Japan · 2015
This page covers all 468 Japanese cards of 2015, in seven releases: 34 on 30 January, 91 on 14 March, 97 on 20 June, 27 on 18 July, 65 and 65 on 26 September, and 89 on 11 December. Six release days, seven products, and two of them are four-card concept packs at 200 yen rather than five-card expansions. The year adds one new stage — BREAK Evolution, seven cards from September — and changes its Ancient Trait twice, from Ω to Δ in March and from Δ to θ in June. The English edition of 2015 is 575 cards across five products, and 366 of these 468 cards are printed in English inside the year: 34 in Double Crisis on 25 March, 91 in Roaring Skies on 6 May, 97 in Ancient Origins on 12 August, and 130 across BREAKthrough on 4 November — the whole of both September packs — plus 14 Legendary Shine reprints whose English card is the identical card printed in another set. 89 cross on 3 February 2016 as BREAKpoint — the whole of December's pack — and 9 never cross at all (the rest of the Legendary Shine Collection). The rest of English's 575 belongs to Japan's 2014: Primal Clash takes all 160 cards of the December 2014 pair, plus four of its own.
Seven releases, 468 cards, seven BREAK cards and two Ancient Traits in one year — and the last year Japan runs ahead of the West
2015 is the year the card grows a new stage on top of an old one. On 26 September, in two packs released the same morning, BREAK Evolution arrives: a card that sits on top of a Stage 1 or Stage 2, keeps every attack underneath, raises the HP, and prints no type and no Retreat Cost at all. Seven of them appear before the year ends, and the last, Greninja BREAK, throws six damage counters a turn without attacking. The same year changes its Ancient Trait twice — Δ in March, where five cards take an extra Prize and four evolve the turn they are played, then θ in June, where five cards ignore the opponent's Abilities, six hold two Tools, and the three gold cards heal completely on arrival.
The numbers hold and the shape changes. 468 cards in seven products, 55 Pokémon-EX prints from 26 names, 27 Mega prints from 13 names, 40 full-art cards and 10 gold cards as secrets, 50 cards printed past their own total, 57 Trainers, 8 Energy and 48 artists. The tallest card is 240 HP — M Tyranitar-EX and M Gyarados-EX, and the two Primals reprinted in gold — so nothing gets bigger than 2014's ceiling. What gets bigger is the number of things a card does without attacking: Puzzle of Time plays from the discard pile, Max Elixir accelerates from the top of the deck, Delinquent strips three cards out of the opponent's hand, and a single Tool on Garbodor switches off every Ability on the table. Two of the seven products are concept packs at 200 yen for four cards, and one of them, the Legendary Shine Collection, is the only 2015 release English never printed.
Every card below is the Japanese printing, with its Japanese scan, its Japanese name as printed, and its attack text in English.
Cards are grouped by the product they were sold in. The four-card concept packs sit in the same list as the expansions, because they are cards you could buy.
This page documents 468 main-series cards across seven products on six release dates in 2015. It covers cards printed in Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.
| Publication edition | Japanese edition |
|---|---|
| Products | 7 |
| Cards | 468 |
| Release dates | 6 (2015-01-30 – 2015-12-11) |
| Series codes | xy6, xy7, xy8b, xy8r, xy9, cp1, cp2 |
| Card faces on record | all 468 |
| Latest release on record | 2015-12-11 |
CP1 · Double Crisis (2015-01-30, 34 cards) · XY6 · Emerald Break (2015-03-14, 91 cards) · XY7 · Bandit Ring (2015-06-20, 97 cards) · CP2 · Legendary Shine Collection (2015-07-18, 27 cards) · XY8 · Blue Shock (2015-09-26, 65 cards) · XY8 · Red Flash (2015-09-26, 65 cards) · XY9 · Rage of the Broken Heavens (2015-12-11, 89 cards).
How many main-series cards does this page record for 2015?468 cards across seven products, an average of 66.9 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?6 release dates, from 2015-01-30 to 2015-12-11.
Do these Japanese cards have English-edition counterparts?459 of 468 cards (98.1%) carry a mapping to an English-edition card; the remaining 9 are Japanese-only printings or not yet paired.
How many of these 468 cards are shown with a card face?All 468 cards have a card face on record. 7 of those faces are marked as a scan from another print run rather than the original printing.
Double Crisis (マグマ団VSアクア団 ダブルクライシス, CP1), 34 cards at 200 yen for four. A concept pack, not an expansion: two complete decks, Team Magma and Team Aqua, both EX cards carrying the same Ability that stops them attacking while your side is thin. No secret band, no full-art, no gold.
Primal Clash, 164 cards — English's cut of the two packs Japan printed on 13 December 2014. All 160 of those cards arrive here, plus four of English's own. Primal Reversion and the Ancient Trait reach English on the same day, eight weeks after Japan. No 2015 Japanese card is in this set: English's year opens with last year's December.
Emerald Break (エメラルドブレイク, XY6), 91 cards. The Ancient Trait switches from Ω to Δ — five cards take an extra Prize, four evolve the turn they are played. 062 M Rayquaza-EX is Colourless at 220 HP with Emerald Break, and 077 Sky Field raises the Bench to eight in the same pack, because the attack counts your Bench. 063 Shaymin-EX's Set Up becomes the most played card of the year.
Double Crisis (dc1), 34 cards. Japan's January concept pack, printed in English two months later — the same 34 cards in a different order: English 23 is Aqua Diffuser, which is Japanese 25. This is the only 2015 English product with no new cards of its own.
Roaring Skies, 112 cards. All 91 of Emerald Break, plus 21 English-only cards. Shaymin-EX and M Rayquaza-EX arrive here, and so does 096 Trainers' Mail, which by the end of the year is in every deck in the room.
Bandit Ring (バンデットリング, XY7), 97 cards. The Ancient Trait changes again, to θ, and the three Megas — Sceptile, Ampharos, Tyranitar — each ship with a Spirit Link so Mega Evolving stops costing a turn. 036 Hoopa-EX debuts, and five gold cards close the set, three of them Primals.
Legendary Shine Collection (伝説キラコレクション, CP2), 27 cards at 200 yen for four. Every card a Pokémon, no Trainers, no Energy — new-art reprints of the starters, the legendary pairs, both Kyurem formes, Arceus and Regigigas, plus Pikachu-EX and a Hoopa-EX that searches Items instead of Pokémon-EX. This product is never printed in English: 14 of its cards are identical to an English card printed in another set, 4 more have an English card of the same species that is not the same card, and 9 have no English printing at all.
Ancient Origins, 101 cards. All 97 of Bandit Ring plus four English-only cards. θ reaches English, the three Spirit Links arrive with their Megas, and Hex Maniac and Forest of Giant Plants enter the format on the same day.
Blue Shock and Red Flash (青い衝撃 / 赤い閃光, XY8), 65 and 65 cards, the same morning. BREAK Evolution debuts in both, two cards each — Zoroark BREAK and Florges BREAK in Blue, Chesnaught BREAK and Marowak BREAK in Red. Mewtwo-EX is in both packs and the two are different cards: 230 HP Vanishing Strike against 210 HP Psychic Infinity. 054 Float Stone, 057 Brigette, 058 Parallel City, 074 Fighting Fury Belt's predecessor set of Tools — the pivot and setup engine of the next two seasons arrives in these two packs.
BREAKthrough, 164 cards. Both September packs merged — all 130 Japanese cards, plus 34 English-only — and BREAK Evolution reaches English seven weeks after Japan. No Japanese card of 2015 is left waiting except December's.
Rage of the Broken Heavens (破天の怒り, XY9), 89 cards. 030 Greninja BREAK places six damage counters a turn without attacking, 040 Garbodor switches off every Ability in play while holding a Tool, and 072 Max Elixir starts accelerating off the top of the deck. Every one of these 89 cards waits for English.
The sixth XY expansion, and the one where the Ancient Trait changed to Δ. Seventy-eight numbered cards at 001/078–078/078, then eleven full-art cards at 079–089 and two gold cards at 090–091, making 91. Δ comes in two forms: Δ Plus, which takes an extra Prize when it knocks something out, on five cards, and Δ Evolution, which evolves the turn it is played, on four. The face of the set is M Rayquaza-EX at 062 — Colourless, 220 HP, with an attack named after the pack itself, Emerald Break. Six EX names (Rayquaza, Latios, Gallade, Hydreigon, Shaymin, Thundurus), three of them Mega. Shaymin-EX at 063, with Set Up, became the most expensive non-Mega EX of the year and the engine half the format ran on. All ninety-one reached English on 6 May 2015 in Roaring Skies, which runs 108 plus two. 162 yen is the tax-inclusive price (150 yen plus 8%); the 150 yen figure quoted by 52poke is the same price before tax. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted here.
2015-03-14. 91 cards — 77 Pokémon, 13 Trainers and 1 Energy, 12 of them Pokémon-EX and 6 Mega; 37 commons, 23 uncommons, 9 rares, 9 Double Rares, 11 full-art cards, 2 gold cards; 20 Colourless, 15 Dragon, 12 Grass, 11 Psychic, 5 Lightning, 4 Water, 4 Fairy, 2 Fire, 2 Fighting, 1 Darkness and 1 Metal; 42 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 12.
The pack where the Ancient Trait changes from Ω to Δ, and the year's most expensive non-Mega EX arrives. Seventy-eight numbered cards, eleven full-art (079–089) and two golds (090–091) — Energy Switch and VS Seeker, Trainers rather than Megas, which is the pattern 2015 follows all year. Δ comes in two forms: Δ Plus on five cards (five counted), which takes an extra Prize when it knocks something out, and Δ Evolution on four, which evolves the turn it is played. The face card is 062 M Rayquaza-EX, Colourless, 220 HP, with an attack named after the pack — Emerald Break, 30 for each Pokémon on your Bench, which is why 077 Sky Field raises the Bench to eight and why the two cards sit in the same pack. 063 Shaymin-EX with Set Up (draw to six when it is benched) became the most played card of the year and stays there into 2016. Six EX names (Rayquaza, Latios, Gallade, Hydreigon, Shaymin, Thundurus), three of them Mega. All 91 cards reach English on 6 May 2015 as Roaring Skies.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Exeggcute, 40 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Loathe costs one Colourless and flips a coin to switch itself to the Bench on heads, Ram is 10 for one Grass. A 40 HP body whose only real move is leaving. Tomokazu Komiya.
Exeggutor, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Shake It Off does 20 for each Colourless Pokémon the opponent has in play, Seed Bomb is 80 for three. The first attack reads the opponent's side of the table, which makes it a 60 or 80 in a metagame full of Colourless attackers. Shin Nagasawa.
Wurmple, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Flock searches the deck for another Wurmple and puts it straight onto the Bench, Tackle is 20 for two. One Grass to fill the Bench is the cheapest setup in the pack. Naoyo Kimura.
Silcoon, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — one attack, String Shot, 10 and Paralysis on heads for a single Grass. 80 HP behind a retreat cost of three, which is what the Beautifly line costs to keep alive. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Miraculous Scales
Beautifly, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, free retreat — the Ability Miraculous Scales stops all damage from the opponent's Pokémon-EX, and Whirlwind is 80 for three with an optional forced switch. A Stage 2 that cannot be touched by EX cards at all, and free to retreat. Midori Harada.
Cascoon, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Poison Sting Poisons for one Grass with no damage, Iron Defense blocks all damage next turn on heads for two Colourless. The defensive half of the Wurmple split, and the one that stalls. MAHOU.
Dustox, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Psybeam is 30 and Confuses for two Colourless, Twilight Poison is 80 and leaves the opponent both Asleep and Poisoned for four. Two conditions off one attack on a 140 HP Stage 2 is the highest status output in the pack. Akira Komayama.
Ability Δ Plus
Dustox, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Δ Plus Ancient Trait takes an extra Prize when this knocks something out, Flap is 20 for one Grass, Wind Shard is 50 straight to a Benched Pokémon for three. Bench damage plus a bonus Prize is a two-card swing in one attack. match.
Nincada, 40 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Slight Intrusion is 20 for one Colourless and 10 to itself. The cheapest way in the pack to get a Nincada into the discard pile for Shedinja. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Wing Buzz
Ninjask, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, free retreat — the Ability Wing Buzz trades one card from hand for the top card of the opponent's deck, Afterimage Assault is 30 for two and fetches up to two more Ninjask onto the Bench. Milling and multiplying at the same time, on a free retreat. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Shedinja, 30 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Cursed Rain puts one counter on every one of the opponent's Pokémon and switches itself out, Hopeless Scream is 50 for each damage counter on Shedinja. 30 HP means the second attack is a one-shot knockout button rather than a plan. Aya Kusube.
Tropius, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Stomp is 50 plus 20 on heads for three, Solar Beam is 80 for four. A Basic that reaches 80 without an Evolution, priced at four Energy. Kyoko Umemoto.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Fletchinder, 70 HP, Fire, Stage 1, free retreat — Peck Off is 10 but discards every Pokémon Tool on the opponent's Active Pokémon before damage. The cheapest Tool removal in the pack, and it costs one Colourless. Naoyo Kimura.
Talonflame, 130 HP, Fire, Stage 2, free retreat — Grand Loop draws three cards and may switch itself out for one Colourless, Brave Bird is 90 for two with 20 recoil. Draw, pivot and free retreat on a 130 HP Stage 2. Masakazu Fukuda.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Articuno, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Find Ice pulls up to three Water Energy from the deck into hand, Freezing Wind is 100 for four. The acceleration print: one Water to load the hand, then four to swing. Naoki Saito.
Ability Δ Plus
Articuno, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — the Δ Plus Ancient Trait, Chilling Sigh puts the opponent to Sleep for one Water, Tri Edge is 20 plus 40 per heads on three coins. A coin-flip attack that can reach 140, with a bonus Prize whenever it lands the knockout. 5ban Graphics.
Wingull, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Water Gun, 10 for a single Water. 60 HP, one Energy, no second option. MAHOU.
Pelipper, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Swallow is 30 and heals the damage it dealt, Water Pulse is 70 for four and puts the opponent to Sleep. Healing and a status condition on the same 100 HP body. Midori Harada.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Voltorb, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Thunder Wave Paralyses on heads for one Lightning, Big Explosion is 60 for two and 60 to itself. A 60 HP Basic that knocks itself out to deal 60. Suwama Chiaki.
Electrode, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Continuous Tumble is 20 per heads until the first tails, Energy Bomb is 70 for three and lets all Energy on it move to the Bench. The second attack is an Energy relay: attack, then hand the Energy to whatever comes next. Tomokazu Komiya.
Zapdos, 120 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Drill Peck is 20 for one, Raging Thunder is 120 for three and 40 onto one of your own Benched Pokémon. 120 for three on a Basic, paid for on your own Bench. Hitoshi Ariga.
Thundurus-EX, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Headlock is 30 plus 30 on heads and Paralysis on tails, Voltage Rush is 150 for three Lightning with 50 recoil. A 170 HP EX that either locks the opponent or pays for the damage itself. Eske Yoshinob.
Thundurus-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 022: Headlock 30 plus 30 on heads or Paralysis on tails, Voltage Rush 150 with 50 recoil. Ryo Ueda.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Natu, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Peck, 10 for one Colourless. The plain print of the two Natu in this pack. Atsuko Nishida.
Ability Δ Plus
Natu, 40 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Δ Plus Ancient Trait, and Psywave does 10 for every Energy on the opponent's Active Pokémon. 40 HP, but the attack scales with whatever the opponent committed. Kagemaru Himeno.
Xatu, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Future Sight reorders the top five cards of either deck, Stressful Eye is 30 and strips a Trainer from the opponent's hand after looking at it. The only card in the pack that touches the opponent's deck order. Hajime Kusajima.
