Japan · 2013
This page covers all 336 Japanese cards of 2013, in five releases: 25 on 1 February, 86 on 15 March, 99 on 13 July, and 63 and 63 on 13 December. Four release days, five sets, and a year of three firsts: the Fairy type and Mega Evolution arrive in the December pair, and RR becomes the eighth rarity mark the game has used. The English edition of 2013 is 544 cards across five products, and 207 of these 336 cards are inside it — 86 of March's pack, 95 of July's, all 25 of February's foil set and one card of December's. The other 125 wait for XY on 5 February 2014, and 4 were never printed in English at all. What makes the year odd is the other half: 215 of English's 544 are cut from Japan's 2012 sets.
Five releases, 336 cards, 8 of them Fairy and 2 of them Mega — and the year the BW block ended and the XY block began
2013 is a small year in Japan that changes a great deal. Four release days and five sets, one of them a pack of 25 foil cards and one of them a pack of 99 reprints with no rarity symbols at all. On 13 December the December pair does three things at once: it prints the first Fairy-type Pokémon cards, it prints the first Mega Evolution cards — M Venusaur-EX at 230 HP and M Blastoise-EX at 220, the two tallest cards of the year — and it introduces RR, the rarity mark that means nothing more than this is the ordinary printing of an EX. In July the same block closes with the strangest product of its era, a 99-card reprint pack whose joke cards never left Japan.
The numbers do not move much; the rules do. 336 cards, thirty-eight of them Pokémon-EX from twenty-six names, 17 full-art cards and 4 gold cards as secrets, 27 cards printed past their own set total. 99 cards carry no rarity letter at all, because EX Battle Boost prints none. The tallest card is still an EX — 230 HP, the Mega — and the thing that actually changes is what an EX costs you: a Mega Evolution ends your turn, and a Fairy attacker needs an Energy type the game has not printed yet inside these packs.
Each set opens with what it was and when it landed, then every card in set order. The number line follows the card face. The February pack prints to 020, Megalo Cannon to 076, EX Battle Boost to 093, and both December packs to 060; where a card prints past its own total — 021/020–025/020, 077/076–086/076, 094/093–099/093, 061/060–063/060 — it is shown exactly as printed, not normalised to a dash. 27 of the 336 cards exist past the end of their set.
About the pictures and the numbers. Every card face on this page is a Japanese scan, and every stat — HP, type, stage, retreat cost, illustrator, attacks, Trainer text — is read from the Japanese printing of the card itself. English is used for two things only: the official English card name, and the answer to one question, is this the same card or a different one with the same name. Every card whose name ends in -EX is a Basic on the face, even where the species evolves — Chandelure-EX and Excadrill-EX were checked by cropping the card and reading the top-left corner, which says たね. Mega Evolution is not a Basic: it is printed as its own stage.
This page documents 336 main-series cards across five products on four release dates in 2013. It covers cards printed in Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.
| Publication edition | Japanese edition |
|---|---|
| Products | 5 |
| Cards | 336 |
| Release dates | 4 (2013-02-01 – 2013-12-13) |
| Series codes | bwsc, bw9, bw10, xy1x, xy1y |
| Card faces on record | all 336 |
| Latest release on record | 2013-12-13 |
BW · Shiny Collection (2013-02-01, 25 cards) · BW9 · Megalo Cannon (2013-03-15, 86 cards) · BW10 · EX Battle Boost (2013-07-13, 99 cards) · XY1 · Collection X (2013-12-13, 63 cards) · XY1 · Collection Y (2013-12-13, 63 cards).
How many main-series cards does this page record for 2013?336 cards across five products, an average of 67.2 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?4 release dates, from 2013-02-01 to 2013-12-13.
Do these Japanese cards have English-edition counterparts?332 of 336 cards (98.8%) carry a mapping to an English-edition card; the remaining 4 are Japanese-only printings or not yet paired.
How many of these 336 cards are shown with a card face?All 336 cards have a card face on record. 16 of those faces are marked as a scan from another print run rather than the original printing.
Shiny Collection (シャイニーコレクション, SC), 25 cards. A concept pack at four cards a pack and 180 yen, all 25 foil, with new artwork on every card rather than reprinted faces. Meloetta-EX at 011 is the only ordinary EX; the five secrets are Shaymin-EX, a shiny Reshiram, a shiny Emolga, Mew-EX and Meloetta-EX. All 25 land in English on 6 November as Legendary Treasures' RC1–RC25.
Plasma Storm, 138 cards — English's cut of Japan's September 2012 Plasma Gale plus the pieces of December it could use. Team Plasma, the ACE SPEC cards and the shiny Charizard and Blastoise all reach English here, five months after Japan.
Megalo Cannon (メガロキャノン, BW9), 86 cards — the last expansion of the BW era. Ten EX cards from five names, three ACE SPEC cards in the middle of the set, six full-art secrets and four gold cards that exist nowhere else. Genesect-EX is what the pack is named after.
Plasma Freeze, 122 cards. Japan's December 2012 pair arrives: twelve EX, four shinies, the last two ACE SPEC cards of 2012 and the Plasma Energy reprint. With this set English finishes its 2012 backlog, in May of the following year.
EX Battle Boost (EXバトルブースト, BW10), 99 cards — a reprint concept pack with no rarity symbols on any card, twelve Pokémon-EX with new artwork, and four joke cards at the end. The date is 13 July, not 15 March: one card database lists it on the same day as Megalo Cannon, and three independent Japanese sources give 13 July, so 13 July is what this page prints.
Plasma Blast, 105 cards. All 86 cards of Megalo Cannon arrive unchanged, with the four gold cards at 102–105 — the only place Exeggcute, Virizion, Dusknoir and Rare Candy are printed in English that year.
Legendary Treasures, 140 cards — the year's last booster and the only English product to carry Japanese 2013 cards inside 2013. 95 of EX Battle Boost's 99 and all 25 of Shiny Collection arrive here, the latter as the RC1–RC25 subset called Radiant Collection. The four cards left behind are Imakuni? and the three Pokémon Enterprise.
Kalos Starter Set, 39 cards — the first English printing of Generation VI Pokémon and of the Fairy type, two days after Legendary Treasures and five weeks before Japan prints the same cards. Its 39 cards carry no rarity symbol, because it is a deck product rather than a booster.
Collection X and Collection Y (コレクションX／コレクションY, XY1), 63 cards each, one day, no shared card. Fairy, Mega Evolution and the RR rarity mark all start here. Eight Fairy cards between the two packs; two Mega cards at 230 and 220 HP; and a price rise to 158 yen a pack. None of it reaches English in 2013 — XY is 5 February 2014.
The BW era's first concept pack, and a different product from an expansion: four cards to a pack, and all 25 cards in the set are foil. Twenty numbered cards at 001/020–020/020, then five secrets at 021/020–025/020 — Shaymin-EX, Reshiram, Emolga, Mew-EX and Meloetta-EX. Two kinds of foil are used: a mirror foil on the ordinary cards and a full-card shine on the specials, with the SR cards foiled the way SR cards are in any other pack. All 25 reached English as the RC1–RC25 subset of Legendary Treasures on 6 November 2013, printed under the name Radiant Collection. Seal ratios were not published, so none are quoted here.
2013-02-01. 25 cards — 24 Pokémon, 1 Trainer and no Energy cards, 4 of them Pokémon-EX; 10 commons, 9 uncommons, 1 rare, 5 full-art cards; 6 Psychic, 6 Colourless, 4 Grass, 3 Fire, 2 Lightning, 1 Water, 1 Fighting and 1 Darkness; 12 artists worked on it and Eske Yoshinob drew 3.
A concept pack, not an expansion: four cards to a pack, and all 25 cards in it are foil. 001/020–020/020 are the numbered twenty, then 021/020–025/020 are five secrets — Shaymin-EX, a shiny Reshiram, a shiny Emolga, Mew-EX and Meloetta-EX. The only ordinary EX in the pack is Meloetta-EX at 011, which is why the set has four EX cards but only three distinct ones. Every card here carries brand-new artwork rather than a reprint of an older face, and 19 of the 20 numbered cards are Pokémon, with Elesa the single Trainer at 020. All 25 reached English as the RC1–RC25 subset of Legendary Treasures on 6 November 2013, printed under the name Radiant Collection — the only Japanese 2013 cards that English carried inside the year.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Snivy, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Growth costs a single Colourless and attaches a Grass Energy from hand, so the serpent pays for itself; Razor Leaf is 30 for Grass and two Colourless. Weak to Fire, which is the whole grass line's problem in a set that also prints Growlithe and Torchic. Eske Yoshinob.
Servine, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Leaf Blade is 10 for one Colourless with a coin for 30 more, and Vine Whip is 40. The first attack matters: a Stage 1 that attacks off a single Colourless is a cheap way to keep pressure while the Grass Energy goes to the bench. kirisAki.
Ability Royal Garden
Serperior, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Royal Garden removes its retreat cost entirely while a Grass Energy is attached, so a 140 HP Stage 2 becomes free to move; Solar Beam is 80 for Grass and two Colourless. That ability is what makes the line playable: without it a retreat 2 Stage 2 is a liability. Shin Nagasawa.
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Shaymin-EX, full-art, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — Synthesis fetches a Grass Energy and attaches it, Revenge Blast is 30 plus 30 for every Prize the opponent has taken. The attack gets better the further behind you are, which is the opposite of how most EX are built. 021/020. Kanako Eo.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Growlithe, 80 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Rest heals all damage and puts it to Sleep, and Lunge is 40 for Fire and two Colourless that does nothing on tails. 80 HP on a Basic with a full heal is the reason this one keeps showing up in Fire decks that need a wall rather than a hitter. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Torchic, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Peck is 10 for one Fire and Live Coal is 20 for Fire and Colourless. The cheapest card in the set, and the only one whose two attacks both cost Fire, which tells you what the pack expects you to be doing on turn one. Kanako Eo.
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Reshiram, shiny, 130 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — Outrage is 20 plus 10 per damage counter on itself, Blue Flare is 120 for two Fire and a Colourless and discards two Fire. The plain Reshiram was 2011's headline attacker; this is the same card in the shiny foil the set is named for. 022/020. Kagemaru Himeno.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Piplup, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Charm costs one Colourless and cuts the Defending Pokémon's damage by 20 for a turn, Peck is 20. A 20-damage reduction is worth more than it looks against the pack's small attackers, and it costs no Water at all. sui.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Thundershock is 10 and Paralyzes on heads, Tail Whap is 20 for two Colourless. The Paralysis is the point: on a 60 HP Basic the coin flip is the only way it survives a turn against anything bigger. Atsuko Nishida.
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Emolga, shiny, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), free retreat — Call for Family puts two Basic Pokémon from the deck onto the Bench, Static Shock is 20 for one Lightning. Retreat 0 plus a two-Pokémon search makes it a free opening play, and it is the cheapest shiny in the pack. 023/020. Atsuko Nishida.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Ralts, 40 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Hypnotic Gaze costs one Psychic and puts the Defending Pokémon to Sleep with no flip, Pound is 20. 40 HP is the floor of the set, so the Sleep is not a bonus here, it is the only defence the card has. Mizue.
Kirlia, 70 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Tiptoe Step draws a card for every Psychic Energy attached, which turns the Energy drop into card draw; Double Slap is 20 times two coins. Two attacks that both want a different number of Psychic Energy, and the set only gives you one Kirlia. Kagemaru Himeno.
Gardevoir, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Psybeam is 40 and Confuses; Eternal Radiance moves every damage counter on it onto the Defending Pokémon and then can't be used next turn. That second attack is a full heal and a swing in one card, and it is the reason the Ralts line is in a 20-card set. Atsuko Nishida.
Meloetta-EX, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Brilliant Voice is 20 for two Colourless and Sleeps or Confuses on the coin; Round is 30 times the number of your Pokémon that have an attack called Round. 110 HP is the smallest EX in the pack. Full art at 025. Eske Yoshinob.
