Pokémon Reversal (Expedition 146)

Pokémon Reversal ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse Goods

HeartGold Collection print Illus. Wataru Kawahara Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 133/141 Expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 146/165 Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire Rarity English card no. 87/109 Japanese Half Deck Torchic Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck 6th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/019 Expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 97/112 Japanese Half Deck Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise Half Deck Japanese card no. 049/052 Expansion EX Unseen Forces Rarity English card no. 88/115 Japanese Half Deck Meganium Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/016 Japanese Half Deck 8th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/020 Japanese expansion HeartGold Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 065/070

Pokémon Reversal (Japanese: ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse) is a Goods card. It was first released in Expedition Base Set.

Card text (Expedition print)

Card text (EX Ruby & Sapphire print)

Card text (EX FireRed & LeafGreen print)

Card text (HeartGold Collection print)

Release information

This card's true first appearence was in the Japanese Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle. The card was translated under the tentative name of Pokémon Reverse.
It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama, which is famous for seemingly mangling the intended effect (see above). The change caused quite a stir, as if the effect had been changed from being a "flip for Gust of Wind" to "flip for half a Warp Point". An errata was ultimately issued so that the card was treated more like the Expedition print with a slight tweak for 2-on-2 play. The reprinted versions that appeared in EX FireRed & LeafGreen and EX Unseen Forces featured the adjusted text. It was reclassified as a Goods card in the HeartGold Collection and printed with new artwork by Wataru Kawahara.

Gallery

Expedition Base Set print Illus. "Big Mama" Tagawa

EX Ruby & Sapphire print Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama

HeartGold Collection print Illus. Wataru Kawahara

Trivia

Origin

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