Switch (Base Set 95)

Trainer Item

Switch ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi Release information English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 95/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Japanese Deck Bulbasaur Deck Japanese card no. 19 Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 123/130 Card GB set Colosseum Card GB ID A41 Card GB 2 set Beginning Pokémon Card GB 2 ID A57 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Side Deck Chikorita Side Deck Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 134/141 Expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 157/165 Japanese Theme Deck Pokémon-e Starter Deck Japanese card no. 027/029 Japanese Half Deck Theater Limited VS Pack Japanese card no. 017/018 Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire Rarity English card no. 92/109 Japanese Half Deck Mudkip Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck Movie Commemoration VS Pack Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck Metagross Constructed Starter Deck 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Switch (Japanese: ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution) is an Item card. It was first released in the Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text

Base Set print

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

Switch 1 of your Benched Pokémon with your Active Pokémon.

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.

Expedition Base Set print

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

{{{ruletext}}}

VSTAR Power

Switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

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.

EX Ruby & Sapphire print

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

{{{ruletext}}}

VSTAR Power

Switch 1 of your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

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.

Black & White print

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

{{{ruletext}}}

VSTAR Power

Switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

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 reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. In Japan, it was reprinted in the Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle with new artwork by the same artist, which eventually appeared in Expedition Base Set. It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama and subsequently reprinted in EX FireRed & LeafGreen, EX Delta Species, EX Dragon Frontiers and many Japanese half decks. It was reprinted with new art again in Diamond & Pearl, Secret Wonders and Stormfront, this time by Ryo Ueda.

Switch was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, though the English prints did not adopt this naming convention until the release of Black & White. The HeartGold & SoulSilver print featured new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki. This card was released in the Black & White expansion as an Item card with new artwork by Ayaka Yoshida, originating in the Japanese Beginning Set. It was later reprinted in the Boundaries Crossed expansion in English, and in the Battle Strength Decks, Battle Theme Deck: Victini, the Reshiram EX and Zekrom EX Battle Strength Decks, the Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus, the National Beginning Set, the Keldeo Battle Strength Deck, the Black Kyurem-EX and White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Decks, the Everyone's Exciting Battle collection, and Blastoise/Kyurem-EX Combo Deck in Japanese.

Gallery

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	Expedition Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	EX Ruby & Sapphire print Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ryo Ueda	HeartGold & SoulSilver print Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki	Black & White print Illus. Ayaka Yoshida
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

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