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Ability Versatile
Mew-EX, full-art, 120 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — Versatile lets it use the attacks of any Pokémon in play, yours or the opponent's, and Replace moves Energy around your board. With 120 HP it copies whatever the biggest attack on the table is; the Energy still has to be paid. 024/020. MAHOU.
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Meloetta-EX, full-art, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 011 in the shiny treatment: Brilliant Voice for 20 and a Sleep-or-Confuse coin, Round for 30 times your Round users. This is the only pair in the pack where the full art and the plain print sit inside one 25-card set. 025/020. Eske Yoshinob.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Stunfisk, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Attract makes the Defending Pokémon flip to attack at all, Mud-Slap is 70 for two Fighting and a Colourless. 70 damage on a Basic is the biggest single hit among the non-EX cards here, and retreat 3 is what it costs you. Akira Komayama.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Purrloin, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Captivate is one Darkness and, on heads, drags a Benched Pokémon up to be Active. One attack, no damage: this is a card printed for the switch, not for the hit, and it is the only Darkness Pokémon in the set. Mizue.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Eevee, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Surprise Attack is 20 for one Colourless and does nothing on tails. A 50/50 on a 60 HP Basic, but 20 for one Energy is the best rate among the Colourless cards in the pack, and Eevee is the card the shiny set expects you to open first. kirisAki.
Teddiursa, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — Honey Snack heals 20 from itself, Scratch is 20 for two Colourless. Retreat 3 on a 60 HP Basic is severe, but the heal means it can sit in front of a small attacker for several turns. kirisAki.
Ursaring, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Picnic Weather puts a Teddiursa from the discard onto the Bench and attaches an Energy from the discard to it, which is a two-card recovery in one attack; Fury Swipes is 50 times three coins. 130 HP and a bench rebuild make this the set's rescue card. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Audino, 80 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Relaxed Roll is 30 times a coin flipped until tails, so the expected value is 30 and the ceiling is unbounded. An 80 HP Basic that can hit for 90 on a good run, in a set with no other big Colourless attacker. MAHOU.
Minccino, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tail Slap is 10 times two coins on a single Colourless. The cheapest attack in the pack: one Energy, up to 20, and it is the card that makes the Echoed Voice line below worth building. sui.
Ability Smooth Coat
Cinccino, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Smooth Coat flips to prevent all damage from an attack on heads, and Echoed Voice is 50 then 100 the following turn. A coin-flip wall plus a scaling attack on one Stage 1; this is the card the set's Colourless half is built around. Kagemaru Himeno.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Search your deck for 3 Pokémon Tool cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
Elesa, Supporter — search the deck for three Pokémon Tool cards, reveal them and put them in hand. Three Tools for one Supporter is the widest Tool search printed in the BW era, and this pack is where the English Radiant Collection also put her (as RC20). 020/020. Yusuke Ohmura.
The last expansion pack of the BW era, and the format does not move: five cards, 150 yen plus tax, twenty packs to a box. Seventy-six numbered cards at 001/076–076/076, then six full-art cards at 077–082 — five EX and one Supporter, Iris — and then four gold cards at 083–086: Exeggcute, Virizion, Dusknoir and Rare Candy, none of which is printed anywhere else. Ten EX cards come from five names, each printed twice, ordinary and full art. Three ACE SPEC cards — Scoop Up Cyclone at 073, G Scope at 074 and G Booster at 075 — each carrying the red band down the left edge. All 86 cards reached English unchanged as Plasma Blast on 14 August 2013. Seal ratios were not published, so none are quoted.
2013-03-15. 86 cards — 72 Pokémon, 13 Trainers and 1 Energy, 10 of them Pokémon-EX; 38 commons, 20 uncommons, 18 rares, 6 full-art cards, 4 gold cards; 14 Grass, 14 Psychic, 10 Water, 8 Dragon, 7 Fighting, 6 Metal, 6 Colourless, 3 Lightning, 2 Fire and 2 Darkness; 23 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 26.
The last expansion of the BW era, and the one that closes the block's books. Seventy-six numbered cards, then six full-art cards (077–082) — the full-art versions of Virizion-EX, Genesect-EX, Jirachi-EX, Dialga-EX and Palkia-EX, plus a full-art Iris — and then four gold cards (083–086): Exeggcute, Virizion, Dusknoir and Rare Candy, which exist nowhere else in the year. Three ACE SPEC cards sit in the middle of the set: Scoop Up Cyclone at 073, G Scope at 074, G Booster at 075, each with the red band down its left edge. Genesect-EX at 010 is what the pack is named after, and Jirachi-EX at 051 is a 90 HP body that searches a Supporter the moment it hits the Bench. All 86 cards reached English unchanged as Plasma Blast on 14 August 2013.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Surskit, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Sweet Scent is one Grass and heals 20 from any of your Pokémon. No damage at all: this is a card printed to keep a Bench alive, and it is the cheapest heal in the set. Naoyo Kimura.
Ability Tool Reversal
Masquerain, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Tool Reversal returns a Pokémon Tool from one of your Pokémon to your hand as often as you like in a turn, and Bug Bite is 60 for three Colourless. Reusable Tool bouncing is the reason this card shows up in Tool-heavy lists. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Prehistoric Call
Lileep, 80 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Prehistoric Call puts it back on the bottom of your deck from the discard pile once a turn, and Spiral Drain is 20 with a 10 heal. A Basic that refuses to stay dead, which is what the two Fossil Items in this set are for. Suwama Chiaki.
Cradily, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Lifesplosion searches out one Stage 2 Pokémon per Energy attached, which is a bench-filler that scales with the Energy you already committed; Spiral Drain is 60 and heals 20. kawayoo.
Tropius, 100 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Return draws to six cards for one Grass, Energy Press is 20 plus 20 for each Energy on the Defending Pokémon. Both attacks are about the opponent's board rather than yours, which makes it a decent opener against Energy-heavy decks. Shigenori Negishi.
Karrablast, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Peck, 20 for two Colourless. It exists to evolve into Escavalier, which is not in this pack; on its own it is a 60 HP body that attacks off any Energy. match.
Shelmet, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — Yawn puts the Defending Pokémon to Sleep with no flip, Ram is 20. Retreat 3 is heavy, but a no-flip Sleep on turn one is the kind of tempo the Accelgor line needs. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Accelgor, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, free retreat — Retribution is 20 and, if an Escavalier of yours was Knocked Out last turn, sends all Energy on the Defending Pokémon back to the opponent's hand; Signal Beam is 30 and Confuses. Retreat 0 on an 80 HP Stage 1 is the real text. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Verdant Wind
Virizion-EX, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Verdant Wind makes every Pokémon of yours with Grass Energy immune to Special Conditions, and Emerald Slash is 50 while attaching two Grass from the deck to a Benched Pokémon. That is acceleration attached to an attack, on a 170 HP EX. Full art at 077. Ryo Ueda.
Ability Red Signal
Genesect-EX, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Red Signal switches the opponent's Benched Pokémon up whenever you attach a Plasma Energy to it, and Megalo Cannon is 100 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon. The set is named for that attack; the ability is what makes Team Plasma a deck rather than a theme. Full art at 078. 010/076. Eske Yoshinob.
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Ability Verdant Wind
Virizion-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 009: Emerald Slash is 50 and attaches two Grass Energy to the Bench, Verdant Wind blocks every Special Condition on your Grass-Energy Pokémon. Secret printing at 077/076. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Red Signal
Genesect-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 010: Megalo Cannon is 100 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon, Red Signal drags a Benched Pokémon up when a Plasma Energy is attached. The card the pack is named after. Secret printing at 078/076. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Propagation
Exeggcute, gold, 30 HP, Grass, Basic, ultra rare (UR), retreat 1 — Propagation returns it from the discard pile to your hand once a turn, Seed Bomb is 20. 30 HP, and the Ability is the whole card: a discard cost that pays itself back. Gold secret printing at 083/076. 5ban Graphics.
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Virizion, gold, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, ultra rare (UR), retreat 1 — Double Draw draws two for one Colourless, Leaf Wallop is 40 and 80 on the following turn. The non-EX Virizion, available only as a gold card: a 110 HP Basic that ramps its own attack. Gold secret printing at 084/076. Ayaka Yoshida.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Larvesta, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — Flare is 10, Ember is 30 and discards an Energy from itself. The cheapest Fire attacker here, and the only one that pays for its damage with its own Energy. Masakazu Fukuda.
Volcarona, 100 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Solar Transporter reveals the top five cards and puts every Team Plasma card among them into your hand, Leech Life is 50 and heals what it deals. A draw engine that only works in the Plasma deck, which is exactly the point. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Lapras, 100 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Cleanse Away heals 30 from every Benched Pokémon for Water and a Colourless, Surf is 70. 100 HP and a team-wide heal makes it the set's support Water Pokémon rather than an attacker. Kouki Saitou.
Remoraid, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Bubble Beam is 20 for two Water and Paralyzes on heads. One attack, one coin, on a 60 HP Basic: the Octillery line's turn-one card. Masakazu Fukuda.
Octillery, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Sharpshooting puts 30 anywhere on the opponent's side for one Water without touching Weakness or Resistance, Bubble Beam is 40. Bench damage on a Stage 1 is rare in this era and it is why the card is played. 5ban Graphics.
Snorunt, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Powder Snow Sleeps for one Water, Headbutt is 20. The Sleep is the whole card: 60 HP does not survive a real hit, so the coin you did not have to flip is the value. Kyoko Umemoto.
Glalie, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Powder Snow is 30 and Sleeps, Reflect Energy is 60 and moves a Water Energy to the Bench, which keeps the next attacker loaded. 5ban Graphics.
Relicanth, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Fossil Hunt returns two Item cards with Fossil in the name from the discard pile, Water Gun is 30. The set prints two Fossil Items, so this is the card that recycles them without spending a Supporter. 5ban Graphics.
Snover, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Beat is 20 for two Colourless and Razor Leaf is 40 for two Grass and a Colourless. Note the type split: a Water Pokémon whose second attack is paid in Grass, which this set can afford because it also prints Virizion. Shigenori Negishi.
Abomasnow, 120 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Razor Leaf is 40, Bang Heads is 80 and Confuses both Active Pokémon. 80 damage on a Stage 1 with no drawback beyond a coin you both flip is the best rate in the Water half. kawayoo.
Ability Prehistoric Call
Tirtouga, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Prehistoric Call sends it from the discard to the bottom of the deck, Slam is 30 times two coins. The second of the two Fossil Basics, and the one with 90 HP. Midori Harada.
Carracosta, 140 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Fossil Clutch is 50 and 50 more if you discard a Fossil Item from hand, Waterfall is 80 for two Water and two Colourless. 140 HP with retreat 4 means it stays where you put it. Mitsuhiro Arita.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Tynamo, 30 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Razor Fin is 20 for one Lightning. 30 HP is the lowest in the set, so it is a one-turn card, but 20 for one Energy on a Basic is the rate the Eelektross line is built to start from. Shigenori Negishi.
Eelektrik, 80 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Thunder Wave is 20 and Paralyzes on heads, Headbutt is 30 for two Colourless. The Paralysis is what lets an 80 HP Stage 1 live long enough to reach Eelektross. Suwama Chiaki.
Eelektross, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Crush and Burn is 30 per Energy you discard from your own Pokémon, Thunder Tempest is 50 times four coins. Two attacks that both scale: the first is a one-turn 120 if you are willing to strip the board, the second averages 100. 5ban Graphics.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Drifloon, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Creepy Wind Confuses on heads for one Psychic, Wind Blast does 40 to a Benched Pokémon for three Colourless. The Bench snipe is the part that matters, and it ignores Weakness and Resistance entirely. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Drifting Balloon
Drifblim, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, free retreat — Drifting Balloon cuts one Energy off its attacks for each Team Plasma Pokémon the opponent has in play, so against the mirror it attacks for free; Derail is 70 and strips a Special Energy. Akira Komayama.
