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{{TCGTrainerCardInfobox |
{{TCGTrainerCardInfobox
cardname=Victory Medal |
|cardname=Victory Medal
jname=勝利のメダル |
|jname=勝利のメダル
jtrans=Victory Medal |
|jtrans=Victory Medal
image=Victory Medal Spring 2007-2008.jpg |
|image=Victory Medal Spring 2007-2008.jpg
caption=Original Gold Medal print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]] |
|caption=Spring 2008 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]]
reprints=12 |
|reprints=12
reprint1=PikachuWinnerSilverMedal.jpg |
|reprint1=PikachuWinnerSilverMedal.jpg
recaption1=Original Silver Medal print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]] |
|recaption1=Autumn 2009 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]]
reprint2=023576 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint2=023576 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption2=031/DPt-P<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]] |
|recaption2=031/DPt-P print<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]
reprint3=024262 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint3=024262 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption3=036/DPt-P<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]] |
|recaption3=036/DPt-P print<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]
reprint4=024280 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint4=024280 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption4=051/DPt-P<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]] |
|recaption4=051/DPt-P print<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]
reprint5=025296 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint5=025296 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption5=027/L-P<br>Illus. [[Takashi Yamaguchi]] |
|recaption5=Spring 2011 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takashi Yamaguchi]]
reprint6=025329 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint6=025329 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption6=031/L-P<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]] |
|recaption6=031/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
reprint7=025331 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint7=025331 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption7=032/L-P<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]] |
|recaption7=032/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
reprint8=VictoryMedalLPromo33.jpg |
|reprint8=VictoryMedalLPromo33.jpg
recaption8=033/L-P<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]] |
|recaption8=033/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
reprint9=025337 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint9=025337 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption9=041/L-P<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]] |
|recaption9=041/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
reprint10=025339 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint10=025339 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption10=042/L-P<br>Illus. [[Takashi Yamaguchi]] |
|recaption10=Fall 2011 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takashi Yamaguchi]]
reprint11=025341 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|reprint11=025341 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
recaption11=043/L-P<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]] |
|recaption11=043/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
class=Goods |
|class=Goods
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'''Victory Medal''' (Japanese: '''勝利のメダル''' ''Victory Medal'') is a {{TCG|Trainer card}} ({{TCG|Item card}} in Japan). It was released as a promotional card.
'''Victory Medal''' (Japanese: '''勝利のメダル''' ''Victory Medal'') is a {{TCG|Trainer card}} ({{TCG|Item card}} in Japan). It was released as numerous different promotional cards.


==Card text==
==Card text==
{{TCGTrainerText |
{{TCGTrainerText
class=Item |
|class=Item
effect=Flip 2 {{TCG|coin}}s. If one of them is heads, draw a card. If both are heads, search your deck for any 1 card, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck afterward. |
|effect=Flip 2 {{TCG|coin}}s. If one of them is heads, draw a card. If both are heads, search your deck for any 1 card, put it into your hand, and shuffle your deck afterward.
}}
}}


==Release information==
==Release information==
Victory Medal has been awarded at multiple competitions since it was introduced in Spring of 2004. In Japan, a gold medal version was awarded to the champions of the Spring Gym Challenge in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and again in 2009. A silver medal version was also awarded to runners-up in the same competitions.<br>
This card was first released in Japan as an {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards|Unnumbered Promotional card}}, and was awarded to the winners of regional Gym☆Challenge events held in game shops and store chains across the country between March and early May 2005. This print features artwork by [[Takumi Akabane]], featuring {{p|Pikachu}} and a silver medal. Finalists were given preferential entry into the qualification round for their nearest 2005 Summer Battle Road event, and entry into their nearest Gym☆Final event. The winners of each regional Gym☆Final {{tt|league|Junior, Senior, and Master}} were awarded a gold medal version of the same card. The 2005 Gym☆Final events took place at 7 select stores across Japan between May 14 and 27, 2005. Both of these prints are on the PCG Era card template and have a 2005 copyright.
The English versions were released through Battle Road tournaments, beginning in Spring 2007. Gold medal versions are awarded to those participating in Spring Battle Road tournaments, while the silver medal versions are awarded to those participating in Autumn Battle Road tournaments. The seasonal variants are further distinguished by featuring a blue stamp (Spring) and an orange stamp (Autumn), as well as the season years in which the card was awarded.<br>
 
