English · 2015

2015 English edition almanac

This page covers the 575 English cards of 2015, in five products: 164 on 4 February, 34 on 25 March, 112 on 6 May, 101 on 12 August and 164 on 4 November. The English year opens with Japan's previous December — Primal Clash is the whole of Gaia Volcano and Tidal Storm — so only 352 of these 575 cards are 2015 Japanese cards: 34 from Double Crisis, 91 from Roaring Skies, 97 from Ancient Origins and 130 from BREAKthrough. 89 Japanese cards of 2015 are not here: the whole of December's Rage of the Broken Heavens, which crosses on 3 February 2016 as BREAKpoint. The Japanese edition of 2015 is 468 cards across seven products, and 366 of them are the same card as a print on this page. Two things reach English for the first time this year: BREAK Evolution on 4 November, and θ, which arrives in August and is never printed again.

Five products, 575 cards, and a calendar that opens with Japan's previous December and closes before Japan's last set

English 2015 starts a year behind and ends a season ahead. Primal Clash on 4 February is Japan's December — 160 cards of Gaia Volcano and Tidal Storm, with Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait arriving on the same day, eight weeks late. Then the gap closes to seven weeks and stays there: Roaring Skies in May, Ancient Origins in August, BREAKthrough in November. On 4 November BREAK Evolution reaches English — six cards that keep every attack underneath them and print no type and no Retreat Cost — and on the same day English gets Float Stone, Brigette, Parallel City and Fighting Fury Belt, which between them decide how 2016 is played.

The numbers are the largest of any English year so far. 575 cards in five products, 58 Pokémon-EX prints, 32 Mega prints and 6 BREAK cards, 13 secret cards and 48 artists. Two of the five products are entirely Japanese in origin — Primal Clash and Double Crisis — and the smallest of them is 34 cards sold in four-card packs. What English does not get in 2015 is December: Rage of the Broken Heavens, all 89 cards, waits until 3 February 2016, which makes 2015 the first year since 2001 where a Japanese release has no same-year English counterpart at all. One card is missing from this page and is named in the notes: xy8-146a, the alternate number for Professor's Letter, has no scan in any size.

5Sets

575Cards

13Secret

48Artists

Every card below is the English printing, with its English scan, its English name as printed and its English attack text.

Cards are grouped by the product they were sold in. Rarity letters are the ones printed on the card; secrets sit at the end of each set at the numbers they carry.

How many English Pokémon cards are documented in 2015?

This page documents 575 main-series cards across five products on five release dates in 2015. It covers cards printed outside Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.

Publication edition	English edition
Products	5
Cards	575
Release dates	5 (2015-02-04 – 2015-11-04)
Series codes	xy5, xy6, xy7, xy8, dc1
Card faces on record	all 575
Latest release on record	2015-11-04

Which English edition sets were released in 2015?

XY5 · Primal Clash (2015-02-04, 164 cards) · dc1 · Double Crisis (2015-03-25, 34 cards) · XY6 · Roaring Skies (2015-05-06, 112 cards) · XY7 · Ancient Origins (2015-08-12, 101 cards) · XY8 · BREAKthrough (2015-11-04, 164 cards).

How many main-series cards does this page record for 2015?

575 cards across five products, an average of 115.0 cards per product. This is the main-series archive count, not a claim that every promo and event card from the year is itemised here.

What release dates does this page cover?

5 release dates, from 2015-02-04 to 2015-11-04.

How many of these 575 cards are shown with a card face?

All 575 cards have a card face on record.

What happened this year

5 entries

02-04
Primal Clash, 164 cards. All 160 cards of the two packs Japan printed on 13 December 2014, plus four English-only. Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait arrive in English here, along with Primal Groudon-EX and Primal Kyogre-EX at 240 HP and the red Ω cards that blank Trainers or attack twice. No 2015 Japanese card is in this set.
03-25
Double Crisis, 34 cards. Japan's January concept pack, printed two months later in a different card order — English 23 is Aqua Diffuser, Japanese 25. No secrets, no full-art, no gold, and the only 2015 English product sold in four-card packs.
05-06
Roaring Skies, 112 cards. All 91 cards of Emerald Break plus 20 English-only. M Rayquaza-EX at 220 HP Colourless with Emerald Break, Sky Field raising the Bench to eight in the same set, and Shaymin-EX with Set Up — the three cards that make the deck. Δ reaches English on this day.
08-12
Ancient Origins, 101 cards. All 97 cards of Bandit Ring plus four English-only. θ arrives in three forms — Stop, Double and Max — and the three gold cards at 93–95 are Primals and Mega Rayquaza. Hoopa-EX debuts in English, and Hex Maniac and Forest of Giant Plants enter the pool on the same day.
11-04
BREAKthrough, 164 cards. All 130 cards of Blue Shock and Red Flash merged, plus 34 English-only. BREAK Evolution reaches English — Zoroark, Florges, Chesnaught and Marowak — and so do Float Stone, Brigette, Parallel City, Heavy Ball, Assault Vest, Giovanni's Scheme and Mewtwo in two different Mega forms. 89 Japanese cards of 2015 are still not in English when this ships: they are the whole of December's pack.

