Master Ball (Gym Challenge 116)

Master Ball (Japanese: マスターボール Master Ball) is an TCG Ace Spec card (Ace Spec) TCG Item card. It was first released in the TCG Gym Challenge expansion as a TCG Trainer card.

e-Reader data
The TCG Expedition Base Set print includes a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID B-50-#. The short strip contains a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.

Release information
In Japan, this card was first released as part of the TCG Extended Sheet 2 of the TCG Vending Machine cards with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi. It was reprinted in the TCG Quick Starter Gift Set as a Holofoil card. The Extended Sheet 2 print was reprinted again in the TCG Gym Challenge expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Yamabuki City Gym TCG Theme Deck. It was then reprinted in the Japanese TCG Intro Pack Neo. It was later reprinted in the Japanese TCG Pokémon VS expansion. Master Ball was reprinted in the TCG Expedition Base Set with an updated card design used in the e-Card Series, first released in the Japanese TCG Base Expansion Pack. This print was later included in the Japanese TCG Gift Box. Master Ball was reprinted again in the TCG EX Deoxys expansion with an updated card design used in the ex Series, first released in the Japanese TCG Deoxys Constructed Starter Deck (Deoxys) and TCG Rayquaza Constructed Starter Decks. In Japan during Spring 2004, it was released as one of the TCG PLAY Promotional cards awarded to those who participated in the Spring 2004 Battle Roads. It was later reprinted in the TCG EX Delta Species expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Holon Research Tower Water Quarter Deck. It was then included in the Japanese TCG Gift Box Mew • Lucario. It was reprinted again in the TCG EX Power Keepers expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG World Champions Pack expansion. Master Ball was reprinted as an TCG Ace Spec card (Ace Spec) TCG Item card with different artwork by 5ban Graphics, in the TCG Plasma Blast expansion, first released in the TCG Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck,

Trivia
Both the Gym Challenge and Expedition Base Set prints of this card have a clause that reads "show it your opponent". It should read "show it to your opponent". The EX Deoxys print fixes this error.

Origin
The Master Ball is a type of Poké Ball in the Pokémon games notable for having a 100% chance of catching the Pokémon it is used on. Its inclusion as an TCG Ace Spec card is particularly fitting as only one is ever encountered through normal gameplay, with additional copies usually requiring ownership of Pokémon with many different Original Trainers or extreme luck in an in-game lottery to obtain without external intervention such as a trade or event.

Meisterball (TCG) Master Ball (EX Deoxys 88) Master Ball (Gym Challenge 116) マスターボール (カードゲーム) 大师球（集换式卡片）