[DIFO] Pione, the Sylvan Dancer

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Disregard tigers, acquire grapes.

DIFO-JP051 Shinra no Butouko Pione / Pione, the Sylvan Dancer
WIND/Plant/Link/Effect
1200/LINK 2
BL BR
2 Plant monsters
You can only use the 1st and 2nd effect of this card’s name each once per turn.
(1) If this card is Link Summoned: You can excavate up to 3 cards from the top of your Deck, you can Special Summon up to 2 excavated Plant monsters (but they cannot be used as Link Material), also send the rest to the GY.
(2) You can target 1 Plant monster in your GY that has a Level; the Levels of all face-up monsters this card points to become that monster’s until the end of this turn.

Note: The “舞踏/butou” in the name is a word for “dance” but it also sounds similar to “budou” which means grapes.
As for why it looks like a geisha, a maiko is a geisha apprentice, and it’s written as “舞/dance + 子/kid”. This card’s name is similarly written as “舞踏/dance” + “娘/girl”.

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