2001 Japanese edition almanac

Venonatコンパン

A Bug-type in the games but Grass on the card. 40 HP Basic with retreat 1. Its evolution Venomoth is in the same set, and this opens the Grass run.

Ledybaレディバ

A 40 HP Basic. Its evolution Ledian appears here as the Light version; the ordinary Ledian is in the 2000 eighth expansion. So the line assembled from this set is the Light one.

Sunkernヒマナッツ

A 40 HP Basic. Sunkern had very few cards at this point — this one and a 2000 manga insert were about it. Its evolution Sunflora is here too, as a Light card.

Light Sunfloraやさしいキマワリ

The Light Sunflora. Grass, 80 HP, Stage 1 — set higher than the ordinary print. Light was introduced in this set, and the pattern is consistent: more HP, and attacks pushed toward support.

Pinecoクヌギダマ

A 40 HP Basic with retreat 2. Its evolution Forretress is here as the Dark version; the ordinary one is in the 2000 eighth expansion. This is the third Pineco card since 2000.

Light Venomothやさしいモルフォン

The Light Venomoth. Grass, 80 HP. The ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion had 70, so this is ten higher — a clean case of the Light HP bump showing up in the numbers.

Scytherストライク

Grass, 60 HP Basic, retreat 1. Scyther had been printed many times since the 1996 Base Set, but this is its first appearance as a Grass card — through 2000 it was mostly Colorless or Metal.

Dark Forretressわるいフォレトス

The Dark Forretress. Grass, 60 HP, Stage 1. The ordinary print (2000, eighth expansion) was Metal at 70 HP — so the type moved to Grass and HP dropped by ten. Worth remembering that Dark does not always mean more HP.

Heracrossヘラクロス

Grass, 60 HP Basic, retreat 2. Heracross had only just debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion, and this is its second card. At the time it was not yet treated as the go-to strong Bug — more of a supporting role.

Light Ledianやさしいレディアン

The Light Ledian. Grass, 70 HP, rare. Paired with Ledyba (002) in the same set, so the whole line closes inside this one expansion. Most Light cards are uncommon; this one is rare.

Dark Ariadosわるいアリアドス

The Dark Ariados. Grass, 60 HP, Stage 1, rare. Ariados had only debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion, so the Dark version arrived by its third set — quickly, by the standards of the era.

Dark Crobatわるいクロバット

A Grass Crobat. Poison/Flying in the games, but here Grass at 70 HP as a Stage 2 — the closer for this set's Grass run. A Dark Stage 2 as the holo is the pattern repeated across every type in this expansion.

Shining Celebiひかるセレビィ

One of the eight Shining cards here. Grass, 50 HP Basic, marked rare. Where the 2000 Shining Magikarp and Gyarados were secrets, these sit in the ordinary list, so working through the numbers will always reach them. The treatment is a metallic sheen over a non-holo base, which does not read like an ordinary holo.

Vulpixロコン

Fire, 50 HP Basic. This is the fifth Vulpix since 1996, and unusually for this set it is neither Light nor Dark. Its evolution Ninetales is here as a Light card.

Growlitheガーディ

Fire, 50 HP Basic — another plain card. Its evolution Arcanine appears here as a Light holo, so the line runs ordinary Basic into Light Stage 1.

Cyndaquilヒノアラシ

Fire, 40 HP Basic. One of the Gold/Silver starters and its third card since the 2000 seventh expansion. 40 HP is low, but it anchors the line in this set.

Slugmaマグマッグ

Fire, 50 HP Basic, retreat 2. Slugma had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, so this is its second card. Its evolution Magcargo is here as a Dark card.

Light Ninetalesやさしいキュウコン

The Light Ninetales. Fire, 90 HP. Light cards generally run high, and 90 is a lot for a Stage 1 — the ordinary Ninetales of 2000 sat at 70.

Light Flareonやさしいブースター

The Light Flareon. Fire, 80 HP. All three Eevee evolutions in this set — Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon — are Light cards, and laid side by side the HP and type pairings line up neatly.

Dark Quilavaわるいマグマラシ

The Dark Quilava. Fire, 60 HP, Stage 1. The ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion had 70, so this one trades HP away — with the attacks pushed toward offence instead.

Light Arcanineやさしいウインディ

The Light Arcanine, one of this set's holos. Fire at 100 HP is top of the range for a Stage 1. Paired with Growlithe (015), the line closes inside this set. A 100 HP Stage 1 was still uncommon then and worked as a wall.

Dark Typhlosionわるいバクフーン

The Dark Typhlosion. Fire, 80 HP, Stage 2, holo. Cyndaquil (016) into Quilava (020) into this card — all three stages are in one set. Note that both the middle and the final are Dark, making it a mixed line.

Dark Magcargoわるいマグカルゴ

The Dark Magcargo. Fire, 60 HP, completing the line with Slugma (017). Magcargo had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, so its Dark version arrived by the third set.

Dark Houndoomわるいヘルガー

The Dark Houndoom, a holo here. Fire, 60 HP, Stage 1. Its pre-evolution Houndour sits at 081 in this same set as a Darkness card — so evolving flips it to Fire, an unusual reversal where the corrupted form is the Fire one.

Shining Charizardひかるリザードン

The headline Shining card. Fire, 100 HP, Basic, with a heavy attack asking five Energy — three Fire and two Lightning. A Basic at 100 HP is the Shining formula: no evolution, but the bulk of a Stage 2. It was among the most wanted cards of 2001 and, even then, clean copies were hard to find.

Psyduckコダック

Water, 50 HP Basic, retreat 1. Psyduck had not appeared since 1997; here it is a plain card. Its evolution Golduck is in the set as a Light one.

Seelパウワウ

Water, 50 HP Basic. The third Seel since the 2000 eighth expansion. Its evolution Dewgong is here as a Light card, so the line closes inside this set.

Totodileワニノコ

Water, 50 HP Basic. The Gold/Silver Water starter, a plain card here. Its evolutions are both Dark — Croconaw and then Feraligatr — so the line turns to Darkness partway through.

Swinubウリムー

Water, 50 HP Basic, retreat 1. Swinub debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion; this is its second card. Its evolution Piloswine is here as a Light one.

Remoraidテッポウオ

Water, 40 HP Basic. Remoraid had only two cards before this, making this the third. At 40 HP it is thin, and is clearly meant to be evolved.

Mantineマンタイン

Water, 60 HP Basic, retreat 1. Mantine had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion and this is its second card. The evolution from Remoraid (030) did not exist in the card game then, so this stood alone.

Light Golduckやさしいゴルダック

The Light Golduck. Water, 80 HP, Stage 1, completing the line with Psyduck (026). The ordinary Golduck in the 2000 eighth expansion had 70, so ten more here.

Light Dewgongやさしいジュゴン

The Light Dewgong. Water, 80 HP, completing the line with Seel (027). The 2000 ordinary print was 70, again ten more. Across this set the Light bonus settles at a flat ten HP.

Light Vaporeonやさしいシャワーズ

The Light Vaporeon. Water, 80 HP, one of the three Eevee evolutions here, all Light. The ordinary Vaporeon in the 2000 seventh expansion sat at 70.

Dark Omanyteわるいオムナイト

The Dark Omanyte. Water, 40 HP. Note that Omanyte is printed as a Stage 1 with no Basic beneath it. At 40 HP the Dark version is very thin, built around attacking.

Dark Croconawわるいアリゲイツ

The Dark Croconaw. Water, 60 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Totodile (028). The ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion had 70.

Dark Octilleryわるいオクタン

The Dark Octillery. Water, 60 HP. There was no Remoraid-to-Octillery line in the card game then, so this stands alone. A Pokémon that had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion already had a Dark print.

Dark Omastarわるいオムスター

The Dark Omastar. Water, 70 HP, Stage 2, rare. It continues from Omanyte (035), which is itself a Stage 1 with no Basic, so the line is effectively two cards deep.

Dark Feraligatrわるいオーダイル

The Dark Feraligatr, a holo here. Water, 80 HP, Stage 2. Totodile (028) into Croconaw (036) into this card — all three stages in one set, with both the middle and final Dark, the same shape as Typhlosion (022).

Light Azumarillやさしいマリルリ

The Light Azumarill, a holo. Water, 80 HP, Stage 1. The Marill and Azurill lines did not exist in the card game then, so this stands alone. Water gets two holos here — this and Feraligatr — making it the thickest type in the set.

Light Piloswineやさしいイノムー

The Light Piloswine. Water, 90 HP, Stage 1, rare, completing the line with Swinub (029). 90 HP on a Stage 1 is high, and sits near the top of this set's Light cards.

Mareepメリープ

Lightning, 50 HP Basic. Mareep debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion and this is its second card. Both evolutions — Flaaffy and Ampharos — are Dark, the same shape as the Totodile line.

Light Jolteonやさしいサンダース

The Light Jolteon. Lightning, 70 HP — the lowest of the three Eevee evolutions here, with Flareon and Vaporeon both at 80. The type difference shows up directly in the numbers.

Dark Flaaffyわるいモココ

The Dark Flaaffy. Lightning, 60 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Mareep (042). The ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion had 70, so the Dark version runs ten lower.

