English · 2016
2016 English edition almanac
This page covers the 358 English cards of 2016, in three products: 129 on 2 May, 116 on 3 August and 113 on 2 November. Three hundred of them are Japanese cards printed this same year — 88 from March's pack, 113 from the two June packs and 99 from the anniversary set — and 58 have no counterpart in those six Japanese products: 41 in Fates Collide, 3 in Steam Siege and 14 in Evolutions. 146 Japanese cards of 2016 are not here: the whole of December's two Sun & Moon packs, which cross on 3 February 2017. This is the one year since 2011 in which English prints no GX card at all — GX, Hyper Rare and the 30-pack box all arrive together in February 2017, and none of them is in this page. What English does get is the end of BREAK: sixteen cards across the three products, and none afterwards.
Three products, 358 cards, 16 BREAK cards and not one GX — the year English spends watching Japan play a different game
English 2016 is three products and a gap. Fates Collide in May, Steam Siege in August and Evolutions in November — a tighter schedule than any previous year, each one seven to eight weeks behind Japan. What is not in them is December. On 9 December Japan prints GX, a Pokémon that evolves from nothing and carries one attack you may use once per game, along with Hyper Rare and a box that holds 30 packs instead of 20. English sees none of it until 3 February 2017, which makes 2016 the only year on this site where the English edition is a full mechanic behind.
The numbers are the smallest since 2012 and the ceiling is the highest yet. 358 cards in three products, 39 Pokémon-EX prints from 21 names, 18 Mega prints, 16 BREAK cards, 8 secret cards and 60 artists. 125 Alakazam-EX, 115 Volcanion-EX, 116 Gardevoir-EX and five cards in Evolutions are the whole secret band — eight cards, where 2015 had thirteen and 2017 will have dozens. The tallest English card of the year is 240 HP (33 M Steelix-EX) and the highest damage number is 300 (101 M Charizard-EX), and both are in the same product family as their Japanese originals because they are the same cards. What English buys this year is the anniversary set: the 1996 frame, the original joke cards, and nine basic Energy cards it had never printed in that style before.
Every card below is the English printing, with its English scan, its English name as printed and its English attack text.
Cards are grouped by the product they were sold in. Rarity letters are the ones printed on the card; secrets sit at the end of each set at the numbers they carry.
How many English Pokémon cards are documented in 2016?
This page documents 358 main-series cards across three products on three release dates in 2016. It covers cards printed outside Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.
| Publication edition | English edition |
|---|---|
| Products | 3 |
| Cards | 358 |
| Release dates | 3 (2016-05-02 – 2016-11-02) |
| Series codes | xy10, xy11, xy12 |
| Card faces on record | all 358 |
| Latest release on record | 2016-11-02 |
XY10 · Fates Collide (2016-05-02, 129 cards) · XY11 · Steam Siege (2016-08-03, 116 cards) · XY12 · Evolutions (2016-11-02, 113 cards).
How many main-series cards does this page record for 2016?358 cards across three products, an average of 119.3 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?3 release dates, from 2016-05-02 to 2016-11-02.
How many of these 358 cards are shown with a card face?All 358 cards have a card face on record.
What happened this year
3 entries
Fates Collide, 129 cards. All 88 cards of March's Japanese pack plus 41 that have no counterpart in it — Carbink BREAK, Regirock-EX, Zygarde-EX, Audino-EX and M Audino-EX among them. Alakazam returns after nine years without Kadabra, and Lugia BREAK arrives as the first BREAK card ever printed on a Basic Legendary Pokémon.
125Alakazam-EX is the set's only gold card, and43a,54a,105aand111aare alternate numbers inside the set.Steam Siege, 116 cards. Both June Japanese packs merged — 113 of 118 arrive — and five cards are printed once in English where Japan printed them twice. Volcanion-EX's Steam Up arrives and becomes the Fire engine of the season, M Steelix-EX at 240 HP the heaviest body in the year. Seven BREAK cards, one more than Japan, the extra being Talonflame BREAK.
