Dragon Frontiers

Buffer Piece DF 72/101

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Buffer Piece DF 72

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Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DF 72/101 there. Its illustration is signed Katsura Tabata.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Dragon Frontiers set, released here on 8 November 2006.

When it came out

Dragon Frontiers landed here on 8 November 2006.

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What the card itself says

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Number
72/101
Set
Dragon FrontiersDF
Illustrated by
Katsura Tabata

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Attach Buffer Piece to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Damage done to the Pokémon Buffer Piece is attached to by an opponent's attack is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). At the end of your opponent's turn after you played Buffer Piece, discard Buffer Piece.

What to make of it

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  1. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

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