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Ronald (Japanese: ランド Lando) is the rival of Mark and Mint in Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!. In the second game, he infiltrates Team Great Rocket as the Enigmatic Mask GRX (Japanese: GRX).

In the games

In both games, Ronald appears at some points and challenges the player to a duel that starts automatically, without any input from the player. Once Ronald appears and talks to the player, the player does not have the chance to perform common tasks like editing the deck or saving the game before dueling Ronald.

Pokémon Trading Card Game

As the player character's rival, he fights the player from time to time during the normal course of the gameplay. He plays four different decks as the player progresses through the game.

I'm Ronald Deck

After the player obtains the second Master Medal, Ronald will appear in the lobby of the club and battle the player with the I'm Ronald Deck. The player only has one chance to win this duel. Should the player be successful, the player will earn a promotional Jigglypuff card.

Powerful Ronald Deck

After the player obtains the fifth Master Medal, Ronald will appear in the lobby of the club and battle the player with the Powerful Ronald Deck. The player only has one chance to win this duel. Should the player be successful, the player will earn a promotional Super Energy Retrieval card.

Invincible Ronald Deck

During the story of the game, there are two Challenge Cup matches. One takes place between the player's third and fourth Master Medals, and another occurs between the fifth and sixth. Ronald is the third opponent the player must face, and he will be using the Invincible Ronald Deck.

If the player defeats Ronald during the first Challenge Cup, the prize is a promotional Mewtwo card.

Legendary Ronald Deck

After the player defeats the four Grand Masters for the first time at the Pokémon Dome, Ronald will come to battle with the Legendary Ronald Deck using the Legendary Cards he just inherited. After he has been defeated, he will lose the powers of the Legendary Cards and can never be battled again at Pokémon Dome. Ronald will re-appear occasionally at the Challenge Cup using the Invincible Ronald Deck.

Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!

Ronald appears several times during the game. In the beginning of the game, when the player enters a club building for the first time, Ronald talks about Team Great Rocket, and uses the Card Pop! function with the player. He also appears after the player has earned two pieces of GR Coin, and if defeated, he gives the player a rare Super Energy Retrieval card.

Ronald is met again on the GR Island when entering Game Center for first time, as Ronald appears and gives away the Bill's PC card. Shortly after that, he may be seen again at the GR Grass Fort, now belonging to Team Great Rocket as member GRX. He then challenges the player to a 6-prize match, in which he uses a deck focusing on Pokémon. When defeated, he reveals his identity and mission to recover the cards stolen by Team Great Rocket and gives one of both Team Rocket's Ambition and We Are Team Rocket booster packs.

When the player has defeated the Fort Leader at the GR Fire Fort or at the GR Water Fort, based on which event happens before, Ronald appears once again. If the player defeats him in a 6-prize duel, Ronald awards him with a Computer Error card.

Ronald is met again at the Team GR Castle. He has just been defeated by Biruritchi, and he wants to test the player. If the player wins the match, Ronald gives another copy of the Super Energy Retrieval.

After the defeat of Biruritchi, Ronald can be seen in Mason Laboratory. He's working on a new deck and won't duel the player. If the player takes part in the Grand Master Cup, Ronald challenges the player with his Ronald's Ultra Deck.

Quotes

Pokémon Trading Card Game

• Lobby of the first Club

• After the player earns their second Medal

• When defeated (first battle)

• When viewing the Plate of Legends before all Medals have been earned

• When met in Challenge Hall

• Third match of Challenge Cup

• If the player loses

• Lobby of Challenge Hall (if lost)

• Lobby of the Challenge Hall (fourth Medal)

• Lobby of the fourth Club

Gallery

Artwork

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Include artwork of Ronald with Pikachu on his head and also the small artwork of his face (both seen on TCG GB1 manual, page 8)

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Sprites

In the manga

Pokémon Card GB The Comix

Ronald appears as the main character in Pokémon Card GB The Comix, a one-shot manga based on the video game of the same name. In Pokémon Card GB The Comix, Ronald duels his rival Mark, but ultimately loses.

Pokémon

Ronald uses the following Pokémon cards in his duel against Mark:

		Seel → Dewgong
		Dewgong is a Water-type card used by Ronald in his deck. Ronald began the duel with Seel as his Active Pokémon. On his second turn, Ronald Evolved Seel into Dewgong. As Dewgong, it Knocked Out Mark's Scyther using a combination of its Aurora Beam attack and PlusPower. Eventually, Dewgong was Knocked Out by Mark's Ivysaur.
Debut	Pokémon Card GB The Comix

		Magmar
		Magmar is a Fire-type card used by Ronald in his deck. Magmar was placed on the Bench on Ronald's fourth turn, and became the Active Pokémon on his fifth turn after Dewgong was Knocked Out. Magmar had the advantage over Mark's Ivysaur (and then Venusaur after it Evolved) due to the type advantage of Fire over Grass. However, it was Knocked Out by Mark's Charizard after it was swapped out from Venusaur.
Debut	Pokémon Card GB The Comix

Trivia

• In Pokémon Trading Card Game, Ronald is the only duelist non-player character without a class (such as "Club Master" or "Club Member"). At the start of all duels against Ronald (in all language versions of this game), there is a space behind Ronald's name, which would be the space normally located between the duelist class and the character name.
• According to the manual of the first game, Mark and Ronald are from the same neighborhood, and they used to trade Pokémon cards before Mark started his journey.

Names

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