Beginning in 2009, several versions featuring Pokémon relative to mainstream releases began to be release during the DPt-P era, all with artwork by [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]. The 031/DPt-P print was awarded to winners of the Pokémon Plaza Challenge Card Get Battle in May 2009, and the two {{p|Arceus}} prints were awarded to winners of the Pokémon Battle Tour 2009.<br>
Both a silver medal version and gold medal version were awarded in the same manner for the 2005-2006 season, with the 2006 Gym☆Final events taking place at 7 stores across Japan between May 14 and 28, 2006. Another silver medal version on the PCG Era card template with a 2005 copyright was awarded to winners of regional Gym☆Challenge events held in December 2006 and is further distinguished by a gold foil Gym☆Challenge 2006 stamp in the top right of the effect text area.
For the {{TCG|HeartGold & SoulSilver Collection}}'s Gym Challenge, [[Hideaki Hakozaki]] illustrated three new cards: one for third place, second place, and third place winners. These cards were numbered 031/L-P, 032/L-P, 033/L-P, respectively. Three more prints were released for the November 2009, January 2010, and May 2010 Pokémon Challenge Battle winner's prize, numbered 041-043/L-P. Yamaguchi illustrated another Typhlosion print, 042/L-P, while Hakozaki illustrated the Meganium and Feraligatr prints, numbered 041/L-P and 043/L-P. The Silver Medal Typhlosion print was used for the English Autumn Battle Roads tournaments in 2010, and the Gold Medal Typhlosion print was used for the English Spring Battle Roads tournaments in 2011.
 
Silver and gold Victory Medals were awarded in the same manner for the 2006-2007 season. These prints are on the DP Era template and have a Black Star promo symbol. The silver versions have 2006 copyright and the gold versions have a 2007 copyright.  
Gym☆Final events took place between May 20 and June 3, 2007; however, due to the number of 2006-2007 gold Victory Medal prints that have surfaced, it is speculated that more Gym☆Final events were held in comparison to the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons.
 
Several numbered prints were released as {{TCG|DPt-P Promotional cards}} during 2009, all featuring artwork by [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]. The first of these was the print numbered 031/DPt-P, which features {{p|Giratina}} in its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences#Giratina|Origin Forme}}. This print was awarded to players participating in Challenge Hiroba Card Get Battle events who achieved 5 consecutive wins. Challenge Hiroba tournaments were held at participating venues in Japan during May 2009. Two more prints featuring {{p|Arceus}} were awarded to players who achieved 3 consecutive wins in Knockout Battle events held as part of the Pokémon Battle Tour 2009, which took place at participating venues across Japan in July and August 2009. The Knockout Battle comprised the Half League (30 card deck), which awarded the silver medal version only (numbered 036/DPt-P), and the Standard League (60 card deck), which awarded either the silver medal version or the gold medal version (numbered 051/DPt-P) at random. These prints, as well as all Japanese prints that followed, feature a gold foil stamp below the artwork that reads "For the Winner of the Pokémon Card Game" in English.
 
More prints were released as {{TCG|L-P Promotional cards}} during the LEGEND Era, the first of which was numbered 027/L-P and features {{p|Typhlosion}} complete with gold medal in an illustration by [[Takashi Yamaguchi]]. This print was awarded to participants of the Knockout Battle event, held as part of the Pokémon Battle Challenge, who won 2 consecutive battles. The Pokémon Battle Challenge took place at several locations across Japan between October and December 2009. Three new prints featuring Pikachu were awarded to the top three players at Gym Challenge events, held in participating game shops and store chains across Japan in November 2009. Bronze medal versions, numbered 031/L-P, were awarded to those who placed third, silver medal versions, numbered 032/L-P, were awarded to those who placed second, and gold medal versions, numbered 033/L-P, were awarded to those who placed first. All have artwork by [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]. Three further prints featuring the final forms of the [[Sinnoh]] [[starter Pokémon]] complete with silver medals were awarded to players achieving 5 consecutive wins in subsequently held Challenge Hiroba tournaments. The {{p|Meganium}} print, numbered 041/L-P and with artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki, was awarded in tournaments held during November 2009. The {{p|Typhlosion}} print, numbered 042/L-P and with artwork by Takashi Yamaguchi, was awarded in tournaments held during January 2010. The final print, featuring {{p|Feraligatr}} artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki and numbered 043/L-P, was awarded in tournaments held during May 2010.
 
