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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 12/09/2026

Nearly forgot to post this! Found during stream earlier today is Axel the Poipole (who will be staying Poipole) after 8852 Soft Resets! I do find it more than amusing to find it on Fishing Friday instead of Wormhole Wednesday, but even funnier that it shares its nature/trait with Xurkitree…

Sassy and mischievous shiny Poipole! Just a little over double odds makes my average for the Ultra Beasts a little over, but I cannot and will not be upset for it. They’re stunning and I’m looking forward to keeping them in these wonderful Alolan games 🧡 the mouth is a beautiful blue I didn’t even fully recognize until Refresh.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 30/08/2026

Baffling. Positively Baffling. I love him so much 🩵

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 13/08/2026

4099 encounters later…I got her 💜 To think I almost didn’t hunt tonight. To think I had figured I’d be doing this at least until October while ALSO thinking with each Mimikyu I saw that it could be “this one.” Here is Hina, naive and hates to lose. Caught in my favorite (Moon) Ball!

Hina…the Thrifty Megamart’s 5% encounter. I’ve never decided to go after a 5% before, and I don’t know if I’m more or less surprised that it took over a year. But she’s home! And named after a Polynesian goddess with ties to the moon (among other things, of course, but I was using my Moon/Ultra Moon to hunt for her, and love my space-related things anywho…)

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 02/08/2026

3163 encounters later and I can happily say I have caught a dozen shiny Haunter in generation 7. I…don’t know if this will ever be the key to the universe or anything, but just in case! This is Thaye, who is also modest!

Modest and hates to lose shiny Haunter named Thaye!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 21/07/2026

5618 encounters for this lovely Modest friend of mine. I’ll admit that I couldn’t help just…staring as he appeared, my quiet acceptance of another phase to arrive and be caught. This Poltergeist is just as cool as the first Haunter found, though 💜

Modest, quick tempered shiny Haunter caught in a dusk ball! Nicknamed Poltergeist

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 10/07/2026

Aaaand a measly 1507 encounters brings the ninth bat to join the party. I will say that Dust has an impeccable sense of timing, but oh my days. He’s adamantly quick to flee or something

Shiny Golbat caught in a Dusk Ball after a three shake fake in a quick ball.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 08/07/2026

These two get posted together because I found them within 30 minutes of one another. In the same game. I don’t even—what?? Phases 31 and 32 for Mimikyu are Klefkis 8 and 9. I don’t know what place I need to search for to make these keys happy, but they have hearts of gold… 3094 and 166 encounters

Keyleth the quirky and quick tempered Klefki— did not care for quick or ultra balls, but really liked the blue of the great

Vex’ahlkeya the rash and often lost in thought gal. 166 encounters after her friend, less than if you’re just thinking of the one console instead of the two. She *did* like the quick ball.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 03/07/2026

6447 encounters to round out my thirtieth shiny on this quest! A baffling thing that only continues to be baffling. What do you mean I have a full box of shinies from this hunt alone?

Shiny Golbat caught in a quick ball. Bold and scatters things often

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 22/06/2026

1081 encounters. I don’t even—these guys hear my thoughts of “I’ll just get my encounters up for tomorrow’s stream” and go “haha, no actually. Encounters go down.” Phase 29 and the 10th Haunter—this is Kormos. And I do think Impish is an acceptable nature for any of these guys at this point.

Male shiny Haunter caught in a Dusk Ball. Impish and quick tempered and caught while watching a Markiplier compilation.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 21/06/2026

1556 encounters for Penelokey the Klefki. She put up quite the fight to be caught, had to bring out my Pheromosa to false swipe and everything. I made a comment about how if she wasn’t Sassy nature, the game was lying to me, and lo and behold…at least there is that

Penelokey is sassy and likes to thrash about. Which is very fitting considering the number of pokeballs I had to throw before she played nice with a critical capture and her health in the red. I can’t believe I have 7 Klefkis. What do you even do with that many keys?

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 16/06/2026

…Which was not too long a phase at all! 2099 encounters (this was on the second to last set for the morning, by the way) brings another Golbat while (re)watching BlueVacktor’s generation 3 DTQ! And since my Golbat nicknames are more on vibes than anything else…the jolly GreenVacktor it is!

