English · 2017

2017 English edition almanac

This page covers the 713 English cards of 2017, in five products: 172 on 3 February, 169 on 5 May, 169 on 4 August, 78 on 6 October and 125 on 3 November. The four main sets arrive six to eight weeks behind the Japanese packs they are built from; Shining Legends arrives twelve weeks behind SM3+ and as a box rather than a booster box. There is not one Pokémon-EX, Mega Evolution or BREAK card in the year — those three bands end in 2016 on both sides of the Pacific — and every high card printed here is a GX: 140 GX prints from 48 names, and 87 secret cards. Two Japanese products do not cross in 2017 at all: the 125-card GX Battle Boost of October and the six Prism Star cards of December are both printed abroad on 2 February 2018, inside Ultra Prism, which is why this page stops at 713 cards and the Japanese page does not.

Five products, 713 cards, 140 GX prints — and the first year since 2011 in which English prints no EX, no Mega and no BREAK at all

English 2017 is the year the gap closes and then reopens. Sun & Moon arrives on 3 February, six weeks after Japan, and it is the last product in this archive that has to carry a mechanic over from the previous year: GX, Hyper Rare and the 30-pack box all land at once, and for the first time since 2011 there is nothing else in the high band. Guardians Rising in May and Burning Shadows in August are the two biggest sets of the year at 169 cards each, and between them they hold 39 and 38 GX prints. 060 Tapu Lele-GX is in Guardians Rising and it is the card the whole format is built around for the next two years.

The numbers are the largest English has ever printed in one year, and the narrowest in range. 713 cards, 140 GX prints from 48 names, 87 secret cards, 6 Shining cards and 13 Ultra Beast prints — but not one Pokémon-EX, not one Mega and not one BREAK, because all three died in 2016. Shining Legends is the year's odd product: 78 cards, sold in a box rather than a booster box, six of the eight Japanese Shining cards, and 076 Mewtwo-GX, a secret print that has no Japanese counterpart in SM3+ at all. Crimson Invasion closes the year with the Ultra Beasts as a group — 13 prints across Nihilego, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Celesteela, Kartana and Guzzlord — and the six Prism Star cards of December never arrive: they wait for 2 February 2018.

5Sets

713Cards

87Holo

65Artists

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

Cards are grouped by the product they were sold in, in release order. Where a Japanese product was split across two English sets, or two Japanese products merged into one, the English set is listed as the unit it was sold in.

How many English Pokémon cards are documented in 2017?

This page documents 713 main-series cards across five products on five release dates in 2017. It covers cards printed outside Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.

Publication edition	English edition
Products	5
Cards	713
Release dates	5 (2017-02-03 – 2017-11-03)
Series codes	sm1, sm2, sm3, sm3.5, sm4
Card faces on record	all 713
Latest release on record	2017-11-03

Which English edition sets were released in 2017?

SM1 · Sun & Moon (2017-02-03, 172 cards) · SM2 · Guardians Rising (2017-05-05, 169 cards) · SM3 · Burning Shadows (2017-08-04, 169 cards) · SM3.5 · Shining Legends (2017-10-06, 78 cards) · SM4 · Crimson Invasion (2017-11-03, 125 cards).

How many main-series cards does this page record for 2017?

713 cards across five products, an average of 142.6 cards per product. This is the main-series archive count, not a claim that every promo and event card from the year is itemised here.

What release dates does this page cover?

5 release dates, from 2017-02-03 to 2017-11-03.

How many of these 713 cards are shown with a card face?

All 713 cards have a card face on record.

