{"id":594,"date":"2025-04-10T09:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2025-04-14T02:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T02:52:54","slug":"pokemon-cards-saved-this-fans-life-by-blocking-a-gunshot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/pokemon-cards-saved-this-fans-life-by-blocking-a-gunshot\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon cards saved this fan\u2019s life by blocking a gunshot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That is not their intended use (The Pok\u00e9mon Company)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It turns out Pok\u00e9mon<\/a> trading card decks are sturdy enough to block a bullet, as one lucky fan found out to his surprise.<\/p>\n

There are many reasons to buy Pok\u00e9mon trading cards, be it the game itself<\/a>, the pleasure of collecting, or to hoard the rarest ones<\/a> and sell them for exorbitant prices on eBay.<\/p>\n

Now, we can add one more reason to the list: because they act as an impromptu bulletproof shield, if someone tries to shoot you.<\/p>\n

This week, one fan shared a story online about how their own collection of Pok\u00e9mon cards miraculously blocked a bullet aimed at their chest.<\/p>\n

The fan, known as LolaInSlacks88 on Reddit, didn\u2019t have the cards in their breast pocket, like you see all the time in movies and TV shows, but nevertheless they did act as a shield to protect him from incoming fire.<\/p>\n

As they explained on the Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game subreddit<\/a>, they were asleep at home when they were awoken by loud explosions. Apparently, this was a common enough occurrence for LolaInSlacks88 to assume these were gunshots being fired by their neighbour.<\/p>\n

They believe the neighbour had accidentally fired their gun towards LolaInSlacks88\u2019s house, as they found a hole in their wall next to a Tupperware bin containing their Pok\u00e9mon card collection.<\/p>\n

Upon inspecting the bin, they found the bullet had been stopped by one of their card decks. Perhaps fittingly, it was a deck themed around the pok\u00e9mon Incineroar, who is famously overpowered in the competitive circuit \u2013 at least for the video games.<\/p>\n

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Pokemon Saved My Life<\/a>
byu\/LolaInSlacks88<\/a> inPokemonTCG<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\u2018The actual 9mm bullet was still inside the box. If it hadn\u2019t been there, it would have likely struck me while I was asleep as it was level with my bed,\u2019 wrote LolaInSlacks88, following up with an image of a police report<\/a> (with personal info obviously blacked out) to prove they weren\u2019t fibbing.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m okay, but I now count Incineroar as my guardian angel pok\u00e9mon and have never been happier to have piles of cardboard in my box. You never know\u2013they might stop a bullet!\u2019<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t sound like their neighbour faced any consequences (the report says the police couldn\u2019t find enough evidence to identify who was responsible), so LolaInSlacks88 can only hope it doesn\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n

In a reply to another Redditor<\/a>, they said, \u2018Of course no one admitted to doing it. But they stopped using their property like a shooting range, so hopefully they learned their lesson.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Incinceroar\u2019s already a fan favourite\u2026 or the most hated depending on who you ask (The Pok\u00e9mon Company)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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