Giovanni (Gym Challenge 18)

Trainer

Giovanni サカキ Sakaki

Illus. Ken Sugimori English expansion Gym Challenge Rarity English card no. 18/132 Japanese expansion Challenge from the Darkness Japanese Rarity Expansion Gym Challenge Rarity English card no. 104/132

Giovanni (Japanese: サカキ Sakaki) is a Trainer card. It is part of the Gym Challenge expansion.

Card text

All prints

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

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

Choose 1 of your Pokémon in play with Giovanni in its name. For the rest of your turn, you may evolve that Pokémon even if you just played or evolved it this turn or if this is your first turn. This effect also applies to the Pokémon it evolves into.

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.

Release information

This card was included in the Gym Challenge expansion as both a Holofoil and Non Holofoil card. The Holofoil print was first released in the Japanese Challenge from the Darkness expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Giovanni is one of the Gym Leaders of the Kanto region. He is also the leader of Team Rocket.

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