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Vitality Band
げんきのハチマキ Vitality Headband
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| English expansion
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Sword & Shield
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185/202
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| Japanese expansion
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Shield
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| Japanese Rarity
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056/060
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Vitality Band (Japanese: げんきのハチマキ Vitality Headband) is a Pokémon Tool card. It was first released as part of the Sword & Shield expansion.
Card text
| Sword & Shield Series prints
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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 FLARE
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 (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.
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| Attach a Pokémon Tool to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached.
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| The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 10 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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| You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.
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| Scarlet & Violet Series prints
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
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| FLARE
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(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.
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| The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 10 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Do Nothing
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| 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.
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| You may attach any number of Pokémon Tools to your Pokémon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokémon Tool to each Pokémon, and it stays attached.
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Release information
Sword & Shield Series
This card was first released in the Japanese V Starter Set Fire and V Starter Set Lightning with artwork by Toyste Beach. It was first released outside Asia in the Sword & Shield expansion, which originated from the Japanese Shield expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted as a S-P Promotional card and was one of nine possible cards included in special packs sent to Event Organizers in April 2020 for distribution in official events hosted by them. This print has the collection number 055/S-P and features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. It was reprinted again in Japan in the Colorless Eevee V Deck and as another S-P Promotional card, this time with the collection number 136/S-P. This promotional print was available as a winner's prize at the 2021 Yokohama Champion's League, held at the Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama on October 3 and 4, 2020[1] and at the 2021 Aichi Champion's League, held at the Aichi International Exhibition Center, Tokoname on March 28, 2021.[2] At these two events, the top 64 competitors from each League at the conclusion of the qualifying round received a copy of this print,[3] which is Mirror Holofoil and features the Championship Series 2021 logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. Two other Champion's League meetings were scheduled for the 2020-2021 season, but those events were canceled in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
Scarlet & Violet Series
Vitality Band was reprinted in the Scarlet & Violet expansion with new artwork by Studio Bora Inc., first released in the Japanese ex Starter Set Quaxly & Mimikyu ex. This print features the new Trainer card layout and Pokémon Tool card category introduced at the start of the Scarlet & Violet Series. It was reprinted as a Japanese SV-P Promotional card and was one of nine possible cards included in special packs sent to Event Organizers in January 2023 for distribution in official events hosted by them. This print features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. It was also later reprinted in the Japanese ex Start Decks, the Pokémon Card Game Battle Academy Deck Kit, and the Generations Start Deck Reshiram ex & Amoonguss ex.
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