Promos, decks & handouts

not itemised

Why this is empty. Everything on this page is a numbered product with a printed card count and a release day we can stand behind. Everything else that year is a handout, a promo or a box: the XY Black Star Promos, the prerelease cards, the league and Championship cards, and the box products. None of those has a per-card release date and distribution condition we have been able to verify, so none is listed and none is counted in the 575 above. Same rule as every earlier year on this site.

XY5 · Primal Clash

2015-02-04164 cards

2015-02-04. 164 cards — 133 Pokémon, 29 Trainers and 2 Energy cards, 16 of them Pokémon-EX and 8 Mega; 4 secret cards; 44 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 20.

The 2015 English year opens with Japan's December. All 160 cards of Gaia Volcano and Tidal Storm arrive here, plus four English-only cards, so not one 2015 Japanese card is in this set. Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait reach English on the same day, eight weeks after Japan, and Primal Groudon-EX and Primal Kyogre-EX arrive at 240 HP with attacks named after the packs. Sixteen EX prints and eight Mega or Primal prints make this the thickest EX set of the English year. Four secret cards close it.

001Weedle

002Kakuna

003Beedrill★ Tangela (2015)

004Tangela Tangrowth (2015)

005Tangrowth★ Treecko (2015)

006Treecko Grovyle (2015)

007Grovyle Sceptile (2015)

008Sceptile★ Sceptile (2015)

009Sceptile★ Lotad (2015)

010Lotad

011Lombre

012Ludicolo★ Surskit (2015)

013Surskit Masquerain (2015)

014Masquerain Shroomish (2015)

015Shroomish Breloom (2015)

016Breloom★ Volbeat (2015)

017Volbeat Illumise (2015)

018Illumise Trevenant EX (2015)

019Trevenant EX Vulpix (2015)

020Vulpix

021Ninetales★ Slugma (2015)

022Slugma

023Magcargo Magcargo (2015)

024Magcargo★ Torchic (2015)

025Torchic Torchic (2015)

026Torchic Combusken (2015)

027Combusken Blaziken (2015)

028Blaziken★ Camerupt EX (2015)

029Camerupt EX Horsea (2015)

030Horsea

031Seadra

032Staryu

033Mudkip

034Marshtomp Swampert (2015)

035Swampert★ Swampert (2015)

036Swampert★ Ludicolo (2015)

037Ludicolo★ Wailord EX (2015)

038Wailord EX Barboach (2015)

039Barboach Whiscash (2015)

040Whiscash Whiscash (2015)

041Whiscash★ Corphish (2015)

042Corphish Feebas (2015)

043Feebas

044Milotic★ Spheal (2015)

045Spheal

046Spheal

047Sealeo

048Walrein★ Clamperl (2015)

049Clamperl Huntail (2015)

050Huntail★ Gorebyss (2015)

051Gorebyss Gorebyss (2015)

052Gorebyss★ Kyogre (2015)

053Kyogre★ Kyogre EX (2015)

054Kyogre EX Primal Kyogre EX (2015)

055Primal Kyogre EX Manaphy (2015)

056Manaphy★ Chinchou (2015)

057Chinchou Lanturn (2015)

058Lanturn Electrike (2015)

059Electrike Electrike (2015)

060Electrike Manectric (2015)

061Manectric★ Tynamo (2015)

062Tynamo

063Eelektrik Eelektrik (2015)

064Eelektrik★ Eelektross (2015)

065Eelektross★ Nidoran♀ (2015)

066Nidoran♀ Nidorina (2015)

067Nidorina Nidoqueen (2015)

068Nidoqueen Nidoqueen (2015)

069Nidoqueen★ Tentacool (2015)

070Tentacool Tentacool (2015)

071Tentacool Tentacruel (2015)

072Tentacruel★ Starmie (2015)

073Starmie★ Rhyhorn (2015)

074Rhyhorn Rhydon (2015)

075Rhydon

076Rhyperior★ Rhyperior (2015)

077Rhyperior★ Nosepass (2015)

078Nosepass Meditite (2015)

079Meditite Medicham (2015)

080Medicham★ Medicham (2015)

