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Simple rules question for a “beginner” looking to play with old cards

This Murkrow card says

Swarm: Search your deck for Murkrow and put it onto your bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.”

am i able to search for ANY Murkow thats not a special card of any kind? Or is the wording on the card in reference to making the player search for another copy of this same Murkow?


im used to playing a certain game that is very particular about card names and creatures.

You can play multiple cards with the same character on them in that game, but they all need be named different like “Bob, The Squeegee Master” and “Bob, of the Clean Window Clan” but you could only put one of each “Bob” In play. Lol no 2 “clean window clan” bobs at a time lol


i know pokemon is different, you’re supposed to play multiple of the same, up to 4,

But what if i have a couple, and each are different, and one tells me to search for another of the same name….. the one i search for has the same name, but is different all around…. Is this legal in Pokemon?


I know im messing around with super old cards that wont do much. But im just looking to have a good time here.

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  • DoubleCure
    DoubleCure Member Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You can search for any Murkrow, but the name must be Murkrow (can't be something like "Flying Murkrow" or "Surfing Murkrow").

    This examples come to mind because was thinking about "Flying Pikachu" and "Surfing Pikachu", if the card was "Search your deck for Pikachu" you couldn't get those two, it had to be just "Pikachu". Not sure if I explained well enough.

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