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Instead of making tokens and occasionally blowing something up, Emiel lets you repeatedly flicker and power up your creatures in the process
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Pokemon Card Strategy: So as far as strategy goes, since Hoppip is a basic Pokemon card that has two evolutions in this set, with Skiploom and Jumpluff, I would recommend keeping Hoppip on your bench until you can evolve Hoppip into its stage 1 or stage 2 evolution