What happened this year

5 entries

02-03
Sun & Moon, 172 cards. The first English set with GX as the only high band — 27 GX prints, 23 secrets, 129 Pokémon and 13 basic Energy cards. 001 Caterpie to 137 Rainbow Energy is the numbered set, 138 to 149 are twelve full-art cards inside the numbering, and 150 to 172 is the 23-card secret band. 158 Nest Ball, 159 Rotom Dex, 160 Switch and 161 Ultra Ball are the four gold Items, 162 to 172 are eleven gold basic Energy cards — the first gold basic Energy in the game — and 012 Decidueye-GX, 035 Lapras-GX, 066 Lunala-GX and 089 Solgaleo-GX are the four GX cards the numbered set is read for.
05-05
Guardians Rising, 169 cards. 39 GX prints and 24 secrets — the most GX prints in any English set of the year — plus 23 Trainers and only 4 Energy cards. 060 Tapu Lele-GX carries Wonder Tag, a search for any Supporter the moment it is played, and it becomes the most played card of the generation; its rainbow secret is 155. 038 Wishiwashi-GX, 047 Tapu Koko-GX, 074 Lycanroc-GX, 085 Metagross-GX and 092 Sylveon-GX are the other GX cards that are played, and 161 Aqua Patch and 163 Field Blower are the two Trainers that shape the year.
08-04
Burning Shadows, 169 cards. 38 GX prints, 22 secrets and 29 Trainers, and the set where 020 Charizard-GX is printed — 250 HP, Wing Attack for 70, Crimson Storm for 300 at the cost of three Fire Energy, and a GX attack that mills the top ten cards of the opponent's deck — as the most collected card of the year. Guzma is the other half of the set: switch the opponent's Active out and bring up whatever you want, printed as a Supporter and played in every deck for two years. 017 Golisopod-GX, 021 Ho-Oh-GX, 063 Necrozma-GX, 080 Marshadow-GX, 088 Darkrai-GX and 093 Gardevoir-GX fill the rest of the GX band.
10-06
Shining Legends, 78 cards — the only English product of the year sold as a box rather than a booster box, and the only one with Shining cards in it: 6 of the 8 Japanese prints. 11 GX prints, 5 secrets and 27 artists, and 076 Mewtwo-GX is the one card in the set with no Japanese counterpart — the rainbow secret is printed here and not in SM3+. 009 Shining Genesect, 040 Shining Mew and 056 Shining Rayquaza are the three that get collected; Shining Celebi and Shining Lugia of the Japanese set do not cross in this product. 029 Raichu-GX, 039 Mewtwo-GX and 053 Zoroark-GX are the three GX cards that are actually played out of it.
11-03
Crimson Invasion, 125 cards. 25 GX prints, 13 secret cards and 13 Ultra Beast prints — the first English set to print the Ultra Beasts as a band rather than one at a time. 049 Nihilego-GX, 057 Buzzwole-GX and 070 Kartana-GX are the three that are played; 090 Silvally-GX is the set's other idea, a 210 HP GX that becomes whatever Memory is attached to it. 111 Olivia and 63a Guzzlord-GX are the two cards here with no Japanese counterpart.

Promos, decks & handouts

not itemised

Why this is empty. Everything on this page is a numbered product with a printed card count and a release day we can stand behind. Everything else that year is a handout, a promo or a box: the SM Black Star Promos, the prerelease cards, the league and Championship cards, and the box products. None of those has a per-card release date and distribution condition we have been able to verify, so none is listed and none is counted in the 713 above. Same rule as every earlier year on this site.

SM1 · Sun & Moon

2017-02-03172 cards

2017-02-03. 172 cards — 129 Pokémon, 30 Trainers and 13 Energy, 27 of them GX; 23 secret cards; 57 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 30. Grass 22, Water 23, Colorless 21, Psychic 17, Darkness 12, Fighting 9, Fire 7, Metal 6, Lightning 5, Fairy 4 and Dragon 3.

The set that makes GX the only high card there is. 137 numbered cards, twelve full-art cards inside the numbering (138 to 149) and 23 secrets beyond it, and not one Pokémon-EX, Mega or BREAK anywhere in it — the three bands that carried 2011 to 2016 are simply gone. Only 17 of the 172 have a counterpart in the twelve Japanese products of this page: it is December 2016's collection crossing six weeks later, which is why January's Japanese Strength Expansion Pack mostly waits for later sets. 012 Decidueye-GX is the card the set is read for — Feather Arrow damages the Active and puts two counters on the Bench at the same time — and 035 Lapras-GX, 061 Espeon-GX, 066 Lunala-GX, 080 Umbreon-GX and 089 Solgaleo-GX are the rest of the numbered GX band. 158 Nest Ball, 159 Rotom Dex, 160 Switch and 161 Ultra Ball are the four gold Items, and 162 to 172 are eleven gold basic Energy cards. 149 Team Skull Grunt is the last full-art inside the numbering; everything above it is a secret.

