Bill (Base Set 91)

Bill (Japanese: マサキ Masaki) is a Supporter card. It was first released in Base Set as a Trainer card.

Trainer

^Supporter

Bill
マサキ Masaki

	Base Set print Illus. Ken Sugimori

English expansion	Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	91/102
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack
Japanese Rarity

Expansion	Base Set 2
Rarity
English card no.	118/130

Card GB set	Colosseum
Card GB ID	A40
Card GB 2 set	Beginning Pokémon
Card GB 2 ID	A60

Japanese Deck Kit	Intro Pack Neo
Japanese Half Deck	Chikorita Half Deck
Japanese card no.	20

Japanese Deck Kit	Intro Pack Neo
Japanese Half Deck	Totodile Half Deck
Japanese card no.	25

Expansion	Legendary Collection
Rarity
English card no.	108/110

Japanese expansion	P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	009/P

English expansion	HeartGold & SoulSilver
Rarity
English card no.	89/123
Japanese expansion	HeartGold Collection
Japanese card no.	069/070

Japanese Deck	Steelix Constructed Standard Deck
Japanese card no.	018/019

Japanese Deck	Tyranitar Constructed Standard Deck
Japanese card no.	017/019

Deck Kit	HS Trainer Kit
Half Deck	Gyarados Half Deck
English card no.	5/30

Deck Kit	HS Trainer Kit
Half Deck	Gyarados Half Deck
English card no.	18/30

Card text

Base Set print

Draw 2 cards.

P Promotional print

You can play only one Supporter card each turn. When you play this card, put it next to your Active Pokémon. When your turn ends, discard this card.

Draw 2 cards.

Release information

This card was included in the Base Set, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions, as well as the Japanese Neo Introduction Set. It was later reclassified as a Supporter card with new artwork by the same artist as one of the P Promotional cards, and was available as an insert with Volume 13 of Pokémon Card Trainers magazine, released in September 2001. This print was never released in English; however, it was reprinted again with the Supporter classification in the HeartGold & SoulSilver with new artwork by the same artist. This print was subsequently available in the Gyarados Half Deck of the English HS Trainer Kit, as well as the Japanese Steelix and Tyranitar Constructed Standard Decks.

Gallery

Base Set print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

P Promotional print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

HeartGold & SoulSilver print
Illus. Ken Sugimori

GB1 Colosseum sprite

GB2 Beginning Pokémon sprite

Trivia

The Japanese P Promotional print has the card ID Z-05, a feature of the majority of cards from the e-Card Era. This print lacks any Dot Code strips, instead featuring the Pokémon Web logo.
This card has exactly the same effect as Mom's Kindness. This particularity allows for 8 cards of the same effect to be in a deck.

Origin

Bill is the inventor of the Pokémon Storage System in the Pokémon games.

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