The terastallized pocket monsters being introduced in the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s upcoming Obsidian Flames expansion are almost guaranteed to become chase cards when the set is released on August 11th. But Obsidian Flames’ true star is obviously the Minaminami Take-illustrated Charmander promo card tucked into the set’s elite trainer boxes.
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The next Pokémon TCG set’s best card is this promo Charmander who’s up to no good.

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On (HBO) Max, there are no writers or directors, only “creators.”
As if it wasn’t already painfully obvious how ready studios are to further devalue the labor workers do to make their films and TV shows possible, Max’s new interface has done away with listing writing and directing credits in favor of a catch-all “Creators” label.
Because hey, what’s the difference between a writer, a non-writing producer, and a director? They’re all just little content machines, right?


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