Shuppet, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Bleh costs one Psychic and strips a Special Energy off one of the opponent's Pokémon, doing no damage. The cheapest answer to Special Energy in the pack. Yukiko Baba.
Ability Tool Concealment
Banette, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Tool Concealment switches off every Pokémon Tool in play, for both players, and Psyshot is 60 for three. A 80 HP Stage 1 that turns the whole Tool mechanic off. Aya Kusube.
Ability Δ Evolution
Banette, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Δ Evolution Ancient Trait lets it evolve on the turn the Basic arrives or on your first turn, Evolution Jammer is 20 and blocks the opponent from evolving next turn, Curse Deeply puts five counters anywhere for two. A lock card that arrives a turn early. Shin Nagasawa.
Deoxys, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Close Encounter can be used on your first turn going first, and draws two for one Colourless, Overdrive Smash is 30 for two and 60 more next turn. The attack grows if you keep using it, which is unusual at this cost. kawayoo.
Gallade-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Swift Lunge is 30 for two with an optional forced switch, Piercing Prizes is 50 plus 20 for every Prize card you have left. A 170 HP EX that gets stronger the closer you are to losing. Eske Yoshinob.
M Gallade-EX, 220 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — Unwavering Blade is 110 for three and 30 to every Benched Pokémon that already has damage on it. The Mega rule ends your turn when it comes down; the attack then sweeps a Bench that has been chipped. 5ban Graphics.
Gallade-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 030: Swift Lunge 30 with an optional forced switch, Piercing Prizes 50 plus 20 per Prize card left. Ryo Ueda.
M Gallade-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 031: Unwavering Blade 110 and 30 to every damaged Benched Pokémon. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Gligar, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Stun Poison Paralyses and Poisons on heads for one Colourless with no damage. Two conditions off a single Energy on a 70 HP Basic. Suwama Chiaki.
Gliscor, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Rock Slide is 20 and 20 to two Benched Pokémon for one Colourless, Slash is 40 for two. Bench spread for a single Energy, which is the cheapest in the pack. Hajime Kusajima.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Cursed Eyes
Absol, 100 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Cursed Eyes moves three damage counters from one of the opponent's Pokémon to another when Absol is played onto the Bench, Mach Claw is 30 for two and ignores Resistance. Damage relocation as a free action. Kagemaru Himeno.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Jirachi, 70 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Diminutive Desire looks at the top seven and takes one for a single Metal, Doom Desire knocks out the Defending Pokémon at the end of the opponent's next turn if Jirachi discards all its Energy. A 70 HP Basic with a delayed one-hit knockout. Sanosuke Sakuma.
15 cards · listed in original order.
Dratini, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Hook is 10 for one Grass, Slam is 20 per heads on two coins for two. A Dragon Basic paid for in Grass, which is what the whole line in this pack costs. Miki Tanaka.
Dragonair, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Shed Skin heals 30 for one Grass, Slam is 60 per heads on two coins. Healing and a coin flip on a 80 HP Stage 1. Mizue.
Ability Max Wind
Dragonite, 150 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Max Wind heals all damage from one of your Pokémon the moment it evolves, Mach Press is 80 for three and Paralysis if both coins are heads. A 150 HP Stage 2 that arrives as a full heal. kawayoo.
Ability Δ Plus
Dragonite, 160 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the Δ Plus Ancient Trait, Wrapped in Wind attaches up to two basic Energy from hand for a single Lightning, Heavy Impact is 150 for five. The highest printed damage in the pack, on a card that accelerates itself first. hatachu.
Altaria, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Song of Echoes shuffles the hand into the deck and draws one per Benched Pokémon on both sides, Midnight Eyes is 30 for two and puts the opponent to Sleep. Draw scaling with both Benches, which is why Sky Field at 077 matters. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Bagon, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Leer Paralyses on heads for one Colourless, Almost Flight is 30 for two with 10 recoil. A 60 HP Basic that hits for 30 on turn two. kirisAki.
Ability Exoskeleton
Shelgon, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Exoskeleton takes 10 off every attack, Rolling Tackle is 60 for three. 80 HP with damage reduction and a heavy retreat, the slow middle of the Salamence line. sui.
Salamence, 160 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 4 — three attacks: Shatter 60 for one Fire and it removes the Stadium, Power Howl 20 per card in the opponent's hand, Steam Blast 170 for four with three Energy discarded. The biggest single hit on an ordinary card in this pack. TOKIYA.
Latios-EX, 170 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Fast Raid is 40 for one Psychic and can be used on your first turn going first, Light Pulse is 110 for four and blocks all non-damage effects next turn. A turn-one 40 that the Mega at 049 can follow. Ayaka Yoshida.
M Latios-EX, 220 HP, Dragon, Mega Evolution, free retreat — Sonic Ace discards two Energy and puts 120 anywhere on the opponent's side, Benched Pokémon included. 220 HP with no retreat cost and an attack that ignores the Active Pokémon entirely. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Dragon Road
Hydreigon-EX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Dragon Road cuts two Colourless off the retreat cost of every Dragon you have while a Stadium is in play, Shred is 80 for three and ignores every effect on the Defending Pokémon. The Ability is what makes the four-Energy Dragons in this pack playable. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability Turboblaze
Reshiram, 130 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Turboblaze attaches a Fire Energy from hand to a Dragon once a turn, Bright Wing is 110 for four with a Fire discarded. Dragon support that pays its own attack cost. Kouki Saitou.
Latios-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 048: Fast Raid 40 usable on your first turn, Light Pulse 110 with effect immunity next turn. Ryo Ueda.
M Latios-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Dragon, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), free retreat — the same card as 049: Sonic Ace discards two Energy for 120 anywhere on the opponent's side. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Dragon Road
Hydreigon-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 050: Dragon Road with a Stadium in play, Shred 80 ignoring every effect. Ryo Ueda.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Togepi, 40 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Sweet Kiss is 10 for one Colourless and the opponent draws a card. 40 HP, and the attack hands the opponent a card. HiRON.
Togetic, 80 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Go Fetch shuffles three basic Energy from the discard pile back into the deck, Fairy Wind is 40 for three. The only card in the pack that recycles basic Energy into the deck rather than the hand. Kanako Eo.
Togekiss, 140 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Powerful Slap flips a coin per Energy on it for 50 each, Aura Sphere is 70 for three plus 20 to a Benched Pokémon. 140 HP and an attack that pays for every Energy you were going to attach anyway. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Togekiss, 130 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, retreat 1 — one attack, Fairy Wind, 60 for three. The second Togekiss trades the coin and the Bench damage for 130 HP at retreat 1. PLANETA.
20 cards · listed in original order.
Spearow, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Peck, 30 for two. 60 HP, no second option, and 30 is the highest a 60 HP Basic does in this pack. Masakazu Fukuda.
Fearow, 100 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Peck is 30 for one, Drill Run is 70 for four and discards an Energy from the opponent on heads. The cheap first attack is what makes the four-Energy second one reachable. Satoshi Shirai.
Dunsparce, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, free retreat — Burrow discards the top card of the opponent's deck for one Colourless, Rollout is 20 for one. Free retreat and a mill on a 60 HP Basic. Yuka Morii.
Skarmory, 100 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family fetches up to two Basic Pokémon onto the Bench for one Colourless, Blow Through is 30, or 60 with a Stadium in play. The setup card the Sky Field deck wants. Hitoshi Ariga.
Taillow, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Peck is 10 per heads on two coins for a single Energy. 50 HP and a ceiling of 20. Atsuko Nishida.
Swellow, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Clutch is 20 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Aerial Ace is 60 plus 30 on heads. A lock on the cheapest attack and a coin on the expensive one. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Ability Δ Plus
Swellow, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Δ Plus Ancient Trait, Peck is 30 for two, Wing Attack is 50 for three. Plain numbers on a card that takes an extra Prize every time it finishes something. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Swablu, 40 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Bind Wound heals 20 from one of your Pokémon for a single Colourless, no damage. 40 HP and a heal, which is the only support move on a Basic in this pack. Mizue.
Altaria, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — one attack, Wing Attack, 30 for two. The Colourless Altaria, printed beside the Dragon one at 044. Naoki Saito.
Rayquaza-EX, 170 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Intensifying Burn is 10 for a single Colourless and 60 against a Pokémon-EX, Dragon Pulse is 100 for three and mills three. One Energy for 60 against exactly the cards the format is built around. Ryota Murayama.
Ability Δ Evolution
M Rayquaza-EX, 220 HP, Colourless, Mega Evolution, retreat 1 — the Δ Evolution Ancient Trait lets it come down on the turn the Basic arrives, Emerald Break is 30 for every Benched Pokémon you have. With Sky Field at 077 that is eight Benches, so 240 for three. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Set Up
Shaymin-EX, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Set Up draws to six the moment it is played onto the Bench, Sky Return is 30 for two and returns Shaymin and everything on it to hand. Draw power that picks itself back up, which is why it is the most played card in the pack. Ayaka Yoshida.
Pidove, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Homing Pidove looks at the top card and may shuffle, Gust is 20 for two. A 60 HP Basic that checks its own next draw. kirisAki.
Tranquill, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fly is 40 for two, and on tails it does nothing while on heads it blocks everything next turn. The whole attack is one coin. sui.
Unfezant, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Quick Attack is 30 plus 30 on heads for one Colourless, Strong Winds shuffles every card attached to every Pokémon back into its owner's deck for three. The second attack resets both boards' Energy at once. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Δ Evolution
Unfezant, 140 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, free retreat — the Δ Evolution Ancient Trait, Feather Dance adds 80 to its own attacks next turn, Sky Attack is 120 for three on heads or nothing on tails. Feather Dance into Sky Attack is 200 if the coin lands. TOKIYA.
Fletchling, 40 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Acrobatics is 10 plus 10 per heads for one Colourless. 40 HP, one Energy, two coins. Kanako Eo.
Rayquaza-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Colourless, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 061: Intensifying Burn 10, or 60 against a Pokémon-EX, and Dragon Pulse 100. Ryo Ueda.
Ability Δ Evolution
M Rayquaza-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Colourless, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 062: Δ Evolution and Emerald Break at 30 per Benched Pokémon. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Set Up
Shaymin-EX, full-art, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 063: Set Up draws to six, Sky Return picks the whole card back up. Ryo Ueda.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Put a Basic Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench.
Revive, Item — puts a Basic Pokémon from the discard pile straight onto the Bench, no coin and no condition. The pack's only card that recovers a knocked-out Basic. Toyste Beach.
Look at the top 4 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Trainer card you find there (except for Trainers' Mail) and put it into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Trainers’ Mail, Item — look at the top four, take one Trainer other than another Trainers’ Mail, shuffle the rest back. One card that fixes the next draw for any deck, which is why it was reprinted as a gold card at 097 in the next set. Toyste Beach.
Attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Mega Evolution Pokémon.
Mega Turbo, Item — attaches a basic Energy from the discard pile to one of your Mega Evolution Pokémon. The card that makes the Mega rule survivable: the turn ends when the Mega arrives, and this is what it does on the turn after. Toyste Beach.
Damage from the attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to is affected by Weakness and Resistance for your opponent's Benched Pokémon.
Wide Lens, Pokémon Tool — damage from the holder's attacks is affected by Weakness and Resistance on the opponent's Benched Pokémon, which normally ignore both. The only card in the pack that changes how Bench damage works. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Gallade-EX.
Gallade Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — the turn does not end when the holder becomes M Gallade-EX. With 071 it is the pair that lets the Mega attack the turn it evolves. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Latios-EX.
Latios Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — the turn does not end when the holder becomes M Latios-EX. Same job as 073, aimed at the 220 HP Dragon at 049. 5ban Graphics.
Search your deck for up to 3 Colorless Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Winona, Supporter — searches the deck for up to three Colourless Pokémon into hand. Three cards off one Supporter, and the pack is the Colourless pack, so the pool is the whole set. Megumi Mizutani.
Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-EX) and put it onto that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward. You can use this card during your first turn or on a Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Wally, Supporter — searches out a card that evolves from one of your Pokémon, excluding Pokémon-EX, and evolves it on the spot, usable on your first turn. The Evolution answer to a format where everything else is a Basic EX. Megumi Mizutani.
Each player can have 8 Pokémon on his or her Bench. (When this card leaves play, each player discards Benched Pokémon until he or she has 5 Pokémon on the Bench. The owner of this card discards first.)
Sky Field, Stadium — both players may keep eight Pokémon on the Bench instead of five, and when it leaves play each player discards down to five, starting with its owner. The Stadium that turns M Rayquaza-EX's Emerald Break at 062 from 150 into 240. Ayaka Yoshida.
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Search your deck for up to 3 Colorless Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Winona, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 075, the same three Colourless Pokémon. Megumi Mizutani.
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Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-EX) and put it onto that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward. You can use this card during your first turn or on a Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Wally, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 076, the same immediate Evolution. This is the only card in the set illustrated by Emi Ando.
Move a basic Energy from 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon.
Energy Switch, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as the ordinary Energy Switch: move a basic Energy from one of your Pokémon to another. One of the two gold cards in the pack, and both are Trainers. 5ban Graphics.
Put a Supporter card from your discard pile into your hand.
VS Seeker, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — gold printing of VS Seeker: take a Supporter from the discard pile back into hand. The single most played Trainer of the XY era, printed gold here for the first time. 5ban Graphics.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Dragon Pokémon. This card provides every type of Energy, but provides only 2 Energy at a time, only while this card is attached to a Dragon Pokémon. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Dragon Pokémon, discard this card.)
Double Dragon Energy, Special Energy — attaches only to Dragon Pokémon and provides every type, two at a time, while attached to a Dragon. The card that pays for the four-Energy Dragons in this pack with two attachments. 5ban Graphics.
The seventh XY expansion: the Ancient Trait becomes θ, and all three Megas get a Spirit Link. Eighty-one numbered cards at 001/081–081/081, then eleven full-art cards at 082–092 and five gold cards at 093–097, making 97. There are three θ forms: θ Stop, which blanks the opponent's Abilities, on five cards, θ Double, which allows two Tools, on six, and θ Max, a full heal when the Pokémon becomes this one, on three. θ Max appears only on the three gold cards — Primal Kyogre-EX, Primal Groudon-EX and M Rayquaza-EX. Hoopa-EX at 036 debuts here, with Scoundrel Ring searching out three Pokémon-EX. Three Megas — Sceptile, Ampharos, Tyranitar — each ship with a Spirit Link at 073–075, so Mega Evolving no longer ends the turn. English gets it on 12 August 2015 as Ancient Origins, 98 plus five. 162 yen is the tax-inclusive price (150 yen plus 8%); the 150 yen figure quoted by 52poke is the same price before tax. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted here.
2015-06-20. 97 cards — 82 Pokémon, 13 Trainers and 2 Energy, 16 of them Pokémon-EX and 9 Mega; 37 commons, 24 uncommons, 9 rares, 11 Double Rares, 11 full-art cards, 5 gold cards; 14 Grass, 10 Colourless, 9 Water, 8 Psychic, 7 Fighting, 7 Darkness, 6 Fire, 6 Lightning, 5 Metal, 5 Fairy and 5 Dragon; 41 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 16.
The θ set, and the pack that gives all three Megas a Spirit Link. Eighty-one numbered cards, eleven full-art (082–092) and five golds (093–097) — three of them Primal Kyogre-EX, Primal Groudon-EX and M Rayquaza-EX, the only cards in the year carrying θ Max, which heals the Pokémon completely the moment it becomes that card. The rest of the pack is θ Stop on five cards (the opponent's Abilities do nothing to it) and θ Double on six (two Pokémon Tools on one body). 036 Hoopa-EX debuts here — Scoundrel Ring searches three Pokémon-EX out of the deck the moment it hits the Bench, and it defines every deck of the next two years. 073–075 are the Spirit Links for M Sceptile, M Ampharos and M Tyranitar, so Mega Evolving stops costing a turn. The Trainer list is the year's skeleton: 071 Level Ball, 077 Hex Maniac, 079 Forest of Giant Plants, 097 Trainers' Mail. All 97 cards reach English on 12 August 2015 as Ancient Origins.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Oddish, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Trip Over is 10 for one Grass and 10 more on heads. A 50 HP opener with the cheapest coin in the set. MAHOU.