081Medicham★ Trapinch (2015)

082Trapinch Solrock (2015)

083Solrock Groudon (2015)

084Groudon★ Groudon EX (2015)

085Groudon EX Primal Groudon EX (2015)

086Primal Groudon EX Hippopotas (2015)

087Hippopotas Hippowdon (2015)

088Hippowdon★ Drilbur (2015)

089Drilbur Diggersby (2015)

090Diggersby★ Sharpedo EX (2015)

091Sharpedo EX Crawdaunt (2015)

092Crawdaunt★ Aggron EX (2015)

093Aggron EX M Aggron EX (2015)

094M Aggron EX Probopass (2015)

095Probopass★ Excadrill (2015)

096Excadrill★ Excadrill (2015)

097Excadrill★ Honedge (2015)

098Honedge Doublade (2015)

099Doublade Aegislash (2015)

100Aegislash★ Mr. Mime (2015)

101Mr. Mime Marill (2015)

102Marill

103Azumarill★ Azumarill (2015)

104Azumarill★ Gardevoir EX (2015)

105Gardevoir EX M Gardevoir EX (2015)

106M Gardevoir EX Kingdra (2015)

107Kingdra★ Kingdra (2015)

108Kingdra★ Vibrava (2015)

109Vibrava Flygon (2015)

110Flygon★ Zigzagoon (2015)

111Zigzagoon Linoone (2015)

112Linoone Skitty (2015)

113Skitty

114Delcatty★ Spinda (2015)

115Spinda

116Bidoof

117Bidoof

118Bibarel Bouffalant (2015)

119Bouffalant Bunnelby (2015)

120Bunnelby Bunnelby (2015)

121Bunnelby Acro Bike (2015)

122Acro Bike Aggron Spirit Link (2015)

123Aggron Spirit Link Archie's Ace in the Hole (2015)

124Archie's Ace in the Hole Dive Ball (2015)

125Dive Ball Energy Retrieval (2015)

126Energy Retrieval Escape Rope (2015)

127Escape Rope Exp. Share (2015)

128Exp. Share Fresh Water Set (2015)

129Fresh Water Set Gardevoir Spirit Link (2015)

130Gardevoir Spirit Link Groudon Spirit Link (2015)

131Groudon Spirit Link Kyogre Spirit Link (2015)

132Kyogre Spirit Link Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick (2015)

133Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick

134Professor Birch's Observations Rare Candy (2015)

135Rare Candy Repeat Ball (2015)

136Repeat Ball Rough Seas (2015)

137Rough Seas Scorched Earth (2015)

138Scorched Earth Shrine of Memories (2015)

139Shrine of Memories Silent Lab (2015)

140Silent Lab Teammates (2015)

141Teammates Weakness Policy (2015)

142Weakness Policy Shield Energy (2015)

143Shield Energy Wonder Energy (2015)

144Wonder Energy Trevenant EX (2015)

145Trevenant EX Camerupt EX (2015)

146Camerupt EX Wailord EX (2015)

147Wailord EX Kyogre EX (2015)

148Kyogre EX Primal Kyogre EX (2015)

149Primal Kyogre EX Groudon EX (2015)

150Groudon EX Primal Groudon EX (2015)

151Primal Groudon EX Sharpedo EX (2015)

152Sharpedo EX Aggron EX (2015)

153Aggron EX M Aggron EX (2015)

154M Aggron EX Gardevoir EX (2015)

155Gardevoir EX M Gardevoir EX (2015)

156M Gardevoir EX Archie's Ace in the Hole (2015)

157Archie's Ace in the Hole Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick (2015)

158Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick

159Professor Birch's Observations Teammates (2015)

160Teammates Dive Ball (2015)

161Dive Ball★ Enhanced Hammer (2015)

162Enhanced Hammer★ Switch (2015)

163Switch★ Weakness Policy (2015)

164Weakness Policy★

XY6 · Roaring Skies

2015-05-06112 cards

2015-05-06. 112 cards — 92 Pokémon, 19 Trainers and 1 Energy card, 14 of them Pokémon-EX and 7 Mega; 2 secret cards; 42 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 16.

The pack where English gets M Rayquaza-EX and Shaymin-EX on the same day. All 91 cards of Emerald Break arrive, plus 20 English-only cards. Δ reaches English here — five cards that take an extra Prize, four that evolve the turn they are played — and so does 077 Sky Field, which raises the Bench to eight and is the reason Emerald Break counts your Bench. 063 Shaymin-EX with Set Up goes on to be the most played card in the format for the next two years. 096 Trainers' Mail is in this set too, and by December it is in every deck list.