115Volcanion-EX and116Gardevoir-EX are the two gold cards.Evolutions, 113 cards. All 103 cards of the twentieth-anniversary set, plus nine basic Energy cards and the two Pikachu promos — Flying and Surfing.
101M Charizard-EX's Crimson Dive does 300, and109Exeggutor,112Imakuni?’s Doduo and113Here Comes Team Rocket! are the original joke and story cards kept where they were.107Slowbro-EX and108M Slowbro-EX are English's own. This is the last English product with a BREAK card in it.
Promos, decks & handouts
not itemised
XY10 · Fates Collide
2016-05-02129 cards
2016-05-02. 129 cards — 100 Pokémon, 27 Trainers and 2 Energy cards, 19 of them Pokémon-EX, 5 Mega and 5 BREAK; 1 secret card; 43 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 22.
The set that brings Alakazam back after nine years, and it does it without Kadabra. All 88 cards of めざめる超王 arrive, plus 41 that have no counterpart in it. 023 Alakazam-EX carries Kinesis — an Ability that puts two damage counters on the opponent's Active and three wherever you like at the moment you play M Alakazam-EX on top of it — which is how the line skips Kadabra, unprinted since 2007. 024 M Alakazam-EX is the face card at 210 HP, and 125 Alakazam-EX is the set's only gold card. Five BREAK cards here, one more than Japan printed: Delphox, Omastar, Bronzong, Lugia — the first BREAK card ever printed on a Basic Legendary Pokémon — and Carbink BREAK, which has no counterpart in the Japanese pack. The three fossil Trainers return as Items: Helix Fossil Omanyte, Dome Fossil Kabuto, Old Amber Aerodactyl. The 41 cards of English's own include Regirock-EX, Zygarde-EX, Audino-EX and M Audino-EX, and 43a Regirock-EX, 54a Zygarde-EX, 105a N and 111a Shauna are alternate numbers inside the set.
001Shuckle
002Burmy
003Wormadam
004Mothim★
005Snivy
006Servine
007Serperior★
008Deerling
009Moltres★
010Fennekin
011Fennekin
012Braixen
013Delphox★
014Delphox BREAK
015Seel
016Dewgong
017Omanyte
018Omastar★
019Omastar BREAK
020Glaceon EX
021White Kyurem★
022Binacle
023Barbaracle★
024Rotom★
025Alakazam EX
026M Alakazam EX
027Koffing
028Weezing
029Mew★
030Spoink
031Grumpig★
032Gothita
033Solosis
034Duosion
035Reuniclus★
036Diglett
037Marowak★
038Kabuto
039Kabutops★
040Larvitar
041Larvitar
042Pupitar
043Regirock EX
044Wormadam
045Riolu
046Riolu
047Lucario★
048Hawlucha
049Carbink★
050Carbink
051Carbink BREAK
052Zygarde
053Zygarde★
054Zygarde EX
055Umbreon EX
056Tyranitar★
057Vullaby
058Mandibuzz★
059Wormadam
060Bronzor
061Bronzong★
062Bronzong BREAK
063Lucario★
064Genesect EX
065Jigglypuff
066Wigglytuff
067Mr. Mime★
068Snubbull
069M Altaria EX
070Cottonee
071Whimsicott
072Diancie EX
073Kingdra EX
074Meowth
075Kangaskhan
076Aerodactyl★
077Snorlax★
078Lugia★
079Lugia BREAK
080Whismur
081Loudred
082Exploud★
083Altaria EX
084Audino EX
085M Audino EX
086Minccino
087Minccino
088Cinccino
089Cinccino
090Alakazam Spirit Link
091Altaria Spirit Link
092Audino Spirit Link
093Bent Spoon
094Chaos Tower
095Devolution Spray
096Dome Fossil Kabuto
097Energy Pouch
098Energy Reset
099Fairy Drop
100Fairy Garden
101Fossil Excavation Kit
102Helix Fossil Omanyte
103Lass's Special
104Mega Catcher
105N
106Old Amber Aerodactyl
107Pokémon Fan Club
108Power Memory
109Random Receiver
110Scorched Earth
111Shauna
112Team Rocket's Handiwork
113Ultra Ball
114Double Colorless Energy
115Strong Energy
116Glaceon EX
117Alakazam EX
118M Alakazam EX
119Umbreon EX
120Genesect EX
121M Altaria EX
122Kingdra EX
123Altaria EX
124Team Rocket's Handiwork
125Alakazam EX★
105aN
111aShauna
43aRegirock EX★
54aZygarde EX★XY11 · Steam Siege
2016-08-03116 cards
2016-08-03. 116 cards — 105 Pokémon, 11 Trainers and no Energy cards, 10 of them Pokémon-EX, 4 Mega and 7 BREAK; 2 secret cards; 52 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 19.
