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Strength Charm

4 printings · 4 sets

About Strength Charm

Card type: Pokémon Tool
Printings: 4
Sets: 4
First printed: Expedition Base Set (2002)
Card text wordings: 4
Effect: Attach to a Pokémon; its attacks do 10 more damage, then discard the card
Illustrators: Keiji Kinebuchi, Shizurow

What the card does

Strength Charm boosts an attached Pokémon's attack by 10 damage before it discards itself. The Expedition and Team Magma vs Team Aqua wordings applied the bonus after Weakness and Resistance. Team Magma vs Team Aqua also limited the bonus to damage against the Active Pokémon and added a clause discarding the card if the holder is Knocked Out. The Deoxys wording moved the bonus to before Weakness and Resistance and discards the card at the end of the turn the holder attacks.

Printing history

Strength Charm debuted in the WOTC era's Expedition Base Set with art by Keiji Kinebuchi, then was reprinted in the EX era across Team Magma vs Team Aqua and Deoxys with the same artwork, before Dragon Frontiers brought new art by Shizurow and a minor rewording, the attack becoming this attack. Our catalog lists 4 printings.

Trivia

The Deoxys printing's rewording brought the card in line with an errata that had already been issued for it.

Cards to know

Strength Charm (Expedition Base Set #150)
The Expedition Base Set printing is Strength Charm's first release, applying its bonus after Weakness and Resistance
Strength Charm (Deoxys #92)
The Deoxys printing reworded the timing of the bonus damage to align with a prior errata
Strength Charm (Dragon Frontiers #81)
The Dragon Frontiers printing carries new artwork by Shizurow

Strength Charm: common questions

When does Strength Charm's bonus damage apply?

The Expedition and Team Magma vs Team Aqua wordings apply it after Weakness and Resistance; the Deoxys wording onward applies it before.

When is Strength Charm discarded?

The earlier wordings discard it at the end of the turn its bonus applies, the Deoxys wording onward at the end of the turn the holder attacks, and the EX era wordings also discard it if the holder is Knocked Out.

Wording history — Strength Charm

From Expedition Base Set (2002) · 1 printing
Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage. At the end of your turn in which this happens, discard Strength Charm.
From Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004) · 1 printing
Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage to the Active Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage. At the end of the turn in which this happens, discard Strength Charm.
From Deoxys (2005) · 1 printing
Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage to the Active Pokémon, the attack does 10 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Discard Strength Charm at the end of the turn in which this Pokémon attacks.
From Dragon Frontiers (2006) · 1 printing
Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage to the Active Pokémon, this attack does 10 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Discard Strength Charm at the end of the turn in which this Pokémon attacks.

What Strength Charm does (current wording)

Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage to the Active Pokémon, this attack does 10 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Discard Strength Charm at the end of the turn in which this Pokémon attacks.

About Strength Charm

Card type

Pokémon Tool

Printings

Sets

First printed

Expedition Base Set (2002)

Card text wordings

Effect

Attach to a Pokémon; its attacks do 10 more damage, then discard the card

Illustrators

Keiji Kinebuchi, Shizurow

What the card does

Printing history

Trivia

The Deoxys printing's rewording brought the card in line with an errata that had already been issued for it.

Cards to know

Strength Charm (Expedition Base Set #150)
The Expedition Base Set printing is Strength Charm's first release, applying its bonus after Weakness and Resistance
Strength Charm (Deoxys #92)
The Deoxys printing reworded the timing of the bonus damage to align with a prior errata
Strength Charm (Dragon Frontiers #81)
The Dragon Frontiers printing carries new artwork by Shizurow

Strength Charm: common questions

When does Strength Charm's bonus damage apply?

The Expedition and Team Magma vs Team Aqua wordings apply it after Weakness and Resistance; the Deoxys wording onward applies it before.

When is Strength Charm discarded?

Wording history — Strength Charm

From Expedition Base Set (2002) · 1 printing

Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage. At the end of your turn in which this happens, discard Strength Charm.

From Team Magma vs Team Aqua (2004) · 1 printing

Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage to the Active Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), the attack does 10 more damage. At the end of the turn in which this happens, discard Strength Charm.

From Deoxys (2005) · 1 printing

Attach Strength Charm to 1 of your Pokémon that doesn't already have a Pokémon Tool attached to it. If that Pokémon is Knocked Out, discard this card. Whenever an attack from the Pokémon that Strength Charm is attached to does damage to the Active Pokémon, the attack does 10 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Discard Strength Charm at the end of the turn in which this Pokémon attacks.

From Dragon Frontiers (2006) · 1 printing