Welcoming Lantern (Chilling Reign 156)

Trainer Item

Welcoming Lantern おむかえちょうちん Welcoming Lantern

Regular print Illus. Studio Bora Inc. English expansion Chilling Reign Rarity English card no. 156/198 Japanese expansion Peerless Fighters Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 063/070 English expansion Chilling Reign Rarity English card no. 230/198 Japanese expansion Silver Lance Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 093/070 Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese card no. 132/184

Welcoming Lantern (Japanese: おむかえちょうちん Welcoming Lantern) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Chilling Reign 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

Put a Single Strike Supporter card from your discard pile into your hand.

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 any number of Item cards during your turn.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art Secret card in the Chilling Reign expansion. The Regular print was first released in the Japanese Peerless Fighters subset, whereas the Secret print was first released in the Japanese Silver Lance expansion. Both prints feature artwork by Studio Bora Inc. The Regular print was reprinted in the Japanese VMAX Climax subset.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Studio Bora Inc.	Secret print Illus. Studio Bora Inc.	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

Welcoming Lantern could be based on Japanese paper lanterns (chōchin) often used in festivals or celebrations, as evidenced by the design and this card's Japanese name.

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