Great Ball (EX FireRed & LeafGreen 92)

Trainer Item

Great Ball スーパーボール Super Ball

File:GreatBallStarterSet41.jpg Sun & Moon print Illus. Ryo Ueda Release information English expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 92/112 Japanese expansion Flight of Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 075/082 Expansion EX Delta Species Rarity English card no. 90/113 Japanese Quarter Deck Holon Research Tower Lightning Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 008/015 English expansion EX Power Keepers Rarity English card no. 77/108 Japanese expansion World Champions Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 085/108 English expansion Stormfront Rarity English card no. 85/100 Japanese expansion Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 082/092 English expansion Emerging Powers Rarity English card no. 93/98 Japanese expansion White Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 049/053 Japanese Half Deck Virizion Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Half Deck Terrakion Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Half Deck Cobalion Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Theme Deck: Victini Japanese Half Deck Victini Formation Deck Japanese card no. 017/021 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Theme Deck: Victini Japanese Half Deck Victini Coin Flip Deck Japanese card no. 017/021 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus Japanese Half Deck Thundurus Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/020 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus Japanese Half Deck Tornadus Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/020 Expansion Boundaries Crossed Rarity English card no. 129/149 Japanese Half Deck Keldeo Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 010/015 Japanese Deck Kit Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Mewtwo Half Deck Japanese card no. 010/016 Japanese Deck Kit Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Genesect Half Deck Japanese card no. 010/016 Expansion XY Rarity English card no. 118/146 Japanese Half Deck Xerneas Half Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Half Deck Yveltal Half Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Expansion BREAKpoint Rarity English card no. 100/122 Japanese Deck Kit Emboar-EX vs Togekiss-EX Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Emboar-EX Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/022 Japanese Deck Kit Emboar-EX vs Togekiss-EX Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Togekiss-EX Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/022 Expansion Sun & Moon Rarity English card no. 119/149 Japanese Deck Sun & Moon Starter Set Japanese card no. 041/059 Deck Kit Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu Half Deck Lycanroc Half Deck English card no. 21/30 Deck Kit Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu Half Deck Lycanroc Half Deck English card no. 25/30 Deck Kit Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu Half Deck Alolan Raichu Half Deck English card no. 21/30 Deck Kit Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu Half Deck Alolan Raichu Half Deck English card no. 25/30 English expansion Shining Legends Rarity English card no. 60/73 Japanese expansion Shining Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 061/072

Great Ball (Japanese: スーパーボール Super Ball) is an Item card. It was first released in the EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion as a Trainer card.

Card text

EX FireRed & LeafGreen 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

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex) and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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.

Stormfront 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

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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.

Black & White, XY, and Sun & Moon Series prints

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

Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Pokémon you find there and put it into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

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 included in the EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion with artwork by Nakaoka. This print was released again in the EX Delta Species and EX Power Keepers expansions. It was then released in the Stormfront expansion with new artwork by Kent Kanetsuna. It was later released as an Item card in the Emerging Powers expansion, first released in the Japanese White Collection, with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. This print was also included as part of the Boundaries Crossed expansion, and in each of the Japanese Battle Strength Decks, the Battle Theme Deck: Victini, the Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus, the Keldeo Battle Strength Deck, and the Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit.

During the XY Series, Great Ball was released with new artwork by Toyste Beach in the XY expansion, first released in the Japanese Xerneas and Yveltal Half Decks. An unnumbered XY-P Promotional print of this artwork was one of five Trainer cards available in conjunction with the Pokémon Card Game Deck Building Seminar event held as part of the Pokémon Center Pokémon Card Game School. This was present at participating Pokémon Centers in Japan from October 25 to November 16, 2014 and was open for elementary school-aged children. A 20-card set comprising two copies each of five Trainer cards plus 10 Energy cards could be purchased at Pokémon Centers during the event for ¥100. It was reprinted again in the BREAKpoint expansion, first released in the Japanese Emboar-EX vs Togekiss-EX Deck Kit.

Great Ball was reprinted again during the Sun & Moon Series as part of the Sun & Moon expansion, first released in the Japanese Sun & Moon Starter Set, with new artwork by Ryo Ueda. It was later reprinted in both Half Decks of the Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu. It was reprinted again in the English Shining Legends expansion and the Japanese Shining Legends subset. The Sun & Moon print later received four variants within the Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Alolan Sandslash & Alolan Ninetales, two in each deck. The pairs have numbers in circles (gray for Alolan Sandslash and blue for Alolan Ninetales) in the bottom right of the card, both sets bearing the numbers 21 and 25.

Gallery

EX FireRed & LeafGreen print Illus. Nakaoka	File:019248 T SUPABORU.jpg Stormfront print Illus. Kent Kanetsuna	Emerging Powers print Illus. 5ban Graphics
XY print Illus. Toyste Beach	File:GreatBallStarterSet41.jpg Sun & Moon print Illus. Ryo Ueda	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	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

Origin

The Great Ball is a type of Poké Ball in the Pokémon games, which has an improved capture rate over the regular Poké Ball. The fact that this card doesn't require a coin flip to work, whereas the Poké Ball card did, might be a reference to this fact.

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