Energy Removal 2 (Expedition 140)

Trainer

Energy Removal 2 エネルギーリムーブ Energy Remove

Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi English expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 140/165 Japanese expansion Base Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 052/128 Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire Rarity English card no. 80/109 Japanese Half Deck Treecko Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 014/019 Expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 89/112 Japanese Half Deck Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise Random Constructed Starter Decks Japanese card no. 044/052 Expansion EX Unseen Forces Rarity English card no. 82/115 Japanese Half Deck Typhlosion Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 010/016 English expansion EX Power Keepers Rarity English card no. 74/108 Japanese expansion World Champions Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 084/108

Energy Removal 2 (Japanese: エネルギー・リムーブ Energy Remove) is a Trainer card. It was first released as part of the Expedition Base Set.

Card text

All prints

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

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

Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 Energy card attached to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon and discard it.

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.

e-Reader data

The Expedition Base Set print includes a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID B-54-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.

Release information

This card was originally released in the Expedition Base Set, originating from the Base Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the English EX Ruby & Sapphire, EX FireRed & LeafGreen, EX Unseen Forces, and EX Power Keepers expansions, the Japanese World Champions Pack, and the Japanese Treecko, Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise and Typhlosion Constructed Starter Decks.

Energy Removal 2 and Energy Removal have the same Japanese name, and are actually the same card but with an updated effect on more recent releases.

Trivia

The dot-code data for the Expedition print of the card refers to this card as the Base Set card Energy Removal.

Origin

The original Energy Removal had no disadvantage to playing it, instantly removing any Energy card attached to the opponent's Pokémon. Often, a player could save these cards in their hand until the opponent had charged up their Active Pokémon to attack with full power, then decimate the Pokémon's Energy source with no trouble. With this card, however, a player must get lucky with coin flips.

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