Super Rod


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The Super Rod (Japanese: すごいつりざお Amazing Fishing Rod) is a Key Item introduced in Generation I. It allows the player to fish from bodies of water.

Old Rod and Good Rod are weaker versions of this item.

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Effect
The Super Rod allows the undefined to fish for higher-level wild Pokémon from bodies of water than the Good Rod.

Description

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Acquisition

 * (from the )
 * (from the )
 * Mossdeep City (from the in the house east of the Gym)
 * (from the )
 * Fight Area (from the near the  gate)
 * (from the )
 * Nuvema Town (from Looker after defeating Ghetsis)
 * Nuvema Town (from Cedric Juniper)
 * (from a in the Fishing Shack)
 * Mossdeep City (from the in the house east of the Gym)
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 * Fight Area (from the near the  gate)
 * (from the )
 * Nuvema Town (from Looker after defeating Ghetsis)
 * Nuvema Town (from Cedric Juniper)
 * (from a in the Fishing Shack)
 * Mossdeep City (from the in the house east of the Gym)
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 * Nuvema Town (from Looker after defeating Ghetsis)
 * Nuvema Town (from Cedric Juniper)
 * (from a in the Fishing Shack)
 * Mossdeep City (from the in the house east of the Gym)
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 * (from a in the Fishing Shack)
 * Mossdeep City (from the in the house east of the Gym)
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In the main series
In Climbing the Tower of Success!, a Super Rod appeared as an item had to find during the Wishing Bell Festival scavenger hunt.

In Pokémon Origins
obtained a Super Rod from the Silence Bridge Fishing Guru in File 3: Giovanni. Soon after obtaining it, he was seen using it to capture himself a.

Red was also seen fishing with the Super Rod in File 4: Charizard, although he did so merely to get some time to think about in Cerulean Cave.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
The Super Rod has appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

In the TCG


The Super Rod was introduced as a TCG Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era). It was first released in the TCG Gold, Silver, to a New World... before debuting in English in the TCG Neo Genesis expansion, with an illustration by Keiji Kinebuchi. Super Rod lets a player flip a coin. If heads, the player can put an Evolution card from their discard pile into their hand. If tails, the player can put a Basic Pokémon instead into their hand. It was later reclassified as an TCG Item card during the Black & White Series (the Japanese BW Era). It was included in the TCG Red Collection and then released in the English TCG Noble Victories expansion with new artwork by 5ban Graphics. It was further reprinted in the TCG Dragon Vault (artwork by 5ban Graphics) and TCG BREAKthrough (artwork by Toyste Beach expansions, first released in the Japanese TCG Dragon Selection subset and TCG Noivern BREAK Evolution Pack respectively. It allows a player to shuffle 3 Pokémon or basic Energy cards from their discard pile into their hand.

Trivia

 * The Super Rod is the only fishing rod that is obtainable in Generation V. The Old and Good Rods, while still existent in the game's programming, cannot be obtained without hacking and cannot be used; if hacked in, they can be held by a Pokémon unlike legitimate Key Items.