Balloon Berry (Neo Revelation 60)

Trainer Pokémon Tool

Balloon Berry ふうせんのみ Berry Balloon Team Plasma

Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi English expansion Neo Revelation Rarity English card no. 60/64 Japanese expansion Awakening Legends Japanese Rarity English expansion EX Dragon Rarity English card no. 82/97 Japanese expansion Rulers of the Heavens Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 053/054 Japanese Half Deck Flygon Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 018/019 Japanese Half Deck Salamence Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 018/019 Expansion EX Deoxys Rarity English card no. 84/107 Japanese Half Deck Rayquaza Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 015/015

Balloon Berry (Japanese: ふうせんのみ Berry Balloon) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Neo Revelation expansion.

Card text

Neo Revelation print

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

Attach Balloon Berry to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't have a Pokémon Tool attached to it.

When the Pokémon Balloon Berry is attached to retreats, discard Balloon Berry instead of discarding Energy 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.

EX Dragon print

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

Attach Balloon Berry to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card.

When the Pokémon Balloon Berry is attached to retreats, discard Balloon Berry instead of discarding Energy 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.

EX Deoxys print

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

Attach Balloon Berry to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card.

As long as Balloon Berry is attached to a Pokémon, that Pokémon's Retreat Cost is 0. When this Pokémon retreats, discard Balloon Berry.

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 reprinted in the EX Dragon and EX Deoxys expansions. The EX Dragon print added a second sentence to the Pokémon Tool ruling. The EX Deoxys print tweaked the actual effect text to reflect errata issued prior to the release of the expansion.

Trivia

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.