Gloom, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — one attack, Drool, 30 for Grass and a Colourless. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Irritating Pollen
Vileplume, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Irritating Pollen stops both players from playing any Item card out of hand, Solar Beam is 70 for three. A one-sided-looking lock that actually hits both decks, and the reason Grass decks could slow a game down. Midori Harada.
Bellossom, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Windmill is 20 and switches itself out, Flower Tornado is 60 and redistributes Grass Energy across your side. A Stage 2 built to move Energy rather than spend it. Mizue.
Spinarak, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — String Shot Paralyses on heads for one Colourless. No damage at all, just the turn. Naoyo Kimura.
Ability Poisonous Nest
Ariados, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Poisonous Nest Poisons both Active Pokémon except Grass ones, Impound is 30 and blocks the retreat. Its own Ability cannot poison it, so the lock is free. Hajime Kusajima.
Sceptile-EX, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Sleep Poison is 10 and inflicts both conditions on heads, Unseen Claw is 60 and 70 more against a Pokémon already affected. The two attacks are designed to be used in that order, and at one retreat it is easy to bring back for a second run. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability θ Stop
M Sceptile-EX, 220 HP, Grass, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — the Ancient Trait θ Stop blocks all effects of the opponent's Abilities on it, Jagged Saber is 100 and attaches up to two Grass Energy to the Bench, healing those Pokémon completely. Attack and heal in the same action, which is why the Spirit Link matters. 5ban Graphics.
Combee, 40 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Bug Bite, 10 for a single Grass. 40 HP, the smallest body in the set. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Vespiquen, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, free retreat — Intelligence Gathering is 10 and draws up to six cards, Bee Revenge is 20 plus 10 for every Pokémon in your discard pile. A free-retreat Stage 1 that turns a full discard pile into a 150-damage attack. kawayoo.
Ability θ Double
Vespiquen, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ancient Trait θ Double lets it hold two Pokémon Tools, Bee Drain is 20 and heals what it dealt, Fury Swipes flips three coins for 30 each. Two Tools on a 90 HP Stage 1 is the point of the second print. Ayaka Yoshida.
Virizion, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Bail Out returns two Pokémon from the discard pile to hand for one Grass, Prize Count is 40 and 80 more while you are behind on Prizes. A Basic that gets better the worse the game is going. match.
Sceptile-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 007: Sleep Poison for 10 and two conditions on heads, Unseen Claw for 60 or 130 against anything already affected. Same card, Ryo Ueda artwork. Ryo Ueda.
Ability θ Stop
M Sceptile-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Grass, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the θ Stop Mega: Jagged Saber for 100, up to two Grass Energy onto the Bench and a full heal on whatever it feeds. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Flare Effect
Flareon, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Flare Effect makes every Stage 1 you have a Fire Pokémon as well, Heat Breath is 60 and 20 more on heads. The Eeveelution trio in this set is a type-conversion engine, and Flareon is the Fire switch. sui.
Entei, 120 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Burning Roar mills the top four cards and attaches any Fire Energy among them to your Pokémon, Combat Blaze is 20 for each of the opponent's Benched Pokémon. Milling as acceleration, on a two-retreat Basic. Naoki Saito.
Ability θ Double
Entei, 130 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ancient Trait θ Double allows two Tools, Flame Screen is 30 and reduces incoming damage by 30 for a turn, Heat Tackle is 130 with 30 recoil on tails. The high-HP Entei print, built to survive a trade. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Larvesta, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Combustion, 30 for Fire and a Colourless. Satoshi Shirai.
Volcarona, 100 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Solar Birth fetches a Basic to the Bench and attaches up to two basic Energy to it, Flamethrower is 60 and discards an Energy. A one-turn setup card for whatever you are evolving next. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability θ Stop
Volcarona, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ancient Trait θ Stop, Burning Scales is 20 plus 20 per heads on two coins, Wind Wheel is 80 and forces the opponent to switch. Damage plus a forced switch is how a Fire deck gets at a Benched threat. Kagemaru Himeno.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Magikarp, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Epic Splash is 30 for one Water, but both coins must come up heads or the attack does nothing. A 30 HP joke that hits harder than most Basics. Akira Komayama.
Gyarados, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Berserker Splash is 80 and puts 10 on every Benched Pokémon on both sides, Aqua Tail is 90 and 30 more per heads flipped for each Water on it. The indiscriminate print: it damages its own Bench to hit the other one. Shin Nagasawa.
Ability θ Double
Gyarados, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ancient Trait θ Double, Full Retaliation is 30 plus 30 for every damage counter on your Benched Magikarp, Thrash is 100 with a coin for 30 more or 30 recoil. The card that makes the 30 HP Magikarp worth benching. TOKIYA.
Ability Aqua Effect
Vaporeon, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Aqua Effect makes every Stage 1 you have a Water Pokémon as well, Hydro Splash is 70 for three. The Water half of the Eeveelution conversion engine. kirisAki.
Relicanth, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Deep Sea Search fetches up to two Pokémon Tools, Take Down is 30 with 10 recoil. The set's Tool tutor, which is what makes θ Double and the Spirit Links findable. Kagemaru Himeno.
Regice, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Ice Beam is 30 and Paralyses on heads, Resistance Blizzard is 70 and blanks all damage and effects from Pokémon-EX for a turn. A 120 HP Basic that simply cannot be touched by an EX on the turn it attacks. Miki Tanaka.
Kyurem-EX, 180 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Glaciate puts 30 on every one of the opponent's Pokémon for three, Icecalibur is 130, discards an Energy and stops the Defending Pokémon attacking next turn. Spread first, then a hit that also takes away their turn. PLANETA.
Kyurem-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as the ordinary print: Glaciate for 30 to everything, Icecalibur for 130 with an Energy discarded and the Defending Pokémon silenced for a turn. Ryo Ueda.
Ability θ Max
Primal Kyogre-EX, gold, 240 HP, Water, Primal Reversion, ultra rare (UR), retreat 4 — the θ Max card, which heals it completely the moment it becomes this Pokémon; Tidal Storm is 150, moves two Energy to the Bench and puts 30 on each of the opponent's Benched EX. The Primal print of XY5's Kyogre, with the gold treatment. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Electric Effect
Jolteon, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, free retreat — the Ability Electric Effect makes every Stage 1 you have a Lightning Pokémon, Thunder Blast is 80 and discards an Energy. Free retreat and 80 damage, the most aggressive of the three Eeveelutions here. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Ampharos-EX, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Thunder Rod looks at the top four cards and attaches any Lightning Energy to itself, Sparkling Tail is 100 and ignores Weakness, Resistance and every effect on the opponent's Active. The second attack cannot be reduced by anything, which is what makes it a finisher. Eske Yoshinob.
M Ampharos-EX, 220 HP, Lightning, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Exavolt is 120 for four and may deal 50 more and Paralyse, at the cost of 30 to itself. 170 damage plus a lost turn for the opponent is the biggest single swing in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
Rotom, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, free retreat — Electro Ball is 20 for one Lightning, Electric Mischief flips three coins and shuffles that many random cards out of the opponent's hand into their deck. Hand disruption on a free-retreat Basic. Mizue.
Ampharos-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Thunder Rod loads Lightning off the top four cards, Sparkling Tail is 100 that no Weakness, Resistance or effect can touch. Ryo Ueda.
M Ampharos-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Lightning, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the Exavolt: 120, or 170 and Paralysis for 30 on itself. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Farewell Letter
Unown, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Farewell Letter discards Unown and everything on it from the Bench to draw one card, Hidden Power is 10. A Pokémon that exists to be thrown away. Akira Komayama.
Baltoy, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Slap is 10, Spinning Attack is 20 for two. The plain print. Kouki Saitou.
Ability θ Stop
Baltoy, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ancient Trait θ Stop, Future Spin looks at the top three cards of either deck and reorders them. A 60 HP Basic that decides what both players draw next. Ayaka Yoshida.
Claydol, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Rewind devolves every evolved Pokémon the opponent has, returning the top card to their hand, Hyper Beam is 30 and discards an Energy on heads. Devolving a whole board is the set's answer to Stage 2 decks. Satoshi Shirai.
Golett, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Smash Punch is 30 for two Colourless and does nothing on tails. 90 HP and a coin, on a three-retreat Basic. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Golurk, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Superpower is 80 for four and may add 40 for 20 recoil. A plain Stage 1 with an optional 120, paying four Energy and a heavy retreat. kawayoo.
Ability Scoundrel Ring
Hoopa-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Scoundrel Ring searches the deck for up to three Pokémon-EX the moment it hits the Bench, Hyperspace Fury is 100 to any of the opponent's Pokémon and discards two Energy. The setup card of the whole XY era: it turns one Bench slot into three EX cards in hand. Ryota Murayama.
Ability Scoundrel Ring
Hoopa-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Scoundrel Ring for up to three Pokémon-EX out of the deck, Hyperspace Fury for 100 anywhere at the cost of two Energy. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Machamp-EX, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Steaming Mad is 20 for each damage counter on itself and Confuses it, Crazy Hammer is 80 and 80 more while it is affected by a Special Condition, then clears them. The two attacks are wired together: hurt yourself, then cash it in. Eske Yoshinob.
Wooper, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Nap heals 20 for one Colourless, Wave Splash is 20. A Fighting Basic whose attacks are paid for in Water and Colourless. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Quagsire, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Wave Splash is 30, Landslide is 80 and ignores Resistance. A 110 HP Stage 1 that ignores the one thing that usually cuts its damage. Naoyo Kimura.
Regirock, 120 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Rock Throw is 40, Unyielding Rock is 60 and 60 more against a Pokémon-EX. The anti-EX print of the regi trio in this set. Shin Nagasawa.
Golurk, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Dig Out is 20 and attaches the top card of the deck if it is Fighting Energy, Double Lariat flips two coins for 90 each. An attack that can reach 180 on a Stage 1, paid for with four Energy. Suwama Chiaki.
Machamp-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Fighting, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as the ordinary print: Steaming Mad scales with its own damage counters, Crazy Hammer adds 80 while it is under a Special Condition and then clears them. Ryo Ueda.
Ability θ Max
Primal Groudon-EX, gold, 240 HP, Fighting, Primal Reversion, ultra rare (UR), retreat 4 — the θ Max card; Gaia Volcano is 100 for four and 100 more if a Stadium is in play, then discards that Stadium. 200 damage conditional on a Stadium you were going to run anyway. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Tyranitar-EX, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 4 — Hammer In is 60 for three, Break Ground is 130 and puts 10 on each of your own Benched Pokémon. The damage is enormous and it taxes your own board every time. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability θ Double
M Tyranitar-EX, 240 HP, Darkness, Mega Evolution, retreat 4 — the Ancient Trait θ Double, Destroyer King is 110 and 60 more for every damage counter on the opponent's Active. 240 HP and an attack that grows with the damage already dealt, so the second hit is the one that ends it. 5ban Graphics.
Sableye, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Bewitching Eyes copies a Supporter out of the opponent's discard pile, Furtive Drop just places three damage counters. Copying the opponent's Supporter is a 70 HP Basic doing something no Item can. Hitoshi Ariga.
Inkay, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Ink Spit is 10 and makes the opponent flip for their next attack. A 50 HP Basic whose entire job is to make the opponent's turn uncertain. Tomokazu Komiya.
Malamar, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Entangling Control drags a Benched Pokémon up and Confuses it, Trash Tentacle is 30 and returns a card from the discard pile. Switches the opponent's board and recycles your own, off one Stage 1. Masakazu Fukuda.
Tyranitar-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as the ordinary print: Hammer In for 60, Break Ground for 130 with 10 to each of your own Benched Pokémon. Ryo Ueda.
Ability θ Double
M Tyranitar-EX, full-art, 240 HP, Darkness, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the θ Double Mega: Destroyer King is 110 plus 60 per damage counter on the opponent's Active. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Beldum, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Ram is 10, Spinning Attack is 30 for three. Yuka Morii.
Metang, 90 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Metal Claw is 30, Bullet Punch is 50 and 20 more per heads on two coins. The middle stage can reach 90, which is high for a Stage 1. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Magnetic Warp
Metagross, 150 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the Ability Magnetic Warp switches your Active and makes the opponent switch theirs, Iron Cannon is 80 and 80 more if you discard every Metal Energy on it. The Ability moves both sides at once, which is how a 150 HP Stage 2 chooses its opponent. kirisAki.
Ability θ Double
Metagross, 150 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the Ancient Trait θ Double, Machine Gun Stomp is 20 for two Colourless and 10 more for each card in your hand, Guard Press is 80 and reduces the next hit by 20. The second Metagross in the set, and the one that scales with a full hand. Hitoshi Ariga.
Registeel, 120 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Iron Head flips until tails for 30 a heads, Forbidden Iron Hammer is 70 and strips an Energy off an EX. The anti-EX half of the regi trio, with the Metal body to survive one hit. Kouki Saitou.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Renegade Pulse
Giratina-EX, 170 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Renegade Pulse blocks all damage and effects from Mega Evolution Pokémon, Chaos Wheel is 100 and stops the opponent playing Tools, Special Energy or Stadiums next turn. A Mega answer that also shuts off the opponent's Item-based engine. PLANETA.
Ability Water Down
Goomy, 40 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Water Down searches the deck for another Goomy whenever you attach a Water Energy, Stampede is 10 for two. A 40 HP Basic that multiplies itself off Energy attachments. sui.
Sliggoo, 70 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Bubble Paralyses on heads for one Colourless, Melt is 20 for Water and Fairy. Midori Harada.
Goodra, 150 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Liquid Blow puts 20 on any of the opponent's Pokémon for each Colourless in its Retreat Cost, Shining Breath is 110 and makes Goodra immune to Special Conditions for a turn. A Stage 2 that picks on heavy retreat costs, which in this set is most of the good cards. Saya Tsuruta.
Ability Renegade Pulse
Giratina-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as the ordinary print: Renegade Pulse makes it untouchable by Megas, Chaos Wheel is 100 and locks the opponent out of Tools, Special Energy and Stadiums for a turn. Ryo Ueda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Ralts, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Mumble is 10 for one Colourless, Magical Shot is 20 for Fairy and a Colourless. Aya Kusube.
Kirlia, 80 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Calm Mind heals 30 for a single Colourless, Magical Shot is 50 for two. Healing on a Stage 1 is what keeps the Gardevoir line alive long enough to matter. match.
Ability Bright Heal
Gardevoir, 130 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Bright Heal removes 20 damage from every one of your Pokémon each turn, Telekinesis puts 50 anywhere for three, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. Team-wide healing plus a snipe that cannot be reduced. TOKIYA.
Cottonee, 40 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Cotton Bed is 10 for one Fairy and puts the opponent to Sleep with no coin. Guaranteed Sleep for one Energy, on a 40 HP body. Kanako Eo.
Whimsicott, 70 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Windy Mischief moves every damage counter from one of your Benched Pokémon onto the opponent's Active, Rolling Tackle is 30. Healing and damage in the same action, for one Fairy. Atsuko Nishida.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Meowth, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Act Tough is 10 for one Colourless and 20 more with Darkness Energy attached. A Colourless card that wants a Darkness cost paid somewhere else. Kanako Eo.
