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Mega Altaria ex Espeon
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Poké Ball
Trainer
“Poké Ball” (P-A-005) is a Trainer card from the Promos-A set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Item, and its effect is: Put a random Basic Pokémon from your deck into your hand.
Use this Poké Ball page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Poké Ball to your collection.
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Poké Ball Card Details
Illustrator·Ryo UedaEffect
Put a random Basic Pokémon from your deck into your hand.
How to get Poké Ball
Deck snapshot
Where Poké Ball 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.
- Tournament usage
- 86.3%
- 2,833 / 3,283 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 93.0% of lists using it
Decks that use “Poké Ball”
Event window: Sep 15, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026
Poké Ball versions and alt art
1 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Poké Ball
Seen in 86.3% of 3,283 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
- Tournament usage
- 86.3%
- 2,833 / 3,283 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 93.0% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.93
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 99
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Poké Ball”
- Mega Altaria ex Espeon
- 1 copy
- 3.9% (13)
- 2 copies
- 96.1% (323)
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- Inclusion
- 98.2%
- Meta share
- 10.4%
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- 2× Igglybuff
- 1× Mega Altaria ex
- 2× Eevee
- 2× Swablu
- 2× Darkrai
- 2× Espeon
- 1× Sabrina
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lisia
- 1× Training Area
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Small Balloon
- 1× Poké Ball
- 1× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Lucario
- 1 copy
- 0.9% (2)
- 2 copies
- 99.1% (215)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 6.6%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 1× Riolu
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Tyrogue
- 1× Riolu
- 1× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Rocky Helmet
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Red Card
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Bonsly
- 2× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× Clear Veil
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Suicune ex Baxcalibur
- 1 copy
- 0.5% (1)
- 2 copies
- 99.5% (191)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.9%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Suicune ex
- 2× Frigibax
- 2× Baxcalibur
- 1× Chien-Pao ex
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Inflatable Boat
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Soothing Shore
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Suicune ex
- 2× Frigibax
- 2× Baxcalibur
- 1× Chien-Pao ex
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Inflatable Boat
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Soothing Shore
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Dragonair Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (181)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.5%
Real 2-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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- Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (168)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.1%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Red Card
- 1× Professor's Research
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- Magnezone Miraidon ex
- 1 copy
- 1.7% (2)
- 2 copies
- 98.3% (114)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 3.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Magneton
- 1× Oricorio
- 1× Goomy
- 2× Magnemite
- 2× Magnezone
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 1× Miraidon ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lisia
- 1× Clemont
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Magneton
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Magnemite
- 2× Magnezone
- 1× Miraidon ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lisia
- 1× Clemont
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Professor Turo
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Dedenne ex Indeedee ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (110)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 3.4%
Real 2-copy list
- 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
- 6.0% (6)
- 2 copies
- 94.0% (94)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 3.1%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Froakie
- 2× Mega Altaria ex
- 1× Chingling
- 2× Swablu
- 1× Budew
- 2× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lisia
- 1× Elegant Cape
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Altaria ex
- 2× Chingling
- 2× Swablu
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Egg
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Poké Ball in tournament decks
This card appears in 99 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
Great Tusk Koraidon ex
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Jumpluff ex Team Rocket's Voltorb
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Mega Manectric ex Team Rocket's Voltorb
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Mega Lucario ex Furfrou
Last seen Aug 8, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Poké Ball
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Poké Ball. 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
- 98
- avg. inclusion
- 99.5%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 95
- avg. inclusion
- 97.9%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 86
- avg. inclusion
- 78.4%
Sabrina
A1-225
- shared archetypes
- 51
- avg. inclusion
- 69.1%
Pokémon Center Lady
A2b-070
- shared archetypes
- 44
- avg. inclusion
- 81.8%
Lucky Ice Pop
B2-145
- shared archetypes
- 50
- avg. inclusion
- 72.6%
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