Dowsing Machine (Plasma Storm 128)

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Trainer Item
Dowsing Machine
ダウジングマシン Dowsing Machine
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Illus. Ryo Ueda
English expansion Plasma Storm
Rarity Rare Ace
English card no. 128/135
Japanese expansion Plasma Gale
Japanese Rarity R
Japanese card no. 069/070
Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 349/S-P

Dowsing Machine (Japanese: ダウジングマシン Dowsing Machine) is an ACE SPEC Item card. It was first released as part of the Plasma Storm expansion.

Card text

All prints
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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Prism Star (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1 Prism Star card with the same name in your deck. If a Prism Star card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
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VSTAR Power
Discard 2 cards from your hand. (If you can't discard 2 cards, you can't play this card.) Put a Trainer card from your discard pile into your hand.
 
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.
Ability
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 Plasma Storm expansion, first released in the Japanese Plasma Gale expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted as a Non Holofoil S-P Promotional card and was one of ten cards available in Extra Battle Day Promo Card Packs, which were distributed at Pokémon Card Gym venues hosting Extra Battle Day tournaments from December 16, 2022. One pack was given to each participant that won a game, while three packs were given to the overall winner of a tournament. One pack was also given to winners of rock paper scissors competitions.[1] This print also features the Extra Battle Day logo in the bottom right corner.

Trivia

This card's effect matches that of Item Finder.

Origin

The Dowsing Machine is a Key Item in the Pokémon games that allows the player to find hidden items. This card's illustration depicts it as it appears in Generation V.

References


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