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Cards/High Pressure System
High Pressure System card from the POP Series 3 set
Illustration by Ken Ikuji. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stadium

High Pressure System

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A Stadium card that helps your Fire and Water Pokemon escape battles more cheaply.

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What this card does

This card stays on the table for the whole game unless another Stadium card replaces it.

It reduces the retreat cost for any Fire or Water Pokemon you play.

What it does

High Pressure System

This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can't play this card. Each player pays Colorless less to retreat his or her Fire and Water Pokémon.

Retreating a Pokemon usually costs Energy attached to it. This card lowers that cost by one Colorless Energy for Fire and Water types, making them easier to move out of harm's way.

Which deck it belongs in

This suits decks built around Fire or Water Pokemon that need to move around the battlefield often.

Strengths
  • Reduces retreat costs
  • Supports Fire types
  • Supports Water types
Watch out for
  • Replaced by other Stadiums
  • Only affects specific types
Pro tip

Use this card when your opponent is attacking your Pokemon and you need to swap them out quickly.

Good to know

High pressure systems are weather patterns where the atmospheric pressure is higher than in the surrounding areas.

Note for the parent

Remind your child that if they play a different Stadium card later, this one goes into the discard pile.

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