Professor Sycamore (XY 122)

Trainer Supporter

Professor Sycamore プラターヌ博士 Dr. Platane

Illus. Yusuke Ohmura English expansion XY Rarity English card no. 122/146 Japanese expansion Collection X Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 058/060 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 028/XY-P Japanese Deck M-Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck Japanese card no. 019/021 Japanese Deck Hyper Metal Chain Deck Japanese card no. 016/018

Professor Sycamore (Japanese: プラターヌ博士 Professor Platane) is a Supporter card. It is part of the XY expansion.

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

Discard your hand and draw 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.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was released in the XY expansion, first originating from the Japanese Collection X. In Japan, this card was reprinted as a Mirror Holofoil XY-P Promotional card available as part of a twelve card promotional pack awarded to those who participated in the Pokémon Card Gym tournaments from the month of February 2014 through the month of April 2014. This print features the Card Gym logo. It was later reprinted in the Japanese M-Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck and the Hyper Metal Chain Deck.

Trivia

• This card's effect matches that of Professor Oak. However, Professor Oak is not a Supporter card, meaning that that card can be played more than once per turn.
• This card has an identical effect as Professor Juniper. Because of this, it has been ruled that while both cards are in rotation together, only Professor Juniper or Professor Sycamore can be included in a single deck, not both.

Origin

Professor Sycamore is the resident Pokémon Professor of the Kalos region.

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