Hoopa-EX (Ancient Origins 36)

Hoopa   フーパEX HoopaEX

Regular print Illus. Ryota Murayama

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Hoopa-EX Type Psychic HP 170 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Ancient Origins Rarity English card no. 36/98 Japanese expansion Bandit Ring Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 036/081 English expansion Ancient Origins Rarity English card no. 89/98 Japanese expansion Bandit Ring Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 087/081 English expansion XY Black Star Promos English card no. XY71 Japanese expansion Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection Japanese card no. 020/036 Japanese expansion Premium Champion Pack Japanese card no. 064/131 Japanese expansion The Best of XY Japanese card no. 058/171 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Hoopa.

Hoopa (Japanese: フーパEX HoopaEX) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon-EX card. It was first released as part of the Ancient Origins expansion.

Card text

Scoundrel Ring バンデッドリング

When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench, you may search your deck for up to 3 Pokémon-EX (except for Hoopa-EX), reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Hyperspace Fury いじげんラッシュ

Discard 2 Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Pokémon-EX rule When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as both a Regular card and a Full Art card in the English Ancient Origins expansion, first released in the Japanese Bandit Ring expansion. The Regular print features artwork by Ryota Murayama, while the Full Art print features artwork by 5ban Graphics. It was later reprinted with new artwork by Eske Yoshinob as one of the XY Black Star Promos available in the Powers Beyond Tins starting October 7, 2015. The Regular print was reprinted in the Japanese Premium Champion Pack as a Mirror Reverse Holofoil. The XY Promotional print was later included in the Japanese Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection.

The original Regular print was reprinted in the Japanese The Best of XY subset.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Ryota Murayama	File:HoopaEXBanditRing87.jpg Full Art print Illus. 5ban Graphics	XY Promotional print Illus. Eske Yoshinob
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

Scoundrel Ring's Japanese name is Bandit Ring, the Japanese expansion in which Hoopa-EX was released. Hyperspace Fury is a move in the Pokémon games that Hoopa can learn. This card features Hoopa Unbound.

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