Professor Oak (Base Set 88)

Trainer Supporter

Professor Oak オーキドはかせ Doctor Okido

Illus. Ken Sugimori English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 88/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 116/130 Card GB set Colosseum Card GB ID A39 Card GB 2 set Beginning Pokémon Card GB 2 ID A54 English expansion Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic English Deck Venusaur & Lugia ex Deck English card no. 024/034 Japanese expansion Pokémon Card Game Classic Japanese Deck Venusaur & Lugia ex Deck Japanese card no. 026/032

Professor Oak (Japanese: オーキドはかせ Doctor Okido) is a Trainer card. It was first released as part of the Base Set.

Card text

Base Set 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

Discard your hand, then draw 7 cards.

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.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic 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

Discard your hand and draw 7 cards.

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 only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Release information

This card was included in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 expansion.

In the Scarlet & Violet era, this card was reprinted in Holofoil with its original Base Set artwork in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic. This reprint re-categorizes the card as a Supporter card, thus making it subject to the corresponding Supporter card rules. It also lacks a regulation mark, and is thus not legal for tournament play.

Gallery

TCG GB1 Colosseum sprite	GB2 Beginning Pokémon sprite	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
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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 has an identical effect to the Supporter cards Professor Juniper, Professor Sycamore, and Professor's Research. However, any number of Professor Oak cards may be played in a single turn, whereas the player can only play one Supporter card per turn. This is no longer the case with the Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic reprint of this card, which categorizes it as a Supporter card.

Origin

Professor Oak is the resident Pokémon Professor of the Kanto region.

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