Turbo Patch (Darkness Ablaze 172)

Trainer Item

Turbo Patch ターボパッチ Turbo Patch

Regular print Illus. Toyste Beach English expansion Darkness Ablaze Rarity English card no. 172/189 Japanese expansion Infinity Zone Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 090/100 English expansion Darkness Ablaze Rarity English card no. 200/189 Japanese expansion Infinity Zone Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 118/100 Japanese expansion Shiny Star V Japanese card no. 161/190 Japanese Deck Kit Single Strike Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 010/033 Japanese Deck Kit Rapid Strike Premium Trainer Box Japanese card no. 010/033 Japanese expansion VMAX Climax Japanese card no. 136/184

Turbo Patch (Japanese: ターボパッチ Turbo Patch) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Darkness Ablaze 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

Flip a coin. If heads, attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Basic Pokémon that isn't a Pokémon-GX.

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 Darkness Ablaze expansion, first released in the Japanese Infinity Zone expansion. Both prints feature artwork by Toyste Beach. In Japan, the Regular print was reprinted in the Shiny Star V subset, the Single Strike & Rapid Strike Premium Trainer Boxes, and the VMAX Climax subset.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Toyste Beach	Secret print Illus. Toyste Beach	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

This card shows the Fairy type despite being printed after that type was retired. However, the type was still in Standard when the card was printed, perhaps hinting that to be the reason for its inclusion.

Origin

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