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Mega Altaria ex Espeon
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Small Balloon
“Small Balloon” (B3b-064) is a Trainer card from the Everyday Wonders set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Tool, and its effect is: The Retreat Cost of the Basic Pokémon this card is attached to is 1 less.
Use this Small Balloon page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Small Balloon to your collection.
Small Balloon Card Details
Illustrator·Toyste BeachEffect
The Retreat Cost of the Basic Pokémon this card is attached to is 1 less.
How to get Small Balloon
Where Small Balloon is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
Decks that use “Small Balloon”
Small Balloon versions and alt art
3 matching cards
Build with Small Balloon
Seen in 15.9% of 3,453 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
- Tournament usage
- 15.9%
- 550 / 3,453 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 80.5% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.19
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 37
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Small Balloon”
- Mega Altaria ex Espeon
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (188)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 94.0%
- Meta share
- 5.8%
- Dedenne ex Indeedee ex
- 1 copy
- 6.4% (6)
- 2 copies
- 93.6% (88)
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- Inclusion
- 98.9%
- Meta share
- 2.8%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Indeedee ex
- 1× Eevee
- 2× Dedenne ex
- 1× Sylveon
- 1× Sabrina
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Protective Poncho
- 1× Starting Plains
- 1× Bounded Field
- 1× Small Balloon
- 1× Eviolite
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Red Card
- 2× Professor's Research
Open in Deck BuilderEnergyLightning
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Indeedee ex
- 2× Dedenne ex
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Starting Plains
- 2× Small Balloon
- 1× Clear Veil
- 2× Eviolite
- 1× Serena's Choice
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Professor's Research
Open in Deck BuilderEnergyLightning
- Dragonair Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (90)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 87.4%
- Meta share
- 3.0%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Gouging Fire
- 2× Dragonair
- 1× Mega Rayquaza ex
- 2× Dratini
- 1× Sabrina
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Ancient Booster Energy Capsule
- 1× Professor Sada
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 1× Eviolite
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sceptile ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (27)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 62.8%
- Meta share
- 1.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Pheromosa
- 2× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 1× Mega Sceptile ex
- 1× Furfrou
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Altaria ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (27)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 33.3%
- Meta share
- 2.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Altaria ex
- 2× Chingling
- 2× Swablu
- 2× Frogadier
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Egg
- 1× Small Balloon
- 1× Serena's Choice
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Greninja Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (14)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Chingling
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Frogadier
- 1× Rocky Helmet
- 2× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Dedenne ex Pichu
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (9)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.3%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Oricorio
- 2× Pichu
- 2× Emolga
- 2× Dedenne ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Electrical Cord
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Protective Poncho
- 2× Small Balloon
- 1× Clear Veil
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Azumarill Lopunny
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (9)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
Small Balloon in tournament decks
This card appears in 37 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Indeedee ex Dedenne ex
Last seen Oct 31, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Dedenne ex Igglybuff
Last seen Aug 17, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Porygon-Z Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
Last seen Oct 7, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Dedenne ex Zeraora
Last seen Aug 14, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Cards commonly played with Small Balloon
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Small Balloon. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 37
- avg. inclusion
- 99.4%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 37
- avg. inclusion
- 92.2%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 37
- avg. inclusion
- 95.8%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 31
- avg. inclusion
- 63.4%
Sabrina
A1-225
- shared archetypes
- 19
- avg. inclusion
- 72.1%
Mega Altaria ex
B1-102
- shared archetypes
- 7
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
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