Arven (Scarlet & Violet 166)

Trainer Supporter

Arven ペパー Pepper

Special illustration rare print Illus. kantaro English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 166/198 Japanese expansion Violet ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 076/078 English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 235/198 Japanese expansion Violet ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 099/078 English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 249/198 Japanese expansion Violet ex Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 104/078 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 030/SV-P Japanese Deck ex Start Decks Japanese card no. 137/139 Expansion Obsidian Flames Rarity English card no. 186/197

Arven (Japanese: ペパー Pepper) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Scarlet & Violet expansion.

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

(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 an Item card and a Pokémon Tool card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle 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 only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art ultra rare, and a special illustration rare in the Scarlet & Violet expansion, first released in the Japanese Violet ex expansion. The Regular and Full Art prints feature artwork by GIDORA, while the special illustration rare print features artwork by kantaro. The Regular print was also included in the Obsidian Flames expansion.

A Reverse Holofoil version of the Regular print was used as a promotional card for 2023 Championship Series Regionals. This print features the "Pokémon Trading Card Game Championships: Regional" logo in the bottom right corner of the card artwork. A version of the card with a "Staff" stamp was handed out to event staff.

In Japan, a Mirror Holofoil SV-P Promotional version of the Regular print with the Pokémon Card Gym logo was awarded to winners of New Set Battle events held at participating Pokémon Card Gym venues from January 20, 2023. These events required players to use at least four Pokémon cards from the Scarlet ex or Violet ex expansions in their decks. This requisite was expanded to include cards from the Triplet Beat subset in events held from March 10 up until April 13, 2023. The Regular card was later reprinted in the Japanese ex Start Decks.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. GIDORA	Ultra rare print Illus. GIDORA	Special illustration rare print Illus. kantaro
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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Arven is a student at Naranja Academy^S/Uva Academy^V. The Poco Path Lighthouse is featured in the Regular print's illustration.

References

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