Both June Japanese packs merged into one product, and five cards are lost to the merge. 118 Japanese cards become 113 here, because Special Charge, Greedy Dice, Ninja Boy and Pokémon Ranger are printed in both halves. 12 Volcanion-EX's Steam Up gives every Basic Fire Pokémon 30 more damage per Fire Energy discarded, and it is the engine the rest of the year runs on. 32 Steelix-EX and 33 M Steelix-EX arrive together — the Mega at 240 HP with Canyon Axe for 160 and a retreat of four, the heaviest body printed in 2016. 38 Gardevoir-EX and 39 M Gardevoir-EX are the Fairy pair at 210 HP. Seven BREAK cards, one more than Japan: Pyroar, Clawitzer, Xerneas, Yanmega, Yveltal, Hydreigon at 190 HP — and Talonflame BREAK, which has no counterpart in either Japanese pack. 115 Volcanion-EX and 116 Gardevoir-EX are the two gold cards.
001Tangela
002Tangrowth
003Hoppip
004Skiploom
005Jumpluff★
006Yanma
007Yanmega★
008Yanmega BREAK
009Seedot
010Nuzleaf
011Shiftry★
012Foongus
013Amoonguss★
014Larvesta
015Volcarona★
016Ponyta
017Rapidash
018Chimchar
019Monferno
020Infernape★
021Talonflame BREAK
022Litleo
023Pyroar★
024Pyroar BREAK
025Volcanion★
026Volcanion EX
027Mantine
028Shellos
029Gastrodon★
030Oshawott
031Dewott
032Samurott★
033Clauncher
034Clawitzer★
035Clawitzer BREAK
036Bergmite
037Avalugg★
038Mareep
039Flaaffy
040Ampharos★
041Joltik
042Galvantula★
043Nidoran♂
044Nidorino
045Nidoking★
046Drifloon
047Drifblim
048Litwick
049Lampent
050Chandelure★
051Hoopa★
052Mankey
053Primeape★
054Nosepass
055Probopass★
056Anorith
057Armaldo★
058Croagunk
059Toxicroak★
060Sneasel
061Weavile★
062Spiritomb★
063Pawniard
064Bisharp★
065Yveltal★
066Yveltal BREAK
067Steelix EX
068M Steelix EX
069Shieldon
070Bastiodon★
071Klink
072Klang
073Klinklang★
074Cobalion★
075Magearna EX
076Marill
077Azumarill
078Gardevoir EX
079M Gardevoir EX
080Klefki
081Xerneas★
082Xerneas BREAK
083Druddigon★
084Deino
085Zweilous
086Hydreigon★
087Hydreigon BREAK
088Meowth
089Persian
090Aipom
091Ambipom
092Rufflet
093Braviary
094Fletchling
095Fletchinder
096Talonflame★
097Hawlucha
098Armor Fossil Shieldon
099Captivating Poké Puff
100Claw Fossil Anorith
101Gardevoir Spirit Link
102Greedy Dice
103Ninja Boy
104Pokémon Ranger
105Special Charge
106Steelix Spirit Link
107Volcanion EX
108Steelix EX
109M Steelix EX
110Magearna EX
111Gardevoir EX
112M Gardevoir EX
113Pokémon Ranger
114Professor Sycamore
115Volcanion EX★
116Gardevoir EX★XY12 · Evolutions
2016-11-02113 cards
2016-11-02. 113 cards — 83 Pokémon, 20 Trainers and 10 Energy cards, 10 of them Pokémon-EX, 9 Mega and 4 BREAK; 5 secret cards; 14 artists worked on it and Ken Sugimori drew 34.
The 1996 set rebuilt, and the last English product of the BREAK era. All 103 cards of CP6 arrive, and ten are added: nine basic Energy cards and two Pikachu promos, Flying Pikachu and Surfing Pikachu. Six Pokémon-EX and four Mega — Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Mewtwo, Pidgeot and Dragonite — with four Spirit Links in the same set, and 101 M Charizard-EX's Crimson Dive does 300 damage, the highest number printed in 2016. Four BREAK cards — Ninetales, Starmie, Nidoking and Machamp — and none is printed in English again. 112 Imakuni?’s Doduo and 113 Here Comes Team Rocket! are the two joke cards of the original set, kept exactly where they were, and 109 Exeggutor is drawn by Dr.Ooyama, as it was in 1996. English adds 107 Slowbro-EX and 108 M Slowbro-EX, which Japan's anniversary set does not print, and leaves out 094 Pikachu-EX, which is on the Japanese page and not on this one.
001Venusaur EX
002M Venusaur EX
003Caterpie
004Metapod
005Weedle
006Kakuna
007Beedrill★
008Tangela
009Charmander
010Charmeleon
011Charizard★
012Charizard EX
013M Charizard EX
014Vulpix
015Ninetales★
016Ninetales BREAK
017Growlithe
018Arcanine★
019Ponyta
020Magmar
021Blastoise EX
022M Blastoise EX
023Poliwag
024Poliwhirl
025Poliwrath★
026Slowbro EX
027M Slowbro EX
028Seel
029Dewgong★
030Staryu
031Starmie★
032Starmie BREAK
033Magikarp
034Gyarados★
035Pikachu
036Raichu★
037Magnemite
038Magneton★
039Voltorb
040Electrode★
041Electabuzz
042Zapdos★
043Nidoran♂
044Nidorino
045Nidoking★
046Nidoking BREAK
047Gastly
048Haunter
049Drowzee
050Koffing
051Mewtwo★
052Mewtwo EX
053Mew★
054Sandshrew
055Diglett
056Dugtrio★
057Machop
058Machoke
059Machamp★
060Machamp BREAK
061Onix
062Hitmonchan★
063Clefairy★
064Pidgeot EX
065M Pidgeot EX
066Rattata
067Raticate★
068Farfetch'd★
069Doduo
070Chansey★
071Porygon
072Dragonite EX
073Blastoise Spirit Link
074Brock's Grit
075Charizard Spirit Link
076Devolution Spray
077Energy Retrieval
078Full Heal
079Maintenance
080Misty's Determination
081Pidgeot Spirit Link
082Pokédex
083Potion
084Professor Oak's Hint
085Revive
086Slowbro Spirit Link
087Super Potion
088Switch
089Venusaur Spirit Link
090Double Colorless Energy
091Grass Energy
092Fire Energy
093Water Energy
094Lightning Energy
095Psychic Energy
096Fighting Energy
097Darkness Energy
098Metal Energy
099Fairy Energy
100M Venusaur EX
101M Charizard EX
102M Blastoise EX
103Mewtwo EX
104Pidgeot EX
105M Pidgeot EX
106Dragonite EX
107Brock's Grit
108Misty's Determination
109Exeggutor★
110Flying Pikachu★
111Surfing Pikachu★
112Imakuni?'s Doduo★
113Here Comes Team Rocket!★Also released this year: Japanese edition.
What came next
1 entry
Sun & Moon, 172 cards — the whole of Japan's December two packs plus 26 English cards of its own. GX reaches English here for the first time, Hyper Rare arrives as the rainbow secret, and the box becomes 30 packs on the same day, which is why this is the single most consequential English release since 2011. All 146 Japanese cards left out of this page land here, eight weeks after Japan: Solgaleo-GX and Lunala-GX at 250 HP, eight GX names, and the first gold basic Energy cards ever printed.
