SNACK: 3-line summary
- The 2016 English Imakuni?’s Doduo card puts singing and card-throwing into its printed Pokémon TCG rules.
- With Harmonize, the game continues during the song and the attack deals 30 damage when it ends.
- This English card explicitly says it cannot be used at official tournaments.
Imakuni?’s Doduo has a song built into an attack and a throwing gag built into its retreat text. The card pictured belongs to the physical Pokémon TCG: it is the 2016 English XY Evolutions printing, numbered 112/108. Its unusual rules also come with an explicit restriction on official tournament use.
Snackgirls react
Red: I’d be trying not to laugh before the song was over. The game carrying on through the singing is what gets me.
Nea: I like how much personality is tucked into the rule text. That little tournament note at the bottom makes me want to read every corner of this card.
The song ends, then the damage lands
Harmonize ties its damage to a song. Its text says singing must begin as soon as the attack is used, and the game continues while the song is being sung. When the song finishes, the attack deals 30 damage.
A retreat with a literal getaway
Frenzied Escape, labeled as a Pokémon Power, takes the idea of Doduo running away quite literally. When this Doduo retreats, the printed text tells the player to hold the card and throw it horizontally with a snap, aiming for the farthest distance. The throwing is part of the card’s novelty text, not a recommendation to send your own cards flying.
The tournament notice is already on the card
At the bottom is the parenthetical: “This card cannot be used at official tournaments.” That restriction is printed on this particular English card. It is not a newly announced ban, or a blanket restriction on ordinary Doduo cards.
Sources and date: 2026-10-11
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