Dragon

Buffer Piece DR 83/97

DRFRUncommon
Buffer Piece DR 83

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How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DR 83/97 there. Its illustration is signed Katsura Tabata.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Dragon set, released here on 24 November 2003.

When it came out

Dragon landed here on 24 November 2003.

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What the card itself says

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Number
83/97
Set
DragonDR
Illustrated by
Katsura Tabata
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.Attachez Pare-chocs à un de vos Pokémon qui ne possède pas déjà d'Outil Pokémon. Si ce Pokémon est mis K.O, défaussez-la. Les dégâts infligés par une attaque de votre adversaire au Pokémon auquel Pare-chocs est attachée sont réduits de 20 (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance). À la fin du tour de votre adversaire, défaussez-la.

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 5,417 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.

Who plays it

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