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Cards/Riley
Riley card from the Lost Origin set
Illustration by Ken Sugimori. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Supporter

Riley

Rotated Out

A tricky card that lets you dig for specific items while frustrating your opponent.

SupporterBeginner to play

What this card does

Show the top five cards of your deck to both players.

Let your opponent pick two of those cards to discard permanently.

Keep the remaining three cards in your hand.

What it does

Riley

Reveal the top 5 cards of your deck and have your opponent choose 2 of them. Discard the chosen cards and put the remaining cards into your hand.

This card forces a gamble. Your opponent might throw away useful cards, or they might carefully choose to remove the one card you were hoping to find.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that need to search for specific Supporter cards or Energy but can afford to lose two random cards.

Strengths
  • Card filtering
  • Disruption
  • Resource denial
Watch out for
  • Opponent control
  • Unpredictable results
  • Loss of key cards
Pro tip

Use this when you have many copies of the same card in your deck to increase the chance of keeping what you need.

Good to know

Riley is a Gym Leader known for his expertise with Fighting-type Pokemon.

Note for the parent

Explain that your child is taking a risk by letting their opponent make a choice about what gets thrown away.

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