Karate Belt (Unified Minds 201)

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Trainer Item
Karate Belt
くろおび Black Obi
KarateBeltUnifiedMinds201.jpg
Regular print
Illus. Yoshinobu Saito
English expansion Unified Minds
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 201/236
Japanese expansion GG End
Japanese Rarity U
Japanese card no. 047/054
English expansion Unified Minds
Rarity Rare Secret
English card no. 252/236
Japanese expansion GG End
Japanese Rarity UR
Japanese card no. 069/054
Japanese expansion Tag All Stars
Japanese card no. 140/173

Karate Belt (Japanese: くろおび Black Obi) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Unified Minds 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.
Team Flare TCG logo.png FLARE
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
Single Strike
Rapid Strike
Fusion Strike
Ancient
Ancient
Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it.
VSTAR Power
If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, the attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to cost Fighting less.
 
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 as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Unified Minds expansion, first released in the Japanese GG End subset. Both prints feature artwork by Yoshinobu Saito. The Regular print was later released as part of the Japanese Tag All Stars subset.

Gallery

KarateBeltUnifiedMinds201.jpg
Regular print
Illus. Yoshinobu Saito
KarateBeltUnifiedMinds252.jpg
Secret print
Illus. Yoshinobu Saito
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori
RioluDiamondPearl61.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ken Sugimori


Trivia

Origin

Karate Belt's Japanese name is that of Black Belt, a held item in the Pokémon games that boosts the power of Fighting-type moves.


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