Rare Candy (EX Sandstorm 88)

Trainer Item

Rare Candy ふしぎなアメ Mysterious Candy

File:025395 T FUSHIGINAAME.jpg Unleashed print Illus. Noriko Hotta Release information English expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 88/100 Japanese expansion Miracle of the Desert Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 050/053 Expansion EX Emerald Rarity English card no. 83/106 English expansion EX Holon Phantoms Rarity English card no. 90/110 Japanese expansion Holon Phantom Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 048/052 Expansion POP Series 5 Rarity English card no. 7/17 English expansion Great Encounters Rarity English card no. 102/106 Japanese expansion Moonlit Pursuit Dawn Dash Japanese Rarity Expansion POP Series 8 Rarity English card no. 10/17 Expansion Unleashed Rarity English card no. 82/95 Japanese Deck Kit Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck Japanese Deck Metagross Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese expansion Reviving Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 071/080 English expansion Dark Explorers Rarity English card no. 100/108 Japanese expansion Dark Rush Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 065/069 Japanese Deck Hydreigon Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/015 Japanese Deck Garchomp Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/015 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 138/BW-P Japanese Deck Kit Master Deck Build Box EX Japanese card no. 031/046 Japanese Deck Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 011/018 Japanese Deck White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 011/018 Expansion Plasma Blast Rarity English card no. 85/101 Japanese Deck Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck Japanese card no. 010/018 English expansion Plasma Blast Rarity English card no. 105/101 Japanese expansion Megalo Cannon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 086/076 English expansion Primal Clash Rarity English card no. 135/160 Japanese expansion Gaia Volcano Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 061/070 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 136/XY-P Japanese Deck Kit M Master Deck Build Box Power Style Japanese card no. 031/049 Japanese Deck Kit M Master Deck Build Box Speed Style Japanese card no. 033/049 Japanese expansion BREAK Starter Pack Japanese card no. 057/072 Japanese expansion Premium Champion Pack Japanese card no. 107/131 English expansion Sun & Moon Rarity English card no. 129/149 Japanese expansion Sun & Moon Starter Set Japanese card no. 045/059 Japanese Deck Kit Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 003/018 Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 025/SM-P Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. SM-P Japanese expansion Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon Japanese card no. 046/051 Japanese expansion Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 066/051 Japanese Deck Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set Japanese card no. 014/021

Rare Candy (Japanese: ふしぎなアメ Mysterious Candy) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the EX Sandstorm expansion as a Trainer card.

Card text

EX Sandstorm print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 1 or Stage 2 card that evolves from that Pokémon in your hand, put that card on the Basic Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.)

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Unleashed print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 1 or Stage 2 card that evolves from that Pokémon in your hand, put that card on the Basic Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) (If you choose a Stage 2 Pokémon in your hand, put that Pokémon on the Basic Pokémon instead of on a Stage 1 Pokémon.)

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Dark Explorers print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card on the Basic Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) You can't use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Sun & Moon print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it. You can't use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was first included in the EX Sandstorm expansion with artwork by Ryo Ueda, first released in the Japanese Miracle of the Desert expansion. It was reprinted in the EX Emerald expansion with the same art, and in the EX Holon Phantoms (Holon Phantom in Japan) and POP Series 5 sets with new artwork by the same artist. Another artwork also by Ryo Ueda was used in the Great Encounters expansion, previously released in the Moonlit Pursuit and Dawn Dash expansion, and later reprinted in POP Series 8.

Rare Candy was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, though the English Trainer cards did not adopt this naming convention until the Black & White Series. The Unleashed expansion featured new artwork by Noriko Hotta, which was previously released in the Metagross Deck of the Japanese Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck, and the Japanese Reviving Legends expansion featured yet another new illustration by Shizurow.

