Blunder Policy

Blunder Policy からぶりほけん Miss Insurance

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet artwork

Introduced in Generation VIII Pocket Generation VIII Other Items Generation IX Other Items Fling Power 80

Blunder Policy (Japanese: からぶりほけん Miss Insurance) is a type of held item introduced in Generation VIII.

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price SwSh N/A $2,000 SV $30,000 $7,500

Effect

If one of the holder's moves misses one of its targets because of an accuracy or evasion check, the Blunder Policy is consumed and the holder's Speed is increased by two stages.

Blunder Policy does not activate if a one-hit knockout move misses, if Triple Kick, Triple Axel, or Population Bomb ends early by failing one of their subsequent accuracy checks, or if a move misses due to a target being in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move. The Blunder Policy only activates if the move misses, not for other reasons it might fail to affect a target (e.g. immunity due to type or Ability, being protected by a protection move, etc.).

If Dragon Darts would have missed one of its targets in a Double Battle for accuracy or evasion reasons, but the other target is successfully hit with the move, that target will be hit twice, and the Blunder Policy will still activate even though no message about missing a target ever appears.

Description

Games Description SwSh Raises Speed sharply when a Pokémon misses with a move because of accuracy. SV An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder misses with a move due to low accuracy, this policy will sharply boost its Speed stat.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods SwSh Battle Tower (20 BP) SwShIoA Cram-o-matic (Flying: 62-70 points) SV Delibird Presents (Mesagoza Branch, after completing the main storyline)

In the TCG

Blunder Policy in the TCG

Main article: Blunder Policy (Brilliant Stars 131)

Blunder Policy was introduced as a Pokémon Tool card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese S-P Promotional cards and the English Brilliant Stars expansion, with artwork by Ayaka Yoshida. It allows the player to draw three cards if the player lands on tails when flipping a coin for an attack of the Pokémon it is attached to.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 打空保險 Dáhūng Bóuhím Mandarin 打空保險 / 打空保险 Dǎkōng Bǎoxiǎn French Assurance Échec German Fehlschlagschutz Italian Fiascopolizza Korean 허탕보험 Brazilian Portuguese Seguro Contra Erro Spanish Seguro Fallo

See also

• Weakness Policy

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation VIII – IX

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.