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Discard 2 of the other cards from your hand in order to put a Trainer card from your discard pile into your hand.
illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
Formats: Other: 1999–2001
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Mantidactyle
Bill: Draw 2
Item Finder: Bill
Mewtwo: Energy Absorb
Repeat
HERO
This and Computer Search should be brought back immediately. Maybe then I’ll play the game again.
Curtis
Ever heard of Junk Arm · Triumphant (TM) #87? Essentially the same thing, just doesn’t work on Supporters, Stadiums, or itself.
As for Computer Search, we’re getting Ultra Ball soon, which is a Pokémon-specific version.
Dr. λ the Creator of Variables, Binder of Variables, Applicator of Terms, Checker of Types, and β-Reducer of β-Redexes
Why does Junk Arm not work on itself?
Matheus Aguiar
Then you’d play 4 of these, 4 Bill, 4 Professor Oak and 4 Computer Search and suddenly your deck was down to less than 10 cards. Good times.
feyblade
*Whistles, walking through the underground pass with an item finder in my possession*
Ding ding ding!
*Heads over to the item*
“Oh ,what are you doing here, N?”
*stuffs him into my pack*
Wait….
HEZ
aaand you just said it, that’s clearly not how this card’s meant to work, the official ruling on the word “Trainer” doesn’t make sense and having to keep track of when a card was printed and what the terminology meant at the time is crazy. They should have learnt their lesson and not repeated the mistake of changing Trainer terminology again in B&W :/
Mantidactyle
You could say the same thing with Professor Oak =P
feyblade
Well, it seems to have narrowly survived the ACE SPEC nerf that other powerhouses have fallen victim to: the plasma gale ACE SPEC version of this has a different name
HEZ
Item Finder is called Dowsing Machine in Japan, sorry man.
feyblade
Oh dear. It looks like errata is slowly but surely altering the broken classic trainers.
In that case, with item finder weakened, decks that rely on trainer recursion to great effect (such as recurring scoop upfour times in crobat donk) are going to take a huge blow. If scoop up is ace spec’d, things will just go crazy
Curtis
I don’t like that they’re changing old cards, but they are balancing Unlimited in the process. Maybe by the time they’re done issuing errata to broken old cards, they’ll start officially supporting the format.
coolestman22
Not supporting the format? I have made lists for about 10 BW-BoC decks now, and I’m not even close to finished.
Ziggmiceter
Unlimited?
Curtis
I’m referring to Unlimited, which, aside from a few rulings, there is absolutely no support.
coolestman22
Yes, but that actually looks like a Dowsing Machine.
feyblade
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/ff/DowsingMachinePlasmaStorm128.jpg
oh dear. The japanese cards have the same name… but the American printing has a different name!
Assuming the errata still applies, this is going to confused the heck out of a lot of players
coolestman22
They ruled that Ace Specs are a different type of card, and therefore you may play 4 Computer Search and one ACE SPEC Conputer Search.
Curtis
And with that, all cynicism I’ve displayed on this page and others is withdrawn.
HEZ
Consistency! Huzzah! -_-
Curtis
Its ironic that this card is called Item Finder, considering that it isn’t limited to grabbing Items.
Hamfood Lufan
Broken. Better yet in unlimited. 4junk arm
4 this
1AceSpec version.
Tokiwa City Smuggle
The Ace Spec of this is called “Dowsing Machine” when it should have been called “Item Finder”, thanks TPCi!!
Lillian
Why is this card so expensive compared to other Base Set Trainers?
C.Ezra.M
Not only is this card rare (meaning you’d only ever get one from a booster pack – reverse holos were not a thing until Legendary Collection), there are some people who take interest in retro formats and participate in events, which typically are side events that take place during bigger events (such as regionals) and are centered around those formats.
Jessica
Really wish I still had my cards from childhood