001Exeggcute Exeggutor (2015)

002Exeggutor Wurmple (2015)

003Wurmple Silcoon (2015)

004Silcoon Beautifly (2015)

005Beautifly★ Cascoon (2015)

006Cascoon Dustox (2015)

007Dustox

008Dustox★ Nincada (2015)

009Nincada Ninjask (2015)

010Ninjask Shedinja (2015)

011Shedinja★ Tropius (2015)

012Tropius Victini (2015)

013Victini★ Fletchinder (2015)

014Fletchinder Talonflame (2015)

015Talonflame★ Articuno (2015)

016Articuno★ Articuno (2015)

017Articuno★ Wingull (2015)

018Wingull Pelipper (2015)

019Pelipper Pikachu (2015)

020Pikachu Voltorb (2015)

021Voltorb Electrode (2015)

022Electrode Zapdos (2015)

023Zapdos★ Electrike (2015)

024Electrike Manectric (2015)

025Manectric Thundurus EX (2015)

026Thundurus EX Natu (2015)

027Natu

028Natu

029Xatu★

030Shuppet Banette (2015)

031Banette★ Banette (2015)

032Banette★ Deoxys (2015)

033Deoxys★ Gallade EX (2015)

034Gallade EX M Gallade EX (2015)

035M Gallade EX Gligar (2015)

036Gligar

037Gliscor Binacle (2015)

038Binacle Hawlucha (2015)

039Hawlucha Absol (2015)

040Absol★

041Inkay

042Jirachi★ Togepi (2015)

043Togepi

044Togetic Togekiss (2015)

045Togekiss★ Togekiss (2015)

046Togekiss★ Carbink (2015)

047Carbink★ Klefki (2015)

048Klefki★ Dratini (2015)

049Dratini Dragonair (2015)

050Dragonair Dragonite (2015)

051Dragonite★ Dragonite (2015)

052Dragonite★ Altaria (2015)

053Altaria Bagon (2015)

054Bagon

055Bagon

056Shelgon Salamence (2015)

057Salamence★ Latios EX (2015)

058Latios EX M Latios EX (2015)

059M Latios EX Rayquaza EX (2015)

060Rayquaza EX M Rayquaza EX (2015)

061M Rayquaza EX Hydreigon EX (2015)

062Hydreigon EX Reshiram (2015)

063Reshiram★ Zekrom (2015)

064Zekrom★ Spearow (2015)

065Spearow Fearow (2015)

066Fearow

067Meowth

068Dunsparce Skarmory (2015)

069Skarmory★ Taillow (2015)

070Taillow Swellow (2015)

071Swellow★ Swellow (2015)

072Swellow★ Swablu (2015)

073Swablu

074Altaria★ Rayquaza EX (2015)

075Rayquaza EX M Rayquaza EX (2015)

076M Rayquaza EX Shaymin EX (2015)

077Shaymin EX Pidove (2015)

078Pidove

079Tranquill Unfezant (2015)

080Unfezant Unfezant (2015)

081Unfezant★ Fletchling (2015)

082Fletchling Gallade Spirit Link (2015)

083Gallade Spirit Link Healing Scarf (2015)

084Healing Scarf Latios Spirit Link (2015)

085Latios Spirit Link Mega Turbo (2015)

086Mega Turbo Rayquaza Spirit Link (2015)

087Rayquaza Spirit Link Revive (2015)

088Revive

089Sky Field Steven (2015)

090Steven

091Switch

092Trainers' Mail Ultra Ball (2015)

093Ultra Ball Wally (2015)

094Wally

095Wide Lens Winona (2015)

096Winona

097Double Dragon Energy Thundurus EX (2015)

098Thundurus EX Gallade EX (2015)

099Gallade EX M Gallade EX (2015)

100M Gallade EX Latios EX (2015)

101Latios EX M Latios EX (2015)

102M Latios EX Hydreigon EX (2015)

103Hydreigon EX Rayquaza EX (2015)

104Rayquaza EX M Rayquaza EX (2015)

105M Rayquaza EX Shaymin EX (2015)

106Shaymin EX Wally (2015)

107Wally

108Winona

109Energy Switch★ VS Seeker (2015)

110VS Seeker★ Shaymin EX (2015)

77aShaymin EX★ Trainers' Mail (2015)

92aTrainers' Mail

XY7 · Ancient Origins

2015-08-12101 cards

2015-08-12. 101 cards — 82 Pokémon, 17 Trainers and 2 Energy cards, 16 of them Pokémon-EX and 9 Mega; 5 secret cards; 42 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 16.