Light Lanturnやさしいランターン

The Light Lanturn. Lightning, 80 HP, rare. The Chinchou line did not exist in the card game then, so this stands alone. It had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, and the Light version arrived by its second set.

Dark Ampharosわるいデンリュウ

The Dark Ampharos, a holo. Lightning, 70 HP, Stage 2. Mareep (042) into Flaaffy (044) into this card — all three stages here, and this is one of two lines in the set where the Darkness runs the whole way.

Shining Raichuひかるライチュウ

One of the eight Shining cards. Lightning, 70 HP, Basic. Its attack asks for two Water among the cost, which makes it awkward in a mono-Lightning deck. All eight Shining cards here are Basics with no evolutionary line.

Gastlyゴース

Psychic, 40 HP Basic with no retreat cost — the fourth Gastly since 1996, and free to withdraw. Its evolution Haunter is here as a Dark card.

Exeggcuteタマタマ

Psychic, 40 HP Basic. Exeggcute is unusual in also using a Grass attack, which means a Psychic deck has to carry a Grass Energy or two. Its evolution Exeggutor is here as a Dark card.

Unown Lアンノーン

Unown L. Psychic, 50 HP Basic. This set carries twelve Unown — L, S, T, V, C, P, Q, Z, G, H, W and X — and HP and rarity differ letter by letter, which is how the series was built. L is a 50 HP common.

Unown Sアンノーン

Unown S. Psychic, 50 HP, common. It shares L's 50 HP but asks one more Energy for its attack, and that kind of small variation is applied letter by letter across all twelve.

Unown Tアンノーン

Unown T. Psychic, 40 HP, common. Nine of the twelve sit at 40 HP — T, V, C, P, Q, Z, G, H and W — a step thinner than the 50 HP group of L, S and X.

Unown Vアンノーン

Unown V. Psychic, 40 HP, common. The full A-to-Z run of twenty-six had already appeared in the 2000 eighth expansion, so these twelve are a second pass — the same letters, but different cards.

Light Slowbroやさしいヤドラン

The Light Slowbro. Psychic, 80 HP, Stage 1. The Slowpoke line did exist, with an ordinary print in the 2000 eighth expansion. 80 HP on a Stage 1 is the standard Light figure in this set.

Dark Haunterわるいゴースト

The Dark Haunter. Psychic, 50 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Gastly (048). The ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion had 60, so this runs ten lower.

Dark Exeggutorわるいナッシー

The Dark Exeggutor. Psychic, 60 HP, Stage 1, completing the line with Exeggcute (049). It still carries a Grass attack, as the ordinary print does, so the deck has to splash a second colour.

Unown Cアンノーン

Unown C. Psychic, 40 HP, and from here the letters move up to uncommon. Four sit in this band — C, P, Q and Z — with the same HP as the commons and only the rarity differing.

Unown Pアンノーン

Unown P. Psychic, 40 HP, uncommon. The twelve letters climb in blocks of four: commons L, S, T, V; uncommons C, P, Q, Z; rares G, H, W, X.

Unown Qアンノーン

Unown Q. Psychic, 40 HP, uncommon. Set against the other uncommons — C, P and Z — the attack cost is essentially the same, so what differs is the letter and the art. Collecting all twelve is the point.

Unown Zアンノーン

Unown Z. Psychic, 40 HP, uncommon — the last letter of the alphabet. Collectors lay the twelve out in alphabetical order, but the set order does not follow the alphabet.

Dark Slowkingわるいヤドキング

The Dark Slowking. Psychic, 60 HP, Stage 1, rare. The Slowpoke line existed, with an ordinary print in the 2000 eighth expansion. Note that it is rare without being holo — the usual shape of this set's rare tier.

Unown Gアンノーン

Unown G. Psychic, 40 HP, and from here the letters are rare. Four sit in this band — G, H, W and X — with the first three at 40 HP and only X at 50.

Unown Hアンノーン

Unown H. Psychic, 40 HP, rare. The rules of the time allowed only four Unown in a deck, so despite twelve existing here the series was always more of a collection than a playset.

Unown Wアンノーン

Unown W. Psychic, 40 HP, rare. All four rares look alike at a glance — the letter is drawn large at the centre of the art, so you have to look closely to tell them apart.

Unown Xアンノーン

Unown X. Psychic, 50 HP, rare — the only rare among the twelve at 50 HP. Since L and S are 50 HP commons, the HP alone tells you nothing about rarity.

Dark Gengarわるいゲンガー

The Dark Gengar, a holo. Psychic, 70 HP, Stage 2. Gastly (048) into Haunter (055) into this card — all three stages here. Psychic gets only two holos, this and Espeon (067), and both are Dark.

Dark Espeonわるいエーフィ

The Dark Espeon, a holo. Psychic, 60 HP, Stage 1. Four Eevee evolutions appear in this set, and the split is neat: Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon are Light; only Espeon is Dark.

Shining Mewtwoひかるミュウツー

One of the eight Shining cards. Psychic, 70 HP, Basic. Japan produced only this one Shining Mewtwo, never reissued with new art. It is among the most wanted of the eight, and clean copies are scarce.

Machopワンリキー

Fighting, 40 HP Basic, retreat 1 — the fourth Machop since 1996. Both evolutions, Machoke and Machamp, are Light here, so this set pushes the Fighting line toward the bright side.

Hitmonchanエビワラー

Fighting, 60 HP Basic, retreat 1 — the fourth Hitmonchan since the 1996 Base Set. It has no evolutionary line, and this set carries three separate Fighting lines: Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee and the Machop family.

Gligarグライガー

Fighting, 50 HP Basic. Gligar debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion and this is its second card. It has no evolutionary line and was still thin on cards at this point.

Phanpyゴマゾウ

Fighting, 40 HP Basic, retreat 1. Phanpy had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion; this is its second card. Its evolution Donphan appears here as a Dark holo.

Larvitarヨーギラス

Fighting, 40 HP Basic. Larvitar debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion and this is its second card. Both evolutions are Dark, and all three stages sit in this set.

Light Machokeやさしいゴーリキー

The Light Machoke. Fighting, 80 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Machop (069). The ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion had 70, so ten more here.

Hitmonleeサワムラー

Fighting, 60 HP Basic, retreat 1. Hitmonlee is the partner to Hitmonchan, and both appear here. With Hitmonchan also at 60 HP and retreat 1, the two are near-equivalent.

Dark Pupitarわるいサナギラス

The Dark Pupitar. Fighting, 60 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Larvitar (073). A cocoon stage printed as Dark is unusual, and with Tyranitar also Dark, the whole three-stage line leans that way.

Light Machampやさしいカイリキー

The Light Machamp. Fighting, 100 HP, Stage 2, rare. Machop (069) into Machoke (074) into this card — all three stages here. A 100 HP Stage 2 that is not holo is a quiet but solid card.

Dark Donphanわるいドンファン

The Dark Donphan, a holo. Fighting, 60 HP, Stage 1, completing the line with Phanpy (072). A holo at 60 HP is on the low side for this set — it is built around its effect rather than its bulk.

Dark Tyranitarわるいバンギラス

The Dark Tyranitar, a holo. Fighting, 90 HP, Stage 2. Larvitar (073) into Pupitar (076) into this card. The same set also carries a Shining Tyranitar (082), so one Pokémon appears twice — this one Fighting, the Shining one Darkness.

Shining Kabutopsひかるカブトプス

One of the eight Shining cards. Fighting, 80 HP, Basic. Kabutops is a fossil Pokémon normally printed as a Stage 2, but this Shining version is a Basic — playable at 80 HP without evolving.

Houndourデルビル

Darkness, 40 HP Basic, retreat 1. Houndour debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion; this is its second card. It is a Darkness Basic here, but its evolution Houndoom (024) is Fire.

Shining Tyranitarひかるバンギラス

One of the eight Shining cards. Darkness, 80 HP, Basic — and an unusual case of the same Pokémon appearing as both Dark (079) and Shining in one set. Among the eight, this is the only Darkness card.

Dark Scizorわるいハッサム

The Dark Scizor, a holo. Metal, 70 HP, Stage 1. Scyther (007) is Grass, so evolving moves it to Metal. This set carries only two Metal cards, and this holo is one of them.

Shining Steelixひかるハガネール

One of the eight Shining cards. Metal, 90 HP, Basic. Steelix is normally a Stage 2, but this Shining version is a Basic. It is the only Metal Shining card, and among the eight it is considered one of the scarcer ones.

Jigglypuffプリン

Colorless, 50 HP Basic, retreat 1 — the fifth Jigglypuff since 1996. Its evolution Wigglytuff appears here twice, once Light and once Dark, which is an unusual pairing.

Porygonポリゴン

Colorless, 50 HP Basic. Porygon had not appeared since 1997. Its evolution Porygon2 is here as a Dark holo, while this remains a plain card.

Dratiniミニリュウ

Colorless, 40 HP Basic, retreat 1 — the third Dratini since 1996. Both evolutions, Dragonair and Dragonite, are Light, so all three stages sit on the bright side.

