Letter of Encouragement (Obsidian Flames 189)

Trainer Item

Letter of Encouragement はげましのてがみ Letter of Encouragement

Illus. Toyste Beach English expansion Obsidian Flames Rarity English card no. 189/197 Japanese expansion Ruler of the Black Flame Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 100/108 Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese card no. 162/190

Letter of Encouragement (Japanese: はげましのてがみ Letter of Encouragement) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Obsidian Flames 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

You can use this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out during your opponent's last turn. Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards, 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 any number of Item cards during your turn.

Release information

This card was included in the Obsidian Flames expansion, first released in the Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame expansion. It was reprinted in the Japanese Shiny Treasure ex subset.

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.