θ reaches English, and all three Megas arrive with their Spirit Links. All 97 cards of Bandit Ring plus four English-only cards. θ Stop on five cards, θ Double on six, θ Max on the three gold cards — Primal Kyogre-EX, Primal Groudon-EX and M Rayquaza-EX. 036 Hoopa-EX debuts in English here, and Scoundrel Ring searching three Pokémon-EX out of the deck becomes the setup play of the season. Hex Maniac and Forest of Giant Plants enter the English card pool on the same day, and both go on to be restricted in some formats.

001Oddish

002Gloom

003Vileplume★ Bellossom (2015)

004Bellossom Spinarak (2015)

005Spinarak Ariados (2015)

006Ariados Sceptile EX (2015)

007Sceptile EX M Sceptile EX (2015)

008M Sceptile EX Combee (2015)

009Combee

010Vespiquen Vespiquen (2015)

011Vespiquen★ Virizion (2015)

012Virizion★ Flareon (2015)

013Flareon Entei (2015)

014Entei★

015Entei★

016Larvesta Volcarona (2015)

017Volcarona★ Volcarona (2015)

018Volcarona★ Magikarp (2015)

019Magikarp Gyarados (2015)

020Gyarados★ Gyarados (2015)

021Gyarados★ Vaporeon (2015)

022Vaporeon Relicanth (2015)

023Relicanth Regice (2015)

024Regice★ Kyurem EX (2015)

025Kyurem EX Jolteon (2015)

026Jolteon★ Ampharos EX (2015)

027Ampharos EX M Ampharos EX (2015)

028M Ampharos EX Rotom (2015)

029Rotom

030Unown

031Baltoy

032Baltoy

033Claydol★ Golett (2015)

034Golett

035Golurk★ Hoopa EX (2015)

036Hoopa EX Machamp EX (2015)

037Machamp EX Wooper (2015)

038Wooper

039Quagsire Regirock (2015)

040Regirock★ Golurk (2015)

041Golurk

042Tyranitar EX M Tyranitar EX (2015)

043M Tyranitar EX Sableye (2015)

044Sableye Inkay (2015)

045Inkay

046Malamar Beldum (2015)

047Beldum

048Metang

049Metagross★ Metagross (2015)

050Metagross★ Registeel (2015)

051Registeel★ Ralts (2015)

052Ralts

053Kirlia

054Gardevoir★ Cottonee (2015)

055Cottonee Whimsicott (2015)

056Whimsicott Giratina EX (2015)

057Giratina EX Goomy (2015)

058Goomy

059Sliggoo Goodra (2015)

060Goodra★ Meowth (2015)

061Meowth

062Persian Eevee (2015)

063Eevee

064Porygon Porygon2 (2015)

065Porygon2 Porygon-Z (2015)

066Porygon-Z★ Porygon-Z (2015)

067Porygon-Z★ Lugia EX (2015)

068Lugia EX Ace Trainer (2015)

069Ace Trainer Ampharos Spirit Link (2015)

070Ampharos Spirit Link Eco Arm (2015)

071Eco Arm Energy Recycler (2015)

072Energy Recycler Faded Town (2015)

073Faded Town Forest of Giant Plants (2015)

074Forest of Giant Plants Hex Maniac (2015)

075Hex Maniac Level Ball (2015)

076Level Ball Lucky Helmet (2015)

077Lucky Helmet Lysandre (2015)

078Lysandre Paint Roller (2015)

079Paint Roller Sceptile Spirit Link (2015)

080Sceptile Spirit Link Tyranitar Spirit Link (2015)

081Tyranitar Spirit Link Dangerous Energy (2015)

082Dangerous Energy Flash Energy (2015)

083Flash Energy Sceptile EX (2015)

084Sceptile EX M Sceptile EX (2015)

085M Sceptile EX Kyurem EX (2015)

086Kyurem EX Ampharos EX (2015)

087Ampharos EX M Ampharos EX (2015)

088M Ampharos EX Hoopa EX (2015)

089Hoopa EX Machamp EX (2015)

090Machamp EX Tyranitar EX (2015)

091Tyranitar EX M Tyranitar EX (2015)

092M Tyranitar EX Giratina EX (2015)

093Giratina EX Lugia EX (2015)

094Lugia EX Steven (2015)

095Steven

096Primal Kyogre EX★ Primal Groudon EX (2015)

097Primal Groudon EX★ M Rayquaza EX (2015)

098M Rayquaza EX★ Energy Retrieval (2015)

099Energy Retrieval★ Trainers' Mail (2015)

100Trainers' Mail★ Hex Maniac (2015)

75aHex Maniac

XY8 · BREAKthrough

2015-11-04164 cards

2015-11-04. 164 cards — 142 Pokémon, 20 Trainers and 2 Energy cards, 10 of them Pokémon-EX and 8 Mega and 6 BREAK; 2 secret cards; 42 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 23.

