Vitality Band (Sword & Shield 185)

Trainer Item

Vitality Band げんきのハチマキ Vitality Headband

Illus. Toyste Beach Japanese Deck V Starter Set Fire Japanese card no. 019/023 Japanese Deck V Starter Set Lightning Japanese card no. 019/024 English expansion Sword & Shield Rarity English card no. 185/202 Japanese expansion Shield Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 056/060 Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 055/S-P Japanese Deck Colorless Eevee V Deck Japanese card no. 103/127 Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 136/S-P

Vitality Band (Japanese: げんきのハチマキ Vitality Headband) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Sword & Shield 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

Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached.

The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 10 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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 any number of Item cards during your turn.

Release information

This card was first released in the Japanese V Starter Set Fire and V Starter Set Lightning. The English print was first released in the Sword & Shield expansion, which originated from the Japanese Shield expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted as a S-P Promotional card and was one of nine possible cards included in special packs sent to Event Organizers in April 2020 for distribution in official events hosted by them. This print has the collection number 055/S-P and features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. It was reprinted again in the Colorless Eevee V Deck and as another S-P Promotional card, this time with the collection number 136/S-P, available as a winner's prize at the 2021 Yokohama Champion's League, held at the Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama on October 3 and 4, 2020. The top 64 competitors in all Leagues (Junior, Senior, and Master) at the conclusion of the qualifying round received a copy of this print, which is Mirror Holofoil and features the Championship Series 2021 logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration.

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Origin

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