter, randomly inserted; in other sets they could be obtained through the Urahara Shop. 2 variations of most Hi-Techs exist with a limited few having 3 or possibly 4 (Normal, All have black variant; Set 1 (HT1-HT8) all have Red Tint Variant; Ichigo, Yoruichi, Renji, and Toshiro each have Alt.Art variants .) Black variants have card numbers beginning with the letters BP; red variants have numbers that begin with T; the four listed alternate art variants were distributed with the Deck Boxes for the Seireitei expansion, and their card numbers begin with DB. All variants other than the DB variants are Promotional cards.)
195:. Character cards (and the three other types of cards) have a Cost that needs to be paid upon playing the card. Characters also have Traits, which are keywords that determine if specific abilities can be used. Some characters may also be labeled Non-Unique, which means you can have more than one copy in play at any time. The most important area of a Character card is the right side of the card. Each Character can have up to three Stats which they use to attack and inflict Power damage to the opponent. Some Characters may also have Effects. Characters have a White or Black background.
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367:- Released December 2008: 162 card base set (60 commons, 50 uncommons, 50 rares, 2 ultra-rares); 24 subset cards (MON 1-24, where MON stands for "Memories of Nobody", the title of the first theatrical movie from the series), 10 Echo autograph cards (all Guardians, A25-A34) and 12 promotional cards (P84-P95).
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Expansion, which now allows them to be switched with other cards at a 1 for 1 ratio. Energy cards are what players use to pay costs and play their cards. There are currently three kinds of Energy: Mind
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Guardian has a Power rating that represents the total amount of damage they can take. Each Guardian also has a set of numbers on the left side of the card that represent how much of a particular Energy card that the Guardian can
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Japanese version of this game shares only a few things in common with the English version. One being, Bleach itself and the other is that every card has a boost power. Score Entertainment assures its fans that the English Bleach TCG is its own game; not a direct copy of the Japanese version.
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corresponding stat in the top right corner by the number in the top right corner of the card you are discarding. Both players then add up how high the stat selected by the attacker got, and compare the values. From there, three cases can occur:
327:- Released May 2007: 250+ card set including 8 Hi-Tech Guardian cards and 25 promotional cards (two HT cards per starter deck; the playmat included with the starter decks lists all the cards in this set except the promotional cards);
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