Golbat #7 on this Mimikyu quest! Caught in a quick ball, jolly, and somewhat of a clown, GreenVacktor showed up right before I was going to call it and go grab some food

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 14/06/2026

Found this gal yesterday after 9309 encounters! Onto phase 27…

Shiny Shuppet caught in a Nest Ball! She was holding a Shadow Tag which is cute. Relaxed and somewhat vain

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 09/06/2026

This month’s streams/shiny hunts are dedicated to one of my favorite causes @pkmnpride.tv and that continues later today at 12:30PM (EDT). I would so enjoy having any/all who can be there 💜 Happy Pride!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 08/06/2026

Since I imagine the next encounter milestone I’d hit is double odds, I did think it was nifty to breach 100,000 encounters (so far) for this Mimikyu hunt. The goal is still set to find this before the end of June, but goodness knows only time will be the one to tell

Displaying the phases/encounters for shiny Mimikyu (so far. Hasn’t been found yet). Over 100 thousand encounters with 25 phases done, who can say how many more are in store?

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 29/05/2026

…What do I even say at this point? You’re telling me, out of my now 25 finished phases, 6 of them are Klefki? What? I found this gal within four minutes of today’s hunting session. She’s gentle and takes plenty of siestas, but she certainly wasn’t sleeping on arrival! 454 encounters.

Shiny Klefki caught in a quick ball, named after the Greek goddess Psyche (but it’s Psykey. Get it? She has keys.) I don’t even know what to say anymore. 3 days in a row I’ve found a shiny in these games. Oh my days

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 28/05/2026

No I’m just scared at this point because what do you even mean 961 encounters. I. What. Who? I decided to stream some more Mimikyu encounters, The Great Frames decided to hate me, so I went to finish the session offline. I was going to stop at 1000. Moroi is quirky and alert to sounds! WHAT???

Shiny Haunter named Moroi! Caught in a quick ball. He’s Quirky and alert to sounds and I didn’t think I’d be finding something today what is going on

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 28/05/2026

3550 encounters for this lovely bat. The impetuous and silly characteristic is so fun to see. So very joyous! I keep thinking that I'm bound for an over odds phase. I imagine at some point, I'm even more bound to be correct. But phase 23 made for a nice simple catch with this bold gal!

and now i have six caught golbat for this mimikyu hunt! (To be fair, I did evolve one into Crobat). This is Glitch, who is bold, impetuous, and silly. I was watching Markiplier play Help Wanted and he just got to the very alarming end at the time of me finding her, but I wouldn't entertain the complete namesake for any iteration of William Afton. Glitch felt...fitting, though!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 19/05/2026

No but what do you mean I get 15% Klefki two days in a row 884 encounters apart from each other. Who is LOSING ALL THEIR KEYS??? This is Eurkeydice, not to be mistaken for Eurydice the Shuppet a few phases back. www.twitch.tv/starringsatu... She’s careful and loves to eat, which I will now go do!

We were talking about lovely Hadestown and the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. Caught in a quick ball and bringing the Klefki count up to FIVE count them FIVE! This megamart has so many lost keys being found…

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 19/05/2026

3689 gives way to Nickey the modest and quick tempered Klefki! After the last Haunter, I did say I had a feeling I’d be getting at least one more of these! …Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so correct lol. Here’s to hoping there’s not too much more phasing ahead. But time and RNG will certainly tell…

Shimmy Klefki number 4! She’s Modest, quick tempered, and caught in a Dusk Ball.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 11/05/2026

3812 Encounters to lure in my eighth Haunter and twentieth phase for this hunt...And while I'm not surprised to hit such numbers, it's weird to think about the fact I'm making this progress, if that makes sense. Relaxed and highly persistent is a good description of how I feel with each phase, now.

20 phases in...85078 encounters in.
Officially over odds for Mimikyu

Dayan the Haunter. Caught in a Dusk Ball and actually made me lower her HP rather than catching first throw! It's been a bit.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 04/05/2026

5344 encounters brings Mare, my seventh Haunter! She’s Hardy and alert to sounds and is the 19th overall on this quest for Mimikyu. Tomorrow on stream I’ll be hitting 81920 (probably going a little over) total encounters. Which is…crazy! Would be crazy if we hit phase 20, too…

This lovely Haunter caught in a quick ball! May the fourth be with you (woah May is the fifth month, three is similar to “the” and four…four…5344 encounters today is mildly funny.)