Persian, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fake Out is 30 and Paralyses on heads, Ambush is 40 and 30 more on heads. Two attacks, two coins, on a one-retreat Stage 1. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Eevee, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Lunge is 30 and does nothing on tails. The Eevee that feeds the three Eeveelutions in this set. Kouki Saitou.
Porygon, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Data Check looks through the deck for one Colourless and shuffles, Sharpen is 20. Looking at your whole deck without searching is a strange, cheap effect. Yukiko Baba.
Porygon2, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Sharpen is 20, Tri Attack flips three coins for 30 each. Nothing complicated, just a ceiling of 90 on a Stage 1. MAHOU.
Porygon-Z, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Cyber Crush discards every Special Energy on the opponent's side for one Colourless, Slowing Beam is 70 and makes the Defending Pokémon's attacks cost one more next turn. Special Energy hate plus a tax, in a set that just printed two of them. TOKIYA.
Ability θ Stop
Porygon-Z, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ancient Trait θ Stop, Digital Reboot devolves your own Benched Pokémon as many times as you like and returns the Evolution cards to hand, Dazzle Blast is 50 and Confuses. Devolving yourself to reuse every comes-into-play effect again. Naoki Saito.
Lugia-EX, 170 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Aero Ball is 20 for every Energy on both Active Pokémon, Deep Hurricane is 80 and 70 more if a Stadium is in play, then discards that Stadium. The second attack is really a 150 that costs you your own Stadium. Eske Yoshinob.
Lugia-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Colourless, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Aero Ball counts Energy on both Actives, Deep Hurricane is 80 plus 70 for a Stadium and then throws that Stadium away. Ryo Ueda.
Ability θ Max
M Rayquaza-EX, gold, 220 HP, Colourless, Mega Evolution, ultra rare (UR), retreat 1 — the θ Max card; Emerald Break is 30 for every Pokémon on your Bench, so it is a 150 to 180 in a full-Bench deck, off three Colourless and a retreat cost of one. The single most played Mega of the year. 5ban Graphics.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Shuffle 3 Pokémon Tool cards from your discard pile into your deck.
Eco Arm, Item — shuffles three Pokémon Tool cards from the discard pile back into the deck. In a set that prints Spirit Links, Lucky Helmet and two θ Double cards, recycling Tools is recycling your engine. Toyste Beach.
Discard any Stadium card in play. Then, draw a card.
Paint Roller, Item — discards any Stadium in play and draws a card. The answer to 巨大植物の森 and 色の消えた町 in one card, and it replaces itself. Toyste Beach.
Search your deck for a Pokémon with 90 HP or less, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Level Ball, Item — searches the deck for any Pokémon with 90 HP or less. No type, no stage, just a ceiling: the widest Basic and Stage 1 tutor of the era. Toyste Beach.
Whenever the Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if that Pokémon is Knocked Out), draw 2 cards.
Lucky Helmet, Pokémon Tool — draw two cards whenever the Pokémon this is attached to is your Active and takes damage from an attack, even if it is Knocked Out. A Tool that pays you for losing a Pokémon. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Sceptile-EX.
Sceptile Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — your turn does not end when the Pokémon this is attached to becomes M Sceptile-EX. Without it, Mega Evolving costs you the turn; with it, you evolve and attack in the same turn. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Ampharos-EX.
Ampharos Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — the same clause for M Ampharos-EX: the turn does not end on Mega Evolution. One card turns a 220 HP Mega from a two-turn play into a one-turn play. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Tyranitar-EX.
Tyranitar Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — keeps your turn alive when the attached Pokémon becomes M Tyranitar-EX. The third of the three Links printed in this set, one per Mega. 5ban Graphics.
You can play this card only if you have more Prize cards left than your opponent. Each player shuffles his or her hand into his or her deck. Then, draw 6 cards. Your opponent draws 3 cards.
Ace Trainer, Supporter — playable only while you have more Prize cards left than the opponent; both players shuffle their hand into the deck, then you draw six and they draw three. A comeback card that is dead while you are ahead. Ken Sugimori.
Until the end of your opponent's next turn, each Pokémon in play, in each player's hand, and in each player's discard pile has no Abilities. (This includes cards that come into play on that turn.)
Hex Maniac, Supporter — until the end of the opponent's next turn, every Pokémon in play, in hand and in the discard pile has no Abilities. It shuts off Hoopa-EX, Vileplume and every θ Stop in the set, including yours. Yusuke Ohmura.
At any time between turns, put 2 damage counters on each Mega Evolution Pokémon.
Faded Town, Stadium — between turns, two damage counters go on every Mega Evolution Pokémon. A Stadium aimed at the three Megas this very set prints, including your own. Ryo Ueda.
Each player's Grass Pokémon can evolve during his or her first turn or the turn he or she plays those Pokémon.
Forest of Giant Plants, Stadium — each player's Grass Pokémon may evolve on the turn they are played, including the first turn of the game. The card that made Stage 2 Grass decks real: a three-stage line can be complete on turn one. Ryo Ueda.
Put 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Energy Retrieval, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — returns two basic Energy cards from the discard pile to hand. A gold reprint of a card that has been legal in almost every format since 1996. 5ban Graphics.
Look at the top 4 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Trainer card you find there (except for Trainers' Mail) and put it into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Trainers’ Mail, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — look at the top four cards and take a Trainer card other than another Trainers’ Mail. Every deck in this era ran four: it finds a Supporter without using the Supporter slot. Toyste Beach.
2 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Lightning Pokémon. This card provides Lightning Energy only while this card is attached to a Lightning Pokémon. The Lightning Pokémon this card is attached to has no Weakness. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Lightning Pokémon, discard this card.)
Flash Energy, Special Energy — attaches only to Lightning Pokémon and provides one Lightning while there, and the Lightning Pokémon holding it has no Weakness. Removing Weakness is the whole card. 5ban Graphics.
This card can only be attached to Darkness Pokémon. This card provides Darkness Energy only while this card is attached to a Darkness Pokémon. Whenever the Darkness Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an attack from your opponent's Pokémon-EX (even if that Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon-EX. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Darkness Pokémon, discard this card.)
Dangerous Energy, Special Energy — attaches only to Darkness Pokémon, provides one Darkness, and puts two damage counters on the attacking Pokémon-EX whenever the holder is your Active and takes a hit from one. A Fighting-flavoured revenge effect stapled to a Darkness Energy. 5ban Graphics.
One half of XY8, and the pack where BREAK Evolution debuts. Fifty-nine numbered cards at 001/059–059/059, then five full-art cards at 060–064 and one gold card at 065, making 65. There are two BREAK cards — Zoroark BREAK at 037 and Florges BREAK at 043 — which keep every attack underneath, raise the HP, and add their own attack or Ability on top. A BREAK card prints no type and no Retreat Cost, which is what the card face looks like. Two EX names (Glalie, Mewtwo) and two Megas. M Mewtwo-EX at 026 is the 230 HP Vanishing Strike print — 200 with a Stadium in play, and it ignores Resistance and every effect on the opponent's Active. Brigette at 057 and Parallel City at 058 rebuilt the year's decks. English gets it on 4 November 2015 in BREAKthrough, merged with Red Flash at 162 plus four. 162 yen is the tax-inclusive price (150 yen plus 8%); the 150 yen figure quoted by 52poke is the same price before tax. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted here.
2015-09-26. 65 cards — 58 Pokémon, 6 Trainers and 1 Energy, 5 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega and 2 BREAK; 27 commons, 18 uncommons, 8 rares, 6 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards, 1 gold card; 12 Psychic, 11 Water, 8 Grass, 7 Fairy, 6 Colourless, 4 Darkness, 3 Fire, 3 Fighting, 3 Dragon and 1 Lightning; 35 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 11.
One half of 26 September, and the half that introduces BREAK Evolution. Fifty-nine numbered cards, five full-art (060–064) and one gold (065). Two BREAK cards debut here — 037 Zoroark BREAK and 043 Florges BREAK — and the rule they introduce is that a BREAK card prints no type and no Retreat Cost, keeps every attack underneath, raises the HP, and adds one attack or Ability of its own. 037 Zoroark BREAK's Foul Play copies whatever attack the opponent's Active has, which is the cleanest use of the mechanic all year. The Mega of the pack is 026 M Mewtwo-EX at 230 HP with Vanishing Strike — 200 with a Stadium down, ignoring Resistance and every effect. 054 Float Stone, 057 Brigette and 058 Parallel City all come from here, and between them they rebuilt how decks pivot and how they set up. English folds this into BREAKthrough on 4 November 2015, together with Red Flash.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Pinsir, 100 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Overhead Throw is 30 and puts 20 on one of your own Benched Pokémon, Heavy Suplex is 40 plus 20 for each Colourless in the opponent's Retreat Cost. Damage that scales with how badly the opponent is built to retreat. Satoshi Shirai.
Cacnea, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Swagger is 10 for one Colourless and discards an Energy off the opponent on heads. Yuka Morii.
Pansage, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Fury Swipes flips three coins for 10 each on a single Colourless. Hajime Kusajima.
Simisage, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fire Fling returns three Fire Energy from the discard pile to hand, Hand Fling is 10 for every card in your hand. A Grass Pokémon that recycles Fire and rewards hoarding. Kagemaru Himeno.
Chespin, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Nosh heals 20 for one Colourless, Seed Bomb is 30 for three. The Blue Shock print of the starter, built to sit still and heal. Megumi Mizutani.
Scatterbug, 30 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — String Shot Paralyses on heads, Tackle is 20. 30 HP, the smallest body in the pack. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Spewpa, 70 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Protect blocks all damage and effects for a turn on heads, Tackle is 30. A 70 HP Stage 1 that can simply refuse one attack. Saya Tsuruta.
Ability Energy Color
Vivillon, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability Energy Color flips a coin each turn to attach a basic Energy straight from the deck, Sleep Powder is 60 and puts the opponent to Sleep without a flip. Guaranteed Sleep plus deck acceleration on a one-retreat Stage 2. Mizue.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Cyndaquil, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Ember is 30 and discards a Fire Energy. Tomokazu Komiya.
Quilava, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Mini Eruption is 30 and 30 more if the top card of the deck is an Energy. An 80 HP Stage 1 that gambles on its own topdeck. Shin Nagasawa.
Typhlosion, 150 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Massive Eruption discards the top five cards for 80 per Energy among them, Flare Destroy is 130 and strips an Energy off both sides. The first attack is a one-shot that can reach 400, which is why the second one exists. Megumi Mizutani.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Remoraid, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Wild River switches itself out for one Colourless, Water Gun is 20. Suwama Chiaki.
Ability Abyssal Hand
Octillery, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Abyssal Hand draws until you have five cards every turn, Hug is 40 and blocks the retreat. A Stage 1 that replaced every draw Supporter in the format. Kyoko Umemoto.
Glalie-EX, 170 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Ice Breath Paralyses on heads for a single Water, Instant Freeze is 50 and 100 more if you and the opponent hold the same number of cards. A 170 HP EX whose damage depends on hand size, which pairs with any draw engine. Eske Yoshinob.
M Glalie-EX, 220 HP, Water, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Cryo Mouth is 100 and 150 more once it has ten or more damage counters on it. The only Mega in the pack that wants to be hurt first, so it attacks late and hits for 250. 5ban Graphics.
Panpour, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Fury Swipes flips three coins for 10 each. Midori Harada.
Simipour, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Green Fling returns three Grass Energy to hand, Hand Fling is 10 per card in hand. The Water mirror of Simisage, with the colours swapped. Masakazu Fukuda.
Vanillite, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Stiffen cuts incoming damage by 20 for a turn, Icy Snow is 20. MAHOU.
Vanillish, 70 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Ice Edge is 10 and 30 more on heads, Icy Wind is 30 and puts the opponent to Sleep with no flip. Kagemaru Himeno.
Vanilluxe, 130 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Frigid Breath is 30 and stops both players playing Supporters or Stadiums until the end of your next turn, Deep Freeze is 70 with Paralysis or Confusion depending on the coin. A Stage 2 that locks the Supporter engine out of the game for two turns. Ayaka Yoshida.
Glalie-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as the ordinary print: Ice Breath for Paralysis, Instant Freeze for 50 or 150 when both hands are the same size. Ryo Ueda.
M Glalie-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Water, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the Cryo Mouth: 100, or 250 once it carries ten damage counters. 5ban Graphics.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Sparkling Induction
Magnemite, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Sparkling Induction cuts its Retreat Cost by one for each Magnemite on the Bench, Lightning Ball is 20. Akira Komayama.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Gastly, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Sleep Poison gives two Special Conditions on heads for a single Psychic. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Gothic Fear
Haunter, 70 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Gothic Fear Confuses both Active Pokémon when it evolves, Poison Ring Poisons and blocks the retreat. Both halves are aimed at the same thing: an opponent who cannot attack or leave. Midori Harada.
Gengar, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, free retreat — Sinister Fog Poisons and puts a counter on every Benched Pokémon, Creep Show Knocks Out outright if the opponent's Active already has three damage counters. Poison, then a one-shot that ignores HP entirely. Saya Tsuruta.
Mewtwo-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Photon Wave is 30 and cuts the Defending Pokémon's damage by 30 for a turn, Psyburn is 120 for four. The defensive print of Mewtwo, built to trade hits rather than end games. PLANETA.
M Mewtwo-EX, 230 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, retreat 3 — Vanishing Strike is 150 for Psychic, two Fighting and a Colourless, and 50 more with a Stadium in play, at which point it also ignores Resistance and every effect on the opponent's Active. 230 HP and a 200 that cannot be reduced. 5ban Graphics.
Woobat, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Odor Sleuth returns a card from the discard pile on heads, Psyshot is 10. match.
Swoobat, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Wave Amplification adds 60 to Returning Echo next turn, Returning Echo is 60 but returns Swoobat and everything on it to hand on tails. A two-turn attack with a built-in risk. sui.
Elgyem, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Psych Up is 10 and 20 more next turn. A 50 HP Basic that has to survive a turn to matter. Aya Kusube.
Beheeyem, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Mind Bullet puts 20 on any of the opponent's Pokémon for each Energy attached to it, Psybeam is 50 and Confuses. An attack that gets better the more the target was invested in. Tomokazu Komiya.
Mewtwo-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Photon Wave for 30 and a 30-damage cut, Psyburn for 120. Ryo Ueda.
M Mewtwo-EX, full-art, 230 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the Vanishing Strike: 150, or 200 with a Stadium down, ignoring Resistance and every effect. 5ban Graphics.
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Mewtwo-EX, gold, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, ultra rare (UR), retreat 2 — the same card as 025, with the same Photon Wave and Psyburn as the regular print. Different art, one number past the end of the set. Mitsuhiro Arita.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Sandshrew, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Scratch flips two coins for 10 each, Sand Tomb is 20 and blocks the retreat. Shigenori Negishi.
Sandslash, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Slash is 20 for one Fighting, Swift is 80 for three Colourless and ignores Weakness, Resistance and every effect. 80 that nothing can reduce, on a one-retreat Stage 1. Naoki Saito.
Meloetta, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Accelerating Spin attaches two Fighting Energy from the discard pile and then switches itself out, Prima Rondo is 60 and 50 more with a Psychic Energy attached. The only card in the pack that accelerates and pivots in one attack. kirisAki.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Cacturne, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Derail is 30 and discards a Special Energy off the opponent's Active, Pin Missile flips three coins for 40 each. Special Energy removal in a set that just printed two of them. match.
Zorua, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Moonless Madness Confuses for one Darkness, Dark Edge is 30 and discards an Energy. The bottom of the line that carries the first BREAK card ever printed. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Stand In
Zoroark, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Stand In swaps it with your Active from the Bench, Mind Jack is 10 plus 30 for each of the opponent's Benched Pokémon. A 100 HP Stage 1 that arrives when you need it and hits hardest against a full Bench. kawayoo.
