Victory Medal (Battle Road promo)

Victory Medal 勝利のメダル Victory Medal Goods

Original Gold Medal print Illus. Takumi Akabane Expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 031/DPt-P Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 036/DPt-P Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 051/DPt-P Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 027/L-P Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 031/L-P Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 032/L-P Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 033/L-P Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 041/L-P Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 042/L-P

Victory Medal (Japanese: 勝利のメダル Victory Medal) is a Goods card. It was released as a promotional card.

Release information

This card was released as a promotional card, and comes in two versions. In Japan, a gold medal version was awarded to the champions of the Spring Gym Challenge in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2009. A silver medal version was also awarded to runners-up in the same competitions.
The English versions were released through Battle Road tournaments, beginning in Spring 2007. Gold medal versions are awarded to those participating in Spring Battle Road tournaments, while the silver medal versions are awarded to those participating in Autumn Battle Road tournaments. The seasonal variants are further distinguished by featuring a blue stamp (Spring) and an orange stamp (Autumn), as well as the season years in which the card was awarded.
Beginning in 2009, several other versions featuring Pokémon relative to mainstream releases began to be released, all with artwork by Yusuke Ishikawa. The 031/DPt-P print was awarded to winners of the Pokémon Plaza Challenge Card Get Battle in May 2009, and the two Arceus prints were awarded to winners of the Pokémon Battle Tour 2009. This Typhlosion print was illustrated by Takashi Yamaguchi.
This card was released yet again. For the HeartGold & SoulSilver Collection's Gym Challenge, Hideaki Hakozaki illustrated three new cards: one for third place, second place, and third place winners. These cards were numbered 031/L-P, 032/L-P, 033/L-P, respectively. Hakozaki illustrated another print released for the November 2009 Pokémon Challenge Battle winner's prize, numbered 041/L-P. Yamaguchi yet again illustrated another Typhlosion print, 042/L-P, released as the winner's prize for the Pokémon Card Plaza Challenge Battle.

Gallery

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  Original Gold Medal print
  Illus. Takumi Akabane

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  Original Silver Medal print
  Illus. Takumi Akabane

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  031/DPt-P
  Illus. Yusuke Ishikawa

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  036/DPt-P
  Illus. Yusuke Ishikawa

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  051/DPt-P
  Illus. Yusuke Ishikawa

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  027/L-P
  Illus. Takashi Yamaguchi

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  031/L-P
  Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki

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  032/L-P
  Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki

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  033/L-P
  Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki

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  041/L-P
  Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki

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  042/L-P
  Illus. Takashi Yamaguchi

Trivia

• The Japanese 2006 version has a gold foil "Gym☆Challenge 2006" stamp below the artwork, distinguishing it from the 2004 and 2005 versions. Subsequent prints have the DP-on Trainer design and also feature a black star promo symbol.
• The 031/DPt-P print is the first numbered Victory Medal card and differs by featuring Giratina in its Origin Forme, as opposed to Pikachu in the illustration. The card also has a gold foil stamp below the artwork that reads "For the Winner of the Pokémon Card Game." Oddly, this is in English instead of Japanese. The numbering and stamp features were also adopted to the two Arceus variants, and each print thereafter.