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 24/04/2026

Shuppet has really been saying “watch me catch up to Haunter and Golbat” because holy crow. My Ultra Moon file is on some kind of run. 4262 encounters brings the Relaxed and Mischievous Dora (if you’ve played Hades 2, I think you’ll agree this is a fairly apt description). Always such a pretty blue✨

Shiny Shuppet #4, caught in a Great Ball! All four have been females, which made me check and see if that’s just. A thing.

It isn’t, but it made me question.

Dora is relaxed and mischievous and appeared while I was watching some Criminal Minds!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 14/04/2026

2499 for phase 17! I. Am so frightened. Another milestone today is being less than 10000 encounters away from 81920 total…Oh my days. But for now! This is Charybdis (Cherry for short). She’s Careful and likes to fight, evident of her using Curse…after I’d used Soak. ✨

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 09/04/2026

4184 encounters for this little insomniac to end phase 16. 4/5. wooooooooah. the recording of this one will be interesting because something peculiar happened to my mic but it's okay. i'm just. a robot. or i experienced vocal fry by being caught in the flames of asphodel for too long.

caught in the first net ball thrown, no need to fear curse (i DID use Soak turn one, though), this is Eurydice the shiny Shuppet! And now it is truly official, counting evolutions from the findable 'mon in the Megamart, the only one I need is Mimikyu. Here's to hoping the next three phases show me a kindness.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 03/04/2026

1468 encounters later gives me my third Klefki and a prompt end to phase 15. Holyyyyy I’m 3/4 of the way through the expected phases. I’m scared—but Spaghettkey is a very serious prankster who likes to run. That makes one of us! (Though, how does a Klefki…run?)

My husband came in shortly after I encountered this guy saying he just had a bowl of Spaghetti…and I’ve been giving Klefkis nicknames with key in them…so. Spaghettkey! He was another easy catch, super under odds phase, and brings the total number of encounters just below 65000…we’ll be hitting 81920 soon!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 31/03/2026

Phase 14 ends at a crisp 2765–holy! Almost 3/4 of the way to the expected 20 is honestly wild. This is the sassy and thoroughly cunning Yokai, prepared to catch you off-guard if you talk too much around it. This guy’s chill, though. I think

This brings the Haunter count up to 6! 6 out of the 14 completed phases…goodness. He was another quick ball catch. Ability is levitate, naturally, and of course we love an under odds phase! Sassy and thoroughly cunning sounds right for a Yokai (solely from Phasmophobia) but I couldn’t even tell you as to why.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 30/03/2026

This week's stream schedule! Looking at some late nights for the first time in a while. 🪐

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 21/03/2026

6679 encounters brings a fifth Golbat to once again tie with the Haunters! Or, as my husband so aptly put, “almost a full team!” This one’s careful, and all-around defensive with a sturdy body. Druid, thanks for rounding out phase 13 before the numbers could think to get too crazy.

Shiny Golbat numero 5 and phase 13 overall on our way to Mimikyu. It was found in the original Moon copy (not the Ultra Moon I added for last phase), so it may have been a little cooked on encounters on its own. Nothing too crazy though, and the quick catch in the quick ball leaves no room to complain. I love these bats, anyhow

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 10/03/2026

First shiny found after making the decision to double up in games for Mimikyu—7436 encounters ends phase 12! It was also my first opportunity to even get Shuppet, and oh Meli is such a gorgeous shade of blue. Severely underestimated how in-awe I would be of my hasty, impetuous, and silly girl.

Beautiful shiny Shuppet caught in a great ball! She has the ability Frisk and she’s so quick and silly.

Soooo the funny thing is I was watching BlueVacktor’s safari week video from last year. I kept meaning to look at Shuppet’s level up moves because I didn’t have a reason to before, but I kept forgetting…until she popped up on my screen. And sure enough, she knows curse. And sure enough? She used it. Called in a friend. I was debating on how mentally prepared I’d have to be to fail her. But luckily she didn’t try to use it again, and caught nicely in the great ball with encounter power active. And, needless to say, I have a Golduck with Soak on my team now. Happy to have you Meli, and how fitting considering today’s Wordle…

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 27/02/2026

So grateful for Pokémon 💜 and super excited to be playing (and shiny hunting in, of course) a third generation game for the first time.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 23/02/2026

I am going to have soooo many bats between this and the Mimikyu hunt. Meet Fuji Apple (Laps for short, she likes to run! Don’t ask me how Golbat runs), lonely but no longer alone! After 1899 encounters, she makes her debut.

