Switch (Base Set 95)

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Switch
ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution
Trainer

Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
Expansion Base Set
Rarity Common
English card no. 95/102
Card GB set Colosseum
Card GB ID A41
Card GB 2 set Beginning Pokémon
Card GB 2 ID A57

Switch (Japanese: ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution) is a Trainer. It is part of the Base Set.

Contents

Card text

Switch 1 of your Benched Pokémon with your Active Pokémon.

Release information

This card was reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. It was also reprinted in the VS (Japan only), Expedition Base Set, EX Ruby & Sapphire, EX FireRed & LeafGreen, EX Delta Species, EX Dragon Frontiers, Diamond & Pearl, and Secret Wonders sets, with the art changing for the Expedition, EX Ruby & Sapphire (with a new artist, Hiromichi Sugiyama), and Diamond & Pearl (as seen to the lower right) sets.
Card as of Diamond & Pearl
Illus. Ryo Ueda

The wording was tweaked for EX Ruby & Sapphire to reflect the new 2-on-2 format as follows:

Switch 1 of your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Set VS
Rarity Common
Card No. 134/141
Set Expedition Base Set
Rarity Common
English Card No. 157/165
Set EX Ruby & Sapphire
Rarity Common
English Card No. 92/109
Set EX FireRed & LeafGreen
Rarity Common
English Card No. 102/112
Set EX Delta Species
Rarity Common
English Card No. 102/113
Set EX Dragon Frontiers
Rarity Common
English Card No. 83/101
Set Diamond & Pearl
Rarity Common
English Card No. 119/130
Set Secret Wonders
Rarity Common
English Card No. 128/132
Set Stormfront
Rarity Common
English Card No. 93/100

Trivia

  • Interestingly, Switch was the 102nd card in the EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion, the last card in that set that also appeared in the Base Set, which itself has 102 cards.

Origin

This Pokémon Trading Card article is part of Project TCGDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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