Ancient Booster Energy Capsule (Paradox Rift 159)

Ancient Booster Energy Capsule (Japanese: ブーストエナジー古代 Ancient Boost Energy) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Paradox Rift expansion.

Trainer Pokémon Tool

Ancient Booster Energy Capsule ブーストエナジー古代 Ancient Boost Energy

Illus. 5ban Graphics English expansion Paradox Rift Rarity English card no. 159/182 Japanese expansion Ancient Roar Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 061/066 English expansion Temporal Forces Rarity English card no. 140/162 Japanese expansion Wild Force Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 065/071 Japanese Deck Starter Deck & Build Set Ancient Koraidon ex Japanese card no. 035/053 Japanese expansion Terastal Fest ex Japanese card no. 157/187

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

The Ancient Pokémon this card is attached to gets +60 HP, recovers from all Special Conditions, and can't be affected by any Special Conditions.

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 attach any number of Pokémon Tools to your Pokémon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokémon Tool to each Pokémon, and it stays attached.

Release information

This card was included in the Paradox Rift expansion, first released in the Japanese Ancient Roar expansion. A Cosmos Holofoil version was included in the Roaring Moon ex Box, released on November 17, 2023. It was reprinted in the Temporal Forces expansion, the Japanese Wild Force expansion, the Starter Deck & Build Set Ancient Koraidon ex, and the Terastal Fest ex subset.

Trivia

Origin

The Booster Energy is a held item in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet that activates the Abilities Protosynthesis and Quark Drive, both of which are exclusive to Paradox Pokémon.

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		ブーストエナジー古代 Boost Energy Kodai
Chinese	Cantonese	驅勁能量 古代 Kēuiging Nàhngleuhng Gúdoih
	Mandarin	驅勁能量 古代 Qūjìng Néngliàng Gǔdài
French		Capsule Énergie Booster Temps Passé
German		Energiekapsel aus der Vergangenheit
Indonesian		Pemacu Energi Purba
Italian		Capsula energetica Tempo Passato
Korean		부스트에너지 고대 Boost Energy Godae
Brazilian Portuguese		Cápsula Energética de Melhoria Ancestral
European Spanish		Tanque de Energía Potenciadora del Pasado
Thai		บูสต์เอนเนอร์จี้ โบราณ Boost Energy Boran

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