001Caterpie Metapod (2017)

002Metapod Butterfree (2017)

003Butterfree★ Paras (2017)

004Paras

005Parasect★ Pinsir (2017)

006Pinsir

007Surskit Masquerain (2017)

008Masquerain★ Rowlet (2017)

009Rowlet

010Dartrix Decidueye (2017)

011Decidueye★ Decidueye GX (2017)

012Decidueye GX Grubbin (2017)

013Grubbin Fomantis (2017)

014Fomantis Lurantis GX (2017)

015Lurantis GX Morelull (2017)

016Morelull Shiinotic (2017)

017Shiinotic★ Bounsweet (2017)

018Bounsweet Steenee (2017)

019Steenee Tsareena (2017)

020Tsareena★ Growlithe (2017)

021Growlithe Arcanine (2017)

022Arcanine★ Torkoal (2017)

023Torkoal Litten (2017)

024Litten

025Torracat Incineroar (2017)

026Incineroar★ Incineroar GX (2017)

027Incineroar GX Psyduck (2017)

028Psyduck Golduck (2017)

029Golduck★ Poliwag (2017)

030Poliwag Poliwhirl (2017)

031Poliwhirl Poliwrath (2017)

032Poliwrath★ Shellder (2017)

033Shellder Cloyster (2017)

034Cloyster★ Lapras GX (2017)

035Lapras GX Corsola (2017)

036Corsola Wingull (2017)

037Wingull Pelipper (2017)

038Pelipper Popplio (2017)

039Popplio Brionne (2017)

040Brionne Primarina (2017)

041Primarina★ Primarina GX (2017)

042Primarina GX Crabominable (2017)

043Crabominable★ Wishiwashi (2017)

044Wishiwashi Dewpider (2017)

045Dewpider Araquanid (2017)

046Araquanid Pyukumuku (2017)

047Pyukumuku Bruxish (2017)

048Bruxish★ Chinchou (2017)

049Chinchou Lanturn (2017)

050Lanturn★ Charjabug (2017)

051Charjabug Vikavolt (2017)

052Vikavolt★ Togedemaru (2017)

053Togedemaru Zubat (2017)

054Zubat

055Golbat

056Crobat★ Alolan Grimer (2017)

057Alolan Grimer Alolan Muk (2017)

058Alolan Muk★ Drowzee (2017)

059Drowzee Hypno (2017)

060Hypno

061Espeon GX Mareanie (2017)

062Mareanie Toxapex (2017)

063Toxapex★ Cosmog (2017)

064Cosmog

065Cosmoem★ Lunala GX (2017)

066Lunala GX Makuhita (2017)

067Makuhita Hariyama (2017)

068Hariyama★ Roggenrola (2017)

069Roggenrola Boldore (2017)

070Boldore Gigalith (2017)

071Gigalith★ Crabrawler (2017)

072Crabrawler Passimian (2017)

073Passimian Sandygast (2017)

074Sandygast Palossand (2017)

075Palossand★ Alolan Rattata (2017)

076Alolan Rattata Alolan Raticate (2017)

077Alolan Raticate Alolan Meowth (2017)

078Alolan Meowth Alolan Persian (2017)

079Alolan Persian Umbreon GX (2017)

080Umbreon GX Carvanha (2017)

081Carvanha Sharpedo (2017)

082Sharpedo★ Sandile (2017)

083Sandile Krokorok (2017)

084Krokorok Krookodile (2017)

085Krookodile★ Alolan Diglett (2017)

086Alolan Diglett Alolan Dugtrio (2017)

087Alolan Dugtrio★ Skarmory (2017)

088Skarmory Solgaleo GX (2017)

089Solgaleo GX Snubbull (2017)

090Snubbull Granbull (2017)

091Granbull Cutiefly (2017)

092Cutiefly Ribombee (2017)

093Ribombee★ Dratini (2017)

094Dratini Dragonair (2017)

095Dragonair Dragonite (2017)

096Dragonite★ Spearow (2017)

097Spearow Fearow (2017)

098Fearow

099Kangaskhan★ Tauros GX (2017)

100Tauros GX Eevee (2017)

101Eevee

102Spinda

103Lillipup Herdier (2017)

104Herdier Stoutland (2017)

