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Pokémon Reversal
ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse
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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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008/011
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Pokémon Reversal (Japanese: ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse) is a Trainer card (Item card in Japan). It was first released as part of the Expedition Base Set.
Card text
| Expedition Base Set print
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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| Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Flip a coin. If heads, switch that Pokémon with 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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| Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent switches 1 of his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched 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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| EX FireRed & LeafGreen print
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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| Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch.
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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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| HeartGold & SoulSilver print
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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| Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with your opponent's Active 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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e-Reader data
The Expedition Base Set print includes a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID B-55-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.
Release information
This card's true first appearance was in the Japanese Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle. The card was translated under the tentative name of Pokémon Reverse.
It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire, first originating from the Japanese Torchic Constructed Starter Deck, with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama, which is famous for seemingly mangling the intended effect (see above). The change caused quite a stir, as if the effect had been changed from being a "flip for Gust of Wind" to "flip for half a Warp Point". An errata was ultimately issued so that the card was treated more like the Expedition print with a slight tweak for 2-on-2 play. The reprinted versions that appeared in EX FireRed & LeafGreen and EX Unseen Forces featured the adjusted text.
Pokémon Reversal was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, though the English Trainer cards did not adopt this naming convention until after this card's latest print. HeartGold & SoulSilver featured new artwork by Wataru Kawahara, and the Japanese Battle Starter Decks featured yet another new illustration by Hideaki Hakozaki.
Gallery
Trivia
This card's HeartGold & SoulSilver print's effect matches that of Pokémon Catcher's errata. Pokémon Catcher is a card later released in the Emerging Powers expansion, and given errata at the start of the XY Series.
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