Togepiトゲピー

Colorless, 40 HP Basic. Togepi debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion; this is its second card. Its evolution Togetic is here as a Light holo.

Girafarigキリンリキ

Colorless, 60 HP Basic, retreat 1. Girafarig debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion and this is its second card. It has no evolutionary line and was still thin on cards.

Light Wigglytuffやさしいプクリン

The Light Wigglytuff. Colorless, 80 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Jigglypuff (085). The set also carries a Dark version (091), so there are two ways to evolve it.

Dark Wigglytuffわるいプクリン

The Dark Wigglytuff. Colorless, 60 HP, Stage 1 — twenty lower than the Light one, with its attacks shifted toward disruption. Put the two side by side and the split is clear: Light for HP, Dark for effect.

Chanseyラッキー

Colorless, 90 HP Basic, retreat 2 — the fourth Chansey since 1996. 90 HP on a Basic was high for the time, and it works as a wall without evolving.

Light Dragonairやさしいハクリュー

The Light Dragonair. Colorless, 80 HP, Stage 1, rare, continuing from Dratini (087). It is rare without being holo — the set carries four Colorless holos, and Dragonair is not among them.

Light Dragoniteやさしいカイリュー

The Light Dragonite, a holo. Colorless, 100 HP, Stage 2. Dratini (087) into Dragonair (093) into this card — all three stages here. A 100 HP Stage 2 and holo makes it the headline Colorless card of the set.

Light Togeticやさしいトゲチック

The Light Togetic, a holo. Colorless, 60 HP, Stage 1, completing the line with Togepi (088). A holo at 60 HP is on the low side, but with the Basic at 40 the line reads consistently.

Dark Ursaringわるいリングマ

The Dark Ursaring. Colorless, 60 HP, Stage 1, rare. The Teddiursa line existed, with an ordinary print in the 2000 seventh expansion. The Dark version keeps the same 60 HP — a rare case of no reduction.

Dark Porygon2わるいポリゴン２

The Dark Porygon2, a holo. Colorless, 60 HP, Stage 1, continuing from Porygon (086). Porygon2 had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, so its Dark version arrived by the third set.

Shining Noctowlひかるヨルノズク

The last of the eight Shining cards. Colorless, 60 HP, Basic. Noctowl is normally a Stage 1, but this Shining version is a Basic. By type the eight fall out perfectly: one each of Grass, Fire, Lightning, Psychic, Fighting, Darkness, Metal and Colorless.

Heal Powderばんのうごな

A Trainer (Goods). A cure-all in name, and one of the cards that clears status conditions in bulk. In 2001 Trainers were not yet split into Goods and Supporters — they were all simply "Trainer".

Mail from Billマサキのメール

A Trainer (Goods) framed as a letter from Bill, in the hand-refresh family. In 2001 Trainers named after characters were on the rise, a trend the ★VS set pushed further.

Energy Stadiumエネルギースタジアム

A Trainer (Stadium). Stadiums stay in play and only one can be out at a time. This set carries three — this, Lucky Stadium and Broken Ground Gym — which was a lot for one expansion.

Energy Amplifierエネルギー増幅装置

A Trainer (Goods) built around Energy — the search-and-rearrange family. This set is unusually thick with Energy Trainers, four in all (101, 102, 109, 113), matching how decks were built at the time.

Counterattack Clawsはんげきのツメ

A Trainer (Goods) with an openly aggressive name. Most 2001 Trainers state their effect in the name, and all fifteen in this set follow that habit.

Magnifierピントレンズ

A Trainer (Goods) — a magnifier, in the family that interacts with coin flips and accuracy. Note that Pokémon Tools were still a subcategory of Trainer in 2001, not a separate card type.

Pokémon Personality Testポケモン性格判定

A Trainer (Goods) that manipulates the deck or hand — one of the odder ones. Across the fifteen Trainers here the roles split cleanly into healing, searching, disruption and field control, which shows the design intent.

Lucky Stadiumラッキースタジアム

A Trainer (Stadium), one of three here. Because Stadiums overwrite one another, carrying all three overlaps in role, and in practice decks ran only one or two.

Team Rocket's Evil Deedsロケット団の暗躍

A Trainer (Goods) in the disruption family. This set has little Team Rocket material, and this single Trainer is the only nod to it.

Thought Wave Machine怪電波マシーン

A rare Trainer (Goods) that interferes with the opponent's hand or deck. Five Trainers sit at rare here (108–112), and each swings the game hard on a single use.

EXP. ALL学習装置

A rare Trainer (Goods). EXP. ALL takes the experience from a knocked-out Pokémon and moves it elsewhere — the in-game item turned into a card, part of a run of game items being ported into the TCG at the time.

Broken Ground Gymでこぼこジム

A rare Trainer (Stadium), and the only rare among this set's three Stadiums. A Stadium at rare is unusual, which suggests the effect was judged unusually far-reaching.

Impostor Oak's Inventionにせオーキドの発明

A rare Trainer (Goods) built on the idea of an impostor Professor Oak. 2001 was the year character-named cards expanded, largely through ★VS, and this sits in that current.

Radio Towerラジオとう

A rare Trainer (Stadium) depicting the Radio Tower in Goldenrod. All three Stadiums here are places turned into cards — a stadium, Lucky Stadium and the tower — and together they tell one story about place.

Miracle Energyミラクルエネルギー

The set's only Energy card, and a holo. Miracle Energy is a Special Energy, and a holo-printed Energy is unusual. Of the 113 cards, 98 are Pokémon, 14 Trainers and one Energy — this one.

Bugsy's Butterfreeツクシのバタフリー

Bugsy's Butterfree. Grass, 60 HP. All six of Bugsy's cards are Grass, fitting a Bug-type leader. Butterfree had not been printed since 1996, and ★VS mixes in familiar faces like this.

Bugsy's Beedrillツクシのスピアー

Bugsy's Beedrill. Grass, 60 HP, unseen since the 1996 Base Set. The Grass run in ★VS is entirely Bug — Butterfree, Beedrill, Pinsir, Ledian and Yanma, nothing else.

Bugsy's Pinsirツクシのカイロス

Bugsy's Pinsir. Grass, 60 HP, having debuted only in the 2000 seventh expansion. Bugsy's group is almost all 60 HP — only Yanma sits at 50 — so the group's bulk is uniform.

Bugsy's Ledianツクシのレディアン

Bugsy's Ledian. Grass, 60 HP. A Light Ledian also exists in the tenth expansion (n4 010). ★VS cards carry the owner's name in front, so the same Pokémon counts as a different card here.

Bugsy's Yanmaツクシのヤンヤンマ

Bugsy's Yanma. Grass, 50 HP — the only 50 in Bugsy's group. Yanma had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion and was still thin on cards.

Erika's Bellossomエリカのキレイハナ

Erika's Bellossom. Grass, 70 HP. Her group is two cards — Bellossom and Jumpluff. Bellossom had last appeared in the 2000 eighth expansion, and 2001 also brought a 001/P promo insert in April.

Erika's Jumpluffエリカのワタッコ

Erika's Jumpluff. Grass, 60 HP, only debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion. Two cards is a thin showing for a Grass leader, which shows ★VS did not scale group size to a character's importance.

Janine's Beedrillアンズのスピアー

Janine's Beedrill. Grass, 60 HP. All seven of hers are Grass. She uses Poison in the games, but the TCG has no Poison type, so her team lands on Grass — the same treatment Koga gets.

Janine's Arbokアンズのアーボック

Janine's Arbok. Grass, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. A Poison-type printed as Grass reads oddly, but it was the compromise needed to fit the nine types of the era.

Janine's Venomothアンズのモルフォン

Janine's Venomoth. Grass, 60 HP. Her seven Grass cards all sit at 50 to 60 HP, with nothing at 70 — the whole group is light.

Janine's Weezingアンズのマタドガス

Janine's Weezing. Grass, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. Her group contains no holo — only two of the 21 groups lack one, Whitney's and hers.

Janine's Ariadosアンズのアリアドス

Janine's Ariados. Grass, 60 HP. A Dark Ariados exists in the tenth expansion (n4 011); this version is the ordinary 60 HP card.

Janine's Crobatアンズのクロバット

Janine's Crobat. Grass, 60 HP. The same Pokémon appears in Koga's group (079) — father and daughter share it. Both are Grass at 60 HP, numerically identical.

Janine's Shuckleアンズのツボツボ

Janine's Shuckle. Grass, 50 HP — the only 50 in her group. Shuckle had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, and this is its second card.

Koga's Crobatキョウのクロバット

Koga's Crobat. Grass, 60 HP. His group is two cards — Crobat and Forretress. He uses Poison in the games, and with no Poison type his team reads as Grass. His daughter Janine has the same Crobat (066).

Koga's Forretressキョウのフォレトス

Koga's Forretress. Grass, 60 HP. A Dark Forretress exists in the tenth expansion (n4 008); this is the ordinary Grass print, not holo.

Morty's Ninetalesマツバのキュウコン

Morty's Ninetales. Fire, 60 HP. His seven cards run across Psychic, Fire, Fighting, Darkness and Colorless — the only group that crosses types, which suits a Ghost-type leader and contrasts with the single-colour groups elsewhere.