Zoroark BREAK, 140 HP, Darkness, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — Foul Play copies any attack from the opponent's Active Pokémon and uses it as its own, paying the same Energy. The first BREAK card printed in Japan, and still the cleanest: whatever the opponent's best attack is, it is now yours. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Axew, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Brat Snack is 10, Dragon Claw is 40 for Fighting, Metal and a Colourless. Kagemaru Himeno.
Fraxure, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Sharp Fang is 20, Dragon Slayer is 60 and 40 more against a Dragon. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Haxorus, 160 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Dragon Dance adds 100 to each of its own attacks while it is Active, Sharp Fang is 60, Dragon Pulse is 130 and mills three. With the dance up, the cheap attack is a 160 and the expensive one a 230. hatachu.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Snubbull, 70 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Roar forces a switch, Bite is 40 for three. Yuka Morii.
Granbull, 120 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Startling Bark shuffles three random cards out of the opponent's hand into their deck, Tantrum is 120 and Confuses itself. A 120 HP Stage 1 that pays for its damage with its own condition. Naoki Saito.
Flabébé, 30 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Wish searches the deck for any single card on heads. Tutoring anything, on a 30 HP Basic, for one Energy. Kouki Saitou.
Floette, 70 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Aromatherapy heals 30 from every one of your Pokémon, Magical Leaf is 20 and 20 more plus a 20 heal on heads. Midori Harada.
Ability Calming Aroma
Florges, 110 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability Calming Aroma makes every attack you have cost one Fairy less, Wonder Shine is 70 and Confuses. Discounting every attack in the deck is what the BREAK on top of it is built for. Hajime Kusajima.
Ability Floral Breeze
Florges BREAK, 140 HP, Fairy, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — it keeps every attack underneath and adds the Ability Floral Breeze, which heals 30 and removes a Special Condition from your Active every turn. A BREAK whose contribution is healing rather than damage. 5ban Graphics.
Xerneas, 120 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Rainbow Force is 10 plus 30 for each different type of Pokémon on your Bench, Power Creation is 80 and 80 more if Xerneas was healed this turn. The second attack is why Florges and Floette sit in the same pack. Mitsuhiro Arita.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Doduo, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Simultaneous Peck is 30 but needs both coins, Doduo Delivery draws two for two Colourless. Naoki Saito.
Hoothoot, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Proclaim the Night, which stops the opponent playing Item cards next turn. No damage, one turn of Item lock. Miki Tanaka.
Noctowl, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — High Flight reveals both hands and deals 20 per Item card revealed, Speed Dive is 70. Damage that reads both hands, which is why it sits next to an Item-lock Basic. Kouki Saitou.
Teddiursa, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Flop, 30 for two Colourless. sui.
Ursaring, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Drag Off pulls a Benched Pokémon up and puts 50 on it, Swing Around is 80 and 40 more per heads. Pulling a weakened Pokémon into the Active and then hitting it is the whole plan. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Second Coat
Smeargle, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Second Coat swaps a basic Energy on your Active for a different type from the discard pile once a turn, Beat is 30. Colour fixing that costs no card. Yukiko Baba.
6 cards · listed in original order.
The Pokémon this card is attached to has no Retreat Cost.
Float Stone, Pokémon Tool — the Pokémon this is attached to has no Retreat Cost. The single most played Tool of the XY era, and the reason heavy Stage 2 decks could pivot at all. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Glalie-EX.
Glalie Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — your turn does not end when the attached Pokémon becomes M Glalie-EX. Without it a 220 HP Mega costs you a whole turn to evolve. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Mewtwo-EX.
Mewtwo Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — the same clause for M Mewtwo-EX. It is printed in both halves of XY8, because Mewtwo-EX is in both halves. 5ban Graphics.
Search your deck for 1 Basic Pokémon-EX or 3 Basic Pokémon (except for Pokémon-EX) and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Brigette, Supporter — searches the deck for either one Basic Pokémon-EX or three Basic Pokémon that are not EX, and puts them onto the Bench. The setup Supporter of the year: three bodies or one big one, off a single card. Megumi Mizutani.
Choose which way this card faces before you play it. This ↓ player can't have more than 3 Benched Pokémon.(When this card comes into play, this ↓ player discards Benched Pokémon until he or she has 3 Pokémon on the Bench.) Any damage done by attacks from this ↓ player's Grass, Fire, or Water Pokémon is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Parallel City, Stadium — choose which way it faces when you play it: that player cannot have more than three Benched Pokémon, and damage from that player's Grass, Fire and Water Pokémon is reduced by 20. The first Stadium you could point at your own side, which is why it was played in decks with no Grass, Fire or Water at all. 5ban Graphics.
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Search your deck for 1 Basic Pokémon-EX or 3 Basic Pokémon (except for Pokémon-EX) and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Brigette, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 057: one Basic Pokémon-EX or three non-EX Basics straight onto the Bench. Megumi Mizutani.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card provides Colorless Energy. While in play, this card provides every type of Energy but provides only 1 Energy at a time. When you attach this card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon.
Rainbow Energy, Special Energy — provides Colourless, or any one type while in play, at the cost of one damage counter when attached. The fixing card that every multi-type deck in this era leaned on. 5ban Graphics.
The red half of XY8, released the same day as Blue Shock. Fifty-nine numbered cards at 001/059–059/059, then five full-art cards at 060–064 and one gold card at 065, making 65. Two BREAK cards — Chesnaught BREAK at 006 and Marowak BREAK at 036. Two EX names (Houndoom, Mewtwo) and two Megas. Mewtwo-EX appears in this pack as well, and it is a different card: 210 HP Psychic Infinity, which scales with the Energy on both Active Pokémon, against Blue Shock's 230 HP Vanishing Strike. Heavy Ball at 054, Assault Vest at 055, Giovanni's Scheme at 058 and Burning Energy at 059 all come from here. English folds it into BREAKthrough on the same 4 November 2015 date. 162 yen is the tax-inclusive price (150 yen plus 8%); the 150 yen figure quoted by 52poke is the same price before tax. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted here.
2015-09-26. 65 cards — 58 Pokémon, 6 Trainers and 1 Energy, 5 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega and 2 BREAK; 27 commons, 18 uncommons, 8 rares, 6 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards, 1 gold card; 10 Water, 10 Psychic, 8 Grass, 7 Fighting, 6 Fire, 5 Colourless, 4 Lightning, 3 Fairy, 2 Darkness, 2 Metal and 1 Dragon; 36 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 10.
The other half of 26 September, same day, same size, different cards. Fifty-nine numbered, five full-art (060–064), one gold (065), and two BREAK cards again: 006 Chesnaught BREAK and 036 Marowak BREAK, the latter turning the Prize count into damage (40 more for every Prize the opponent has taken). Mewtwo-EX is in both halves of XY8 and the two are not the same card: this pack's 028 M Mewtwo-EX is 210 HP with Psychic Infinity, 10 plus 30 for every Energy on both Active Pokémon, against Blue Shock's 230 HP Vanishing Strike. 009 Houndoom-EX and 010 M Houndoom-EX are the Fire Mega, 210 HP with a retreat cost of one. 054 Heavy Ball, 055 Assault Vest, 058 Giovanni's Scheme and 059 Burning Energy are the pack's kit. English folds this into BREAKthrough on 4 November 2015.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Paras, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Blot is 10 for one Colourless and heals 10 off itself. Hajime Kusajima.
Parasect, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Colorful Spores attaches three different types of basic Energy from the deck to three of your Pokémon, X-Scissor is 30 and 30 more on heads. Multi-type acceleration on a 100 HP Stage 1. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Chespin, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Work is 10, Seed Bomb is 30 for three. The Red Flash print of the starter, the attacking half of the pair. Megumi Mizutani.
Quilladin, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Tackle is 20, Pin Missile flips four coins for 40 each. Four coins is the widest spread in the pack. Miki Tanaka.
Chesnaught, 160 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Spike Lariat is 60 and 60 more against anything already damaged, Adamantine Press is 100 and cuts the next hit by 20. A 160 HP Stage 2 with an attack that doubles against a wounded target. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Chesnaught BREAK, 190 HP, Grass, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — it keeps the attacks underneath and adds Tough Hammer, 160 for four with 30 recoil and 30 onto one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon. The BREAK card turns a slow Stage 2 into a 190 HP attacker that hits the Bench for free. 5ban Graphics.
Skiddo, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Razor Leaf is 10, Rising Lunge is 20 and 20 more on heads. Kanako Eo.
Gogoat, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Overrun is 10 and puts 30 on a Benched Pokémon, Horn Leech is 90 and heals 30. Spread plus sustain on the same 120 HP body. Masakazu Fukuda.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Houndoom-EX, 170 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Melting Horn mills the top two cards of the opponent's deck for a single Fire, Grand Flame is 50 and attaches a Fire Energy from the discard pile to the Bench. Mill early, accelerate late, off a 170 HP EX. Eske Yoshinob.
M Houndoom-EX, 210 HP, Fire, Mega Evolution, retreat 1 — Inferno Fang is 80 for two Fire and 80 more if you drop every Fire Energy on it. A 160-damage attack that costs two Energy and a retreat of one, which is why Spirit Link matters more here than on the bigger Megas. 5ban Graphics.
Pansear, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Fury Swipes flips three coins for 10 each on one Colourless. sui.
Simisear, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Water Fling returns three Water Energy to hand, Hand Fling is 10 per card in hand. The third of the three monkeys, each recycling a different colour. Ayaka Yoshida.
Houndoom-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Melting Horn mills two, Grand Flame is 50 and reloads the Bench from the discard pile. Ryo Ueda.
M Houndoom-EX, full-art, 210 HP, Fire, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the Inferno Fang: 80 for two Fire, or 160 if you throw away every Fire Energy on it. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Goldeen, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Reckless Charge is 20 for one Colourless with 10 recoil. MAHOU.
Seaking, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Soaking Horn is 10 and 80 more if it was healed this turn, Reckless Charge is 40 with 10 recoil. A card that only works next to a healer. Kyoko Umemoto.
Staryu, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Continuous Spin flips until tails for 10 a heads on one Colourless. Shigenori Negishi.
Starmie, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Deep Sea Swirl shuffles the hand away and draws seven for a single Water, Balance Bind is 30 and Paralyses while both Benches are the same size. A fresh seven-card hand every turn on a one-retreat Stage 1. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Remoraid, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Wild River switches itself out, Water Gun is 20. Suwama Chiaki.
Piplup, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Wave Splash, 30 for Water and a Colourless. Kanako Eo.
Prinplup, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Ice Beam is 30 and Paralyses on heads. kirisAki.
Ability Dignified Fighter
Empoleon, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Dignified Fighter adds 20 to the attacks of every Basic Pokémon you have, Hydro Splash is 70 for two. A Stage 2 that makes every Basic in the deck hit harder, which is the opposite of how Stage 2 decks usually work. Satoshi Shirai.
Snover, 80 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Powder Snow puts the opponent to Sleep for one Water, Double Smash flips two coins for 30 each. Yukiko Baba.
Abomasnow, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Ice Age is 80 and Paralyses a Dragon outright, Frost Breath is 110 for four. The Dragon answer in a set full of Dragons. Naoyo Kimura.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Magnemite, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Shock Generator Paralyses on heads for a single Lightning, Lightning Ball is 20. Akira Komayama.
Magneton, 80 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Static Shock Paralyses on heads, Electro Ball is 70 and discards an Energy. Tomokazu Komiya.
Ability Magnetic Circuit
Magnezone, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Magnetic Circuit attaches Lightning Energy from hand to any Pokémon as often as you like each turn, Thunder Blast is 100 and discards a Lightning. Unrestricted Energy placement is the strongest Ability in the pack. Hajime Kusajima.
Ability Shining Body
Raikou, 120 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Shining Body cuts incoming damage by 20 while it holds Lightning Energy, Thunder Lance is 50 plus 20 for each Lightning on it. A 120 HP Basic that gets harder to kill the more it is loaded. Shin Nagasawa.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Mewtwo-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Shatter Shot is 30 for each Psychic Energy on it for a single Psychic, Damage Change moves every damage counter on Mewtwo onto the opponent's Active. The most punishing print of Mewtwo in the year: it steals back a whole game's damage. PLANETA.
M Mewtwo-EX, 210 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — Psychic Infinity is 10 for two Colourless plus 30 for each Energy on both Active Pokémon, and Weakness does not apply. Against a loaded opponent it is a 200-plus for two Energy, and it costs nothing to keep swinging. 5ban Graphics.
Misdreavus, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Haunt, which places two damage counters for a single Psychic. No flip, no damage calculation, just counters. sui.
Ability Twisted Incantation
Mismagius, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Twisted Incantation makes the opponent shuffle their hand away and redraw one card per remaining Prize, Curse Deeply is 60 and Confuses. Hand disruption that also refills their hand badly. Ayaka Yoshida.
Ralts, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Nap heals 30 for one Psychic, Smack is 20 for two Colourless. MAHOU.
Kirlia, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Beckon returns a Supporter from the discard pile for one Psychic, Quick Turn flips two coins for 30 each. Supporter recovery on a Stage 1 is why this Kirlia was played without the rest of its line. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Ability My Way
Cresselia, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability My Way removes its Retreat Cost while a Stadium is in play, Moonlight Gain is 70 and heals 20. A 110 HP Basic that becomes free to retreat the moment a Stadium lands. kawayoo.
Mewtwo-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 027: Shatter Shot scales with its own Psychic Energy, Damage Change swaps damage counters with the opponent's Active. Ryo Ueda.
M Mewtwo-EX, full-art, 210 HP, Psychic, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the Psychic Infinity: 10 plus 30 for every Energy on both Active Pokémon, Weakness ignored. 5ban Graphics.
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Mewtwo-EX, gold, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, ultra rare (UR), retreat 2 — the same card as 027, with Shatter Shot and Damage Change. The last card of the set by number, and the only gold card in Red Flash. Mitsuhiro Arita.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Cubone, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Whimsy Tackle is 50 for two and does nothing on tails. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Marowak, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Sharpshooting puts 30 anywhere for a single Fighting, Bone Windmill is 60 and switches itself out after hitting an EX. The snipe is what the BREAK card is meant to sit on. match.
Marowak BREAK, 140 HP, Fighting, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — Bone Revenge is 20 for two and 40 more for every Prize card the opponent has already taken. A BREAK that is weak early and enormous at 5–1 Prizes, which is exactly when a BREAK is supposed to arrive. 5ban Graphics.
Swinub, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Powder Snow puts the opponent to Sleep, Mud-Slap is 40 for three. Atsuko Nishida.
Piloswine, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Push Down is 30 and forces a switch, Gathering Footsteps is 30 plus 10 for each Colourless in the Retreat Cost of your Swinub, Piloswine and Mamoswine. It counts its own family's retreat costs, so the whole line has to be out. MAHOU.
Ability Thick Fat
Mamoswine, 160 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the Ability Thick Fat cuts damage from Fire and Water by 30, Primordial Boom is 80, 40 more with your Stadium out, or heals 40 off Mamoswine if the Stadium is the opponent's. A 160 HP Stage 2 that turns every Stadium into an advantage. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Premonition
Gallade, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Premonition reorders the top five cards of your deck every turn, Sensitive Blade is 60 for two Colourless and 70 more if you played a Supporter. 130 for two Energy in a deck that plays Supporters anyway. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Zorua, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Moonless Madness Confuses, Dark Edge is 30 and discards an Energy. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Fright Night
Yveltal, 130 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Fright Night turns off every Pokémon Tool in play while it is Active, Pitch-Black Spear is 60 and 60 to a Benched EX. The Tool answer of the year, printed in the same set as Float Stone and three Spirit Links. TOKIYA.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Bronzor, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Payback is 10 for two and 60 more while the opponent is on their last Prize card. A 60 HP Basic that gets a 70 exactly when it no longer matters. Shigenori Negishi.