BREAK Evolution reaches English, seven weeks after Japan, and both September packs are merged into one. All 130 cards of Blue Shock and Red Flash arrive — Zoroark BREAK, Florges BREAK, Chesnaught BREAK, Marowak BREAK, Greninja's line underneath and Mewtwo in both its 230 HP and 210 HP forms — plus 34 English-only cards. 054 Float Stone, 057 Brigette, 058 Parallel City, 074 Fighting Fury Belt and 079 Giovanni's Scheme are in this one product, which is why BREAKthrough shows up in every deck of 2016. English prints one card here that this page cannot show: xy8-146a, the alternate number for Professor's Letter, has no scan at any size in the source database, so it is left out and the set reads 164 cards rather than 165.

001Paras

002Parasect★ Pinsir (2015)

003Pinsir

004Cacnea

005Pansage Simisage (2015)

006Simisage★ Chespin (2015)

007Chespin Chespin (2015)

008Chespin Chespin (2015)

009Chespin Quilladin (2015)

010Quilladin Chesnaught (2015)

011Chesnaught★ Chesnaught BREAK (2015)

012Chesnaught BREAK Scatterbug (2015)

013Scatterbug Spewpa (2015)

014Spewpa

015Vivillon★ Skiddo (2015)

016Skiddo

017Gogoat

018Cyndaquil Quilava (2015)

019Quilava Typhlosion (2015)

020Typhlosion★ Houndoom EX (2015)

021Houndoom EX M Houndoom EX (2015)

022M Houndoom EX Pansear (2015)

023Pansear Simisear (2015)

024Simisear★ Fennekin (2015)

025Fennekin Braixen (2015)

026Braixen Goldeen (2015)

027Goldeen Seaking (2015)

028Seaking Staryu (2015)

029Staryu

030Starmie Remoraid (2015)

031Remoraid Remoraid (2015)

032Remoraid Octillery (2015)

033Octillery★ Glalie EX (2015)

034Glalie EX M Glalie EX (2015)

035M Glalie EX Piplup (2015)

036Piplup

037Prinplup Empoleon (2015)

038Empoleon★ Snover (2015)

039Snover

040Abomasnow★ Panpour (2015)

041Panpour Simipour (2015)

042Simipour★ Vanillite (2015)

043Vanillite Vanillish (2015)

044Vanillish Vanilluxe (2015)

045Vanilluxe★ Froakie (2015)

046Froakie Frogadier (2015)

047Frogadier Pikachu (2015)

048Pikachu Raichu (2015)

049Raichu★ Raichu BREAK (2015)

050Raichu BREAK Magnemite (2015)

051Magnemite Magnemite (2015)

052Magnemite Magneton (2015)

053Magneton Magnezone (2015)

054Magnezone★ Raikou (2015)

055Raikou★ Stunfisk (2015)

056Stunfisk Dedenne (2015)

057Dedenne Gastly (2015)

058Gastly

059Haunter Gengar (2015)

060Gengar★ Mewtwo EX (2015)

061Mewtwo EX Mewtwo EX (2015)

062Mewtwo EX M Mewtwo EX (2015)

063M Mewtwo EX M Mewtwo EX (2015)

064M Mewtwo EX Misdreavus (2015)

065Misdreavus Mismagius (2015)

066Mismagius★ Wobbuffet (2015)

067Wobbuffet Ralts (2015)

068Ralts

069Kirlia

070Cresselia★ Woobat (2015)

071Woobat

072Swoobat Elgyem (2015)

073Elgyem

074Beheeyem Sandshrew (2015)

075Sandshrew Sandslash (2015)

076Sandslash Cubone (2015)

077Cubone

078Marowak★ Marowak BREAK (2015)

079Marowak BREAK Swinub (2015)

080Swinub

081Piloswine Mamoswine (2015)

082Mamoswine★ Hippopotas (2015)

083Hippopotas Gallade (2015)

084Gallade★ Meloetta (2015)

085Meloetta★ Pancham (2015)

086Pancham Hawlucha (2015)

087Hawlucha★ Cacturne (2015)

088Cacturne Zorua (2015)

089Zorua

090Zorua

091Zoroark★ Zoroark BREAK (2015)

092Zoroark BREAK Inkay (2015)

093Inkay

094Yveltal★ Bronzor (2015)

095Bronzor Bronzong (2015)

096Bronzong★ Mr. Mime (2015)

097Mr. Mime★ Snubbull (2015)

098Snubbull Granbull (2015)

099Granbull Ralts (2015)

100Ralts

101Flabébé Floette (2015)

