Fist of the North Star Creator Drew a Pokemon TCG Card

A new limited Pokemon Trading Card Game card illustration was drawn by Tetsuo Hara, the artist behind the Fist of the North Star manga series. The Pokemon in question is Irukaman, who is better known in English as Palafin.

Palafin is the evolution of Finizen, both of which debuted in the ninth-generation mainline entries Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. This card will be particularly based on the evolved Pokemon’s Hero Form. Tetsuo Hara is depicting the Pokemon performing Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, the signature attack of the Fist of the North Star protagonist Kenshiro.

The uniquely illustrated card will have the same in-game parameters as a previous Palafin ex card drawn by PLANETA Mochizuki. This Pokemon will have 340 HP with the ability Hero’s Spirit (or Mighty Soul in Japanese), which only allows the card to appear from the effect of Palafin’s ability Zero to Hero (or Mighty Change in Japanese). It will also have a Giga Impact attack that requires one Water energy and deals 250 damage, but it will render the Pokemon unable to attack in the player’s next turn.

Tetsuo Hara revealed the card via his own official X account:

The special Palafin ex card drawn by the Fist of the North Star artist Tetsuo Hara will be part of Pokemon Trading Card Game‘s high-class pack “Terastal Fes ex.” The Pokemon Company will release the booster packs in Japan on December 6, 2024. A worldwide release will follow.