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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 a Special Energy attached to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
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).
Guardians Rising 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 a Special Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
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).
Twilight Masquerade 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 a Special Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
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 any number of Item cards during your turn.
Release information
Black & White Series
This card was included in the Dark Explorers expansion with artwork by Ryo Ueda, first released in the Japanese Dark Rush expansion. In Japan, an unnumbered BW-P Promotional print was later awarded to participants of the World Challenge Tournament event held over the course of Battle Carnival 2012 Spring who managed to reach the 'Premier Stage'. In order to reach the 'Premier Stage', players had to win three consecutive battles in the initial 'Challenge Stage'. The Battle Carnival took place at the Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai on May 3, 2012; at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama on May 12 and 13, 2012; at Port Messe Nagoya, Nagoya on May 20, 2012; and at Intex Osaka, Osaka on June 3, 2012. This print features the Battle Carnival 2012 Spring logo. It was reprinted again in the Phantom Forces expansion with new artwork by the same artist, first released as one of the Japanese XY-P Promotional cards, available as part of a twelve card promotional pack awarded to those who participated in the Pokémon Card Gym tournaments from the month of May 2014 through the month of July 2014. This print features the Pokémon Card Gym logo. A Secret print was included in the Primal Clash expansion, first released in the Japanese Tidal Storm expansion. The Phantom Forces print was later included as a Mirror Reverse Holofoil in the Japanese Premium Champion Pack.
Sun & Moon Series
Enhanced Hammer was reprinted as both a Regular card and a Full ArtSecret card in the Guardians Rising expansion, both with new artwork by Yoshinobu Saito, with the Regular print first released as a Mirror Holofoil print in the Japanese Sun & Moon subset and the Secret print in the Japanese Alolan Moonlight expansion. The Regular print was reprinted again as a Mirror Holofoil in the Japanese GX Battle Boost and Ultra Force subsets. It was reprinted as a Yellow A Alternate card with different artwork once again by Yoshinobu Saito and distributed through the Pokémon League during the second cycle of the Team Up Season (March 2019). This print originated from the Japanese Night Unison subset.
Scarlet & Violet Series
Enhanced Hammer was reprinted again in the Japanese Crimson Haze expansion, with new artwork by Eske Yoshinob. A gold-etched Full Art hyper rare print was released in the Japanese Transformation Mask expansion with artwork by the same illustrator. Both prints are included in the Twilight Masquerade expansion.
In Japan, an exclusive Mirror Holofoil SV-P Promotional print was given to the top 64 players at Champions League events held during the 2024-25 season. This print has the "Pokémon Trading Card Game Championships Series 2025" stamp on the bottom right corner of the artwork.
As of June 19, 2020, this card was banned in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Origin
The Crushing Hammer and Tool Scrapper, which also remove resources from Pokémon in play, are feaured in the Yellow A Alternate art print's illusttration.