Pokémon Reversal (Expedition 146)

Pokémon Reversal ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse Goods

Raichu Starter Deck print Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki Half Deck Tyranitar Half Deck Japanese expansion Pokémon VS Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 133/141 Expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 146/165 Expansion EX Ruby & Sapphire Rarity English card no. 87/109 Japanese Half Deck Torchic Half Deck Japanese card no. 016/019 Japanese Half Deck 6th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/019 Expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 97/112 Japanese Half Deck Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise Half Deck Japanese card no. 049/052 Expansion EX Unseen Forces Rarity English card no. 88/115 Japanese Half Deck Meganium Half Deck Japanese card no. 011/016 Japanese Half Deck 8th Movie Half Deck Japanese card no. 017/020 English expansion HeartGold & SoulSilver Rarity English card no. 99/123 Japanese expansion HeartGold Collection Japanese card no. 065/070 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Starter Decks Japanese Half Deck Raichu Starter Deck Japanese card no. 008/011 Japanese Deck Tyranitar Standard Construction Deck Japanese card no. 013/019

Pokémon Reversal (Japanese: ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse) is a Goods card. It was first released in Expedition Base Set.

Release information

This card's true first appearence was in the Japanese Pokémon VS expansion and in the unofficial English Tyranitar Half Deck for the 2001 Tropical Mega Battle. The card was translated under the tentative name of Pokémon Reverse.
It was reprinted in EX Ruby & Sapphire with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama, which is famous for seemingly mangling the intended effect (see above). The change caused quite a stir, as if the effect had been changed from being a "flip for Gust of Wind" to "flip for half a Warp Point". An errata was ultimately issued so that the card was treated more like the Expedition print with a slight tweak for 2-on-2 play. The reprinted versions that appeared in EX FireRed & LeafGreen and EX Unseen Forces featured the adjusted text.It was reprinted in the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion with new artwork by Wataru Kawahara. The Japanese release of this print was reclassified as a Goods card, but the English did not adopt this name and continued classifying it as a Trainer card. It was then released with new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki in the Raichu Starter Deck, and later in the Tyranitar Standard Construction Deck with the HeartGold & SoulSilver print.

Gallery

• ExpeditionPokemonReversal.jpg

  Expedition Base Set print
  Illus. "Big Mama" Tagawa

• PokemonReversal.jpg

  EX Ruby & Sapphire print
  Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama

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  HeartGold & SoulSilver print
  Illus. Wataru Kawahara

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  Raichu Starter Deck print
  Illus. Hideaki Hakozaki