105Stoutland★ Pikipek (2017)

106Pikipek Trumbeak (2017)

107Trumbeak Toucannon (2017)

108Toucannon★ Yungoos (2017)

109Yungoos Gumshoos GX (2017)

110Gumshoos GX Stufful (2017)

111Stufful Bewear (2017)

112Bewear★ Oranguru (2017)

113Oranguru★ Big Malasada (2017)

114Big Malasada Crushing Hammer (2017)

115Crushing Hammer Energy Retrieval (2017)

116Energy Retrieval Energy Switch (2017)

117Energy Switch Exp. Share (2017)

118Exp. Share Great Ball (2017)

119Great Ball Hau (2017)

120Hau

121Ilima

122Lillie

123Nest Ball Poison Barb (2017)

124Poison Barb Poké Ball (2017)

125Poké Ball Pokémon Catcher (2017)

126Pokémon Catcher Potion (2017)

127Potion

128Professor Kukui Rare Candy (2017)

129Rare Candy Repel (2017)

130Repel

131Rotom Dex Switch (2017)

132Switch

133Team Skull Grunt Timer Ball (2017)

134Timer Ball Ultra Ball (2017)

135Ultra Ball Double Colorless Energy (2017)

136Double Colorless Energy Rainbow Energy (2017)

137Rainbow Energy Lurantis GX (2017)

138Lurantis GX Lapras GX (2017)

139Lapras GX Espeon GX (2017)

140Espeon GX Lunala GX (2017)

141Lunala GX Umbreon GX (2017)

142Umbreon GX Solgaleo GX (2017)

143Solgaleo GX Tauros GX (2017)

144Tauros GX Gumshoos GX (2017)

145Gumshoos GX Ilima (2017)

146Ilima

147Lillie

148Professor Kukui Team Skull Grunt (2017)

149Team Skull Grunt Lurantis GX (2017)

150Lurantis GX★ Lapras GX (2017)

151Lapras GX★ Espeon GX (2017)

152Espeon GX★ Lunala GX (2017)

153Lunala GX★ Umbreon GX (2017)

154Umbreon GX★ Solgaleo GX (2017)

155Solgaleo GX★ Tauros GX (2017)

156Tauros GX★ Gumshoos GX (2017)

157Gumshoos GX★ Nest Ball (2017)

158Nest Ball★ Rotom Dex (2017)

159Rotom Dex★ Switch (2017)

160Switch★ Ultra Ball (2017)

161Ultra Ball★ Psychic Energy (2017)

162Psychic Energy★ Metal Energy (2017)

163Metal Energy★ Grass Energy (2017)

164Grass Energy★ Fire Energy (2017)

165Fire Energy★ Water Energy (2017)

166Water Energy★ Lightning Energy (2017)

167Lightning Energy★ Psychic Energy (2017)

168Psychic Energy★ Fighting Energy (2017)

169Fighting Energy★ Darkness Energy (2017)

170Darkness Energy★ Metal Energy (2017)

171Metal Energy★ Fairy Energy (2017)

172Fairy Energy★

SM2 · Guardians Rising

2017-05-05169 cards

2017-05-05. 169 cards — 142 Pokémon, 23 Trainers and 4 Energy, 39 of them GX; 24 secret cards; 40 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 47. Water 26, Psychic 18, Fighting 18, Colorless 17, Fire 12, Lightning 12, Grass 10, Dragon 9, Fairy 8, Metal 7 and Darkness 5.

The set that decides what the format is for two years. 156 of the 169 are Japanese cards of March's two packs, merged into one English set for the first time in the year. 060 Tapu Lele-GX is the reason: Wonder Tag searches any Supporter out of the deck the moment it is played, which turns every Supporter in the game into a card you can fetch, and it is played in four decks out of five until 2019. 038 Wishiwashi-GX, 047 Tapu Koko-GX, 074 Lycanroc-GX, 085 Metagross-GX and 092 Sylveon-GX are the other GX cards that get played, and 161 Aqua Patch and 163 Field Blower are the two Trainers that shape the year: one accelerates Water out of the discard pile, the other strips Tools and Stadiums off the board. The full-art band runs 131 to 145 and the 24 secrets 146 to 169, with 155 Tapu Lele-GX in rainbow closing the GX names.