102Floette Florges (2015)

103Florges★ Florges BREAK (2015)

104Florges BREAK Spritzee (2015)

105Spritzee Aromatisse (2015)

106Aromatisse★ Xerneas (2015)

107Xerneas★ Axew (2015)

108Axew

109Axew

110Fraxure Haxorus (2015)

111Haxorus★ Noivern (2015)

112Noivern★ Noivern BREAK (2015)

113Noivern BREAK Meowth (2015)

114Meowth

115Doduo

116Doduo

117Dodrio★ Snorlax (2015)

118Snorlax Hoothoot (2015)

119Hoothoot Noctowl (2015)

120Noctowl★ Teddiursa (2015)

121Teddiursa Ursaring (2015)

122Ursaring Smeargle (2015)

123Smeargle★ Swablu (2015)

124Swablu

125Starly

126Staravia Staraptor (2015)

127Staraptor★ Chatot (2015)

128Chatot★ Rufflet (2015)

129Rufflet Braviary (2015)

130Braviary★ Noibat (2015)

131Noibat

132Noibat

133Assault Vest Brigette (2015)

134Brigette Buddy-Buddy Rescue (2015)

135Buddy-Buddy Rescue Fisherman (2015)

136Fisherman Float Stone (2015)

137Float Stone Giovanni's Scheme (2015)

138Giovanni's Scheme Glalie Spirit Link (2015)

139Glalie Spirit Link Heavy Ball (2015)

140Heavy Ball Heavy Boots (2015)

141Heavy Boots Houndoom Spirit Link (2015)

142Houndoom Spirit Link Judge (2015)

143Judge

144Mewtwo Spirit Link Parallel City (2015)

145Parallel City Professor's Letter (2015)

146Professor's Letter Reserved Ticket (2015)

147Reserved Ticket Skyla (2015)

148Skyla

149Super Rod Town Map (2015)

150Town Map Burning Energy (2015)

151Burning Energy Rainbow Energy (2015)

152Rainbow Energy Houndoom EX (2015)

153Houndoom EX M Houndoom EX (2015)

154M Houndoom EX Glalie EX (2015)

155Glalie EX M Glalie EX (2015)

156M Glalie EX Mewtwo EX (2015)

157Mewtwo EX Mewtwo EX (2015)

158Mewtwo EX M Mewtwo EX (2015)

159M Mewtwo EX M Mewtwo EX (2015)

160M Mewtwo EX Brigette (2015)

161Brigette Giovanni's Scheme (2015)

162Giovanni's Scheme Mewtwo EX (2015)

163Mewtwo EX★ Mewtwo EX (2015)

164Mewtwo EX★

dc1 · Double Crisis

2015-03-2534 cards

2015-03-25. 34 cards — 22 Pokémon, 10 Trainers and 2 Energy cards, 2 of them Pokémon-EX; 15 artists worked on it and Toyste Beach drew 4.

Thirty-four cards, no secrets, and the only 2015 English product that is entirely Japanese. The whole of CP1, released in Japan on 30 January, printed in English on 25 March, in a different order: English 23 is Aqua Diffuser, which is Japanese 25. Two EX cards, both with Power Saver, ten Trainers and the two team-locked Special Energy. This is also the smallest English product of the year, and the only one sold in four-card packs.

001Team Magma's Numel Team Magma's Camerupt (2015)

002Team Magma's Camerupt★ Team Aqua's Spheal (2015)

003Team Aqua's Spheal Team Aqua's Sealeo (2015)

004Team Aqua's Sealeo Team Aqua's Walrein (2015)

005Team Aqua's Walrein★ Team Aqua's Kyogre EX (2015)

006Team Aqua's Kyogre EX Team Aqua's Grimer (2015)

007Team Aqua's Grimer Team Aqua's Muk (2015)

008Team Aqua's Muk★ Team Aqua's Seviper (2015)

009Team Aqua's Seviper Team Magma's Baltoy (2015)

010Team Magma's Baltoy Team Magma's Claydol (2015)

011Team Magma's Claydol★ Team Magma's Aron (2015)

012Team Magma's Aron Team Magma's Lairon (2015)

013Team Magma's Lairon Team Magma's Aggron (2015)

014Team Magma's Aggron★ Team Magma's Groudon EX (2015)

015Team Magma's Groudon EX Team Aqua's Poochyena (2015)

016Team Aqua's Poochyena Team Magma's Poochyena (2015)

017Team Magma's Poochyena Team Aqua's Mightyena (2015)

018Team Aqua's Mightyena Team Magma's Mightyena (2015)

019Team Magma's Mightyena Team Aqua's Carvanha (2015)