Rare Candy was later reprinted in the Dark Explorers expansion with new artwork by Ryo Ueda, first released in the Japanese Dark Rush expansion. This print brings the card effect in line with an errata issued at the start of the Black & White Series. It was later included in the Japanese Hydreigon and Garchomp Half Decks. In Japan, this card was reprinted as one of the BW-P Promotional cards, available as part of a ten card random pack released during the June 2012 Gym Challenge. It was reprinted again in Japan as part of the Master Deck Build Box EX, released on September 14, 2012, and the Black Kyurem-EX and White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Decks. The Plasma Blast expansion featured Rare Candy as a Regular card, and as an Ultra-Rare Secret card with new artwork by Ayaka Yoshida. These prints originated from the Japanese Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck and the Megalo Cannon expansion, respectively.

The XY Series brought an additional reprint of Rare Candy with new artwork by Toyste Beach, included in the Primal Clash expansion, first released in the Japanese Gaia Volcano expansion. This version was reprinted in Japan as a Mirror Holofoil XY-P Promotional card, available as part of a twelve card promotional pack awarded to those who participated in the Pokémon Card Gym tournaments from the month of May 2015 through the month of July 2015. This print features the Pokémon Card Gym logo. The Gaia Volcano print was later reprinted for the Japanese M Master Deck Build Box Power Style and M Master Deck Build Box Speed Style, the BREAK Starter Pack, and as a Mirror Reverse Holofoil for the Premium Champion Pack.

Rare Candy was reprinted again during the Sun & Moon Series as part of the Sun & Moon expansion, first released in the Japanese Sun & Moon Starter Set and Premium Trainer Box simultaneously on December 9, 2016, with new artwork by Toyste Beach. This print was subsequently available as both numbered and unnumbered Holofoil SM-P Promotional cards as part of two Japanese events. The numbered print, 025/SM-P, could be obtained as a victory award for players participating in the Pulverizing Pancake Battle at the Welcome Festa, held at the Sunshine City Convention Center in East Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo on January 14, 2017, and also as a victory award for players participating in the Pulverizing Pancake Battle 2 at the 2017 Osaka Champion's League, held at MyDome Osaka, Osaka on February 18 and 19, 2017. The Pulverizing Pancake Battle 2 event was only held on the second day of the Champion's League. Both events comprised a Trading Card Game segment and a Video Game segment, and required a pair of players to enter together. The segments were not concurrent, therefore individuals could participate in both segments if they so wished, so long as each member of a pair participated in different segments. Players would receive 1 copy of the numbered print for every 1 win in any segment, with a limit of 4 copies per person. Each numbered print also featured a serial code used to redeem a Rare Candy in Japanese region copies of Pokémon Sun and Moon. The top four pairs in terms of overall number of wins would progress to the single-elimination finals. At the Welcome Festa only, the top three pairs at the end of the event were each awarded an unnumbered copy of this card featuring a foil stamp of their overall position, presented in a Perspex case.

The Japanese Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon featured Rare Candy as a Mirror Holofoil card, as well as a Secret Full Art card with artwork by Toyste Beach. A reprint of the Sun & Moon print was released in the Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set.

Gallery

EX Sandstorm print Illus. Ryo Ueda	EX Holon Phantoms print Illus. Ryo Ueda	Great Encounters print Illus. Ryo Ueda
File:025395 T FUSHIGINAAME.jpg Unleashed print Illus. Noriko Hotta	File:025709 T FUSHIGINAAME.jpg Reviving Legends print Illus. Shizurow	Dark Explorers print Illus. Ryo Ueda
Plasma Blast print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Primal Clash print Illus. Toyste Beach	File:RareCandyPremiumTrainerBox3.jpg Sun & Moon print Illus. Toyste Beach
File:RareCandyStrengthExpansionPack66.jpg Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon Secret print Illus. Toyste Beach	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

This card's Dark Explorers effect matches that of Pokémon Breeder, a card previously released in the Base Set.

Origin

Rare Candy is an item in the Pokémon games that increases the level of the Pokémon it is given to by 1.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.