Letter of Encouragement (Obsidian Flames 189)

Trainer Item
Letter of Encouragement
はげましのてがみ Letter of Encouragement

Illus. Toyste Beach
English expansion Obsidian Flames
Rarity Uncommon
English card no. 189/197
Japanese expansion Ruler of the Black Flame
Japanese Rarity U
Japanese card no. 100/108
Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex
Japanese card no. 162/190

Letter of Encouragement (Japanese: はげましのてがみ Letter of Encouragement) is an Item card. It was first released as part of the Obsidian Flames expansion.

Card text

All prints
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
Team Plasma
Team Plasma
ACE SPEC You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.
FLARE
Prism Star (Prism Star) Rule
You can't have more than 1 Prism Star card with the same name in your deck. If a Prism Star card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.
TAG TEAM
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VSTAR Power
You can use this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out during your opponent's last turn.

Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

 
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.
Ability
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

This card was included in the Obsidian Flames expansion, first released in the Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame expansion. It was reprinted in the Japanese Shiny Treasure ex subset.

Trivia

Origin

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese はげましのてがみ Hagemashi no Tegami
Chinese Cantonese 勉勵的信
Mandarin 勉勵的信
French Lettre d'Encouragement
German Ermutigender Brief
Indonesian Surat Pemotivasi
Italian Lettera di Incoraggiamento
Korean 격려의편지 Gyeongnyeo-ui Pyeonji
Brazilian Portuguese Mensagem de Encorajamento
European Spanish Carta de Apoyo
Thai จดหมายให้กำลังใจ
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