PlusPower (Base Set 84)

PlusPower プラスパワー PlusPower Goods

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi Expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 84/102 Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 113/130 Card GB set Colosseum Card GB ID A45 Card GB 2 set Beginning Pokémon Card GB 2 ID B57 Japanese Deck Kit Neo Introduction Set Japanese Side Deck Chikorita Side Deck Expansion Diamond & Pearl Rarity English card no. 109/130 Expansion Secret Wonders Rarity English card no. 121/132 Japanese Half Deck Dialga LV.X Half Deck Palkia LV.X Half Deck Japanese expansion Magmortar vs Electivire Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Magmortar Half Deck Electivire Half Deck Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack '08 Japanese Half Deck Infernape Half Deck Expansion Platinum Rarity English card no. 112/127 Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack DPt Japanese Half Deck Giratina Half Deck Japanese card no. 010/013 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Starter Decks Japanese Half Deck Raichu Starter Deck Japanese card no. 007/011 Japanese expansion Reviving Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 072/080

PlusPower (Japanese: プラスパワー PlusPower) is a Goods card. It was first released in Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text (Base Set print)

Card text (Diamond & Pearl print)

Release information

This card originated in the Base Set with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. It was also reprinted with updated text and new artwork by Ryo Ueda in Diamond & Pearl, Secret Wonders and Platinum. The key difference between these two prints is that the original print applied it's effect after applying Weakness and Resistance, while the later print applied the effect before applying Weakness and Resistance. It was reprinted in the Raichu Starter Deck with new artwork by Takashi Yamaguchi. The Japanese release of this print was reclassified as a Goods card, but the English did not adopt this name and continued classifying it as a Trainer card. It was then reprinted in the Reviving Legends expansion with new artwork by Ryo Ueda.

Gallery

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi

Secret Wonders print Illus. Ryo Ueda

Raichu Starter Deck print Illus. Takashi Yamaguchi

Trivia

Origin

PlusPower is the Japanese name of X Attack, an item in the Pokémon games. The Japanese name of the item was either used for the English card by mistake, or used intentionally as 'PlusPower' is inscribed on the side of the object in the card's original artwork.

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