PkmnCards
Pokémon TCG Card Search / Database

Professor Oak · Base Set (BS) #88

$ / TCGplayer (15 hours ago) ↗
  • ↓ 0.35
  • ꩜ 1.76
  • ↑ 5.00
Professor Oak
Trainer › (Item)

Discard your hand, then draw 7 cards.

illus. Ken Sugimori
Classic › Base Set (BS) › #88/102 : Uncommon · ↘ Jan 9, 1999
Formats: Other: 1999–2001
External: Bulba ↗ · #ad / Affiliate Links: TCGplayer ↗, cardmarket ↗, Amazon ↗, eBay ↗

Rating

Overall: 99.68% (309 wins, 1 loss)

Within Set & Formats:

  • Base Set: 100% (8 wins, 0 losses)
  • BS-on (1999–2001): 100% (33 wins, 0 losses)

Note: The rating system is currently disabled.

Reader Interactions

49 comments

  1. reshikrom64

    In unlimited play we often count this as a Supporter. Mostly because it’s kind of a douchebag move to those using Juniper.

    Reply

  2. Mantidactyle

    BEST. TRAINER. IN. THE. ENTIRE. GAME.

    Absolutely NOTHING beats this.

    Best draw card in the game.
    Best stupid combo with discard card in the game.
    Best “I can win on turn one” card in the game.

    Nothing comes even close.

    This card is the exact definition of “Broken Card”.

    Reply

        • feybladejelze

          Classic Bill, Poke Drawer+, and Erika are all in the running too…but yes, Oak is incredible and just gets better and better as your deck improves. If you’re running a deck that is routinely able to empty cards from its hand, you’re doing it right…and Oak rewards that by allowing you to draw insane amounts after you empty it. The only drawback is the fact that multiple Oaks might be in hand together.. this is why unlimited decks often only run three Oaks.

          Reply

        • Benjamin Poke Battlerjelze

          N is the best draw card ever printed. that’s why it is now illegal to play in tournaments.

          Reply

          • Dark KiraBenjamin Poke Battler

            N isn’t really a good draw card when you compare it to the old stuff, it’s just a nice disruption for the late game (which doesn’t really exist in Unlimited). And also, N is still legal, and even if it wasn’t, that wouldn’t be because of power reasons.

          • feybladeBenjamin Poke Battler

            Since this is apparently a point of contention,and since I literally cannot find a source anywhere on the internet that backs up your suggestion that N was banned in tournaments, can you cite me a single ruling, issued by an official judge, in which the card was banned?

            On the official website, I can see nothing expressly mentioning that N was banned .
            http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/play-pokemon-2015-season-format-rotation/

            Note that they explicitly refer to the BW Black Star Promos Numbered 51 and up, but said nothing about an apparent ban of a Black Star Promo.

            N was used extensively in the 2014 Pokemon World Championship in every division, so presumably if it was banned the ruling would be fairly new (and contentious.)

          • Benjamin Poke Battlerfeyblade

            lol you really looked it up… I have played in many tournaments in the tristate and I never bring my decks with N in them because I have had to sub in a different deck one too many ties or else Ill be disqualified. Apparently it is a rule in some areas.

          • jelzeBenjamin Poke Battler

            He didn’t need to look it up because it is legal. Unless it is an unofficial non Play! Pokemon tournament it is a legal card and always has been

          • ZiggmiceterBenjamin Poke Battler

            Since its printing, N has never been illegal. Pokemon has never banned a card since it took over the game and probably never will.

          • Dark KiraZiggmiceter

            Well, WotC (or whoever was in charge of Organized Play back then) did ban Sneasel and Slowking for power reasons, but Nintendo never banned anything indeed.

          • Dark KiraMantidactyle

            Yeah, sorry, I was talking about the western OP.
            And I don’t know about the Japanese formats, but didn’t they at one point have a points list?
            Also, the banned cards you mentioned are probably also not banned because of power reasons, but because of their limited distribution.

          • Dark KiraBenjamin Poke Battler

            Even if you meant to say that, everyone else understood it as “N is banned in official Pokemon tournaments”, so you could have corrected it 22 days ago.

          • feybladeBenjamin Poke Battler

            N is still legal for tournaments, as he was printed as a promo (BW 100) . Professor Oak isn’t just banned from all non-unimited competitive play, but he is actually unprintable in his current state. He would be a direct (and massive) power creep of Professor Juniper, which is seen as a viable card as is.

          • jelzeBenjamin Poke Battler

            Start with one. Discard and draw up to 7 draw another oak, discard and draw up to 7 and so on. You of course may not always get an oak in those 7 but you will also have bill, erika, computer search, pokedrawer+ and so on. Decks can win on turn one with all.those cards almost every time

          • Mantidactyle Benjamin Poke Battler

            You play one Oak, you draw 7 cards. you draw item Finder, you retrieve Oak, you draw 7 cards. You draw an Oak, you draw 7 cards. You draw a Computer Search, search for Oak , you draw 7 cards… etc.

          • Mantidactyle Benjamin Poke Battler

            Oh please. Don’t play the “I have a bigger one than you”. I don’t care how many cards you have. I basically played every important tournament in France back at base set era.

            I playtested everyday at this time, clearly playing too much to this game. I played those “Hitmonchan Electabuzz Doduo Farfetch’d”-like decks right at the very first day the game came out here. I don’t give a shit about how you have 15,000+ cards. I have 15,000+ games in Base / Base-Jungle / Base-Fossil / Base-TR metagames.

            Thank you very much for stopping posting shit.

          • Benjamin Poke BattlerMantidactyle

            U mad much? At least I don’t write novels on here about how many games I’ve played :P

          • Dark KiraBenjamin Poke Battler

            Even if you haven’t played any sort of standard, you said you have played a lot of Base set, and in any format in which Base set is allowed, both old Bill and Professor Oak are pretty broken.

          • jelzeBenjamin Poke Battler

            Even if you are only talking about shear number of drawing. N is outclassed by this, Juniper/Sycamore, Colress, Steven’s Advice and many others. Plus it can give your opponent a fresh hand too. N is primarily a disruptive card that can be useful for drawing yourself. Not in the same league as straight out draw. And it is still legal!

      • Brian DuddyMantidactyle

        Many people say that Contract from Below is in fact the best card in Magic, and this one lacks the annoying downside of “losing one of your cards forever if you lose”.

        Reply

    • Nick15Brian Duddy

      That’s a tall order, to be honest. Magic had Ancestral Recall but I’d argue three cards and no discarding for U is more effective in Magic than dumping your hand for 7 in Pokemon.

      I think a better equivalent to Oak in Magic would be Wheel of Fortune, other than the fact that WoF makes every player dump their hands. On the flip side, Oak is free versus playing for WoF, so I think it evens out a bit.

      Reply

  5. JP

    All Trainers that weren’t Stadiums or Supporters and don’t have “Item” printed on them are now classified as Items to align with modern-day rules, and the search function works accordingly. We realize that the word “Item” doesn’t actually appear on these cards, so we’ll be introducing some slight UI tweaks soon to indicate that the Item category is implied, even though it wasn’t originally there.

    Reply

Join the Discussion

Be kind; have fun. register / log in