Ultra Ball (Dark Explorers 102)

Ultra Ball (Japanese: ハイパーボール Hyper Ball) is an TCG Item card. It was first released as part of the TCG Dark Explorers expansion.

Release information
This card was included in the TCG Dark Explorers expansion with artwork by 5ban Graphics, first released in the Japanese TCG Reshiram-EX Battle Strength Deck (Reshiram-EX) and TCG Zekrom-EX Battle Strength Decks. It was reprinted in the Japanese TCG Hydreigon Half Deck (Hydreigon) and TCG Garchomp Half Decks, the TCG Master Deck Build Box EX, and the TCG Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck (Black Kyurem-EX) and TCG White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Decks. An Ultra-Rare TCG Secret card (Secret) print with new artwork by the same artist was later included in the TCG Plasma Freeze expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Spiral Force expansion. The original print was later included in the TCG Plasma Blast expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Blastoise + Kyurem-EX Combo Deck.

During the XY Series, Ultra Ball was reprinted in the TCG Flashfire expansion with new artwork by 5ban Graphics, first released in the Japanese TCG M Charizard-EX Mega Battle Deck. This print was later included in the Japanese TCG Hyper Metal Chain Deck and the TCG Super Legend Set: Xerneas-EX & Yveltal-EX. It was reprinted again in the TCG Roaring Skies expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG M Rayquaza-EX Mega Battle Deck. This print was later included in the Japanese TCG M Master Deck Build Box Power Style and TCG M Master Deck Build Box Speed Style, the TCG BREAK Starter Pack, and as a Mirror Reverse Holo in the TCG Premium Champion Pack. It was reprinted once again in the TCG Fates Collide expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Zygarde-EX Perfect Battle Deck and TCG M Audino-EX Mega Battle Deck.

Ultra Ball was reprinted again during the Sun & Moon Series as part of the TCG Sun & Moon expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Sun & Moon Starter Set and TCG Premium Trainer Box simultaneously, on December 9, 2016. A TCG Full Art card (Full Art) TCG Secret card (Secret) print was also released in the Sun & Moon expansion, first released in the Japanese TCG Collection Sun. Both prints feature artwork by Ryo Ueda. A Mirror Holo reprint of the Regular print was included in the TCG Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon in Japan. The Regular print was reprinted again in the Japanese TCG Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set. A TCG SM-P Promotional cards (SM-P Promotional) reprint was 1 of 9 cards available in special packs sent to official Event Organizers in Japan starting August 2017. This print features the Event Organizer logo in the bottom right corner of the illustration. It was reprinted again in the English TCG Shining Legends expansion and Japanese subset of the same name. In Japan, it was reprinted in the TCG Solgaleo-GX & Lunala-GX Legendary Starter Set, the TCG Ultra Moon expansion, the TCG Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Premium Trainer Box, in both TCG Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Deck Build Boxes, and the TCG Forbidden Light and TCG Sky-Splitting Charisma expansions.

The Regular Sun & Moon print was later given to players competing in International Championships held over the course of the 2017-2018 season. Four primary versions of this print were distributed, with stamps reflecting the event in which they were awarded. These included the Europe International Championships, held at the ExCeL London convention center in London, UK, on November 17–19, 2017; the Oceania International Championships, held at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia, on February 9–11, 2018; the Latin America International Championships, held at the WTC Events Center in São Paulo, Brazil, on April 27–29, 2018; and the North America International Championships, held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, USA, on July 6–8, 2018. Each of these prints also have gold foil stamped "Staff" versions given to those overseeing the events, as well as gold foil stamped "Top 8" and "Champion" versions given to competitors.

In Japan, participants of the Sky-Splitting Charisma Shield Game, held at the Pokémon Card Station at the Tokyo Bay Pokémon Center on June 1, 2018, were given 5 TCG Trainer cards to use in their decks if they so wished. These included 1 unnumbered TCG SM-P Promotional cards (SM-P Promotional) copy of this card, 2 unnumbered SM-P Promotional copies of, and 2 unnumbered SM-P Promotional copies of. The Shield Game operated much in the same way as Limited Format tournaments outside Japan: participants would receive 15 Sky-Splitting Charisma booster packs and 14 copies of each basic Energy card upon entry and play using a 40-card deck and four Prize cards. The event was limited to 24 entrants.

In Japan, it was reprinted again in the TCG Thunderclap Spark subset, in each of the TCG GX Starter Decks, in the TCG Super-Burst Impact expansion, in each of the TCG Eevee-GX Starter Sets, concurrently in the TCG Tag Bolt expansion and TCG Tag Team GX Premium Trainer Box, and in both TCG Trainer Battle Decks. A new print with different artwork by Ryo Ueda was released as a TCG Yellow A Alternate cards (Yellow A Alternate card) and was awarded to participants of League Cups held during the Team Up Season (February-April 2019). A gold foil stamped "Staff" version was also given to those overseeing the events. This print originated from the Japanese TCG Full Metal Wall subset. The Sun & Moon Regular print was later reprinted simultaneously in the Japanese TCG Double Blaze expansion and TCG Tag Team GX Deck Build Box.

Origin
The is a type of Poké Ball in the Pokémon games which has an improved capture rate over the Great Ball.

Hyperball (TCG) Hyper Ball (XY Étincelles 99) Ultra Ball (Esploratori delle Tenebre 102) ハイパーボール (カードゲーム) 高级球（集换式卡片）