How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read EX 148/165 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Expedition Base Set set, released here on 15 September 2002.

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 31 out of 100. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Expedition Base Set

Professor Elm's Training Method EX 148/165

Name: Professor Elm's Training Method EX 148
Brand: Pokémon

EXFRUncommon

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€2.90

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How much is your Professor Elm's Training Method worth?

A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.90 today.

Today · You get

€2.90

€0.30 more than on 23 September

€2.90

23 SeptemberToday

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24 September	€2.75
25 September	€2.85
26 September	€2.90
27 September	€2.90

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

31out of 100

Slow departures

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in French.

Copies gone since 3 September: 0
For sale on 26 September: 35
For sale on 3 September: 33

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Professor Elm's Training Method EX 148/165?: A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.90 today.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read EX 148/165 there. Its illustration is signed Ken Sugimori.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Expedition Base Set set, released here on 15 September 2002.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 31 out of 100. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

When it came out

Expedition Base Set landed here on 15 September 2002.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

Retreat cost: 0
Number: 148/165
Set: Expedition Base SetEX
Illustrated by: Ken Sugimori

You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card. Search your deck for an Evolution card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.Cherchez une carte Évolution dans votre deck, montrez-la à votre adversaire et ajoutez-la à 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.

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

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.