Defiance Band (Scarlet & Violet 169)

Trainer Pokémon Tool

Defiance Band まけんきハチマキ Competitive Spirit Headband

Illus. inose yukie English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 169/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 073/078 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 109/SV-P Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese card no. 168/190

Defiance Band (Japanese: まけんきハチマキ Competitive Spirit Headband) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Scarlet & Violet 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

If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, the attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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 attach any number of Pokémon Tools to your Pokémon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokémon Tool to each Pokémon, and it stays attached.

Release information

This card was included in the Scarlet & Violet expansion, first released in the Japanese Scarlet ex expansion. It was reprinted in the Japanese Shiny Treasure ex subset.

In Japan, an exclusive Mirror Holofoil SV-P Promotional print was given to the top 64 players at Champions League events held during the 2023-24 season. This print has the "Pokémon Trading Card Game Championships Series 2024" stamp on the bottom right corner of the artwork.

Trivia

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.