Uxie, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Psypower places three damage counters anywhere on the opponent's side for one Psychic. No damage, no coin, no Weakness: the cleanest spread effect in the pack, and the one that makes the lake trio worth assembling. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Ability Mental Shroud
Mesprit, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Mental Shroud removes the Weakness of every Pokémon you have while Uxie and Azelf are also in play, Psyshot is 30. The trio's payoff: three 60 HP Basics for a board with no Weakness. Ryo Ueda.
Azelf, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Trading Places switches it to the Bench for one Colourless, and Psyjamming redistributes the opponent's Special Energy. The third leg of the lake trio, and the only one that moves the opponent's cards rather than your own. Naoyo Kimura.
Munna, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Mumble is 10, Focused Wish is 10 for Psychic and a Colourless plus 20 on heads. The cheapest card in the set and the obvious first turn of the Musharna line. Mizue.
Musharna, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Precognitive Dream draws three cards and puts it to Sleep; Psybeam is 60 and Confuses. Draw three on a Stage 1 is strong, and the Sleep is the price — which is why the set also prints a card that heals Sleep away. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Toolbox
Sigilyph, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Toolbox lets it hold up to four Pokémon Tools instead of one, and Cutting Wind is 70. Four Tools on a 90 HP Basic is the widest Tool capacity printed in the BW era, and it is why the card is remembered. Kagemaru Himeno.
Solosis, 30 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Hide flips to blank all effects and damage against it for a turn. 30 HP with a coin-flip shield: the only way this card survives long enough to evolve. Midori Harada.
Duosion, 60 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Focused Wish is 20 for Psychic and a Colourless plus 20 on heads, the only attack. A 60 HP middle stage with one attack, waiting for Reuniclus. match.
Reuniclus, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Barrier Attack is 30 and cuts 30 from every hit it takes next turn; Telekinesis of Nobility is 70 and moves it to the Bench. A Stage 2 that hits for 70 and then hides is a genuinely awkward target. Kagemaru Himeno.
Golett, 80 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Beat is 10 for one Colourless, Mega Punch is 50 for two Psychic and a Colourless. A Psychic-type Golett is the odd line of the set, and 50 on a Basic is the payoff for the heavy retreat. Midori Harada.
Golurk, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Iron Fist of Justice is 60 and explicitly refuses to work if you have any Team Plasma Pokémon in play, Shadow Punch is 80 and ignores Resistance. An anti-Team Plasma attacker printed inside a Team Plasma set. Akira Komayama.
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Ability Sinister Hand
Dusknoir, gold, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, ultra rare (UR), retreat 3 — Sinister Hand moves a damage counter between the opponent's Pokémon as often as you like in a turn, Shadow Punch is 60 and ignores Resistance. Moving damage with no limit per turn is the strongest Ability in the pack, and it exists only as this gold card. Gold secret printing at 085/076. Ayaka Yoshida.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Machop, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Low Kick is 30 for Fighting and a Colourless. One attack, one number, and the standard opening for the Machamp line. sui.
Machoke, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Last-Chance Chop is 20 and 70 more if it is down to exactly 10 HP, Seismic Toss is 60. The first attack is a trap you can build around with damage placement, and the second is just reliable. match.
Ability Badge of Discipline
Machamp, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Badge of Discipline strips Resistance from every Fighting Pokémon's attacks, which is the ability the whole type wanted; Close Combat is 120 and costs 30 defence on tails. 150 HP and a type-wide buff. Naoki Saito.
Throh, 100 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Freestyle Strike is 30 times two coins, Shoulder Throw is 80 minus 20 for each Colourless in the Defending Pokémon's retreat cost. The second attack is a targeted answer to heavy retreaters, which this set has plenty of. Naoki Saito.
Sawk, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Kick of Righteousness is 10 and 40 more against a Team Plasma Pokémon, Low Sweep is 60. Throh and Sawk are printed together again, and Sawk is the one that answers the Plasma deck directly. Naoki Saito.
Ability Prehistoric Call
Archen, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Prehistoric Call returns it from the discard to the bottom of the deck, Wing Attack is 20 for two Colourless. The third Fossil Basic, and the one Plume Fossil searches out. Mizue.
Archeops, 120 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, free retreat — Acrobatics is 20 for one Fighting plus 20 per heads, Swift Dive is 100 but drops to 50 once it is at 50 HP or less. Retreat 0 on a 120 HP Stage 1 is the unusual part; the attack weakens exactly when you need it. Kouki Saitou.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Houndour, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Roar forces the opponent to switch their Active Pokémon for one Colourless, Ambush is 20 plus 10 on heads. A Basic that controls the opponent's Active on turn one without doing damage. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Houndoom, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Dark Clamp is 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Blazing Claws is 60 and becomes 120 plus Burn if the target is Team Plasma. The only card in the set that punishes Plasma twice over, and the reason the set ships both a Plasma deck and answers to it. Shin Nagasawa.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Aron, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Iron Head is 10 times a coin flipped until tails, Headbutt is 30. The first attack can miss entirely, which on a 60 HP Basic makes the second the attack you actually use. Shigenori Negishi.
Lairon, 90 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Metal Claw is 20 for one Metal, Iron Head is 50 times coins until tails. Retreat 4 on a 90 HP Stage 1 is the price for an attack that can go to 150. Masakazu Fukuda.
Aggron, 140 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Knock Back is 50 and pushes the Defending Pokémon to the Bench, Aura of the Land is 80 and puts 20 on every Benched Pokémon, yours included. The only card in the pack that damages both benches, which is either a finisher or a self-inflicted wound. Kouki Saitou.
Ability Stellar Guidance
Jirachi-EX, 90 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Stellar Guidance searches out any Supporter the moment it hits the Bench, and Hypnostrike is 60 but Sleeps both Active Pokémon. 90 HP is the smallest EX in the set; the ability is a free Supporter every game it is drawn. Full art at 079. 051/076. Ryo Ueda.
Escavalier, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Steamroll is 40 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon, Slashing Strike is 80 but can't be used twice in a row. The Karrablast line's payoff, and the reason Accelgor's Retribution references it. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Stellar Guidance
Jirachi-EX, full-art, 90 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 051: Hypnostrike is 60 and puts both Active Pokémon to sleep, Stellar Guidance searches a Supporter the moment it is played to the Bench. 90 HP carrying an unconditional Supporter search. Secret printing at 079/076. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Dialga-EX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Reverse Edge is 50 and returns a card from the discard on heads, Fast Forward is 90 and mills one card off the opponent's deck for each Plasma Energy attached. 180 HP is the tallest card in the year's Japanese packs. Full art at 080. Eske Yoshinob.
Palkia-EX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Strafe is 50 and may switch it to the Bench, Dimension Heal is 80 and heals 20 per Plasma Energy attached. The pair to Dialga-EX, and the one that survives longer: 180 HP plus healing. Full art at 081. Eske Yoshinob.
Axew, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Strong Bond searches out a Supporter named Iris, Dragon Claw is 20 for a Fighting and a Metal. The search is the point: this is the card that fetches the set's own Supporter before you have drawn her. sui.
Fraxure, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Paralyzing Gaze Paralyzes on heads for one Colourless, Dragon Claw is 40 for Fighting and Metal. A Dragon whose attack costs two different types, which is the rule the type has carried since 2012. Masakazu Fukuda.
Haxorus, 140 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Dragonaxe is 40 for every Metal Energy attached, Strike of the Champion Knocks Out a Team Plasma Pokémon outright and does nothing to anything else. The most extreme card in the set: one attack that is an instant KO with a condition, one that scales. Kouki Saitou.
Druddigon, 100 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Big Swing is 40 for one Fire but fails unless both coins are heads, Shred is 60 for Water and two Colourless and ignores every effect on the Defending Pokémon. Shred is the reliable half. Kouki Saitou.
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Dialga-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 053: Reverse Edge is 50 and returns a card from the discard pile on heads, Fast Forward is 90 and mills one card per Plasma Energy attached. Secret printing at 080/076. 5ban Graphics.
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Palkia-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 054: Strafe is 50 and may switch it out, Dimension Heal is 80 and heals 20 per Plasma Energy attached. Secret printing at 081/076. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Porygon, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle for 10, one attack, nothing else. A 60 HP Basic that exists only to start the Porygon-Z line. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Porygon2, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Destructive Beam is 30 for two Colourless and discards an Energy from the Defending Pokémon on heads. One attack, and it is the middle stage: the discard is what the line is aiming at. HiRON.
Ability Plasma Transfer
Porygon-Z, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Plasma Transfer moves Plasma Energy around your board as often as you like in a turn, and Tri Attack is 50 times three coins. Plasma Transfer is the engine that makes Genesect-EX's Red Signal repeatable, which is why this card is in the Plasma set. 5ban Graphics.
Teddiursa, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Fury Swipes is 10 times three coins for two Colourless. 70 HP is one more than the Shiny Collection version of the same Pokémon, and the attack is different: no heal here, just variance. Naoyo Kimura.
Ursaring, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Adrenalash is 50 and makes every attack of its own do 50 more next turn, Strength is 80 for four Colourless. Two turns of Adrenalash and then Strength is how the card is meant to be played. 5ban Graphics.
Chatot, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Misinformation strips every Pokémon Tool off the opponent's side, Tone-Deaf is 20 and Confuses. The Tool wipe is a direct answer to Sigilyph's four-Tool Toolbox in the same pack. 5ban Graphics.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Look at the bottom 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Lileep you find there and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Root Fossil Lileep, Item — look at the bottom seven cards of your deck and put a Lileep found there onto your Bench. Not the top seven: the bottom, so the card does not disturb what you have stacked on top. 065/076. 5ban Graphics.
Look at the bottom 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal an Archen you find there and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Plume Fossil, Item — the same look at the bottom seven, this time for an Archen. The second of the three Fossil Items, and the one that puts the 120 HP Archeops line online without spending a turn on Archen. 066/076. Ryo Ueda.
Look at the bottom 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Tirtouga you find there and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Cover Fossil, Item — bottom seven, for a Tirtouga. The third Fossil Item; all three read the bottom of the deck rather than the top, which is the whole design of the Fossil package in this set. 067/076. Ryo Ueda.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to (excluding Pokémon-EX) do 30 more damage to Active Pokémon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Silver Bangle, Pokémon Tool — the attacks of the Pokémon this is attached to do 30 more damage to an Active Pokémon-EX, provided the holder is not an EX itself. A Tool that only works on the cheap half of your board, which is exactly where the +30 matters. 068/076. 5ban Graphics.
Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to the Pokémon this card is attached to (excluding Pokémon-EX) by your opponent’s Team Plasma Pokémon.
Silver Mirror, Pokémon Tool — prevents all effects of attacks, damage included, done to the holder by the opponent's Team Plasma Pokémon, as long as the holder is not an EX. The defensive half of the Silver pair, and a hard wall against the set's own Plasma deck. 069/076. 5ban Graphics.
When the Team Plasma Pokémon this card is attached to is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent’s attack, search your deck for a card and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Reversal Trigger, Pokémon Tool — when the Team Plasma Pokémon this is attached to is Knocked Out by an attack, search the deck for any card and put it in hand. A Tool that pays out on a KO: the only way to turn a loss into a search in this set. 070/076. 5ban Graphics.
During this turn, your Pokémon’s attacks do 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon for each Prize card your opponent has taken (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Iris, Supporter — this turn your Pokémon's attacks do 10 more to the Active Pokémon for each Prize the opponent has already taken. The more you are losing, the harder you hit, which is the same logic as Shaymin-EX's Revenge Blast in the February set. 071/076. Yusuke Ohmura.
Put as many cards from your hand as you like on the bottom of your deck in any order. Then, draw a card for each card you put on the bottom of your deck.
Caitlin, Supporter — put as many cards from your hand as you like on the bottom of your deck, then draw that many. A hand refresh that costs you the cards you did not want, and the only Supporter in the set that improves a bad hand without discarding it. 072/076. Yusuke Ohmura.
Put 1 of your Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Scoop Up Cyclone, Item, ACE SPEC — pick one of your Pokémon and return it and every card attached to it to your hand. The red band on the left edge and the 「1 枚しか入れておけない」 line on the card face are the ACE SPEC rule: one per deck. 073/076. 5ban Graphics.