The first English versions were based on the original Pikachu prints with artwork by [[Takumi Akabane]], with the first print awarded to participants of the 2007 Spring Battle Roads. This print features the gold medal, a blue Battle Road Spring stamp with foil text, uses the EX Series card layout, and has a copyright of 2007. The second print was awarded to participants of the 2007 Autumn Battle Roads and features the silver medal, an orange Battle Road Autumn stamp with foil text, and has the same card layout and copyright as the previous print. This pattern of using the gold medal version for Spring releases and the silver medal version for Autumn releases would continue through to the 2009-2010 season, with all subsequent prints using the Diamond & Pearl Series card layout, featuring a color-appropriate stamp with the relevant season dates, and a copyright date reflecting their year of release. For the 2010-2011 season, the silver and gold versions of the Typhlosion illustration were used for the Autumn 2010 and Spring 2011 Battle Roads respectively. These cards use the HeartGold & SoulSilver layout and feature a Crosshatch Holofoil medal and Play! Pokémon logo.


===Gallery===
===Gallery===
{{TCGGallery |
{{TCGGallery
type=Item |
|type=Item
image1=Victory Medal Spring 2007-2008.jpg |
|image1=Victory Medal Spring 2007-2008.jpg
caption1=Original Gold Medal print |
|caption1=Spring 2008 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]]
illus1=Takumi Akabane |
|image2=PikachuWinnerSilverMedal.jpg
image2=PikachuWinnerSilverMedal.jpg |
|caption2=Autumn 2009 Battle Roads<br>Illus. [[Takumi Akabane]]
caption2=Original Silver Medal print |
|image3=023576 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
illus2=Takumi Akabane |
|caption3=031/DPt-P print<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]
image3=023576 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|image4=024262 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
caption3=031/DPt-P |
|caption4=036/DPt-P print<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]
illus3=Yusuke Ishikawa |
|image5=024280 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
image4=024262 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|caption5=051/DPt-P print<br>Illus. [[Yusuke Ishikawa]]
caption4=036/DPt-P |
|image6=025296 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
illus4=Yusuke Ishikawa |
|caption6=Spring 2011 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takashi Yamaguchi]]
image5=024280 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|image7=025329 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
caption5=051/DPt-P |
|caption7=031/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
illus5=Yusuke Ishikawa |
|image8=025331 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
image6=025296 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|caption8=032/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
caption6=Spring 2011 Battle Roads (027/L-P) |
|image9=VictoryMedalLPromo33.jpg
illus6=Takashi Yamaguchi |
|caption9=033/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
image7=025329 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|image10=025337 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
caption7=031/L-P |
|caption10=041/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
illus7=Hideaki Hakozaki |
|image11=025339 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
image8=025331 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
|caption11=Fall 2011 Battle Roads print<br>Illus. [[Takashi Yamaguchi]]
caption8=032/L-P |
|image12=025341 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg
illus8=Hideaki Hakozaki |
|caption12=043/L-P print<br>Illus. [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]
image9=VictoryMedalLPromo33.jpg |
caption9=033/L-P |
illus9=Hideaki Hakozaki |
image10=025337 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
caption10=041/L-P |
illus10=Hideaki Hakozaki |
image11=025339 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
caption11=Fall 2011 Battle Roads (042/L-P) |
illus11=Takashi Yamaguchi |
image12=025341 T SHOURINOMEDARU.jpg |
caption12=043/L-P |
illus12=Hideaki Hakozaki |
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Japanese 2006 version has a gold foil "Gym☆Challenge 2006" stamp below the artwork, distinguishing it from the 2004 and 2005 versions. Subsequent prints have the DP-on Trainer design and also feature a black star promo symbol.
*The 031/DPt-P print is the first numbered Victory Medal card and differs by featuring {{p|Giratina}} in its Origin Forme, as opposed to {{p|Pikachu}} in the illustration. The card also has a gold foil stamp below the artwork that reads "For the Winner of the Pokémon Card Game." Oddly, this is in English instead of Japanese. The numbering and stamp features were also adopted to the two Arceus variants, and each print thereafter.
===Origin===
===Origin===


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