001Bellsprout Weepinbell (2017)

002Weepinbell Victreebel (2017)

003Victreebel★ Petilil (2017)

004Petilil Lilligant (2017)

005Lilligant★ Phantump (2017)

006Phantump Trevenant (2017)

007Trevenant★ Wimpod (2017)

008Wimpod

009Golisopod★ Victini (2017)

010Victini★ Litwick (2017)

011Litwick Lampent (2017)

012Lampent Chandelure (2017)

013Chandelure★ Oricorio (2017)

014Oricorio★ Salandit (2017)

015Salandit Salazzle (2017)

016Salazzle★ Turtonator (2017)

017Turtonator★ Turtonator GX (2017)

018Turtonator GX Alolan Sandshrew (2017)

019Alolan Sandshrew Alolan Sandslash (2017)

020Alolan Sandslash★ Alolan Vulpix (2017)

021Alolan Vulpix Alolan Ninetales GX (2017)

022Alolan Ninetales GX Tentacool (2017)

023Tentacool Tentacruel (2017)

024Tentacruel Politoed (2017)

025Politoed★ Delibird (2017)

026Delibird Carvanha (2017)

027Carvanha Sharpedo (2017)

028Sharpedo★ Wailmer (2017)

029Wailmer Wailord (2017)

030Wailord★ Snorunt (2017)

031Snorunt Glalie (2017)

032Glalie

033Vanillite Vanillish (2017)

034Vanillish Vanilluxe (2017)

035Vanilluxe★ Alomomola (2017)

036Alomomola Wishiwashi (2017)

037Wishiwashi Wishiwashi GX (2017)

038Wishiwashi GX Mareanie (2017)

039Mareanie Alolan Geodude (2017)

040Alolan Geodude Alolan Graveler (2017)

041Alolan Graveler Alolan Golem (2017)

042Alolan Golem★ Helioptile (2017)

043Helioptile Heliolisk (2017)

044Heliolisk★ Vikavolt GX (2017)

045Vikavolt GX Oricorio (2017)

046Oricorio★ Tapu Koko GX (2017)

047Tapu Koko GX Slowpoke (2017)

048Slowpoke Slowbro (2017)

049Slowbro Trubbish (2017)

050Trubbish Garbodor (2017)

051Garbodor★ Gothita (2017)

052Gothita Gothorita (2017)

053Gothorita Gothitelle (2017)

054Gothitelle★ Oricorio (2017)

055Oricorio★ Oricorio (2017)

056Oricorio★ Toxapex GX (2017)

057Toxapex GX Mimikyu (2017)

058Mimikyu★ Dhelmise (2017)

059Dhelmise★ Tapu Lele GX (2017)

060Tapu Lele GX Lunala (2017)

061Lunala★ Machop (2017)

062Machop

063Machop

064Machoke Machamp (2017)

065Machamp★ Sudowoodo (2017)

066Sudowoodo Gligar (2017)

067Gligar

068Gliscor Nosepass (2017)

069Nosepass Barboach (2017)

070Barboach Whiscash (2017)

071Whiscash★ Pancham (2017)

072Pancham Rockruff (2017)

073Rockruff Lycanroc GX (2017)

074Lycanroc GX Mudbray (2017)

075Mudbray Mudsdale (2017)

076Mudsdale★ Minior (2017)

077Minior★ Murkrow (2017)

078Murkrow Honchkrow (2017)

079Honchkrow★ Sableye (2017)

080Sableye Absol (2017)

081Absol★

082Pangoro★ Beldum (2017)

083Beldum

084Metang

085Metagross GX Probopass (2017)

086Probopass★ Solgaleo (2017)

087Solgaleo★ Clefairy (2017)

088Clefairy Clefable (2017)

089Clefable Cottonee (2017)

090Cottonee Whimsicott (2017)

091Whimsicott Sylveon GX (2017)

092Sylveon GX★ Comfey (2017)

093Comfey★ Goomy (2017)

094Goomy

095Sliggoo Goodra (2017)

096Goodra★ Drampa (2017)

097Drampa★ Jangmo-o (2017)

098Jangmo-o Hakamo-o (2017)

099Hakamo-o Kommo-o GX (2017)

100Kommo-o GX Chansey (2017)

101Chansey Blissey (2017)

102Blissey★ Taillow (2017)

103Taillow Swellow (2017)

104Swellow★ Castform (2017)

105Castform Rayquaza (2017)

106Rayquaza★ Patrat (2017)

107Patrat

108Watchog Fletchling (2017)

109Fletchling Fletchinder (2017)

110Fletchinder Talonflame (2017)

111Talonflame★ Stufful (2017)

112Stufful Bewear (2017)

113Bewear

114Komala

115Drampa GX

Aether Paradise Conservation Area (2017)

116Aether Paradise Conservation Area Altar of the Moone (2017)

117Altar of the Moone Altar of the Sunne (2017)

118Altar of the Sunne Aqua Patch (2017)

119Aqua Patch Brooklet Hill (2017)

120Brooklet Hill Choice Band (2017)

121Choice Band Energy Loto (2017)

122Energy Loto Energy Recycler (2017)

123Energy Recycler Enhanced Hammer (2017)

124Enhanced Hammer★ Field Blower (2017)

125Field Blower Hala (2017)

126Hala

127Mallow

128Max Potion Multi Switch (2017)

129Multi Switch Rescue Stretcher (2017)

130Rescue Stretcher★ Turtonator GX (2017)

131Turtonator GX Alolan Ninetales GX (2017)

132Alolan Ninetales GX Wishiwashi GX (2017)

133Wishiwashi GX Vikavolt GX (2017)

134Vikavolt GX Tapu Koko GX (2017)

135Tapu Koko GX Toxapex GX (2017)

136Toxapex GX Tapu Lele GX (2017)

137Tapu Lele GX Lycanroc GX (2017)

138Lycanroc GX Metagross GX (2017)

139Metagross GX Sylveon GX (2017)

140Sylveon GX Kommo-o GX (2017)

141Kommo-o GX Drampa GX (2017)

142Drampa GX Hala (2017)

143Hala

144Hau

145Mallow

146Decidueye GX★ Incineroar GX (2017)

147Incineroar GX★ Turtonator GX (2017)

148Turtonator GX★ Primarina GX (2017)

149Primarina GX★ Alolan Ninetales GX (2017)

150Alolan Ninetales GX★ Wishiwashi GX (2017)

151Wishiwashi GX★ Vikavolt GX (2017)

152Vikavolt GX★ Tapu Koko GX (2017)

153Tapu Koko GX★ Toxapex GX (2017)

154Toxapex GX★ Tapu Lele GX (2017)

155Tapu Lele GX★ Lycanroc GX (2017)

156Lycanroc GX★ Metagross GX (2017)

157Metagross GX★ Sylveon GX (2017)

158Sylveon GX★ Kommo-o GX (2017)

159Kommo-o GX★ Drampa GX (2017)

160Drampa GX★ Aqua Patch (2017)

161Aqua Patch★ Enhanced Hammer (2017)

162Enhanced Hammer★ Field Blower (2017)

163Field Blower★ Max Potion (2017)

164Max Potion★ Rare Candy (2017)

165Rare Candy★ Double Colorless Energy (2017)

166Double Colorless Energy★ Grass Energy (2017)

167Grass Energy★ Lightning Energy (2017)

168Lightning Energy★ Fighting Energy (2017)

169Fighting Energy★

SM3 · Burning Shadows

2017-08-04169 cards

2017-08-04. 169 cards — 137 Pokémon, 29 Trainers and 3 Energy, 38 of them GX; 22 secret cards; 46 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 38. Fighting 23, Grass 21, Psychic 18, Water 15, Darkness 14, Fire 13, Colorless 11, Fairy 10, Lightning 8 and Dragon 4.

The set with the year's most collected card in it. 166 of the 169 are Japanese cards of June's two packs, and of the three English cards that have no counterpart there, 027 Alolan Vulpix and 047 Togedemaru are the ones that get played. 020 Charizard-GX is the face card: 250 HP, Wing Attack for 70, Crimson Storm for 300 at the cost of three Fire Energy, and Raging Out-GX, which mills the top ten cards of the opponent's deck instead of doing damage — the highest printed damage on any 2017 card, and its secret print is 150. Guzma is the other half of the set, a Supporter that switches the opponent's Active out, printed here and played in every deck until 2019. 017 Golisopod-GX, 021 Ho-Oh-GX, 063 Necrozma-GX, 080 Marshadow-GX, 088 Darkrai-GX and 093 Gardevoir-GX fill the GX band.

