Imposter Professor Oak (Base Set 73)

Trainer

Imposter Professor Oak にせオーキドはかせ False Doctor Okido

Illus. Ken Sugimori English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 73/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 102/130 Card GB set Laboratory Card GB ID D44 Card GB 2 set Psychic Battle Card GB 2 ID D52

Imposter Professor Oak (spelled as Impostor Professor Oak in Base Set's 1st Edition and Shadowless prints) (Japanese: にせオーキドはかせ False Doctor Okido) is a Trainer card. It is part of the Base Set.

Card text

All prints

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Your opponent shuffles his or her hand into his or her deck, then draws 7 cards.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Release information

This card was released in the English Base Set, first originating from the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was later reprinted in the English Base Set 2 expansion.

When this card was first released during the 1st Edition print run of Base Set, the name was spelled as Impostor Professor Oak. This spelling of the name persisted through the Shadowless print run, and was only afterward changed to Imposter for the Unlimited print run. Imposter was then used for Base Set's 4th print, and the reprint in Base Set 2.

Trivia

• The Impostor Professor Oak character has appeared in other Pokémon media, such as How I Became a Pokémon Card and Pokémon Adventures. He has also been featured on other cards.
• In Pokémon Adventures, Sabrina had her Kadabra disguise itself as Professor Oak. The transformation looks extremely similar to this artwork.

Origin

Imposter Professor Oak is based on Professor Oak, a character in the Pokémon games. In particular, this card is based on the Professor Oak card, the two having opposing effects from one another.

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