This attack does 100 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
G Scope, Pokémon Tool, ACE SPEC — only Genesect-EX can use it, and it carries an attack of its own: 100 damage to one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon, with no Weakness or Resistance applied. The attack needs no Energy beyond the tool's own cost, which is what makes a Benched snipe this large possible. 074/076. 5ban Graphics.
Discard 2 Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by any effects on the Defending Pokémon.
G Booster, Pokémon Tool, ACE SPEC — Genesect-EX only, and the tool carries the attack: 200 damage that ignores every effect on the Defending Pokémon, paid for by discarding two Energy from the holder. 200 is the biggest single number printed in any 2013 Japanese pack, and it costs two Energy and the deck slot. 075/076. 5ban Graphics.
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During this turn, your Pokémon’s attacks do 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon for each Prize card your opponent has taken (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Iris, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 071: your attacks do 10 more damage to the Active Pokémon for each Prize card the opponent has already taken. It scales with how far behind you are, which is the opposite of every other damage booster in the pack. Secret printing at 082/076. Kagemaru Himeno.
Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card on the Basic Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) You can’t use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Rare Candy, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — evolve a Basic straight into a Stage 2 from your hand, skipping the middle stage, but not on your first turn or on a Pokémon played this turn. A card that has been reprinted in era after era, here as the pack's gold secret at 086/076. 5ban Graphics.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card provides Colorless Energy.
Plasma Energy, Special Energy — provides one Colourless Energy and nothing else; the card face has a single line of text. Its value is the name: Team Plasma attacks and abilities check for Plasma Energy, so this is the card that turns Genesect-EX's Red Signal and Dialga-EX's Fast Forward on. 076/076. 5ban Graphics.
The BW era's second concept pack, and it is almost entirely a reprint set. Five cards, 150 yen plus tax, twenty packs to a box. Ninety-three numbered cards at 001/093–093/093, then six gold cards at 094–099, for 99 in total. Not one of the 99 carries a rarity symbol — no C, U, R or SR anywhere on the card, which is why this page prints — in that column. Twelve Pokémon-EX are reprinted: Victini, Reshiram, Kyurem, Keldeo, Zekrom, Mewtwo, Chandelure, Excadrill, Darkrai, Black Kyurem, White Kyurem and Lugia. Four joke cards close the set — Imakuni? at 096 and three Pokémon Enterprise at 097–099 — and none of the four was ever printed in English. The recorded box composition is five Pokémon-EX and five foils, that five being three or four reverse foils plus one or two secrets.
2013-07-13. 99 cards — 94 Pokémon, 5 Trainers and no Energy cards, 12 of them Pokémon-EX; and not one of them carries a rarity symbol; 18 Psychic, 16 Water, 14 Fire, 10 Dragon, 8 Grass, 8 Lightning, 8 Fighting, 7 Colourless, 4 Darkness and 1 Metal; 40 artists worked on it and Shizurow drew 5.
Ninety-nine cards and not one rarity symbol anywhere in the set. No C, no U, no R, no SR — the only pack in this archive that prints nothing in that corner, which is why the rarity column here reads — for all 99. It is a best-of reprint pack: twelve Pokémon-EX (Victini, Reshiram, Kyurem, Keldeo, Zekrom, Mewtwo, Chandelure, Excadrill, Darkrai, Black Kyurem, White Kyurem, Lugia) with new artwork, plus four joke cards at the end — Imakuni? at 096 and three Pokémon Enterprise at 097–099 — none of which was ever printed in English. The six gold cards at 094–099 are Reshiram, Zekrom, Imakuni? and the three Enterprises. 95 of the 99 reached English inside Legendary Treasures; the four that did not are the joke cards.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Shuckle, 80 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Share heals 40 off a Benched Pokémon for one Grass, Double Stab is 40 times two coins. The heal is the larger number of the two: 40 off the bench every turn is what keeps a Stage 2 line alive. MAHOU.
Snivy, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Leaf Blade is 10 for Grass and a Colourless plus 30 on heads. One attack, and the reprint gives the line a 60 HP opener with a coin that can make it a 40-damage hit on turn two. Aya Kusube.
Servine, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Wring Out is 30 and, on heads, Paralyzes and strips an Energy off the Defending Pokémon. Two effects on one coin is the best rate in the Grass line, and it is why this middle stage is worth the slot. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Royal Heal
Serperior, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Royal Heal heals 10 from every Pokémon of yours between turns, and Leaf Tornado is 60 while rearranging Grass Energy across your board. Ten a turn on the whole bench is the ability the Grass half of the set is built on. hatachu.
Sewaddle, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Leaf Boomerang is 20 times two coins for Grass and a Colourless. 50 HP is the floor; the card exists to be evolved on turn two. Yuka Morii.
Swadloon, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Tackle is 20 for one Grass, String Shot is 20 and Paralyzes on heads. The cheapest Paralysis in the pack: two Colourless and a coin. sui.
Ability Leaf Tailor
Leavanny, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Leaf Tailor removes the Weakness of every Pokémon of yours that has Energy attached, which is a board-wide fix rather than a single-target one; Cutting Arm is 40 plus 20 per heads. match.
Virizion, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Draw draws two for one Colourless, Leaf Wallop is 40 and 80 the turn after. A Basic that pays for itself in cards and then doubles its damage, which is why it keeps being reprinted. Atsuko Nishida.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Charmander, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Draw In attaches two Fire Energy from the discard pile, Flare is 20. The first attack is the important one: it turns the discard pile into an accelerator for the Charizard line. match.
Charmeleon, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Flare is 20, Raging Claws is 50 plus 10 per damage counter on itself. Damage on this Pokémon makes it stronger, which pairs with the discard-pile acceleration below it. Akira Komayama.
Charizard, 160 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Split Bomb puts 40 on two of the opponent's Pokémon, Scorching Fire is 150 and discards a Fire Energy. 150 is the biggest number on any non-EX card in the year's Japanese packs, and 160 HP is the tallest non-EX body. TOKIYA.
Vulpix, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Firebreathing is 20 for Fire and a Colourless plus 20 on heads. A 25% chance of 40 on turn two, on a 60 HP Basic that does not survive a real hit. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ninetales, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Color Coordination is 50 for three Colourless and 40 more if it holds a basic Energy matching the Defending Pokémon's type. A Colourless-costed attack on a Fire Pokémon, which makes it splashable. Satoshi Shirai.
Moltres, 120 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Searing Flame is 50 and Burns, Fire Blast is 90 and discards a Fire Energy. The Burn is the better half against anything with a big HP total, since it keeps ticking after the attack. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Victory Star
Victini, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Victory Star lets you reroll every coin flip of an attack once a turn, and Stored Power is 30 while moving an Energy to the Bench. The ability is one of the strongest texts in the BW era and it is on a 60 HP Basic. Tomokazu Komiya.
Victini-EX, 110 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Turbo Energize fetches two basic Energy from the deck onto the Bench for one Fire, Intensifying Burn is 50 and 100 against an EX. The smallest EX in the pack and the one that accelerates. 093 张里它排在 016。 Eske Yoshinob.
Tepig, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Take Down is 30 for Fire and a Colourless and deals 10 to itself. A 70 HP Basic that damages itself, which is why the Emboar line wants the Energy acceleration above it. Kanako Eo.
Pignite, 100 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Rollout is 20 for two Colourless, Flamethrower is 70 and discards an Energy. 100 HP on the middle stage with a 70-damage attack is the strongest middle stage in the Fire line. Kanako Eo.
Ability Inferno Fandango
Emboar, 150 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Inferno Fandango attaches a Fire Energy from hand to any Pokémon as often as you like in a turn, and Heat Crash is 80. Fandango is the acceleration engine the entire Fire half of this pack assumes. Kanako Eo.
Reshiram, 130 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Outrage is 20 plus 10 per damage counter on itself, Blue Flare is 120 and discards two Fire. The 2011 headline attacker, reprinted here with new art; Outrage is what made it a wall as well as a hitter. Aya Kusube.
Reshiram-EX, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — Glinting Claw is 50 plus 30 on heads, Brave Fire is 150 and deals 50 to itself on tails. 180 HP matches the tallest EX of the year, and 150 damage is the top of the EX range. Shizurow.
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Reshiram, 130 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2, gold — Outrage is 20 plus 10 per damage counter on itself, Blue Flare is 120 and discards two Fire. The third printing of this card inside the year, and the one that is gold rather than shiny or plain. 094/093. 5ban Graphics.
16 cards · listed in original order.
Magikarp, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Flailing Flop is 10 for one Colourless and 10 to itself on tails. 30 HP, one attack: the card exists so that Gyarados can exist. Midori Harada.
Gyarados, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Howling Rampage is 20 times the total Prizes both players have taken, Hydro Splash is 120 for two Water and three Colourless. The scaling attack is a late-game finisher that costs almost nothing. hatachu.
Articuno, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Ice Beam is 50 and Paralyzes on heads, Ice Wing is 80. Two attacks, both on three Energy, and the Paralysis is what buys a 120 HP Basic the extra turn. Kagemaru Himeno.
Piplup, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Water Splash is 10 for Water and a Colourless plus 20 on heads. The cheapest card in the Water line and the one that opens the Empoleon route. Mizue.
Prinplup, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Water Splash is 20 and 50 on heads. The same attack as the Piplup below it, one step larger, which is the whole design of this line. Miki Tanaka.
Empoleon, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Surf is 50, Emperor's Strike is 70 plus 60 if it has fewer remaining HP than the target. An attack that pays you for being damaged, on a 140 HP Stage 2. kawayoo.
Phione, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Pull Out puts a card from the discard on top of the deck, Aqua Boomerang is 20 and returns Phione and everything on it to hand. A recycler that can re-use itself every turn. kawayoo.
Oshawott, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Razor Shell is 20 and 40 on heads. The Samurott line's opener, and the only one of the three starters here whose attack improves on a coin. Midori Harada.
Dewott, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Aqua Tail is 30 for two Colourless and 10 more per heads on each Water Energy attached. Scales with the Energy you have already paid, which is the Samurott line's theme. Mizue.
Ability Shell Armor
Samurott, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Shell Armor cuts 20 off every attack against it, Hydro Pump is 70 plus 10 per Water Energy attached. The reduction is applied after Weakness, so a 140 HP Stage 2 effectively sits at 160. Naoki Saito.
Tympole, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Vibration is 10, Mud Shot is 20. Two cheap attacks and a 60 HP body: the Round line's first card. Kyoko Umemoto.
Palpitoad, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Mud Shot is 20, Round is 20 times your Pokémon with the Round attack. The first Round user in the line, and the card that makes the count matter. Sachiko Adachi.
Seismitoad, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Round is 30 per Round user and Hyper Voice is 70. Round is spread across two sets on purpose: Meloetta-EX in February's shiny set, Palpitoad and this card all count towards the same total. Hajime Kusajima.
Kyurem, 130 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Outrage is 20 plus 10 per damage counter, Glaciate does 30 to every one of the opponent's Pokémon. Glaciate is the spread attack the Plasma era is built around, on a 130 HP Basic. Midori Harada.
Kyurem-EX, 180 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Frozen Wings is 60 and strips a Special Energy off the target, Hail Blizzard is 120 but cannot be used twice in a row. 180 HP and a Special Energy discard aimed straight at Plasma Energy. Shizurow.
Ability Rush In
Keldeo-EX, 170 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Rush In switches it up from the Bench once a turn, and Secret Sword is 50 plus 20 per Water Energy attached. Rush In plus a scaling attack is the combination that made this card the format's favourite, and the pack reprints it unchanged. Toyste Beach.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Zapdos, 120 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Random Spark puts 50 anywhere on the opponent's side, Thundering Hurricane is 50 times four coins. The Bench snipe for 50 with no Weakness is the reliable half. Kouki Saitou.
Plusle, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Tag Draw shuffles the hand in and draws four, or eight with Minun on the Bench; Positive Ion is 20 plus 10 on heads. A pair card, and the pair is printed below it. Kouki Saitou.
