Pokémon TCG Almanac · 2001 · English edition

2001 English edition almanac

This page follows the cards printed outside Japan: three sets, 159 cards, all of it material Japan had already printed. Japan shipped four sets and 431 cards in 2001 and none of the new work crossed over — ★VS, ★web, the Base Expansion Pack and the tenth expansion were never published in English, then or later. Japan's side of 2001 has its own yearbook, the 2001 Japanese edition.

Three sets, 159 cards — and not a single card Japan had not printed a year or two earlier.

1 June 2001: Neo Discovery, 75 cards, from Japan's July 2000 set of 57. 31 July: Southern Islands, 18 cards, from Japan's July 1999 set — two years late. 21 September: Neo Revelation, 66 cards, from Japan's November 2000 set of 57.

That is the whole English year. Japan released four sets and 431 cards in 2001, and none of it reached English players: ★VS, ★web, the Base Expansion Pack and the tenth expansion were never published in English, not that year and not later. 2001 is the year the two markets stopped running the same game — 190 of Japan's 431 cards have no English printing at all.

3Sets

159Cards

33Holo

19Artists

How to read this page. Three sets, in the order they went on sale. Every illustration here also appears on a Japanese page — the year it was first printed — and that page carries the write-up, so cards are shown here as a card face, number, name and rarity. Each set opens with a Japan vs English comparison giving the exact count difference and naming every card that exists on only one side.

Rarity is as printed. Southern Islands is not a booster set — it went on sale as two nine-card folders, which is why it has no pack price here. All prices are the US list price of the period, not a current market price.

How many English Pokémon cards are documented in 2001?

This page documents 159 main-series cards across three products on three release dates in 2001. It covers cards printed outside Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.

Publication edition	English edition
Products	3
Cards	159
Release dates	3 (2001-06-01 – 2001-09-21)
Series codes	neo2, neo3, si1
Card faces on record	all 159
Latest release on record	2001-09-21

Which English edition sets were released in 2001?

English Neo Discovery (2001-06-01, 75 cards) · English Southern Islands (2001-07-31, 18 cards) · English Neo Revelation (2001-09-21, 66 cards).

How many main-series cards does this page record for 2001?

159 cards across three products, an average of 53.0 cards per product. This is the main-series archive count, not a claim that every promo and event card from the year is itemised here.

What release dates does this page cover?

3 release dates, from 2001-06-01 to 2001-09-21.

How many of these 159 cards are shown with a card face?

All 159 cards have a card face on record.

What happened this year

4 entries

06-01
Neo Discovery, 75 cards — Japan's July 2000 set had 57. Twenty cards here have no Japanese counterpart: the four Unown are numbered individually (Unown [A], [E], [I], [O]), and Espeon, Umbreon, Scizor, Tyranitar and Houndoom appear. Japan's Dark Raichu and Ruin Wall are not in the set.
07-31
Southern Islands, 18 cards. Japan released these in July 1999; English players got them two years later, as two nine-card folders rather than a booster set. The card list is identical to Japan's — the only English set of the year that is a straight match.
09-21
Neo Revelation, 66 cards — Japan's November 2000 set had 57. Nine cards have no Japanese counterpart, among them Celebi, Entei, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Raikou, Skarmory, Sneasel, Sudowoodo and Suicune.
2001
What did not come over. Japan released ★VS (142 cards), ★web (48), the Base Expansion Pack (128) and the tenth expansion (113) this year. Not one of them was published in English — not in 2001, not in 2002, not since. Light Pokémon, the new card back, Supporters and e-Reader dot codes all passed the English market by.

Special cards

not itemised yet

The English side had its own numbered promo series from the first year — the Wizards Black Star Promos, fifty-three cards numbered 1 to 53, given out at leagues, tournaments and through magazines between 1999 and 2003. They are not itemised here yet: we hold no card-face scans for them, and the sources available to us do not pin an individual promo to a single distribution date. Rather than guess a year or borrow another card's picture, this section stays empty until both can be established.