Bronzong, 110 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Pain Amplifier puts three damage counters on each already-damaged Pokémon the opponent has, Knock Away is 70 and 20 more on heads. Spread that compounds with itself. Tomokazu Komiya.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Axew, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Extra Chop is 20 with 10 recoil, Dragon Claw is 40 for Fighting, Metal and a Colourless. Kagemaru Himeno.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Bench Barrier
Mr. Mime, 70 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Bench Barrier prevents all attack damage to your Benched Pokémon, Juggling flips four coins for 10 each. A 70 HP Basic that switches off every snipe in the format, including Gengar and Kyurem-EX. kirisAki.
Spritzee, 40 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Flail is 10 for each damage counter on itself. 40 HP and a move that only works when it is nearly dead. Naoyo Kimura.
Aromatisse, 90 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Heavy Perfume Confuses and places six counters instead of three, Hug is 30 and blocks the retreat. Confusion that hurts like a real attack. Mizue.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Doduo, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Stab flips two coins for 10 each, Doduo Delivery draws two. Naoki Saito.
Ability Retreat Aid
Dodrio, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Retreat Aid cuts your Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost by two while Dodrio is on the Bench, Fury Attack flips three coins for 40 each. The other half of the pivot engine, next to Float Stone. TOKIYA.
Starly, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Pals puts as many Starly from the deck onto the Bench as you like. A 50 HP Basic that fills the Bench by itself. Kyoko Umemoto.
Staravia, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Glide is 20, Quick Attack is 30 and 30 more on heads. Suwama Chiaki.
Staraptor, 140 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Cyclone Slash is 70 and drags a Benched Pokémon up before damage, Brave Bird is 120 with 20 recoil. A 140 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of one that chooses its own target. Kouki Saitou.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Search your deck for a Pokémon with a Retreat Cost of 3 or more, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Heavy Ball, Item — searches the deck for a Pokémon with a Retreat Cost of three or more. The mirror of Level Ball: instead of small bodies, it finds the heavy ones, which in this set is most of the good attackers. Toyste Beach.
Any damage done to the Pokémon this card is attached to by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that have any Special Energy attached to them is reduced by 40 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Assault Vest, Pokémon Tool — damage from an opponent's Pokémon that has any Special Energy attached is reduced by 40. A Tool aimed straight at Rainbow Energy and the two special Energies in XY7. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Houndoom-EX.
Houndoom Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — your turn does not end when the attached Pokémon becomes M Houndoom-EX. The Mega with a retreat cost of one is the one that most wants to evolve and attack in the same turn. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Mewtwo-EX.
Mewtwo Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — the same clause for M Mewtwo-EX, printed in both halves of XY8 because Mewtwo-EX appears in both. 5ban Graphics.
Choose 1: • Draw cards until you have 5 cards in your hand. • During this turn, your Pokémon's attacks do 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Giovanni’s Scheme, Supporter — choose one: draw until you have five cards, or every attack you make this turn deals 20 more to the opponent's Active. The only Supporter in the set that is a damage card when you need one. Ken Sugimori.
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Choose 1: • Draw cards until you have 5 cards in your hand. • During this turn, your Pokémon's attacks do 20 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Giovanni’s Scheme, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 058: draw to five, or add 20 to every attack this turn. Ken Sugimori.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Fire Pokémon. This card provides Fire Energy only while this card is attached to a Fire Pokémon. If this card is discarded by an attack of the Fire Pokémon this card is attached to, attach this card from your discard pile to that Pokémon after attacking. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Fire Pokémon, discard this card.)
Burning Energy, Special Energy — attaches only to Fire Pokémon and provides one Fire while there, and if the holder's own attack discards it, it comes straight back after the attack. Fuel for every Fire attack that pays by discarding Energy. 5ban Graphics.
The last Japanese expansion of 2015. Eighty numbered cards at 001/080–080/080, then eight full-art cards at 081–088 and one gold card at 089, making 89. Three BREAK cards — Greninja BREAK at 030, Trevenant BREAK at 047 and Raticate BREAK at 066. Greninja BREAK's Giant Water Shuriken discards a Water Energy from hand to place six damage counters anywhere, without attacking, and it was the strongest BREAK of the year. Garbodor at 040 and Garbotoxin — one Tool attached switches off every Ability in play, in hand and in the discard pile — defined the first half of 2016. Six EX names (Gyarados, Manaphy, Espeon, Darkrai, Scizor, Ho-Oh) and two Megas. These 89 cards are the one set that crosses the year line into English: they arrive on 3 February 2016 in BREAKpoint. No 2015-dated card was buyable in English during 2015, and this set is the whole of the exception. 162 yen is the tax-inclusive price (150 yen plus 8%); the 150 yen figure quoted by 52poke is the same price before tax. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted here.
2015-12-11. 89 cards — 79 Pokémon, 9 Trainers and 1 Energy, 13 of them Pokémon-EX and 4 Mega and 3 BREAK; 37 commons, 24 uncommons, 8 rares, 11 Double Rares, 8 full-art cards, 1 gold card; 22 Water, 16 Psychic, 9 Grass, 8 Colourless, 6 Metal, 5 Fighting, 5 Darkness, 3 Fire, 2 Lightning, 2 Fairy and 1 Dragon; 39 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 11.
The last Japanese expansion of 2015, and the one set that crosses into English in 2016. Eighty numbered cards, eight full-art (081–088) and one gold (089, Gyarados-EX). Three BREAK cards: 030 Greninja BREAK, 047 Trevenant BREAK and 066 Raticate BREAK. Greninja BREAK's Giant Water Shuriken discards a Water Energy from hand to place six damage counters anywhere, once a turn, without attacking — the strongest BREAK Ability printed in 2015, and the card that keeps Greninja in the format for two more years. 040 Garbodor with Garbotoxin switches off every Ability in play, in hand and in the discard pile whenever it holds a Tool, and it goes on to define the first half of 2016. 071 Puzzle of Time, 072 Max Elixir, 073 Bursting Balloon, 074 Fighting Fury Belt, 077 Delinquent — five cards that change what a deck can do without attacking. Six EX names (Gyarados, Manaphy, Espeon, Darkrai, Scizor, Ho-Oh), two of them Mega. All 89 cards wait for English: BREAKpoint, 3 February 2016.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Chikorita, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Blot is 10 and heals 10 off itself. Akira Komayama.
Bayleef, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Body Slam is 20 and Paralyses on heads, Vine Whip is 30. Mizue.
Ability Overgrow
Meganium, 150 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Overgrow adds 70 to its attacks once it is down to 50 HP or less, Green Force is 50 and heals back exactly what it dealt. A Stage 2 that is most dangerous when it is nearly dead. kawayoo.
Seedot, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Ram, 10 for one Colourless. Kanako Eo.
Kricketot, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Bug Hunch searches the deck for up to three Grass Pokémon for one Grass. Three cards off a 60 HP Basic is the best setup attack in the pack. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Kricketune, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Screech adds 60 to all damage the Defending Pokémon takes next turn, Slash is 40. The setup half of a two-turn plan, priced at one Colourless. Suwama Chiaki.
Petilil, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Aromatherapy heals 10 from each of your Pokémon for one Grass. Naoyo Kimura.
Lilligant, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Boo-Hoo puts the Defending Pokémon to Sleep if the opponent attaches an Energy to it next turn, Leaf Slice flips two coins for 30 each. Punishing the opponent for powering up. Shin Nagasawa.
Durant, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Mountain Munch mills the top card for one Grass, Scrape Down mills four instead if Durant already has damage on it. Mill that doubles once the opponent hits back. Kouki Saitou.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Numel, 80 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — Tackle is 10, Combustion is 40 for three. MAHOU.
Camerupt, 130 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Ram is 30 for two, Eruption is 80 and 60 more for each Energy card discarded when both players mill the top of their decks. A 130 HP Stage 1 whose damage depends on both decks being Energy-heavy. Shigenori Negishi.
Heatmor, 100 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Reinforced Flame is 20 and 20 more with a Pokémon Tool attached, Heat Blast is 70. One of the few cards in the set that openly rewards the Tool-heavy format. match.
22 cards · listed in original order.
Slowpoke, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Headbutt is 10, Tail Lure searches the deck for any Pokémon and puts it into hand. Tutoring any Pokémon off a 70 HP Basic. Akira Komayama.
Slowbro, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Careless Head is 10 and 50 more on heads, Walk-Off Homer wins the game outright if you use it while holding one Prize card. A 100 HP Stage 1 with an instant-win button, which is why every Slowbro deck counted Prizes. kirisAki.
Ability Royal Flash
Slowking, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Royal Flash moves an Energy off the opponent's Active onto their Bench on a coin, Psych Up is 40 and 40 more next turn. Energy denial that also builds its own attack. Aya Kusube.
Shellder, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Razor Shell is 10 and 10 more on heads. Mizue.
Cloyster, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Sudden Grip is 10 and Paralyses if it evolved from Shellder this turn, Surf is 70. The evolve-and-lock line that Raticate and Greninja also use in this pack. Saya Tsuruta.
Gyarados-EX, 180 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 4 — Stormy Seas flips until tails and attaches a Water Energy from the deck for each tails, Splash Burn is 130 and puts 10 on each of your own Benched Pokémon. It loads itself and then damages its own Bench to attack. Eske Yoshinob.
M Gyarados-EX, 240 HP, Water, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — Blast Geyser is 120 for four Colourless and 20 more for each Water Energy on it, at the cost of milling two. 240 HP and a retreat of two, with a 180-plus that needs no specific type. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Wind Charm
Suicune, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Wind Charm prevents every non-damage effect of the opponent's attacks on all of your Pokémon, Aurora Beam is 110 for three. A 120 HP Basic that switches off Poison, Confusion, forced switches and Energy removal at once. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Aqua Tube
Manaphy-EX, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Aqua Tube removes the Retreat Cost of every Pokémon you have with Water Energy on it, Mineral Pump is 60 and heals 30 off each Benched Pokémon. The pivot engine of every Water deck of the year. Eske Yoshinob.
Tympole, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Get Loud is 10, Round is 10 for each of your Pokémon that has the Round attack. The Round chain starts here. Miki Tanaka.
Palpitoad, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, free retreat — Frog Hop is 20 and 20 more on heads, Mud Shot is 60. A free-retreat Stage 1 in the middle of the Round chain. Ayaka Yoshida.
Seismitoad, 150 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Siphon Off attaches three Energy cards from the discard pile for a single Water, Shaky Fall is 90 and leaves the opponent Confused and unable to retreat. Reloading three Energy in one attack is what makes a 150 HP Stage 2 affordable. Kanako Eo.
Ducklett, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Lunge, 20 for one Colourless and nothing on tails. Atsuko Nishida.
Swanna, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, free retreat — Wing Attack is 20, Brave Bird is 80 with 20 recoil. 80 damage on a free-retreat Stage 1 that costs 20 of its own HP. sui.
Froakie, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Bubble Paralyses on heads for a single Water. No damage at all. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Frogadier, 70 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Water Duplicates searches the deck for up to three Frogadier and puts them onto the Bench. Three Stage 1s in one attack is how the Greninja line gets to its BREAK. Shin Nagasawa.
Greninja, 130 HP, Water, Stage 2, free retreat — Shadow Stitching shuts off every Ability the opponent has, in play, in hand and in the discard pile, until the end of their next turn, Moonlight Slash is 60 and 20 more if you take a Water back to hand. A free-retreat Stage 2 that also blanks the opponent's engine. Naoki Saito.
Ability Giant Water Shuriken
Greninja BREAK, 170 HP, Water, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — it keeps both attacks underneath and adds the Ability Giant Water Shuriken, which discards a Water Energy from hand to put six damage counters anywhere on the opponent's side, once a turn. Six counters a turn with no attack used is the strongest BREAK Ability printed in 2015. 5ban Graphics.
Gyarados-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as the ordinary print: Stormy Seas loads Water off the top of the deck, Splash Burn is 130 with 10 to each of your own Benched Pokémon. Ryo Ueda.
M Gyarados-EX, full-art, 240 HP, Water, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the Blast Geyser: 120 for four Colourless, or 20 more per Water Energy on it at the price of two cards off the deck. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Aqua Tube
Manaphy-EX, full-art, 120 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as the ordinary print: Aqua Tube gives every Water-carrying Pokémon a free retreat, Mineral Pump is 60 and heals the whole Bench by 30. Ryo Ueda.
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Gyarados-EX, gold, 180 HP, Water, Basic, ultra rare (UR), retreat 4 — the same card as 018, with Stormy Seas and Splash Burn. The only gold card in Rage of the Broken Heavens, and the last card of the 2015 Japanese year by number. Mitsuhiro Arita.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Blitzle, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Reckless Charge, 20 for one Colourless with 10 recoil. Aya Kusube.
Ability Zap Zone
Zebstrika, 100 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Zap Zone means damage from your Lightning Pokémon ignores every effect on the opponent's Active, Crashing Bolt is 50 and 60 more against anything with Fighting Resistance. Resistance is the only thing that normally stops it, and the Ability is pointed at everything else. Hajime Kusajima.
16 cards · listed in original order.
Drowzee, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Mumble is 10, Focused Wish is 10 and 20 more on heads. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Goodnight, Babies
Hypno, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Goodnight, Babies puts both Active Pokémon to Sleep every turn, Zen Headbutt is 50. It sleeps its own Pokémon too, which is why it sits next to Darkrai-EX. Tomokazu Komiya.
Espeon-EX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Miraculous Shine devolves every evolved Pokémon the opponent has, Psyshock is 70 and ignores every effect on their Active. The anti-Stage-2 EX of the pack, and cheap at a single Psychic for the first attack. Ayaka Yoshida.
Skorupi, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Pin Missile flips four coins for 10 each on two Energy. Kyoko Umemoto.
Drapion, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Poison Claws is 70 and Poisons, Heavy Impact is 130 for four. A 130 HP Stage 1 that reaches 130 with no drawback beyond a heavy retreat. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Sigilyph, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Reflective Shield puts five damage counters on the attacker for one Colourless, Psy Report is 30 and reveals the opponent's hand. Punishing the opponent for attacking it is the whole card. Masakazu Fukuda.
Trubbish, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Acid Spray is 10 and discards an Energy off the opponent on heads. OOYAMA.
Ability Garbotoxin
Garbodor, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Garbotoxin, active only while a Pokémon Tool is attached, switches off every Ability in play, in hand and in the discard pile except itself. Offensive Bomb is 60 and leaves the opponent Confused and Poisoned. One Tool turns the entire format's Abilities off, and this card defined the 2016 season. Kouki Saitou.
Honedge, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Stab, one damage counter for a single Psychic. kawayoo.
Doublade, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — one attack, Stab Deeply, three damage counters for two. Counters, not damage, which means nothing reduces them. Hajime Kusajima.
Aegislash, 140 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Painful Sword doubles every damage counter on the opponent's side, Megaton Slash is 100 and adds 10 to two Benched Pokémon. The first attack turns a spread deck into a knockout deck in one move. Hitoshi Ariga.
Skrelp, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Hide blocks all damage and effects on heads for one Psychic. Yukiko Baba.
Phantump, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Ascension searches the deck for its own Evolution and evolves straight away. Evolving on turn one without a Supporter. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Ability Nervous Seed
Trevenant, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Nervous Seed makes every attack from the opponent's Basic Pokémon cost one more Colourless, Energy Press is 70 and 10 more for each Energy on their Active. A tax on Basics that compounds with the item lock the BREAK on top of it does. Midori Harada.
