Burning Shadows · 163/147
Escape Rope is a Trainer card from the Burning Shadows expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (card 163/147, Rare Secret).
Each player switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Your opponent switches first. (If a player does not have a Benched Pokémon, that player doesn't switch Pokémon.)
You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
Illustrated by Toyste Beach
Escape Rope appears in 9 of the 22 Expanded archetypes CardForge tracks. It's in 25% of all Expanded tournament decklists, at 1.7 copies on average. It's a core card (in at least 70% of lists) for Lost Zone Box, Iron Hands Mew, Miraidon Raikou and 3 more. Lost Zone Box runs it in 100% of lists, at 4 copies.
| Archetype | Share | In lists | Copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giratina Comfey | 3.6% | 67% | 1.5 |
| Charizard | 2.4% | 50% | 1 |
| Lost Zone Box | 2.4% | 100% | 4 |
| Iron Hands Mew | 2.4% | 100% | 1 |
| Miraidon Raikou | 2.4% | 100% | 2 |
| Iron Valiant Teal Mask Ogerpon | 1.8% | 50% | 1 |
| Mega Absol Eternatus | 1.8% | 100% | 1 |
| Mega Absol Crobat | 1.8% | 100% | 1 |
| Eternatus Crobat | 1.6% | 100% | 1 |
From 105 Expanded tournament decklists over the last 3 days, updated daily.
Escape Rope shows up in 8 of the 11 GLC types CardForge tracks. It's in 53% of all GLC tournament decklists. Metal lists play it most, in 91% of them.
| Type | Share | In lists |
|---|---|---|
| Colorless | 17.1% | 47% |
| Water | 13% | 49% |
| Fighting | 12.6% | 88% |
| Dragon | 6.5% | 89% |
| Fire | 6% | 74% |
| Darkness | 5.6% | 68% |
| Lightning | 5.2% | 75% |
| Metal | 5.1% | 91% |
From 682 GLC tournament decklists over the last 175 days, updated weekly.