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Published:  July 18th, 2025


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Letto and Retto decide to try out the new "Black Bolt / White Flare" expansion packs that just came out. Retto creates a deck using the "Black Bolt" packs with Zekrom on the cover while Letto creates one using the Reshiram themed "White Flare" pack.

Round One

We start the match with the following line-up:

Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Pururill	Active Spot	Zeraora
Bench	Mashimashira	Bench	Shibishirasu
Prize Cards	6	Prize Cards	6

First up is Letto:

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Buddy-Buddy Poffin		Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon with 70 HP or less and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.	Letto begins the turn by playing Buddy-Buddy Poffin, a card that allows him to choose two Basic Pokémon. He draws two Ralts.
2	Ralts		Psyshot (30)	The first Ralts is placed on his Bench.
3	Ralts		Psyshot (30)	The second Ralts is also placed on the Bench.
4	Basic Psychic Energy		N/A	Letto ends the turn by attaching a Basic Psychic Energy card to the Pururill in the Active Spot. He does not use a move.

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Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Pururill (Psychic Energy x1)	Active Spot	Zeraora
Bench	Ralts	Bench	Shibishirasu
	Mashimashira
	Ralts
Prize Cards	6	Prize Cards	6

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Nest Ball		Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.	Retto starts off by using a Nest Ball to summon a Tetsunokaina ex.
2	Tetsunokaina ex		Arm Press (160) Amp You Very Much (120) If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from this attack, take 1 more Prize card.	The Tetsunokaina ex he just drew is placed on the Bench.
3	Electric Generator		Look at the top 5 cards of your deck and attach up to 2 Basic Lightning Energy cards you find there to your Benched Lightning Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.	He then uses Electric Generator to draw a Basic Electric Energy card from his deck and attach it to the Tetsunokaina ex on his Bench and the Zeraora in the Active Spot.
4	Seille		If you go first, you may use this card during your first turn. Discard your hand and draw 5 cards.	Now that Retto has all the Basic Energy cards he needs he plays his Seille card to discard his hand and draw five new cards.
5	Zeraora		Scratch (20) Thunder Raid Discard all Energy from this Pokémon, and this attack does 210 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon ex.	Retto ends the turn by having his Zeraora use its "Scratch" attack to deal 20 damage to his opponent's Pururill.

Round Two

Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Pururill (Psychic Energy x1) (80 - 20 = 60 HP)	Active Spot	Zeraora (Electric Energy x1)
Bench	Mashimashira	Bench	Shibishirasu
	Ralts		Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x1)
	Ralts
Prize Cards	6	Prize Cards	6