Trevenant BREAK, 160 HP, Psychic, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — it keeps the attacks and the Ability underneath and adds Silent Fear, three damage counters on every one of the opponent's Pokémon for two Energy. Spread that hits the Bench, which is why it sits next to Aegislash. 5ban Graphics.
Espeon-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as the ordinary print: Miraculous Shine devolves the opponent's entire board, Psyshock is 70 and ignores every effect on the target. Ryo Ueda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Sudowoodo, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Watch and Learn copies whatever attack the opponent used on their last turn. A 90 HP Basic that borrows the best attack in the room. Hitoshi Ariga.
Gible, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Never Enough discards a card to draw two for one Fighting. Filtering on a 60 HP Basic. Naoyo Kimura.
Gabite, 80 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Sand Tomb is 20 and blocks the retreat. The middle stage that sets the lock the Garchomp above it exploits. Midori Harada.
Garchomp, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, free retreat — Turbo Assault is 60 for a single Fighting and attaches an Energy from the discard pile to any of your Pokémon, Bite Off is 80 and 80 more against an EX. Free retreat, one-Energy acceleration and a 160 against EX. TOKIYA.
Pancham, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Light Punch is 10, Confront is 20. MAHOU.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Nuzleaf, 80 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Corkscrew Punch is 20, Razor Wind is 40 and does nothing on tails. Yuka Morii.
Shiftry, 140 HP, Darkness, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Roll Up flips three coins and discards that many cards from the opponent's hand, Otherworldly Return is 60 and returns a Trainer from your discard pile. Hand destruction plus Trainer recovery on a 140 HP Stage 2. TOKIYA.
Darkrai-EX, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Dark Pulse is 20 for two Colourless and 20 more for every Darkness Energy on all of your Pokémon, Dark Head is 80 and 80 more against a Sleeping target. It wants the Hypno in this pack, and it hits for 160 either way. Eske Yoshinob.
Pangoro, 120 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Parting Shot is 10, switches itself out and cuts the Defending Pokémon's damage by 60 for a turn, Buster Swing is 90 and ignores Resistance. The first attack is a defensive pivot rather than a hit. Naoki Saito.
Darkrai-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Dark Pulse counts Darkness Energy on your whole side, Dark Head is 80 or 160 against a Sleeping opponent. Ryo Ueda.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Scizor-EX, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Steel Wing is 20 and cuts incoming damage by 20, Gale Thrust is 50 and 60 more if it came off the Bench this turn. Building a deck around switching Scizor in and out pays 110 for two Metal. Eske Yoshinob.
M Scizor-EX, 220 HP, Metal, Mega Evolution, retreat 2 — Iron Crusher is 120 for two Metal and may discard a Special Energy off the opponent's Active or a Stadium in play. Cheap, unconditional damage that also removes something every turn. 5ban Graphics.
Ferroseed, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Harden prevents any attack of 60 or less from doing damage next turn. A 60 HP Basic that simply cannot be hit by small attacks. Satoshi Shirai.
Ferrothorn, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Metal Claw is 40, Spike Lash puts 10 on every Pokémon the opponent has for each Colourless in its own Retreat Cost. Spread that scales with how heavy the opponent's board is. Kagemaru Himeno.
Scizor-EX, full-art, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Steel Wing for 20 and a 20-damage cut, Gale Thrust for 50 or 110 when it just came off the Bench. Ryo Ueda.
M Scizor-EX, full-art, 220 HP, Metal, Mega Evolution, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the Iron Crusher: 120 for two Metal, plus a Special Energy or Stadium discarded. 5ban Graphics.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Dragalge, 110 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Severe Poison Poisons and places four counters instead of one between turns, Dragon Pulse is 60 and mills one. Poison heavy enough to be a real clock. Shin Nagasawa.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Clefairy, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Sing puts the opponent to Sleep with no flip, Double Slap flips two coins for 10 each. Guaranteed Sleep for one Fairy. Tomokazu Komiya.
Clefable, 100 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Moon Barrier blocks all damage and effects from Dragon Pokémon next turn, Tumbling Attack is 50 and 30 more on heads. A Fairy Stage 1 with a hard answer to Dragons. Sanosuke Sakuma.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Rattata, 30 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Dangerous Suspicion draws a card and switches itself out. 30 HP, and it replaces itself. match.
Ability Antibodies
Raticate, 70 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, free retreat — the Ability Antibodies lets it be affected by Special Conditions, which reads like a drawback until you pair it with anything that benefits from being Asleep or Confused, Dirty Shock Poisons and discards every Tool on the opponent's Active. Kagemaru Himeno.
Raticate BREAK, 110 HP, Colourless, BREAK Evolution, free retreat — Super Fang places damage counters until the Defending Pokémon has 10 HP left, whatever its HP was. No damage calculation, no Weakness, no Resistance: it just leaves one hit for anything. 5ban Graphics.
Stantler, 90 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Mystifying Horns Confuses on heads, Big Charge is 30 and 50 more while you have a Mega Evolution Pokémon on the Bench. The only card in the pack that openly wants a Mega sitting behind it. sui.
Ability Purifying Fire
Ho-Oh-EX, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Purifying Fire heals 50 off it every turn while a basic Fire Energy is attached, Elemental Feather costs Grass, Water and Lightning for 130 and 30 onto a Benched Pokémon. Three types is the price of the biggest single hit among the EX cards here. Eske Yoshinob.
Glameow, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Act Cute makes the opponent put a card from hand on the bottom of their deck, Scratch is 20. Saya Tsuruta.
Purugly, 100 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Slash is 30, Nyan Press is 40 and either 40 more on heads or Paralysis on tails. A coin that is good either way. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Purifying Fire
Ho-Oh-EX, full-art, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as the ordinary print: Purifying Fire heals 50 a turn, Elemental Feather is 130 for three different types plus 30 to a Benched Pokémon. Ryo Ueda.
9 cards · listed in original order.
You may play 2 Puzzle of Time cards at once. • If you played 1 card, look at the top 3 cards of your deck and put them back in any order. • If you played 2 cards, put 2 cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Puzzle of Time, Item — play one to reorder the top three cards of your deck, or play two at once to take two cards out of the discard pile. The card that made discard piles into a second hand, and the reason Item counts mattered in 2016. Toyste Beach.
Look at the top 6 cards of your deck and attach a basic Energy card you find there to a Basic Pokémon on your Bench. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Max Elixir, Item — looks at the top six cards and attaches a basic Energy from among them to a Basic Pokémon on your Bench. Acceleration that costs no Energy from hand, which is why every Basic-heavy deck played four. Toyste Beach.
If this card is attached to 1 of your Pokémon, discard it at the end of your opponent's turn. If the Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if that Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 6 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.
Bursting Balloon, Pokémon Tool — discarded at the end of the opponent's turn, and if the holder is your Active and takes an attack, six damage counters go on the attacker, even if the holder is Knocked Out. A one-turn Tool that punishes the attack that kills it. Toyste Beach.
The Basic Pokémon this card is attached to gets +40 HP and its attacks do 10 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Fighting Fury Belt, Pokémon Tool — the Basic Pokémon it is attached to gets 40 more HP and deals 10 more to the opponent's Active. The card that made 30 HP Basics into 70 HP Basics, and the most played Tool of the year. Toyste Beach.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Gyarados-EX.
Gyarados Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — your turn does not end when the attached Pokémon becomes M Gyarados-EX. The 240 HP Mega arrives and attacks in the same turn. 5ban Graphics.
Your turn does not end if the Pokémon this card is attached to becomes M Scizor-EX.
Scizor Spirit Link, Pokémon Tool — the same clause for M Scizor-EX, whose two-Metal 120 is only worth it if the turn does not end on evolution. 5ban Graphics.
Discard any Stadium card in play. If you do, your opponent discards 3 cards from his or her hand.
Delinquent, Supporter — discard any Stadium in play, and if you do, the opponent discards three cards from their hand. The most disruptive Supporter of the pack: three cards is most of a hand. Yusuke Ohmura.
Your opponent reveals his or her hand. Discard as many cards as you like from your hand. Then, draw that many cards.
Psychic's Third Eye, Supporter — the opponent reveals their hand, then you discard as many cards as you like from yours and draw that many. Perfect information plus a free redraw. Yusuke Ohmura.
Choose which way this card faces before you play it. The attacks of this ↓ player's Darkness Pokémon do 10 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Any damage done to this ↓ player's Metal Pokémon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Reverse Valley, Stadium — choose which way it faces: that player's Darkness Pokémon deal 10 more to the opponent's Active, and damage done to that player's Metal Pokémon is reduced by 10. The Stadium for decks that are half Darkness and half Metal. 5ban Graphics.
1 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Water Pokémon. This card provides Water Energy only while this card is attached to a Water Pokémon. If the Water Pokémon this card is attached to is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, put that Pokémon into your hand. (Discard all cards attached to it.) (If this card is attached to anything other than a Water Pokémon, discard this card.)
Splash Energy, Special Energy — attaches only to Water Pokémon and provides one Water, and if that Pokémon is Knocked Out by an attack it goes back to your hand instead of the discard pile. The Energy that makes a Water attacker worth sacrificing. 5ban Graphics.
A four-card concept pack at 200 yen, not a regular expansion. Thirty-four cards, numbered 001/034–034/034, with no full-art and no gold cards — this kind of pack runs in one configuration from first card to last and has no secret number band. The contents are literally two decks: all 22 Pokémon are named Team Magma's or Team Aqua's, and both sides carry an attack that gets stronger when it looks at the other team (Hail Storm on the Aqua side, Hostile Fang on the Magma side). Two EX cards — Team Aqua's Kyogre-EX at 006 and Team Magma's Groudon-EX at 015 — both with the Ability Power Saver, which stops them attacking while you have four or fewer of your own team in play. English prints the same 34 cards as dc1 Double Crisis on 25 March 2015, but in a different order: English 23 is Aqua Diffuser, which is Japanese 25. The number of packs in a box was never published, so none is quoted.
2015-01-30. 34 cards — 22 Pokémon, 10 Trainers and 2 Energy, 2 of them Pokémon-EX; 14 commons, 12 uncommons, 6 rares, 2 Double Rares; 6 Darkness, 5 Psychic, 4 Water, 4 Fighting, 2 Fire and 1 Colourless; 15 artists worked on it and Toyste Beach drew 4.
A four-card concept pack at 200 yen, not an expansion, and the first thing Japan saw in 2015. Thirty-four cards numbered 001/034–034/034, and no secret band at all: no full-art, no gold, nothing past the printed total. The contents are two decks — 22 Pokémon all named Team Magma's or Team Aqua's, ten Trainers, and two Special Energy that only attach to one team (033 Double Aqua, 034 Double Magma). Both EX cards carry the same Ability, Power Saver: four or fewer of your own team in play and the 180-HP-odd EX cannot attack at all. The two sides are built against each other — 004 Hail Storm does 60 more against a Team Magma Active, 019 Hostile Fang 40 more against Team Aqua — and 021 Sharpedo searches a Team Aqua Pokémon every turn off a free retreat, which is the card the deck is built on. English prints the same 34 cards as dc1 Double Crisis on 25 March 2015, but in a different order: English 23 is Aqua Diffuser, which is Japanese 25 here.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Team Magma’s Numel, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Ember is 30 for Fire and a Colourless but discards an Energy off Numel. A 70 HP opener that pays for its own damage, in a set where the Magma line wants Fire in the discard pile anyway. Akira Komayama.
Ability Burning Draft
Team Magma’s Camerupt, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Burning Draft attaches a Fighting or Fire Energy from the discard pile once a turn, Flame Ball is 60 and moves a basic Energy to the Bench. The engine of the Magma side: it reloads itself from the discard pile and passes Energy on. Shin Nagasawa.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Team Aqua’s Spheal, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Water Gun, 10 for a single Water. 60 HP, one Energy, nothing else. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Team Aqua’s Sealeo, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Splatter is 20 to any of the opponent's Pokémon for Water and a Colourless, Hail Storm is 60 plus 60 more if the opponent's Active is a Team Magma Pokémon. The first card in the set that reads the other team's name. Naoki Saito.
Team Aqua’s Walrein, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Power Blow is 30 for each Energy on it for a single Colourless, Dual Blizzard discards two Water to put 80 on two of the opponent's Pokémon for four. The cheap first attack is what makes the expensive second one affordable. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Power Saver
Team Aqua’s Kyogre-EX, 190 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 4 — the Ability Power Saver stops it attacking while you have four or fewer Team Aqua Pokémon in play, Aqua Impact is 80 for three Water and a Colourless plus 20 for every Colourless in the opponent's Retreat Cost. 190 HP behind a condition you have to build for. nagimiso.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Team Aqua’s Grimer, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Pound is 10 for one Psychic, Mud-Slap is 30 for three. The plain bottom of the Muk line. kawayoo.
Ability Sludge Festival
Team Aqua’s Muk, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Sludge Festival adds a Colourless to the Retreat Cost of every Pokémon in play except Team Aqua’s, Pester is 60 plus 60 more if the opponent is under a Special Condition. A stadium-sized effect printed on a Pokémon, and the set's own Confusion and Poison feed it. Kouki Saitou.
Team Aqua’s Seviper, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Venomous Fang Poisons on heads for one Psychic, Venom Tail is 30 and strips an Energy if the opponent is already affected by a Special Condition. Poison first, punish second, on a one-retreat body. Naoki Saito.
Team Magma’s Baltoy, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Telekinesis puts 20 anywhere for two, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. The cheapest snipe in the set attached to a 50 HP Basic. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Magma Switch
Team Magma’s Claydol, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Magma Switch moves a basic Energy to one of your Team Magma Pokémon once a turn, Power Beam is 70 for three. Energy fixing limited to your own team, which is exactly what the Magma side needs to keep Aggron swinging. Masakazu Fukuda.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Team Magma’s Aron, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Gnaw, 10 for a single Fighting. Akira Komayama.
Team Magma’s Lairon, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Gnaw is 30, Take Down is 60 with 10 recoil. The middle stage pays the usual tax for a 60-damage attack at three Energy. Masakazu Fukuda.
Team Magma’s Aggron, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Rock Stomp is 40 for every Fighting Energy you discard off your Pokémon for two, Boulder Storm is 120 and adds 20 to each already-damaged Benched Pokémon for four. The whole Magma side is built to feed the first attack. TOKIYA.
Ability Power Saver
Team Magma’s Groudon-EX, 190 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 4 — the Ability Power Saver blocks its attack while you have four or fewer Team Magma Pokémon in play, Magma Quake is 80 for three Fighting and a Colourless plus 80 more if the opponent is already damaged. Pair it with a snipe and it hits for 160. nagimiso.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Team Aqua’s Poochyena, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Roar forces the opponent to switch, Bite is 20 for Water and a Colourless. Note the Water cost: the Aqua side's Darkness Pokémon are paid for in Water. Kouki Saitou.
Team Magma’s Poochyena, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Infiltrate reveals the opponent's hand for one Colourless, Bite is 20 for Fighting and a Colourless. The mirror of the Aqua print, with the coin flipped to Fighting. TOKIYA.
Team Aqua’s Mightyena, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Teampact flips a coin per Team Aqua Pokémon in play for 30 each, Crunch is 80 and discards an Energy on heads. The first attack scales with the team, which is the whole point of the set. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Team Magma’s Mightyena, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Bite is 30, Hostile Fang is 80 plus 40 more against a Team Aqua Active. Two attacks that both cost three, one of them aimed squarely at the other half of the box. Hitoshi Ariga.
