Card Key

	Artwork from Pokémon Red and Green
	Introduced in Generation I
Pocket
Generation I	Key items
Generation II	Key items
Generation III	Key items
Generation IV	Key items
Generation V	Key items
Generation VI	Key items
Generation VII	Key items

The Card Key (Japanese: カードキー Card Key) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. There are three different Card Keys in the games, one used in Generation I and its remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, another in Generation II and its remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, and a third in Pokémon Colosseum.

In the games

Games	Cost	Sell price
RB Y/RG B Y GS C FRLGE Colo HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM PE	N/A	N/A

The Card Key opens various doors in the Silph Co. building, allowing the player to reach Giovanni on the top floor.

The Card Key opens a shutter on the third floor of the Goldenrod Radio Tower, allowing the player to climb to the top of the tower and battle Team Rocket's Executives.

The Card Key is needed to get into the east wing of the Shadow PKMN Lab.

Games	Description
Stad	The security card key for opening doors in a certain building.
GS C	Opens shutters in the Radio Tower.
FRLG	A card-type key that unlocks doors in Silph Co.'s Head Office in Saffron City.
E	A card-type door key used in Silph Co's office.
Colo	The key for getting into the Lab.
HGSS BW B2W2 XY ORAS SM USUM	A card key that opens a shutter in the Radio Tower.
PE	A card key that unlocks doors in Silph Co.’s head office in Saffron City.

Games	Method
RB Y/RG B Y	Silph Co. 5F
GS C	Goldenrod Underground Warehouse (from the Radio Director)
FRLG	Silph Co. 5F
Colo	Shadow PKMN Lab B1F
HGSS	Goldenrod Tunnel Warehouse (from the Radio Director)
PE	Silph Co. 5F (from Trace after defeating Archer)


Bag sprite from Generation III	Bag sprite from Generation IV

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