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Secret Box		You can use this card only if you discard 3 other cards from your hand. Search your deck for an Item card, a Pokémon Tool card, a Supporter card, and a Stadium card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.	Letto begins the next round by using Secret Box to draw four cards. The four cards he draws are a Rare Candy (Item card), a Technical Machine: Evolution (Pokémon Tool card), a Doctor's Research (Supporter card), and a Bowl Town (Stadium card) card.
2	Bowl Town		Once during each player's turn, that player may search their deck for a Basic Pokémon that doesn't have a Rule Box and put it onto their Bench. Then, that player shuffles their deck.	Letto uses his newly drawn Bowl Town to add a Shaymin card to his hand.
3	Shaymin		Ability: Flower Curtain Prevent all damage done to your Benched Pokémon that don't have a Rule Box by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon. (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc. have Rule Boxes.) Smash Kick (30)	Shaymin is placed on the Bench. *See the Notes section
4	Technical Machine: Evolution		The Pokémon this card is attached to can use the attack on this card. (You still need the necessary Energy to use this attack.) If this card is attached to 1 of your Pokémon, discard it at the end of your turn. Evolution Choose up to 2 of your Benched Pokémon. For each of those Pokémon, search your deck for a card that evolves from that Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck.	Next, Technical Machine: Evolution is attached to the Pururill in the Active Spot.
5	Rare Candy		Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it, skipping the Stage 1. You can't use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.	His Rare Candy card is then used on the Ralts on his Bench...
6	Sirnight ex		Ability: Psychic Embrace As often as you like during your turn, you may attach a Basic Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Psychic Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use this Ability on a Pokémon that would be Knocked Out. Miracle Force (190) This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions.	...enabling it to evolve into Sirnight ex.
7	Doctor's Research		Discard your hand and draw 7 cards.	Doctor's Research is then used to enable Letto to draw seven fresh cards.
8	Hyper Ball		You can use this card only if you discard 2 other cards from your hand. Search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.	Next, Hyper Ball is used to add a Burungel ex to Letto's hand.
9	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	Letto evolves the Pururill in the Active Spot into Burungel ex.
10	Basic Darkness Energy		N/A	Letto attaches a Basic Darkness Energy card to the Mashimashira on his Bench, preparing it to be able to use its Adrena-Brain Ability.
11	Sirnight ex		Ability: Psychic Embrace As often as you like during your turn, you may attach a Basic Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Psychic Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use this Ability on a Pokémon that would be Knocked Out. Miracle Force (190) This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions.	He then uses Sirnight ex's Ability "Psychic Embrace" to attach two Basic Psychic Energy cards to the Burungel ex in the Active Spot, bringing its total up to three. Four damage counters (two for each Basic Energy card) are also attached to Burungel ex, bringing its total HP down to 230.
12	Mashimashira		Ability: Adrena-Brain Once during your turn, if this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached, you may move up to 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Mind Bend (60) Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.	Next, Letto has Mashimashira use its "Adrena-Brain" Ability to take two of the damage counters that were just attached to Burungel ex and move them to his opponent's Zeraora.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
13	Zeraora		Scratch (20) Thunder Raid Discard all Energy from this Pokémon, and this attack does 210 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon ex.	Zeraora's HP goes from 100 to 80 as a result of Mashimashira's "Adrena-Brain" Ability.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
14	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	Letto ends the turn by having Burungel ex use its "Power Press" attack. The attack does 80 damage, enabling it to Knock Out Retto's Zeraora. Letto also takes this moment to remind Retto that Burungel ex's "Oceanic Curse" Ability is now in effect, preventing Retto from being able to use any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards.

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Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x3) (270 - 20 = 250 HP)	Active Spot
Bench	Mashimashira (Darkness Energy x1)	Bench	Shibishirasu
	Sirnight ex		Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x1)
	Ralts
	Shaymin
Prize Cards	5	Prize Cards	6

The next few rounds of their match are summarized in a single splash panel and so educated guesses had to be used for a lot of the play-by-play that follows:

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Shibishirasu		Hold Still Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon.	Shibishirasu is moved to the Active Spot.
2	Mew ex		Ability: Restart Once during your turn, you may draw cards until you have 3 cards in your hand. Genome Hacking Choose 1 of your opponent's Active Pokémon's attacks and use it as this attack.	A Mew ex card is drawn and added to the Bench. It's "Restart" Ability is activated.
3	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	Retto attaches a Basic Electric Energy card to his Tetsunokaina ex, bringing its total up to two.
4	Shibibeel		Ability: Dynamotor Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Electric Ball (50)	Retto evolves the Shibishirasu on his Bench into Shibibeel. The turn ends without this Pokémon using any attacks.

Round Three

Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x3) (270 - 20 = 250 HP)	Active Spot	Shibibeel
Bench	Mashimashira (Darkness Energy x1)	Bench	Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x2)
	Sirnight ex		Mew ex
	Ralts
	Shaymin
Prize Cards	5	Prize Cards	6

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Mashimashira		Ability: Adrena-Brain Once during your turn, if this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached, you may move up to 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Mind Bend (60) Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.	Mashimashira's "Adrena-Brain" Ability is used, presumably to move the two damage counters from Burungel ex  to Retto's Shibibeel.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
2	Shibibeel		Ability: Dynamotor Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Electric Ball (50)	Shibibeel's HP goes from 90 to 70 as a result of Mashimashira's "Adrena-Brain" Ability.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
3	Ralts		Psyshot (30)	Yet another Ralts is placed on the Bench. *See the Notes section
4	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	Burungel ex ends the turn by using "Power Press," causing Retto's Shibibeel to suffer a Knock Out.

