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Mega Altaria ex Espeon
EnergyPsychic
Small Balloon
Trainer
“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.
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3 matching cards
Small Balloon Card Details
Illustrator·Toyste BeachEffect
The Retreat Cost of the Basic Pokémon this card is attached to is 1 less.
Daily tournament data
Build with Small Balloon
Seen in 23.3% of 3,556 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
- Tournament usage
- 23.3%
- 828 / 3,556 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 84.8% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.15
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 30
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Small Balloon”
- Mega Altaria ex Espeon
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (337)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 90.1%
- Meta share
- 10.5%
- Dragonair Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1 copy
- 99.3% (152)
- 2 copies
- 0.7% (1)
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- Inclusion
- 73.9%
- Meta share
- 5.8%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Dratini
- 2× Gouging Fire
- 2× Dragonair
- 1× Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Ancient Booster Energy Capsule
- 1× Professor Sada
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Dratini
- 2× Gouging Fire
- 2× Dragonair
- 1× Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Cabbie
- 1× Ancient Booster Energy Capsule
- 2× Small Balloon
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Dedenne ex Indeedee ex
- 1 copy
- 3.4% (4)
- 2 copies
- 96.6% (112)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 3.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Indeedee ex
- 2× Dedenne ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Protective Poncho
- 1× Starting Plains
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Indeedee ex
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 2× Dedenne ex
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Protective Poncho
- 2× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Altaria ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (65)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 58.6%
- Meta share
- 3.1%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 2× Mega Altaria ex
- 2× Swablu
- 2× Team Rocket's Mr. Mime
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sceptile ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (26)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 50.0%
- Meta share
- 1.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Pheromosa
- 2× Treecko
- 1× Mega Sceptile ex
- 1× Furfrou
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Juliana
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Greninja Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (21)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.6%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Chingling
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Egg
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Lucario
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (18)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 7.7%
- Meta share
- 6.6%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 2× Riolu
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Bonsly
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sharpedo ex Chien-Pao ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (8)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 61.5%
- Meta share
- 0.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Chien-Pao ex
- 2× Carvanha
- 2× Mega Sharpedo ex
- 1× Irida
- 1× Elemental Switch
- 1× Inflatable Boat
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Wallace
- 2× Soothing Shore
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Small Balloon in tournament decks
This card appears in 30 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
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
- Archived meta snapshot
Flygon ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
Last seen Aug 24, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Tournament synergy
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
- 30
- avg. inclusion
- 99.8%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 30
- avg. inclusion
- 99.5%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 29
- avg. inclusion
- 99.2%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 29
- avg. inclusion
- 70.2%
Sabrina
A1-225
- shared archetypes
- 15
- avg. inclusion
- 71.1%
Mega Altaria ex
B1-102
- shared archetypes
- 6
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