Shiny Golbat caught in a dusk ball! She’s lonely and likes to run, where better than the cold mountainous caves of Alola?

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 18/02/2026

The Twins sets out to put Haunter back in the lead (now 5 to the 4 Golbats), a measly 494 encounters. He’s my nature (timid!) and proud of his power, and honestly? As chill as my reactions have been to these guys, I’m happy they decide to stop on by. Their silliness is welcome.

Shiny Haunter named after The Twins from Phasmophobia, since he appeared shortly after the tenth phase and could be mistaken for just by appearance alone!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 16/02/2026

Don’t mind the slightly off catch date (caught this guy right at 11PM but never set my DS clock back). Phase 10 ends at 7365 encounters with the fourth Haunter! He’s Jolly with good endurance, and named after another one of the ghost types from Phasmophobia…one I’d even say is a favorite.

Shiny Haunter named Onryo caught nice and easy in a quick ball. He be levitating. I was only going to do 9 encounters after him for the night to round it out to 7374 encounters so…good timing on his part.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 14/02/2026

And so it begins… Phase 1 for Drampa is this ice-armored Glalie! 1403 encounters, with a mean winning streak and the adamant nature to track down a certain PAC-MAN. It’s one of the simpler changes for a shiny, but I’ve always been a fan of the eyes. There’s something about aesthetic changes…

I was thinking to myself the other day that the naming scheme for Glalie would start with the four ghosts from PAC-MAN. It just felt…fitting, since I associate the mega especially with that gaming guy. Blinky is the name of the red ghost, and between the eyes and Valentine’s Day (Happy Valentine’s Day!) I thought it would make the most sense to start there.

Blinky is Adamant and hates to lose, so I definitely wouldn’t want to be in a labyrinth with him hunting me down. The ability being inner focus only sells it more, honestly.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 10/02/2026

So prep for my musical this week has this post a day late— BUT?? 2465 SRs and the FIRST encounter yesterday, Pheromosa was brave enough to show. I. Still wouldn’t believe it if not for the picture and seeing that beautiful gradient for myself. Cameras cannot do her justice, everyone! This is Divv 💜✨

Meet Divv! Brave and somewhat vain, and always at the ready to be a star. I’ll be performing in community theatre this week— and I can only presume by her promptness that she stands for the arts. First encounter of the day…I haven’t had that happen, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I’m just happy I wasn’t too ready to soft reset because if there was ever a time I’d be at risk…

I love Pheromosa’s eyes. I love the gradient from white to black of her “outfit.” I think it’s one of the coolest choices Pokémon’s ever made for a shiny, and between this and Minior, I can hope they’ll do more similar experimentations in the future.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 24/01/2026

I am so THRILLED to be able to hunt Ultra Beasts! Xurkitree sits (trots?) kindly with me after a measly 1779 resets. This is Waltz! Sassy and mischievous and that beautiful shade of blue strikes with no sign or want of reprieve. They do the wave dance move when they’re happy and light up any room.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 18/01/2026

I think there are a lot of bats in this Megamart…6924 encounters for Leviathan (Levi for short, definitely)! The fourth green bat is calm and somewhat vain (I swear I get this characteristic more than any of the others 😭). I think Golbat may be a part of the 7 ate 9 propaganda (phases 7, 8, 9 = bat)

I am already so calm to these lovely bats showing up haha. Levi is a level 31 Golbat, caught in a quick ball— perhaps the calm nature matches how I react to these phases now. It’s a bit silly— I thought Haunter was going to be the one I got a bunch of, and while there’s still plenty time for that to be true, Golbat pulls ahead. 4 out of the 9 phases, with the past three bridging the gap

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 17/01/2026

I. Cannot. BELIEVE this actually happened. It’s one of those things that I thought would be a joke at most— if I find one of these targets offline, I’d go live right away. But sure enough when I was thinking of calling it a night, Vulcan decides to shine after 13832 encounters. HE’S MY NATURE!!!

