2003 English edition almanac

The English set is roughly twice the Japanese sets it was built from, because it also absorbed the half decks that shipped with them.

Not in these Japanese sets (4 names): Drowzee, Golduck, Mr. Mime, Porygon

Compared with the Japanese cards of 2002.

Same H-numbering as Aquapolis. The five Crystal cards are the Japanese secrets of Split Earth and Mysterious Mountains, with one of the six left out.

Compared with the Japanese cards of 2002.

Half the size again in Japan, and the ex count differs for a reason worth knowing: three of the eight were constructed-deck cards there.

Not in this Japanese set (42 names, 54 cards): Aron, Blaziken, Combusken, Darkness Energy, Delcatty, Electrike, Energy Removal 2, Energy Restore, Energy Search, Energy Switch, Fighting Energy, Fire Energy, Grass Energy, Grovyle, Hariyama, Kirlia, Lairon, Lapras ex, Lightning Energy, Lum Berry, Magmar ex, Makuhita, Manectric, Marshtomp, Metal Energy, Mightyena, Mudkip, Poké Ball, Pokémon Reversal, Poochyena, Potion, Psychic Energy, Rainbow Energy, Ralts, Sceptile, Scyther ex, Skitty, Swampert, Switch, Torchic, Treecko, Water Energy

10 of those names also turn up elsewhere in Japan's 2003. 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 2003.

The English set is nearly double the Japanese one, again because the theme decks came with it.

Not in this Japanese set (47 names): Aerodactyl ex, Anorith, Arbok, Arcanine, Aron, Breloom, Cacnea, Delcatty, Dunsparce, Duskull, Eevee, Ekans, Electabuzz, Elekid, Espeon, Fearow, Flareon, Growlithe, Jolteon, Kabuto, Kabutops ex, Kirlia, Lairon, Lileep, Linoone, Lombre, Lotad, Murkrow, Mysterious Fossil, Nuzleaf, Omanyte, Omastar, Onix, Pelipper, Ralts, Seedot, Shiftry, Shroomish, Skitty, Slakoth, Spearow, Steelix, Umbreon, Vaporeon, Vigoroth, Wailmer, Wingull

38 of those names also turn up elsewhere in Japan's 2003. 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 2003.

Nine ex in English against six in Japan: Latias ex, Latios ex and Golem ex came from the constructed decks.

Not in this Japanese set (38 names, 46 cards): Bagon, Camerupt, Charizard, Charmander, Charmeleon, Combusken, Corphish, Crawdaunt, Flygon, Forretress, Geodude, Golem ex, Graveler, Grovyle, High Pressure System, Horsea, Houndoom, Houndour, Latias ex, Latios ex, Low Pressure System, Magnemite, Magneton, Marshtomp, Mudkip, Nincada, Ninjask, Numel, Pineco, Salamence, Seadra, Shelgon, Spoink, Swellow, Torchic, Trapinch, Treecko, Vibrava

15 of those names also turn up elsewhere in Japan's 2003. 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 2003.