Garchomp Spirit Link (XY Promo 169)

Trainer Item

Garchomp Spirit Link ガブリアスソウルリンク Gaburias Soul Link

Illus. 5ban Graphics English expansion XY Black Star Promos English card no. XY169 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards

Garchomp Spirit Link (Japanese: ガブリアスソウルリンク Gaburias Soul Link) is a Pokémon Tool card. It is one of the XY Black Star Promos.

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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 a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it.

VSTAR Power

Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Garchomp-EX.

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 as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was included in the Mega Garchomp-EX Premium Collection as a XY Black Star Promo, released November 18, 2016. In Japan, this card was one of two unnumbered XY-P Promotional cards awarded to players who accumulated 6 Play Points by participating in various events held as part of the Kamex Mega Battle in 2016. Points could be earned in either of the two main events, the Kamex Mega Battle or the Victory Battle, or at eligible side events, including the Kangaskhan Tag Battle, the Sylveon Girls Battle, the 3 on 3 Battle, the Knockout Battle, or at the Organizer's Area. 2 Play Points were awarded for participating in each of the eligible events. A further 3 Play Points were awarded for an individual win in the 3 on 3 Battle, with a bonus 3 Play Points awarded if a team managed 3 consecutive wins. 2 Play Points were awarded for each win in the Knockout Battle. 5 Play Points were also awarded to those who placed first in the Organizer's Area Mini Tournament, as well as 4 Play Points to those who placed second, and 3 Play Points to those who placed third.

The Kamex Mega Battle was held at five locations across Japan: at the Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on May 5, 2016; at Intex Osaka, Osaka on May 15, 2016; at Makuhari Messe, Chiba on May 21 and 22, 2016; and at the West Japan General Exhibition Center, Kitakyushu on May 29, 2016. This card features the Kamex Mega Battle logo in the bottom left corner of the artwork.

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