Rival (Diamond & Pearl 113)

Supporter

Rival ライバル Rival

Illus. Ken Sugimori English expansion Diamond & Pearl Rarity English card no. 113/130 Japanese expansion Space-Time Creation Japanese Rarity Expansion Secret Wonders Rarity English card no. 124/132 Japanese Deck Dialga LV.X Constructed Standard Deck Japanese Deck Palkia LV.X Constructed Standard Deck

Rival (Japanese: ライバル Rival) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Diamond & Pearl expansion.

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

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

You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.

VSTAR Power

Reveal the top 5 cards of your deck. Your opponent chooses 3 of those cards. Put those cards into your hand and put other 2 cards on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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.

Release information

This card was included in the Diamond & Pearl expansion, first released in the Japanese Space-Time Creation expansion. It was reprinted in the Secret Wonders expansion, previously released in the Japanese Dialga LV.X and Palkia LV.X Constructed Standard Decks.

Trivia

Rival is one of three Supporter cards released during the Diamond & Pearl Series with a name in which the second word is not a possessive of the first, the others being Professor Rowan and Fossil Excavator.

Origin

The illustration features Barry, the rival character in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

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