Dowsing Machine

Plasma Storm 128/135

Set: Plasma Storm
Number: 128/135
Rarity: Rare ACE
Released: 2013
Finish: Holographic
Market price: $7.23
Artist: Ryo Ueda

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$7.23market price via TCGplayer · Aug 6, 2026$7.23 – $8.41 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a Rare ACE card, the Dowsing Machine occupies a unique place in a collection due to its restrictive design, which allows players to include only one such card in their entire deck. This limitation highlights its strategic value, as it serves as a powerful utility tool for retrieving discarded items when every choice in a deck must be carefully curated.

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What it does

ItemACE SPEC

Discard 2 cards from your hand. (If you can't discard 2 cards, you can't play this card.) Put a Trainer card from your discard pile into your hand.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Dowsing Machine card was released as part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game's Black & White: Plasma Storm expansion, which launched in early 2013. The card introduced the ACE SPEC mechanic, a design concept that restricted players to having only one card of that rarity in their entire deck, balancing its powerful effect of retrieving any trainer card from the discard pile.

The card features artwork by 5ban Graphics, a design studio known for creating the sleek, CGI-rendered aesthetic prominent in the Black & White era of the franchise. It was well-received by competitive players for its utility in strategic play, though its status as an ACE SPEC meant it was frequently cycled in and out of tournament-legal formats as the game evolved.

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