POP Series 2

Celebi ex

P217· Rare
Celebi ex P2 17

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Psychic
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
Number
17/17
Set
POP Series 2P2
Illustrated by
Ryo Ueda

Its Ability

Time Reversal

Once during your turn, when you put Celebi ex from your hand onto your Bench, you may search your discard pile for a card, show it to your opponent, and put it on top of your deck.

Its attacks

Psychic Shield

30

Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Celebi ex by your opponent's Pokémon-ex during your opponent's next turn.

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.

  1. A strength

    80 HP. Only 1 cards in POP Series 2 carry more.

  2. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  3. A strength

    Psychic Shield hits for 30 on 2 Energy. Nothing in POP Series 2 hits harder for that price.

  4. A strength

    It has an Ability, Time Reversal. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  5. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  6. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  7. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  8. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

POP Series 2 landed here on 1 August 2005.

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The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 31 Celebi cards on one page, priciest first.

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