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Trainer Item

Heavy Ball ヘビーボール Heavy Ball

Next Destinies print Illus. Ryo Ueda English expansion Next Destinies Rarity English card no. 88/99 Japanese expansion Hail Blizzard Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 049/052 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 122/BW-P Japanese Deck Kit Master Deck Build Box EX Japanese card no. 033/046 English expansion BREAKthrough Rarity English card no. 140/162 Japanese expansion Red Flash Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 054/059 Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 118/171

Heavy Ball (Japanese: ヘビーボール Heavy Ball) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Next Destinies 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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VSTAR Power

Search your deck for a Pokémon with a Retreat Cost of 3 or more, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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 as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was included in the Next Destinies expansion, first released in the Japanese Hail Blizzard expansion with artwork by Ryo Ueda. An unnumbered Mirror Holofoil BW-P Promotional version of this card was later released in Japan and awarded to players of the Victory Cup events, held over the course of Battle Carnival 2011, who managed to reach the 'Premier Stage'. In order to reach the 'Premier Stage', players had to win three consecutive battles in the initial 'Challenge Stage'. The Battle Carnival took place at the Mydome Osaka, Osaka on November 5 and 6, 2011, and at Sunshine City, Tokyo on November 19 and 20, 2011. A numbered BW-P Promotional print was also later released on January 14, 2012 alongside Haxorus in the CoroCoro 'Battle and Win' guidebook. It was reprinted again in Japan as part of the Master Deck Build Box EX, released on September 14, 2012.

This card was reprinted in the BREAKthrough expansion, first released in the Japanese Red Flash expansion, at the beginning of the XY Break Series with a new illustration by Toyste Beach. This print was later reprinted in Japan in The Best of XY subset.

Gallery

Next Destinies print Illus. Ryo Ueda	BREAKthrough print Illus. Toyste Beach	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 Heavy Ball is a type of Poké Ball introduced in Generation II, which becomes more effective when used on heavier Pokémon.

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