Minun, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Negative Ion cuts 30 off the Defending Pokémon's attacks for a turn, Electrishower does 10 to every opponent Pokémon. Plusle draws, Minun defends and spreads; the two are designed to be on the bench together. Kouki Saitou.
Emolga, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, free retreat — Call for Family puts two Basic Pokémon from the deck onto the Bench, Static Shock is 20. Retreat 0 and a two-Pokémon search: the best opening card in the pack, reprinted from the February shiny set. Tomokazu Komiya.
Thundurus, 110 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Charge fetches a Lightning Energy and attaches it, Disaster Volt is 80 and discards an Energy. The acceleration buys the 80-damage attack one turn earlier, which is the whole point of a 110 HP Basic. Yukiko Baba.
Zekrom, 130 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Outrage is 20 plus 10 per counter, Bolt Strike is 120 and deals 40 to itself. The mirror of Reshiram, and the self-damage is what makes Outrage bigger next turn. Kagemaru Himeno.
Zekrom-EX, 180 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 3 — Glinting Claw is 50 plus 30 on heads, Strong Volt is 150 and discards two Energy. The Lightning half of the 180 HP EX pair, and the one that pays its cost in Energy rather than in damage. Shizurow.
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Zekrom, 130 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2, gold — Outrage is 20 plus 10 per counter, Bolt Strike is 120 and deals 40 to itself. The gold partner to the Reshiram above; both of them are the same cards as the February shinies, in gold. 095/093. 5ban Graphics.
18 cards · listed in original order.
Mewtwo-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — X Ball is 20 times the Energy on both this Pokémon and the Defending Pokémon, Psydrive is 120 and discards an Energy. X Ball is the attack the whole era is measured against, and this is its reprint. Shizurow.
Natu, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Peck is 20 for Psychic and a Colourless. One attack, 50 HP: the Xatu line's first turn. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Xatu, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fortunate Draw is a game of rock-paper-scissors: the winner draws three, the loser mills three; Miracle Wing is 60 and Confuses on heads. The only card in the set that makes the players play a game to resolve an attack. Kouki Saitou.
Ralts, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Mind Bend is 10 and Confuses on heads. 10 more HP than the February shiny print of the same Pokémon, and the same shape. Naoyo Kimura.
Kirlia, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Mind Bend is 20 and Confuses on heads, Spinning Attack is 40. Two attacks that both work off Psychic, which makes it a reliable middle stage rather than a stopgap. Yukiko Baba.
Croagunk, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Poison Jab is 20 and Poisons. One attack with a status attached, on a 70 HP Basic, which is the Toxicroak line's whole opening. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Toxicroak, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Revenge is 20 for one Colourless and 70 more if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out last turn, Poison Jab is 60 and Poisons. The cheap Revenge on a single Colourless is the reason it gets played. Naoki Saito.
Ability Safeguard
Sigilyph, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Safeguard blanks every effect of attacks, damage included, done to it by Pokémon-EX, and Psychic is 50 plus 10 per Energy on the target. A 90 HP Basic that the entire EX half of the format cannot touch; it is the most important reprint in the pack. Shigenori Negishi.
Trubbish, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Pound is 20 for two Colourless, Poison Gas is 30 and Poisons. The first stage of the Garbodor line, and the Poison is what makes the 100 HP body above it worth setting up. kawayoo.
Ability Garbotoxin
Garbodor, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Garbotoxin switches off every Ability in play, in hand and in the discard pile while a Pokémon Tool is attached to it, and Sludge Toss is 60. With a Tool on it, this is a 100 HP card that turns the whole format's Abilities off. Tomoaki Imakuni.
Gothita, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Hypnotic Gaze Sleeps with no flip for one Colourless, Double Slap is 20 times two coins. The free Sleep is the opener the Gothitelle line relies on. TOKIYA.
Gothorita, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Double Slap is 20 times two coins for one Colourless, Psybeam is 20 and Confuses. Two cheap attacks on a middle stage, which is what a Magic Room deck wants. kirisAki.
Ability Magic Room
Gothitelle, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Magic Room stops the opponent playing any Item card from hand while this is Active, and Madkinesis is 30 plus 20 per Psychic Energy attached. Magic Room is the item lock half of the era's two lock decks. kawayoo.
Solosis, 30 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Rollout is 10 for one Colourless. 30 HP and one attack: the Reuniclus line's first card, and the cheapest body in the pack. HiRON.
Duosion, 60 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Rollout is 20 for one Colourless. The same attack as the Solosis below it, doubled, which is the whole of this line's middle stage. Suwama Chiaki.
Reuniclus, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Future Sight reorders the top five cards for one Colourless, Net Force is 40 times the number of Reuniclus you have in play. The second attack is why the line is played in multiples. Kyoko Umemoto.
Chandelure-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Cursed Drop places four damage counters anywhere on the opponent's side for one Psychic, Eerie Glow is 70 and Burns and Confuses. The card says たね on it: this is a Stage 2 Pokémon printed as a Basic EX, and the placement attack is the reason it was played. Ryo Ueda.
Meloetta, 80 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Psychic is 10 plus 10 per Energy on the target, Echoed Voice is 50 then 100 the turn after. The Fighting-type Meloetta is at 070; this is the Psychic one, and the two do different jobs. kawayoo.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Riolu, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Punch is 10, Quick Attack is 10 plus 20 on heads. Two attacks for one Energy, which is the rate the Lucario line starts from. Naoyo Kimura.
Ability Reflexive Retaliation
Lucario, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Reflexive Retaliation puts two damage counters on anything that damages it, even if it is Knocked Out, and Aura Sphere is 50 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon. A Stage 1 that punishes the opponent for attacking it. MAHOU.
Gallade, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Nerve Shot is 30 and Paralyzes on heads, Pandemonium Blade is 60 plus 20 for each of your Benched Pokémon with damage on it. The second attack pays you for a damaged bench, which no other card in the pack does. Hajime Kusajima.
Excadrill-EX, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Dig Out is 40 and may attach the top card of the deck if it is a basic Energy, Break Ground is 120 and deals 10 to each of your Benched Pokémon. 180 HP on a card printed たね, and the self-damage is the price of the 120. Ryo Ueda.
Stunfisk, 100 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Muddy Water is 20 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon, Rumble is 40 and stops the target retreating. 100 HP on a Basic with a retreat lock is the defensive shape this pack keeps printing. Yuka Morii.
Terrakion, 130 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 4 — Retaliate is 30 for Fighting and a Colourless, 90 if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out last turn; Land Crush is 90. A 130 HP Basic whose cheap attack doubles as revenge. Shigenori Negishi.
Landorus, 110 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Abundant Harvest attaches a basic Energy from the discard pile, Gaia Hammer is 80 and deals 10 to every Benched Pokémon on both sides. Self-acceleration plus a spread attack, with retreat 1 to get out afterwards. Midori Harada.
Meloetta, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Magical Dance heals 30 from every Benched Pokémon, Shooting Star Pirouette is 40 and 30 more for each tails flipped until heads. The heal is the reliable half; the attack is a coin flip that usually lands around 70. Mizue.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Sealing Scream
Spiritomb, 80 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Sealing Scream stops both players playing any ACE SPEC card from hand, and Hexed Mirror shuffles your hand in and draws to the opponent's hand size. The card that turns ACE SPEC off, printed a year after ACE SPEC arrived. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Dark Cloak
Darkrai-EX, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Dark Cloak gives every Pokémon of yours with Darkness Energy a retreat cost of zero, and Night Spear is 90 plus 30 to a Benched Pokémon. Free retreat for a whole board plus a 180 HP body is the reason this card defined the era. Shizurow.
Zorua, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Ascension searches out a card that evolves from Zorua and evolves it immediately, Scratch is 20. Evolving without a turn's wait is the trick the Zoroark line is built on. Atsuko Nishida.
Zoroark, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Brutal Bash is 20 times your Darkness Pokémon in play, Dark Rush is 20 times the damage counters on itself. Two scaling attacks, one on board size and one on its own damage, on a 100 HP Stage 1. match.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Cobalion, 120 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Energy Press is 20 plus 20 per Energy on the target, Iron Breaker is 80 and stops the Defending Pokémon attacking next turn. The lock is what a 120 HP Metal Basic is for. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Altaria, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Speed Dive is 20 for two Colourless, Cleave is 40 and discards all Energy on the target if both coins are heads. A Dragon paying Water and Metal for one attack, which is the type's standing rule. Atsuko Nishida.
Rayquaza, 120 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Dragon Pulse is 40 for one Lightning and mills two cards, Shred is 90 and ignores every effect on the target. 90 for two types on a 120 HP Basic is the pack's best Dragon rate. Shin Nagasawa.
Gible, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Gnaw is 20 for Water and Fighting. The first stage of the Garchomp line, and the cheapest place to see a Dragon's two-type cost. sui.
Gabite, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Tackle is 20, Shred is 40 and ignores effects on the target. Shred on the middle stage is unusual and it is what makes the line hard to wall. Shigenori Negishi.
Garchomp, 140 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Mach Cut is 60 and discards a Special Energy off the target, Dragonblade is 100 and mills two. Retreat 1 on a 140 HP Stage 2, plus the Special Energy discard aimed at Plasma Energy. Masakazu Fukuda.
Deino, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Deep Growl Paralyzes on heads for one Darkness, Power Breath is 30 and discards an Energy from itself. Cheap Paralysis on a Basic, which is how the Hydreigon line survives its own setup. Akira Komayama.
Zweilous, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Crunch is 30 and discards an Energy on heads, Dragon Claw is 80 for a Psychic and two Darkness. The jump from 30 to 80 between the two attacks is the largest inside any line in the pack. Yukiko Baba.
Ability Dark Trance
Hydreigon, 150 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Dark Trance moves Darkness Energy anywhere on your board as often as you like in a turn, and Dragonblast is 140 while discarding two Darkness. The acceleration is what pays for a 140-damage attack, and 150 HP is the tallest non-EX in the pack. Tomokazu Komiya.
Black Kyurem-EX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Dragon Fang is 60 and Paralyzes on heads, Freeze Shock is 150 but cannot be used next turn. 180 HP and 150 damage, paid for with a turn: the Black half of the Kyurem pair. Eske Yoshinob.
White Kyurem-EX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Dragon Stream is 60 and attaches an Energy from the discard on heads, Ice Burn is 150 and discards two Fire while Burning the target. The White half pays its 150 in Energy rather than in turns, which makes it the faster of the two. Eske Yoshinob.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Overflow
Lugia-EX, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Overflow takes an extra Prize when it Knocks something Out, and Plasma Gale is 120 but does nothing unless you discard a Plasma Energy from it. Two Prizes per KO is the most aggressive text in the pack, and it is wired to the Plasma engine. Toyste Beach.
Swablu, 40 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Glare and Peck is 10 and Paralyzes on heads. 40 HP is the lowest body in the pack; the Paralysis is the only thing keeping it alive. Akira Komayama.
Minccino, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family searches out a Basic Pokémon, Tail Smack is 20. The search makes it the opener for the Cinccino line, and it is the second Minccino printed in 2013 after the shiny one in February. Midori Harada.
Ability Smooth Coat
Cinccino, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Smooth Coat flips to prevent all damage from an attack, Echoed Voice is 50 then 100. The same card as the shiny print in February, with different art: a coin-flip wall on a Stage 1. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Rough Skin
Druddigon, 100 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Rough Skin puts two damage counters on anything that damages it, even on a Knock Out, and Clutch is 60 and stops the target retreating. A Colourless Druddigon, unlike the Dragon one in the March set, and the one built to hold the Active spot. match.
Bouffalant, 100 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Revenge is 20 for two Colourless and 90 if you lost a Pokémon last turn, Head Charge is 80 and 20 to itself on tails. The cheapest Revenge in the pack, and it costs no type at all. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Tornadus, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Energy Wheel moves an Energy off the Bench onto it, Hurricane is 80 and moves a basic Energy back to the Bench. Both attacks are about moving Energy, which makes it an engine rather than a hitter. Miki Tanaka.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Put a Pokémon from your hand face down in front of you and tell your opponent its name. Your opponent guesses the height of that Pokémon. Reveal that Pokémon. If your opponent guessed right, he or she draws 3 cards. If your opponent guessed wrong, you draw 3 cards. Return the Pokémon to your hand. (You can’t choose a Pokémon that doesn’t have the height printed on the card.)
Cedric Juniper, Supporter — put a Pokémon from hand face down, name it, and the opponent guesses its height: right and they draw three, wrong and you do. A Supporter that asks the opponent a question, and it only works on a Pokémon whose height is printed on the card. 093/093. Ken Sugimori.
Imakuni?, Supporter — your Active Pokémon is now Confused. That is the whole card: no draw, no search, no heal, only a status on your own Active. イマクニ? is the illustrator who draws himself into the game's joke cards, and this is the straightest of them. Japanese only, no English printing. 096/093. Imakuni?.
Pokémon Enterprise, Supporter — flip a coin: heads and you heal 30 from one of your Pokémon, tails and you draw three cards. One of three arts, this one with Red and Golgo; the trio is Japanese only. 097/093.
Pokémon Enterprise, Supporter — the same coin as 097: 30 damage healed on heads, three cards drawn on tails. This art has Oshawott and Shoko-tan. Japanese only. 098/093.
Pokémon Enterprise, Supporter — the third art of the same card, with Robert and Lucario. A coin flip worth either 30 HP or three cards makes it the most flexible Supporter in the pack, and the only one with three printings inside a single set. 099/093.
The first pack of the XY era, and the first price rise in years: 158 yen plus tax, five cards to a pack, twenty packs to a box. Sixty numbered cards at 001/060–060/060, then three full-art cards at 061–063. Three things start here at once: the Fairy type (Swirlix, Slurpuff, Xerneas-EX), Mega Evolution (M Venusaur-EX at 230 HP, the tallest card printed in any 2013 Japanese pack), and the RR — Double Rare — rarity mark, which is simply the ordinary printing of an EX. Six EX cards come from three names. The 63 cards wait for English: they are printed as part of XY on 5 February 2014, where X and Y are merged into one 146-card set.
2013-12-13. 63 cards — 56 Pokémon, 6 Trainers and 1 Energy, 6 of them Pokémon-EX; 30 commons, 18 uncommons, 8 rares, 4 Double Rares, 3 full-art cards; 11 Grass, 9 Colourless, 6 Water, 6 Psychic, 5 Fire, 5 Darkness, 4 Fighting, 4 Metal, 4 Fairy and 2 Lightning; 26 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 25.
The first pack of the XY era, and three firsts land in it at once. Sixty numbered cards, three full-art secrets at 061–063, and the game gets the Fairy type (Swirlix, Slurpuff, Xerneas-EX), Mega Evolution (M Venusaur-EX at 230 HP — the tallest card printed in any 2013 Japanese pack) and the RR rarity mark, which is nothing more than the ordinary printing of an EX. Six EX cards from three names, each printed twice. The Trainers are the XY-era toolkit arriving in one go: Professor Sycamore, Team Flare Grunt, Muscle Band, Evosoda, Roller Skates, Max Revive. The pack carries no basic Fairy Energy — the only Energy card in it is Rainbow Energy at 060. All 63 cards wait for XY, 5 February 2014.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Venusaur-EX, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 4 — Poison Powder is 60 and Poisons, Jungle Hammer is 90 and heals 30 off itself. The first EX of the XY era, and the first card in the game to carry the new RR rarity mark. Full art at 061. Eske Yoshinob.
M Venusaur-EX, 230 HP, Grass, Mega Evolution, retreat 4 — Crisis Vine is 120 and leaves the target both Paralyzed and Poisoned, for three Grass and a Colourless. 230 HP is the tallest card printed in any 2013 Japanese pack, and this is the first Mega Evolution card the game ever printed. 5ban Graphics.
Volbeat, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Luring Glow drags a Benched Pokémon up for one Grass, Signal Beam is 30 and Confuses. The switch effect is the whole card: cheap, no coin, no damage. Kanako Eo.
Pansage, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Vine Whip is 10, Leech Seed is 20 and heals 10. Two attacks that both cost Grass, and the heal is the only reason a 60 HP Basic is worth the slot. Midori Harada.
Simisage, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Torment is 20 for one Colourless and stops a chosen attack of the target next turn, Solar Beam is 70. Torment is the interesting half: it names an attack rather than a Pokémon. Shigenori Negishi.
Scatterbug, 40 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Bug Bite is 10 for one Colourless. 40 HP, one attack: the cheapest body in the set and the first stage of the Vivillon line. 5ban Graphics.
Spewpa, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Bug Bite is 10, Stun Spore is 40 and Paralyzes on heads. Retreat 3 on an 80 HP middle stage is steep, which is why the Paralysis matters. 5ban Graphics.
Vivillon, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Conversion Powder picks Asleep or Poisoned with no coin, Colorful Wind is 30 plus 30 for each different type of basic Energy attached. The first attack is a guaranteed status; the second rewards a rainbow Energy line. 5ban Graphics.
Skiddo, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Lead flips for a Supporter search, Tackle is 40. A Basic that finds a Supporter half the time is the cheapest way into the set's Trainer engine. 5ban Graphics.
Gogoat, 110 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Lead searches out up to two Supporters with no coin at all, Charge Dash is 70 and can be 90 for 20 to itself. Two Supporters off one attack is the strongest search in the set. 5ban Graphics.
Venusaur-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as 001: Poison Powder for 60 and Poison, Jungle Hammer for 90 and a 30 heal. The full art is the secret printing at 061/060. Ryo Ueda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Slugma, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Flamethrower is 50 for Fire and two Colourless, discarding an Energy. One attack, 50 damage, on a 70 HP Basic: the highest one-attack rate among the Fire Basics here. Kagemaru Himeno.
Magcargo, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Magma Mantle is 30 and 80 if the top card of the deck is a Fire Energy, Heat Blast is 80. The first attack is a deck-stacking payoff rather than a coin flip, which makes it predictable. kawayoo.
Fennekin, 50 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Will-O-Wisp is 20 for one Fire. One attack, the cheapest in the set, and the opening card of the Delphox line. 5ban Graphics.
Braixen, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Clairvoyant Eye reorders the top three cards, Fire Tail Slap is 40 and discards a Fire Energy. Setup and attack on one stage, which is what the Delphox line needs. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Mystical Fire
Delphox, 140 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Mystical Fire draws to six cards once a turn, Blaze Ball is 50 plus 20 per Fire Energy attached. A Stage 2 that fixes your hand every turn is the reason the Fire line in this set is playable. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Staryu, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Reckless Charge is 30 and 10 to itself. The self-damage is the price of 30 on a 60 HP Basic, and it is the opener for Starmie. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Starmie, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Recover discards an Energy and heals all damage, Core Splash is 60 and 90 with a Psychic Energy attached. A full heal on a Stage 1 that still attacks is the set's best defensive line. Suwama Chiaki.
Corsola, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Refresh heals 30 and clears every Special Condition, Spiny Rush is 20 plus 20 per heads. The heal without a coin is rare here, and it makes a 70 HP Basic into a status answer. Kyoko Umemoto.
Froakie, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Bounce is 10 and, on heads, switches it to the Bench. A 50 HP opener that can leave after attacking, which is how the Greninja line survives. 5ban Graphics.
Frogadier, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Lick is 30 and Paralyzes on heads. One attack, and the Paralysis is what buys the turn the Greninja line needs. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Water Shuriken
Greninja, 130 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Water Shuriken discards a Water Energy from hand to place three damage counters anywhere, once a turn; Mist Slash is 50 and ignores Weakness, Resistance and every effect. The ability attacks without an attack, which is why this card is remembered. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Nuzzle Paralyzes on heads for one Colourless, Quick Attack is 20 plus 10 on heads. Cheap Paralysis and a cheap attack on the same 60 HP body. MAHOU.
Raichu, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, free retreat — Circle Circuit is 20 per Benched Pokémon of yours, Thunderbolt is 100 and discards all its Energy. Retreat 0 plus a scaling attack that wants a full bench is the shape of the whole line. Mitsuhiro Arita.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Ekans, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Bite is 20 for two Colourless. One attack; the card exists for the Arbok above it. Shigenori Negishi.
Arbok, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Gastro Acid shuts off the target's Abilities until the end of your next turn, Poison Jab is 50 and Poisons. Ability lock on a Stage 1, which in the XY era is a real answer to the strong Ability cards. Naoki Saito.
Spoink, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Splash is 10 for one Psychic. One attack, 10 damage: the Grumpig line's first stage and nothing else. Atsuko Nishida.
Grumpig, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Tricky Steps is 30 and moves an Energy off the opponent's Active, Psybeam is 60 and Confuses. The Energy move is a soft lock on anything with a heavy retreat cost. sui.
Phantump, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Astonish takes a random card from the opponent's hand and shuffles it into their deck, Hook is 30. A hand attack for one Psychic, which is cheap for the effect. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Forest's Curse
Trevenant, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Forest's Curse stops the opponent playing any Item card from hand while this is Active, and Tree Slam is 60 plus 20 to two Benched Pokémon. The item lock of the XY era, and the reason the card was played at 110 HP. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Lunatone, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Draw draws two for one Colourless, Moonblast is 20 and cuts 20 off the target's attacks next turn. Draw plus damage reduction on an 80 HP Basic. kawayoo.
Timburr, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Pummel is 20 plus 20 on heads. One attack, and the Conkeldurr line starts here. MAHOU.
Gurdurr, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Pummel is 20 plus 20 on heads, Hammer Arm is 60 and mills the top of the opponent's deck. A middle stage with a mill attached, which no other Fighting card here has. Kouki Saitou.
Conkeldurr, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Wake-Up Slap is 30 and 90 if the target has a Special Condition, then clears it, Dynamic Punch is 60 plus 40 and Confusion on heads. The first attack wants a partner that inflicts status. Masakazu Fukuda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Sandile, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 3 — Ram is 20, Darkness Fang is 50 for two Darkness and a Colourless. 50 on a Basic is the high end here, and retreat 3 is what it costs. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Krokorok, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Crunch is 20 and discards an Energy on heads, Darkness Fang is 60. The Energy discard on a cheap attack is the middle stage's job in this line. Akira Komayama.
Krookodile, 140 HP, Darkness, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Bother is 50 and, on heads, stops the opponent playing Supporters next turn; Knock Back is 80 and pushes the target to the Bench. A Supporter lock on a Stage 2 is the rare effect here. match.
Zorua, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Nasty Plot searches any card for two Energy. A 50 HP Basic with an unconditional search attached to an attack. Toyste Beach.
Zoroark, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Corner is 30 and stops the target retreating, Night Claw is 100 and discards two Energy on tails. Retreat 1 on a 100 HP Stage 1 with a 100-damage attack is the best rate in the Darkness line. Kagemaru Himeno.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Skarmory-EX, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Joust is 30 and strips every Pokémon Tool off the opponent's Active before damage, Tailspin Piledriver is 80 plus 40 if the target is already damaged. The Tool wipe is aimed squarely at the Ace Spec and Tool decks of the year. Full art at 062. Eske Yoshinob.
Pawniard, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Cut Down discards an Energy on heads, Metal Claw is 30. The first stage of the Bisharp line, and the discard is what the line builds on. Midori Harada.
Bisharp, 90 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Metal Sound Confuses for one Metal with no coin, Metal Wallop is 40 and 80 the turn after. The doubling attack on a single Metal is the cheapest scaling in the set. Hitoshi Ariga.
Skarmory-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 039: Joust strips Tools before damage, Tailspin Piledriver is 80 plus 40 on a damaged target. Secret printing at 062/060. Ryo Ueda.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Swirlix, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Fairy Wind is 20 for Fairy and a Colourless. One of the first Fairy-type Pokémon cards ever printed, and the cheapest place to see the new type on a card. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Sweet Veil
Slurpuff, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Sweet Veil makes every Pokémon of yours with Fairy Energy immune to Special Conditions, Draining Kiss is 30 and heals 30. The first Fairy Ability in the game. 5ban Graphics.
