An alternate version was originally uploaded to DeviantArt on May 25, 2022.

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You've joined some new friends from a nearby game club, and they've offered to play some cards at a table. Everyone is dealt a random hand of ten cards, and those around you are starting to play their cards to a center throwaway pile... What kind of card game this is, who knows. But when it's your turn, you examine your hand carefully to see which card should be played, but then it catches your eye, a peachy-pink card with the face of what appears to be a nervous Yoshi on one side, with his arms and handpaws resting at the corners, and then the same for his legs and footpaws on the back, along with the triangular shape of a common Yoshi's rear. This clearly was very different from the other cards you had, white with the classic black or red shapes, a number associated with it. But here? This looked like an unfortunate Yoshi got caught in a playing card production line. Confused, you hold the card up and ask what this card is.

A reddish-orange Raichu glances at it from the other side of the table. "Oh, that's a 7," he casually responds, "That's kinda like a wild card... I think. I need to look up the rules again." That doesn't really calm yourself down and leaves you more confused, as the Raichu glares at you as you pause to process the information. He speaks again, "Look, it's not my fault that my friend enjoys getting his butt stuck into places they shouldn't belong, so he's gonna play the part until we're done. So it's still your turn."



Man, I did not mean for this or other pieces I had been working on to sit and gather dust for three months like this, so it's about time that I finally put myself to work on this. Anyway, here's a random idea I had while in a toony server I had joined near the beginning of February! I had the image in my head and decided to draw it out and color it, I felt like I could've done a little better in some places but this was still a little fun thing to do. Also, this is one of the rare times that I've made a short story with the picture too, I thought it'd be fun to include!

So yeah, don't be like me and hop onto production lines, you really never know how long you'll be stuck as something for. Thanks for looking and reading! 🃏