Nest Ball (Sun & Moon 123)

Trainer Item

Nest Ball ネストボール Nest Ball

GG End print Illus. Ryo Ueda Release information English expansion Sun & Moon Rarity English card no. 123/149 Japanese expansion Collection Moon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 055/060 English expansion Sun & Moon Rarity English card no. 158/149 Japanese expansion Collection Moon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 071/060 Japanese Deck Sun & Moon Starter Set Japanese card no. 043/059 Japanese Deck Kit Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 001/018 Japanese Deck Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set Japanese card no. 012/021 Japanese expansion GX Battle Boost Japanese card no. 092/114 Japanese Deck Solgaleo-GX & Lunala-GX Legendary Starter Set Japanese card no. 011/021 Japanese expansion Ultra Sun Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 055/066 Japanese Deck Kit Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 002/020 Japanese Deck Kit Ultra Moon Deck Build Box Japanese card no. 002/041 Japanese Deck Grass Lurantis-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Fire Charizard-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Water Lapras-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Lightning Raichu-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Psychic Mewtwo-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Fighting Lycanroc-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Darkness Yveltal-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Metal Metagross-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Fairy Xerneas-GX Deck Japanese card no. 110/131 Japanese Deck Flareon-GX Starter Set Fire Japanese card no. 024/038 Japanese Deck Vaporeon-GX Starter Set Water Japanese card no. 024/038 Japanese Deck Jolteon-GX Starter Set Lightning Japanese card no. 024/038 Japanese Deck Kit Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 017/035 Japanese Deck Brock of Pewter City Gym Trainer Battle Deck Japanese card no. 017/031 Japanese Deck Misty of Cerulean City Gym Trainer Battle Deck Japanese card no. 017/031 Japanese Deck Kit Tag Team GX Deck Build Box Japanese card no. 007/029 Japanese expansion GG End Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 052/054 Release information English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 181/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 070/078 English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 255/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 107/078 Japanese Deck ex Starter Set Sprigatito & Lucario ex Japanese card no. 015/023 Japanese Deck ex Starter Set Fuecoco & Ampharos ex Japanese card no. 012/021 Japanese Deck ex Starter Set Quaxly & Mimikyu ex Japanese card no. 014/023 Japanese Deck Kit Premium Trainer Box ex Japanese card no. 001/028 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 015/SV-P Japanese Deck ex Starter Set Pikachu ex & Pawmot Japanese card no. 013/021 Japanese Deck Grass Decidueye ex Start Deck Japanese card no. 118/139 Japanese Deck Water Greninja ex Start Deck Japanese card no. 118/139 Japanese Deck Tera Dragonite ex Start Deck Japanese card no. 118/139 Japanese Deck Kit Ruler of the Black Flame Deck Build Box Japanese card no. 016/038 Japanese Deck Terastal Starter Set Mewtwo ex Japanese card no. 012/020 Japanese Deck Terastal Starter Set Skeledirge ex Japanese card no. 011/020 Japanese Deck Kit Venusaur & Charizard & Blastoise Special Deck Set ex Japanese card no. 033/049 English expansion Paldean Fates Rarity English card no. 084/091 Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese card no. 159/190 Japanese Deck Ancient Koraidon ex Starter Deck & Build Set Japanese card no. 027/053 Japanese Deck Future Miraidon ex Starter Deck & Build Set Japanese card no. 027/053 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 125/SV-P Japanese Deck Battle Master Deck Terastal Charizard ex Japanese card no. 012/021 Japanese Deck Battle Master Deck Chien-Pao ex Japanese card no. 011/019 Japanese Deck Kit Stellar Miracle Deck Build Box Japanese card no. 019/044 Japanese Deck Stellar Tera Type Starter Set Sylveon ex Japanese card no. 013/022 Japanese Deck Stellar Tera Type Starter Set Ceruledge ex Japanese card no. 013/022 Japanese Deck Generations Start Decks Japanese card no. 133/175

Nest Ball (Japanese: ネストボール Nest Ball) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Sun & Moon expansion.

Card text

Sun & Moon Series prints

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

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

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

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

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.

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.

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.

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.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Scarlet & Violet Series prints

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

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

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

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

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.

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.

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.

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.

You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.

Release information

Sun & Moon Series

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Sun & Moon expansion, first released in the Japanese Collection Moon. Both prints feature artwork by Toyste Beach. In Japan, the Regular print was released in the Sun & Moon Starter Set and Premium Trainer Box simultaneously on December 9, 2016. The Regular print was later reprinted in the Japanese Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set, GX Battle Boost subset (as a Mirror Holofoil), Solgaleo-GX & Lunala-GX Legendary Starter Set, Ultra Sun expansion, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Premium Trainer Box, Ultra Moon Deck Build Box, in each of the GX Starter Decks, in each of the Eevee-GX Starter Sets, in the Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box, in both Trainer Battle Decks, and in the Tag Team GX Deck Build Box. It was reprinted with different artwork by Ryo Ueda in the Japanese GG End subset.

Scarlet & Violet Series

During the Scarlet & Violet Series, this card was reprinted in the Japanese Scarlet ex expansion as both a Regular card and hyper rare, each with new artwork by Toyste Beach. In Japan, the Regular print was also included in each of the three ex Starter Sets and the Premium Trainer Box ex. These prints feature the updated Trainer card layout introduced with the Scarlet & Violet expansion, as well as the updated text for Item cards introduced during the Sword & Shield Series. The Regular print was reprinted as an SV-P Promotional card with the collection number 015/SV-P and was one of nine possible cards included in special packs sent to Event Organizers in January 2023 for distribution in official events hosted by them. This print features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration.

In Japan, it was reprinted again in the ex Starter Set Pikachu ex & Pawmot, in three of the ex Start Decks, the Ruler of the Black Flame Deck Build Box, in both Terastal Starter Sets, the Venusaur & Charizard & Blastoise Special Deck Set ex, the Shiny Treasure ex subset, in both Starter Deck & Build Sets, in both Battle Master Decks, in the Stellar Miracle Deck Build Box, in both Stellar Tera Type Starter Sets, and in the Generations Start Decks. The Shiny Treasure ex release prompted a reprint being included in the Paldean Fates expansion.

It was also reprinted as another SV-P Promotional card, this time with the collection number 125/SV-P, and was one of seven cards available in Pokémon Card Gym Promo Card Pack 5, which was distributed at Pokémon Card Gym venues able to do so from January 26, 2024. This print features the Pokémon Card Gym logo.

Gallery

Sun & Moon Regular print Illus. Toyste Beach	Sun & Moon Secret print Illus. Toyste Beach	GG End print Illus. Ryo Ueda
Scarlet & Violet Regular print Illus. Toyste Beach	Scarlet & Violet hyper rare print Illus. Toyste Beach	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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

This card's effect is identical to that of the Stormfront version of Great Ball.

Origin

The Nest Ball is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation III that works better on weaker Pokémon.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.