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==Card text (Base Set print)==
==Card text (Base Set print)==
{{Trainer Text
{{Trainer Text
| effect = Attach Defender to 1 of your Pokémon. At the end of your opponent's next turn, discard {{tt|Defender|this card}}. Damage done to that Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
| effect = Attach Defender to 1 of your Pokémon. At the end of your opponent's next turn, discard {{tt|Defender|this card}}. Damage done to that Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 20 ''(after applying Weakness and Resistance)''.
|}}
|}}


==Card text (Reviving Legends print)==
==Card text (Undaunted print)==
{{Trainer Text
{{Trainer Text
| effect = Attach Defender to 1 of your Pokémon and discard it at the end of your opponent’s next turn. Any damage done by attacks to that Pokémon is reduced by 20.
| effect = Attach Defender to 1 of your Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of your opponent's next turn. Any damage done to the Pokémon {{tt|Defender|this card}} is attached to by an opponent's attack is reduced by 20 ''(after applying Weakness and Resistance)''.
|}}
|}}


==Release information==
==Release information==
[[File:025707 T DEIFENDA.jpg|180px|left|Reviving Legends print]]
[[File:025707 T DEIFENDA.jpg|180px|left|Reviving Legends print]]
This card was reprinted in the {{TCG|Base Set 2}} reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. In Japan, it was later included in the Totodile Side Deck of the {{TCG|Neo Introduction Set}}. It was then included in the {{TCG|Reviving Legends}} expansion with new artwork by [[Ryo Ueda]].
This card was reprinted in the {{TCG|Base Set 2}} reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. In Japan, it was later included in the Totodile Side Deck of the {{TCG|Neo Introduction Set}}. It was later reprinted in the {{TCG|Undaunted}} expansion with new artwork by [[Ryo Ueda]] and updated text. This print now specifically states that only damage by an ''opponent's'' attack is reduced, preventing the use of this card in tandem with Pokémon that have attacks with recoil damage.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 12:56, 8 August 2010

Defender
ディフェンダー Defender
Goods
File:Defender Base 80.jpg
Base Set print
Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
Expansion Base Set
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 80/102
Expansion Base Set 2
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 109/130
Card GB set Colosseum
Card GB ID A46
Card GB 2 set Legendary Power
Card GB 2 ID B55
Japanese Deck Kit Neo Introduction Set
Japanese Side Deck Totodile Half Deck
Japanese card no. 4
English expansion Undaunted
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 72/90
Japanese expansion Reviving Legends
Japanese card no. 070/080

Defender (Japanese: ディフェンダー Defender) is a Goods card. It was first released in Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text (Base Set print)

Template:Trainer Text

Card text (Undaunted print)

Template:Trainer Text

Release information

Reviving Legends print
Reviving Legends print

This card was reprinted in the Base Set 2 reprint set, which was only released outside of Japan. In Japan, it was later included in the Totodile Side Deck of the Neo Introduction Set. It was later reprinted in the Undaunted expansion with new artwork by Ryo Ueda and updated text. This print now specifically states that only damage by an opponent's attack is reduced, preventing the use of this card in tandem with Pokémon that have attacks with recoil damage.

Trivia

Origin

Defender is the Japanese name of X Defend, an item in the Pokémon games. The Japanese name of the item was either used for the English card by mistake, or was intentionally used as 'Defender' is inscribed on the side of the object in the card's artwork.


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