Card text
Tera
As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's).
If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10.
Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon.
Release informationRulings
For interactions between the "Resolute Heart" Ability when Pikachu ex is at full HP, the "Calamity Storm" attack of Roaring Moon ex from Paradox Rift, and the Stadium card Lively Stadium:
- If Lively Stadium is in play, such that an opponent's Pikachu ex's HP becomes 230, and the player uses Roaring Moon ex's Calamity Storm attack and discards the Lively Stadium using the attack's effect, Pikachu ex receives 220 damage. On this condition, since Pikachu ex has 230 HP and receives 220 damage, its Resolute Heart Ability is no longer in effect (as its HP is no longer considered full). Thus, once Lively Stadium is removed from play, Pikachu ex will have its HP reduced to 200, and with 220 damage on it, it will be Knocked Out.[1][2]
- However, if damage done by the Calamity Storm attack is increased to 230 or more (eg. using Vitality Band), Resolute Heart becomes in effect as the Calamity Storm damage would have Knocked Out the Pikachu ex. Thus, once Lively Stadium is discarded, Pikachu ex remains in play with a remaining HP of 10 (effectively having 190 damage on it once all the effects have resolved).[1][2]
Trivia
Origin
This card features a Terastallized Pikachu with the Stellar Tera Type. The Topaz Bolt attack is named after topaz, an aluminosilicate mineral which can come in many different colors such as yellow and orange, and whose name was historically used to describe any yellow gemstone.
References
(Japanese: ピカチュウex Pikachu ex) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon ex card. It was first released as part of the Surging Sparks expansion.
