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No Removal Gym
Gym Heroes 103/132 • rare
- Set
- Gym Heroes
- Number
- 103/132
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2000
- Market price
- $10.81
- Artist
- Keiji Kinebuchi
What it does
This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play.
A player must discard 2 cards from his or her hand in order to play an Energy Removal or Super Energy Removal card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
No Removal Gym was released in the Gym Heroes expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game in August 2000. The set was the first to feature the gym leaders of the Kanto region, shifting the thematic focus from generic monsters to the specific archetypes and tactical preferences of prominent characters like Brock, Misty, and Lt. Surge. This card was designed as a Trainer card intended to disrupt competitive play by preventing the removal of Energy cards, reflecting the defensive philosophy common among gym leader themes of the era.
The artwork for this card was provided by Ken Sugimori, the primary illustrator and art director for the Pokémon franchise. Sugimori’s style for the Gym sets often leaned into a more clinical, instructional aesthetic, focusing on the tactical utility of the card within the game's evolving mechanics. Upon its release, it was regarded as a niche utility card, valued primarily by players looking to mitigate the growing prevalence of energy-discarding strategies that defined the competitive meta during the late Wizards of the Coast era.
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