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PlusPower
プラスパワー PlusPower
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Base Set 2
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113/130
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| Japanese Deck Kit
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Intro Pack Neo
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| Japanese Side Deck
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Chikorita Side Deck
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| Japanese Deck Kit
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Entry Pack '08
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| Japanese Half Deck
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Infernape Half Deck
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| Expansion
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Platinum
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| English card no.
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112/127
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| Japanese Deck Kit
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Entry Pack DPt
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| Japanese Half Deck
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Giratina Half Deck
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| Japanese card no.
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010/013
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Unleashed
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80/95
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| Japanese Deck Kit
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Battle Starter Decks
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| Japanese Half Deck
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Raichu Starter Deck
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| Japanese card no.
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007/011
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PlusPower (Japanese: プラスパワー PlusPower) is an Item card. It was first released in the Base Set as a Trainer card.
Card text
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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| Attach PlusPower to your Active Pokémon. At the end of your turn, discard PlusPower. If this Pokémon's attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage to the Defending Pokémon.
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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Attach PlusPower to 1 of your Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of your turn.
If the Pokémon PlusPower is attached to attacks, the attack does 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
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Do Nothing
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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Attach PlusPower to 1 of your Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of your turn.
If the Pokémon PlusPower is attached to attacks, the attack does 10 more damage to the Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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| During this turn, your Pokémon's attacks do 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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| You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
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Release information
This card was released in the English Base Set with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi, first originating from the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the English Base Set 2 expansion, the Japanese Tamamushi City Gym and Yamabuki City Gym theme decks, and the Chikorita Side Deck of the Japanese Intro Pack Neo.
It was later reprinted with updated text and new artwork by Ryo Ueda in the English Diamond & Pearl expansion, originating from the Japanese Space-Time Creation expansion. The key difference between the original and this print is that the original applied its effect after applying Weakness and Resistance, while the new print applied its effect before applying Weakness and Resistance. This print was reprinted in the English Secret Wonders expansion, originating from the Japanese Dialga LV.X and Palkia LV.X Constructed Standard Decks, in both half decks of the Japanese Magmortar vs Electivire Deck Kit, the Infernape Half Deck of the Japanese Entry Pack '08, and the English Platinum expansion, originating from the Giratina Half Deck of the Japanese Entry Pack DPt.
PlusPower was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the LEGEND Era, though the English prints did not adopt this naming convention until the release of the Black & White expansion. It was reprinted in the English Unleashed expansion featuring new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki, originating from the Raichu Starter Deck of the Japanese Battle Starter Decks. This print changes "Active Pokémon" in the second paragraph to "Defending Pokémon", easing possible confusion over the intended target of the card's effect, but was later given errata to revert it back to the wording first used in the Diamond & Pearl print.
It was then reprinted in the Japanese Reviving Legends expansion with new artwork by Ryo Ueda, and again in the English Black & White expansion, originating from the Japanese White Collection, with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. It was later reprinted in Japan as one of the BW-P Promotional cards with a commemorative stamp awarded to those who participated in the Summer Carnival Cup at the Summer Carnival from July 23 to August 28. It was reprinted again in Japan as part of the Master Deck Build Box EX, and again in the Everyone's Exciting Battle collection.
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Trivia
Origin
PlusPower is the Japanese name of X Attack, an item in the Pokémon games. The Japanese name of the item was either used for the English card by mistake, or used intentionally as 'PlusPower' is inscribed on the side of the object in the card's original artwork.