Blaine's Typhlosionカツラのバクフーン

Blaine's Typhlosion. Fire, 70 HP. His group is also two cards — Typhlosion and Magcargo. A Dark holo Typhlosion also exists in the tenth expansion (n4 022).

Blaine's Magcargoカツラのマグカルゴ

Blaine's Magcargo. Fire, 60 HP. His group is only two Fire cards, at 60 and 70. His group has no holo either — Magcargo is the ordinary 60 HP print.

Karen's Rapidashカリンのギャロップ

Karen's Rapidash. Fire, 60 HP. Her six are four Fire and two Darkness. Karen is the Darkness Elite Four member, yet her ★VS group leans Fire — the reverse of what you would expect.

Karen's Magmarカリンのブーバー

Karen's Magmar. Fire, 50 HP — the only 50 in her group — and unseen since 1997.

Karen's Flareonカリンのブースター

Karen's Flareon. Fire, 60 HP. A Light Flareon exists in the tenth expansion (n4 019) at 80 HP — a twenty-point gap.

Karen's Houndoomカリンのヘルガー

Karen's Houndoom. Fire, 60 HP. A Dark holo Houndoom exists in the tenth expansion (n4 024). This one is an ordinary Fire card, and its 60 HP matches the Dark version exactly.

Rocket's EnteiR団のエンテイ

Rocket's Entei, a holo. Fire, 70 HP — the only 70 in the Rocket group. The star of the 2000 film, and in 2001 it ends up in Team Rocket's hands.

Lance's Charizardワタルのリザードン

Lance's Charizard. Fire, 80 HP. His six run across Fire, Water, Fighting, Colorless and Lightning — broad, as a Dragon trainer's should be. Charizard had not appeared since 1996, and at 80 HP it ties for the highest in his group with Ampharos.

Pryce's Dewgongヤナギのジュゴン

Pryce's Dewgong. Water, 60 HP. His seven are six Water and one Darkness. He leads with Ice in the games, but the TCG has no Ice type, so Water stands in — every ★VS type is mapped onto the nine that existed.

Pryce's Cloysterヤナギのパルシェン

Pryce's Cloyster. Water, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. His six Water cards all sit at 50 to 60 HP, with only Articuno at 70 — a low-slung group.

Pryce's Laprasヤナギのラプラス

Pryce's Lapras. Water, 60 HP. The same Pokémon also appears in Misty's group (057), giving two versions. Both are 60 HP — the numbers are identical; only the owner differs.

Pryce's Articunoヤナギのフリーザー

Pryce's Articuno, a Legendary bird. Water, 70 HP. ★VS does something unusual: it assigns Legendaries to owners. Articuno goes to Pryce, while Raikou, Entei and Suicune fall under Team Rocket.

Pryce's Piloswineヤナギのイノムー

Pryce's Piloswine. Water, 60 HP. A Light Piloswine exists in the tenth expansion (n4 041) at 90 HP — a thirty-point gap for the same Pokémon, which is very much a 2001 phenomenon.

Pryce's Delibirdヤナギのデリバード

Pryce's Delibird. Water, 50 HP. The same Pokémon is Colorless in Falkner's group (006) and Water here — a clear case of type following the owner in ★VS.

Clair's Blastoiseイブキのカメックス

Clair's Blastoise. Water, 70 HP. Her seven are six Water and one Colorless. She is the Dragon leader in the games, but the TCG had no Dragon type then, so her team lands on Water and Colorless.

Clair's Jynxイブキのルージュラ

Clair's Jynx. Water, 50 HP — the lowest in her group. Jynx had last appeared in the 2000 eighth expansion, and the same Pokémon also sits in Will's group (074).

Clair's Gyaradosイブキのギャラドス

Clair's Gyarados. Water, 70 HP, unseen since 1997. The same Pokémon is also in Lance's group (098), and 2000 had already produced a Shining Gyarados in the ninth expansion.

Clair's Politoedイブキのニョロトノ

Clair's Politoed. Water, 60 HP, having debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion. Her six Water cards run 50 to 70 HP, a narrow spread.

Clair's Mantineイブキのマンタイン

Clair's Mantine. Water, 60 HP, only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion — its second card. Mantine is an odd fit for her in-game team, which shows ★VS groups are not always a literal copy of the games.

Clair's Kingdraイブキのキングドラ

Clair's Kingdra. Water, 70 HP, last printed in the 2000 seventh expansion. The same card appears in Lance's group (102), so the two Dragon trainers share a Pokémon.

Misty's Laprasカスミのラプラス

Misty's Lapras. Water, 60 HP. Her group is also just two cards — Lapras and Quagsire. The same Pokémon is in Pryce's group (041), likewise at 60 HP.

Misty's Quagsireカスミのヌオー

Misty's Quagsire. Water, 60 HP, having debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion. Two cards only, because she too is a Kanto leader — the Kanto Gym Leaders generally get smaller groups in ★VS.

Rocket's SuicuneR団のスイクン

Rocket's Suicune, a holo. Water, 60 HP. All four of Rocket's cards are holo — the only fully holo group in ★VS. The three beasts plus Wobbuffet was a popular configuration in decks of the time.

Lance's Gyaradosワタルのギャラドス

Lance's Gyarados. Water, 70 HP. The same Pokémon is in Clair's group (048). With Dragonite, Kingdra and Aerodactyl alongside, his group reads as a dragon trainer's roster.

Lance's Kingdraワタルのキングドラ

Lance's Kingdra. Water, 70 HP, matching Clair's copy (052) exactly. All six of his cards fall between 60 and 80 HP, so nothing in the group is a dead card.

Jasmine's Raichuミカンのライチュウ

Jasmine's Raichu. Lightning, 60 HP. Her six are five Lightning and one Metal. Raichu had not appeared since 1996, and the same Pokémon turns up in Lt. Surge's group (053) — two cards, two owners.

Jasmine's Magnetonミカンのレアコイル

Jasmine's Magneton. Lightning, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. In the games Jasmine is a Steel-type leader, yet her ★VS group is mostly Lightning, with a single Steel card in Steelix.

Jasmine's Electabuzzミカンのエレブー

Jasmine's Electabuzz. Lightning, 50 HP — the only 50 in her group — and unseen since 1997.

Jasmine's Jolteonミカンのサンダース

Jasmine's Jolteon. Lightning, 60 HP, last printed in the 2000 seventh expansion. A Light Jolteon also exists in the tenth expansion (n4 043), so 2001 produced two.

Jasmine's Ampharosミカンのデンリュウ

Jasmine's Ampharos. Lightning, 70 HP — the highest in her group alongside Steelix. The same Pokémon also has a Dark card in the tenth expansion (n4 046) and one in Lance's group (101): three Ampharos in 2001 alone.

Lt. Surge's Raichuマチスのライチュウ

Lt. Surge's Raichu. Lightning, 60 HP. His group is only two cards — Raichu and Lanturn — the smallest in all of ★VS. The same Pokémon is in Jasmine's group (027), giving two versions.

Lt. Surge's Lanturnマチスのランターン

Lt. Surge's Lanturn. Lightning, 60 HP, only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion. Two cards is all he gets because he is a Kanto leader, with little Gold and Silver material to draw on.

Rocket's RaikouR団のライコウ

Rocket's Raikou, a holo. Lightning, 60 HP. Team Rocket holding one of the three Legendary beasts is a premise only ★VS would attempt — wild Legendaries in the games, given an owner on the card.

Lance's Ampharosワタルのデンリュウ

Lance's Ampharos. Lightning, 80 HP. The same Pokémon also has a Dark card (046) and one in Jasmine's group (031) in 2001 — three in all, and this is the highest at 80 HP.

Morty's Gengarマツバのゲンガー

Morty's Gengar. Psychic, 70 HP — the highest in his group and unseen since the 2000 seventh expansion. It is the Ghost leader's ace, though it is not the holo — his group has none.

Morty's Hypnoマツバのスリーパー

Morty's Hypno. Psychic, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. Psychic accounts for three of his seven — Gengar, Hypno and Misdreavus — with Fire, Fighting, Darkness and Colorless filling out the rest.

Morty's Misdreavusマツバのムウマ

Morty's Misdreavus. Psychic, 50 HP — the lowest in his group, level with Murkrow. Misdreavus debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, and this is its second card.

Sabrina's Xatuナツメのネイティオ

Sabrina's Xatu. Psychic, 70 HP. Her group is also only two cards — Xatu and Espeon. Xatu had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, and this is its second card.

Sabrina's Espeonナツメのエーフィ

Sabrina's Espeon. Psychic, 60 HP. A Dark holo Espeon exists in the tenth expansion (n4 067) and another in Will's group (076), making three in 2001. This version is the ordinary one.

Will's Slowbroイツキのヤドラン

Will's Slowbro. Psychic, 60 HP. Will is one of the few characters given seven cards, which shows how much room the Elite Four got. All seven are Psychic, entirely consistent.

Will's Exeggutorイツキのナッシー

Will's Exeggutor. Psychic, 60 HP. A Dark Exeggutor exists in the tenth expansion (n4 056); this is the ordinary Psychic 60 HP print.

