Pooka
Surprise! Time Machine
#91/111 in Team Rocket Returns, Uncommon, illustrated by Katsura Tabata.
- Card number
- #91/111
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Language
- English
- Release date
- November 1, 2004
- Illustrator
- Katsura Tabata
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Collector Notes
Surprise! Time Machine
Surprise! Time Machine appears in the English print of Team Rocket Returns, released on November 1, 2004. Surprise! Time Machine is a uncommon rarity. The Team Rocket Returns set contains 111 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Katsura Tabata.
Collector Insights
Surprise! Time Machine is a Trainer card from the EX series, part of the Team Rocket Returns set released on November 1, 2004. Designed by artist Katsura Tabata, it is classified as Uncommon rarity. The card’s rules allow a player to select one of their Evolved Pokémon, remove the highest Stage Evolution card from it, and shuffle that card into their deck, effectively devolving the Pokémon. If the Pokémon remains in play, the player may search their deck for an Evolution card that evolves from it and place that card onto the Pokémon, countering the devolution. This action concludes with shuffling the deck. The card’s function revolves around manipulating a Pokémon’s evolutionary state through deck interactions. It does not specify any types, weaknesses, resistances, or retreat costs. The card’s effect emphasizes strategic deck management and evolving or devolving Pokémon during gameplay.
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