Balloon Berry (Neo Revelation 60)

Trainer Pokémon Tool

Balloon Berry ふうせんのみ Berry Balloon

Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi English expansion Neo Revelation Rarity English card no. 60/64 Japanese expansion Awakening Legends Japanese Rarity English expansion EX Dragon Rarity English card no. 82/97 Japanese expansion Rulers of the Heavens Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 053/054 Japanese Half Deck Flygon Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 018/019 Japanese Half Deck Salamence Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 018/019 Expansion EX Deoxys Rarity English card no. 84/107 Japanese Half Deck Rayquaza Constructed Starter Deck Japanese card no. 015/015

Balloon Berry (Japanese: ふうせんのみ Berry Balloon) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Neo Revelation expansion.

Card text

Neo Revelation 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

Attach Balloon Berry to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't have a Pokémon Tool attached to it.

VSTAR Power

When the Pokémon Balloon Berry is attached to retreats, discard Balloon Berry instead of discarding Energy cards.

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.

EX Dragon 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

Attach Balloon Berry to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card.

VSTAR Power

When the Pokémon Balloon Berry is attached to retreats, discard Balloon Berry instead of discarding Energy cards.

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.

EX Deoxys 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

Attach Balloon Berry to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card.

VSTAR Power

As long as Balloon Berry is attached to a Pokémon, that Pokémon's Retreat Cost is 0. When this Pokémon retreats, discard Balloon Berry.

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 included in the Neo Revelation expansion with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi, first released in the Japanese Awakening Legends expansion. It was reprinted in the EX Dragon expansion, first released in the Japanese Rulers of the Heavens expansion. It was reprinted again in the Japanese Flygon and Salamence Constructed Starter Decks. It was reprinted once again in the EX Deoxys expansion, first released in the Japanese Rayquaza Constructed Starter Deck. This print tweaked the actual effect text to reflect errata issued prior to the release of the expansion.

Trivia

Origin

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