Will's Jynxイツキのルージュラ

Will's Jynx. Psychic, 50 HP — the lowest in his group, level with Girafarig. The same Pokémon sits in Clair's group (047), giving two versions.

Will's Xatuイツキのネイティオ

Will's Xatu. Psychic, 60 HP. The same Pokémon is in Sabrina's group (055) at 70 HP; here it is 60. So HP shifts by ten with the owner even for one species.

Will's Espeonイツキのエーフィ

Will's Espeon. Psychic, 60 HP. Espeon appeared three times in 2001 — this, Sabrina's, and the Dark holo in the tenth expansion — and ★VS accounts for two of them.

Will's Slowkingイツキのヤドキング

Will's Slowking. Psychic, 70 HP — the only 70 in his group. A Dark Slowking also exists in the tenth expansion (n4 061).

Will's Girafarigイツキのキリンリキ

Will's Girafarig. Psychic, 50 HP, one of the two lowest in his group. Girafarig had only debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion, and this is its second card.

Rocket's WobbuffetR団のソーナンス

Rocket's Wobbuffet, a holo. Psychic, 70 HP. Team Rocket's four cards run Psychic, Lightning, Fire and Water, and the premise is that Rocket owns the three Legendary beasts — Raikou, Entei and Suicune. Wobbuffet is the only non-Legendary among them.

Morty's Marowakマツバのガラガラ

Morty's Marowak. Fighting, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. A Fighting card in a Ghost leader's group follows his in-game team — ★VS reproduces each character's roster fairly faithfully.

Chuck's Primeapeシジマのオコリザル

Chuck's Primeape. Fighting, 60 HP. His six are four Fighting and two Colorless, exactly as a Fighting-type leader's should be — one of the tidier groups in the set.

Chuck's Poliwrathシジマのニョロボン

Chuck's Poliwrath. Fighting, 70 HP — the only 70 in his group — and unseen since 1997.

Chuck's Rhydonシジマのサイドン

Chuck's Rhydon. Fighting, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. The pre-evolution Rhyhorn is not in ★VS, so this card stands alone.

Chuck's Donphanシジマのドンファン

Chuck's Donphan. Fighting, 60 HP. The same Pokémon has a Dark holo in the tenth expansion (n4 078). This version is an ordinary 60 HP card, not holo.

Brock's Omastarタケシのオムスター

Brock's Omastar. Fighting, 70 HP. His group is two cards — Omastar and Kabutops. He leads with Rock in the games, and with no Rock type in the TCG his team reads as Fighting.

Brock's Kabutopsタケシのカブトプス

Brock's Kabutops. Fighting, 60 HP. A Shining Kabutops exists in the tenth expansion (n4 080) at 80 HP — a twenty-point gap between the two.

Bruno's Machampシバのカイリキー

Bruno's Machamp. Fighting, 80 HP. His six are four Fighting, one Metal, one Colorless. Machamp had not appeared since 1996, and the ★VS version sits at 80 HP — high for this set.

Bruno's Hitmonleeシバのサワムラー

Bruno's Hitmonlee. Fighting, 60 HP. The same card is in the tenth expansion (n4 075), and here it sits alongside Hitmonchan (083) — the paired duo together in one group.

Bruno's Hitmonchanシバのエビワラー

Bruno's Hitmonchan. Fighting, 60 HP — the partner to Hitmonlee and likewise 60 HP. Bruno is the Fighting Elite Four member, so these two anchor his group.

Bruno's Hitmontopシバのカポエラー

Bruno's Hitmontop. Fighting, 60 HP, having debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion — its second card. The same Pokémon had also been a 2000 cinema handout, paired with Igglybuff.

Lance's Aerodactylワタルのプテラ

Lance's Aerodactyl. Fighting, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. The same Pokémon also had art on Ruin Wall in the tenth expansion (2000, Japan only) and returns again here.

Morty's Murkrowマツバのヤミカラス

Morty's Murkrow. Darkness, 50 HP — the only Darkness card in his group. Murkrow had only debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion, when Darkness cards were still few.

Pryce's Sneaselヤナギのニューラ

Pryce's Sneasel. Darkness, 50 HP — the only Darkness in his group and its lowest HP. Sneasel had only debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion.

Karen's Tyranitarカリンのバンギラス

Karen's Tyranitar, a holo. Darkness, 70 HP — one of two holos in her group. The same Pokémon has a Dark holo (079, Fighting 90 HP) and a Shining card (082, Darkness 80 HP) in the tenth expansion: three Tyranitar in 2001.

Karen's Umbreonカリンのブラッキー

Karen's Umbreon, a holo. Darkness, 60 HP — her other holo. Umbreon had only debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion, and this is its second card — a fitting one for the Darkness Elite Four member.

Rocket's TyranitarR団のバンギラス

The only secret card in ★VS, and holo. Darkness, 80 HP, Stage 2, placed at 142, outside the 141. This set introduced Japan to the practice of numbering a secret past the end of the list, and later Japanese sets kept it. It is the final stage of the Larvitar and Pupitar line — all three sit in the tenth expansion, not here.

Bugsy's Scizorツクシのハッサム

Bugsy's Scizor, the group's only holo. Metal, 60 HP. Bugsy's six are Grass except this single Metal card. ★VS keeps a group to one colour but will switch the type on the holo, and this is the case.

Jasmine's Steelixミカンのハガネール

Jasmine's Steelix. Metal, 80 HP — the only Steel in her group and its highest HP. A Shining Steelix exists in the tenth expansion (n4 084), a Basic at 90 HP.

Bruno's Steelixシバのハガネール

Bruno's Steelix. Metal, 80 HP — the only Metal in his group and its highest HP. The same Pokémon is in Jasmine's group (032) and as a Shining card (084), making three in 2001.

Falkner's Pidgeotハヤトのピジョット

Falkner's Pidgeot. Colorless, 60 HP. ★VS keeps every card's HP packed into the 50–80 band, and this sits at the low end. Because a 30-card pack was meant to be played straight out of the wrapper, the set avoids printing anything outright weak.

Falkner's Fearowハヤトのオニドリル

Falkner's Fearow. Colorless, 60 HP. All seven of Falkner's cards are Colorless, true to a Flying-type leader. In ★VS each owner's cards hold to one colour, so collecting a full group gives you a single-colour deck.

Falkner's Farfetch'dハヤトのカモネギ

Falkner's Farfetch'd. Colorless, 50 HP. Two of Falkner's seven sit at 50 — this and Delibird — with the other five at 60, so even inside one group the light and heavy Pokémon stay distinguishable.

Falkner's Dodrioハヤトのドードリオ

Falkner's Dodrio. Colorless, 60 HP. The Doduo line had not appeared since 1997, and ★VS often leaves out the pre-evolution, so this one stands alone — a compromise forced by the 30-card pack.

Falkner's Togeticハヤトのトゲチック

Falkner's Togetic. Colorless, 60 HP. Togepi had only debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion, and only the evolved form appears here. Each ★VS group is built from the Pokémon that character actually fields.

Falkner's Delibirdハヤトのデリバード

Falkner's Delibird. Colorless, 50 HP. The same Pokémon also appears in Pryce's group (045) as a Water card — in ★VS one species can turn up under several owners, and the type changes with the owner. That is the set's real charm.

Falkner's Skarmoryハヤトのエアームド

Falkner's Skarmory, the group's only holo. Colorless, 60 HP. ★VS places exactly one holo in each group, and this is Falkner's. Across all 141 cards only nine are holo.

Whitney's Clefableアカネのピクシー

Whitney's Clefable. Colorless, 60 HP. All six of Whitney's are Colorless, as a Normal-type leader's should be. Clefable had not appeared since 1996, and ★VS's Colorless group draws heavily on the 1996 roster.

Whitney's Wigglytuffアカネのプクリン

Whitney's Wigglytuff. Colorless, 60 HP. The same Pokémon has two cards in the tenth expansion (n4 090 and 091, Light and Dark), so 2001 produced three Wigglytuff in all.

Whitney's Persianアカネのペルシアン

Whitney's Persian. Colorless, 60 HP, unseen since 1997. Whitney's six all sit at 60 or 70 HP with nothing at 50 — the groups differ noticeably in how much bulk they carry.

Whitney's Lickitungアカネのベロリンガ

Whitney's Lickitung. Colorless, 70 HP — tied for the highest in her group with Miltank. Lickitung had not appeared since 1997, and each ★VS group slips in one or two of these older faces.

Whitney's Furretアカネのオオタチ

Whitney's Furret. Colorless, 60 HP, having debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion. Her group centres on Normal-types added in Gold and Silver, splitting roughly evenly between 1996 faces and newcomers.

Whitney's Miltankアカネのミルタンク

Whitney's Miltank. Colorless, 70 HP, only just debuted in the 2000 eighth expansion and positioned as her ace. Yet her group contains no holo at all — the only one of the 21 groups without one.

Morty's Noctowlマツバのヨルノズク

Morty's Noctowl. Colorless, 60 HP. The same Pokémon appears as a Shining card in the tenth expansion (n4 098). This one is the ordinary owl — a separate card entirely.

