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The '''Master Ball''' was first introduced as a {{TCG|Trainer card}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] in English during the Original Series in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}}, and in Japanese during the Original Era in the {{TCG|Expansion Sheet 2}}. It has been reprinted as a Trainer card in the Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Intro Pack Neo}} (in the Neo Era), the Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} expansion (in the VS Era), the English e-Card Series (the Japanese e-Card Era), and the English EX Series (the Japanese ADV Era and PCG Era). As a Trainer card, this card allowed the player to look at the top 7 cards of their deck and add one Pokémon card from those cards to their hand, then shuffle their deck. Notably, as this card only lets the players look at 7 cards from their deck, this card has a chance to fail to get any Pokémon, which is unlike how the in-game item works. | The '''Master Ball''' was first introduced as a {{TCG|Trainer card}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] in English during the Original Series in the {{TCG|Gym Challenge}}, and in Japanese during the Original Era in the {{TCG|Expansion Sheet 2}}. It has been reprinted as a Trainer card in the Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Intro Pack Neo}} (in the Neo Era), the Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Pokémon VS}} expansion (in the VS Era), the English e-Card Series (the Japanese e-Card Era), and the English EX Series (the Japanese ADV Era and PCG Era). As a Trainer card, this card allowed the player to look at the top 7 cards of their deck and add one Pokémon card from those cards to their hand, then shuffle their deck. Notably, as this card only lets the players look at 7 cards from their deck, this card has a chance to fail to get any Pokémon, which is unlike how the in-game item works. | ||
During the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era), Master Ball was reprinted as an {{TCG|ACE SPEC card|ACE SPEC}} {{TCG|Item card}} in the {{TCG|Plasma Blast}} expansion in English and the {{TCG|Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck}} in Japanese. This print has a new effect which more closely resembles the item's in-game mechanic, allowing the player to add any 1 Pokémon card from their deck to their hand without any drawback. As this print is an ACE SPEC card, a player may only have 1 copy of Master Ball in their deck. This print of Master Ball was later reprinted during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era) in the {{TCG|Temporal Forces}} expansion with the same effect, but a new ACE SPEC layout. The old pre-Black & White effect of Master Ball would be inherited by {{TCG ID|EX FireRed & LeafGreen|Great Ball|92}}, starting with its {{TCG|Emerging Powers}} print. | During the English Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era), Master Ball was reprinted as an {{TCG|ACE SPEC card|ACE SPEC}} {{TCG|Item card}} in the {{TCG|Plasma Blast}} expansion in English and the {{TCG|Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck}} in Japanese. This print has a new effect which more closely resembles the item's in-game mechanic, allowing the player to add any 1 Pokémon card from their deck to their hand without any drawback. As this print is an ACE SPEC card, a player may only have 1 copy of Master Ball in their deck. This print of Master Ball was later reprinted during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era) in the Japanese {{TCG|Starter Deck & Build Sets}} and the English {{TCG|Temporal Forces}} expansion with the same effect, but a new ACE SPEC layout. The old pre-Black & White effect of Master Ball would be inherited by {{TCG ID|EX FireRed & LeafGreen|Great Ball|92}}, starting with its {{TCG|Emerging Powers}} print. | ||
The Master Ball was also featured as a card in [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]] | The Master Ball was also featured as a card in [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]] | ||