Ruby & Sapphire

Poké Ball

RSFR86· Uncommon
Poké Ball RS 86

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

Retreat cost
0
Number
86/109
Set
Ruby & SapphireRS
Illustrated by
K. Hoshiba
Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Basic Pokémon or Evolution card, show it to your opponent and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, choisissez dans votre deck un Pokémon de base ou une carte Évolution, montrez la carte à votre adversaire et placez-la dans votre main. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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

    It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

    Hydreigon ex runs it in 1 of the 46 lists we have read, seen across 1 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Hydreigon ex1 of 461POR 80

When it came out

Ruby & Sapphire landed here on 1 July 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates