Japan · 2014
This page covers all 452 Japanese cards of 2014, in five releases: 90 on 15 March, 105 on 14 June, 97 on 13 September, and 80 and 80 on 13 December. Four release days, five sets, and a year of two new stages and two new traits: Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait both arrive in the December pair, while Spirit Link and Night March arrive in September. The English edition of 2014 is 494 cards across four products, and 292 of these 452 cards are inside it — 90 of March's pack, 105 of June's and 97 of September's. The other 160 cross on 4 February 2015 as Primal Clash, and not one card of this year is missing an English printing — the first year in this archive with a clean sheet. The other half of the English year belongs to Japan's 2013: 125 of English's 494 are cut from the two packs Japan printed on 13 December 2013.
Five releases, 452 cards, 21 Mega and Primal cards and 22 Ancient Traits — and a year in which the game runs out of room on the card
2014 is the year the card itself changes shape. Four release days and five sets, and three of the four add a mechanic rather than a Pokémon. In September Phantom Gate begins Night March with three cards under 70 HP, prints the first Spirit Link, and puts Tools on the opponent's Pokémon-EX for the only time in the game's history. In December Gaia Volcano and Tidal Storm begin Primal Reversion — Groudon-EX and Kyogre-EX at 180 HP turn into 240 HP Primals whose attacks are named after the packs — and print 22 Ancient Traits, red Ω cards that either blank the opponent's Trainers or let a Pokémon attack twice a turn.
The numbers grow and the ceiling stops growing with them. 452 cards, forty Pokémon-EX and twenty-one Mega or Primal cards from thirty names, 37 full-art cards and 11 gold cards as secrets, 48 cards printed past their own set total. The tallest card is Wailord-EX at 250 HP, not a Mega — the Megas stop at 240 and stay there. What actually changes is what a card can do without more Energy: a Primal attacking the turn it evolves, a 70 HP Pokémon that hits for 200 off the discard pile, a Basic that attacks twice. 30 RR cards are in the year, and the RR mark is still nothing more than the ordinary printing of an EX.
Each set opens with what it was and when it landed, then every card in set order. The number line follows the card face. March and June print to 080 and 096, September to 088, and both December packs to 070; where a card prints past its own total — 081/080–090/080, 097/096–105/096, 089/088–097/088, 071/070–080/070 — it is shown exactly as printed, not normalised to a dash. 48 of the 452 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, but Mega and Primal are their own stage: they evolve from the EX of the same Pokémon, they end your turn unless a Spirit Link is attached, and they are printed as メガ / ゲンシ rather than as たね.
This page documents 452 main-series cards across five products on four release dates in 2014. It covers cards printed in Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.
| Publication edition | Japanese edition |
|---|---|
| Products | 5 |
| Cards | 452 |
| Release dates | 4 (2014-03-15 – 2014-12-13) |
| Series codes | xy2, xy3, xy4, xy5g, xy5t |
| Card faces on record | all 452 |
| Latest release on record | 2014-12-13 |
XY2 · Wild Blaze (2014-03-15, 90 cards) · XY3 · Rising Fist (2014-06-14, 105 cards) · XY4 · Phantom Gate (2014-09-13, 97 cards) · XY5 · Gaia Volcano (2014-12-13, 80 cards) · XY5 · Tidal Storm (2014-12-13, 80 cards).
How many main-series cards does this page record for 2014?452 cards across five products, an average of 90.4 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 2014-03-15 to 2014-12-13.
Do these Japanese cards have English-edition counterparts?452 of 452 cards (100.0%) carry a mapping to an English-edition card; the remaining 0 are Japanese-only printings or not yet paired.
How many of these 452 cards are shown with a card face?All 452 cards have a card face on record. 22 of those faces are marked as a scan from another print run rather than the original printing.
XY, 146 cards — English's cut of both packs Japan printed on 13 December 2013. All 125 of those cards that have an English printing arrive here, plus 21 that have no Japanese card in this archive, plus Fairy Energy, which the Japanese packs did not carry. No 2014 Japanese card is in this set: English's year starts with the year before.
Wild Blaze (ワイルドブレイズ, XY2), 90 cards. M Charizard-EX is printed three times — the Dragon 230 HP version at 055, a Fire 220 HP version that exists only as a gold card at 088, and a gold reprint of 055 at 089. Four EX names and two Megas, a price of 158 yen a pack, and nine Trainers.
Flashfire, 110 cards. All 90 cards of Wild Blaze, and the set where the Fire 220 HP M Charizard-EX gets an ordinary printing at 107 and 108 — the two cards Japan kept behind a gold border. English does not print the gold version at all.
Rising Fist (ライジングフィスト, XY3), 105 cards — the biggest Japanese set of the year, and the only one where the two gold cards are both Megas. Three Stadiums and two Special Energy in one pack, and Strong Energy at 096 becomes the card every Fighting deck runs four of.
Furious Fists, 114 cards. All 105 cards of Rising Fist arrive unchanged, two months after Japan — the shortest gap of the year.
Phantom Gate (ファントムゲート, XY4), 97 cards. Three mechanics start here: Night March at 026/041/043, Spirit Link at 081, and Team Flare Hyper Gear at 082–083, the Tools you attach to the opponent's Pokémon-EX. M Gengar-EX at 034 has an attack named after the pack that copies any attack the opponent has.
Phantom Forces, 124 cards. All 97 cards of Phantom Gate, seven weeks after Japan — and the set where English and Japanese rules first visibly disagree: Lysandre's Trump Card ships in both languages, and is banned in the Standard format the following year.
Gaia Volcano and Tidal Storm (ガイアボルケーノ／タイダルストーム, XY5), 80 cards each, one day, no shared card. Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait both start here: 22 Ω cards between the two packs, four Primals at 240 HP, Wailord-EX at 250 HP, and four more Spirit Links — Groudon, Aggron, Kyogre, Gardevoir. The price drops to 150 yen a pack.
The second XY expansion, fronted by Mega Charizard-EX. Eighty numbered cards at 001/080–080/080, then seven full-art cards at 081–087 and three gold cards at 088–090, making ninety. Mega Charizard-EX appears three times in one set, which is unusual: card 055 in the main list is the Dragon-type, 230 HP, Wild Blaze print, gold 088 is the Fire-type, 220 HP, Crimson Dive print, and gold 089 is the gold version of 055. So in Japan the Fire 220 HP version exists only as a gold card — English prints it as an ordinary card. Four EX names (Charizard, Magnezone, Toxicroak, Kangaskhan) plus two Mega. All ninety reached English on 7 May 2014 in Flashfire, which runs 106 plus four. Seal ratios were not published, so none are quoted here.
2014-03-15. 90 cards — 78 Pokémon, 12 Trainers and no Energy cards, 8 of them Pokémon-EX and 5 Mega or Primal; 38 commons, 26 uncommons, 10 rares, 6 Double Rares, 7 full-art cards, 3 gold cards; 13 Colourless, 11 Water, 10 Grass, 8 Psychic, 7 Fire, 7 Lightning, 7 Dragon, 5 Fighting, 4 Darkness, 4 Fairy and 2 Metal; 35 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 24.
The second XY expansion and the one that makes Mega Evolution normal. Eighty numbered cards, then seven full-art cards (081–087) and three gold cards (088–090). M Charizard-EX is printed three times in one set, and not the same way twice: 055 is the Dragon-type, 230 HP, Wild Blaze version at ordinary Double Rare; 088 is a Fire-type at 220 HP with Crimson Dive, gold only; 089 is the gold printing of 055. The 220 HP Fire version exists in Japan only as a gold card — English prints it as an ordinary card in Flashfire. Four EX names are in the set (Charizard, Magnezone, Toxicroak, Kangaskhan) plus two Megas, and the nine Trainers are the XY toolkit: Lysandre, Pokémon Center Lady, Pokémon Fan Club at 077–079, the Tools Protection Cube, Startling Megaphone, Fiery Torch, Sacred Ash and Trick Shovel at 072–076, and the Stadium Magnetic Storm at 080. All 90 cards reach English as Flashfire on 7 May 2014.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Adaptive Evolution
Caterpie, 40 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Adaptive Evolution lets it evolve on the turn it is played or on your first turn, which is the whole point of a 40 HP Basic; Bug Bite is 10 for one Grass. Every XY starter line is built to get off the ground immediately, and this is the smallest example in the set. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Ability Adaptive Evolution
Metapod, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Adaptive Evolution again, so the 40 HP Caterpie can become this on turn one; Harden costs two Colourless and blunts the next hit. No damage at all: this is a card you play to keep the line alive, not to attack with. kawayoo.
Butterfree, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Quiver Dance searches out a basic Energy and attaches it for one Grass, and Gust is 70 for Grass and two Colourless. A Stage 2 that fixes its own Energy every turn is the reason to run the three-card line in a set where Fire is everywhere. sui.
Pineco, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Ram, 20 for two Colourless. 60 HP, retreat 2 and no ability make it the plainest card in the pack; it exists to be evolved into the Forretress at 049. Suwama Chiaki.
Seedot, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family costs a single Colourless and puts a Basic Pokémon from the deck onto the Bench, which is a turn-one play that costs nothing in card count. Naoyo Kimura.
Nuzleaf, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Razor Leaf is 20 for one Colourless and Cut is 40 for Grass and two Colourless, so it attacks from turn one and still scales. The middle of the Shiftry line, and the only card in the pack that does both. Midori Harada.
Ability Leaf Draw
Shiftry, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Leaf Draw trades a Grass Energy from hand for two cards, and Deranged Dance is 20 damage for every Benched Pokémon on both sides. In a format where both players fill the Bench, that second attack reads as 100 or more for three Energy. Kouki Saitou.
Roselia, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Sleep Powder is 10 and a coin for Sleep, Cut is 20 for two Grass. Small, cheap, and the only Roselia in the year; the Roserade above it is where the value sits. kirisAki.
Roserade, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Whiplash flips until tails and discards an Energy from the Defending Pokémon for each heads, which is a way to strip a set-up Pokémon without doing damage; Mega Drain is 70 and heals 20. Three Grass for 70 that also heals is a fair rate in a set this slow. Masakazu Fukuda.
Maractus, 90 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Exciting Shake changes the coin count on Prickly Needles from two to six next turn, so the 20× attack can become 120. A two-turn combo on a single card, and the only one in the pack that rewards setting up before attacking. match.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Charizard-EX, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Stoke costs one Colourless and, on heads, pulls up to three basic Energy out of the deck; Fire Blast is 120 for Fire and three Colourless with an Energy discarded. This is the plain print; the full art is 081 and Japan printed the other Mega form only as gold 088. Eske Yoshinob.
Ponyta, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Agility is 10 and, on heads, blocks all effects and damage next turn; Flame Tail is 20 for two Colourless. A 60 HP Basic whose first attack is a shield is exactly what a set with three Mega Charizard wants on turn one. Tomokazu Komiya.
Rapidash, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, free retreat — Agility is 20 with the same coin shield, and Overrun is 40 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon. Free retreat on a Stage 1 is what makes the 20-damage snipe worth setting up. Akira Komayama.
Litleo, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Combustion, 60 for Fire, Fire and a Colourless. That is a heavy cost for a Basic, and it is the clearest sign the pack expects Pyroar to be the payoff. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Intimidating Mane
Pyroar, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Intimidating Mane shuts off all damage from the opponent's Basic Pokémon, which in 2014 is most of what attacks on turn one; Scorching Fang is 60 plus 30 if a Fire Energy is discarded. The ability is the card: 110 HP behind it survives a turn it has no right to survive. 5ban Graphics.
Charizard-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011, printed as a full art: Stoke for one Colourless, Fire Blast 120 with an Energy discarded. The full art is the printing that carries the price; the card itself is unchanged. Ryo Ueda.
English scan
M Charizard-EX, gold, 220 HP, Fire, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), retreat 1 — Crimson Dive is 300 with the top five cards of the deck discarded, on a Mega with retreat 1. Japan printed this Fire form only as this gold card — the main set at 055 carries the Dragon 230 HP version instead, and English prints both as ordinary cards. 5ban Graphics.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Counteract Quills
Qwilfish, 80 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Counteract Quills puts three damage counters on whatever damages it while it is Active, and Poison Sting is 20 with Poison for two Colourless. A deterrent rather than an attacker, and cheap enough to play for that alone. Kouki Saitou.
Feebas, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Surprise Attack is 10 for one Colourless and nothing on tails. 30 HP is the lowest in the set; the card exists purely as the first stage of Milotic. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Energy Grace
Milotic, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Energy Grace knocks itself out to attach any Energy from the deck to a Benched Pokémon, so it is a one-shot accelerator that costs a Prize; Waterfall is 60 for Water and two Colourless. The ability is the reason the Feebas line is in the pack at all. Shin Nagasawa.
Spheal, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Ice Ball is 20 for two Water. Nothing else: 70 HP, retreat 2, a two-Energy attack that does 20. The bottom of the Walrein line of three. Kagemaru Himeno.
Sealeo, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Rest heals 60 and puts it to Sleep for two Colourless, and Ice Ball is 60 for Water, Water and a Colourless. A 60-damage Stage 1 that can heal itself back to full is the middle of the line doing real work. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Walrein, 150 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Powder Snow is 60 and Sleeps, Big Tusk is 120 minus 10 for each damage counter on it. 150 HP with retreat 4 is a card that stays put, and the second attack punishes exactly the damage it is built to absorb. Naoki Saito.
Luvdisc, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Heart Wink costs one Colourless and, on heads, stops the opponent drawing next turn; Spike Draw is 20 and draws a card. A 60 HP Basic that replaces itself and can lock a draw is the sort of card that turns up in decks with no room for anything else. Atsuko Nishida.
Buizel, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Water Gun is 10 for one Water, Quick Attack is 10 plus 20 on heads. The only Water Basic in the pack that can attack for a single Energy and then scale. sui.
Floatzel, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Rescue shuffles three Pokémon from the discard pile back into the deck for one Colourless, which is recovery no other card in the pack offers; Screw Tail is 30 and discards an Energy from the Defending Pokémon on heads. Kanako Eo.
Bergmite, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Stomp Off discards the top card of the opponent's deck for one Water, and Tackle is 30 for Water and two Colourless. Mill on a Basic is unusual, and it is the only mill card in the set. 5ban Graphics.
Avalugg, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Frost Barrier is 40 and cuts incoming damage next turn, Shatter is 90 and discards any Stadium. 130 HP with retreat 4 means the barrier matters; the Stadium clause is a rare piece of removal in a set with four Stadiums. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Shinx, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Paralyzing Gaze costs one Colourless and Paralyses on heads; Static Shock is 30 for two Lightning. The cheapest way in the pack to buy a turn, and the first stage of a three-card line. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Luxio, 80 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Bite is 20, Electricounter is 40 damage for each Prize card the opponent has taken. A comeback attack that grows as you fall behind, on a Stage 1 that costs two Lightning and a Colourless. Akira Komayama.
Luxray, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Fang Snipe is 40 and strips a Trainer from the opponent's hand after looking at it, Wild Charge is 120 with 30 to itself. Hand disruption on an attack is rare, and 140 HP with retreat 1 makes it stick around to use it twice. Hitoshi Ariga.
Magnezone-EX, 180 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 3 — Electro Ball is 40 for two Colourless, Dual Bullet is 50 to two of the opponent's Pokémon for three Lightning and ignores Weakness and Resistance on the Bench. 180 HP and a spread attack; the full art is 082. Eske Yoshinob.
Helioptile, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Pound is 10, Destructive Beam discards an Energy from the Defending Pokémon on heads for Lightning and a Colourless. Energy denial on a 60 HP Basic is the whole reason it is in the set. 5ban Graphics.
Heliolisk, 90 HP, Lightning, Rare, retreat 1 — Parabolic Charge searches out two Energy cards and attaches them for one Colourless, Quick Attack is 60 plus 30 on heads. A Stage 1 that both accelerates and hits for 90 on a good flip is the best non-EX attacker in the Lightning half of the pack. 5ban Graphics.
Magnezone-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 030: Electro Ball 40, Dual Bullet 50 to two of the opponent's Pokémon. The full art of the year's only spreading EX. Ryo Ueda.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Duskull, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Revival puts a Basic Pokémon from the opponent's discard pile onto their Bench, which is a way to fill their side for spread attacks; Sneaky Placement drops a damage counter for one Psychic. The oddest card in the pack, and it is aimed at the Dusknoir above it. match.
Dusclops, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Confuse Ray for one Psychic, Cursed Drop places four damage counters anywhere for Psychic and two Colourless. Placement damage that ignores Weakness is the theme of the line, and it is what Dusknoir then moves around. MAHOU.
Ability Shadow Void
Dusknoir, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 3 — Shadow Void moves a damage counter anywhere on the field as often as you like in a turn, and Pain Pellets places damage equal to the counters on it. Together they turn every counter placed by Dusclops into a kill on any Pokémon. Suwama Chiaki.
Toxicroak-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Triple Poison Poisons and adds three counters a turn instead of one, Smash Uppercut is 80 and ignores Resistance. The poison clause is the reason to play it: three counters a turn ends most 170 HP Pokémon on its own. Full art at 083. PLANETA.
Espurr, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Psyshot is 10, Fake Out is 10 and Paralyses on heads for Psychic and a Colourless. A cheap Paralysis flip attached to the Meowstic line. 5ban Graphics.
Meowstic, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 1 — Ear Influence moves damage counters off your side onto the opponent's, Psychic is 60 plus 10 for each Energy on the Defending Pokémon. The first attack is a full heal in the right deck; the second punishes everything expensive. 5ban Graphics.
Skrelp, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Spit Poison, which Poisons on heads for one Psychic. 50 HP, no damage, a coin flip: the cheapest poison in the set and the first stage of Dragalge. 5ban Graphics.
Toxicroak-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 036: Triple Poison puts three counters a turn on, Smash Uppercut 80 ignoring Resistance. The full-art printing of the pack's poison engine. Ryo Ueda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Geodude, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Rollout is 10 for one Fighting, Flail is 10 for each damage counter on it for two Colourless. The Flail is the interesting half: a 60 HP Basic that hits harder as it is hurt. MAHOU.
Graveler, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Double-Edge is 60 for three Colourless with 20 to itself, Rollout is 80 for two Fighting and two Colourless. Two attacks that both cost a lot: the card is a wall that hits back once. Naoyo Kimura.
Golem, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Stone Edge is 60 plus 30 on heads, Explosion is 150 and knocks itself out for 100. A 150 HP Stage 2 with a one-shot finisher; the Stone Edge is the attack you actually use, and it is a coin flip away from 90. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Binacle, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Double Scratch is 30 times two coins for two Fighting, so 0, 30 or 60. Retreat 3 on a 70 HP Basic is a real cost, and the coin spread is the whole card. 5ban Graphics.
Barbaracle, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Rock Rush is 30 for each Fighting Energy discarded from hand, Boulder Crush is 80 for three Fighting. The first attack scales with your hand rather than your board, which makes it the only card in the pack that wants you to hold Energy back. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Sneasel, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Flash Claw is one Darkness and a Colourless to make the opponent discard a card. Hand discard on a 60 HP Basic is cheap disruption, and it is the only Darkness card in the first half of the pack. Mizue.
Weavile, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Call for Family fetches two Basic Pokémon for one Colourless, and Claw Rend is 60, or 90 if the Defending Pokémon already has damage on it. A Stage 1 that sets up the Bench and then punishes chip damage is the reason to run the Sneasel at 045. Shigenori Negishi.
Stunky, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Smokescreen makes the Defending Pokémon's attack fail on a coin, Slash is 20 for two Colourless. The Smokescreen is a one-turn Shield on a 60 HP body, which is the only kind of defence the card has. Kyoko Umemoto.
Skuntank, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Push Down is 30 and drags a Benched Pokémon up to be Active, Acid Spray is 70 and discards an Energy on heads. Push Down is the card: 30 damage plus a forced switch resets whatever the opponent spent two turns building. kirisAki.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Thorn Tempest
Forretress, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Thorn Tempest drops one damage counter on every one of the opponent's Pokémon the moment it evolves, and Iron Crush is 20 plus 20 for each Colourless in the Defending Pokémon's retreat cost. Spread on evolution, then a hit that scales off how heavy the target is. Tomokazu Komiya.
Durant, 70 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Chip Off discards the opponent's hand at random down to four cards for a single Colourless, and X-Scissor is 20 plus 20 on heads. A 70 HP Basic that attacks the hand is the cheapest disruption in the pack. Midori Harada.
7 cards · listed in original order.
M Charizard-EX, 230 HP, Dragon, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Wild Blaze is 300 for two Fire, a Darkness and two Colourless, then discards the top five cards of your deck. The biggest single number printed in 2014. Megas end your turn when they come down, and this one pays for the turn it costs with damage nothing in the year survives. The Fire 220 HP Crimson Dive form is gold 088 only. 5ban Graphics.
Druddigon, 110 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Revenge is 20, or 70 if any of your Pokémon was knocked out last turn, and Dragon Claw is 80 for Fire, Water and two Colourless. The four-Energy attack on a Basic is a real cost, but 80 with no drawback is the highest clean number among the non-EX Dragons. Ryota Murayama.
Ability Poison Barrier
Dragalge, 100 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Poison Barrier stops a Poisoned opponent from retreating, and Poison Breath is 60 with Poison on heads. Together they are a lock: poison, then the poisoned Pokémon cannot leave. It is the only stall combo in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
Goomy, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Gooey heals 10 every turn for free, Tackle is 20 for a Water and a Fairy. Two different Energy types on the cheapest attack in the set is the cost the whole Goodra line pays. 5ban Graphics.
Sliggoo, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Gooey now heals 30 a turn, and Gentle Slap is 40 for Water, Fairy and a Colourless. 80 HP with retreat 3 and a three-Energy attack needs the healing to be worth anything, and 30 a turn is. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Gooey Regeneration
Goodra, 150 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 3 — Gooey Regeneration discards an Energy to heal all damage on it, as often as you like in a turn, and Heavy Whip is 80 plus 40 on heads. A 150 HP Stage 2 that can undo a whole turn of damage is the defensive centre of the Dragon half of the set. 5ban Graphics.
English scan
M Charizard-EX, gold, 230 HP, Dragon, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), retreat 3 — the gold printing of card 055: Wild Blaze 300 for two Fire, a Darkness and two Colourless, discarding the top five of the deck. Same card, same art hand, gold border and number past the set. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Flabébé, 40 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Aromatherapy, which heals 10 from every Pokémon you have for one Fairy. No damage at all, and 40 HP: this is the set's reminder that the Fairy type is fifteen months old and still getting its small cards. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Flower Veil
Floette, 70 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Flower Veil gives every Fairy Pokémon you have 20 more HP, which on a board of three is a free 60; Fairy Wind is 20 for one Fairy. The ability is why the line is worth playing at all. 5ban Graphics.
Florges, 110 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 1 — Brilliant Search pulls up to three cards from the deck into the hand for one Colourless, Petal Blizzard puts 20 on every one of the opponent's Pokémon for a single Fairy. A Stage 2 that both fixes the hand and spreads without a flip is the best Fairy card in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
Carbink, 70 HP, Fairy, Basic, Rare, retreat 2 — Crystal Barrier blocks all effects and damage on heads for one Fairy, Wonder Blast is 40 plus 20 for each Fairy Energy attached. 70 HP behind a coin-flip shield, and a second attack that grows with the Energy the first one bought you time to attach. 5ban Graphics.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Pidgey, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Peck Off is 10 and strips every Pokémon Tool from the Defending Pokémon before damage. Against Spirit Link tools that is a way to switch a Mega off mid-game, for one Energy, on a 60 HP Basic. Atsuko Nishida.
Pidgeotto, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Sand-Attack makes the Defending Pokémon's next attack fail on a coin, Ambush is 20 plus 20 on heads. A Stage 1 that attacks for one Energy and can blank a turn is a fair bridge into Pidgeot. Shin Nagasawa.
Pidgeot, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Clutch is 40 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Strong Gust is 60 with the card's own text raising that attack on your next turn. 130 HP, retreat 1 and a lock attack: the cheapest way in the pack to trap something on the Active spot. kawayoo.
Kangaskhan-EX, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — Triple Draw draws three cards for a single Colourless, and Kindred Kick is 70 plus 30 on heads for three Colourless. A 180 HP Basic that draws three every turn is the year's most played EX, and it is why every deck could afford to run a colourless attacker. Full art at 084. Eske Yoshinob.
M Kangaskhan-EX, 230 HP, Colourless, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Wham Bam Punch is 100 and flips until tails, adding 30 per heads, for three Colourless. No type requirement at all: any deck can Mega evolve into it, which is the trade for the turn it costs. Gold at 090. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Stir and Snooze
Snorlax, 130 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 4 — Stir and Snooze lets it flip two coins while Asleep and wake on either, and Sleepy Press is 120, heals 20 and puts it back to Sleep. 130 HP, 120 damage and a way to ignore its own drawback, on a Pokémon that never moves. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Sentret, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Tail Smack is 20 for two Colourless. The plainest card in the pack, and the first stage of Furret. Mizue.
Furret, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Buried Treasure Hunt looks at the top four cards and keeps two for one Colourless, Slam is 30 times two coins. Digging four deep for two cards is the best card selection in the pack outside a Supporter. Kagemaru Himeno.
Miltank, 100 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Powerful Friends is 10, or 80 if you have any Stage 2 on the Bench, and Hammer In is 60 for three Colourless. A Basic that hits for 80 off one Energy as long as a Stage 2 exists is a payoff for playing the slow lines. Kanako Eo.
Buneary, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Bounce, which is 10 and switches itself to the Bench. A 60 HP Basic that attacks and leaves in the same action, which is exactly what a Lopunny with Big Jump wants underneath it. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Big Jump
Lopunny, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Big Jump returns it and everything attached to the hand, which resets damage and re-arms the line; Sitdown Bounce is 80 and stops it attacking next turn on tails. A reusable 80-damage attacker that cannot be knocked out cheaply. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Kangaskhan-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 064: Triple Draw for one Colourless, Kindred Kick 70 plus 30 on heads. The full art of the year's most played EX. Ryo Ueda.
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M Kangaskhan-EX, gold, 230 HP, Colourless, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), retreat 3 — the gold printing of 065: Wham Bam Punch 100 with a coin for every heads until tails. The only gold card in the pack that any deck can use, since it asks for no type at all. 5ban Graphics.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Look at the top card of either player's deck. You may discard that card or return it to the top of the deck.
Trick Shovel — an Item that looks at the top card of either player's deck and may discard it. In a set with no other deck manipulation of this kind, it is the cheapest way to fix your own draw or to bury the opponent's next card, and it costs nothing to hold. PLANETA.
Shuffle 5 Pokémon from your discard pile into your deck.
Sacred Ash — shuffle five Pokémon from your discard pile back into the deck. Recovery for decks built on Stage 2 lines that lose their pieces; five is enough to rebuild a whole evolution chain. PLANETA.
Discard all Pokémon Tool cards attached to each of your opponent's Pokémon.
Startling Megaphone — discard every Pokémon Tool attached to the opponent's Pokémon. The answer to Spirit Link, to Protection Cube and to anything that made a Mega playable, and the reason Tools are never safe in this format. Toyste Beach.
Discard a Fire Energy card from your hand. (If you can't discard a Fire Energy card, you can't play this card.) Draw 2 cards.
Fiery Torch — discard a Fire Energy from hand to draw two cards, and it cannot be played at all without one. A Fire deck turns its worst topdeck into two cards; every other deck cannot use it. Toyste Beach.
Prevent all damage done to the Pokémon this card is attached to by attacks it uses.
Protection Cube — a Tool that prevents all damage done to the holder by its own attacks. Attached to Charizard-EX or to anything with recoil, it turns a self-damaging attack into a free one. Toyste Beach.
Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with his or her Active Pokémon.
Lysandre — a Supporter that switches one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon up to be Active. The single most played card of the XY era: it turns every attack into a choice of target, and it is the reason a lone Pokémon on the Bench is never safe. Full art at 085. Ken Sugimori.
Heal 60 damage and remove all Special Conditions from 1 of your Pokémon.
Pokémon Center Lady — a Supporter that heals 60 and clears all Special Conditions from one Pokémon. Healing a 180 HP EX back out of range of the opponent's attack is worth a Supporter for the turn. Full art at 086. Maiko Fujiwara.
Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Pokémon Fan Club — a Supporter that searches out up to two Basic Pokémon into the hand. The standard turn-one Supporter of the XY era, and the card that makes every evolution deck's opening consistent. Full art at 087. Yusuke Ohmura.
Each Pokémon in play has no Resistance.
Magnetic Storm — a Stadium that removes Resistance from every Pokémon in play. Nothing else in the pack changes the board for both players at once, and it is the cheapest way to make a spread or a colourless attacker hit for full damage. Ryo Ueda.
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Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with his or her Active Pokémon.
Lysandre, full-art, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — the same Supporter as 077, with the art taking the whole card. The most played card of the era in its scarcest printing from this set. Ken Sugimori.
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Heal 60 damage and remove all Special Conditions from 1 of your Pokémon.
Pokémon Center Lady, full-art, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — the same Supporter as 078: heal 60 and clear Special Conditions. The full art is drawn by a different hand from the ordinary print, which is the only difference between the two cards. Megumi Mizutani.
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Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Pokémon Fan Club, full-art, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — the same Supporter as 079: up to two Basic Pokémon from the deck. Full-art Supporter, and the one card in the pack that every deck wants three of. Emi Ando.
The third XY expansion, and the one that pushed Fighting hard. Ninety-six numbered cards at 001/096–096/096, then seven full-art cards at 097–103 and two gold cards at 104–105, making 105. Six EX prints from four names: Heracross-EX and M Heracross-EX at 004/005, Seismitoad-EX at 020, Lucario-EX and M Lucario-EX at 052/053, Dragonite-EX at 069. Both Mega cards also get a gold print — 104 and 105. Three of the full arts are Supporters: Fossil Researcher, Korrina and Battle Reporter. All 105 reached English on 13 August 2014 in Furious Fists, which runs 111 plus three.
2014-06-14. 105 cards — 88 Pokémon, 15 Trainers and 2 Energy, 8 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega or Primal; 48 commons, 31 uncommons, 11 rares, 6 Double Rares, 7 full-art cards, 2 gold cards; 21 Fighting, 13 Water, 11 Grass, 10 Colourless, 9 Psychic, 6 Lightning, 5 Fire, 5 Dragon, 4 Darkness and 4 Fairy; 33 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 20.
The Fighting expansion, and the biggest Japanese set of the year at 105 cards. Ninety-six numbered cards, seven full-art cards (097–103) and two gold cards (104–105) — and both golds are Megas, the same pattern March and September follow before December switches gold over to Trainers. Six -EX names, twelve -EX cards (each of the four ordinary EX at RR and again as a full-art, each Mega at RR and again as gold): Heracross-EX and M Heracross-EX, Lucario-EX and M Lucario-EX, Seismitoad-EX and Dragonite-EX. Three Stadiums arrive in one pack — Training Center at 092, Fighting Stadium at 093 and Mountain Ring at 094 — and two Special Energy: Herbal Energy at 095 and Strong Energy at 096, the latter being the card every Fighting deck of the year runs four of. The two fossil Items at 085–086 revive a Pokémon from the discard pile rather than from the deck. All 105 cards reach English as Furious Fists on 13 August 2014.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Bellsprout, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Vine Whip is 10 for one Grass, Knock Off costs Grass and a Colourless and discards a random card from the opponent's hand. 50 HP with a hand attack is the cheapest disruption in the grass half of the pack. Kanako Eo.
Weepinbell, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Vine Whip is 20, Spit Poison is 40 and Poisons for Grass and two Colourless. Two attacks that both work off one Grass: the middle of the Victreebel line, and the only card in the pack that poisons for 40. Mizue.
Ability Wafting Scent
Victreebel, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 2 — Wafting Scent discards a Grass Energy from it to Confuse and Poison the opponent's Active, and Spiral Drain is 60 and heals 30. An ability that costs Energy but adds two Special Conditions is the whole point of running the three-card line. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Heracross-EX, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — Guard Press is 40 and cuts incoming damage next turn, Giga Power is 80 for three, or 120 with 20 to itself. The choice between a shield and a bigger hit on the same card is rare on an EX, and 170 HP makes either one viable. Full art at 097. Eske Yoshinob.
M Heracross-EX, 220 HP, Grass, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Big Bang Horn is 180 minus 10 for each damage counter on it, for three Energy. On a fresh Mega that is 180 for three, which is the best rate in the pack; every hit it takes costs 10 off the next one. Gold at 104. 5ban Graphics.
Shroomish, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Tackle, 10 for a single Colourless. No ability, no second attack, and the only card in the pack that attacks for one Colourless without a condition. Kyoko Umemoto.
Leafeon, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Soothing Scent is 30 and Sleeps for one Grass, Magical Leaf is 50 plus 30 and a 30 heal on heads. Sleep for a single Energy is the cheapest lock in the pack, and the second attack heals it back out of range. Naoyo Kimura.
Shelmet, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — Jump On is 10 plus 10 on heads for one Grass. 60 HP with retreat 3 is the worst body in the pack; the card exists for what Accelgor does on the turn it evolves. sui.
Accelgor, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, free retreat — Raid is 20, or 60 if it evolved from Shelmet this turn, and Afterimage Strike is 40 and stops all damage to it next turn. Free retreat plus a full damage shield means it attacks every turn and is almost never knocked out. Shin Nagasawa.
Heracross-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 004: Guard Press 40 with a shield, Giga Power 80 or 120 with 20 to itself. The full art of the pack's Grass EX. Ryo Ueda.
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M Heracross-EX, gold, 220 HP, Grass, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), retreat 3 — the gold printing of 005: Big Bang Horn is 180 minus 10 per damage counter on it. The full-art is 097's ordinary sibling; this is the gold border with the number past the set. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Magmar, 80 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Ram is 10, Ember is 30 with a Fire Energy discarded. The discard is the cost of a 30-damage attack on a Basic; the Magmortar at 011 is what it is paying toward. MAHOU.
Magmortar, 120 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Flame Charge is 30 and attaches a Fire Energy from the deck, Twin Bursts is 80, or 160 if Electivire is on your Bench. The pair with 028 is printed on the card itself: two 2014 Stage 1s that double each other's damage. PLANETA.
Torchic, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Quick Attack is 10 plus 30 on heads for Fire and a Colourless. One attack, one coin, and the whole of the Blaziken line's opening turn. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Combusken, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Slash is 30 for two Colourless, Midair Strike is 50 plus 20 on heads. A Stage 1 that can attack with no Fire at all is the reason the line survives a slow start. Shin Nagasawa.
Blaziken, 140 HP, Fire, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 2 — Clutch is 50 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Burning Shot discards two Energy for 150. The two attacks are a lock and a finisher on one card, and 150 is the highest clean number in the pack. PLANETA.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Poliwag, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Rain Splash is 10, Spiral Current is 20, Confuses and stops the Confused Pokémon retreating for three Colourless. Confusion plus a retreat lock on a 60 HP Basic is a genuine stall. MAHOU.
Poliwhirl, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Rain Splash is 20, Finishing Blow is 50 plus 40 if the Defending Pokémon already has damage counters. A Stage 1 that punishes chip damage, which is exactly what Poliwag's Confusion sets up. Kanako Eo.
Poliwrath, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 3 — Steamroll is 60 and 30 to a Benched Pokémon, Submission is 130 with 30 to itself. 140 HP, a spread attack and a 130 finisher: the most flexible Stage 2 in the Water half of the pack. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability King's Song
Politoed, 130 HP, Water, Stage 2, Uncommon, retreat 1 — King's Song ignores all Colourless Energy in the attack costs of your Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath, so Poliwrath's four-Energy Submission becomes three; Hyper Voice is 70. The only card in the pack that changes other cards' costs. Atsuko Nishida.
Glaceon, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Blizzard is 30 and 10 to every Benched Pokémon, Ice Edge is 60 plus 30 on heads. Spread on a Stage 1 for one Water is cheap, and the second attack is the payoff once the Bench is chipped. Kagemaru Himeno.
Seismitoad-EX, 180 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Quaking Punch is 30 for two Colourless and shuts the opponent out of Item cards for a turn, Grenade Hammer is 130 with 30 to two of your own Benched. That first attack is the card the whole format was built around in 2014–15: 30 damage and no Items, every turn, from turn two. Full art at 098. Eske Yoshinob.
Cubchoo, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Fury Swipes is 10 times three coins, Frost Breath is 40 for Water, Water and a Colourless. The coin spread is the only reason to attack with it before evolving. kirisAki.
Beartic, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Igloo Hold is 20 plus 20 for each Colourless in the Defending Pokémon's retreat cost, Mountain Drop is 80, or 120 with a Stadium in play. A card that reads the opponent's retreat cost is the only one in the pack that does. PLANETA.
Clauncher, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Bubble Paralyses on heads for one Water, Crabhammer is 30 for three. A 60 HP Basic whose cheap attack is a coin-flip Paralysis, which is the standard XY opening play. 5ban Graphics.
Clawitzer, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 2 — Reverse Thrust is 30 and switches itself out, Splash Cannon is 50 plus 20 for each Water Energy attached. A Stage 1 that hits for up to 150 with five Water, and can leave the Active spot whenever it wants. 5ban Graphics.
Amaura, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Stampede is 20, Aurora Beam is 50 for Water and two Colourless. 90 HP on a Water Basic with retreat 3 is unusually heavy, and the two attacks are the plainest curve in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Ice Shield
Aurorus, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Ice Shield cuts damage to every Water Pokémon you have that carries Water Energy, and Icy Wind is 70 and Sleeps. The ability is a board-wide defence, which nothing else in the pack offers. 5ban Graphics.
Seismitoad-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 020: Quaking Punch 30 and no Items for the opponent, Grenade Hammer 130 with 30 to two of yours. The full art of the card that defined the format. Ryo Ueda.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Electabuzz, 80 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Light Punch is 10, Ambush is 20 plus 20 on heads. Plain, and the first stage of the Electivire that Magmortar is printed to pair with. Naoki Saito.
Electivire, 120 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Tag Team Spark is 20 plus 20 for each Energy on your Magmortar, Gigavolt is 60 plus 30 on heads or 20 to itself on tails. The mirror of 011: each one's attack reads the other's Energy. PLANETA.
Plusle, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Positive Hand discards a basic Energy to draw two, Electric Tail is 30 and Paralyses on heads. A 70 HP Basic that turns spare Energy into cards is the cheapest draw engine in the pack. Akira Komayama.
Minun, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Negative Discard takes two basic Energy back out of the discard pile, Static Shock is 20. The exact mirror of Plusle at 029, printed as a pair and played as a pair. Akira Komayama.
Thundurus, 120 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Raging Thunder Punch is 30, or 60 if the Defending Pokémon has a Tool attached, and Lightning Slam is 100 but cannot be used twice in a row. A 120 HP Basic with a 100-damage attack and retreat 1 is the best non-EX Lightning card of the year. Hajime Kusajima.
Dedenne, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Entrainment puts up to two Basic Pokémon from the deck onto the Bench, Energy Short is 20 times the Energy on the Defending Pokémon. A 70 HP Basic that fills the Bench for one Colourless is the cheapest set-up card in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Drowzee, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Sinister Suggestion makes every coin the opponent flips next turn come up tails, Psyshot is 20 for two Psychic. A card that decides all of the opponent's flips for a turn is unique in the set, and it is aimed at every flip-based attacker here. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Hypno, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Hand Control looks at the opponent's hand and can take a Supporter out of it, Hypnoblast is 60 and Sleeps. Hand attack plus Sleep on one Stage 1 is a two-turn lock on the opponent's best card. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Victory Kiss
Jynx, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Victory Kiss heals 30 from your Active once a turn from the Bench, Hug is 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. Healing that costs no attack is the reason it sits on the Bench rather than in front. Naoki Saito.
Skorupi, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Poison Sting Poisons on heads, Pierce is 30 for Psychic and two Colourless. The cheap poison in the Psychic half of the pack. Naoki Saito.
Gothita, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Slap is 10, Psy Bolt is 10 and Paralyses on heads for Psychic and a Colourless. 50 HP is the floor of the set, so the Paralysis flip is the only defence it has. Atsuko Nishida.
Gothorita, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fortunate Eye looks at the top five cards of the opponent's deck and puts them back, Smack is 30. Knowing the opponent's next five cards for one Colourless is information no other card in the pack gives. Suwama Chiaki.
Ability Teleport Room
Gothitelle, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Teleport Room discards any Stadium in play and draws two, Psy Report is 60 and reveals the opponent's hand. Stadium removal printed on an ability, on a 130 HP Stage 2, is the pack's only answer to a Stadium lock. kirisAki.
Golett, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Pound is 20, Rock Smash is 30 plus 30 on heads. A Psychic-type Ground Pokémon is a card that only exists in the TCG, and its 90 HP is high for a Basic. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Golurk, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Wreck is 60, or 120 with a Stadium in play, Golurk Hammer is 100 for four. A 130 HP Stage 1 that doubles its damage off a Stadium is the only card in the pack that wants a Stadium on the board rather than off it. PLANETA.
21 cards · listed in original order.
Machop, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Knuckle Punch, 10 for one Fighting. The first stage of the Machamp that gives every Fighting Pokémon in play 20 more damage, which makes even this card's 10 into 30. Kouki Saitou.
Machoke, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — one attack, Beatdown, 40 for two Fighting. No ability, no second attack: the card is a body between Machop and Machamp. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Fighting Fury
Machamp, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 2 — Fighting Fury gives every Fighting Pokémon you have 20 more damage on its attacks, and Machamp Crush is 80 with reduced incoming damage next turn. The ability is the most important line of text in the pack: it turns every cheap Fighting attacker into a real one. PLANETA.
Hitmonlee, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Stretch Kick is 30 to a Benched Pokémon for one Fighting, Spiral Kick is 30. A Basic that attacks the Bench from turn one, which is what the Fighting half of the set is built to finish. Hitoshi Ariga.
Hitmonchan, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Bullet Punch is 20 plus 20 per heads on two coins, Mach Cross is 60. Three attacks' worth of numbers on two attacks, and the highest damage of the three Hitmons here. match.
Hitmontop, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Quick Draw draws a card for one Colourless, Helicoptero is 40 and switches itself out. A Basic that draws and then leaves the Active spot in the same turn is free value for a Fighting deck. kawayoo.
Breloom, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Giga Drain is 20 and heals the damage it dealt, Sky Uppercut is 70 and ignores Resistance. 70 that ignores Resistance matters in a year where Metal and Fairy walls are common. Hitoshi Ariga.
Makuhita, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Punch is 10, Strength is 40 for three. 80 HP and retreat 3 make it the heaviest Basic in the Fighting half, and 40 for three is the rate it pays for that. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Thick Fat
Hariyama, 120 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Thick Fat halves damage from Fire and Water Pokémon, Rocket Slap is 80 for three. With Machamp's Fighting Fury this hits for 100, and Thick Fat covers the two types that answer Fighting. TOKIYA.
Trapinch, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Mountain Munch discards the top card of the opponent's deck for one Fighting, Mud-Slap is 10. Mill on a Fighting Basic is the oddest pairing in the pack. Mizue.
Lucario-EX, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — three attacks: Missile Jab 30 ignoring Resistance, Corkscrew Smash 60 for two Fighting and draws to six cards, Somersault Kick 100 for three. The year's only EX with three attacks, and the middle one is a draw engine stapled to an attacker. Full art at 099. Eske Yoshinob.
M Lucario-EX, 220 HP, Fighting, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — Rising Fist is 140 for three Fighting and discards an Energy from the opponent's Active Pokémon. Damage plus Energy denial on one attack, on a Mega whose name is the name of the set. Gold at 105. 5ban Graphics.
Mienfoo, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Flop is 10, Lunge is 30 and nothing on tails. A 60 HP Basic with a coin-flip 30 is the ordinary opening of the Fighting half of the pack. Shigenori Negishi.
Mienshao, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Aero Turn is 40 and returns it and everything attached to the hand, High Jump Kick is 40 for two Colourless. A 40-damage attacker that resets its own damage every turn is a wall that the opponent cannot finish. TOKIYA.
Landorus, 120 HP, Fighting, Basic, Rare, retreat 1 — Shout of Power is 20 and attaches a basic Energy from the discard pile to a Benched Pokémon, Sky Lariat is 90 for three. A 120 HP Basic that recycles Energy while attacking is the best set-up attacker in the pack. PLANETA.
Pancham, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Bad-Influence Evolution lets it evolve straight into Pangoro from the deck if a Darkness Pokémon is on your Bench, Confront is 30 for three. A Basic that skips its own Stage 1, which is the only such shortcut in the set. 5ban Graphics.
Tyrunt, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Gnaw is 30, Crunch is 50 and discards an Energy on heads. 90 HP on a Basic with a 50-damage two-Energy attack is a fair rate, and the discard makes it a threat rather than a body. 5ban Graphics.
Tyrantrum, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Chew Up is 60, or 110 if the Defending Pokémon has Special Energy attached, Giga Impact is 150 and stops it attacking next turn. 150 damage on a Stage 1 is the biggest number in the pack, and the turn off is the price. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Shining Spirit
Hawlucha, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, free retreat — Shining Spirit means its damage ignores Weakness and Resistance, and Flying Press is 60 for a single Fighting — but only against a Pokémon-EX; against anything else the attack does nothing. 70 HP, no retreat cost and a one-Energy 60 aimed squarely at EX: the cheapest EX-hunter of the year, and the reason Fighting decks had a turn-one play. 5ban Graphics.
Lucario-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 052, with all three attacks: 30 ignoring Resistance, 60 that draws to six, 100 for three. The full art of the year's only three-attack EX. Ryo Ueda.
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M Lucario-EX, gold, 220 HP, Fighting, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), retreat 2 — the gold printing of 053: Rising Fist 140 and an Energy off the opponent's Active. The gold card of the set's cover Pokémon. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Drapion, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Venoshock is 20, or 60 if the Defending Pokémon is Poisoned, Venomous Fang is 80 and Poisons. The two attacks feed each other: poison with the expensive one, then hit for 60 with the cheap one. Hitoshi Ariga.
Scraggy, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Corkscrew Punch, 30 for two Darkness. A 60 HP Basic paying two Darkness for 30 is the worst rate in the pack, and it exists only to become Scrafty. Tomokazu Komiya.
Scrafty, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Low Kick is 30 for two Colourless, Machine Gun Headbutt is 50 times three coins. A Stage 1 that can hit for 150 on three heads, and cannot be attacked for less than two Energy. match.
Pangoro, 120 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 3 — Clobber is 30, or 60 if an Item card is discarded from hand, Hammer Arm is 80 and mills the top card of the opponent's deck. The first attack turns spare Items into damage, which is unusual on a Stage 1. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Bust In
Dragonite-EX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Bust In moves any number of basic Energy from your other Pokémon onto it the moment it comes down, and Jet Sonic is 80 plus 30 with an Energy discarded. The ability alone made it the standard partner for every heavy attacker of the year. Full art at 100. Eske Yoshinob.
Vibrava, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Charge Energy searches out two basic Energy for one Colourless, Vibration is 30 for Grass and Fighting. The only true Energy search printed as an attack in the pack. Kagemaru Himeno.
Flygon, 130 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, Uncommon, retreat 1 — Rainbow Shower attaches any number of basic Energy from hand to your Pokémon in any distribution, Sand Sweep is 70 and heals 30 from every Pokémon with Energy attached. Board-wide healing and free attachment on one card. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Echolocation
Noivern, 100 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 1 — Echolocation flips to block all damage, and Boomburst puts 30 on every one of the opponent's Pokémon. A board-wide spread that does not need the Active spot, with a coin-flip shield on top. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Bust In
Dragonite-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 069: Bust In moves Energy onto it as it arrives, Jet Sonic is 80 plus 30. The full art of the year's most-used Energy accelerator. Ryo Ueda.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Clefairy, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Moonlight heals 30 for one Colourless, Pound is 20. A 60 HP Fairy that heals without attacking is the cheapest way to keep a Benched evolution alive. Naoyo Kimura.
Clefable, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Follow Me switches the opponent's Benched Pokémon up, Moonblast is 30 and cuts incoming damage next turn. A Supporter's effect printed on an attack, which frees the Supporter slot for the turn. Atsuko Nishida.
Sylveon, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 1 — Curly Ribbon is 30 and moves an Energy off the Defending Pokémon onto a Benched one, Echoed Voice is 50 and 100 next turn. Energy displacement plus a two-turn attack is a combination nothing else in the pack has. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Secret Key
Klefki, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Secret Key gives every Fairy Pokémon you have Resistance −40, and Fairy Lock is 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. 60 HP behind a −40 Resistance is a real wall against anything Fairy resists. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Lickitung, 90 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Lunge, 50 for three Colourless and nothing on tails. 90 HP with retreat 3 and a coin-flip attack is the plainest card in the second half of the pack. Masakazu Fukuda.
Lickilicky, 120 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Knock Off is 50 and discards a random card from the opponent's hand, Lickichop is 60 plus 30 for each heads until the first tails. Hand disruption and a scaling attack on a 120 HP body. Hajime Kusajima.
Ability Energy Evolution
Eevee, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Energy Evolution lets it evolve the moment an Energy is attached from hand, and Gnaw is 10. 50 HP is the floor, but evolving on the Energy drop makes every Eeveelution in the year a turn faster. sui.
Slakoth, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Big Yawn, which puts both Active Pokémon to Sleep for two Colourless. No damage at all: the card exists to stall a turn while Slaking is assembled. Midori Harada.
Vigoroth, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Scratch is 20, Reckless Charge is 70 with 20 to itself on tails. 70 for three on a Stage 1 is the strongest ordinary attack in the colourless line. Suwama Chiaki.
Slaking, 150 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 4 — Amnesia is 50 and stops one of the Defending Pokémon's attacks, Knuckle Sandwich is 120 with an Energy discarded. 150 HP, a lock and a 120 finisher; retreat 4 is what keeps it honest. PLANETA.
Patrat, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Safety Check, which looks at one of your face-down Prize cards for one Colourless. Knowing a Prize is the cheapest information card in the pack. Kyoko Umemoto.
Watchog, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Held-Item Inspection reveals the opponent's hand and takes an Item out of it, Thorough Crunch is 30 with an Energy discarded per heads on two coins. Hand attack plus Energy denial on one Stage 1. Midori Harada.
Tornadus, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, Uncommon, retreat 1 — Push Down is 20 and may switch the opponent's Active out, Twister Throw is 60, or 90 when both hands are the same size. A colourless Basic with retreat 1 that fits any deck. kawayoo.
Noibat, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Gust is 20 for two Colourless. The first stage of the Noivern at 072, and nothing more. 5ban Graphics.
15 cards · listed in original order.
Choose up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards attached to your Pokémon and put them into your hand.
Tool Retriever — an Item that returns up to two Pokémon Tools from your Pokémon to the hand. Tools are the scarcest resource in this format, and picking a Spirit Link back up after a Mega has evolved is what the card is for. Toyste Beach.
Shuffle 2 cards from your hand into your deck. (If you can't shuffle 2 cards into your deck, you can't play this card.) Then, draw a card.
Maintenance — shuffle two cards from hand into the deck, then draw one. A one-for-one that fixes a bad hand and costs you a card; the only shuffle-and-draw Item in the pack. Toyste Beach.
Look at the bottom 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Tyrunt you find there and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Jaw Fossil — look at the bottom seven cards of the deck and put a Tyrunt found there onto the Bench. The fossil Items search from the bottom of the deck, which is a mechanic nothing else in the year uses. Toyste Beach.
Look at the bottom 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal an Amaura you find there and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Sail Fossil — the same as Jaw Fossil for Amaura: look at the bottom seven cards and Bench one. The pair is the only way to play the Aurorus line without drawing into it. Toyste Beach.
The Pokémon this card is attached to can't be affected by any Special Conditions. (Remove any Special Conditions affecting that Pokémon.)
Sparkling Robe — a Tool that makes the holder immune to all Special Conditions and clears any it has. Against the poison and Sleep cards filling this set, it blanks a whole category of attack. Toyste Beach.
If the Fighting Pokémon this card is attached to has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, that Pokémon is not Knocked Out and its remaining HP becomes 10 instead. Then, discard this card.
Focus Sash — a Tool that, while the holder is a Fighting Pokémon at full HP, keeps it alive at 10 HP instead of being knocked out. The card that made one-Prize Fighting decks able to survive an EX's attack. Toyste Beach.
Search your deck for up to 2 in any combination of Amaura or Tyrunt and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Fossil Researcher — a Supporter that puts up to two Amaura or Tyrunt straight from the deck onto the Bench. Two Basic Pokémon for one Supporter, at the cost of them having to be the fossils. Full art at 101. Naoki Saito.
Search your deck for a Fighting Pokémon and an Item card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Korrina — a Supporter that searches out a Fighting Pokémon and an Item card in one go. The single best Supporter in the pack and the reason Fighting decks of 2014 never missed a turn. Full art at 102. Ken Sugimori.
Draw cards until you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent.
Battle Reporter — a Supporter that draws you up to the number of cards the opponent holds. A comeback card: the further behind you are on cards, the more it draws. Full art at 103. Shin Nagasawa.
Each Stage 1 and Stage 2 Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) gets +30 HP.
Training Center — a Stadium giving every Stage 1 and Stage 2 in play +30 HP, both sides. It makes every evolution deck in the format harder to knock out, and it is the Stadium that defined the second half of 2014. Ryo Ueda.
The attacks of each Fighting Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) do 20 more damage to the Defending Pokémon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Fighting Stadium — a Stadium that gives every Fighting Pokémon's attacks +20 damage against the Defending Pokémon-EX, both sides. With Machamp's Fighting Fury that is +40 on every hit against an EX, which is the whole Fighting archetype in one card. Ryo Ueda.
Prevent all damage done to Benched Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's).
Mountain Ring — a Stadium that stops all damage to Benched Pokémon from attacks, both sides. The direct answer to the spread attacks this set is full of, including Seismitoad's and Noivern's. Ryo Ueda.
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Search your deck for up to 2 in any combination of Amaura or Tyrunt and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Fossil Researcher, full-art, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — the same Supporter as 089: up to two Amaura or Tyrunt from the deck onto the Bench. The full-art printing keeps the same art hand as the ordinary one. Naoki Saito.
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Search your deck for a Fighting Pokémon and an Item card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Korrina, full-art, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — the same Supporter as 090: a Fighting Pokémon and an Item in one search. The full art is drawn by a different hand from the ordinary print, and it is the most expensive Supporter in the pack. Yusuke Ohmura.
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Draw cards until you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent.
Battle Reporter, full-art, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — the same Supporter as 091: draw up to the opponent's hand size. The full-art printing of the pack's comeback card. Shin Nagasawa.
2 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Grass Pokémon. This card provides Grass Energy only while this card is attached to a Grass Pokémon. When you attach this card from your hand to 1 of your Grass Pokémon, heal 30 damage from that Pokémon. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Grass Pokémon, discard this card.)
Herbal Energy — a Special Energy that provides Grass, and can only be attached to a Grass Pokémon. It heals 30 from the holder when attached, which makes it a free heal on any Grass evolution. 5ban Graphics.
This card can only be attached to Fighting Pokémon. This card provides Fighting Energy only while this card is attached to a Fighting Pokémon. The attacks of the Fighting Pokémon this card is attached to do 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). (If this card is attached to anything other than a Fighting Pokémon, discard this card.)
Strong Energy — a Special Energy for Fighting Pokémon that gives +10 damage to the holder's attacks while attached. Four of them on one Fighting Pokémon is 40 extra damage, and it stacks with Machamp and Fighting Stadium. 5ban Graphics.
The fourth XY expansion, and the debut of Spirit Link. A single Tool now removes the cost that had kept Mega Evolution out of real play — the turn ending — and that is why Mega Pokémon start showing up in decks from this pack on. Eighty-eight numbered cards at 001/088–088/088, then seven full-art cards at 089–095 and two gold cards at 096–097, making 97. Six EX prints from four names: Manectric-EX and M Manectric-EX at 023/024, Gengar-EX and M Gengar-EX at 033/034, Malamar-EX at 057, Florges-EX at 060. Both Mega cards also get a gold print at 096/097. Team Flare Hyper Gear — Jamming Net and Head Noiser — attaches to the opponent's Pokémon, a thing no earlier Tool did, and it was printed in this one pack only. English gets it on 5 November 2014 as Phantom Forces, 119 plus five. The price is recorded two ways in the sources: this pack and the two XY5 packs at 150 yen plus tax, XY2 and XY3 at 158 yen. Nothing available settles which is right, so each pack carries the figure its own source gives.
2014-09-13. 97 cards — 83 Pokémon, 13 Trainers and 1 Energy, 8 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega or Primal; 40 commons, 30 uncommons, 12 rares, 6 Double Rares, 7 full-art cards, 2 gold cards; 17 Psychic, 12 Colourless, 10 Water, 9 Lightning, 9 Darkness, 8 Grass, 5 Fighting, 4 Fire, 4 Fairy, 3 Dragon and 2 Metal; 35 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 11.
The set where three mechanics of the next two years start at once. Eighty-eight numbered cards, seven full-art (089–095) and two golds (096–097), and this time both golds are Megas. Night March arrives at 026, 041 and 043 — Joltik, Lampent and Pumpkaboo, three cards under 70 HP whose attack counts the Night March Pokémon in your discard pile; with Battle Compressor at 079 in the same pack, the deck exists on day one. Spirit Link arrives at 081, as Manectric Spirit Link, and stops Mega Evolution from ending your turn. Team Flare Gear arrives at 078–080 and Team Flare Hyper Gear at 082–083 — the latter two are Tools you attach to the opponent's Pokémon-EX, and that idea is never printed again. Lysandre's Trump Card at 086 shuffles both players' discard piles back into their decks and was later banned from the Standard format. All 97 cards reach English as Phantom Forces on 5 November 2014.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Venonat, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Stun Spore is 20 for Grass and a Colourless and Paralyses on heads. One attack, one coin, and the cheapest way into the Venomoth at 002. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Venomoth, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Dizzying Wind makes the opponent flip for every Trainer card they play next turn, and Noxious Scales is 50 with Confusion and Poison. A card that attacks the opponent's Trainers rather than their Pokémon is unique in the year. 5ban Graphics.
Yanma, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Air Slash, 30 for two Colourless with an Energy discarded. 70 HP and one expensive attack; the card is a bridge to Yanmega. Shin Nagasawa.
Yanmega, 110 HP, Grass, Stage 1, free retreat — Windfall shuffles the hand away and draws six for one Grass, Surprise Strike is 50, or 100 if it came off the Bench this turn. A free-retreat attacker that refreshes the hand every turn and hits for 100 on the turn it arrives. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Sewaddle, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Nap heals 20 for one Grass, Bug Bite is 20. 50 HP with a heal instead of damage is the slowest opening in the pack, and the first stage of Leavanny. kawayoo.
Swadloon, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Protect blocks all effects and damage on heads for one Grass, Corkscrew Punch is 40 for three. The cheapest full shield in the pack, on a Stage 1. Tomokazu Komiya.
Leavanny, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Coordinate searches out and attaches a Pokémon Tool to up to two Benched Pokémon, Leaf Storm is 70 and heals 20 from all your Grass Pokémon. The only card in the year that fetches and attaches Tools from the deck. Atsuko Nishida.
Karrablast, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Peck is 10, Headbutt is 20. 50 HP and no ability: the card exists because Accelgor in the previous set evolves from it. Sanosuke Sakuma.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Fletchinder, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Peck is 20, Combustion is 60 for Fire, Fire and a Colourless. The middle of the Talonflame line, and the only Fire Stage 1 in the pack with an attack that does not damage itself. Suwama Chiaki.
Talonflame, 130 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Acrobatics is 30 plus 30 per heads on two coins, Jet Shoot is 120 and everything hits it for 40 more next turn. 120 damage at that speed is the best Fire rate in the pack; the recoil clause is what keeps it honest. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Litleo, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Roar makes the opponent switch their Active out, Live Coal is 20. A 60 HP Basic whose cheap attack is a forced switch is the cheapest disruption in the Fire line. Atsuko Nishida.
Ability Flare Command
Pyroar, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 2 — Flare Command discards a Fire Energy to drag a Benched Pokémon up, and Inferno Onrush is 110 with 30 to itself. Damage and a forced switch from one Stage 1, which is what the year's Fire decks were built on. Naoki Saito.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Krabby, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Vice Grip is 10, Crabhammer is 50 for three Water. Three Energy for 50 is a heavy ask, and the Kingler above it is the only reason to pay it. kirisAki.
Kingler, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Guard Claw is 20 and cuts 20 off incoming damage, Crabhammer is 100 for four Water. The biggest damage on a non-EX Water card in the pack, at the heaviest cost. match.
Totodile, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Fury Strikes, 10 times three coins. The coin spread is the whole card, and the first stage of Feraligatr. Kagemaru Himeno.
Croconaw, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Wave Splash is 30, Crunch is 40 and discards an Energy on heads. The middle of the Feraligatr line, and the only Stage 1 here that attacks for Water and a Colourless. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Feraligatr, 150 HP, Water, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 3 — Hyper Whirlpool is 60 and strips an Energy per heads, Second Strike is 80, or 160 if the Defending Pokémon already has damage. Energy denial and a finisher on a 150 HP Stage 2, which is why the line is worth three cards. Shin Nagasawa.
Finneon, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Pound, 10 for one Water. The plainest card in the pack, and the first stage of Lumineon. Shigenori Negishi.
Lumineon, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Neon Sign searches out up to two Pokémon into the hand for one Colourless, Water Pulse is 30 and Sleeps. The cheapest Pokémon search in the pack, and it does not cost the Supporter for the turn. sui.
Frillish, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Confuse Ray, which Confuses for one Water with no flip. The cheapest guaranteed Confusion in the year. Kyoko Umemoto.
Jellicent, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Meddling attaches three Energy from the opponent's discard pile to their own Pokémon, Ensnaring Spray is 50 plus 10 for each Energy on the Defending Pokémon. A card that hands the opponent Energy and then charges them for it. Masakazu Fukuda.
Alomomola, 100 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Super Deep Dive heals 30 and switches itself out for one Water, Surf is 80 for four. A 100 HP Basic that heals and leaves for a single Energy is a free pivot in any Water deck. Kouki Saitou.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Manectric-EX, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Overrun is 20 plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon for one Colourless, Assault Laser is 60 plus 60 if the Defending Pokémon has a Tool attached. 170 HP, retreat 1 and a one-Energy attack that spreads: the best opening EX of the year. Full art at 089. Eske Yoshinob.
M Manectric-EX, 210 HP, Lightning, Mega Evolution, free retreat — Turbo Bolt is 110 and attaches two basic Energy from the discard pile to a Benched Pokémon. Damage and acceleration in one attack, on a Mega that costs nothing to retreat. Gold at 096. 5ban Graphics.
Pachirisu, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Trick Sticker changes the Defending Pokémon's Weakness to Lightning until the end of your next turn, Pachi is 20 plus 30 on heads. A card that rewrites Weakness is the only one of its kind in the year. Mizue.
Joltik, 30 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Gnaw is 10, and Night March is 20 damage for each Pokémon in your discard pile that has an attack called Night March. This is the debut of Night March, the cheapest attacking engine of the era: 30 HP, one Lightning, and a number that grows as the deck empties. TOKIYA.
Galvantula, 80 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Cobweb Trip drags a Benched Pokémon up and Confuses it, Electroweb is 60 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. Two attacks that both trap, which is the lock the Lightning half of the pack is built on. Masakazu Fukuda.
Helioptile, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Tail Rap, 10 plus 20 per heads on two coins for Lightning and a Colourless. The only card in the pack that flips two coins on a cheap attack. HiRON.
Heliolisk, 90 HP, Lightning, Rare, retreat 1 — Pound is 30, Parabolic Spark is 30 for each Lightning Energy you discard from your Pokémon. A Stage 1 that turns stored Energy into damage at 30 a card, which is the fastest way to convert a loaded board into a knock out. Kouki Saitou.
Manectric-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 1 — full-art SR printing of the card at 023: Overrun is 20 plus 20 onto a Benched Pokémon, Assault Laser is 60, or 120 if the opponent's Active Pokémon has a Tool attached. Read together with 082 and 083: the Hyper Gear you put on the opponent turns this card on. Ryo Ueda.
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M Manectric-EX, gold, 210 HP, Lightning, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), free retreat — Turbo Bolt is 110 for two Energy and returns two Lightning Energy from the discard pile to one of your Benched Pokémon. 210 HP, no retreat cost, and an attack that reloads the Bench: with 081 Manectric Spirit Link attached it evolves and attacks in the same turn. 5ban Graphics.
17 cards · listed in original order.
Zubat, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Skill Dive, 10 to any of the opponent's Pokémon for one Colourless, ignoring Weakness on the Bench. 50 HP and placement damage: the start of the Crobat line that defined Bench damage in 2014. match.
Ability Sneaky Bite
Golbat, 70 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, free retreat — Sneaky Bite puts two damage counters anywhere the moment it evolves, Swoop Across is 10 to every one of the opponent's Pokémon. Free retreat plus damage on evolution is why the line was played without ever attacking. Kanako Eo.
Ability Surprise Bite
Crobat, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, free retreat — Surprise Bite puts three damage counters anywhere when it evolves, Skill Dive is 30 to any target. Three counters on evolution, twice in a turn with two Crobat, is how the year's decks finished games without an attack. Satoshi Shirai.
Gengar-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Night Attack places three damage counters anywhere for a single Colourless, Dark Corridor is 60, Poisons and switches itself out. Placement damage on a one-Energy attack is the reason it is played; the switch makes it untouchable. Full art at 090. Eske Yoshinob.
M Gengar-EX, 220 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, retreat 1 — Phantom Gate chooses one of the opponent's Pokémon's attacks and uses it as this attack. The only card in the archive whose attack is another Pokémon's attack, and the set is named after it. Gold at 097. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Bide Barricade
Wobbuffet, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Bide Barricade switches off every Ability in play, in hand and in the discard pile except Psychic ones, and Psychic Assault is 10 plus 10 per damage counter on the Defending Pokémon. One of the few cards in the game that turns Abilities off, and it does it to both players. sui.
Gulpin, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Poison Gas Poisons on heads, Sludge Bomb is 30 for three. The ordinary poison Basic of the Psychic half of the pack. Hajime Kusajima.
Swalot, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Poison Gas is 30 and Poisons with no flip, Swallow Up is 50, or 100 if the Defending Pokémon has less HP left than Swalot. A card that rewards keeping its own HP high, which is exactly what the poison does. Tomokazu Komiya.
Munna, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — See Through reveals the opponent's hand for one Psychic, Double Headbutt is 20 times two coins. Information for a single Energy, on a 70 HP Basic. MAHOU.
Musharna, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dream of Memories shuffles three cards from the discard pile back into the deck, Dream Dance is 30 and Sleeps both Active Pokémon. Recovery and a two-sided Sleep on one Stage 1. Suwama Chiaki.
Litwick, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Trip Over is 10 plus 10 on heads. 50 HP, one coin, and the first stage of the Night March line. Midori Harada.
Lampent, 70 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Cursed Drop places three damage counters anywhere for one Psychic, and Night March is 20 for each Pokémon in the discard pile that has it. One of the three Night March cards in the pack: the placement attack is what it does while the discard pile fills. kawayoo.
Ability Fainting Spell
Chandelure, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 2 — Fainting Spell knocks out the attacker on a coin when it is knocked out, and Cursed Drop places six damage counters anywhere. Six counters is a knock out on most of the format, and the ability makes trading with it a coin flip. PLANETA.
Pumpkaboo, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Ram is 10, and Night March is 20 per qualifying Pokémon in the discard pile. The third and cheapest Night March card: 60 HP, three Energy, and the same scaling number. HiRON.
Ability Gourgantic
Gourgeist, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, Rare, retreat 3 — Gourgantic raises its maximum HP to 200 while a Grass Energy is attached, and Horror Note is 10 for each card in your hand. 200 HP on a Stage 2 plus damage that scales with the hand is the tank of the Psychic half. Kanako Eo.
Gengar-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — full-art SR printing of 033: Night Attack places three damage counters anywhere for one Energy, Dark Corridor is 60, Poisons and switches out. Damage that ignores everything, then a clean escape. Ryo Ueda.
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M Gengar-EX, gold, 220 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR), retreat 1 — Phantom Gate copies any attack from any of the opponent's Pokémon for three Energy. 220 HP and the ability to use the opponent's best attack against them; the gold printing of 034. Both gold cards in this pack are Megas — 096 and this one — and neither is a Trainer, which is unusual for the year. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Gligar, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Rock Cannon, 20 times heads until tails. 60 HP, two Colourless, and a spread that can go to 100 or stop at 20. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Gliscor, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Submission Hold is 20 and stops the opponent attaching Energy to the Defending Pokémon next turn, Poison Jab is 60 and Poisons on heads. Energy denial printed on a cheap attack is rare, and it is aimed at the big EX attackers. Naoyo Kimura.
Roggenrola, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Tackle, 30 for two Fighting. 70 HP with retreat 3 and one attack: a body between Boldore and the Gigalith above it. 5ban Graphics.
Boldore, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Core Heal discards a Fighting Energy to heal 50, Power Gem is 60 for three. A Stage 1 that can heal more than half its HP every turn is the slow half of the Gigalith line. Midori Harada.
Ability High Density Armor
Gigalith, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, Rare, retreat 3 — High Density Armor cuts all incoming damage by 50 while it is at full HP, and Overdrive Smash is 60, then 100 next turn. A 140 HP Stage 2 that takes 50 off the first hit is the hardest thing to knock out in the pack. Akira Komayama.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Murkrow, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Ambush is 10 and 10 more on heads for one Darkness, Wing Attack is 30 for three. A 60 HP opener whose cheap attack still costs a coin. Kagemaru Himeno.
Honchkrow, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Hypnoblast puts the Defending Pokémon to Sleep for one Darkness, and Nightmare Mambo is 60, or 120 if it is already Asleep. Sleep first, then double damage: the line pays off only in the right order. Hajime Kusajima.
Poochyena, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Bite is 10, Lunge is 30 for two but does nothing on tails. 60 HP with one coin between it and a wasted turn. 5ban Graphics.
Mightyena, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Crunch is 30 and discards an Energy from the Defending Pokémon on heads, Darkness Fang is 80 for three. A Stage 1 that can strip an Energy every turn is the cheapest denial in the Darkness half. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Spiritomb, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1, no Weakness — B Cancel is 10 and stops the opponent evolving the Defending Pokémon next turn, Confuse Ray is 30 and Confuses on heads. The only Pokémon in the whole 2014 Japanese year printed without a Weakness, and the attack that blocks evolution is aimed straight at Stage 2 decks. PLANETA.
Purrloin, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Fake Out is 10 and Paralyzes on heads for a single Darkness. 50 HP, one attack, and a coin that buys one turn. Kouki Saitou.
Liepard, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Gentle Bite is 10 but cuts everything the Defending Pokémon does next turn by 60, and Mach Claw is 40 that ignores Resistance. A 90 HP Stage 1 that halves a 130-damage attacker for a turn. TOKIYA.
Ability Hyper Hypnosis
Malamar-EX, 170 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — MAXamar is 60 times a coin for every Energy on it, and the Ability Hyper Hypnosis puts the Defending Pokémon to Sleep every time an Energy is attached from hand. Stack Energy and the attack grows; the Ability means the opponent starts every turn Asleep. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability Hyper Hypnosis
Malamar-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — full-art SR printing of 057, with MAXamar and Hyper Hypnosis unchanged. The full-art is the only way to get the card with the artwork unobstructed, which is why the SR held its price after the set left print. Ryo Ueda.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Heatran, 130 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Steel Drop is 40, or 80 while a Stadium is in play, and Steam Blast is 130 for four with an Energy discarded. The first attack doubles as soon as any Stadium is in play, and this pack prints one of the few that a Metal deck can use. Midori Harada.
Escavalier, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Poke Through is 20 and discards a random card from the opponent's hand for one Metal, Spiral Rush is 60 and 30 more per heads until tails. Hand disruption on the cheapest attack and a coin-flip finisher: the Karrablast at 008 evolves into this. Mitsuhiro Arita.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Deino, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Gnaw Off is 20 and 10 more on heads for a Psychic and a Darkness. 50 HP, two types of Energy, and the first stage of the pack's 140 HP Dragon. Shigenori Negishi.
Zweilous, 90 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Slam is 30 times two coins. One attack, no Ability, and a 90 HP body that has to survive a turn for the Hydreigon at 065 to exist. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Dark Impulse
Hydreigon, 140 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Dark Impulse attaches a Darkness Energy from the discard pile to your Active Pokémon every turn, and Crazy Headbutt is 130 for four with an Energy discarded. The Ability pays the attack's cost back: 130 a turn off a recycled Energy is the biggest Dragon line in the year. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Florges-EX, 160 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Lead fetches any Supporter from the deck for one Fairy, and Bright Garden is 20 for every Grass and Fairy Pokémon you have in play. A 160 HP EX that searches its own Supporter every turn and then scales off the Bench; the only EX in the pack whose damage counts your own Pokémon rather than the opponent's. Eske Yoshinob.
Swirlix, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Lick Away clears all Special Conditions from itself for one Fairy, Tackle is 20. The only Pokémon in the pack that can heal status without a coin or a Supporter. Satoshi Shirai.
Ability Tasting
Slurpuff, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Tasting draws a card once a turn, and two if it is Active, while Light Pulse is 60 and blocks all non-damage effects of the opponent's attacks next turn. A Stage 1 that turns being Active into extra cards and cannot be Poisoned, Confused or shuffled. sui.
Florges-EX, full-art, 160 HP, Fairy, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — full-art SR printing of 060: Lead and Bright Garden unchanged. One of only three Fairy Pokémon-EX printed in the year — the other two are Gardevoir-EX and M Gardevoir-EX in December's Tidal Storm. Ryo Ueda.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Spearow, 60 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Whirlwind, 10 and the opponent switches their Active Pokémon. The cheapest way to drag a Benched Pokémon into the Active spot for one Energy. Mizue.
Fearow, 90 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fly is 40, does nothing on tails and shields it completely on heads, Drill Peck is 60 for three. Two attacks that between them cover dodging and hitting. Shin Nagasawa.
Chansey, 100 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 3 — Nap heals 30 for one Energy, Lucky Punch is 100 for three but only if you hold exactly seven cards. The strangest condition printed in the year: a 100-damage attack on a Basic that punishes you for drawing too much or too little. Naoyo Kimura.
Blissey, 130 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Tender Vengeance is 10 times the damage counters on each of your Benched Pokémon on heads, Charge Dash is 60 and can be 80 for 20 damage to itself. The first attack turns a hurt Bench into damage, which is the opposite of how every other card in the pack treats the Bench. kirisAki.
Girafarig, 90 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 20, Psybite is 50, or 80 if a Psychic Energy is attached. A Colorless Basic that wants a Psychic Energy purely to unlock 30 extra damage. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Whismur, 60 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Screaming Fit, which Confuses both Active Pokémon. No damage at all: a 60 HP body whose only job is to make the opponent flip for their own attack. Akira Komayama.
Loudred, 90 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Pound is 30, Energy Press is 30 plus 30 for every Energy on the opponent's Active Pokémon. The harder the opponent's Pokémon is loaded, the harder this hits: 90 against a four-Energy attacker for three. MAHOU.
Exploud, 140 HP, Colorless, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Boomburst does 20 to each of the opponent's Pokémon for two Energy, Hyper Voice is 90 for four. Bench spread on a 140 HP Stage 2 that costs almost nothing to use, then a clean 90. Kouki Saitou.
Regigigas, 130 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 4 — Daunt is 80 and cuts the Defending Pokémon's damage by 40 next turn, Heavy Impact is 100 for four. An 80-damage attack that also halves the reply, on a Basic with retreat 4. kawayoo.
Bunnelby, 60 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Mud Shot is 30 for three. 60 HP, no Ability, and the first stage of Diggersby at 076. Kagemaru Himeno.
Diggersby, 100 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Smithereen Smash is 30 and discards an Energy on heads, Earthquake is 80 and puts 10 on each of your own Benched Pokémon. The pack's cheapest spread plus a real 80, paid for on your own side. match.
Fletchling, 50 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — Peck is 10, Quick Attack is 10 and 20 more on heads. 50 HP and the bottom of the Fletchinder line at 009. Kyoko Umemoto.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Put a Basic Pokémon from your opponent's discard pile onto his or her Bench.
Target Whistle, Item (Team Flare Gear) — take a Basic Pokémon from the opponent's discard pile and put it onto their Bench. No damage, no coin: it hands the opponent a body they had already lost, which is how you fill their Bench for spread attacks or pull a Pokémon back that they cannot re-evolve. Toyste Beach.
Search your deck for up to 3 cards and discard them. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Battle Compressor, Item (Team Flare Gear) — search your deck for up to three cards and put them straight into the discard pile. The card that made Night March work: it loads the discard pile on turn one, and it is also the fastest way to throw away a Supporter you intend to reuse. Toyste Beach.
Play this card as if it were a 30 HP Colorless Basic Pokémon. At any time during your turn (before your attack), you may discard this card from play. This card can't retreat. If this card is Knocked Out, your opponent can't take any Prize cards for it.
Robo Substitute, Item (Team Flare Gear) — play it as a 30 HP Colorless Basic Pokémon, and discard it from play at any time during your turn. It cannot retreat, and when it is Knocked Out the opponent takes no Prize card. A wall that costs one card and gives up nothing. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Manectric-EX.
Manectric Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — attached to M Manectric-EX, Mega Evolution no longer ends your turn. This is the debut of the Spirit Link line: from here on every Mega that was too slow to use gets one, and the rule that Mega Evolving costs you an attack stops applying to the Megas that have it. Toyste Beach.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 20 less damage to all Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) When this card is removed from a Pokémon for any reason, put this card in its owner's discard pile.
Jamming Net, Pokémon Tool (Team Flare Hyper Gear) — attached to one of the opponent's Pokémon-EX, and every attack that Pokémon makes does 20 less damage. The only Tool line in the year that you put on the opponent's side of the table, and it goes through their own Pokémon: nothing they do removes it short of a Tool discard. 5ban Graphics.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to cost Colorless more. When this card is removed from a Pokémon for any reason, put this card in its owner's discard pile.
Head Ringer, Pokémon Tool (Team Flare Hyper Gear) — attached to one of the opponent's Pokémon-EX, and each of that Pokémon's attacks costs one more Colorless Energy. Where Jamming Net cuts damage, this cuts tempo: an EX built to attack for two now needs three. 5ban Graphics.
Put 1 of your Pokémon into your hand. (Discard all cards attached to that Pokémon.)
AZ, Supporter — return one of your Pokémon to your hand; everything attached to it is discarded. A heal that is not a heal: it saves a damaged EX from being Knocked Out, re-triggers an entrance Ability, and costs you the Energy. Ken Sugimori.
Choose a Pokémon Tool or Special Energy card attached to a Pokémon in play (yours or your opponent's) and discard it.
Xerosic, Supporter — discard a Pokémon Tool or a Special Energy from any Pokémon in play, yours or the opponent's. The answer printed in the same pack as the Hyper Gear: two Xerosic in a deck remove both Jamming Net and Head Ringer. Yusuke Ohmura.
Each player shuffles all cards in his or her discard pile into his or her deck (except for Lysandre's Trump Card).
Lysandre’s Trump Card, Supporter — both players shuffle their entire discard pile back into their deck. The single most disruptive card in the pack: it undoes Night March, it undoes Battle Compressor, and it makes milling or recycling pointless for both sides at once. It was later banned from the Standard format. Hitoshi Ariga.
Each Psychic Pokémon's attacks (both yours and your opponent's) cost Colorless less.
Dimension Valley, Stadium — Psychic Pokémon's attacks cost one Psychic Energy less. A Stadium that only helps one type, and the reason the Psychic half of this pack can attack a turn earlier than it should. Ryo Ueda.
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Put 1 of your Pokémon into your hand. (Discard all cards attached to that Pokémon.)
AZ, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 084, illustrated by Naoki Saito rather than Ken Sugimori. Same effect: return a Pokémon to hand and lose its Energy. The full-art Supporter is the rarest kind of card in the pack after the gold. Naoki Saito.
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Choose a Pokémon Tool or Special Energy card attached to a Pokémon in play (yours or your opponent's) and discard it.
Xerosic, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 085, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. Still the only card in the pack that removes a Tool from the opponent's Pokémon. Masakazu Fukuda.
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Each player shuffles all cards in his or her discard pile into his or her deck (except for Lysandre's Trump Card).
Lysandre’s Trump Card, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 086, Hitoshi Ariga on both. The card that resets the whole discard pile, in the printing that is now the most sought after of the three Supporters. Hitoshi Ariga.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Psychic Pokémon. This card provides Psychic Energy, but only while this card is attached to a Psychic Pokémon. The Retreat Cost of the Pokémon this card is attached to is ColorlessColorless less. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Psychic Pokémon, discard this card.)
Mystery Energy, Special Energy — provides one Psychic Energy, and the Pokémon it is attached to has its retreat cost reduced by two. The only Energy card in the pack, and it does two jobs at once: one Psychic Energy, plus a retreat cost two cheaper on whatever it is attached to. 5ban Graphics.
Half of the XY5 pair, and the set that brings Primal Reversion into the game. Seventy numbered cards at 001/070–070/070, then eight full-art cards at 071–078 and two gold cards at 079–080, making eighty. Six EX prints from four names: Trevenant-EX at 011, Camerupt-EX at 021, Groudon-EX at 039 with Primal Groudon-EX at 040, and Aggron-EX with M Aggron-EX at 045/046. The two gold cards are Trainers — Switch and Weakness Policy — which is a rarer shape than the gold Pokémon the year opened with. Only one basic Energy card is in the pack, Shield Energy at 070. English gets both XY5 packs together on 4 February 2015 in Primal Clash, 160 plus four — so the December pair is the only part of this year that crosses into the next one.
2014-12-13. 80 cards — 65 Pokémon, 14 Trainers and 1 Energy, 8 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega or Primal; 32 commons, 23 uncommons, 9 rares, 6 Double Rares, 8 full-art cards, 2 gold cards; 18 Fighting, 12 Grass, 11 Fire, 10 Metal, 5 Colourless, 4 Psychic, 3 Lightning and 2 Dragon; 42 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 10.
Half of 13 December, and the half that starts two mechanics at once. Seventy numbered cards, eight full-art (071–078) and two golds (079–080) — and unlike every other pack this year, both golds are Trainer cards: Switch and Weakness Policy. Primal Reversion begins at 039–040: Groudon-EX at 180 HP becomes Primal Groudon-EX at 240 HP, whose Gaia Volcano is 100, or 200 while a Stadium is in play. Ancient Traits begin here too: eleven cards carry a red Ω, and between them they are the whole mechanic — Ω Barrier on 006, 016, 023, 032, 040 and 074 blocks the opponent's Trainer cards, Ω Barrage on 018, 028, 036, 049 and 059 lets a Pokémon attack twice a turn. 032 Rhyperior is the only card in the year with two Abilities, Ω Barrier and Rock Wall. All 80 cards wait for English — Primal Clash, 4 February 2015.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Tangela, 80 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Absorb is 20 and heals 20 for two Energy, Vine Whip is 30 for three. 80 HP and a self-healing opener on a retreat 2 body. match.
Tangrowth, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Mega Drain is 50 and heals 20, Grass Knot is 80 plus 10 for every Colorless in the opponent's Active Pokémon's retreat cost. The second attack reads the retreat cost, which punishes exactly the heavy Pokémon this pack is full of. MAHOU.
Treecko, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Quick Attack, 10 and 10 more on heads for a single Grass. Akira Komayama.
Grovyle, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Pound is 20, Agility is 40 and blocks all effects of the opponent's attacks next turn on heads. A Stage 1 that can dodge for a turn. match.
Ability Nurture and Heal
Sceptile, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Nurture and Heal attaches a Grass Energy from hand to any of your Pokémon and heals 30 from it, once a turn; Jungle Edge is 70 for three. The Ability is an Energy attachment and a heal in one action, which is what makes the line playable. Hajime Kusajima.
Ability Ω Barrier
Sceptile, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ω Barrier Ancient Trait blocks every effect of the opponent's Trainer cards aimed at it, Leaf Blade is 30 and 30 more on heads, Power Poison is 120 for three and Poisons with an Energy discarded. The second Sceptile in the pack trades the heal for raw damage and Trainer immunity. hatachu.
Shroomish, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Spore, which puts the opponent's Active Pokémon to Sleep for a single Energy. No damage at all, and the cheapest Sleep in the pack. Mizue.
Breloom, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dynamic Punch is 40, then 60 and Confusion on heads, Mega Kick is 80 for three. Attacks paid for in Fighting Energy on a Grass Stage 1, which is why it sits in the Fighting half of a Grass line. Suwama Chiaki.
Volbeat, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Acrobatics is 10 plus 20 for each heads on two coins, Pester is 30, or 60 if the opponent's Active Pokémon already has a Special Condition. The pair is designed to be played next to Illumise at 010. Tomokazu Komiya.
Illumise, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Helping Hand searches a basic Energy and attaches it to a Benched Pokémon for one Grass, Twirling Sign is 10 and Confuses. The only card in the pack that accelerates Energy onto the Bench without a coin. Tomokazu Komiya.
Trevenant-EX, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — Dark Forest is 20 and the Defending Pokémon cannot retreat next turn, Wood Blast is 50 plus 20 for every Grass Energy on it. 180 HP and a lock on the cheapest attack: the opponent's Active Pokémon stops moving from turn one. Eske Yoshinob.
Trevenant-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 3 — full-art SR printing of 011, Dark Forest and Wood Blast unchanged. The full-art is the only print with the artwork unobstructed. Ryo Ueda.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Vulpix, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Roar forces the opponent to switch their Active Pokémon, Gnaw is 10. A 60 HP body whose real job is dragging something off the Bench. kirisAki.
Ability Barrier Shrine
Ninetales, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Flickering Flames is 70 and puts the Defending Pokémon to Sleep, and the Ability Barrier Shrine stops both players from playing Stadium cards from hand. A 90 HP Stage 1 that switches off the Stadium mechanic for the whole table — including the Primal Groudon at 040, which needs a Stadium to hit 200. Kanako Eo.
Slugma, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — Grass Fire discards a Grass Energy off the opponent's Active Pokémon for one Fire, Ram is 30. An attack that strips the wrong type on purpose: it is aimed at Grass decks. Miki Tanaka.
Magcargo, 120 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Flame Burst is 20 and puts 20 on two Benched Pokémon, Flamethrower is 90 with an Energy discarded. Bench spread on a 120 HP Stage 1, which is unusual for Fire in this era. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Ω Barrier
Magcargo, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ω Barrier Ancient Trait, Ram is 30, and Indomitable Blaze is 60, or 120 against a Pokémon-EX. A 110 HP Stage 1 printed specifically to hit the EX cards the rest of the year is built around. Kagemaru Himeno.
Torchic, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Ember is 20 but discards a Fire Energy on tails. 60 HP and one attack that can cost you the Energy it just used. sui.
Ability Ω Barrage
Torchic, 50 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ω Barrage Ancient Trait lets it attack twice a turn, Flare Bonus discards a Fire Energy from hand to draw two cards, Claw is 20 on heads. 50 HP and two attacks a turn off a single Energy: the Ancient Trait turns a starter into a draw engine. 5ban Graphics.
Combusken, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Quick Attack is 20 and 20 more on heads, Spiral Kick is 30 for two. The middle of the Blaziken line, and the only Stage 1 in the pack that can hit 40 for one Energy. kawayoo.
Blaziken, 140 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Spreading Flames attaches three Fire Energy from the discard pile to your Pokémon in any distribution, Heat Blow is 100 for two with an Energy discarded. One turn of setup that pays for the rest of the game, on a 140 HP Stage 2 with retreat 1. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Camerupt-EX, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 4 — Tumbling Attack is 30 and 30 more on heads, Explosive Jet is 50 times every Fire Energy you choose to discard from all your Pokémon. 180 HP and an attack with no ceiling on a deck built to load the board with Energy. Eske Yoshinob.
Camerupt-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 021, Tumbling Attack and Explosive Jet unchanged. Ryo Ueda.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Electrike, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Charge searches a Lightning Energy and attaches it for one Colorless, Bite is 20. The plain print, and the only one of the two Electrike here that accelerates. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Ability Ω Barrier
Electrike, 50 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ω Barrier Ancient Trait, and one attack, Thunder Fang, 10 and Paralysis on heads. 50 HP and Trainer immunity: a body that cannot be pulled apart by a Supporter. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Manectric, 100 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Lightning Turn is 30 and switches it out, Electric Shock is 70, discards all Lightning Energy on it and Paralyzes. The non-EX Manectric of the year, and the only card here that trades its whole Energy pool for a Paralysis. Naoki Saito.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Nidoran ♀, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Bite is 20. The plain bottom of the Nidoqueen line at 027 and 028. Mizue.
Nidorina, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Scratch is 20, Strength is 60 for three. No Ability, no coin, and the only Stage 1 in the pack that goes straight to 60. Aya Kusube.
Nidoqueen, 140 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Double Kick is 40 times two coins, Poison Fang is 60 and Poisons with two damage counters between turns instead of one. The doubled Poison is the point: 20 a turn off one attack. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Ω Barrage
Nidoqueen, 140 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ω Barrage Ancient Trait lets it attack twice a turn, Poison Jab is 30 and Poisons, Dynamite Punch is 70 for 20 to itself. Two Poison Jabs a turn is 60 and a stacked Poison counter; the trait is what makes this the better of the two Nidoqueen. PLANETA.
18 cards · listed in original order.
Rhyhorn, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Take Down, 40 for two Fighting and 10 to itself. Midori Harada.
Rhydon, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Take Down is 50 for three with 10 to itself, Horn Drill is 70 for four. Two attacks that both cost a lot and neither of which misses. Shin Nagasawa.
Rhyperior, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Rock Shower flips three coins and puts 20 per heads on each of the opponent's Pokémon, Stone Edge is 80 and 40 more on heads. The first attack damages the whole Bench for three Energy. Kouki Saitou.
Ability Ω Barrier · Rock Wall
Rhyperior, 160 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the only card in the pack with two Abilities: the Ω Barrier Ancient Trait and Rock Wall, which cuts all damage done to your Pokémon by attacks by 10. Hammer Arm is 100 and discards the top card of the opponent's deck. Damage reduction, Trainer immunity and a mill, all on one 160 HP Stage 2. TOKIYA.
Nosepass, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Stiffen cuts all damage to it by 40 next turn for two Colorless, Ram is 40. A Basic that can wall a turn without attacking. Satoshi Shirai.
Meditite, 50 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Smack, 20 for one Fighting. sui.
Medicham, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Pure Power places four damage counters anywhere for one Energy, Windmill Kick is 60 and Confuses. Damage that ignores Weakness, Resistance and HP: four counters kill a 40 HP Pokémon outright for one Energy. Akira Komayama.
Ability Ω Barrage
Medicham, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ω Barrage Ancient Trait, Calm Mind heals 30, Yoga Kick is 30 and ignores Weakness and Resistance. Two Yoga Kicks a turn for two Energy, and a heal on the side. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Trapinch, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Gnaw is 10, Mud-Slap is 20. The plain bottom of the Flygon line at 054. Suwama Chiaki.
Solrock, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Solar Generator searches up to two Special Energy cards for one Colorless, Knock Away is 20 and 20 more on heads. A card that fetches Special Energy, and this pack prints Shield Energy at 070 — one of only two Special Energy in the two XY5 halves. Midori Harada.
Groudon-EX, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 4 — Rip Claw is 30 and discards an Energy from the opponent's Active Pokémon on heads, Massive Rend is 130 for four. The card the Primal at 040 evolves from, and a 130-damage EX on its own. Ryota Murayama.
Ability Ω Barrier
Primal Groudon-EX, 240 HP, Fighting, Primal Reversion, retreat 4 — the Ω Barrier Ancient Trait, and Gaia Volcano, which is 100, or 200 while any Stadium is in play, and then discards that Stadium. 240 HP, second only to Wailord-EX's 250 in Tidal Storm; the attack doubles itself off a Stadium, so the deck has to pay one every turn. This is the first Primal Reversion in the game, and it evolves from Groudon-EX at 039. 5ban Graphics.
Hippopotas, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Tackle is 20, Rolling Tackle is 50 for three. A 90 HP Basic with retreat 3 and nothing else to do. Yuka Morii.
Hippowdon, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Resistance Desert is 60 and blocks all effects and damage from Pokémon-EX next turn, Double-Edge is 100 with 20 to itself. A 130 HP Stage 1 that can blank an EX for a turn is the cheapest EX answer in the pack. Naoyo Kimura.
Drilbur, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Fury Swipes, 10 times three coins for one Energy. Kagemaru Himeno.
Diggersby, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Ear Dig flips until tails and mills the opponent's deck one card per heads, Hammer In is 70 for three. A Stage 1 that mills for one Energy and then hits for 70: the only mill attack in the pack. Kyoko Umemoto.
Groudon-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 039, with Rip Claw and Massive Rend. The card the Primal evolves from, in the printing most decks actually wanted. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Ω Barrier
Primal Groudon-EX, full-art, 240 HP, Fighting, Primal Reversion, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 040, Gaia Volcano and Ω Barrier unchanged. The first Primal Reversion in the game, in its full-art printing. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Aggron-EX, 180 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 4 — Steel Headbutt is 50 and 30 more on heads, Raging Hammer is 60 plus 10 for every damage counter on itself. 180 HP and an attack that gets stronger the more it has been hit. Eske Yoshinob.
M Aggron-EX, 240 HP, Metal, Mega Evolution, retreat 4 — Megaton Slam is 120, and you may flip: heads adds 120 for 240 total, tails puts 20 on each of your own Benched Pokémon. 240 HP and the biggest single hit in the pack, on a coin. 5ban Graphics.
Probopass, 110 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Triple Smash is 30 times three coins, Reinforced Nose is 50, or 100 if it has a Pokémon Tool attached. The second attack reads the Tool, which is what Groudon Spirit Link and Aggron Spirit Link at 064 and 065 are for. TOKIYA.
Excadrill, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Drill Run is 20 and discards an Energy from the opponent's Active Pokémon on heads, Straight Claw is 60 and 30 more if you discard an Energy off itself. Cheap denial into a paid-for 90. Shin Nagasawa.
Ability Ω Barrage
Excadrill, 110 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ω Barrage Ancient Trait lets it attack twice a turn, Dredge attaches two Energy from the deck, Mach Claw is 50 and ignores Resistance. Two Mach Claws a turn for 100, and the Energy search pays for them. PLANETA.
Honedge, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Metal Sound, which Confuses the opponent's Active Pokémon for one Metal. Atsuko Nishida.
Doublade, 80 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — False Swipe puts damage counters on the opponent's Active Pokémon until its remaining HP is 10, on heads, then Slash is 60. The cut-down-to-10 attack is the strangest thing in the pack: it never Knocks Out, which also means it never takes a Prize. Kanako Eo.
Ability Miracle Guard
Aegislash, 140 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Protect Charge is 80 and cuts all damage to it by 20 next turn, and the Ability Miracle Guard removes the Weakness from every Pokémon you have in play. A 140 HP Stage 2 that fixes the type chart for the whole board. Kouki Saitou.
Aggron-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 045, Steel Headbutt and Raging Hammer unchanged. Ryo Ueda.
M Aggron-EX, full-art, 240 HP, Metal, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 046: Megaton Slam is 120, or 240 on heads, or 20 to each of your own Benched Pokémon on tails. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Vibrava, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Sand Attack makes the opponent flip before they can attack next turn, Super Vibration is 60 for three. A one-Energy retreat on a Dragon that also makes the opponent's attack a coin toss. Yukiko Baba.
Ability Sand Flap
Flygon, 140 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability Sand Flap makes either player shuffle their hand into their deck and draw four, once a turn, and Sand Tomb is 80 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. An Ability that can be used on the opponent is the reason this card was played: four fresh cards for them at the wrong moment. kirisAki.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Zigzagoon, 60 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — Sand Attack makes the opponent's next attack a coin flip, Headbutt is 20. 60 HP and the cheapest way to make an opponent miss. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Linoone, 90 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fury Swipes is 30 times three coins, Dash Attack does 30 to a Benched Pokémon. A Stage 1 that spreads to the Bench without touching the Active spot. match.
Ability Sap Sipper
Bouffalant, 110 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Sap Sipper adds 40 to every attack this Pokémon does to a Grass Pokémon, and Derail is 80 and discards a Special Energy. A 110 HP Basic that hits Grass for 120 and strips Special Energy at the same time. Hiroki Asanuma.
Bunnelby, 70 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Trip Over, 10 and 30 more on heads for two Energy. MAHOU.
Ability Ω Barrage
Bunnelby, 60 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ω Barrage Ancient Trait lets it attack twice a turn, Burrow mills the top card of the opponent's deck, Rototiller shuffles a card from the discard pile back into the deck. Two Burrows a turn off no Energy cost at all: the cheapest mill engine in the pack. Hitoshi Ariga.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Look at the top 2 cards of your deck and put 1 of them into your hand. Discard the other card.
Acro Bike, Item — look at the top two cards of your deck, take one, discard the other. A draw that is also a discard, which is exactly what the Night March decks built around Battle Compressor wanted. Toyste Beach.
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, Item — evolve a Basic straight into a Stage 2, skipping the Stage 1, but not on your first turn and not on a Basic that came into play that turn. The card that has decided how Stage 2 decks are built since 2003, reprinted here for the XY era. Toyste Beach.
Search your deck for a Pokémon with the same name as 1 of your Pokémon in play, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Repeat Ball, Item — search the deck for a Pokémon with the same name as one you already have in play. The Ball that rewards a full Bench rather than a full deck. Toyste Beach.
The Pokémon this card is attached to has no Weakness.
Weakness Policy, Pokémon Tool — the Pokémon it is attached to has no Weakness. The only Tool in the pack aimed at the type chart, and the reason a Fire deck running Magcargo at 016 can stand in front of a Water attacker. Ayaka Yoshida.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes Primal Groudon-EX.
Groudon Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — attached to Primal Groudon-EX, Primal Reversion no longer ends your turn. The second Spirit Link printed, and the one that makes 040 usable: 200 damage on the turn it evolves instead of the turn after. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Aggron-EX.
Aggron Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — attached to M Aggron-EX, Mega Evolution no longer ends your turn. Same template as 064, for the 240 HP Metal Mega at 046. 5ban Graphics.
You can play this card only if 1 of your Pokémon was Knocked Out during your opponent's last turn. Search your deck for up to 2 cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Teammates, Supporter — playable only if one of your Pokémon was Knocked Out during the opponent's last turn, and then you search the deck for two cards. A comeback card: the turn after losing something, you get to replace two things at once. Megumi Mizutani.
You can play this card only when it is the last card in your hand. Put a {F} Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench. Then, draw 5 cards.
Maxie’s Hidden Ball Trick, Supporter — playable only if it is the last card in your hand, and then you put a Fighting Pokémon from the discard pile onto your Bench and draw five cards. The empty hand is the cost and five cards is the payoff; this and Archie’s Ace in the Hole in Tidal Storm are the same card split by type. Ken Sugimori.
Each player's evolved Pokémon can use any attack from its previous Evolutions. (That player still needs the necessary Energy to use each attack.)
Shrine of Memories, Stadium — evolved Pokémon may use every attack printed on their previous Stages, paying the Energy as normal. A Stadium that gives a Stage 2 back its Basic's cheap attack, which is the only card in the year that rewrites what a card can do rather than what it costs. Ryo Ueda.
Once during each player's turn, that player may discard a Fire or Fighting Energy card from his or her hand. If that player does so, he or she draws 2 cards.
Scorched Earth, Stadium — once on each player's turn, that player may discard a Fire or Fighting Energy from hand to draw two cards. A draw engine that costs Energy — and Fighting is exactly what Primal Groudon-EX at 040 runs, so the same card pays its attack and refills the hand. Ryo Ueda.
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You can play this card only if 1 of your Pokémon was Knocked Out during your opponent's last turn. Search your deck for up to 2 cards and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Teammates, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 066, illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga. Still only playable after a Knock Out, still two cards off the deck. Hitoshi Ariga.
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You can play this card only when it is the last card in your hand. Put a {F} Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench. Then, draw 5 cards.
Maxie’s Hidden Ball Trick, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 067, Hitoshi Ariga on both. Still needs an empty hand, still puts a Fighting Pokémon on the Bench and draws five. Hitoshi Ariga.
Switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Switch, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR) — gold printing: switch your Active Pokémon with one on the Bench. A card printed in almost every set since 1996, here as gold — one of four Trainer golds across the two XY5 halves, and the plainest card ever printed in gold. 5ban Graphics.
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The Pokémon this card is attached to has no Weakness.
Weakness Policy, gold, Pokémon Tool, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR) — gold printing of 063: the attached Pokémon has no Weakness. The two golds in this pack are both Trainer cards, which is the opposite of Phantom Forces, where both golds were Megas. Ayaka Yoshida.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Metal Pokémon. This card provides Metal Energy only while this card is attached to a Metal Pokémon. The attacks of your opponent's Pokémon do 10 less damage to the Metal Pokémon this card is attached to (before applying Weakness and Resistance). (If this card is attached to anything other than a Metal Pokémon, discard this card.)
Shield Energy, Special Energy — provides one Metal Energy only while it is attached to a Metal Pokémon (otherwise it is discarded), and the opponent's attacks do 10 less damage to that Pokémon. One of only two Special Energy in the two XY5 halves, and the only defensive one. 5ban Graphics.
The sea half of the XY5 pair, released the same day as Gaia Volcano. Seventy numbered cards at 001/070–070/070, then eight full-art cards at 071–078 and two gold cards at 079–080, making eighty. Six EX prints from four names: Wailord-EX at 017, Kyogre-EX at 031 with Primal Kyogre-EX at 032, Sharpedo-EX at 044, and Gardevoir-EX with M Gardevoir-EX at 050/051. Both gold cards are Trainers again — Enhanced Hammer and Dive Ball. One basic Energy card only, Wonder Energy at 070. English gets it on 4 February 2015 in Primal Clash, merged with Gaia Volcano.
2014-12-13. 80 cards — 65 Pokémon, 14 Trainers and 1 Energy, 8 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega or Primal; 32 commons, 23 uncommons, 9 rares, 6 Double Rares, 8 full-art cards, 2 gold cards; 28 Water, 8 Grass, 8 Fairy, 6 Lightning, 6 Colourless, 4 Psychic, 3 Darkness and 2 Dragon; 40 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 9.
The other half of 13 December, sharing the release day and nothing else. Seventy numbered cards, eight full-art (071–078), two golds (079–080) — Enhanced Hammer and Dive Ball. Primal Kyogre-EX at 032 is the second Primal Reversion, 240 HP, and its attack is named after the pack: Tidal Storm, 150 damage plus 30 to every Benched Pokémon-EX. Wailord-EX at 017 is 250 HP, the tallest card printed in the year, and its Water Veil Ability undoes the Sleep that High Breaching puts on it. Eleven more Ancient Traits, including the only α Growth cards — the trait that attaches two Energy at once — and the only α Recovery, which doubles every heal. Silent Lab at 069 removes the Abilities from every Basic Pokémon in play, in hand and in the discard pile, which is the broadest single effect printed this year. All 80 cards wait for English — Primal Clash, 4 February 2015.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Weedle, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Multiply, which searches the deck for another Weedle and puts it on the Bench. It cannot attack at all: 50 HP whose only job is to make more of itself. Midori Harada.
Kakuna, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — one attack, Bug Bite, 20 for one Grass. 80 HP, retreat 3, and the only Stage 1 in the pack that cannot do anything but bite. Kagemaru Himeno.
Beedrill, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 2, free retreat — Allergic Shock means that if the Defending Pokémon is damaged by any attack next turn, it is Knocked Out, and Twineedle is 50 times two coins. The first attack is a kill order for the rest of the table: any 10 damage finishes the job. Kouki Saitou.
Lotad, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Beat, 20 for two Colorless. Kanako Eo.
Lombre, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Hook is 20 for one Grass, Beat is 30. The middle of the Ludicolo line at 006 and 016. Naoyo Kimura.
Ability Captivating Rhythm
Ludicolo, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Captivating Rhythm flips a coin each turn and, on heads, drags a Benched Pokémon into the opponent's Active spot; Solar Ray is 80 and heals 20 from every Pokémon you have. A 130 HP Stage 2 that heals the whole board, not just itself. Mizue.
Surskit, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Stampede, 10. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Masquerain, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Spiral Gyration Confuses and switches it out, Air Slash is 50 with an Energy discarded. A Stage 1 that attacks and leaves in the same turn. Kanako Eo.
28 cards · listed in original order.
Horsea, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Bubble, which Paralyzes on heads for one Water. kirisAki.
Seadra, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Knockout Needle is 10 and 40 more if both coins are heads, Water Gun is 30. A three-way coin for 50 on a Stage 1. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Staryu, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Lunge, 20 for one Colorless that does nothing on tails. Tomokazu Komiya.
Mudkip, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Mud-Slap is 20. The bottom of the Swampert line at 014 and 015. Aya Kusube.
Marshtomp, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Mud-Slap is 30, Endeavor is 40 and 20 more per heads on two coins. 90 HP with retreat 3, between Mudkip and the 150 HP Swampert. sui.
Swampert, 150 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Water Arrow does 60 to any one of the opponent's Pokémon for two Energy, ignoring Weakness and Resistance on the Bench, and Waterfall is 120 for four. A snipe that can be aimed at a Benched EX every turn is the reason this card was played. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability α Growth · Diving Search
Swampert, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the only card in the pack with two Abilities: α Growth, which attaches two Energy at once when you attach from hand, and Diving Search, which puts any card from the deck on top of it; Hydro Pump is 40 plus 30 per Water Energy. Energy acceleration, deck stacking and a scaling attack on one Stage 2. Shin Nagasawa.
Ability α Recovery
Ludicolo, 130 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability α Recovery doubles every heal done to it, Astonish is 30 and shuffles a random card out of the opponent's hand, Splash Dance is 60 and 120 on your next turn. A Stage 2 that builds up rather than resetting. kawayoo.
Ability Water Veil
Wailord-EX, 250 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 4 — Water Veil clears all Special Conditions every time you attach an Energy from hand, and High Breaching is 120 for five Water but puts itself to Sleep. 250 HP is the highest printed in the year, and the Ability immediately undoes the attack's own drawback. Eske Yoshinob.
Barboach, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Rain Splash, 30 for two. Kyoko Umemoto.
Whiscash, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Amnesia is 20 and stops one of the opponent's attacks next turn, Rising Lunge is 60 and 30 more on heads. Picking off the opponent's only good attack for one Energy is the cheapest lock in the pack. Naoyo Kimura.
Ability α Growth
Whiscash, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — the Ability α Growth attaches two Energy at once, Water Gun is 40, Earthquake is 120 and puts 20 on each of your own Benched Pokémon. A Stage 1 that reaches 120 for four once α Growth has doubled its setup. PLANETA.
Corphish, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Vice Grip is 10, Knock Off discards a random card from the opponent's hand for two Colorless. Shin Nagasawa.
Feebas, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Float On, 10 and 10 to itself on tails. 30 HP is the lowest printed in the pack, and it has to survive a turn to become Milotic. Suwama Chiaki.
Ability Sparkling Ripples
Milotic, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Sparkling Ripples takes a card out of the discard pile into your hand the moment it evolves, Aqua Swirl is 60 and lets you force a switch. A Stage 1 that refunds the card you spent on it. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Spheal, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Ball Roll, 30 per heads until tails. Weak to Metal rather than Grass, which is unusual for Water in this pack. TOKIYA.
Sealeo, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Freezing Headbutt is 30 and Paralyzes on heads, Aurora Beam is 50 for three. Masakazu Fukuda.
Walrein, 150 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Knock Over is 50 and may discard any Stadium in play, Frozen Splash is 70, or 140 against a Fighting Pokémon. The Stadium removal is the point in a year where Primal Groudon-EX needs a Stadium to do 200. Satoshi Shirai.
Clamperl, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Shell Protection, which prevents all damage of 50 or less aimed at it next turn. A wall that only works against small hits, and the cheapest thing in the pack to hide behind. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Huntail, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Powerful Storm is 20 times every Energy attached to all of your Pokémon, Crunch is 70 and discards an Energy on heads. One attack that counts the whole board, on a Stage 1 with retreat 1. Masakazu Fukuda.
Gorebyss, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, free retreat — Captivate drags a Benched Pokémon into the Active spot, Psychic is 30 plus 10 per Energy on the opponent's Active Pokémon. A free-retreat switch that also punishes a loaded opponent. Miki Tanaka.
Ability α Growth
Gorebyss, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability α Growth, and one attack, Psy Bolt, 30 and Paralysis on heads. The second Gorebyss in the pack, built to sit still and hit rather than to switch. Kouki Saitou.
Kyogre-EX, 180 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 4 — Water Pulse is 30 and puts the opponent to Sleep, Giant Whirlpool is 140 and returns two Water Energy to your hand. The card the Primal at 032 evolves from, and a 140-damage EX that pays for itself slowly. Ryota Murayama.
Ability α Growth
Primal Kyogre-EX, 240 HP, Water, Primal Reversion, retreat 4 — the Ability α Growth attaches two Energy at once, and Tidal Storm is 150 for four, moves two Energy to a Benched Pokémon, and puts 30 on every Benched Pokémon-EX the opponent has. 240 HP, the pack's name on an attack, and spread that only hits EX. This is the second half of the Primal Reversion debut, alongside Primal Groudon-EX. 5ban Graphics.
Manaphy, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Deep Sea Swirl shuffles the hand away and draws six for one Water, Life Saver returns two Water Pokémon from the discard pile to hand. A 70 HP Basic that is a hand refresh and a recovery in one card. sui.
