Max Potion (Emerging Powers 94)

Trainer Item

Max Potion まんたんのくすり Tank-Filling Medicine

BREAKpoint print Illus. Toyste Beach English expansion Emerging Powers Rarity English card no. 94/98 Japanese expansion Black Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 051/053 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese Deck Kit Master Deck Build Box EX Japanese card no. 035/046 English expansion Plasma Freeze Rarity English card no. 121/116 Japanese expansion Thunder Knuckle Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 058/051 Expansion BREAKpoint Rarity English card no. 103/122 Japanese Deck Golduck BREAK + Palkia-EX Combo Deck Japanese card no. 012/016 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards English expansion Guardians Rising Rarity English card no. 128/145 Japanese expansion Sun & Moon Japanese card no. 048/051 English expansion Guardians Rising Rarity English card no. 164/145 Japanese expansion Islands Await You Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 061/050 Japanese expansion GX Battle Boost Japanese card no. 096/114 Japanese expansion GX Ultra Shiny Japanese card no. 118/150 Japanese Deck Kit Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 023/035 English expansion Yellow A Alternate cards English card no. 128a/145 Japanese expansion Night Unison Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 054/055 Japanese Deck Umbreon & Darkrai-GX Tag Team GX Starter Set Japanese card no. 021/031

Max Potion (Japanese: まんたんのくすり Tank-Filling Medicine) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Emerging Powers expansion.

Card text

Emerging Powers 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

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VSTAR Power

Heal all damage from 1 of your Pokémon. Then, discard all Energy attached to that Pokémon.

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).

BREAKpoint 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

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VSTAR Power

Heal all damage from 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, discard all Energy attached to that Pokémon.

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).

Guardians Rising 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

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VSTAR Power

Heal all damage from 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, discard all Energy from that Pokémon.

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 Emerging Powers expansion, first released in the Japanese Black Collection. In Japan, an unnumbered Mirror Foil BW-P Promotional print was later awarded to participants of the World Challenge Tournament event held over the course of Battle Carnival 2012 Spring who managed to reach the 'Premier Stage'. In order to reach the 'Premier Stage', players had to win three consecutive battles in the initial 'Challenge Stage'. The Battle Carnival took place at the Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai on May 3, 2012; at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama on May 12 and 13, 2012; at Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya on May 20, 2012; and at Intex Osaka, Osaka on June 3, 2012. It was reprinted again in the Japanese Master Deck Build Box EX, released on September 14, 2012. A Secret print was included in the Plasma Freeze expansion, first released in the Japanese Thunder Knuckle expansion.

During the XY Series, Max Potion was included in the BREAKpoint expansion with new artwork by Toyste Beach, first released in the Japanese Golduck BREAK + Palkia-EX Combo Deck on October 9, 2015. This print was also released as an unnumbered Mirror Holofoil XY-P Promotional card during Battle Festa 2015, awarded to those who record three wins in either the morning or afternoon session of the Victory Battle event at each venue. Battle Festa 2015 was held at four locations across Japan: Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Hall, Hiroshima on November 3, 2015; Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama on November 7, 2015; Intex Osaka, Osaka on November 15, 2015; and Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on November 29, 2015. The XY-P Promotional print features the Battle Festa 2015 logo.

Max Potion was reprinted as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Guardians Rising expansion, both with new artwork by Toyste Beach, with the Regular print first released as a Mirror Holofoil print in the Japanese Sun & Moon subset and the Secret print in the Japanese Islands Await You expansion. In Japan, the Regular print was reprinted again as a Mirror Holofoil in the GX Battle Boost subset and as a Non Holofoil in the GX Ultra Shiny subset, the Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box, and the Umbreon & Darkrai-GX Tag Team GX Starter Set. It was reprinted as a Yellow A Alternate card with different artwork once again by Toyste Beach and distributed through the Pokémon League during the third cycle of the Team Up Season (April 2019). This print originated from the Japanese Night Unison subset.

Gallery

Emerging Powers print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Plasma Freeze print Illus. 5ban Graphics	BREAKpoint print Illus. Toyste Beach
Guardians Rising Regular print Illus. Toyste Beach	Guardians Rising Secret print Illus. Toyste Beach	Yellow A Alternate art print Illus. Toyste Beach
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

• This card's effect matches that of Pokémon Nurse, a card previously released in the Expedition Base Set, although this card is an Item card rather than a Supporter card.
• As of June 19, 2020, this card was banned in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Origin

Max Potion is a healing item in the Pokémon games that was introduced in Pokémon Red and Blue, capable of fully healing a Pokémon's HP.

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