Pokémon Reversal (Expedition 146)

Bill ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse Trainer
File:PokemonReversal.jpg 6th Movie Half Deck variant Illus. Hiromichi Sugiyama
Set	VS*
Rarity
Card No.	133/141
Set	Expedition Base Set
Rarity
English Card No.	146/165
Set	EX Ruby & Sapphire
Rarity
English Card No.	87/109
Set	EX FireRed & LeafGreen
Rarity
English Card No.	97/112
Set	EX Unseen Forces
Rarity
English Card No.	88/115

Pokémon Reversal (Japanese: ポケモンリバース Pokémon Reverse) is a Trainer card. It is part of the Expedition Base Set.

Card text

Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Flip a coin. If heads, switch that Pokémon with the Defending Pokémon.

Release information

Expedition Base Set version.

Expedition Base Set version.

This card also appeared in the VS set, which was never released outside of Japan; the card was translated under the name of Pokémon Reverse for that set. It was also reprinted in the EX Ruby & Sapphire, EX FireRed & LeafGreen, and EX Unseen Forces sets with new artwork by Hiromichi Sugiyama. The EX Ruby & Sapphire print is famous for seemingly mangling the effect, since it read as follows:

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent switches 1 of his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.

This caused quite a stir, as if the effect had been changed from being a "flip for Gust" to "flip for half a Warp Point". An errata was ultimately issued so that the card now was treated more like the Expedition print with a slight tweak for 2-on-2 play, as follows:

Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch.

This was the wording that showed up on later prints of the card.