Somewhat vain and timid, and the first of the dragons appears. After two Charjabug, two Graveler, a Mudbray, Dedenne, Togedemaru, and Torkoal…40340 encounters total for the hunt…and caught in my one and only Friend Ball. Vulcan, I love you so so much. Thank you for this journey, and thank you for being a memorable final team member for the Ultra Sun team. First of the Trio DTQs to be set!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 31/12/2025

So I might be a liiiiiiittle crazy. But once I had the idea I couldn't help myself, so...we shall see what happens! Looking forward to 2026 and how I continue to go and grow.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 31/12/2025

I won't lie- I was really hoping for a last minute shiny Turtonator before tonight's festivities, but after reaching double odds for phase 9 I thought it best to call it...for 2025. And yeah, I did an awful job at updating this over here...BUT! I did get a bingo which I was not anticipating. 🪐

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 29/12/2025

I dreamed about finding Mimikyu last night…and today found this gal instead. 6097 encounters brings me Limeade! She’s rash and loves to take naps. She’s also what ties the Haunter-Golbat ratio! Who knows what phase 9 will bring…and when?

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 07/12/2025

12727 encounters— phase seven is OVER FOR BOTH HURRAY! Meet Papaya, my second Golbat on this quest, named after a friend of mine’s Crobat from a time’s past (they’re a proper fan of poison types). He’s brave, sturdy, and focused, which…honestly all fits together really well!

Shiny Golbat caught in a heal ball (my second favorite pokèball, fun fact)! He’s brave and has a sturdy body, which makes sense as he’s another test of my resilience in this path to Mimikyu. I honestly love the shiny Zubat line and it was so pleasant to see after a long stretch with nothing shining in the game. Was watching Gremlin’s Lanakila video so shoutout to that ✨

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 05/12/2025

Phase 8 appears far quicker than phase 7, 1017 encounters brings yet another new phase…only Elekid and the lovely target Turtonator remain. But oh, I love the shiny for this fire turtle too. Sassy and scatters things often, slow and steady wins the race…Sorbet. So many ssss.

Sassy Torkoal with the White Smoke ability. Found shortly after midnight and I LOVE THE COLOR OF HIS SHELL!! It’s one of those things on a shiny that makes me happy for some reason.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 01/12/2025

Apparently this little one wants to do the Electrike Slide with another little Pikaclone. 10320 encounters after Dee Dee is the knight of my roundtable Lancelot, who’s relaxed and likes to take plenty of siestas (easily explaining the encounter number. He moves on his own time!)

I was honestly hoping a phase for Turtonator would be this little guy, after seeing someone else get him and interact in Refresh…He’s so so cute with so much joy to share with all. Shiny Togedemaru, I’m so happy to run into you today, even if it means I have more of a chance to double up on later phases…

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 29/10/2025

An encounter to show off how cool he is.

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 29/10/2025

I managed to remember to take the clip of finding it in my shock and surprise. I was so afraid that it wouldn’t show up in this screen for some reason— I’d been checking the batches in the boxes afterward just in case. I had 20 Cranidos per reset and this was number 15!

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 29/10/2025

Shiny Cranidos found in Brilliant Diamond! This was a hunt I started sometime last year, but took a major break up until fossil week this year. It’s been on and off, but I believe I was still under odds? I wasn’t counting all of them for this one, admittedly

Rash Shiny Cranidos capable of taking hits~ named Blais after the fact (something from my game/book universe. hehe). I was hopeful that all my time spent collecting the 20 fossils would prove worth it and that the shiny would appear in the second half— I got my wish ❤️

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Starring Saturn @starringsaturn.standingintheodds.com · 20/10/2025

Me and my excellent picture taking skills~ This is Zeona, a lonely (not anymore) Ho-Oh with good perseverance being caught with a Master Ball. I admittedly went into this hunt with that intention— a measly 2170 SRs later makes it true. Such a cool find for this Spooky Season

Named after something from my in-progress game/book universe— I love the gold and silver for Ho-Oh. I noticed it straight away coming across the screen, and still am in disbelief. I did try a Fast and Lure Ball for fun, but I mainly wanted to bring her home

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