Gym Badge (XY Promo 203)

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Trainer Item
Gym Badge
ジムバッジ Gym Badge
GymBadgeXYPromoWinona.jpg
Winona print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards

Gym Badge (Japanese: ジムバッジ Gym Badge) is an Item card. It is one of the XY-P Promotional cards.

Card text

All prints
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Flare TCG logo.png FLARE
Prism Star (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1 Prism Star card with the same name in your deck. If a Prism Star card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
Single Strike
Rapid Strike
Fusion Strike
Ancient
Ancient
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VSTAR Power
Flip a coin until you get tails. Draw a card for each heads.
 
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.
Ability
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).


Release information

In Japan, this card was awarded in many ways at events. There are sixteen prints in total, eight of them with artwork by 5ban Graphics and the eight others with artwork by Ryo Ueda.

Each of the first eight were exclusive to a region of Japan in which the Rayquaza Pre-Battle events are to take place. They have artwork by 5ban Graphics. These are as follows:

  • Roxanne print – Pokémon Center Nagoya, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Niigata.
  • Brawly print – Pokémon Center Osaka, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Tochigi, Ibaraki, Chiba, and Tokyo.
  • Wattson print – Pokémon Center Fukuoka, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Gunma, Saitama, Nagano, Yamanashi, and Kanagawa.
  • Flannery print – Pokémon Center Sapporo, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Shizuoka, and Aichi.
  • Norman print – Pokémon Center Tohoku, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Gifu, Mie, Ishikawa, Kukui, Shiga, and Kyoto.
  • Winona print – Pokémon Center Tokyo Bay, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Nara, Wakayama, and Osaka.
  • Tate and Liza print – Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Hyogo, Tottori, Okayama, Hirochima, and Yamaguchi.
  • Wallace print – Pokémon Center Yokohama, plus Pokémon Card Gym venues in the following prefectures: Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Kochi, Kukuoka, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, and Kagoshima.

The first method of distribution is to participants of the Rayquaza Pre-Battle, which was held at participating Pokémon Card Gym venues and Pokémon Centers across Japan between April 1 and April 30, 2015.

The second method of distribution is to players who accumulate 3 Play Points by participating in concurrent Rayquaza Mega Battle-related events. These include the qualifying phases of the tournament: the Rayquaza Gym Battle, the Rayquaza Pokémon Center Battle, and the Rayquaza Mega Battle Last Challenge qualifier; and side events at the tournament itself: the 3 on 3 Battle and the Knockout Battle. Five Play Points were awarded for participating in the qualifying events, and 2 for the tournament side events. 2 Play Points were awarded for a win in any of the side events, with a further 3 Play Points awarded for a 3-match winning streak in the 3 on 3 Battle.

The Rayquaza Gym Battle was held between March 1 and March 25, 2015 at participating Pokémon Card Gym venues. The Rayquaza Pokémon Center Battle was held at participating Pokémon Centers across two periods for different age categories: between March 28 and April 4, 2015 (all ages), and between March 29 and April 5, 2015 (elementary school students). The Rayquaza Mega Battle and Last Challenge qualifier was held at the Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on May 5, 2015, at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba on May 9 and 10, 2015, at the Sapporo Factory, Sapporo on May 23 and 24, 2015, and at Intex Osaka, Osaka on May 31, 2015.

Unlike the Rayquaza Pre-Battle, the version of card awarded for accruing 3 Play Points is random. Each print of the first eight cards features the Pokémon Card Gym logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork.

The card was later reprinted using the old card TCG theme and artwork by Ryo Ueda and featuring the eight original gym leaders. These are as follows:

Gallery

GymBadgeXYPromoRoxanne.jpg
Roxanne print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoBrawly.jpg
Brawly print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoWattson.jpg
Wattson print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoFlannery.jpg
Flannery print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoNorman.jpg
Norman print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoWinona.jpg
Winona print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoTateLiza.jpg
Tate and Liza print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoWallace.jpg
Wallace print
Illus. 5ban Graphics
GymBadgeXYPromoBrock.jpg
Brock print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoMisty.jpg
Misty print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoLtSurge.jpg
Lt. Surge print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoErika.jpg
Erika print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoKoga.jpg
Koga print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoSabrina.jpg
Sabrina print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoBlaine.jpg
Blaine print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
GymBadgeXYPromoGiovanni.jpg
Giovanni print
Illus. Ryo Ueda
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

Origin

A Badge is an item in the Pokémon games which denotes a Pokémon Trainer as having defeated a Gym Leader. Each print features a Gym Leader from the Hoenn or Kanto region.


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