Great Ball (EX FireRed & LeafGreen 92)

Trainer Item

Great Ball スーパーボール Super Ball

File:019248 T SUPABORU.jpg Stormfront print Illus. Kent Kanetsuna English expansion EX FireRed & LeafGreen Rarity English card no. 92/112 Japanese expansion Flight of Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 075/082 Expansion EX Delta Species Rarity English card no. 90/113 Japanese Half Deck Holon Research Tower Lightning Quarter Deck Japanese card no. 008/015 English expansion EX Power Keepers Rarity English card no. 77/108 Japanese expansion World Champions Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 085/108 English expansion Stormfront Rarity English card no. 85/100 Japanese expansion Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 082/092 English expansion Emerging Powers Rarity English card no. 93/98 Japanese expansion White Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 049/053 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Strength Decks Japanese Half Deck Virizion Strength Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Strength Decks Japanese Half Deck Terrakion Strength Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Strength Decks Japanese Half Deck Cobalion Strength Deck Japanese card no. 009/014 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Theme Deck: Victini Japanese card no. 017/021 Japanese Deck Kit Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus Japanese card no. 016/020 Expansion Boundaries Crossed Rarity English card no. 129/149 Japanese Half Deck Keldeo Battle Strength Deck Japanese card no. 010/015 Japanese Deck Kit Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Mewtwo Half Deck Japanese card no. 010/016 Japanese Deck Kit Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Genesect Half Deck Japanese card no. 010/016

Great Ball (Japanese: スーパーボール Super Ball) is an Item card. It was first released in the EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion as a Trainer card.

Card text

EX FireRed & LeafGreen 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

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex) and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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.

Stormfront 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

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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.

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

Look at the top 7 cards from your deck, choose a Pokémon you find there, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Put the other cards back on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward.

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).

Release information

This card originated in the EX FireRed & LeafGreen expansion with artwork done by Nakaoka. This print was released again in the EX Delta Species and EX Power Keepers expansions. It as then released in the Stormfront expansion with new artwork by Kent Kanetsuna. It was later released as an Item card in the Emerging Powers expansion, originating from the White Collection, with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. This print was also included as part of the Boundaries Crossed in English, and in the Battle Strength Decks, the Battle Theme Deck: Victini, the Battle Gift Set: Thundurus vs Tornadus, the Keldeo Battle Strength Deck, and the Mewtwo vs Genesect Deck Kit in Japanese.

Gallery

EX FireRed & LeafGreen print Illus. Nakaoka	File:019248 T SUPABORU.jpg Stormfront print Illus. Kent Kanetsuna	Emerging Powers print Illus. 5ban Graphics
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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

The Great Ball is a type of Poké Ball in the Pokémon games, which has an improved capture rate over the regular Poké Ball. The fact that this card doesn't require a coin flip to work, whereas the Poké Ball card did, might be a reference to this fact.

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