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Supporter

Professor Elm's Training Method ウツギはかせの育てかた Dr. Utsugi's Raising Method

HeartGold & SoulSilver print Illus. Ken Sugimori English expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 148/165 Japanese expansion Base Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 049/128 English expansion EX Unseen Forces Rarity English card no. 89/115 Japanese expansion Golden Sky, Silvery Ocean Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 097/106 Japanese Half Deck Meganium Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 013/016 Japanese Half Deck Typhlosion Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 013/016 Japanese Half Deck Feraligatr Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 013/016 Expansion EX Dragon Frontiers Rarity English card no. 79/101 Japanese Deck Imprison! Gardevoir ex Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 014/024 Japanese Deck Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 014/024 English expansion HeartGold & SoulSilver Rarity English card no. 100/123 Japanese expansion HeartGold Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 067/070 Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 023/L-P Japanese Deck Kit Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck Japanese Deck Leafeon Deck Japanese card no. 012/015 Japanese Deck Kit Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck Japanese Deck Metagross Deck Japanese card no. 011/014 Japanese Half Deck Blastoise Battle Starter Deck Japanese card no. 009/010 Japanese Deck Steelix Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 014/019 Japanese Deck Tyranitar Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 014/019 Deck Kit HS Trainer Kit Half Deck Gyarados Half Deck English card no. 25/30 Expansion Call of Legends Rarity English card no. 82/95

Professor Elm's Training Method (Japanese: ウツギはかせの育てかた Dr. Utsugi's Raising Method) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Expedition Base Set.

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

You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.

VSTAR Power

Search your deck for an Evolution card, show it to your opponent, 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.

e-Reader data

The Expedition Base Set print includes Dot Code strips for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID B-59-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary, and information on the content of the long strip.

Supplement

The long strip contains data for the self-contained Duel Timer 1 supplement.

Release information

This card was released in the Expedition Base Set, first originating from the Japanese Base Expansion Pack. It was later reprinted in the EX Unseen Forces expansion, originating from the Japanese Golden Sky, Silvery Ocean expansion, with a full-frame view of the same artwork. It was reprinted again in the Japanese Meganium Constructed Starter Deck, Typhlosion Constructed Starter Deck, and Feraligatr Constructed Starter Deck and in the English EX Dragon Frontiers expansion, originating from the Japanese Imprison! Gardevoir ex Constructed Standard Deck and Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck.

It was reprinted in the English HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion, originating from the Japanese HeartGold Collection, with new artwork by the same artist. In Japan, a holographic version of this print was reprinted as one of the L-P Promotional cards and was awarded to those who participated in and won battles in the Pokémon Card Game LEGEND Battle in September 2009. This print has the Pokémon Card Game LEGEND logo in the top right of the illustration and the HeartGold Collection logo on the bottom left. It was later reprinted in Japanese in both decks of the Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck, the Blastoise Starter Deck of the Battle Starter Decks, the Steelix Constructed Standard Deck, and the Tyranitar Constructed Standard Deck. It was again reprinted in the English Gyarados Half Deck of the HS Trainer Kit and the Call of Legends expansion.

Gallery

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Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Professor Elm is the resident Pokémon Professor of the Johto region. The original artwork depicted him alongside Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile, the three starter Pokémon available in Johto.

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