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Good Rod
HS—Unleashed 76/95 • uncommon
- Set
- HS—Unleashed
- Number
- 76/95
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- 2010
- Market price
- $0.42
- Artist
- Wataru Kawahara
What it does
Flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for a Pokémon, show it to your opponent, and put it on top of your deck. If tails, search your discard pile for a Trainer card, show it to your opponent, and put it on top of your deck.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Good Rod card was released in 2010 as part of the HS—Unleashed expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This set was notable for introducing the Pokémon Prime mechanic and represented the second installment in the HeartGold and SoulSilver series, drawing inspiration from the successful Nintendo DS titles. Within the gameplay meta of the time, Good Rod served as an item card designed to provide players with a strategy to recover resources, specifically allowing them to flip coins to retrieve Pokémon or energy from their discard pile.
The card’s artwork was crafted by artist Kent Kanetsuna, who contributed extensively to the TCG during this era. Kanetsuna’s design utilizes a clean, functional aesthetic characteristic of the period's item cards, focusing on the visual clarity of the rod itself to represent its utility in the game's mechanics. While not a centerpiece of competitive play compared to high-tier trainers, it remains a recognized artifact of the Johto-themed era of the game, valued by collectors for its role in expanding the tactical options available to players during the late 2010s.
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