PlusPower (Base Set 84)

Trainer Item

PlusPower プラスパワー PlusPower

Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ryo Ueda English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 84/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese Theme Deck Tamamushi City Gym Japanese Theme Deck Yamabuki City Gym Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 113/130 Card GB set Colosseum Card GB ID A45 Card GB 2 set Legendary Power Card GB 2 ID B57 Japanese Deck Kit Intro Pack Neo Japanese Side Deck Chikorita Side Deck English expansion Diamond & Pearl Rarity English card no. 109/130 Japanese expansion Space-Time Creation Japanese Rarity Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack Japanese Half Deck Torterra Half Deck Japanese Half Deck Bastiodon the Defender Expansion Secret Wonders Rarity English card no. 121/132 Japanese Deck Dialga LV.X Constructed Standard Deck Japanese Deck Kit Magmortar vs Electivire Deck Kit Japanese Half Deck Magmortar Half Deck Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack '08 Japanese Half Deck Infernape Half Deck Expansion Platinum Rarity English card no. 112/127 Japanese Deck Kit Entry Pack DPt Japanese Half Deck Giratina Half Deck Japanese card no. 010/013 Expansion Unleashed Rarity English card no. 80/95 Japanese Half Deck Raichu Battle Starter Deck Japanese card no. 007/011 Japanese expansion Reviving Legends Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 072/080 English expansion Black & White Rarity English card no. 96/114 Japanese expansion White Collection Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 051/053 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 082/BW-P Deck Kit Black & White Trainer Kit Half Deck Excadrill Half Deck English card no. 16/30 Deck Kit Black & White Trainer Kit Half Deck Zoroark Half Deck English card no. 11/30 Japanese Deck Kit Master Deck Build Box EX Japanese card no. 032/046 Japanese Deck Kit Everyone's Exciting Battle Japanese card no. 042/047 Japanese Deck Kit Extra Regulation Box Japanese card no. 028/048

PlusPower (Japanese: プラスパワー PlusPower) is an Item card. It was first released in the Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text

Base Set 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

Attach PlusPower to your Active Pokémon. At the end of your turn, discard PlusPower. If this Pokémon's attack does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage to the Defending 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.

Diamond & Pearl 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

Attach PlusPower to 1 of your Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of your turn. If the Pokémon PlusPower is attached to attacks, the attack does 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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.

Unleashed 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

Attach PlusPower to 1 of your Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of your turn. If the Pokémon PlusPower is attached to attacks, the attack does 10 more damage to the Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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.

Black & White 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

During this turn, your Pokémon's attacks do 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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 was included in the Base Set with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 expansion. It was reprinted again in the Japanese Tamamushi City Gym and Yamabuki City Gym theme decks, and the Chikorita Side Deck of the Japanese Intro Pack Neo.

It was later reprinted with updated text and new artwork by Ryo Ueda in the Diamond & Pearl expansion, first released in the Japanese Space-Time Creation expansion. The key difference between the original and this print is that the original applied its effect after applying Weakness and Resistance, while the new print applied its effect before applying Weakness and Resistance. This print was reprinted in the Secret Wonders expansion, first released in the Japanese Dialga LV.X and Palkia LV.X Constructed Standard Decks, in both half decks of the Japanese Magmortar vs Electivire Deck Kit, the Infernape Half Deck of the Japanese Entry Pack '08. It was reprinted again in the Platinum expansion, first released in the Giratina Half Deck of the Japanese Entry Pack DPt.

PlusPower was later reclassified in Japan as an Item card during the LEGEND Era, though the English prints did not adopt this naming convention until the release of the Black & White expansion. It was reprinted in the Unleashed expansion with new artwork by Hideaki Hakozaki, first released in the Raichu Battle Starter Deck. This print changes "Active Pokémon" in the second paragraph to "Defending Pokémon", easing possible confusion over the intended target of the card's effect, but was later given errata to revert it back to the wording first used in the Diamond & Pearl print. It was reprinted again in the Japanese Reviving Legends expansion with different artwork by Ryo Ueda.

PlusPower was reprinted during the Black & White Series with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. It was included in the Black & White expansion, first released in the Japanese White Collection expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted as a Mirror Holofoil BW-P Promotional card and was awarded to participants of the Summer Carnival Cup, which took place at the Summer Carnival in Tokyo Tower from July 23 to August 28, 2011. This print also features a Summer Carnival in Tokyo Tower stamp in the bottom right corner of the illustration. Non Holofoil prints were subsequently reprinted in the Master Deck Build Box EX, Everyone's Exciting Battle, and the Extra Regulation Box. Outside Japan, this print was later included in the Black & White Trainer Kit.

Gallery

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ryo Ueda	Unleashed print Illus. Takashi Yamaguchi
Reviving Legends print Illus. Ryo Ueda	Black & White 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

TCG GB1 Colosseum sprite	TCG GB2 Legendary Power sprite	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	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• Originally, PlusPower increased damage done by attacks to each player's Pokémon, not just the opponent's. When Leaders' Stadium was released, an erratum was issued, which applied to PlusPower's Tamamushi City Gym print, and then to the international releases of the card.^[1]

Origin

PlusPower is the Japanese name of X Attack, an item in the Pokémon games. The Japanese name of the item was either used for the English card by mistake, or used intentionally, as 'PlusPower' is inscribed on the side of the object in the card's original artwork.

References

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