English Neo Discovery

2001-06-0175 cardsHOLO 17$3.29

Set logo (international)

Neo Discovery

neo2Out of print

Released: 2001-06-01
Original price: $3.29 US MSRP
Per pack: 11 cards75 kinds
Pack spread: 11 cards (1 in 3 packs is holo)
Per box: 36 packs
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Eleven months after Japan's Crossing the Ruins… of 7 July 2000. 75 cards, eleven to a pack at $3.29, thirty-six packs a box. The eighteen-card gap over Japan's 57 is non-holo prints of cards that were holofoil in Japan.

1 June 2001 — 75 cards, eleven months after Japan's Crossing the Ruins… of 7 July 2000.

75 against Japan's 57; the extra eighteen are non-holo prints of cards that were holofoil in Japan. Unown still runs A to Z across twenty-six cards, with A as the holo and N as a common, exactly as in Japan.

Japan vs English75 cards against Japan's 57 · 20 of them have no card in that Japanese set · 1 of those names turns up in another Japanese set that year · 2 Japanese cards are missing here

Seventy-five against Japan's 57. Twenty cards exist only here — the four Unown are numbered individually, and Espeon, Umbreon, Scizor, Tyranitar and Houndoom are among them — while Japan's Dark Raichu and Ruin Wall are not in this set.

Not in this Japanese set (20 names): Espeon, Forretress, Hitmontop, Houndoom, Houndour, Kabutops, Magnemite, Politoed, Poliwrath, Scizor, Smeargle, Tyranitar, Umbreon, Unown [A], Unown [E], Unown [I], Unown [O], Ursaring, Wobbuffet, Yanma

Only in the Japanese set (2): Dark Raichu, Ruin Wall

1 of those names also turns up elsewhere in Japan's 2000. That is a statement about names, not cards: the same Pokémon was often printed more than once, with different HP, attacks and art. The English edition never matched a Japanese set one for one, so a name missing from this Japanese set may still belong to a card Japan printed that year.

Compared with the Japanese cards of 2000.

001Espeon★ Forretress (2001)

002Forretress★ Hitmontop (2001)

003Hitmontop★ Houndoom (2001)

004Houndoom★ Houndour (2001)

005Houndour★ Kabutops (2001)

006Kabutops★ Magnemite (2001)

007Magnemite★ Politoed (2001)

008Politoed★ Poliwrath (2001)

009Poliwrath★ Scizor (2001)

010Scizor★ Smeargle (2001)

011Smeargle★ Tyranitar (2001)

012Tyranitar★ Umbreon (2001)

013Umbreon★ Unown [A] (2001)

014Unown [A]★ Ursaring (2001)

015Ursaring★ Wobbuffet (2001)

016Wobbuffet★ Yanma (2001)

017Yanma★

018Beedrill★ Butterfree (2001)

019Butterfree★ Espeon (2001)

020Espeon★ Forretress (2001)

021Forretress★ Hitmontop (2001)

022Hitmontop★ Houndoom (2001)

023Houndoom★ Houndour (2001)

024Houndour★ Kabutops (2001)

025Kabutops★ Magnemite (2001)

026Magnemite★ Politoed (2001)

027Politoed★ Poliwrath (2001)

028Poliwrath★ Scizor (2001)

029Scizor★ Smeargle (2001)

030Smeargle★ Tyranitar (2001)

031Tyranitar★ Umbreon (2001)

032Umbreon★ Unown [A] (2001)

033Unown [A]★ Ursaring (2001)

034Ursaring★ Wobbuffet (2001)

035Wobbuffet★ Yanma (2001)

036Yanma★

037Corsola Eevee (2001)

038Eevee

039Houndour Igglybuff (2001)

040Igglybuff Kakuna (2001)

041Kakuna

042Metapod Omastar (2001)

043Omastar Poliwhirl (2001)

044Poliwhirl Pupitar (2001)

045Pupitar Scyther (2001)

046Scyther Unown [D] (2001)

047Unown [D] Unown [F] (2001)

048Unown [F] Unown [M] (2001)

049Unown [M] Unown [N] (2001)

050Unown [N] Unown [U] (2001)

051Unown [U] Xatu (2001)

052Xatu

053Caterpie Dunsparce (2001)

054Dunsparce Hoppip (2001)

055Hoppip

056Kabuto

057Larvitar Mareep (2001)

058Mareep

059Natu

060Omanyte Pineco (2001)

061Pineco

062Poliwag Sentret (2001)

