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A '''Wonder Card''' is sent together with a [[Mystery Gift]], and it usually provides detail for the gift the player has received. In {{game2|FireRed|LeafGreen|Emerald}}, only one Wonder Card could be stored at a time, and players must delete the Wonder Card in order to receive another one. {{game5|Diamond|Pearl|Platinum|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} raise the limit to three, and {{game|Black and White|s}} raise it once more to twelve. Discarded cards can never be retrieved.
A '''Wonder Card''' (Japanese: '''ふしぎなカード''' ''Wondrous Card'') is a digital card used in [[Mystery Gift]] to track events that the player has received. They were introduced in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, and have been used in every [[core series]] game since.


Gifts bundled with Wonder Cards can be received from a deliveryman who waits in the second floor of any [[Pokémon Center]] in {{game2|FireRed|LeafGreen|Emerald}}, and in any [[Poké Mart]] in all future games. If a card is deleted before the gift is received, the gift will be deleted as well.
Games can only store a limited number of Wonder Cards, with only one being able to be held at a time in the game they were introduced in. If a player has too many Wonder Cards, they are unable to receive any new ones until they discard old ones. Discarded cards can never be retrieved. If a Wonder Card is deleted before the gift is received, the gift will be deleted as well. Collecting a gift does not cause a Wonder Card to be discarded, although it will be marked as used.


Obtained Wonder Cards can be viewed by accessing Mystery Gift on the main menu of any game with Mystery Gift before {{game|Black and White|s}} (if it has already been unlocked), and selecting the "Check Card" option or the "Check the Card Album" option for {{game|Black and White|s}}. Wonder Cards contain such information as the name of the bundled gift, whether or not the player has already received the gift before, the in-game event caused by the Pokémon, the date the gift was received in the game (only in games after {{game2|FireRed|LeafGreen|Emerald}}), and a brief description of the gift; an icon of the associated Pokémon is also displayed for further identification.
Gifts can be received from the deliveryman on the second floor of [[Pokémon Center]]s in Generation III, the deliveryman in [[Poké Mart]]s in Generation IV, the deliveryman in Pokémon Centers in Generation V, or the delivery girl in Pokémon Centers in Generation VI.


Some Wonder Cards for games may also be sent to other players, enabling a player with an event to distribute the card for the event to players that do not yet have it.
Wonder Cards in the player's possession can be viewed through the card album feature of Mystery Gift. Wonder Cards mention the name of the gift, whether the player has already received the gift, a brief description of the gift, and the date the Wonder Card was received in the game (Generation IV onward). An image of the Pokémon, item, or other contents of the gift is also included.


==Related articles==
In Generation III and IV, each event distribution has unique Wonder Card text, which is stored in the card itself. From Generation V onward, the distribution text (text that is only visible when downloading the distribution) serves this roles, so the Wonder Card text is instead pulled from a fixed pool that describes where it was obtained; in these games, once the event has been collected the Wonder Card text changes to indicate this.
* [[List of Wonder Cards from games]]
 
Some Wonder Cards may also be sent to other players, enabling a player with a Wonder Card to gift a copy of it to other players that do not have it.
 
==Maximum number of Wonder Cards==
{| style="background: #285078; {{roundy|0.5em}}; border: 3.5px solid #901820"
|- style="color:#fff"
! Gen
! Max
|- style="background: #fff"
| III
| 1
|- style="background: #fff"
| IV
| 4
|- style="background: #fff"
| V
| 12
|- style="background: #fff"
| VI
| 24
|}{{-}}
 
==See also==
* [[List of Wonder Cards in Generation V]]
* [[List of Wonder Cards in Generation VI]]


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