Pokémon Trader (Base Set 77)

Trainer

Pokémon Trader ポケモン交換おじさん Pokémon Exchange Man

Illus. Ken Sugimori English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 77/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese Deck Kit Quick Starter Gift Set Japanese Deck Red Deck Japanese Deck Kit Quick Starter Gift Set Japanese Deck Green Deck Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 106/130 Card GB set Evolution Card GB ID B43 Card GB 2 set Legendary Power Card GB 2 rarity Card GB 2 ID B58 Expansion Legendary Collection Rarity English card no. 103/110

Pokémon Trader (Japanese: ポケモン交換おじさん Pokémon Exchange Man) is a Trainer card. It was first released as part of the Base Set.

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• Card text
• Release information
  • Gallery
• In the video games
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game series
• Rulings
• Trivia
  • Origin
• References

Card text

All prints

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

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

(Prism Star) Rule 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

Trade 1 of the Basic Pokémon or Evolution cards in your hand for 1 of the Basic Pokémon or Evolution cards from your deck. Show both cards to your opponent. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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

Prototype Pokémon Leagues were given the Trainer Deck B, which included this card, before the Base Set's official release. This print has a red border and "Trainer Deck B" printed on the back. This card was included in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions.

Gallery

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In the video games

Pokémon Trading Card Game series

Main article: List of glitches in spin-off games#Pokémon Trader: Trading a Pokémon card with itself

Due to an oversight in Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!, this card can be used to move a Pokémon card from the hand to the deck and then the same Pokémon card back to the hand. This contradicts the card text, which mentions trading a card for another and showing both to the opponent.

Rulings

In Japan only, all prints of this card received errata to be played as a Supporter card upon the introduction of the mechanic.

Trivia

This card's pre-Japanese errata effect is nearly identical to Pokémon Communication, an Item card first released in the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion. Pokémon Communication does not state to show both cards at the same time, effectively giving it Pokémon Trader's video game effect.

Origin

The Pokémon games feature characters who will trade one of their Pokémon to the player in exchange for another. In Pokémon Red and Blue and their remakes Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, one of the first of these trades is for a Farfetch'd, as featured in the illustration.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.