Switch (Base Set 95)

Switch ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution Goods

HeartGold Collection print Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki Release information Expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 95/102 Card GB set Colosseum Card GB ID A41 Card GB 2 set Beginning Pokémon Card GB 2 ID A57 Japanese Deck Kit Video Introduction Set Japanese Half Deck Bulbasaur Deck Japanese card no. 19 Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 123/130 Japanese Deck Kit Neo Introduction Set Japanese Side Deck Chikorita Side Deck Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 134/141 Expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 157/165 Japanese Theme Deck Pokémon-e Starter Deck Japanese card no. 027/029 Japanese Half Deck 5th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/018 Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire Rarity English card no. 92/109 Japanese Half Deck Mudkip Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck 6th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck Metagross Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck 7th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 102/112 Japanese Half Deck Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise Half Deck Japanese card no. 048/052 Japanese Half Deck Rayquaza Half Deck Deoxys Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/015 Japanese Deck Kit Emerald Gift Set Japanese Half Deck Rayquaza Half Deck Japanese card no. 012/019 Japanese Quarter Deck Fire Quick Construction Pack Water Quick Construction Pack Psychic Quick Construction Pack Japanese card no. 008/015 Japanese Half Deck Mew Half Deck Japanese card no. 012/016 Japanese Half Deck 8th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/020 Japanese Deck Kit Lucario Gift Set Japanese Quarter Deck Torchic Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 009/015 Expansion EX Delta Species Rarity English card no. 102/113 Japanese Half Deck Flareon Half Deck Japanese card no. 009/015 Japanese Deck Kit Mew Gift Set Japanese Quarter Deck Mightyena Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 007/015 Japanese Half Deck 9th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 015/019 Expansion EX Dragon Frontiers Rarity English card no. 83/101 Expansion Diamond & Pearl Rarity English card no. 119/130 Japanese Half Deck Bastiodon Half Deck Expansion Secret Wonders Rarity English card no. 128/132 Japanese Half Deck Dialga LV.X Half Deck Palkia LV.X Half Deck Japanese Deck Kit Magmortar vs Electivire Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Electivire Half Deck Japanese Deck Kit Heatran vs Regigigas Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Heatran Half Deck Expansion Stormfront Rarity English card no. 93/100 Japanese Deck Kit Giratina vs Dialga Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Dialga Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/014 Japanese Deck Kit Gift Box DPt Japanese Half Deck Turtwig Half Deck Japanese card no. 013/014 Japanese Deck Kit Gift Box DPt Japanese Half Deck Piplup Half Deck Pikachu Half Deck Japanese card no. 013/015 Japanese Deck Kit Infernape vs Gallade SP Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Infernape Half Deck Gallade Half Deck Japanese card no. 013/018 Japanese Deck Kit Garchomp vs Charizard SP Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Garchomp Half Deck Charizard Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/016 Japanese Theme Deck Arceus LV.X Deck: Grass & Fire Arceus LV.X Deck: Lightning & Psychic Japanese card no. 014/017 Japanese expansion HeartGold Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 064/070

Switch (Japanese: ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution) is a Goods card. It was first released in Base Set.

Card text (Base Set print)

Card text (Expedition Base Set print)

Card text (EX Ruby & Sapphire print)

Card text (HeartGold Collection print)

Release information

This card was reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. In Japan, it was reprinted in the Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle with new artwork by the same artist, which eventually appeared in Expedition Base Set. It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama and subsequently reprinted in EX FireRed & LeafGreen, EX Delta Species, EX Dragon Frontiers and many Japanese half decks. It was reprinted with new art again in Diamond & Pearl, Secret Wonders and Stormfront, this time by Ryo Ueda. It was reclassified as a Goods card in the HeartGold Collection and printed with new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki.

Gallery

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	EX Ruby & Sapphire print Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ryo Ueda
HeartGold Collection print Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki

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

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