001Caterpie Metapod (2017)

002Metapod Butterfree (2017)

003Butterfree★ Oddish (2017)

004Oddish

005Gloom

006Vileplume Tangela (2017)

007Tangela Tangrowth (2017)

008Tangrowth★ Ledyba (2017)

009Ledyba

010Ledian★ Heracross (2017)

011Heracross★ Pansage (2017)

012Pansage Simisage (2017)

013Simisage Dewpider (2017)

014Dewpider Araquanid (2017)

015Araquanid★ Wimpod (2017)

016Wimpod

017Golisopod GX Charmander (2017)

018Charmander Charmeleon (2017)

019Charmeleon Charizard GX (2017)

020Charizard GX Ho-Oh GX (2017)

021Ho-Oh GX Pansear (2017)

022Pansear Simisear (2017)

023Simisear Heatmor (2017)

024Heatmor Salazzle GX (2017)

025Salazzle GX Turtonator (2017)

026Turtonator★ Alolan Vulpix (2017)

027Alolan Vulpix Alolan Ninetales (2017)

028Alolan Ninetales★ Horsea (2017)

029Horsea

030Seadra

031Kingdra Magikarp (2017)

032Magikarp Gyarados (2017)

033Gyarados Marill (2017)

034Marill

035Azumarill★ Panpour (2017)

036Panpour Simipour (2017)

037Simipour Bruxish (2017)

038Bruxish★ Tapu Fini GX (2017)

039Tapu Fini GX Pikachu (2017)

040Pikachu Raichu (2017)

041Raichu

042Electabuzz Electivire (2017)

043Electivire★ Tynamo (2017)

044Tynamo

045Eelektrik Eelektross (2017)

046Eelektross★ Togedemaru (2017)

047Togedemaru Slowking (2017)

048Slowking★ Wobbuffet (2017)

049Wobbuffet Seviper (2017)

050Seviper Duskull (2017)

051Duskull Dusclops (2017)

052Dusclops Dusknoir (2017)

053Dusknoir Croagunk (2017)

054Croagunk Toxicroak (2017)

055Toxicroak★ Venipede (2017)

056Venipede Whirlipede (2017)

057Whirlipede Scolipede (2017)

058Scolipede★ Espurr (2017)

059Espurr

060Meowstic★ Sandygast (2017)

061Sandygast Palossand (2017)

062Palossand Necrozma GX (2017)

063Necrozma GX Machamp GX (2017)

064Machamp GX Rhyhorn (2017)

065Rhyhorn Rhydon (2017)

066Rhydon

067Rhyperior Lunatone (2017)

068Lunatone Solrock (2017)

069Solrock Riolu (2017)

070Riolu

071Lucario Sawk (2017)

072Sawk

073Crabrawler Crabominable (2017)

074Crabominable★ Lycanroc (2017)

075Lycanroc Lycanroc (2017)

076Lycanroc★ Mudbray (2017)

077Mudbray Mudsdale (2017)

078Mudsdale★ Passimian (2017)

079Passimian★ Marshadow GX (2017)

080Marshadow GX Alolan Rattata (2017)

081Alolan Rattata Alolan Raticate (2017)

082Alolan Raticate★ Alolan Grimer (2017)

083Alolan Grimer Alolan Muk GX (2017)

084Alolan Muk GX Sneasel (2017)

085Sneasel Weavile (2017)

086Weavile★ Darkrai (2017)

087Darkrai Darkrai GX (2017)

088Darkrai GX Inkay (2017)

089Inkay

090Malamar★ Ralts (2017)

091Ralts

092Kirlia

093Gardevoir GX Diancie (2017)

094Diancie Cutiefly (2017)

095Cutiefly Ribombee (2017)

096Ribombee Morelull (2017)

097Morelull Shiinotic (2017)

098Shiinotic★ Noivern GX (2017)

099Noivern GX Zygarde (2017)

100Zygarde Meowth (2017)

101Meowth

102Persian★ Porygon (2017)

103Porygon Porygon2 (2017)

104Porygon2 Porygon-Z (2017)