Chuck's Taurosシジマのケンタロス

Chuck's Tauros. Colorless, 60 HP, one of two Colorless in his group and unseen since 1996. ★VS deliberately scatters 1996 faces through the groups.

Chuck's Granbullシジマのグランブル

Chuck's Granbull. Colorless, 60 HP, having debuted in the 2000 seventh expansion. Tauros from 1996 and Granbull from 2000 sitting in the same group is a small picture of how this set mixes generations.

Clair's Dragoniteイブキのカイリュー

Clair's Dragonite. Colorless, 70 HP — the only Colorless in her group and its highest HP. Dragonite had not appeared since 1996, and Dragon-types read as Colorless in ★VS.

Bruno's Ursaringシバのリングマ

Bruno's Ursaring. Colorless, 60 HP — the only Colorless in his group. A Dark Ursaring exists in the tenth expansion (n4 096).

Lance's Dragoniteワタルのカイリュー

Lance's Dragonite. Colorless, 70 HP. The same card is in Clair's group (049) — the two Dragon trainers share their ace. Both are Colorless at 70 HP, numerically identical.

Falkner's Technical Machine 01ハヤトのワザマシン01

Falkner's Technical Machine 01. ★VS introduced Technical Machines as a card type, so all twenty-seven here (103–129) are new. Each character normally gets an 01 and an 02, and the pair are designed to complement each other.

Falkner's Technical Machine 02ハヤトのワザマシン02

Falkner's Technical Machine 02, the partner to 01. Each ★VS Technical Machine carries its owner's name, so the same number under a different character is a different card. Of the twenty-seven, thirteen characters have two each and Team Rocket has one.

Bugsy's Technical Machine 01ツクシのワザマシン01

Bugsy's Technical Machine 01. His pair (105 and 106) is built to match a group that is entirely Grass. At the time a Technical Machine was used once and discarded, not attached to a Pokémon.

Bugsy's Technical Machine 02ツクシのワザマシン02

Bugsy's Technical Machine 02. The partner to 01. Technical Machines are about a fifth of the 141 cards, which shows ★VS was designed to hand out ways of playing, not just Pokémon.

Whitney's Technical Machine 01アカネのワザマシン01

Whitney's Technical Machine 01. Her group had no holo, yet she still gets two Technical Machines — a group can be without a holo and still be fully equipped.

Whitney's Technical Machine 02アカネのワザマシン02

Whitney's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Since her group is six Colorless cards, the Machines are tuned to Colorless Pokémon.

Morty's Technical Machine 01マツバのワザマシン01

Morty's Technical Machine 01. His is the only group spanning five types, so the two Machines here are correspondingly broad. The group's type make-up shapes the Machine design.

Morty's Technical Machine 02マツバのワザマシン02

Morty's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Because each ★VS Machine carries its owner's name, the same effect exists under thirteen different names.

Jasmine's Technical Machine 01ミカンのワザマシン01

Jasmine's Technical Machine 01. Her group is five Lightning and one Metal, and the two Machines are aimed at those two types. The more lopsided the group, the clearer the Machines' job.

Jasmine's Technical Machine 02ミカンのワザマシン02

Jasmine's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Because a Machine is used once and discarded, decks were expected to run several. Twenty-seven in the set is what that style of play required.

Chuck's Technical Machine 01シジマのワザマシン01

Chuck's Technical Machine 01. His group is four Fighting and two Colorless, and the Machines lean Fighting. ★VS assumes you will play a group as a deck, so the Machines are issued to match its colour.

Chuck's Technical Machine 02シジマのワザマシン02

Chuck's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Thirteen characters get two Machines each; Team Rocket gets one, because its four-card group — three Legendaries plus Wobbuffet — is already unusual.

Pryce's Technical Machine 01ヤナギのワザマシン01

Pryce's Technical Machine 01. His group is six Water and one Darkness, and the Machines lean Water. With no Ice type in the TCG, Ice moves are expressed through Water Machines.

Pryce's Technical Machine 02ヤナギのワザマシン02

Pryce's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Machines count as Trainers, not Pokémon attacks, which is why twenty-seven of the 141 cards sit in the Trainer category.

Clair's Technical Machine 01イブキのワザマシン01

Clair's Technical Machine 01. Her group is six Water and one Colorless — a Dragon trainer with no Dragon type to use, so it lands on Water and Colorless, and the Machines follow.

Clair's Technical Machine 02イブキのワザマシン02

Clair's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. ★VS Machines only ever run to 01 and 02, standing for that character's two signature moves. No third was ever made.

Janine's Technical Machine 01アンズのワザマシン01

Janine's Technical Machine 01. Her group is seven Grass cards. A Poison user, but with no Poison type she is pushed onto Grass, and the Machines are Grass too.

Janine's Technical Machine 02アンズのワザマシン02

Janine's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Her group has no holo, yet the two Machines are still there — ★VS makes sure even a holo-less group is minimally equipped.

Will's Technical Machine 01イツキのワザマシン01

Will's Technical Machine 01. His group is seven Psychic cards, fully unified. The two Machines match, and seven Pokémon to two Machines is about the ratio every group uses.

Will's Technical Machine 02イツキのワザマシン02

Will's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Because a Machine's effect is one-shot, a ★VS 30-card pack is said to have always contained two — so the pack was equipped for play the moment you opened it.

Bruno's Technical Machine 01シバのワザマシン01

Bruno's Technical Machine 01. His group is four Fighting, one Metal, one Colorless, and the Machines lean Fighting — fitting for the Fighting Elite Four member.

Bruno's Technical Machine 02シバのワザマシン02

Bruno's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Twenty-seven Machines is about 19% of the 141 cards, and with 103 Pokémon against 39 Trainers (27 Machines plus 12 items), this is a Trainer-heavy set.

Karen's Technical Machine 01カリンのワザマシン01

Karen's Technical Machine 01. Her group is four Fire and two Darkness — the Darkness Elite Four member leaning Fire, and the Machines follow that.

Karen's Technical Machine 02カリンのワザマシン02

Karen's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01. Her group carries two holos — Tyranitar and Umbreon — so both of her Darkness cards are holo.

Rocket's Technical Machine 01R団のワザマシン01

Rocket's Technical Machine 01. The only group in ★VS with just one Machine. Its four cards — three Legendaries plus Wobbuffet — are all holo, an unusual make-up that left room for only one.

Lance's Technical Machine 01ワタルのワザマシン01

Lance's Technical Machine 01. His group spans five types, matching Morty's, so the two Machines are broad in scope. A dragon trainer's roster scatters across colours, which makes the Machines matter more.

Lance's Technical Machine 02ワタルのワザマシン02

Lance's Technical Machine 02, paired with 01 and the last of the twenty-seven Machines. From 130 the set returns to ordinary Trainers — Potion, Moo-Moo Milk and the rest — and the numbering marks the change of card class.

Potionきずぐすり

Potion. The basic damage-healing item. All twelve ordinary Trainers here (130–141) are staples dating to 1996 — the new machinery sits entirely on the Technical Machine side.

Moo-Moo Milkモーモーミルク

Moo-Moo Milk. A healing item, and one known for having its art replaced in English — the Japanese and English prints show different cows.

Full Healなんでもなおし

Full Heal. A status-clearing item. The ordinary Trainers run in blocks — three healing cards (130–132), two switching, four Energy, one recovery, then Master Ball — grouped by job.

Pokémon Reversalポケモンリバース

Pokémon Reversal, a switching card. The twelve Trainers are ordered by role, so reading them straight through shows you how a deck of the era was assembled.

Switchポケモンいれかえ

Switch — a staple since 1996 that swaps a Pokémon without paying the retreat cost. Unchanged here, and assumed to be one per 30-card pack.

Warp Pointワープポイント

Warp Point, a switch card that moves the opponent's Pokémon as well. ★VS lines up Trainers that do the same job in different directions, so the pack offers a choice.

Super Scoop Upスーパーポケモン回収

Super Scoop Up, returning a Pokémon from play to hand. It involves a coin flip, a design used widely on cards of this period.

Energy Flowエネルギーサーキュレート

Energy Flow, first of the four Energy-manipulation cards (137–140). ★VS carries four such Trainers, a concession to making a 30-card pack actually have enough Energy.

Energy Chargeエネルギーチャージ

Energy Charge, in the acceleration family. A ★VS pack carries eleven basic Energy, so a single card like this noticeably changes how the deck runs.

Energy Arkエネルギーアーク

Energy Ark, the third of four. Four consecutive cards doing similar work reflects how ★VS thickened its Energy support so a single pack could be played on its own.

Energy Restoreエネルギー再生

Energy Restore, the fourth. This is the one card whose rarity the source does not record; since the other eleven in the block are commons, it is treated as common here.

Master Ballマスターボール

Master Ball, closing the ordinary Trainers and the best-known Pokémon search item. In a set of 141 cards plus one secret, this holds the last ordinary number.

Ivysaurフシギソウ

Ivysaur, one of sixteen commons. The ★web print is a rework of the 1996 Expansion Pack card No.008: Leech Seed costs two Grass for 20, Vine Whip three for 40. Where the 1996 card had 60 HP this one carries 70 — several ★web cards adjust the numbers, which is why the set is not a straight reprint run.

