Robo Substitute (Phantom Forces 102)

Trainer Item

Robo Substitute みがわりロボ [フレア団ギア] Robo Scapegoat [Team Flare Gear]

Team Flare Gear Illus. Toyste Beach English expansion Phantom Forces Rarity English card no. 102/119 Japanese expansion Phantom Gate Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 080/088 Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards Japanese Deck Kit M Master Deck Build Box Power Style Japanese card no. 034/049 Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 119/171

Robo Substitute Team Flare Gear (Japanese: みがわりロボ [フレア団ギア] Robo Scapegoat [Team Flare Gear]) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Phantom Forces 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

Play this card as if it were a 30 HP Basic Pokémon. At any time during your turn (before your attack), you may discard this card from play. This card can't retreat. If this card is Knocked Out, your opponent can't take any Prize cards for it.

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 English Phantom Forces expansion, first released in the Japanese Phantom Gate expansion. An unnumbered XY-P Promotional print was given to players who won two consecutive battles in the Victory Battle Gym MIX event held as part of the Battle Festa 2014. The Battle Festa 2014 was held at five locations across Japan: ACT CITY Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall, Shizuoka on October 26, 2014; Sunshine City Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo on the weekend of November 1-2, 2014; Kumamoto City Distribution and Information Hall, Kumamoto on November 9, 2014; Intex Osaka, Osaka on November 16, 2014; and Dream Messe Miyagi, Sendai on November 24, 2014. This card was reprinted again in Japan as part of the M Master Deck Build Box Power Style, released on August 7, 2015.

During the Sun & Moon Era in Japan, this card was reprinted in The Best of XY subset.

Trivia

Origin

Substitute is a move in the Pokémon games. The robot in the illustration is similar to the decoy that appears when Substitute is used, while the visor worn by the robot is that worn by Lysandre. It bears the Team Flare logo on its chest.

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