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Trump Card redirects here. For the Supporter card that appeared in the TCG, see Lysandre's Trump Card (Phantom Forces 99).

Trump Card (Japanese: きりふだ Trump Card) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

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Trump Card inflicts damage and bypasses accuracy checks to always hit, unless the target is in the semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly.

Trump Card's power depends on the move's remaining PP after use, powering up when its PP is lower. Trump Card's power is calculated as follows:

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Remaining PP	Power
4+	40
3	50
2	60
1	80
0	200

Trump Card takes into account the PP lost from Pressure. However, Trump Card does not interact with some PP-affecting moves (Eerie Spell and G-Max Depletion) which are not available in the same games.

When Trump Card is called by another move such as Metronome or Assist, it will instead use the PP of that move with the same chart applying.

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Generation VIII onwards

Trump Card cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSSPBR The fewer PP this move has, the more power it has for attack. BWB2W2 The fewer PP this move has, the greater its attack power. XYORASSMUSUMPE The fewer PP this move has, the greater its power. SwShBDSPLASV This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.

Learnset

By leveling up

By breeding

By event

Generation IV

In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

Trump Card inflicts damage. Its damage depends on the move's PP.

In the Explorers series, Trump Card's damage is multiplied by 1.5×, 2×, and 2.5× at 70%, 50%, and 20% PP left, respectively. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the power of the move is increased approximately by 30%, 60%, 90%, and 120%, if the move has 4, 3, 2, or 1 PP, respectively.

Description

Games Description MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It never misses. The lower the PP left for this move, the greater its damage. BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる かならず めいちゅうする ＰＰが すくないほど ダメージが おおきくなる MDGtI It damages an enemy. It never misses. The lower the PP of the move is, the greater the damage the move causes. SMD The lower this move's PP, the more powerful it gets.*It damages an enemy. It never misses. The lower the PP of the move, the greater the damage it causes.*

In the anime

Eevee
The user fires cards at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Eevee creates six red-glowing cards of energy in the form of a ring in front of its body. It then fires the cards at the opponent.
Virgil's Eevee	A Unova League Evolution!		Debut

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

• Most of Trump Card's animations depict it as slicing the opponent. This may be because its Japanese name, read in kanji, contains 切り kiri, meaning "cut".

In other languages