Team Aqua’s Carvanha, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Fin Smack flips two coins for 10 each on a single Darkness. 50 HP and a coin flip, which is what a 2015 Basic looked like. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Ability Aqua Search
Team Aqua’s Sharpedo, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, free retreat — the Ability Aqua Search fetches a Team Aqua Pokémon from the deck every turn, Sharp Fang is 70 for three. A free-retreat searcher that also attacks, the most played card in the set. kawayoo.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Team Magma’s Zangoose, 90 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family puts up to two Basic Team Magma Pokémon onto the Bench for one Colourless, Team Play is 20 for each Team Magma Pokémon on your Bench for three. Sets up the board and then hits for what it set up. Shin Nagasawa.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Search your deck for a Basic Team Aqua Pokémon and a basic {W} Energy card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Team Aqua’s Great Ball, Item — searches the deck for a Basic Team Aqua Pokémon and a basic Water Energy together and puts both into hand. Two cards for one, but only if both halves exist in the deck. Toyste Beach.
Search your deck for a Basic Team Magma Pokémon and a basic {F} Energy card, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Team Magma’s Great Ball, Item — the Fighting mirror: a Basic Team Magma Pokémon plus a basic Fighting Energy, both into hand. The pair of Great Balls is what makes a 34-card single-team deck legal. Toyste Beach.
The Team Aqua Pokémon this card is attached to can also use the attack on this card. (You still need the necessary Energy to use this attack.)
Aqua Diffuser, Pokémon Tool — attached to a Team Aqua Pokémon, it lets that Pokémon also use the attack printed on this card: one Water, and the opponent's Active is both Confused and Poisoned. Two Special Conditions off a Tool, which then feeds every Pester and Venom Tail in the set. Toyste Beach.
The Team Magma Pokémon this card is attached to can also use the attack on this card. (You still need the necessary Energy to use this attack.)
Magma Pointer, Pokémon Tool — attached to a Team Magma Pokémon, it grants the attack printed on the card: one Fighting for 20 to any of the opponent's Pokémon, ignoring Weakness and Resistance on the Bench. A Tool that turns any Magma Pokémon into a sniper. Toyste Beach.
Attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to your Active Team Aqua Pokémon.
Team Aqua Admin, Supporter — attaches a basic Energy card from the discard pile to your Active Team Aqua Pokémon. Acceleration with no discard and no coin, but only onto the Active. GAME FREAK inc.
Discard a card from your hand. (If you can't discard a card, you can't play this card.) Draw 3 cards. If you discarded a Team Aqua Pokémon, draw 1 more card.
Team Aqua Grunt, Supporter — discard a card, draw three, and draw one more if the discarded card was a Team Aqua Pokémon. The set's draw engine is built so that throwing away a team member is the better play. GAME FREAK inc.
Put up to 3 Team Magma Pokémon from your discard pile into your hand.
Team Magma Admin, Supporter — takes up to three Team Magma Pokémon from the discard pile back into hand. Recovery for a deck that is meant to keep discarding its own Pokémon. GAME FREAK inc.
Discard a card from your hand. (If you can't discard a card, you can't play this card.) Draw 3 cards. If you discarded a Team Magma Pokémon, draw 1 more card.
Team Magma Grunt, Supporter — the Magma mirror of the Aqua Grunt: discard a card, draw three, one extra if it was a Team Magma Pokémon. GAME FREAK inc.
The Retreat Cost of each Pokémon in play (except for Team Aqua Pokémon) is {C} more.
Team Aqua’s Secret Base, Stadium — every Pokémon in play except Team Aqua’s costs one more Colourless to retreat. A one-sided retreat tax that pins the opponent's Active in front of Kyogre-EX. Ryo Ueda.
Whenever any player puts a Basic Pokémon (except for Team Magma Pokémon) from his or her hand onto his or her Bench, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon.
Team Magma’s Secret Base, Stadium — whenever any player benches a Basic Pokémon that is not Team Magma’s, that Pokémon takes two damage counters. The anti-setup stadium, and the reason a Magma deck can out-tempo a Bench-building one. Ryo Ueda.
2 cards · listed in original order.
This card can only be attached to Team Aqua Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of the turn you attached it. This card provides {W}{W} Energy only while it is attached to a Team Aqua Pokémon. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Team Aqua Pokémon, discard this card.)
Double Aqua Energy, Special Energy — attaches only to Team Aqua Pokémon and provides two Water while it does, but it is discarded at the end of the turn you attach it. One turn of double Water is what pays for Aqua Impact or Dual Blizzard a turn early. 5ban Graphics.
This card can only be attached to Team Magma Pokémon. Discard this card at the end of the turn you attached it. This card provides {F}{F} Energy only while it is attached to a Team Magma Pokémon. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Team Magma Pokémon, discard this card.)
Double Magma Energy, Special Energy — the Fighting mirror: two Fighting for one turn, only on a Team Magma Pokémon, discarded at end of turn. The card that lets Groudon-EX or Aggron attack a turn before it should. 5ban Graphics.
A four-card concept pack at 200 yen: 27 cards, every one of them a Pokémon, with no Trainers and no Energy at all. The contents are reprints with new artwork — the three Kalos starters, Reshiram and Zekrom, Palkia and Dialga, Latias and Latios, both Kyurem formes, Arceus, Regigigas, Pikachu-EX and Hoopa-EX — redrawn for this pack. Every card is shiny, but the rarity bands stay ordinary C / U / R, with only the two EX cards (Pikachu-EX and Hoopa-EX) at RR; there is no full-art and no gold. There is no English product for this. Cards with the same names exist in English sets, but with different art and different numbers — these 27 cards are Japan-only. The number of packs in a box was never published, so none is quoted.
2015-07-18. 27 cards — 27 Pokémon, 0 Trainers and no Energy cards, 2 of them Pokémon-EX; 12 commons, 3 uncommons, 10 rares, 2 Double Rares; 6 Colourless, 4 Dragon, 3 Fire, 3 Water, 3 Lightning, 3 Fighting, 2 Psychic, 1 Grass, 1 Darkness and 1 Metal; 17 artists worked on it and Naoki Saito drew 3.
Twenty-seven cards, all Pokémon, no Trainers and no Energy — a four-card pack at 200 yen, and the only 2015 Japanese release that never reached English at all. What it contains is reprints with new artwork: the three Kalos starters and their Evolutions, Reshiram and Zekrom, Palkia and Dialga, Latias and Latios, both Kyurem formes, Arceus, Regigigas, Meowth, Braviary, Noibat, and two EX cards — 008 Pikachu-EX and 012 Hoopa-EX. Every card is shiny, and every card keeps an ordinary rarity band: twelve commons, three uncommons, ten rares and only the two EX at RR, with no full-art and no gold. 008 Pikachu-EX is the interesting one: Iron Tail flips until tails for 30 a heads on a single Colourless, and Overspark discards every Lightning on it for 50 each. Hoopa-EX here is not the Bandit Ring card — it searches Items rather than Pokémon-EX, and it is the reason this pack reads as a stand-alone cube rather than a set.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Chespin, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Vine Whip, 30 for Grass and a Colourless. The Kalos starter reprinted with new art for this collection, two Energy for 30 on a 60 HP body. Atsuko Nishida.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Reshiram, 120 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Slash is 20, Repeater Blaze is 90 for two Fire and two Colourless and flips until tails for 20 more per heads. The ceiling is open-ended, which is why the coin matters more than the printed number. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Fennekin, 50 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Firebreathing is 10 for Fire and a Colourless, plus 30 on heads. 50 HP and a coin flip, printed as the Fire starter of the collection. Kanako Eo.
Braixen, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Flamethrower is 70 for three and discards an Energy off Braixen. The best damage-per-Energy in the starter half of the set, paid for every turn. kawayoo.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Palkia, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Wave Splash is 30 for two, Cross Slicer is 80 for three. The plain 120 HP legendary print: no Ability, no coin, just two attacks priced fairly. Naoki Saito.
Froakie, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Pound, 10 for a single Colourless. A Colourless cost on a Water Basic, which makes it splashable. Masakazu Fukuda.
Frogadier, 70 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — one attack, Cut, 30 for two Colourless. No Water requirement at all, the same trick as the Froakie underneath it. Masakazu Fukuda.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu-EX, 130 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Iron Tail flips until tails for 30 per heads on a single Colourless, Overspark discards every Lightning on it for 50 per card. The first attack costs one Energy and can end a game; the second is what you do after loading it up. Hitoshi Ariga.
Zekrom, 120 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Slash is 20 for two Colourless, Voltage Storm is 90 for two Lightning and two Colourless. A 120 HP Basic that reaches 90 without a coin or a discard. Naoki Saito.
Dedenne, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Thunder Shock is 10 for one Lightning and Paralysis on heads. The cheapest status attack in the set. Kouki Saitou.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Wobbuffet, 100 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Mirror Barrier blocks all damage to it next turn on heads for one Colourless, Rolling Tackle is 50 for three. A 100 HP wall with a free-ish shield and a retreat cost of three. Akira Komayama.
Hoopa-EX, 140 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Hyperspace Ring searches the deck for up to two Item cards for a single Psychic, Wonder Trick is 100 and forces the opponent to switch. Item search on a Basic EX is the whole reason this card exists. Hitoshi Ariga.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Hippopotas, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Nose Jet is 30 for three and makes the opponent flip for their next attack. A coin flip aimed at the opponent's turn rather than your own. Akira Komayama.
Pancham, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Pompous Punch is 10 for two and discards a random card from the opponent's hand. Ten damage attached to hand disruption, on a 60 HP Basic. Mizue.
Hawlucha, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — High Jump Kick is 20 for one Fighting, Skyward Kick is 40 for two and ignores Resistance. Two cheap attacks on a one-retreat Basic, which is what made Hawlucha a staple in this era. match.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Inkay, 50 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Disorderly Flip flips four coins for 10 each on two Energy. A 50 HP Basic whose damage averages 20. Kouki Saitou.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Dialga, 120 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Metal Claw is 30 for two, Time Freeze is 80 for three. The Metal half of the Sinnoh pair, printed straight with no Ability. TOKIYA.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Latias, 90 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Eon Connection draws a card for one Fire and one more if Latios is on your Bench, Speed Wing is 60 for three. The pair mechanic is printed on both halves. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Latios, 100 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Glide is 20 for one Colourless, Sky Blade is 70 for four and 50 more with Latias on the Bench. Water, Psychic and two Colourless for a potential 120. Naoki Saito.
Black Kyurem, 120 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Thunder Nail is 40 for Lightning and two Colourless, Frozen Slice is 120 for Water, two Lightning and a Colourless. The high-damage half of the Kyurem pair, priced in three types. Mitsuhiro Arita.
White Kyurem, 120 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Hyper Beam is 40, Flare Blizzard is 120 for two Fire, a Water and a Colourless. Same ceiling as Black Kyurem, different colour tax. Shin Nagasawa.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Meowth, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Exhausted Tackle flips a coin: heads deals 30 to the opponent's Active, tails deals 30 to Meowth. One Colourless for a coin-flip 30 either way. kirisAki.
Ability Earthen Awakening
Regigigas, 130 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 4 — the Ability Earthen Awakening heals 20 every time you attach an Energy from hand to it, Gigas Punch is 100 for four. Attaching Energy becomes healing, which is the only thing keeping a four-retreat Basic alive. Shin Nagasawa.
Arceus, 120 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Gather Light moves any amount of Energy from your Bench onto it for one Colourless, Judgment Blast is 10 for three plus 30 for each different type of basic Energy attached. The whole card is a build-your-own-attack, and the ceiling depends on how many colours you dare to run. Shin Nagasawa.
Rufflet, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Peck, 30 for two Colourless. Tomokazu Komiya.
Braviary, 100 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Wing Attack is 30 for two, Dual Cut flips two coins for 80 each on four Colourless. 160 is the highest printed number in the set and it needs both coins. match.
Noibat, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Blot is 10 for one Colourless and heals 10 off Noibat. The only self-healing attack in the collection. sui.
Also released this year: English edition.
BREAKpoint, 126 cards — English's cut of Rage of the Broken Heavens. All 89 cards of December's pack arrive here, seven weeks after Japan, and with them θ reaches English for the last time, Garbodor and Garbotoxin enter the format, and Puzzle of Time and Max Elixir start showing up in every deck list. This is the only 2015 Japanese card that English prints in 2016, and it closes the year: after 3 February, every 2015 card that was ever going to cross has crossed.
What 2015 settles is that the card can grow upward without growing outward. BREAK Evolution adds a stage and prints no type, no Retreat Cost and no new body — the card is literally a strip of artwork laid over the one underneath. The Ancient Trait runs out of room by June: after θ, 2016 has nowhere to put another red or blue letter, and none appears. Two of the year's seven products are four-card packs at 200 yen, and one of them never leaves Japan, which is the first time since 2001 that a Japanese release has no English counterpart at all. The price settles at 162 yen tax-included and stays there through 2016, the packet is still five cards, and the gold slot has stopped being a Mega — nine of the year's ten gold cards are Trainers. What 2016 inherits is not a bigger card but a busier one: an Item that plays from the discard pile, a Tool that turns the whole table's Abilities off, and a BREAK that never has to attack.
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.
xy6 verified_secondaryxy7 verified_secondaryxy8b verified_secondaryxy8r verified_secondaryxy9 verified_secondarycp1 verified_secondarycp2 verified_secondaryAll 468 cards of the seven 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: 34 in January, 91 in March, 97 in June, 27 in July, 65 and 65 in September, and 89 in December. 50 of them print past the end of their own set and are shown as printed rather than normalised — every one is a full-art or gold card. The two concept packs are the exception and are shown that way: CP1 stops at 034/034 and CP2 at 027/027 with nothing past the total, because that is how they were sold.
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 57 Trainers and 8 Energy cards carry the name printed on the Japanese card, including the possessive that the Team Magma and Team Aqua cards print (マグマ団のドンメル), 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 (メガレックウザEX, ゲンシカイオーガEX).
BREAK cards are recorded as their own stage. A BREAK card is not Basic, Stage 1 or Stage 2: it is laid on top of a card that already evolved, it prints no type and no Retreat Cost, and the Japanese card face writes BREAK進化 where a stage would go. This page writes BREAK Evolution for those seven cards and does not fold them into the stage underneath, because the HP and the attack list on the card are the BREAK card's own.
Primal Reversion and Mega Evolution are kept apart even though both say メガ on some listings. ゲンシカイオーガEX and ゲンシグラードンEX are Primal, not Mega — the Japanese card prints ゲンシ and the English card prints Primal — and both were fixed here after a first pass had prefixed them with メガ. Mega Rayquaza-EX exists twice in the year, at 220 HP Colourless in March and again as a gold card in June, and the two are listed separately because they are different cards.
The 4 cards marked as a different card are honest about it. In four cases the English card is the same species and a different card — different HP, different attacks — and nothing is borrowed from it: the English name is shown, the Japanese attacks stay Japanese-sourced, and the card is not counted as printed in English. The 9 cards with no English printing at all are all in the Legendary Shine Collection, and they are left that way rather than matched to a same-species card from another set.
Seven releases, 468 cards, 55 Pokémon-EX prints from 26 names and 27 Mega prints from 13, seven BREAK cards, 9 Δ and 14 θ Ancient Traits, and 366 of the 468 printed in English inside the year — with 89 following in February, 4 only as a different card, and 9 never following at all. 2015 is the year the card stops getting taller and starts getting busier: a strip of artwork that keeps the attacks underneath, a Tool that switches off the table, an Item that plays out of the discard pile, and two four-card packs sold for 200 yen that behave like decks rather than sets. The price is 162 yen tax-included and the packet is five cards, and neither changes again before 2017. What changes is that for the first time since 2001, a Japanese release is left behind: the Legendary Shine Collection never crosses, and the archive lists it as Japan-only rather than borrowing a card to fill the gap.