Buffer Piece DR 83/97

Name: Buffer Piece DR 83/97
Brand: Pokémon

Printed name: Pare-chocs

DRUncommon

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Seller location

Buffer Piece has appeared in several sets: Dragon Frontiers (DF 72) and Dragon (DR 83). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Dragon landed here on 24 November 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Number: 83/97
Set: DragonDRSet guide
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

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
Keep in mind
None of the 7,542 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.