Xerneas-EX, 170 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Break Through is 60 plus 30 to a Benched Pokémon, X Blast is 140 but cannot be used twice in a row. The first Fairy EX, and the card the whole new type was introduced with. Full art at 063. 5ban Graphics.
Xerneas-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Fairy, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 044: Break Through for 60 and 30 to the Bench, X Blast for 140 with a turn off. Secret printing at 063/060, and the only Fairy card with a full-art version in the year. 5ban Graphics.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Tauros, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Take Down is 30 and 10 to itself, Seething Anger is 30 per heads flipped for each damage counter on it. The second attack turns its own damage into damage, which is unusual in a set this early. Midori Harada.
Dunsparce, 40 HP, Colourless, Basic, free retreat — Glare Paralyzes on heads, Second Bite is 10 plus 10 per damage counter on the target. Retreat 0 and a no-cost Paralysis on a 40 HP body. Naoyo Kimura.
Taillow, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Aerial Ace is 10 and 40 on heads. The cheapest Flying opener in the set, and the first stage of Swellow. sui.
Ability Drive Off
Swellow, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Drive Off forces the opponent to switch their Active once a turn, Wing Attack is 60. A free forced switch every turn is the most disruptive Ability in the Colourless line. Mizue.
Lillipup, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Bite is 20. Two cheap attacks on a 50 HP body; the Stoutland line's first card. match.
Herdier, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Bite is 20, Jump On is 50 plus 20 on heads. The jump from 20 to 50 between two attacks on one stage is the biggest inside the Colourless line. Tomokazu Komiya.
Stoutland, 140 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Bite Off is 60 and 120 against a Pokémon-EX, Wild Barking is 80 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon. The anti-EX attack is what makes a Colourless Stage 2 worth building in a set full of EX. Kouki Saitou.
Bunnelby, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Dig is 10 and, on heads, blanks all effects and damage against it next turn. A 60 HP Basic with a coin-flip shield, which is the only way it survives. 5ban Graphics.
Diggersby, 100 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Pickup returns two Item cards from the discard pile, Dig is 50 with the same shield on heads. Item recovery on a Stage 1 is rare in this era and it is the card's real job. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Put a Pokémon from your discard pile on top of your deck.
Max Revive, Item — put a Pokémon from your discard pile on top of your deck. Not into your hand: on top, so the next draw is the Pokémon you just lost. 054/060. 5ban Graphics.
Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use this card during your first turn or on a Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Evosoda, Item — search the deck for a card that evolves one of your Pokémon and evolve it immediately, but not on your first turn or on a Pokémon played this turn. An evolution that costs no turn. 055/060. 5ban Graphics.
Flip a coin. If heads, draw 3 cards.
Roller Skates, Item — flip a coin and draw three on heads. A coin flip for three cards with no cost either way, which is the cheapest draw in the set. 056/060. 5ban Graphics.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Muscle Band, Pokémon Tool — the holder's attacks do 20 more to the opponent's Active Pokémon, before Weakness and Resistance. A flat +20 on every attack, which is the Tool the whole XY format was built around. 057/060. 5ban Graphics.
Discard your hand and draw 7 cards.
Professor Sycamore, Supporter — discard your hand and draw seven. The most aggressive draw Supporter of the era: seven cards, no conditions, and everything you were holding goes to the discard pile. 058/060. Yusuke Ohmura.
Discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Team Flare Grunt, Supporter — discard an Energy attached to the opponent's Active Pokémon. No coin, no condition: a targeted Energy strip in a set whose attackers all need two or three Energy. 059/060. Yusuke Ohmura.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card provides Colorless Energy. While in play, this card provides every type of Energy but provides only 1 Energy at a time. When you attach this card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon.
Rainbow Energy, Special Energy — provides Colourless on its own line, but in play provides every type at once, and puts one damage counter on the Pokémon it is attached to. The damage is the price of playing a Fairy attacker and a Fighting one in the same deck. 060/060. 5ban Graphics.
The Y half of the same day, sharing no card with Collection X — five cards, 158 yen plus tax, twenty packs to a box. Sixty numbered cards, three full-art secrets at 061–063. The pack is built around Yveltal-EX at 170 HP, whose Evil Ball grows with every Energy on the board, and M Blastoise-EX at 220 HP. Aegislash is printed twice on purpose — 040 the blade and 041 the shield, swapped with an Aegislash in hand by Stance Change. Tierno at 059 is the one card here that English printed first: it shipped in the Kalos Starter Set on 8 November 2013, five weeks before this pack.
2013-12-13. 63 cards — 56 Pokémon, 6 Trainers and 1 Energy, 6 of them Pokémon-EX; 30 commons, 18 uncommons, 8 rares, 4 Double Rares, 3 full-art cards; 9 Grass, 8 Water, 8 Colourless, 6 Fighting, 5 Psychic, 4 Fire, 4 Lightning, 4 Darkness, 4 Metal and 4 Fairy; 25 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 25.
The Y half of 13 December, sharing no card with Collection X. Sixty numbered cards, three full-art secrets at 061–063, built around Yveltal-EX at 170 HP and M Blastoise-EX at 220 HP. Aegislash appears twice in one pack on purpose — 040 the blade with Buster Swing, 041 the shield with King's Shield — because Stance Change swaps either with an Aegislash in your hand. Lunatone is in Collection X and Solrock is here, and Solrock's Cosmic Spin only grows when Lunatone is on your Bench, which is a card's value split across two packs sold the same day. Tierno at 059 is the one card in the year that English printed first: Kalos Starter Set, 8 November 2013.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Weedle, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Leaf Munch is 10, and 30 if the Defending Pokémon is Grass. A 50 HP body whose only attack can double on the right target. Suwama Chiaki.
Kakuna, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Harden blocks all damage from an attack of 60 or less next turn, for one Grass. No damage of its own: the card exists to sit and absorb. Kouki Saitou.
Beedrill, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Poison Jab is 20 and Poisons, Flash Needle is 40 times the heads on three coins, and prevents all damage and effects to itself next turn if all three come up heads. One card, both a cheap status and a coin-flip ceiling. Shin Nagasawa.
Ledyba, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Spinning Attack is 30 for two Grass. One attack, one energy type, no effect. Mizue.
Ledian, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Tackle is 30 for a single Colourless, Mach Punch is 50 and puts 10 on a Benched Pokémon. The second attack is the reason to evolve: bench damage from a Stage 1 at three energy. Hitoshi Ariga.
Illumise, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Pheromotion searches out a Grass Pokémon, Quick Attack is 20 and 40 on heads. A Basic that finds its own evolution, which is what a 70 HP body needs to be playable. Kanako Eo.
Chespin, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Pin Missile is 10 times the heads on four coins. The opening card of the Chesnaught line, and the only attack it has. 5ban Graphics.
Quilladin, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Scrunch flips for full protection next turn, Wood Hammer is 70 and 10 to itself. Retreat 3 on the middle stage makes the coin flip worth playing. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Spiky Shield
Chesnaught, 160 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Spiky Shield puts 3 damage counters on anything that attacks it, even if that attack Knocks it Out, and Touchdown is 90 and heals 20. The only reactive Ability on a Grass Stage 2 in the year. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Pansear, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Live Coal is 10, Fireworks is 30 and discards an Energy off itself. The cheap half of the Simisear line. Tomokazu Komiya.
Simisear, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Yawn puts the Defending Pokémon to sleep for one Colourless, Flamethrower is 90 and discards a Fire Energy. Sleep plus a 90 hit on a Stage 1 is the whole pitch. sui.
Fletchinder, 70 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Flame Charge fetches a Fire Energy and attaches it, Fire Wing is 30. The line's own accelerator, which is why the Talonflame above it can afford two Fire. 5ban Graphics.
Talonflame, 130 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 0 — Devastating Wind makes the opponent shuffle their hand away and draw 4, Flare Blitz is 100 and drops every Fire Energy on it. Free retreat on a 130 HP Stage 2, plus the same effect Red Card has in this very pack. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Blastoise-EX, 180 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Rapid Spin is 30 and swaps both Actives for two Colourless, Splash Bomb is 120 and 30 to itself on tails. The pack's Water EX: a Basic with a switching attack and a three-Water finisher. Full art at 061. Eske Yoshinob.
M Blastoise-EX, 220 HP, Water, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Hydro Bombard is 120 to the Active plus 30 to two Benched Pokémon, for three Water. 220 HP, second only to M Venusaur-EX in the other half of the pair; Mega Evolution ends your turn when it comes down. 5ban Graphics.
Shellder, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Rain Splash is 20 for Water and a Colourless. One attack, no effect: the base of the Cloyster line. Naoyo Kimura.
Cloyster, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Clamp Crush is 30, Paralyzes on heads and strips an Energy, Spike Cannon is 30 times the heads on five coins. Paralysis plus Energy denial on one coin flip, and a ceiling of 150. Masakazu Fukuda.
Lapras, 110 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Seafaring flips three coins and moves a Water Energy from the discard pile onto the Bench for each heads, Hydro Pump is 10 plus 20 for each Water attached. A 110 HP Basic that refuels the Bench instead of itself. Hitoshi Ariga.
Panpour, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Wave Splash is 10, Water Splash is 10 and 30 on heads. Two attacks that both cost one Water; the coin is the only difference. Kyoko Umemoto.
Simipour, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Recycle puts a card from the discard pile on top of the deck, Surf is 70 for two Water and a Colourless. The retrieval attack is the interesting half: no coin, no discard. Kouki Saitou.
Blastoise-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 014: Rapid Spin for 30 and a double switch, Splash Bomb for 120 and 30 to itself on tails. Secret printing at 061/060. Ryo Ueda.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Destiny Burst
Voltorb, 50 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Destiny Burst flips when it is Knocked Out by an attack, and puts 5 damage counters on the attacker on heads, Rollout is 10. A 50 HP body built to be traded rather than protected. Atsuko Nishida.
Electrode, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Eerie Impulse discards an Energy off the opponent's side on heads, Rollout is 40. Energy denial on a Stage 1 that costs nothing to retreat. Shigenori Negishi.
Emolga-EX, 110 HP, Lightning, Basic, free retreat — Energy Glide attaches a Lightning Energy and then switches itself out, Electron Crush is 60 and 90 if you drop an Energy. A free-retreat EX whose first attack is pure setup. Full art at 062. Eske Yoshinob.
Emolga-EX, full-art, 110 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), free retreat — the same card as 023: Energy Glide attaches and switches, Electron Crush is 60 or 90. Secret printing at 062/060, and the only free-retreat EX with a full art in the year. Ryo Ueda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Venipede, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Poison Sting is 20 and Poisons. Retreat 3 on a 70 HP Basic, which is why the Poison is the point. sui.
Whirlipede, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Continuous Tumble is 30 times the heads you flip until the first tails. No ceiling except the coin, on a body that cannot retreat. Kagemaru Himeno.
Scolipede, 150 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Random Peck is 20 plus 20 per heads, Poison Ring is 70, Poisons, and stops the target retreating next turn. 150 HP and a lock on the same card: the Poisoned Pokémon cannot leave. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Pumpkaboo, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Confuse Ray Confuses for one Psychic, and that is the only attack. 60 HP with no damage output at all. 5ban Graphics.
Gourgeist, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Eerie Voice puts 2 damage counters on every one of the opponent's Pokémon, Spirit Scream sets both Active Pokémon to 10 remaining HP whatever they started at. The second attack ignores HP totals completely, which is why a 100 HP Stage 1 can trade with an EX. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Diglett, 50 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Mine looks at the top card of the opponent's deck and may make them shuffle, Mud-Slap is 20. Information first, damage second. Kanako Eo.
Dugtrio, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Earthquake is 60 and 10 to each of your own Benched Pokémon, Rock Tumble is 60 and ignores Resistance. Same damage twice, and the choice is whether you can afford the bench hit. Toyste Beach.
