Master's Key (L-P Promo 68)

This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

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Item

Master's Key マスターのカギ Master's Key

Illus. Yuri Umemura Japanese expansion L-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 068/L-P

Master's Key (Japanese: マスターのカギ Master's Key) is an Item card. It is one of the L-P Promotional cards.

Card text

All 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

Draw a card. Then, flip a coin. If heads, shuffle Master's Key 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.

Release information

This card was awarded to all the competitors from each age division in the TCG event, and all the competitors from each category in the Video Game event at the 2010 Japan World Championship representative tournament (equivalent of the National Championships outside Japan). Similar to the 2009 Japan World Championship, there were 8 competitors in the Junior age division , 6 in the Senior age division and 6 in the Master age division. There was also 8 competitors of the Video Game event in category A and 8 competitors in category B. The initial qualifying stage was held in all 47 prefectures, with the second stage held in six regions. The final stage was held at Prism Hall, part of the Tokyo Dome City complex, Tokyo on June 20, 2010.

Trivia

• Based on the distribution at the finals, 36 copies of this card were awarded. Unlike the 2009 WCS final, the Video Game competitors were also awarded this card. The only difference between the two was the trophy case the card was presented in: the TCG award was presented in a red case with the Pokémon Trading Card Game logo on it, and the Video Game award was presented in a blue case with the Pokémon HeartGold and Pokémon SoulSilver logos on it.
• The gold foil stamp below the card text reads "Pokémon World Championship 2010 Japan National Tournament prize card".

Origin

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