Master Ball (Gym Challenge 116)

Master Ball マスターボール Master Ball Trainer

File:Masterball2.jpg Card as of the Expedition Base Set Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi Japanese expansion Vending Machine cards Series 2 Japanese Rarity Expansion Gym Challenge Rarity English card no. 116/132 Japanese Half Deck Yamabuki City Gym Card GB 2 set Sky Flying Pokémon Card GB 2 ID F55 Japanese expansion Neo Introduction Set Japanese Half Deck Chikorita Half Deck Japanese card no. 21 Japanese expansion Neo Introduction Set Japanese Half Deck Totodile Half Deck Japanese card no. 22 Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 141/141 Expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 143/165 Japanese card no. 061/128 Expansion EX Deoxys Rarity English card no. 88/107 Japanese Half Deck Deoxys Constructed Starter Deck Rayquaza Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 012/015 Japanese expansion PLAY Promotional cards Japanese card no. 018/PLAY Expansion EX Delta Species Rarity English card no. 99/113 Japanese Half Deck Holon Research Tower Water Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 009/015 Expansion EX Power Keepers Rarity English card no. 78/108 Japanese card no. 089/108

Master Ball (Japanese: マスターボール Master Ball) is a Trainer card. It is part of the Gym Challenge set.

Card text

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Release information

This card was originally one of the Vending Machine cards in Japan and subsequently reprinted in Pokémon VS (Japan only), Expedition Base Set, EX Deoxys, EX Delta Species, and EX Power Keepers, and the wording of the English card has been tweaked a few times since the initial Gym Challenge print.

• Expedition changed the "then" in the second sentence to "and".
• EX Deoxys changed the last sentence from the previous two prints with "Put the other 6 cards back on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward."

Trivia

Both the Gym Challenge and Expedition prints of this card have a clause that reads "show it your opponent". It should read "show it to your opponent". The EX Deoxys print fixes this error.

Origin

The Master Ball is a type of Poké Ball in the Pokémon games, notable for having a 100% chance of catching the Pokémon it is used on.

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