Ordinary Rod (Sword & Shield 171)

Trainer Item

Ordinary Rod ふつうのつりざお Ordinary Fishing Rod

Regular print Illus. 5ban Graphics English expansion Sword & Shield Rarity English card no. 171/202 Japanese expansion Sword Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 054/060 English expansion Sword & Shield Rarity English card no. 215/202 Japanese expansion Sword Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 074/060 Japanese expansion Shiny Star V Japanese card no. 164/190 Japanese Deck Kit Single Strike Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 013/033 Japanese Deck Kit Rapid Strike Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 013/033 Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese card no. 139/184 Japanese Deck Kit VSTAR Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 017/030

Ordinary Rod (Japanese: ふつうのつりざお Ordinary Fishing Rod) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Sword & Shield 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

Choose 1 or both: Shuffle up to 2 Pokémon from your discard pile into your deck. Shuffle up to 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into 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 as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Sword & Shield expansion, first released in the Japanese Sword expansion. Both prints feature artwork by 5ban Graphics. In Japan, the Regular print was reprinted in the Shiny Star V subset, the Single Strike & Rapid Strike Premium Trainer Boxes, the VMAX Climax subset, and the VSTAR Premium Trainer Box.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Secret print Illus. 5ban Graphics	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

• The German-language print of this card had an error, suggesting the choice of one of the two actions (shuffling either Pokémon or Basic Energy cards into the deck), but not both. It was fixed through an erratum on March 12, 2020.

Origin

The Fishing Rod, a Key Item featured in the Pokémon games, is featured in the print's illustration as it appears in Pokémon Sword and Shield.

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