Hex Maniac (Ancient Origins 75)

Trainer Supporter

Hex Maniac オカルトマニア Occult Maniac

Regular print Illus. Yusuke Ohmura English expansion Ancient Origins Rarity English card no. 75/98 Japanese expansion Bandit Ring Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 077/081 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 173/XY-P Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 140/171 English expansion Yellow A Alternate cards English card no. 75a/98 Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 181/171 Japanese Deck Kit Ultra Sun Deck Build Box Japanese card no. 027/041

Hex Maniac (Japanese: オカルトマニア Occult Maniac) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Ancient Origins expansion.

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

Until the end of your opponent's next turn, each Pokémon in play, in each player's hand, and in each player's discard pile has no Abilities. (This includes cards that come into play on that 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.

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 (before your attack).

Release information

This card was included in the Ancient Origins expansion, first released in the Japanese Bandit Ring expansion. In Japan, this card was reprinted as a Mirror Holofoil XY-P Promotional card, available as part of a twelve card promotional pack awarded to those who participated in the Pokémon Card Gym tournaments from the month of November 2015 through the month of January 2016. This card features the Pokémon Card Gym logo. This card was reprinted in the Japanese The Best of XY subset as its previous Regular print and also as a Full Art card with artwork by You Iribi. The Full Art print was released in English as one of the Yellow A Alternate cards included in the Premium Trainer's XY Collection, released October 20, 2017. The Regular print was reprinted again in the Japanese Ultra Sun Deck Build Box.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Yusuke Ohmura	Full Art print Illus. You Iribi	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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

As of August 17, 2018, this card was banned from the Expanded format due to it stifling creativity, preventing several strategies from being viable, and having the potential to make a major negative impact on an opponent before their first turn.

Origin

The Hex Maniac Trainer class is a type of Pokémon Trainer in the Pokémon games. The interior of Mt. Pyre is featured in the Regular print's illustration.

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