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Familiar Bell card from the Darkness Ablaze set
Illustration by sadaji. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Item

Familiar Bell

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A reliable way to retrieve specific Pokémon from your discard pile.

ItemBeginner to play

What this card does

Look through your deck for a Pokémon that shares its name with one in your discard pile.

Reveal the found card and add it to your hand.

Shuffle your deck to randomise the remaining cards.

What it does

Familiar Bell

Search your deck for a Pokémon with the same name as a Pokémon in your discard pile, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

This card acts as a targeted search tool. It allows you to recover a specific Pokémon you have already used, ensuring you can play it again when needed.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that rely on reusing powerful Pokémon multiple times. This is especially useful for consistent strategies where having the right Pokémon in hand is critical.

Strengths
  • Targeted retrieval
  • Deck consistency
  • Resource recovery
Watch out for
  • Requires matching names
  • Shuffles the deck
  • Uncommon rarity
Pro tip

Ensure the Pokémon in the discard pile has the exact same name to avoid searching for nothing.

Good to know

Trainer cards like this one represent items used by Trainers during a match.

Note for the parent

Your child will use this to dig through their deck so they are not stuck without a key piece.

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