Minerva, Scholar of the Sky & Power Angel Valkyria: You can activate their effects off the activation of Counter Traps, or the negation of a Monster Effect/Spell/Trap activation, while protecting these monsters with Counter Traps you activate
And even then, it's often Pokemon, then Trainers, and finally Energies go wherever there's space on the mat
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Deck 9.5 10 Vera the Vernusylph Goddess Effect Monster - 8 Fairy 2400 3000 Once per turn, when a monster effect activated by your opponent resolves, if you control 5 or more EARTH monsters, you can negate that effect, and if you do, destroy that card
Makes me think it certainly is a variant, but appears to be more rare than the normal in USA version
Instead, all it needs is to stand face-to-face with an ex Pokemon