Life Herb

Hidden Legends 90/101 • uncommon

Set: Hidden Legends
Number: 90/101
Rarity: Uncommon
Released: 2004
Market price: $0.30
Artist: Ryo Ueda

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Market

What it's worth

$0.30market price via TCGplayer · Sep 20, 2026$0.30 – $0.35 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

Introduced in the Hidden Legends expansion, Life Herb reflects the recurring utility of healing items found throughout the Pokémon franchise. As an uncommon trainer card, it remains a nostalgic piece for players who utilized its coin-flip mechanic to manage damage in early competitive play.

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What it does

Item

Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex). Remove all Special Conditions and 6 damage counters from that Pokémon (all if there are less than 6).

Formats

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Life Herb card was introduced as part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game's EX Hidden Legends expansion, which released in the summer of 2004. This set was notable for its focus on the legendary Pokémon Groudon and Kyogre, and the inclusion of various Trainer cards designed to introduce more tactical depth to the game's mechanics. The Life Herb functioned as a recovery item, allowing players to heal damage from their active Pokémon if a coin flip resulted in heads, reflecting the therapeutic themes found in the core Pokémon video games.

The design of the card utilizes the clean, high-contrast aesthetic typical of the EX-era card templates. The artwork features a stylized illustration of the medicinal herb, consistent with the set's broader art direction which favored simplified, iconic depictions of items over the more complex, action-oriented scenes seen in later expansions. While it was not a centerpiece card for competitive decks, it remains a nostalgic piece of the mid-2000s era of the card game, appreciated today by collectors of the Hidden Legends set for its status as a foundational uncommon Trainer card.

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