Nidoran♂ニドラン♂

Nidoran♂, from 1996 No.005. Focus Energy is a single Colorless; Horn Rush costs Grass and Colorless for 40. The 1996 card was 40 HP, this one 50 — and the whole Nidoran line sits inside ★web, from 002 to 033, which few of the early sets managed.

Venonatコンパン

Venonat, from Pokémon Jungle No.004. A 50 HP Grass-type with a one-Energy attack that stops the defender doing something and Psybeam at 20. Jungle's Venonat shared the artwork, so the scan beside this entry is the 1997 printing.

Exeggcuteタマタマ

Exeggcute, from Jungle No.006. Hypnosis costs a Psychic Energy on a Grass card — the sort of off-type cost the early sets liked — and Leech Seed takes two Grass for 20. Its evolution Exeggutor is at 020.

Tangelaモンジャラ

Tangela, from 1996 No.007, unchanged at 50 HP, with Stun Spore at one Grass for 10 and Poison Whip at three Energy for 10. Across the thirty-eight cards here that had an earlier printing, twenty-two keep their HP and sixteen do not — so ★web is mostly a reprint with the occasional correction, not a rebuild.

Dark Ivysaurわるいフシギソウ

Dark Ivysaur, Grass, 50 HP, uncommon, and one of four cards in this set with no scan anywhere in the archive. Its attack is a single three-Energy Fury Strikes. The Dark Ivysaur is a rare card in its own right — it was never printed in English — so the missing photograph is a real gap rather than an oversight.

Nidorinoニドリーノ

Nidorino, from 1996 No.010. One attack: two Grass for 60, an unusually blunt card for a 60 HP uncommon. With Nidoran♂ at 002 and Nidoking at 033 this is the middle of a three-stage line that ★web carries end to end.

Venomothモルフォン

Venomoth, from Jungle No.015, where it was holofoil. Here a 60 HP uncommon with free retreat and a two-attack spread at 20 each. Free retreat on a 60 HP body is the reason it still turns up in old ★web decks.

Exeggutorナッシー

Exeggutor, from Jungle No.012, at 80 HP. Teleport costs one Psychic and switches it out; the second attack is Colorless and scales off the number of Energy attached. Big retreat cost, big body — the opposite design to its pre-evolution at 004.

Dark Weezingわるいマタドガス

Dark Weezing, from Team Rocket No.011 — holofoil there, uncommon here, 60 HP in both. Mass Explosion is the last-resort attack; Stun Gas is two Grass for 20. It is one of ten Dark cards in the set, and one of eight that came over from Team Rocket.

Nidokingニドキング

Nidoking, the first rare, from 1996 No.013 where it was holofoil. 90 HP, one attack at three Energy, one at three Grass. With Nidoran♂ at 002 and Nidorino at 018, ★web carries the full three-stage line — something the 1996 set did not do in one place.

Dark Venusaurわるいフシギバナ

Dark Venusaur, Grass, 70 HP, and the fourth card here with no scan, and the highest-rarity of the four. One attack, three Grass for 30. Dark Venusaur was a Japanese-only card, so unlike the 44 photographs on this page there is nothing to borrow from the English side.

Growlitheガーディ

Growlithe, from 1996 No.018. Here it drops to 40 HP from the 1996 card's 60, with Ember at 30. Its evolution Arcanine is at 023, and that one drops further still.

Charmeleonリザード

Charmeleon, from 1996 No.017, at the same 80 HP. Slash costs three Colorless for 30, Flamethrower two Fire and one Colorless for 50. Charmander itself is not in ★web — the set starts mid-line and leaves the basic out.

Vulpixロコン

Vulpix, from 1996 No.015. A single attack, one Fire Energy for 10. With Ninetales at 034 this is the only complete evolution pair in the Fire commons, so ★web can actually build the line from scratch.

Dark Charmeleonわるいリザード

Dark Charmeleon, from Team Rocket No.015, at 50 HP. Tail Slap is two Colorless for 20, Fireball three Fire for 70 — the biggest number on any common or uncommon here, paid for with a coin flip in the original. Sits alongside the ordinary Charmeleon at 007.

Arcanineウインディ

Arcanine, the sharpest stat change in the set: 70 HP where the 1996 card No.019 had 100, and a single three-Energy attack for 50. Growlithe at 006 also dropped. If any entry shows that ★web rebalanced rather than reprinted, it is this pair.

Ninetalesキュウコン

Ninetales, from 1996 No.022, holofoil there and a plain rare here. 80 HP, a Colorless two-Energy attack that lures, and Fire Blast at four Fire for 80. Vulpix at 008 gives the pair.

Dark Charizardわるいリザードン

Dark Charizard, from Team Rocket No.017, holofoil in both. 80 HP, a one-Energy attack for 10 and a two-Fire attack that keeps going while the flips hold. It is the card everyone remembers from this set, and the only Dark card here that stayed holofoil.

Moltresファイヤー

Moltres, from Mystery of the Fossils No.009, holofoil in both, at the same 70 HP. One attack: three Fire for 60. The three legendary birds reached ★web as a group — 043, 045 and 046 — all as holofoils, as they had been in 1997.

Wartortleカメール

Wartortle, from 1996 No.027, at 70 HP. Bubble is one Water for 10, Surf two for 30. As with Charmeleon the basic is missing: Squirtle is not in this set.

Marillマリル

Marill, borrowed from Southern Islands No.011 — the only ★web card whose scan comes from the 1999 film set rather than from 1996–98. Water Gun costs two Water for 10, weak for a 50 HP card, and this is Marill's third printing in three years.

Dark Wartortleわるいカメール

Dark Wartortle, from Team Rocket No.021, at 60 HP. Doubleslap is one Water; Mirror Shell two Water and Colorless. The second of the three Dark evolution cards — Ivysaur, Charmeleon, Wartortle — that ★web keeps together.

Magikarpコイキング

Magikarp, from 1996 No.031. 30 HP, one Water for almost nothing, and Dragon Rage at two Water for 50 — the joke card of the set. It was uncommon in 1996 and is a rare here, a demotion-by-promotion the set repeats on several old commons. Gyarados is not in ★web, so the line stops here.

Dark Blastoiseわるいカメックス

Dark Blastoise, from Team Rocket No.024, holofoil in both, 70 HP. Hydro Cannon is two Water; Rocket Tackle is three Energy for 40 with recoil on the attacker. The last of the Dark holofoils.

Articunoフリーザー

Articuno, from Mystery of the Fossils No.023, holofoil in both, 70 HP. Diamond Dust is three Water for only 20. A 70 HP holo whose attack does not match its rarity — the card is about the name and the art.

Voltorbビリリダマ

Voltorb, from 1996 No.037, at 40 HP with a single Colorless attack for 10. Electrode is at 026, so the line is complete — and unlike the Fire and Water lines, both halves came across.

Surfing Pikachuピカチュウ

Pikachu, and the only card in the set whose English name adds a word: the sources list it as Surfing Pikachu, because its attack is Surf, two Water for 30 on a Lightning card. The off-type cost is the whole point of the card, and it is the only Pikachu in ★web.

Electrodeマルマイン

Electrode, from 1996 No.040, at 70 HP against the 1996 card's 80. Sonicboom is two Lightning for 30; Energy Spike three Lightning and does more the more Energy the defender carries. Voltorb at 011 completes the line.

Raichuライチュウ

Raichu, from 1996 No.038, holofoil there. 80 HP, one attack at three Energy for 20, Thunder at four for 60. The third and last stage of the Pikachu line, and the only one of the three that is a rare here.

Zapdosサンダー

Zapdos, from 1996 No.042, holofoil there, and here 70 HP where 1996 had 90. One attack, three Lightning for 30 plus a burn. The third of the birds, and the second-largest cut to any HP in the set after Arcanine.

Slowpokeヤドン

Slowpoke, from Mystery of the Fossils No.027. Headbutt is one Colorless for 10; Amnesia costs two Psychic and shuts off one of the defender's attacks. Its evolution Dark Slowbro is at 028 — the Dark version rather than the ordinary one.

Dark Kadabraわるいユンゲラー

Dark Kadabra, from Team Rocket No.034, at 50 HP. One attack, two Psychic for 30. Kadabra is famously absent from the English sets of this era, which makes the Japanese ★web printing the accessible copy of the card.

Dark Slowbroわるいヤドラン

Dark Slowbro, from Team Rocket No.036 — holofoil there, uncommon here, still 60 HP. Its single attack is two Psychic for 40 with a random element. Paired with Slowpoke at 012.

Dark Alakazamわるいフーディン

Dark Alakazam, from Team Rocket No.035, holofoil there and a plain rare here, at the same 60 HP. Teleport Blast is three Psychic for 30; Mind Shock three Psychic for 40. The heaviest of the Dark cards in attack terms.

Gengarゲンガー

Gengar, from Mystery of the Fossils No.031, holofoil in both, 80 HP. One attack, three Psychic for 30. Gastly and Haunter are not in ★web, so as with Dragonite the set carries the final stage alone.

