Sophocles (Burning Shadows 123)

Trainer Supporter

Sophocles マーマネ Mamane

Full Art print Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma Japanese Deck Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set Japanese card no. 020/021 English expansion Burning Shadows Rarity English card no. 123/147 Japanese expansion Facing a New Trial Japanese card no. 048/049 English expansion Burning Shadows Rarity English card no. 146/147 Japanese expansion Facing a New Trial Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 057/049 English expansion Shining Legends Rarity English card no. 65/73 Japanese expansion Shining Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 069/072 Japanese Deck Solgaleo-GX & Lunala-GX Legendary Starter Set Japanese card no. 019/021 Japanese expansion Ultra Moon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 064/066 Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese Deck Grass Lurantis-GX Deck Japanese card no. 125/131 Japanese Deck Fire Charizard-GX Deck Japanese card no. 125/131 Japanese Deck Water Lapras-GX Deck Japanese card no. 125/131 Japanese Deck Lightning Raichu-GX Deck Japanese card no. 125/131 Japanese Deck Metal Metagross-GX Deck Japanese card no. 125/131 Japanese Deck Kit Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 031/035

Sophocles (Japanese: マーマネ Mamane) is a Supporter card. It was first released as part of the Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set.

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

Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, draw 4 cards.

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 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was released in the Japanese Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set featuring artwork by Ken Sugimori. It was printed in English in the Burning Shadows expansion as a Regular and Full Art card, originating from the Facing a New Trial subset in Japan. The Full Art print features artwork by Sanosuke Sakuma. The Regular print was later reprinted in the English Shining Legends expansion and the Japanese Shining Legends subset. The Regular print was reprinted again in the Japanese Solgaleo-GX & Lunala-GX Legendary Starter Set and Ultra Moon expansion.

In Japan, participants of the Sky-Splitting Charisma Shield Game, held at the Pokémon Card Station at the Tokyo Bay Pokémon Center on June 1, 2018, were given 5 Trainer cards to use in their decks if they so wished. These included 2 unnumbered SM-P Promotional copies of this card, 2 unnumbered SM-P Promotional copies of Hau, and 1 unnumbered SM-P Promotional copy of Ultra Ball. The Shield Game operated much in the same way as Limited format tournaments outside Japan: participants would receive 15 Sky-Splitting Eminence booster packs and 14 copies of each basic Energy card upon entry and play using a 40-card deck and four Prize cards. The event was limited to 24 entrants. The Regular print was reprinted again in 5 of the GX Starter Decks as well as in the Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Full Art print Illus. Sanosuke Sakuma	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

Origin

Sophocles is the Trial Captain of Ula'ula Island's Hokulani Observatory. The Observatory is featured in the Regular print's illustration.

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