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'''No.2 Trainer''' can refer to many different promotional cards, all awarded to the winners of different tournaments. They are all {{TCG|Trainer}} cards and only a few copies of each card have been released in the world. They are considered the rarest of all cards, second only to {{TCG|No.1 Trainer}}.
{{TrainercardInfobox |
cardname=No.2 Trainer |
jname=Ｎｏ.２トレーナー |
jtrans=No.2 Trainer |
image=100_T_NO2TRAINER1.jpg |
caption=Illus. [[Mitsuhiro Arita]] |
class=Trainer |
}}
{{TrainercardInfobox/Expansion|class=Trainer|jpexpansion={{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}}|rarity={{rar|Rare}}{{rar|Rare Holo}}|name={{TCG|No.2 Trainer}}}}
{{TrainercardInfobox/Footer}}


'''No.2 Trainer''' (Japanese: '''Ｎｏ.２トレーナー''' ''No.2 Trainer'') is a  [[Trainer (TCG)|Trainer]]. It was released as a promotional card in Japan only.
==No.2 Trainer==
The following is a list of cards named '''No.2 Trainer'''.
{| {{bluetable}}
|- style="background: #DDDDFF;"
!Name
!Tournament
!Years
!Rarity
!Set
|-
| rowspan=3 | {{TCG ID|Tournament|No.2 Trainer|promo}} || rowspan=2 | Official Pokémon Card Game Tournament || 1997 || rowspan=3 | {{rar|Rare}}{{rar|Rare Holo}} || rowspan=3 | {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} (no English release)
|-
| 1998
|-
| Blastoise Mega Battle || 1999
|-
| {{TCG ID|Secret Super Battle|No.2 Trainer|promo}} || Super Secret Battle tournament || 1999 || {{rar|Rare}}{{rar|Rare Holo}} || {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} (no English release)
|-
| rowspan=3 | {{TCG ID|Tropical Mega Battle|No.2 Trainer|promo}} || rowspan=3 | Tropical Mega Battle tournament || 1999 || rowspan=3 | {{rar|Rare}}{{rar|Rare Holo}} || rowspan=3 | {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} (no English release)
|-
| 2000
|-
| 2001
|-
| rowspan=4 | {{TCG ID|Tournament promo|No.2 Trainer|00}} || Neo Spring Road || rowspan=2 | 2000 || rowspan=3 | {{rar|Rare}}{{rar|Rare}} || rowspan=4 | {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} (no English release)  
|-
| Neo Summer Road
|-
| World Championship Secret Super Battle || 2001 
|-
| Spring Battle Road || 2002 || --
|-
| rowspan=5 | {{TCG ID|Worlds 2004|No. 2 Trainer|promo}} || rowspan=5 | Pokémon TCG World Championships || 2004 || rowspan=5 | (H) || rowspan=5 | {{TCG|Miscellaneous Promotional cards}}
|-
| 2005
|-
| 2006
|-
| 2007
|-
| 2008
|}


==Card text (First Official Tournament print)==
[[Category:Disambiguation pages for trading cards]]
{{Trainer Text
| effect = The Pokémon Card Game Official Tournament's runner-up winner is recognized here, and this honor is praised.<br>By presenting this card, you may gain preferential entry into the Pokémon Card Game Official Tournament.
|}}
 
==Card text (Second Official Tournament print)==
{{Trainer Text
| effect = The Pokémon Card Game Official Tournament's runner-up winner is recognized here, and this honor is praised.<br>This proves that the one who possesses this card participated in the Best in Japan Final Battles of the First Pokémon Card Game Tournament.
|}}
 
==Card text (Blastoise Mega Battle print)==
{{Trainer Text
| effect = The Pokémon Card Game Official Tournament's runner-up winner is recognized here, and this honor is praised.<br>This proves that the one who possesses this card participated in the Best in Japan Final Battles of the Second Pokémon Card Game Tournament.
|}}
 
==Release information==
This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was awarded to the runners-up of the First and Second Official Pokémon Card Game Tournaments held in 1997 and 1998 respectively. Another version was also awarded to the runners-up of the Blastoise Mega Battle in 1999. The card was never released in English.
 
==Trivia==
This card is also popularly known as the ''Pikachu Trophy No.2'' card, in reference to the illustration. It is one of the rarest cards in the world, with only one copy of the card produced over the course of three years, meaning only three exist. At the height of the Pokémon phenomenon in the West, auctions of this card saw it make roughly $9,000.
===Origin===
 
{{Project TCGDex notice}}
[[Category:Trainer cards]]
[[Category:Promotional cards]]
[[Category:Illus. by Mitsuhiro Arita]]
[[Category:Holographic cards]]
 
[[ja:No.2トレーナー]]

Revision as of 11:57, 13 August 2009

No.2 Trainer can refer to many different promotional cards, all awarded to the winners of different tournaments. They are all Trainer cards and only a few copies of each card have been released in the world. They are considered the rarest of all cards, second only to No.1 Trainer.

No.2 Trainer

The following is a list of cards named No.2 Trainer.

Name Tournament Years Rarity Set
No.2 Trainer Official Pokémon Card Game Tournament 1997 RareRare Holo Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)
1998
Blastoise Mega Battle 1999
No.2 Trainer Super Secret Battle tournament 1999 RareRare Holo Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)
No.2 Trainer Tropical Mega Battle tournament 1999 RareRare Holo Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)
2000
2001
No.2 Trainer Neo Spring Road 2000 RareRare Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)
Neo Summer Road
World Championship Secret Super Battle 2001
Spring Battle Road 2002 --
No. 2 Trainer Pokémon TCG World Championships 2004 (H) Miscellaneous Promotional cards
2005
2006
2007
2008
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