063Sentret Spinarak (2001)

064Spinarak Teddiursa (2001)

065Teddiursa Tyrogue (2001)

066Tyrogue Unown [E] (2001)

067Unown [E] Unown [I] (2001)

068Unown [I] Unown [O] (2001)

069Unown [O] Weedle (2001)

070Weedle

071Wooper

072Fossil Egg Hyper Devolution Spray (2001)

073Hyper Devolution Spray Ruin Wall (2001)

074Ruin Wall Energy Ark (2001)

075Energy Ark

English Neo Revelation

2001-09-2166 cardsHOLO 16$3.29

Set logo (international)

Neo Revelation

neo3Out of print

Released: 2001-09-21
Original price: $3.29 US MSRP
Per pack: 11 cards66 kinds
Pack spread: 11 cards (1 in 3 packs is holo)
Per box: 36 packs
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Ten months after Japan's Awakening Legends of 23 November 2000. 66 cards, eleven to a pack at $3.29, thirty-six packs a box — Japan's 57 plus nine non-holo prints of holofoil cards.

21 September 2001 — 66 cards, ten months after Japan's Awakening Legends of 23 November 2000. It carries five Legendary Pokémon: Entei, Suicune, Raikou, Ho-Oh and Celebi.

Japan's 57 plus nine non-holo prints of holofoil cards makes 66. Shining Magikarp and Shining Gyarados are secrets here too, as in Japan — the start of the Shining line. With this set the English neo series had one release left.

Japan vs English66 cards against Japan's 57 · 9 of them have no card in that Japanese set · 4 of those names turn up in another Japanese set that year

Sixty-six against Japan's 57, and nothing removed: nine cards have no Japanese counterpart, among them Celebi, Entei, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Raikou and Suicune.

Not in this Japanese set (9 names): Celebi, Entei, Ho-oh, Lugia, Raikou, Skarmory, Sneasel, Sudowoodo, Suicune

4 of those names also turn up elsewhere in Japan's 2000. That is a statement about names, not cards: the same Pokémon was often printed more than once, with different HP, attacks and art. The English edition never matched a Japanese set one for one, so a name missing from this Japanese set may still belong to a card Japan printed that year.

Compared with the Japanese cards of 2000.

001Ampharos★ Blissey (2001)

002Blissey★ Celebi (2001)

003Celebi★ Crobat (2001)

004Crobat★ Delibird (2001)

005Delibird★ Entei (2001)

006Entei★

007Ho-oh★

008Houndoom★ Jumpluff (2001)

009Jumpluff★ Magneton (2001)

010Magneton★ Misdreavus (2001)

011Misdreavus★ Porygon2 (2001)

012Porygon2★ Raikou (2001)

013Raikou★ Suicune (2001)

014Suicune★ Aerodactyl (2001)

015Aerodactyl★ Celebi (2001)

016Celebi★ Entei (2001)

017Entei★

018Ho-oh★

019Kingdra★ Lugia (2001)

020Lugia★

021Raichu★ Raikou (2001)

022Raikou★ Skarmory (2001)

023Skarmory★ Sneasel (2001)

024Sneasel★ Starmie (2001)

025Starmie★ Sudowoodo (2001)

026Sudowoodo★ Suicune (2001)

027Suicune★ Flaaffy (2001)

028Flaaffy Golbat (2001)

029Golbat

030Graveler Jynx (2001)

031Jynx

032Lanturn Magcargo (2001)

033Magcargo Octillery (2001)

034Octillery Parasect (2001)

035Parasect Piloswine (2001)

036Piloswine Seaking (2001)

037Seaking Stantler (2001)

038Stantler Unown [B] (2001)

039Unown [B] Unown [Y] (2001)

040Unown [Y] Aipom (2001)

041Aipom

042Chinchou Farfetch'd (2001)

043Farfetch'd Geodude (2001)

044Geodude Goldeen (2001)

045Goldeen Murkrow (2001)

046Murkrow Paras (2001)

047Paras

048Quagsire Qwilfish (2001)

049Qwilfish Remoraid (2001)

050Remoraid Shuckle (2001)

051Shuckle Skiploom (2001)

052Skiploom Slugma (2001)

053Slugma

054Smoochum Snubbull (2001)

