Pokémon Reversal (Expedition 146)

Trainer

Pokémon Reversal ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse Team Plasma

EX Ruby & Sapphire print Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 133/141 English expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 146/165 Japanese expansion Base Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 059/128 Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire Rarity English card no. 87/109 Japanese Half Deck Torchic Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck Movie Commemoration VS Pack Japanese card no. 017/019 Expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 97/112 Japanese Half Deck Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise Random Constructed Starter Decks Japanese card no. 049/052 Expansion EX Unseen Forces Rarity English card no. 88/115 Japanese Half Deck Meganium Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 011/016 Japanese Half Deck Movie Commemoration VS Pack: Aura's Lucario Japanese card no. 017/020 English expansion HeartGold & SoulSilver Rarity English card no. 99/123 Japanese expansion HeartGold Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 065/070 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Starter Decks Japanese Half Deck Raichu Starter Deck Japanese card no. 008/011 Japanese Deck Tyranitar Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 013/019

Pokémon Reversal (Japanese: ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse) is a Trainer card (Item card in Japan). It was first released as part of the Expedition Base Set.

Card text

Expedition Base Set print

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

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Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Flip a coin. If heads, switch that Pokémon with the Defending Pokémon.

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 Ruby & Sapphire print

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

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Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent switches 1 of his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.

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 FireRed & LeafGreen print

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

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Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch.

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.

HeartGold & SoulSilver print

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

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Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with your opponent's Active Pokémon.

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's true first appearance 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.

Pokémon Reversal was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, though the English Trainer cards did not adopt this naming convention until after this card's latest print. HeartGold & SoulSilver featured new artwork by Wataru Kawahara, and the Japanese Battle Starter Decks featured yet another new illustration by Hideaki Hakozaki.

Gallery

Expedition Base Set print Illus. "Big Mama" Tagawa	EX Ruby & Sapphire print Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama	HeartGold & SoulSilver print Illus. Wataru Kawahara
Raichu Starter Deck print Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

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