Crushing Hammer (Emerging Powers 92)

Trainer Item

Crushing Hammer クラッシュハンマー Crush Hammer

Sword & Shield print Illus. sadaji Release information English expansion Emerging Powers Rarity English card no. 92/98 Japanese expansion Black Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 049/053 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Theme Deck: Victini Japanese Half Deck Victini Formation Deck Japanese card no. 015/021 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Theme Deck: Victini Japanese Half Deck Victini Coin Flip Deck Japanese card no. 015/021 Japanese Deck Kit Master Deck Build Box EX Japanese card no. 027/046 Expansion Legendary Treasures Rarity English card no. 111/113 Japanese Deck Kit Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Mewtwo Half Deck Japanese card no. 009/016 Expansion Kalos Starter Set English card no. 34/39 Japanese Deck Kit XY Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Chespin Half Deck Japanese card no. 035/039 Japanese Deck Kit XY Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Fennekin Half Deck Japanese card no. 035/039 Japanese Deck Kit XY Beginning Set Japanese Half Deck Froakie Half Deck Japanese card no. 035/039 Japanese Half Deck Yveltal Half Deck Japanese card no. 008/014 Expansion Generations Rarity English card no. 60/83 Japanese Deck BREAK Starter Pack Japanese card no. 051/072 English expansion Sun & Moon Rarity English card no. 115/149 Japanese expansion Collection Sun Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 053/060 Japanese Deck Sun & Moon Starter Set Japanese card no. 040/059 Japanese Deck Kit Ash vs Team Rocket Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Team Rocket Half Deck Japanese card no. 021/026 Japanese expansion Ultra Moon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 054/066 English expansion Ultra Prism Rarity English card no. 166/156 Japanese expansion Ultra Moon Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 076/066 Japanese Deck Lightning Raichu-GX Deck Japanese card no. 108/131 Japanese Deck Fighting Lycanroc-GX Deck Japanese card no. 108/131 Japanese Deck Darkness Yveltal-GX Deck Japanese card no. 108/131 Japanese Deck Kit Tag Team GX Deck Build Box Japanese card no. 004/029 Japanese expansion Sun & Moon Family Pokémon Card Game Japanese card no. 040/051 Expansion Sword & Shield Rarity English card no. 159/202 Japanese Deck V Starter Set Fire Japanese card no. 012/023 Japanese Deck V Starter Set Water Japanese card no. 013/023 Japanese Deck Fire Incineroar V Deck Japanese card no. 089/127 Japanese Deck Water Wailord V Deck Japanese card no. 089/127 Japanese Deck Blastoise VMAX Starter Set Japanese card no. 012/020 Japanese expansion Sword & Shield Family Pokémon Card Game Japanese card no. 041/053 Japanese Deck Start Deck 100 Japanese card no. 372/414

Crushing Hammer (Japanese: クラッシュハンマー Crush Hammer) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Emerging Powers expansion.

Card text

Emerging Powers print

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, discard an Energy attached to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.

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 as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Sun & Moon print

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, discard an Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.

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 as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Sword & Shield print

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, discard an Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.

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 in the Emerging Powers expansion with artwork by 5ban Graphics, first released in the Japanese Black Collection. It was reprinted in the Japanese Battle Theme Deck: Victini, the Master Deck Build Box EX, and the Mewtwo Half Deck in the Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit. It was later released in the English Legendary Treasures expansion.

Crushing Hammer was reprinted during the XY Series in the Kalos Starter Set with new artwork by 5ban Graphics, first released in the Japanese XY Beginning Set. This print was later included in the Japanese Yveltal Half Deck, in the English Generations expansion, and in the Japanese BREAK Starter Pack.

During the Sun & Moon Series, Crushing Hammer was reprinted again with new artwork by Yoshinobu Saito. It was included in the Sun & Moon expansion, first released simultaneously in the Japanese Collection Sun and Sun & Moon Starter Set on December 9, 2016. In Japan, it was later released as part of the Team Rocket Half Deck in the Ash vs Team Rocket Deck Kit and again in the Ultra Moon expansion as both a Regular and Full Art Secret card. The Secret print was later released in the English Ultra Prism expansion and features artwork by Yoshinobu Saito. In Japan, the Sun & Moon print was later included in three of the GX Starter Decks, in the Tag Team GX Deck Build Box, and in the Sun & Moon Family Pokémon Card Game set.

Crushing Hammer was reprinted again during the Sword & Shield Series as part of the Sword & Shield expansion, first released in the Japanese V Starter Set Fire and Water. This print has new artwork by sadaji. In Japan, it was reprinted again in two of the nine V Starter Decks, in the Blastoise VMAX Starter Set, in the Sword & Shield Family Pokémon Card Game set, and in the Start Deck 100 (available in both Non Holofoil and Mirror Holofoil versions).

Gallery

Emerging Powers print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Kalos Starter Set print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Sun & Moon print Illus. Yoshinobu Saito
Ultra Prism print Illus. Yoshinobu Saito	Sword & Shield print Illus. sadaji	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's effect matches that of Energy Removal 2.

Origin

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