055Snubbull Staryu (2001)

056Staryu

057Swinub

058Unown [K] Zubat (2001)

059Zubat

060Balloon Berry Healing Field (2001)

061Healing Field Pokémon Breeder Fields (2001)

062Pokémon Breeder Fields Rocket's Hideout (2001)

063Rocket's Hideout Old Rod (2001)

064Old Rod Shining Gyarados (2001)

065Shining Gyarados★ Shining Magikarp (2001)

066Shining Magikarp★

English Southern Islands

2001-07-3118 cards

Set logo (international)

Southern Islands

si1Out of print

Released: 2001-07-31
Contents: 18 cards18 kinds
Pack spread: Two nine-card folders (Tropical / Rainbow)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

A full two years after Japan (17 July 1999). The eighteen cards came as two folders of nine rather than packs. Same eighteen as Japan, but holofoil only in English, and none of them has ever been reprinted elsewhere. The price could not be confirmed and is left empty.

31 July 2001 — 18 cards, a full two years after Japan's 17 July 1999 release.

A film tie-in, sold as two folders of nine (Tropical and Rainbow). The same eighteen cards as Japan, but holofoil only in English. All eighteen are treated as commons, numbered 1–18. The art is original to this set, and none of the eighteen has ever been reprinted in another set.

Japan vs English18 cards against Japan's 18 · the same card list as Japan

The same eighteen cards as Japan's Southern Islands, printed two years later as two nine-card folders. The only English set of 2001 that matches Japan exactly.

Compared with the Japanese cards of 1999.

001Mew

002Pidgeot Onix (2001)

003Onix

004Togepi

005Ivysaur Raticate (2001)

006Raticate Ledyba (2001)

007Ledyba

008Jigglypuff Butterfree (2001)

009Butterfree Tentacruel (2001)

010Tentacruel Marill (2001)

011Marill

012Lapras

013Exeggutor Slowking (2001)

014Slowking Wartortle (2001)

015Wartortle Lickitung (2001)

016Lickitung Vileplume (2001)

017Vileplume Primeape (2001)

018Primeape

Also released this year: Japanese edition.

What came after

4 entries

2002-02-28
Neo Destiny, 113 cards — ten months after Japan's tenth expansion, same count, and the last English set to carry a 1st Edition stamp.
2002-09-15
Expedition Base Set, 165 cards, nine and a half months after Japan's Base Expansion Pack. Packs drop to nine cards; it is the first English set with no 1st Edition. The e-Reader dot codes finally arrive, a year after Japan.
2003-05
English production moves from Wizards of the Coast to Nintendo. With it the English-only line ends: from here the two editions run the same sets again, months apart.
—
★VS and ★web were never localised. They remain the two Japanese sets of this era with no English printing whatsoever, which is why their 190 cards appear on the Japanese page only.

2001 ends the period this almanac covers set by set. Japan's four sets that year were the last the English market would skip entirely — from 2002 on, English releases track Japanese ones with a lag of months rather than years, and the editions stop diverging in content.

Evidence & release sources

3 of 3 linked

Release dates and product identities are connected to the English edition release register by set code. Sources are printed per product so a reader can check the claim without trusting this page alone. Unmatched products say so instead of borrowing another edition’s citation.

English Neo Discovery neo2 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
English Neo Revelation neo3 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
English Southern Islands si1 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net

About the data

Card faces are the English-language scans (TCGdex and our own archive). The same illustrations appear on the Japanese pages for 1999 and 2000, which carry the write-ups.

Set dates and card counts come from the set records and were checked against the Japanese pages card by card; where the two editions disagree on a name, the comparison names both.

Prices are the US list price of the period, not a present-day market price. Southern Islands had no booster pack, so none is given.

The Japan vs English comparison is computed from the two card lists rather than transcribed, so the counts and names always match the cards on the page.

Why there is no promo section yet: the English promo cards of this period are a numbered series we cannot yet date or illustrate card by card. Leaving the section honestly empty is better than putting a wrong year on a card.

2001 in one line: the year the English game stopped following Japan's new cards. Three sets, 159 cards, every one of them old material — while Japan rebuilt the card three times in twelve months and 190 of its 431 cards never appeared in English at all.