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Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x3)	Active Spot
Bench	Mashimashira (Darkness Energy x1)	Bench	Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x2)
	Sirnight ex		Mew ex
	Ralts
	Ralts
	Shaymin
Prize Cards	4	Prize Cards	6

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Tetsunokaina ex		Arm Press (160) Amp You Very Much (120) If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from this attack, take 1 more Prize card.	Tetsunokaina ex is moved to the Active Spot.
2	Boss' Orders		Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon.	Next, Boss' Orders is used to move Letto's Mashimashira ex to the Active Spot.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
3	Mashimashira		Ability: Adrena-Brain Once during your turn, if this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached, you may move up to 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Mind Bend (60) Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.	Letto's Mashimashira is forced into the Active Spot, pushing Burungel ex to the Bench.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
4	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	Retto then attaches another Basic Electric Energy card to his Tetsunokaina ex, bringing the grand total up to three.
5	Tetsunokaina ex		Arm Press (160) Amp You Very Much (120) If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from this attack, take 1 more Prize card.	Tetsunokaina ex finishes the round with its "Arm Press" Attack. The attack is enough to Knock Out Letto's Mashimashira, preventing Letto from being able to use its "Adrena-Brain" Ability anymore..

Round Four

Letto		Retto
Active Spot		Active Spot	Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x3)
Bench	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x3)	Bench	Mew ex
	Sirnight ex
	Ralts
	Ralts
	Shaymin
Prize Cards	4	Prize Cards	5

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	Burungel ex is returned to the Active Spot.
2	Kirlia		Magical Shot (30) Psychic (60+) This attack does 20 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.	Letto then evolves one of the two Ralts on his Bench into a Kirlia. At this point Letto has a Ralts, Kirlia, and Sirnight in play.
4	Sirnight ex		Ability: Psychic Embrace As often as you like during your turn, you may attach a Basic Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Psychic Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use this Ability on a Pokémon that would be Knocked Out. Miracle Force (190) This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions.	The Sirnight ex on his Bench uses its "Psychic Embrace" Ability to attach a Basic Psychic Energy card to Burungel ex.
5	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	The turn presumably ends with Burungel ex using its "Power Press" attack on Retto's Tetsunokaina ex. Since Burungel ex now has two extra Energy attached the attack does 160 damage.

Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x4)	Active Spot	Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x3) (230 - 160 = 70 HP)
Bench	Sirnight ex	Bench	Mew ex
	Kirlia
	Ralts
	Shaymin
Prize Cards	4	Prize Cards	5

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Boss' Orders		Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon.	Boss' Orders is used again, this time to force Letto's Kirlia into the Active Spot.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
2	Kirlia		Magical Shot (30) Psychic (60+) This attack does 20 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.	Letto's Kirlia is forced into the Active Spot, pushing Burungel ex to the Bench.

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
3	Latias ex		Ability: Skyliner Your Basic Pokémon in play have no Retreat Cost. Eon Blade (200) During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.	At some point a Latias ex is added to the Bench.
4	Miraidon ex		Ability: Tandem Unit Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Basic Lightning Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Photon Blaster (220) During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.	A Miraidon ex is also added to the Bench.
4	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	Retto attaches a Basic Electric Energy card to his Miraidon ex.
5	Tetsunokaina ex		Arm Press (160) Amp You Very Much (120) If your opponent's Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from this attack, take 1 more Prize card.	Tetsunokaina ex's "Arm Press" attack is used to end the turn, causing Letto's Kirlia to suffer a Knock Out.

Round Five

Letto		Retto
Active Spot		Active Spot	Tetsunokaina ex (Electric Energy x3) (230 - 160 = 70 HP)
Bench	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x4) (270 - 220 = 50 HP)	Bench	Mew ex
	Sirnight ex		Latias ex
	Ralts		Miraidon ex (Electric Energy x1)
	Shaymin
Prize Cards	4	Prize Cards	4

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	Burungel ex is returned to the Active Spot.
2	Night Stretcher		Put a Pokémon or a Basic Energy card from your discard pile into your hand.	Letto users Night Stretcher to revive the Mashimashira that got Knocked Out in Round Three.
3	Mashimashira		Ability: Adrena-Brain Once during your turn, if this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached, you may move up to 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Mind Bend (60) Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.	The newly revived Mashimashira is added to the Bench.
4	Pururill		Oceanic Shadow (20) During your opponent's next turn, they can't play any Item cards from their hand.	A new Pururill is added to the Bench as well.
5	Doctor's Research		Discard your hand and draw 7 cards.	Doctor's Research is used to draw additional cards.
6	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	The turn is ended when Burungel ex uses "Power Press" to Knock Out its opponent's Tetsunokaina ex. The Pokémon ex rule means Letto gets to draw two Prize cards for his efforts.

