Switch (Base Set 95)
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Switch (Japanese: ポケモンいれかえ Pokémon Substitution) is a Goods card. It was first released in Base Set.
Card text (Base Set print)
Card text (Expedition Base Set print)
Card text (EX Ruby & Sapphire print)
Card text (HeartGold Collection print)
Release information
This card was reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. In Japan, it was reprinted in the Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle with new artwork by the same artist, which eventually appeared in Expedition Base Set. It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama and subsequently reprinted in EX FireRed & LeafGreen, EX Delta Species, EX Dragon Frontiers and many Japanese half decks. It was reprinted with new art again in Diamond & Pearl, Secret Wonders and Stormfront, this time by Ryo Ueda. It was reclassified as a Goods card in the HeartGold Collection and printed with new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki.
Gallery
- BS95Switch.jpg
Base Set print
Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi - TCG VS9th 015.jpg
EX Ruby & Sapphire print
Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama - SecretWonders128Switch.jpg
Diamond & Pearl print
Illus. Ryo Ueda - 025119 T POKEMONIREKAE.jpg
HeartGold Collection print
Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki
Trivia
- Interestingly, Switch was the 102nd card in the EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion, the last card in that set that also appeared in the Base Set, which itself has 102 cards.