Defender (Base Set 80)

Trainer

Defender
ディフェンダー Defender

	Undaunted print Illus. Ryo Ueda

English expansion	Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	80/102
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack
Japanese Rarity

Japanese Theme Deck	Hanada City Gym

Japanese Theme Deck	Kuchiba City Gym

Japanese Theme Deck	Tamamushi City Gym

Japanese Theme Deck	Yamabuki City Gym

Expansion	Base Set 2
Rarity
English card no.	109/130

Card GB set	Colosseum
Card GB ID	A46
Card GB 2 set	Legendary Power
Card GB 2 ID	B55

Japanese Deck Kit	Intro Pack Neo
Japanese Side Deck	Totodile Half Deck
Japanese card no.	4

English expansion	Undaunted
Rarity
English card no.	72/90
Japanese expansion	Reviving Legends
Japanese Rarity
Japanese card no.	070/080

Defender (Japanese: ディフェンダー Defender) is a Trainer card (Item card in Japan). It was first released in Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text

Base Set print

Attach Defender to 1 of your Pokémon. At the end of your opponent's next turn, discard Defender. Damage done to that Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Undaunted print

Attach Defender to 1 of your Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of your opponent's next turn. Any damage done to the Pokémon Defender is attached to by an opponent's attack is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Release information

Prototype Pokémon Leagues were given the Trainer Deck A, which included this card, before the Base Set's official release. This print has a red border and "Trainer Deck A" printed on the back. This card was included in the Base Set with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Japanese Hanada, Kuchiba, Tamamushi, and Yamabuki City Gym Theme Decks, and the Totodile Half Deck of the Japanese Intro Pack Neo. Outside Japan, it was reprinted in Base Set 2.

This card was later reprinted in the Undaunted expansion with new artwork by Ryo Ueda, first released in the Japanese Reviving Legends expansion.

With the release of the Black and White expansion, this card received an erratum to change "by an opponent's attack" to "by attacks".

Gallery

Base Set print
Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi

Undaunted print
Illus. Ryo Ueda

TCG GB1 Colosseum sprite

TCG GB2 Legendary Power sprite

Trivia

Origin

Defender's Japanese name is that of the X Defense, an item in the Pokémon games. The Japanese name of the item was either used for the English card by mistake, or was intentionally used as "Defender" is inscribed on the side of the object in the card's original artwork.

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