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Mega Altaria ex Espeon
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Professor's Research
Trainer
“Professor's Research” (P-A-007) is a Trainer card from the Promos-A set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Supporter, and its effect is: Draw 2 cards.
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Professor's Research Card Details
Illustrator·Naoki SaitoEffect
Draw 2 cards.
How to get Professor's Research
Deck snapshot
Where Professor's Research is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 99.0%
- 2,884 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 97.9% of lists using it
Decks that use “Professor's Research”
Event window: Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Professor's Research versions and alt art
1 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Professor's Research
Seen in 99.0% of 2,912 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
- Tournament usage
- 99.0%
- 2,884 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 97.9% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.98
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 94
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Professor's Research”
- Mega Altaria ex Espeon
- 1 copy
- 3.1% (9)
- 2 copies
- 96.9% (286)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 10.1%
Real 2-copy listReal 1-copy list
- 1× Igglybuff
- 1× Mega Altaria ex
- 2× Eevee
- 2× Swablu
- 2× Darkrai
- 2× Espeon
- 1× Sabrina
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lisia
- 1× Training Area
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Professor's Research
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- Suicune ex Baxcalibur
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (189)
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- Inclusion
- 99.5%
- Meta share
- 6.5%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Suicune ex
- 2× Frigibax
- 2× Baxcalibur
- 1× Chien-Pao ex
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Inflatable Boat
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Soothing Shore
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Lucario
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (185)
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- Inclusion
- 99.5%
- Meta share
- 6.4%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Bonsly
- 2× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 1.3% (2)
- 2 copies
- 98.7% (154)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Red Card
- 1× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Butterfree Mega Sceptile ex
- 1 copy
- 0.7% (1)
- 2 copies
- 99.3% (149)
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- Inclusion
- 99.3%
- Meta share
- 5.2%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 1× Mega Sceptile ex
- 2× Caterpie
- 2× Metapod
- 2× Butterfree
- 1× Erika
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Leaf Cape
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Quick-Grow Extract
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Fragrant Forest
- 1× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 1× Mega Sceptile ex
- 2× Caterpie
- 2× Metapod
- 2× Butterfree
- 1× Erika
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Leaf Cape
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Quick-Grow Extract
- 2× Fragrant Forest
- 2× Professor's Research
Open in Deck BuilderEnergyNo energy selected
- Dragonair Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (144)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 5.0%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Gouging Fire
- 2× Dratini
- 2× Dragonair
- 1× Mega Rayquaza ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Ancient Booster Energy Capsule
- 1× Professor Sada
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Rainbow Cave
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Magnezone Miraidon ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (134)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 4.6%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Magneton
- 1× Oricorio
- 2× Zeraora
- 2× Magnemite
- 2× Magnezone
- 1× Miraidon ex
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lisia
- 1× Clemont
- 1× Professor Turo
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Dedenne ex Indeedee ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (103)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 3.5%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Indeedee ex
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 2× Dedenne ex
- 2× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Leftovers
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Protective Poncho
- 2× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Professor's Research in tournament decks
This card appears in 94 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Gouging Fire Dragonair
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Alolan Ninetales ex Team Rocket's Raticate ex
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Great Tusk Koraidon ex
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Sylveon ex Team Rocket's Slowking ex
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Professor's Research
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Professor's Research. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 92
- avg. inclusion
- 97.7%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 87
- avg. inclusion
- 98.7%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 85
- avg. inclusion
- 78.7%
Sabrina
A1-225
- shared archetypes
- 50
- avg. inclusion
- 69.1%
Rare Candy
A3-144
- shared archetypes
- 34
- avg. inclusion
- 99.5%
Pokémon Center Lady
A2b-070
- shared archetypes
- 41
- avg. inclusion
- 80.4%
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