020Team Aqua's Carvanha Team Aqua's Sharpedo (2015)

021Team Aqua's Sharpedo★ Team Magma's Zangoose (2015)

022Team Magma's Zangoose Aqua Diffuser (2015)

023Aqua Diffuser Magma Pointer (2015)

024Magma Pointer Team Aqua Admin (2015)

025Team Aqua Admin Team Aqua Grunt (2015)

026Team Aqua Grunt Team Aqua's Great Ball (2015)

027Team Aqua's Great Ball Team Aqua's Secret Base (2015)

028Team Aqua's Secret Base Team Magma Admin (2015)

029Team Magma Admin Team Magma Grunt (2015)

030Team Magma Grunt Team Magma's Great Ball (2015)

031Team Magma's Great Ball Team Magma's Secret Base (2015)

032Team Magma's Secret Base Double Aqua Energy (2015)

033Double Aqua Energy Double Magma Energy (2015)

034Double Magma Energy

Also released this year: Japanese edition.

What came next

1 entry

2016-02-03
BREAKpoint, 126 cards — the whole of December's Japanese pack plus 37 English-only cards. This is where the 89 Japanese cards left out of this page finally land, seven weeks after Japan, and it is the last time English is behind Japan on a 2015 card: Garbodor and Garbotoxin arrive with it and take over the format's first half, Greninja BREAK's Giant Water Shuriken starts throwing six counters a turn without attacking, and Puzzle of Time and Max Elixir make the discard pile and the top of the deck into resources.

What 2015 settles in English is the seven-week gap. Four of the five products follow Japan within two months, which is the tightest schedule this archive has recorded, and the one exception is the December pack that shifts into February. BREAK Evolution arrives late and stays: six cards here, more next year, and the pattern — keep the attacks underneath, print no type, print no Retreat Cost — never changes. The secret slot stops being a Mega: nine of the thirteen secret cards on this page are Trainers, and the gold border is no longer where the big Pokémon live. The packet is five cards and the price settles, and what grows is not the card but the number of things a single card does without attacking.

Evidence & release sources

5 of 5 linked

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

XY5 · Primal Clash xy5 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
XY6 · Roaring Skies xy6 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
XY7 · Ancient Origins xy7 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
XY8 · BREAKthrough xy8 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
dc1 · Double Crisis dc1 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net

About this data

All 575 English cards of the five products are listed, and every one carries its English scan. The counts are 164, 34, 112, 101 and 164. Thirteen of them are secret cards and are shown at the numbers they actually print, past the total of their own set. One card is not on this page: xy8-146a, the alternate number for Professor's Letter, has no scan at low, medium or high resolution in the source database, so BREAKthrough reads 164 cards rather than 165. It is named here rather than replaced with a different artwork.

The English card is the source for the English page. Name, type, HP, stage, retreat cost, illustrator, every attack with its cost and damage, and the English rules text of every Trainer are read from the English card record. The Japanese name is not shown on this page, and nothing is translated from it — the two editions are separate pages because they are separate printings.

BREAK cards are recorded as their own stage here too. A BREAK card prints no type and no Retreat Cost, sits on top of a card that already evolved, and keeps every attack underneath. This page writes BREAK Evolution for the six English BREAK cards and does not fold them into the stage below, because the HP and the attack list on the card are the BREAK card's own.

Two Mega names exist twice in this year and are kept apart. M Mewtwo-EX is printed in BREAKthrough at 230 HP with Vanishing Strike and again at 210 HP with Psychic Infinity, and both are listed as separate cards with their own numbers. M Rayquaza-EX is at 220 HP Colourless in Roaring Skies and again as a gold card in Ancient Origins.

Rarity letters are the ones printed on the card: C, U, R, RR, SR and UR. RR is the ordinary printing of a Pokémon-EX and nothing more; SR is a full-art card and UR a gold card. A card numbered past its set total is treated as a secret card and keeps its printed number, which is why some sets appear to end past their own count. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted anywhere on this page.

Five products, 575 cards, 58 Pokémon-EX prints, 32 Mega prints and 6 BREAK cards, thirteen secrets and 48 artists — and 352 of the 575 are Japanese cards printed the same year, the tightest overlap this archive has recorded. 2015 is the year English gets the new stage late and gets the new Tools early: BREAK Evolution arrives in November, seven weeks behind Japan, while Float Stone, Brigette, Parallel City and Fighting Fury Belt arrive on the same day and never leave. What English does not get is December — 89 cards wait until February 2016 — and one card, xy8-146a, is missing from this page because no scan of it exists, which is stated rather than papered over. The packet is five cards, the price has settled, and the gold border has stopped being where the big Pokémon live.