With this, the chapter returns to its more detailed play-by-play. Letto's satisfied that its Burungel ex is able to deal 160 damage with its "Power Press" attack while Retto's frustrated at how his inability to use Item cards each turn is making it harder and harder for him to catch up to his opponent. He's just got to do something about Burungel ex's "Oceanic Curse" Ability!

Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x4) (270 - 220 = 50 HP)	Active Spot
Bench	Ralts (Shaymin?)	Bench	Mew ex
	Mashimashira		Latias ex
	Pururill		Miraidon ex (Electric Energy x2)
	Sirnight ex
Prize Cards	2	Prize Cards	4

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Miraidon ex		Ability: Tandem Unit Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Basic Lightning Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Photon Blaster (220) During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.	Retto places Miraidon ex in the Active Spot.
2	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	He then attaches a Basic Electric Energy card to his Miraidon ex. This brings the total number of Basic Electric Energy cards attached to this Pokémon to three. *See the Notes section
3	Shibishirasu		Hold Still Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon.	Retto places a Shibishirasu on the Bench.
4	Shibishirasu		Hold Still Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon.	He places a second Shibishirasu on the Bench as well.
5	Miraidon ex		Ability: Tandem Unit Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Basic Lightning Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Photon Blaster (220) During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.	He ends the turn by using Miraidon ex's "Photon Buster" attack to deal 220 damage to his opponent's Burungel ex. With this, Miraidon ex will not be able to attack in the next round.

Round Six

Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x4) (270 - 220 = 50 HP)	Active Spot	Miraidon ex (Electric Energy x3)
Bench	Ralts (Shaymin?)	Bench	Mew ex
	Mashimashira		Latias ex
	Pururill		Shibishirasu
	Sirnight ex		Shibishirasu
Prize Cards	2	Prize Cards	4

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Burungel ex		Ability: Oceanic Curse As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play any Item cards or Pokémon Tool cards from their hand. Power Press (80+) If this Pokémon has at least 2 extra Energy attached (in addition to this attack's cost), this attack does 80 more damage.	The only move we see Letto make in this turn is him ordering his Burungel ex to use its "Power Press" attack, enabling it to deal 160 damage to Retto's Miraidon ex.

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Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Burungel ex (Psychic Energy x4) (270 - 220 = 50 HP)	Active Spot	Miraidon ex (Electric Energy x3) (220 - 160 = 60 HP)
Bench	Ralts (Shaymin?)	Bench	Mew ex
	Mashimashira		Shibishirasu
	Pururill		Shibishirasu
	Sirnight ex		Latias ex
Prize Cards	2	Prize Cards	4

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Zekrom ex		Slash (50) Voltage Burst (130+) This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.	Letto claims he'll take victory on his next turn, but Retto still has a few tricks up his sleeve... He starts his counterattack by adding Zekrom ex to his Bench.
2	Shibibeel		Ability: Dynamotor Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Electric Ball (50)	He then evolves one of the Shibishirasu on his Bench into a Shibibeel.
3	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	Shibibeel's "Dynamotor" Ability is activated, allowing Retto to attach a Basic Electric Energy card to his Zekrom ex.
4	Shibibeel		Ability: Dynamotor Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Lightning Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Electric Ball (50)	But Retto's not done yet! He evolves the other Shibishirasu on his Bench into a Shibibeel as well.
5	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	The second Shibibeel's "Dynamotor" Ability is activated, allowing Retto to attach a second Basic Electric Energy card to his Zekrom ex.
6	Latias ex		Ability: Skyliner Your Basic Pokémon in play have no Retreat Cost. Eon Blade (200) During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.	Next, Latias ex's "Skyliner" Ability is used to take Miraidon ex out of the Active Spot and move Zekrom ex into it.
7	Zekrom ex		Slash (50) Voltage Burst (130+) This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.	Retto ends the turn by having Zekrom ex use its "Slash" attack. The attack does 50 damage to Letto's Burungel ex, enabling it to Knock Out its opponent. With this, Burungel ex's "Oceanic Curse" has come to an end! The Pokémon ex rule allows Retto to claim two Prize cards as his reward.

