Victory Medal (Battle Road promo)

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Victory Medal
勝利のメダル Victory Medal
Goods
Victory Medal Spring 2007-2008.jpg
Illus. Takumi Akabane
Expansion Miscellaneous Promotional cards
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 031/DPt-P
Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 036/DPt-P
Japanese expansion DPt-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 051/DPt-P
Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 027/L-P

Victory Medal (Japanese: 勝利のメダル Victory Medal) is a Goods card. It was released as a promotional card.

Card text

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Release information

Silver Medal variant

This card was released as a promotional card, and comes in two versions. In Japan, a gold medal version was awarded to the champions of the Spring Gym Challenge in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2009. A silver medal version was also awarded to runners-up in the same competitions.
The English versions were released through Battle Road tournaments, beginning in Spring 2007. Gold medal versions are awarded to those participating in Spring Battle Road tournaments, while the silver medal versions are awarded to those participating in Autumn Battle Road tournaments. The seasonal variants are further distinguished by featuring a blue stamp (Spring) and an orange stamp (Autumn), as well as the season years in which the card was awarded.
Beginning in 2009, several other versions featuring Pokémon relative to mainstream releases began to be released, all with artwork by Yusuke Ishikawa. The 031/DPt-P print was awarded to winners of the Pokémon Plaza Challenge Card Get Battle in May 2009, and the two Arceus prints were awarded to winners of the Pokémon Battle Tour 2009.

Trivia

  • The Japanese 2006 version has a gold foil "Gym☆Challenge 2006" stamp below the artwork, distinguishing it from the 2004 and 2005 versions. Subsequent prints have the DP-on Trainer design and also feature a black star promo symbol.
  • The 031/DPt-P print is the first numbered Victory Medal card and differs by featuring Giratina in its Origin Forme, as opposed to Pikachu in the illustration. The card also has a gold foil stamp below the artwork that reads "For the Winner of the Pokémon Card Game". Oddly, this is in English instead of Japanese.
  • The numbering and stamp features were also adopted to the two Arceus variants.

Origin

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