This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat
They costed somewhere between 3000 and 5000 won, and were set up in the same way as their Japanese counterpoints
Goyo Predator X EARTH Level 6 [ Warrior / SynchroEffect ] ATK 2400 DEF 1200 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon that monster to your side of the field, but any battle damage it inflicts to a player is halved
If you have two non-Hydra creatures with Wildwood Scourge's ability (perhaps because they were mutated using the Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths mutate ability), putting a +1/+1 counter on any non-Hydra creature you control will cause the two abilities to trigger each other indefinitely
This set, along with the direct previous Japanese set Incandescent Arcana which focused on Alolan Vulpix, will be the basis of the fourth and final English-language Sword & Shield set of 2022, which is expected to close out the era for international audiences