Round Seven

Letto		Retto
Active Spot		Active Spot	Zekrom ex (Electric Energy x2)
Bench	Ralts (Sirnight?)	Bench	Mew ex
	Mashimashira		Shibibeel
	Pururill		Shibibeel
	Sirnight ex		Latias ex
			Miraidon ex (Electric Energy x3) (220 - 160 = 60 HP)
Prize Cards	2	Prize Cards	2

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Sirnight ex		Ability: Psychic Embrace As often as you like during your turn, you may attach a Basic Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Psychic Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use this Ability on a Pokémon that would be Knocked Out. Miracle Force (190) This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions.	Sirnight ex is moved from the Bench to the Active Spot. Letto activates its "Psychic Embrace" Ability two times to attach two Basic Psychic Energy cards to itself. Using this Ability causes it to lose 40 HP; 20 HP for each Basic Energy card it attaches.
2	Basic Psychic Energy		N/A	A third Basic Psychic Energy card is attached to Sirnight ex.
3	Sirnight ex		Ability: Psychic Embrace As often as you like during your turn, you may attach a Basic Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Psychic Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can't use this Ability on a Pokémon that would be Knocked Out. Miracle Force (190) This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions.	Letto ends the turn by having Sirnight ex use its "Miracle Force" attack. The attack deals 190 damage to Retto's Zekrom ex.

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Letto		Retto
Active Spot	Sirnight ex (Psychic Energy x3) (310 - 40 = 270 HP)	Active Spot	Zekrom ex (Electric Energy x2) (230 - 190 = 40 HP)
Bench	Ralts	Bench	Mew ex
	Mashimashira		Shibibeel
	Pururill		Shibibeel
			Latias ex
			Miraidon ex (Electric Energy x3) (220 - 160 = 60 HP)
Prize Cards	2	Prize Cards	2

#	Card	Art	Card Text	Effect
1	Basic Electric Energy		N/A	Retto begins his turn by attaching a Basic Electric Energy card to his Zekrom ex, giving it three altogether.
2	Zekrom ex		Slash (50) Voltage Burst (130+) This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.	Retto ends the turn by using Zekrom ex's "Voltage Burst" attack. Retto's opponent's taken four Prize cards by this point, so the attack does an additional 50 damage for each one. So, 50 x 4 = 200, and then when you add that to the 130 damage the attack does originally you get a total of 330 damage dealt. The attack is enough to Knock Out Letto's Sirnight ex. The attack also inflicts 30 damage on its user, bringing its HP down to just 10. The Pokémon ex rule means Retto's earned the last two Prize cards he needs to win the match.

The next day, Letto suggests they play another match using the "Black Bolt" and "White Flare," only this time with a specific set of rules. Retto agrees, and the two start off a new match pitting two Reshiram ex against each other.

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Notes
In Round Two we see Letto use his Bowl Town Stadium Card to add a Shaymin to his Bench, but then this Pokémon is never seen again for the rest of the chapter. Later, a full view of all of Letto's Pokémon can be seen, and the Shaymin seems to have been swapped out with a Ralts, somehow. No explanation of how any of this could have happened is provided in the chapter itself. It's possible the artwork in this first panel was meant to be that of a Ralts card but somehow got mixed up with a Shaymin card instead.

Letto places a Shaymin card on Page 113

On Page 118, Shaymin is suddenly gone, and a Ralts seems to have taken its place.

Similarly, Retto's Miraidon ex somehow manages to get three Basic Electric Energy cards attached to itself despite there not really being enough turns in between the time it's placed on the Bench and it using its "Photon Blaster" attack.