Tropical Wind (Nintendo Promo 26)

Trainer

Tropical Wind トロピカルウインド Tropical Wind

P Promotional print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese expansion P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 008/P English expansion Nintendo Black Star Promos English card no. 026 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion DP Black Star Promos English card no. DP05 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion DP Black Star Promos English card no. DP25 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards English expansion DP Black Star Promos English card no. DP48 Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards

Tropical Wind (Japanese: トロピカルウインド Tropical Wind) is a Trainer card. It was first released as one of the Unnumbered Promotional cards and later as part of the Nintendo Black Star Promos and DP Black Star Promos.

Card text

Tropical Mega Battle print

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

Flip a coin. If heads, each player may remove up to 2 damage counters from his or her Active Pokémon. If tails, each player's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

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.

Nintendo Black Star Promos onwards

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

Flip a coin. If heads, remove 2 damage counters from each Active Pokémon (remove 1 damage counter if a Pokémon has only 1). If tails, each Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

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 first released in Japan as a participation prize awarded to all 576 participants in the 1999 Tropical Mega Battle tournament. A further 10 copies were awarded through a lottery as part of Trainers Magazine Vol.3. This print and all subsequent prints feature Psyduck accompanied by other Pokémon; this particular one also features Jigglypuff. It was reprinted in Japanese with updated Generation II artwork by the same artist on e-card stock for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle tournament. It was also released in English at the same event in the unofficial Tyranitar Half Deck, though it was named Tropical Breeze. This print features Cleffa, Smoochum, and the Tropical Mega Battle mascot Exeggutor.

The first official English version of the card was featured in the Nintendo Black Star Promos collection awarded to those who participated in Worlds 2004, with updated Generation III artwork by the same artist. The print features the Generation III first partner Pokémon. It was later reprinted with updated Generation IV artwork by the same artist as a DP Black Star Promo and given to participants at Worlds 2007. This print features the Generation IV first partner Pokémon.

It was reprinted for Worlds 2008 with artwork by the same artist and features Buneary, Pachirisu and Croagunk. This is perhaps a reference to their appearance in Pokémon the Series, and again for Worlds 2009 with artwork by the same artist that features Bidoof, Weavile and Shaymin Sky Forme. Shaymin is perhaps a reference to Pokémon Platinum, whereas Weavile was the Pokémon available for download that year.

Since 2004, a nine-card commemorative collection has been given to participating players at the start of the tournament. The collection consists of seven prints of Tropical Wind in English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, along with two special cards featuring a themed design of the current World Championships; one advertising the forthcoming World Championship Decks and one advertising the date and venue for the following World Championships (except at Worlds 2004, which had the Pokémon Organized Play logo instead). Special stamped versions are also awarded to staff who helped oversee the event and to the top-ranking players in each division of the tournament.

Gallery

Tropical Mega Battle 1999 print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki	P Promotional print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Worlds 2004 Nintendo Promotional print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki
Worlds 2007 DP Promotional print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Worlds 2008 DP Promotional print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki	Worlds 2009 DP Promotional print Illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki
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

• Every version of the card features a Psyduck in a hammock (except the Worlds 2009 version), sharing it or often being disturbed by Pokémon that are relative to the generation the card was released in. On the Worlds 2009 print a Weavile has occupied the hammock, with the Psyduck looking on apprehensively.
• Beginning in 2004, even though the regular versions of this card are available in seven languages, the top-ranking stamped versions are only in English.
• The Worlds 2004 print is the only one to have a spectator version (i.e. with no stamp); cards produced for Worlds in 2005 onwards all have stamps.
• In Worlds 2004, the top-ranking versions were only awarded to the top 16 players. This was increased to the top 32 players starting at Worlds 2005.
• Two copies of each of the top-ranking versions are awarded to respective players across the three divisions making a total of 192 top thirty-two versions, 96 top sixteen versions, 48 quarter-finalist versions, 24 semi-finalist versions, and 12 finalist versions at each Worlds. 2004 was the only exception, as competitors were only awarded versions with their highest placement. Because of this, only 6 finalist versions, 6 semi-finalist versions, 12 quarter-finalist versions, and 24 top sixteen versions were awarded in 2004.
• An unknown quantity of the Worlds 2009 print were printed with the collection number "DP25" (the Worlds 2008 promo number), as opposed to "DP48". This error only affected the English cards, including the staff versions and each of the top-ranking stamped versions (excluding the non-stamped version), creating a very elusive sub-collection.

Origin

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.