Victini ex (Obsidian Flames 33)

Victini   ビクティニex Victini ex

"Special Art Rare" SV-P Promotional print Illus. Saya Tsuruta

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Victini ex Type Fire HP 190 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion Obsidian Flames Rarity English card no. 033/197 Japanese Deck Fire Victini ex Start Deck Japanese card no. 014/139 Expansion SV Black Star Promos English card no. 142 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Victini.

Victini (Japanese: ビクティニex Victini ex) is a Fire-type Basic Pokémon ex card. It was first released as part of the Obsidian Flames expansion.

Card text

Strafe

ひるがえす

30

You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Victory Flame

ビクトリーフレイム

220

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

Pokémon ex Rule

When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included in the Obsidian Flames expansion, first released in the Japanese ex Start Decks. It is reprinted as an SVP Black Star Promotional card with a different artwork by the same illustrator in the Victini ex Battle Deck, released on July 12, 2024.

SV-P Promotional prints

This card was also reprinted as two different Full Art SV-P Promotional cards, featuring Victini ex as a "Super Rare" card and a "Special Art Rare" card. These cards are given as prizes in various Sealed TCG tournament events related to the Raging Surf subset, held in Asia from October 2023 to December 2023.

This card's Regular and "Super Rare" SV-P Promotional prints were illustrated by Saki Hayashiro, while its "Special Art Rare" SV-P Promotional print was illustrated by Saya Tsuruta.

In Taiwan and Hong Kong

In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the SV-P Promotional cards of Victini ex were released as part of the "Battle for Victini" (Traditional Chinese: 比克提尼爭奪戰) Sealed tournament events held from October 2 to November 5, 2023. Participants are required to purchase and open 15 booster packs of the Raging Surf subset at each event, then use these cards to form a 40-card deck. Participants are also provided with any number of Basic Energy cards and 1 copy of Nemona given out as participation prize (numbered either 053/SV-P or 054/SV-P).^[1][2]

Participants who win 3 Swiss Round games of a Battle for Victini event will be given the 051/SV-P "Super Rare" print of the card, and will be able to compete in one final battle against each other to win the 052/SV-P "Special Art Rare" print of the card.^[1][2] (In the event of an odd number of finalists, a lottery will be held for 1 finalist to win the 052/SV-P print, and then the remaining finalists will have to battle for the win.)^[3][4]

Participants, except those who have already won 3 Swiss Round games, are also able to enter a lucky draw for the 051/SV-P print, with 1 card being drawn for a 16-person event, 2 cards for a 17- to 32-person event, 3 cards for a 33- to 48-person event, and 4 cards for a 49- to 64-person event.^[1] Lucky draw winners in Hong Kong will have to answer an additional trivia question to win the card.^[2]

In Thailand

The Promotional prints of this card are distributed in Thailand as 057/SV-P "Super Rare" and 058/SV-P "Special Art Rare" SV-P Promotional cards, as prizes for competing in Thailand's Victini ex Sealed tournament events held from October 12 (two weeks before the official release of the Raging Surf subset in Thai) to December 15, 2023.^[5]

Like the Traditional Chinese Sealed event, participants are required to purchase and open 15 booster packs of the Raging Surf subset at each event, then use these cards, along with 1 copy of Nemona given out as participation prize (numbered either 059/SV-P or 060/SV-P), to create a 40-card deck to battle with. The winner of the event will receive the 058/SV-P print, while the 057/SV-P print will be given to the two finalists, as well as the winner of a lucky draw selected between all participants of each event (excluding the finalists).^[5]

In Indonesia

The Promotional prints of this card are distributed in Indonesia as 077/SV-P "Super Rare" and 078/SV-P "Special Art Rare" SV-P Promotional cards, as prizes for the Black Shine New Expansion Championships held at select Pokémon Card Gym stores between October 27 to December 15, 2023. Participants must compete using decks which contain at least 4 Pokémon cards from the Black Shine set. The winner of the event receives the 078/SV-P "Special Art Rare" print, while the 077/SV-P "Super Rare" print were given to the two finalists, as well as the winner of a lucky draw selected between all participants of each event (excluding the finalists).^[6]

Gallery

Regular print Illus. Saki Hayashiro	"Super Rare" SV-P Promotional print Illus. Saki Hayashiro	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
"Special Art Rare" SV-P Promotional print Illus. Saya Tsuruta	SVP Black Star Promotional print Illus. Saki Hayashiro	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

Strafe is an attack that first appeared on Giratina from Platinum. The "Special Art Rare" SV-P Promotional print's illustration features several Pokémon that are featured as cards in the Raging Surf subset, namely: Water-type Terastallized Garchomp, Gimmighoul (featured on two cards), Tapu Koko, Plusle, Minun, Gengar, Cyclizar, and Donphan.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.