Air Balloon (Sword & Shield 156)

Trainer Item

Air Balloon ふうせん Balloon

Secret print Illus. Yoshinobu Saito English expansion Sword & Shield Rarity English card no. 156/202 Japanese expansion Sword Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 057/060 English expansion Sword & Shield Rarity English card no. 213/202 Japanese expansion Sword Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 075/060 Japanese Deck Psychic Mew V Deck Japanese card no. 105/127 Japanese expansion Shiny Star V Japanese card no. 171/190 Japanese Deck Kit Single Strike Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 017/033 Japanese Deck Kit Rapid Strike Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 017/033 Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese card no. 145/184

Air Balloon (Japanese: ふうせん Balloon) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Sword & Shield expansion.

Card text

All 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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Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached.

VSTAR Power

The Retreat Cost of the Pokémon this card is attached to is less.

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

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Sword & Shield expansion, first released in the Japanese Sword expansion. Both prints feature artwork by Yoshinobu Saito. In Japan, the Regular print was reprinted in the Psychic Mew V Deck, the Shiny Star V subset, the Single Strike & Rapid Strike Premium Trainer Boxes, and the VMAX Climax subset.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Yoshinobu Saito	Secret print Illus. Yoshinobu Saito	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
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

The Air Balloon is a held item in the Pokémon games that prevents the holder from being damaged by Ground-type moves.

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