What English 2016 settles is that being seven weeks behind can still mean being a whole mechanic behind. Every product arrives on time and every one of them is the Japanese set of two months earlier — and still, by the end of the year, the format in Japan has GX, Hyper Rare and a 30-pack box, and the format in English has none of it. The secret band shrinks to eight cards, the smallest since 2011, because the anniversary set spends its space on reprints rather than full-art. BREAK ends here — sixteen cards, then nothing, and the mechanic is never printed again in English. What English does get is the 1996 frame back: the original joke cards, the original illustrators, and nine basic Energy cards printed in a style they had not used since the Base Set. The next product changes all of it at once.
Evidence & release sources
3 of 3 linked
Release dates and product identities are connected to the English edition release register by set code. Sources are printed per product so a reader can check the claim without trusting this page alone. Unmatched products say so instead of borrowing another edition’s citation.
- XY10 · Fates Collide
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secondary · api.tcgdex.net - XY11 · Steam Siege
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secondary · api.tcgdex.net - XY12 · Evolutions
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About this data
All 358 English cards of the three products are listed, and every one carries its English scan. The counts are 129, 116 and 113. Eight of them are secret cards — one in Fates Collide, two in Steam Siege and five in Evolutions — and are shown at the numbers they actually print, past the total of their own set. 111a, 43a and 54a in Fates Collide are alternate numbers and are listed at the numbers they carry rather than folded into the cards they duplicate.
The English card is the source for the English page. Name, type, HP, stage, retreat cost, illustrator, every attack with its cost and damage, and the English rules text of every Trainer are read from the English card record. The Japanese name is not shown on this page, and nothing is translated from it — the two editions are separate pages because they are separate printings.
BREAK cards are recorded as their own stage here too, for the last time. A BREAK card prints no type and no Retreat Cost, sits on top of a card that already evolved, and keeps every attack underneath. Sixteen are printed in English in 2016 and none afterwards. Two of them have no Japanese counterpart in the six products listed on the Japanese page: Carbink BREAK in Fates Collide and Talonflame BREAK in Steam Siege, and both are recorded as English-only rather than matched to a different card.
There is no GX card on this page, and that is the correct count rather than a gap in the data. Japan prints 24 GX cards on 9 December 2016; English prints its first one on 3 February 2017. Hyper Rare is absent for the same reason — the rainbow secret arrives with GX and does not exist in an English 2016 product. Turning 358 into 455 by borrowing December's cards would be the wrong answer, so the two editions show two different totals and this page states why.
Rarity letters are the ones printed on the card: C, U, R, UR and Secret Rare. This source does not separate the ordinary printing of a Pokémon-EX from its full-art printing — both are recorded as Ultra Rare — so the page does not claim a full-art count it cannot stand behind. The LV in the corner of Evolutions is not LV.X: it is the 1996 layout, quoted on purpose, and no card here is recorded as LV.X. Seal ratios were not published and are not quoted anywhere on this page.
Six attacks on five cards in this set are shown without an Energy cost, and that is not a rendering fault. Alolan Meowth, Alolan Persian and Alolan Diglett in Collection Sun, and Alolan Grimer and Alolan Rattata in Collection Moon, each have one attack whose Energy block is empty in the source record — the Japanese listing of the same card is empty in the same place — so the page prints the attack name and its damage with no Energy symbols rather than a guessed cost. Every other attack in the year carries its cost.
Three products, 358 cards, 39 Pokémon-EX prints from 21 names, 18 Mega prints and 16 BREAK cards, eight secrets and 60 artists — and 300 of the 358 are Japanese cards printed the same year. 2016 is the year English runs on schedule and falls a mechanic behind: every set arrives within eight weeks of Japan, and Japan ends the year with GX, Hyper Rare and a 30-pack box that English will not see until February. BREAK ends on this page — sixteen cards, the last of them in Evolutions, and no announcement. What English gets instead is 1996 back: the anniversary set, the original joke cards, Charizard's 300-damage attack, and nine basic Energy cards in a style last used in the Base Set. The price holds, the packet holds, and the box is about to change.