Ability Water Veil
Wailord-EX, full-art, 250 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 017: Water Veil clears the Sleep, and High Breaching is 120 for five Water. At 250 HP it is the tallest card printed in the year. Ryo Ueda.
Kyogre-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 031, Water Pulse and Giant Whirlpool unchanged. 5ban Graphics.
Ability α Growth
Primal Kyogre-EX, full-art, 240 HP, Water, Primal Reversion, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 4 — full-art SR printing of 032, α Growth and Tidal Storm unchanged. The Primal Reversion half of this pack, in its full-art printing. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Chinchou, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Wave Splash, 20. Note the Water Energy cost on a Lightning Pokémon, which is the whole point of the Lanturn line. Kagemaru Himeno.
Lanturn, 100 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dive is 40 and blocks all effects of the opponent's attacks next turn on heads, Take Down is 80 with 20 to itself. MAHOU.
Tynamo, 40 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Water Splash, 10 and 10 more on heads. 40 HP, the second-lowest in the pack, and it still has to survive to 039. Atsuko Nishida.
Eelektrik, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Gnaw is 20, Buzz Flip is 30 times four coins. Four coins on a Stage 1 is the widest variance in the pack. match.
Ability α Recovery
Eelektrik, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability α Recovery doubles every heal done to it, and Thrash is 50, then 70 with 20 to itself on tails. The heal-doubling Ability is what makes the second Eelektrik worth playing over the first. Naoki Saito.
Ability Energy Connect
Eelektross, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Energy Connect moves a basic Energy from a Benched Pokémon to the Active as often as you like each turn, and Electricannon is 80, or 130 if you discard all its Lightning Energy. Free Energy movement on a Stage 2 with a 130-damage finisher. Mitsuhiro Arita.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Tentacool, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Lost in the Waves, 10 and then returns itself and everything on it to your hand. A 50 HP body that can pick itself back up instead of being Knocked Out, as long as it is not attacked for 60. Yukiko Baba.
Ability α Recovery
Tentacool, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability α Recovery doubles every heal done to it, and Psyshot is 20. The second Tentacool in the pack, and the one with the Ability. Mizue.
Tentacruel, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Dancing Tentacles Confuses and Poisons for one Energy, Stick and Absorb is 30, heals 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. Two Special Conditions and a lock off one attack. match.
Starmie, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, free retreat — one attack, Synchro Star, 10, or 70 if this Pokémon and the opponent's Active Pokémon have the same amount of Energy attached. A card that rewards matching the opponent card for card, on a free-retreat body. HiRON.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Sharpedo-EX, 170 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Hunt drags a Benched Pokémon into the Active spot and does 30 to it, Jagged Fang is 100 and discards an Energy off each side. 170 HP, retreat 1, and an attack that reaches the Bench without a coin. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability Unruly Claw
Crawdaunt, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Unruly Claw discards an Energy off the opponent's Active Pokémon the moment it evolves, and Crabhammer is 60. A Stage 1 that strips an Energy on the way in, before it ever attacks. Hajime Kusajima.
Sharpedo-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 1 — full-art SR printing of 044, Hunt and Jagged Fang unchanged. One of the two Darkness EX printed in the year. Ryo Ueda.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Kingdra, 130 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Shred is 30 and ignores every effect on the opponent's Active Pokémon, Twister is 70 and discards an Energy per heads. Shred is the answer to the whole year's worth of damage-reduction and immunity effects. Suwama Chiaki.
Ability α Growth
Kingdra, 130 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability α Growth, Gather Strength searches up to four basic Energy, Dragon Blast is 150 for three. Four Energy off one attack and 150 damage on the next turn, level with Tidal Storm for the biggest hit in the pack. hatachu.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Mr. Mime, 80 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Trick moves a Pokémon Tool from one of either player's Pokémon to another of that player's, and Lock Up is 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. A card that moves a Tool instead of discarding it, which means it can relocate the opponent's Head Ringer onto a different one of their Pokémon. TOKIYA.
Marill, 70 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Tackle is 10, Rollout is 20. Shigenori Negishi.
Azumarill, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Bubble Beam is 30 and Paralyzes on heads, Superpower is 60 and can be 90 for 30 to itself. MAHOU.
Ability α Recovery
Azumarill, 100 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability α Recovery, Tail Rap is 30 times two coins, and Dwindling Wave is 100 minus 10 for every damage counter on itself. The second Azumarill loses power as it takes damage, which is the opposite of how most of this pack is built. 5ban Graphics.
Gardevoir-EX, 170 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Life Leap is 20 and heals it for exactly the damage it dealt, Shining Wind is 100 and leaves it without a Weakness next turn. A 170 HP EX that can attack and undo the damage it took in the same turn. Eske Yoshinob.
M Gardevoir-EX, 210 HP, Fairy, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — Brilliant Arrow is 30 times every Fairy Energy attached to all of your Pokémon, not just its own. 210 HP and an attack that counts the whole board: the deck that plays it spreads Fairy Energy across the Bench on purpose. 5ban Graphics.
Gardevoir-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Fairy, Basic, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — full-art SR printing of 050, Life Leap and Shining Wind unchanged. Ryo Ueda.
M Gardevoir-EX, full-art, 210 HP, Fairy, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), super rare (SR), retreat 2 — full-art SR printing of 051, Brilliant Arrow is 30 for every Fairy Energy on your whole side, not just its own, and 210 HP sits under it. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Skitty, 50 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — Charm cuts everything the Defending Pokémon does next turn by 20, Tail Smack is 20. Yuka Morii.
Delcatty, 80 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Replace moves any number of Energy between your Pokémon however you like, Play Rough is 30 and 30 more on heads. Free Energy movement on a Stage 1, which is what the Fairy decks of this pack wanted. Atsuko Nishida.
Spinda, 80 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 1 — Staggering Steps Confuses the Defending Pokémon on heads and Spinda itself on tails, Uproar does 10 to each of the opponent's Pokémon for one Energy. Bench spread that costs nothing, on a card that might Confuse itself. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Bidoof, 70 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 2 — Gnaw is 10, Scrunch blocks all damage to it next turn on heads. Akira Komayama.
Ability α Recovery
Bidoof, 70 HP, Colorless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability α Recovery, and Drench is 20, or 40 if a Water Energy is attached. A Colorless Basic that wants Water Energy, which is what the rest of this pack runs. PLANETA.
Bibarel, 120 HP, Colorless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Yawn puts the opponent to Sleep, Continuous Headbutt is 80 times heads until tails. 120 HP and one attack that can do nothing or 240: the highest ceiling and floor in the pack. kirisAki.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Each player switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. (Your opponent switches first. If a player does not have a Benched Pokémon, he or she doesn't switch Pokémon.)
Escape Rope, Item — each player switches their Active Pokémon with one on the Bench, and the opponent switches first. A switch that also drags something out of the opponent's Bench, which is why it replaced Switch in decks that wanted the disruption rather than the escape. Toyste Beach.
Heal 20 damage from each of your Pokémon.
Fresh Water Set, Item — heal 20 damage from each of your Pokémon. A whole-board heal in one card, and the only unconditional mass heal in the pack. Toyste Beach.
Search your deck for a Water Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Dive Ball, Item — search the deck for a Water Pokémon. The type-specific Ball of this pack, and the reason the Water line at 014 to 032 is consistent: the deck can always find its Swampert. Toyste Beach.
When your Active Pokémon is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, you may move 1 basic Energy card that was attached to that Pokémon to the Pokémon this card is attached to.
Exp. Share, Pokémon Tool — when your Active Pokémon is Knocked Out by an attack, move one basic Energy from it to the Pokémon this card is attached to. The Tool that turns a Knock Out into a transfer instead of a loss, which is what a two-stage evolution deck needs. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes Primal Kyogre-EX.
Kyogre Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — attached to Primal Kyogre-EX, Primal Reversion no longer ends your turn. Without it the 150-damage Tidal Storm arrives a turn late; with it, the turn it evolves is the turn it attacks. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Gardevoir-EX.
Gardevoir Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — attached to M Gardevoir-EX, Mega Evolution no longer ends your turn. The fourth Spirit Link printed in the space of two packs, all of them on the same template. 5ban Graphics.
You can play this card only when it is the last card in your hand. Put a {W} Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench. Then, draw 5 cards.
Archie’s Ace in the Hole, Supporter — playable only if it is the last card in your hand, and then you put a Water Pokémon from the discard pile onto your Bench and draw five cards. The mirror of Maxie’s Hidden Ball Trick in Gaia Volcano: one for Water, one for Fighting. Yusuke Ohmura.
Shuffle your hand into your deck and flip a coin. If heads, draw 7 cards. If tails, draw 4 cards.
Professor Birch’s Observations, Supporter — shuffle your hand away, then flip: seven cards on heads, four on tails. The coin-flip draw of the year, and the card that made hand size a gamble rather than a resource. Yusuke Ohmura.
Once during each player's turn, that player may heal 30 damage from each of his or her Water Pokémon and Lightning Pokémon.
Rough Seas, Stadium — once on each player's turn, that player may heal 30 from each of their Water and Lightning Pokémon. A Stadium that heals two types, which is why the Water and Lightning halves of this pack are built to sit under it. Ryo Ueda.
Each Basic Pokémon in play, in each player's hand, and in each player's discard pile has no Abilities.
Silent Lab, Stadium — every Basic Pokémon in play, in each player's hand, and in each player's discard pile has no Abilities. Not just in play: the whole card is blank everywhere. The Stadium shuts off Wobbuffet, Slurpuff, Milotic and every other Ability printed on a Basic in both XY5 packs, and it does it without giving either player anything back. Ryo Ueda.
English scan
You can play this card only when it is the last card in your hand. Put a {W} Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench. Then, draw 5 cards.
Archie’s Ace in the Hole, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 066, illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga. Still needs a hand of exactly one card, still returns a Water Pokémon and five cards. Hitoshi Ariga.
English scan
Shuffle your hand into your deck and flip a coin. If heads, draw 7 cards. If tails, draw 4 cards.
Professor Birch’s Observations, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR), super rare (SR) — full-art SR printing of 067, Hitoshi Ariga on both. The coin is unchanged: seven or four. Hitoshi Ariga.
Discard a Special Energy attached to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
Enhanced Hammer, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR) — gold printing: discard a Special Energy attached to one of the opponent's Pokémon. The direct answer to Wonder Energy at 070 and Shield Energy in the other pack, printed gold in the same set that prints them. Ryo Ueda.
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Search your deck for a Water Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Dive Ball, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR), ultra rare (UR) — gold printing of 062: search the deck for a Water Pokémon. Together with 079, the two golds in this pack are both Trainer cards, matching Gaia Volcano and standing opposite to Phantom Forces, whose two golds were both Megas. Toyste Beach.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Fairy Pokémon. This card provides Fairy Energy only while this card is attached to a Fairy Pokémon. Prevent all effects of your opponent's attacks, except damage, done to the Fairy Pokémon this card is attached to. (Existing effects are not removed.) (If this card is attached to anything other than a Fairy Pokémon, discard this card.)
Wonder Energy, Special Energy — provides one Fairy Energy only while it is attached to a Fairy Pokémon, and prevents all effects of the opponent's attacks, except damage, done to that Pokémon. The other Special Energy of the two XY5 halves, and the one that makes a Fairy attacker immune to Poison, Paralysis and forced switches. 5ban Graphics.
Also released this year: English edition.
Primal Clash, 164 cards — English's cut of both December packs. All 160 cards of Gaia Volcano and Tidal Storm arrive here, plus four of English's own. Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait reach English on the same day, seven weeks after Japan, and the Gold Switch, Weakness Policy, Enhanced Hammer and Dive Ball arrive with them.
What 2014 settles is that the card is now a rule sheet. Three of the year's four release days add a mechanic rather than a Pokémon, and two of those mechanics — Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait — never leave the game. The English gap stops moving: 292 cards cross inside the year, the last 160 cross in February, and none is left behind, which is the first clean crossing in this archive. The price falls from 158 yen to 150 in December and stays there, and the packet is still five cards. What does not survive the year is the gold Mega: after September, gold cards are Trainers.
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.
xy2 verified_secondaryxy3 verified_secondaryxy4 verified_secondaryxy5g verified_secondaryxy5t verified_secondaryAll 452 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: 90 in March, 105 in June, 97 in September, and 80 and 80 in December. 48 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.
The Japanese printing is the first-hand source here. Type, HP, retreat cost, illustrator, every attack with its cost and its 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 68 Trainers and 5 Energy cards carry the name printed on the Japanese card — including the bracket that Gear and Hyper Gear cards print after the name, such as ターゲットホイッスル（フレア団ギア） — and every Pokémon name was read from the card page rather than from a species list, because a card can be printed under a name the Pokédex does not use (ゲンシグラードンEX, メガリザードンEX).
The secret cards are filled in from two different places, and every one says which. 37 full-art cards are reprints of a card inside the same pack, so their attacks come from that ordinary printing — M Charizard-EX 055 for its gold at 089, and so on. The 11 gold cards are split: in March, June and September they are Megas whose ordinary printing sits in the same pack, but in December they are Trainer cards — Switch, Weakness Policy, Enhanced Hammer and Dive Ball — and two of those four have no ordinary printing in their own pack at all, so their text comes from the English card. 22 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.
292 of the 452 cards reach English inside 2014, the last 160 on 4 February 2015, and none is left without one. March's 90 go to Flashfire in May, June's 105 to Furious Fists in August, September's 97 to Phantom Forces in November, and the two December packs wait for Primal Clash — 160 cards in February, seven weeks after Japan. This is the first year in the archive where every Japanese card has an English printing. 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 — which is how the five Team Flare Gear cards were matched, since English prints the category inside the card name.
Every -EX card is a Basic, and Mega and Primal are not. All cards whose name ends in EX are たね on the face, however many stages the species has. Mega Evolution and Primal Reversion are printed as their own stage, they evolve from the EX of the same Pokémon, and they carry the rule that your turn ends when they appear — which is exactly what the five Spirit Link cards of this year exist to switch off. The year prints 21 Mega or Primal cards from 10 distinct names, because each one appears at ordinary rarity, as a full-art, and sometimes as gold.
The rarity letters are kept as they print. Japanese cards this year carry C, U, R, RR, SR and UR, and the RR mark is still nothing more than the ordinary printing of a Pokémon-EX: there are 30 of them, six in every pack. The gold cards are the variant that changes during the year — six Megas across March, June and September, then four Trainers in December.
22 cards carry an Ancient Trait, and the page treats them as an Ability because that is where the card prints them. Ω Barrier blocks the opponent's Trainer cards, Ω Barrage allows a second attack, α Growth attaches two Energy at once and α Recovery doubles every heal. Two of those cards also have an ordinary Ability on top — Rhyperior at Gaia Volcano 032 and Swampert at Tidal Storm 015 — and both are shown with the two names separated rather than with one dropped.
About the scans and what is not here. All 452 card faces are full-size scans, each one shown here scaled down from that original, never enlarged from a smaller copy. The XY-P promo series, the league and Battle Festa cards, the prerelease cards and the deck products sold beside the sets are all real 2014 cards and none is listed, because none has a per-card release date and distribution condition that could be verified. Every card carries an illustrator credit on the face — the first year in the archive with no gap at all. The five numbered packs are complete — 452 cards, 48 of them secret — and that is the whole claim this page makes.
Five releases, 452 cards, forty Pokémon-EX and 21 Mega or Primal cards from thirty names, 22 Ancient Traits and 5 Spirit Links — and a year that adds three mechanics without adding a single Energy type. 2014 is the year the game runs out of room on the card and starts writing in the corners: a red Ω in the middle of the artwork, a メガ or ゲンシ where たね used to be, a Tool attached to the opponent's side of the table. What does not change is the packet — five cards at 158 yen, then 150 in December — and every one of these 452 cards reaches English in the end, which is more than any earlier year on this site can say.