Paradise Resort (SVP Promo 45)

Trainer Stadium

Paradise Resort パラダイスリゾート Paradise Resort

Illus. Naoki Saito English expansion SVP Black Star Promos English card no. 045 Japanese expansion SV-P Promotional cards

Paradise Resort (Japanese: パラダイスリゾート Paradise Resort) is a Stadium card. It is one of the SVP Black Star Promos.

Card text

All prints

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

The Retreat Cost of each Psyduck in play (both yours and your opponent's) is less.

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 Stadium card during your turn. Put it next to the Active Spot, and discard it if another Stadium comes into play. A Stadium with the same name can't be played.

Release information

This card was distributed at the 2023 World Championships as part of the participants' welcome kit. Players received eleven copies of the card, one in each language the TCG was printed in at that time except Simplified Chinese. Those who earned 500 Championship Points at Worlds side events were also given a copy of the card. Additionally, copies of this card with a Top Thirty-Two, Top Sixteen, Quarter Finalist, Semi-Finalist, Finalist, and Champion stamp were awarded to top ranking players in the Pokémon TCG, Pokémon VGC, and in Pokémon GO. Top ranking Pokémon UNITE players were also awarded Semi-Finalist, Finalist, and Champion stamped cards. A version of this card with a Staff stamp was given out to event staff.

Trivia

At the 2023 World Championships, a total of 224 Top Thirty-Two versions, 112 Top Sixteen versions, 56 Quarter Finalist versions, 24 Semi-Finalist versions, 12 Finalist versions, and 12 Champion versions were given out to top ranking players.

From the 2013 World Championships to the 2022 World Championships, Champions Festival was the card distributed to players and staff.

Origin

Pikachu, Psyduck, Lapras, Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly, and a Family of Three Maushold are featured in the artwork. Yokohama, the location of the 2023 World Championships, can be seen in the background of the illustration.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.