Rhyhorn, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Dig Out is 10 and attaches the top card of the deck if it is a Fighting Energy, Horn Drill is 40. The first attack turns the top of the deck into an Energy attachment. MAHOU.
Rhydon, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Horn Drill is 50, Mad Mountain discards a card off the top of the opponent's deck for each damage counter on this Pokémon if both coins are heads. Deck milling that scales with how hurt it is. Midori Harada.
Rhyperior, 160 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Rock Blast is 50 times the heads, flipped once per Fighting Energy attached, Rock Wrecker is 130, ignores Weakness and Resistance, and costs it the next turn. 130 that goes through everything, paid for with a turn. Naoki Saito.
Solrock, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Cosmic Spin is 10 and 40 with Lunatone on your Bench, Solar Beam is 60. Lunatone is in Collection X, so the card pays you for buying the other pack of the pair. kawayoo.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Upside-Down Evolution
Inkay, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Upside-Down Evolution lets it evolve while it is Confused, Confusion Wave Confuses both Active Pokémon. The only card in the game that turns a Special Condition into an evolution condition, and the attack supplies the condition itself. 5ban Graphics.
Malamar, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Mental Trash makes the opponent flip four coins and discard a card for each tails, Distortion Beam is 30 with Asleep on heads or Confused on tails. Hand disruption, then a status the coin cannot avoid. 5ban Graphics.
Yveltal-EX, 170 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Evil Ball is 20 plus 20 for every Energy on both Active Pokémon, so it grows as the opponent invests; Y Cyclone is 90 and moves an Energy off itself to the Bench. The mascot of the pack, and the year's Darkness EX. Full art at 063. 5ban Graphics.
Yveltal-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 037: Evil Ball scales with every Energy on the board, Y Cyclone is 90 and moves an Energy to the Bench. Secret printing at 063/060, and the three SR in this pack are 2× Ryo Ueda and 1× 5ban Graphics. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Honedge, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Pierce is 10 for one Metal. One attack, no effect, and the base of the Aegislash line. 5ban Graphics.
Doublade, 80 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dual Blades is 30 times the heads on two coins. Two swords, two coins, and nothing else. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Stance Change
Aegislash, 140 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Buster Swing is 120 and ignores Resistance, and Stance Change swaps it with an Aegislash in your hand, keeping all cards, damage and effects on the new body. The blade half of the pair at 040. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Stance Change
Aegislash, 140 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — King's Shield is 50 and stops all damage to it next turn, at the cost of not using it again the turn after; Stance Change swaps it with the Aegislash in your hand. The shield half at 041: the two printings in this one pack are the whole mechanic. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Jigglypuff, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Rollout is 10, Heartfelt Song discards a Darkness Energy off the opponent's Active Pokémon. The first printing of Jigglypuff as a Fairy Pokémon, and its second attack is aimed straight at the pack's own mascot. Kanako Eo.
Wigglytuff, 100 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Gather Energy attaches a basic Energy from the deck, Hocus Pinkus is 60 and stops the Defending Pokémon attacking next turn. A Stage 1 that both accelerates and locks. Mizue.
Spritzee, 50 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Sweet Scent heals 20 off one of your Pokémon, Flop is 20. 50 HP, and the heal is the only reason to play it. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Fairy Transfer
Aromatisse, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Fairy Transfer moves a Fairy Energy between your Pokémon as often as you like in a turn, Fairy Wind is 60. Free, unlimited Energy movement is the Ability the whole Fairy engine of the era was built on. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Doduo, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Hit is 30 times the heads on two coins, for three Colourless. Two heads, two heads of the same bird. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Dodrio, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Rage is 20 plus 10 for each damage counter on it, Endeavor is 50 plus 20 per heads. Both attacks get better the worse its position, which is unusual on a 90 HP body. Kanako Eo.
Skitty, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Heal Bell heals 10 from each of your Pokémon, Tail Whap is 10. 50 HP that repairs the whole bench before it does anything. kawayoo.
Delcatty, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Energy Salon searches up to three different types of basic Energy at once, Fake Out is 30 and Paralyzes on heads. Three types off one attack is the widest Energy search in the pack. Suwama Chiaki.
Bidoof, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — Hyper Fang is 40 and does nothing at all on tails. One attack, one coin, and a very ordinary body. Kagemaru Himeno.
Bibarel, 100 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Double Headbutt is 30 times the heads on two coins, Hypno Headbutt is 60, or 90 if you put itself to sleep. The second attack is the only way past 60 on this card. Kyoko Umemoto.
Fletchling, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Me First draws a card, Peck is 20. A 50 HP Basic that cycles itself, printed as Colourless rather than Fire. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Fur Coat
Furfrou, 90 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Fur Coat cuts every instance of attack damage by 20 after Weakness and Resistance, Energy Cutoff is 80 and strips an Energy on heads. A 90 HP Basic that effectively has 20 more HP against every hit, which is the closest thing this pack has to a wall. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Heal 60 damage from 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, discard an Energy attached to that Pokémon.
Super Potion, Item — heals 60 damage from one Pokémon, then discards an Energy attached to it. Twice the heal of a Potion at the price of an Energy, which is the trade the XY era settled on. 054/060. 5ban Graphics.
Search your deck for up to 2 basic Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Professor’s Letter, Item — searches out up to two basic Energy cards and puts them into your hand. Two Energy off one card, revealed to the opponent first. 055/060. 5ban Graphics.
Your opponent shuffles his or her hand into his or her deck and draws 4 cards.
Red Card, Item — the opponent shuffles their hand into their deck and draws four. No coin, no condition, and the only card in the pack that attacks the hand. 056/060. 5ban Graphics.
Any damage done to the Pokémon this card is attached to by an opponent's attack is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Hard Charm, Pokémon Tool — reduces damage from the opponent's attacks by 20 after Weakness and Resistance, permanently. A Tool rather than a one-turn effect, and it stacks with the damage reduction on Furfrou in this same pack. 057/060. 5ban Graphics.
Shuffle 1 of your Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your deck.
Cassius, Supporter — shuffles one of your Pokémon and everything attached to it back into your deck. The damage-free way out of a stuck Active, and it returns the Energy too. 058/060. Masakazu Fukuda.
Draw 3 cards.
Tierno, Supporter — draw three cards, no condition. The plainest Supporter in the pack, and the one card here whose English first printing came earlier than the Japanese: it shipped in the Kalos Starter Set on 2013-11-08, five weeks before this pack. 059/060. Ken Sugimori.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Double Colorless Energy provides ColorlessColorless Energy.
Double Colorless Energy, Special Energy — counts as two Colourless Energy, and has been reprinted in almost every era since Base Set. The card that lets a three-Colourless attacker exist without a three-Energy line. 060/060. 5ban Graphics.
Also released this year: English edition.
XY, 146 cards — English's cut of both December packs. All 125 of Japan's December cards that have an English printing arrive here (Tierno was already out in the Kalos Starter Set), together with Fairy Energy, which the Japanese packs did not carry at all. Fairy, Mega Evolution and RR all reach English on the same day, eight weeks after Japan.
Wild Blaze, 96 cards — Japan's next expansion, three months after the December pair. Mega Evolution stops being a curiosity: the set is built around M Charizard-EX, and the 230 HP ceiling set by M Venusaur-EX is where Mega cards stay.
What 2013 settles is the shape of the next three years. The BW block ends in March and nobody replaces it with a bigger set — the biggest Japanese set of the year is a reprint pack, and the last expansion of the block is 86 cards. The XY block starts by adding rules rather than cards: a type that needs its own Energy, a stage that costs you a turn, and a rarity mark that exists only to say this is the ordinary EX. The lag does not close, it settles at five or six months: 207 of 336 cards cross inside 2013, the last 125 cross in February 2014, and 4 never cross at all — while 215 of English's own 544 cards that year are Japan's 2012.
Release dates and product identities are connected to the Japanese 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.
bwsc verified_secondarybw9 verified_secondarybw10 verified_secondaryxy1x verified_secondaryxy1y verified_secondaryAll 336 cards of the five Japanese releases are listed, and none of them is reconstructed from a list of names. The counts match the card database that holds the Japanese scans: 25 in February, 86 in March, 99 in July, and 63 and 63 in December. 27 of them print past the end of their own set and are shown as printed rather than normalised — every one is a full-art, gold or secret card, and the July concept pack contributes six.
The Japanese printing is the first-hand source here. Type, HP, retreat cost, illustrator, every attack with its cost and its Japanese text, and the Japanese rules text of every Trainer are read from a Japanese listing of the card. English supplies two things only: the official English card name, and the verdict on whether the English printing is the same card. All 31 Trainers and 3 Energy cards were read off the card face for their Japanese names, and all 263 Pokémon names came from a species database, because the Japanese packs print nothing but the name itself.
The secret cards are filled in from two different places, and every one says which. 17 full-art cards are reprints of a card inside the same pack, so their attacks come from that ordinary printing — Virizion-EX 009 for its full art at 077, and so on. The 4 gold cards have no twin in their pack at all: Exeggcute, Virizion, Dusknoir and Rare Candy exist only in gold, so their text comes from the English printing of the same card in Plasma Blast (102–105). 16 cards on this page borrow a field from another card and each says so on its face. No attack is invented, and where nothing exists the field stays empty.
207 of the 336 cards reach English inside 2013, and the last 125 cross in February 2014. Shiny Collection's 25 go to Legendary Treasures as RC1–RC25 in November; Megalo Cannon's 86 go to Plasma Blast in August, all unchanged; 95 of EX Battle Boost's 99 go to Legendary Treasures; and Tierno is out in the Kalos Starter Set on 8 November, five weeks before Japan prints it. What is left over is December's two packs, and XY on 5 February 2014 takes 125 of their 126. 4 cards of this year have no English printing at all — Imakuni? and the three Pokémon Enterprise. The method is name, HP, number of attacks, each attack's damage reduced to its digits, and at least one attack name matching after normalising case and punctuation.
Every -EX card is a Basic, and that was settled on the card face. Chandelure-EX and Excadrill-EX evolve from a two-stage line, so a list built from the Pokédex puts them at Stage 2; the card itself says たね in the top-left corner, and so does every other EX in the year. Mega Evolution is printed as its own stage, not as a Basic — M Venusaur-EX and M Blastoise-EX are the only two, at 230 and 220 HP, and they evolve from the EX of the same Pokémon, which is why each of those two lines prints three cards.
One pack prints no rarity letters, and the page does not invent them. All 99 cards of EX Battle Boost carry nothing in the corner where C, U, R, SR or UR would sit, so the column reads — on every one of them. No other year in this archive does this, and it is the reason the 99 cards of July run in a single list rather than in tiers.
The rarity letters are kept as they print, with the new one spelled out. Japanese cards this year carry C, U, R, SR, UR — and from December, RR. RR is not a new kind of card: it is the ordinary printing of a Pokémon-EX, and there are exactly 8 of them, four in each December pack, paired with the three full-art secrets in the same pack. The eight sets of this archive's earlier years have no RR at all, which is how the debut is dated.
About the scans and what is not here. All 336 card faces are full-size scans, each one shown here scaled down from that original — the smallest is a full 300 pixels across. The BW-P promo series, the league and Battle Road cards, the film tie-ins, the 30-card deck set and the two XY half decks are all real 2013 cards and none is listed, because none has a per-card release date and distribution condition that could be verified. 4 cards carry no illustrator credit on the face at all — Imakuni? and the three Pokémon Enterprise, which sign themselves — so that field is empty rather than guessed. The five numbered packs are complete — 336 cards, 21 of them secret — and that is the whole claim this page makes.
Five releases, 336 cards, thirty-eight Pokémon-EX from twenty-six names, 8 Fairies, 2 Megas and three ACE SPEC — and a year that ends by throwing out the block it spent eleven months finishing. 2013 is the year the game stops adding cards and starts adding stages. February is a concept pack of foil cards; March closes the BW era; July reprints the era's best cards and prints no rarity symbols on any of them; December opens the next block with a type, a stage and a rarity mark that all three still exist a decade later. What does not change is the packet — five cards at 150 yen, then 158 in December — and that is the shape the game keeps.