Battle Styles · 125/163
Escape Rope is a Trainer card from the Battle Styles expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (card 125/163, Uncommon).
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, they don't switch Pokémon.)
You may play any number of Item cards during your turn.
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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.