Diglettディグダ

Diglett, from 1996 No.052. At 50 HP against the 1996 card's 30, the largest increase in the set. Peck costs one Fighting for 10. Dugtrio follows at 029, so again a complete pair.

Hitmonleeサワムラー

Hitmonlee, from Mystery of the Fossils No.039 — where it was a holofoil rare. Here it is a common at 50 HP instead of 60, with Double Kick and Rolling Kick at 30. ★web regularly demotes a holo to a common and shaves its HP at the same time.

Dugtrioダグトリオ

Dugtrio, from 1996 No.056, at 80 HP on a Stage 1 — heavy for the era. Earth Wave costs three Fighting for 30. The Diglett at 013 is the fourth complete evolution pair in the set.

Machampカイリキー

Machamp, from 1996 No.057, holofoil there, and 90 HP here against 100. Two Fighting for a rage-style attack, three for 50. The last card in the set — and with it ★web closes on the same note it opened: an old card, renumbered, with its numbers trimmed.

Dragoniteカイリュー

Dragonite, from Mystery of the Fossils No.043, holofoil there and a plain rare here. 90 HP against the Fossils card's 100, with one attack: three Colorless for 60. Dratini and Dragonair are absent, so ★web offers the last stage only.

Team Rocket's Meowthロケット団のニャース

Team Rocket's Meowth, Colorless, 40 HP, rare, and the third of the four cards without a scan. Its attack scales with a coin flip. A Team Rocket–prefixed card that was never printed in English, which is why no borrowed face exists for it.

Bill's Teleporterマサキの転送装置

Bill's Teleporter, the first of six Trainers and one of the set's few genuinely new cards: it had appeared in the 2000 Neo Genesis set (No.084) and nowhere else. The ★web printing is what made it widely available, since the pack itself was mail-order only.

New Pokédex新ポケモン図鑑HANDY808

New Pokédex HANDY808, from Neo Genesis No.082. The model number in the name is the joke — 808 for the CPU of the era's handhelds. A Trainer that reorders the top of the deck, and one of the two Neo Genesis cards to reach ★web.

Max Reviveげんきのかたまり

Max Revive, the third Trainer. Not a reprint of 1996's げんきのかけら (Revive) — this is the stronger card, and its earlier printing sits in the Gym series rather than in the four sets ★web otherwise draws on. The set's mail-order purpose shows here: it is the card that puts the old Gym-era Trainers back in reach.

Hyper Devolution Spray退化スプレーHYPER

Hyper Devolution Spray, from the 2000 set Crossing the Ruins… No.073. Devolves one of your own evolved Pokémon and returns the Evolution card to hand — a card that exists to undo a bad evolution rather than to attack the opponent.

Pokémon Retransferポケモン再転送

Pokémon Retransfer, a Trainer and the second of the four cards with no scan. It puts one Pokémon and every card attached to it back into the deck. The name answers Bill's Teleporter at 015, and the two were plainly designed as a pair — one fetches, one returns.

Rocket's Sneak Attackロケット団のおねーさん

Rocket's Sneak Attack, from Team Rocket No.061, holofoil there and a plain rare here. Look at your opponent's hand and shuffle a Trainer from it back into their deck. The only card in ★web that touches the opponent's hand.

Koffingドガース

Koffing, and the first card in the set: 50 HP, Ram at one Colorless for 10, Confusion Gas for a single Grass. Koffing had been in the 1996 Expansion Pack and in Team Rocket, so this is its third printing in five years — and the first to open a numbered list.

Hoppipハネッコ

Hoppip, 40 HP. Sleep Powder asks for two Water and a Colorless on a Grass card, which is the sort of off-type cost the e-Card sets used to slow a card down. Hoppip had only arrived in the 2000 Neo Genesis set; this is its third card in three releases.

Caterpieキャタピー

Caterpie, 40 HP, with Headbutt at one Colorless and Entangling Thread at two. It had been 50 HP in 2000's Crossing the Ruins… and 40 in 1996; this goes back to 40. Metapod at 033 and Butterfree at 066 and 098 follow, so the line is complete twice over.

Ekansアーボ

Ekans, 50 HP, Poison Sting for one Grass. A purple snake printed as a Grass card — the TCG has no Poison type, so Ekans and Arbok (067 and 099) both sit in the Grass run, exactly as they had in 1997.

Oddishナゾノクサ

Oddish, 50 HP, Tackle at one Colorless and Sleep Seed at two. Oddish had appeared in four sets before this one; the line here runs Oddish 005, Gloom 034, Vileplume 068 and 100 — the longest family chain in the set.

Metapodトランセル

Metapod, 60 HP, Rollout for one Colorless, and an Ability that protects it while it sits there. The first of the sixteen uncommons, and lower HP than both its 1996 and 2000 cards — 60 against 70 in each case.

Gloomクサイハナ

Gloom, 70 HP, Razor Leaf at two Energy for 20 and Foul Odor at three for 30. Vileplume at 068 and 100, at 90 HP, is the payoff — the two-stage line is worth 30 HP and 10 damage between them.

Venusaurフシギバナ

Venusaur, 100 HP, the first of the thirty-two rares. Leech Seed is one Grass for 20; Fury Strikes is three Energy for 30 per heads. Its holofoil card at 097 is a different Venusaur entirely — Body Slam and a Harvest Bounty Ability — so the set prints the same Pokémon twice without repeating the card.

Butterfreeバタフリー

Butterfree, 80 HP, with no retreat cost at all and a Miraculous Powder Ability. Spiral Drain is three Energy for 40 and heals 10 back. This one is repeated at 098 with identical text — one of the twenty-five straight holofoil repeats in the set.

Arbokアーボック

Arbok, 70 HP, the only Stage 1 in the Grass rare run. Poison Spray costs one Grass and poisons without a flip; Poison Reaction then adds damage for each Special Condition on the defender. Repeated unchanged at 099.

Vileplumeラフレシア

Vileplume, 90 HP, with a Poison Pollen Ability and Petal Dance at two Energy for 30 per heads. The end of the Oddish line that starts at 005 — the longest family in the set, and the only one whose final stage appears twice in the rares. Repeated at 100.

Weezingマタドガス

Weezing, 80 HP, Foul Gas at two Energy and Misfire at three for 60 — the number that makes the card, since Misfire hits harder the more Energy is on the defender. Repeated at 101.

Meganiumメガニウム

Meganium, 100 HP, Sleep Powder at one Grass and Solarbeam at three for 50. Its holo at 102 is a different card — Poisonpowder and a Soothing Aroma Ability — the second of the seven pairs where the holofoil is not a reprint.

Venusaurフシギバナ

Venusaur, holofoil — and not the card at 065. This one has Body Slam at four Energy for 40 and a Harvest Bounty Ability, and it is drawn by Shin-ichi Yoshikawa rather than Atsuko Nishida. One of seven holos in the set that are genuinely different cards from the rare of the same name.

Butterfreeバタフリー

Butterfree, holofoil print of No.066 — same Spiral Drain, same Miraculous Powder, same illustrator, Sumiyoshi Kizuki. The only difference is the finish and the number, which is the case for twenty-five of the thirty-two holos here.

Arbokアーボック

Arbok, holofoil print of No.067. Identical text, identical artist. Worth having as a holo only because Poison Spray needs no flip: the card poisons on demand, and a poison that cannot miss is the reason it survived into the e-Card format.

Vileplumeラフレシア

Vileplume, holofoil print of No.068. Same Poison Pollen Ability, same Petal Dance. The Oddish family is one of four carried from basic to final stage inside this set — with Poliwag, Machop and Larvitar — and the only one of the four where every stage also appears at two rarities.

Weezingマタドガス

Weezing, holofoil print of No.069. Same Misfire at 60. The holo is the version that matters in play: a 60-damage attack that grows with the defender's Energy is the set's answer to decks that stack Energy on one Pokémon.

Meganiumメガニウム

Meganium, holofoil — a different card from No.070. Poisonpowder at four Energy for 40 and a Soothing Aroma Ability, drawn by Hajime Kusajima instead of Kagemaru Himeno. Where the rare attacks, this one heals and poisons.

Vulpixロコン

Vulpix, 50 HP, Tail Shake for one Fire and Flare for two. Its only earlier card was the 1996 one, so 2001 was the year it came back — and it came back twice, since Ninetales appears at both 072 and 104.

Ponytaポニータ

Ponyta, 40 HP, down from 50 in Team Rocket. Singe is one Fire; Smash Kick two Colorless for 20. Rapidash follows at 073 and 105, and both of those have no retreat cost at all, which is what makes the line worth assembling.

Magmarブーバー

Magmar, 60 HP — down from 70 in both 1997 and 2000. Flaming Punch at two Energy for 10, Thrash at three for 30 plus a flip. The set trims HP far more often than it raises it, and Magmar is one of the trims.

Charizardリザードン

Charizard, 120 HP and a retreat cost of three: Tail Smash at one Colorless and Flamethrower at three for 60. The card the set is remembered for, and the third of the seven where the holo at 103 is a different Charizard — Scorching Whirlwind for 120 with a Burning Energy Ability behind it.

Ninetalesキュウコン