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Cards/Dowsing Machine
Dowsing Machine card from the Plasma Storm set
Illustration by Ryo Ueda. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Item

Dowsing Machine

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A rare Trainer item that retrieves lost cards at the cost of two hand slots.

ItemBeginner to play

What this card does

Discard two cards from your hand to activate its effect.

Retrieve one Trainer card from your discard pile and add it to your hand.

What it does

Dowsing Machine

Discard 2 cards from your hand. (If you can’t discard 2 cards, you can’t play this card.) Put a Trainer card from your discard pile into your hand.

This card allows you to recover a useful Trainer that was previously discarded. You must sacrifice two current cards to make space for the retrieval, so timing is essential.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that rely on specific Trainer cards which might end up in the discard pile early. It works best when you have enough cards in hand to spare the cost.

Strengths
  • Card recovery
  • Resource management
  • Rare utility
Watch out for
  • High discard cost
  • Hand size dependency
  • Requires specific targets
Pro tip

Only play this when you have a critical Trainer card waiting in the discard pile that can turn the game around.

Good to know

The Dowsing Machine is a fictional device used to detect hidden items or energy sources.

Note for the parent

Explain to your child that they must be willing to lose two cards now to gain a better one later.

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