Prize Postcard

The Prize Postcard is an item that appears in both Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks. They are mailed out in Postboxes to win various prizes.

Phantom Hourglass
In Phantom Hourglass, Link receives the Prize Postcard from the Man of Smiles after defeating the enemies in his ship.

The Prize Postcard sits in Link's inventory until he posts it (achieved by "talking" to a postbox). The amount of Prize Postcards Link can hold at once is one, and can be obtained by revisiting him and beating the monsters again.

It is always preferable that Link loses. The young hero will not win anything other than "Congratulations" and a "picture" that is not seen or used,but he will obtain a consolation prize if he "loses". The consolation prizes are random Ship Parts. The Postman will notify Link on whether he won or lost the drawing at any postbox.

This is one of the game features to rely on the internal clock of the DS system. The prize will be delivered at midnight according to the time in the Nintendo DS system.

Spirit Tracks
The Prize Postcards in Spirit Tracks can be purchased in some town stores. Link can place up to 20 of these on the mail to receive surprises.