Trump Card (move)

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Trump Card redirects here. For the Supporter card that appeared in the TCG, see Lysandre's Trump Card (Phantom Forces 99).
Trump Card
きりふだ Trump Card
Trump Card VII.png
Type  Normal
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  0
Range
Opponent Opponent Opponent
Self Ally Ally
Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Cool
Appeal  0  
Earn +1 if the Pokémon performs first in the turn, +2 if performs second, +3 if performs third and +4 if performs last
Condition  Cool
Appeal  1
Jamming  0  
Works better the later it is used in a turn.

Trump Card (Japanese: きりふだ Trump Card) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

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Trump Card inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Trump Card's power depends on the move's remaining PP after use, powering up when its PP is lower. Trump Card's power is calculated as follows:

Remaining PP Power
4+ 40
3 50
2 60
1 80
0 200

Trump Card takes into account the PP lost from Pressure. However, Trump Card does not interact with some PP-affecting moves (Eerie Spell and G-Max Depletion) which are not available in the same games.

When Trump Card is called by another move such as Metronome or Assist, it will instead use the PP of that move with the same chart applying.

Generation VIII onwards

Trump Card cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSSPBR The fewer PP this move has, the more power it has for attack.
BWB2W2 The fewer PP this move has, the greater its attack power.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
The fewer PP this move has, the greater its power.
SwShBDSPLA
SV
This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
0133 Eevee NormalIC Big.png Field Field 57 57BW
45B2W2
45 45
0199 Slowking WaterIC Big.png
PsychicIC Big.png
Monster Water 1 53 49 49 49
0312 Minun ElectricIC Big.png Fairy Fairy 48 51 51XY
40ORAS
40
0801 Magearna
Magearna
All forms
SteelIC Big.png
FairyIC Big.png
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 97
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By breeding

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Egg Move
0083 Farfetch'd NormalIC Big.png
FlyingIC Big.png
Flying Field
0115 Kangaskhan NormalIC Big.png Monster Monster
0206 Dunsparce NormalIC Big.png Field Field
0341 Corphish WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Water 3
0422 Shellos
Shellos
All forms
WaterIC Big.png Water 1 Amorphous HGSS
0501 Oshawott WaterIC Big.png Field Field
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


By event

Generation IV

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Obtained with
0133 Eevee
EeveeLv. 50
NormalIC Big.png Field Field 2010 World Championships Eevee
Video Game Championships 2010 Eevee
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Trump Card inflicts damage. Its damage depends on the move's PP.

In the Explorers series, Trump Card's damage is multiplied by 1.5×, 2×, and 2.5× at 70%, 50%, and 20% PP left, respectively. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the power of the move is increased approximately by 30%, 60%, 90%, and 120%, if the move has 4, 3, 2, or 1 PP, respectively.

Game Base
Power
Max
Power
Base
PP
Max
PP
Base
Accuracy
Max
Accuracy
Range Target Cuts
corners
MDTDS 1 - 5 - —% - Front Enemy No
BSL 1 - 5 - —% - Front Enemy No
MDGtI - - 10 50 —% - Front Enemy No
SMD 5 99 10 30 —% - Front Enemy No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It never misses. The lower the PP left for this move, the greater its damage.
BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる かならず めいちゅうする PPが すくないほど ダメージが おおきくなる
MDGtI It damages an enemy. It never misses. The lower the PP of the move is, the greater the damage the move causes.
SMD The lower this move's PP, the more powerful it gets.*
It damages an enemy. It never misses. The lower the PP of the move, the greater the damage it causes.*


In the anime

Virgil Eevee Trump Card.png
Eevee


The user fires cards at the opponent.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Eevee Eevee creates six red-glowing cards of energy in the form of a ring in front of its body. It then fires the cards at the opponent.
Virgil's Eevee A Unova League Evolution! Debut


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

  • Most of Trump Card's animations depict it as slicing the opponent. This may be because its Japanese name, read in kanji, contains 切り kiri, meaning "cut".

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 王牌 Wòhngpàaih
Mandarin 王牌 Wángpái
France Flag.png French Atout
Germany Flag.png German Trumpfkarte
Greece Flag.png Greek Κρυφό Χαρτί
Italy Flag.png Italian Asso
South Korea Flag.png Korean 마지막수단 Majimak Sudan
Poland Flag.png Polish Atut
Portuguese Brazil Flag.png Brazil Curinga
Portugal Flag.png Portugal Cartas de Trunfo
Russia Flag.png Russian Козырная Карта Kozyrnaya Karta
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Adut
Spain Flag.png Spanish As Oculto
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Át Chủ Bài


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