105Porygon-Z Hoothoot (2017)

106Hoothoot Noctowl (2017)

107Noctowl Bouffalant (2017)

108Bouffalant Noibat (2017)

109Noibat

110Stufful Bewear (2017)

111Bewear★ Acerola (2017)

112Acerola Bodybuilding Dumbbells (2017)

113Bodybuilding Dumbbells Escape Rope (2017)

114Escape Rope Guzma (2017)

115Guzma

116Kiawe★

117Lana

118Mount Lanakila Olivia (2017)

119Olivia

120Plumeria Po Town (2017)

121Po Town Rotom Dex—Poké Finder Mode (2017)

122Rotom Dex—Poké Finder Mode Sophocles (2017)

123Sophocles Super Scoop Up (2017)

124Super Scoop Up Tormenting Spray (2017)

125Tormenting Spray Weakness Policy (2017)

126Weakness Policy Wicke (2017)

127Wicke

128Wishful Baton Golisopod GX (2017)

129Golisopod GX Tapu Bulu GX (2017)

130Tapu Bulu GX Ho-Oh GX (2017)

131Ho-Oh GX Salazzle GX (2017)

132Salazzle GX Tapu Fini GX (2017)

133Tapu Fini GX Necrozma GX (2017)

134Necrozma GX Machamp GX (2017)

135Machamp GX Lycanroc GX (2017)

136Lycanroc GX Marshadow GX (2017)

137Marshadow GX Alolan Muk GX (2017)

138Alolan Muk GX Darkrai GX (2017)

139Darkrai GX Gardevoir GX (2017)

140Gardevoir GX Noivern GX (2017)

141Noivern GX Acerola (2017)

142Acerola Guzma (2017)

143Guzma

144Kiawe

145Plumeria Sophocles (2017)

146Sophocles Wicke (2017)

147Wicke

148Golisopod GX★ Tapu Bulu GX (2017)

149Tapu Bulu GX★ Charizard GX (2017)

150Charizard GX★ Salazzle GX (2017)

151Salazzle GX★ Tapu Fini GX (2017)

152Tapu Fini GX★ Necrozma GX (2017)

153Necrozma GX★ Machamp GX (2017)

154Machamp GX★ Lycanroc GX (2017)

155Lycanroc GX★ Marshadow GX (2017)

156Marshadow GX★ Alolan Muk GX (2017)

157Alolan Muk GX★ Darkrai GX (2017)

158Darkrai GX★ Gardevoir GX (2017)

159Gardevoir GX★ Noivern GX (2017)

160Noivern GX★ Bodybuilding Dumbbells (2017)

161Bodybuilding Dumbbells★ Choice Band (2017)

162Choice Band★ Escape Rope (2017)

163Escape Rope★ Multi Switch (2017)

164Multi Switch★ Rescue Stretcher (2017)

165Rescue Stretcher★ Super Scoop Up (2017)

166Super Scoop Up★ Fire Energy (2017)

167Fire Energy★ Darkness Energy (2017)

168Darkness Energy★ Fairy Energy (2017)

169Fairy Energy★

SM3.5 · Shining Legends

2017-10-0678 cards

2017-10-06. 78 cards — 64 Pokémon, 12 Trainers and 2 Energy, 11 of them GX and 6 of them Shining; 5 secret cards; 27 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 10. Psychic 13, Fire 10, Water 10, Darkness 10, Grass 9, Lightning 9, Fighting 1, Dragon 1 and Colorless 1.

A box, not a booster box — and the only English product of the year with Shining cards in it. 77 of the 78 are Japanese cards of July's SM3+, which is why the type spread is lopsided: one Fighting card, one Dragon card and one Colorless card in the whole set. 076 Mewtwo-GX is the card that is not from SM3+ — a secret print that exists in English only, 250 HP with Psychic for 30 and Psychic Infinity that adds 30 for every Energy attached, and it is the last card in the set. 009 Shining Genesect, 027 Shining Volcanion, 040 Shining Mew, 042 Shining Jirachi, 056 Shining Rayquaza and 057 Shining Arceus are the six Shining cards that cross; Shining Celebi and Shining Lugia of the Japanese set do not. 053 Zoroark-GX, 029 Raichu-GX and 039 Mewtwo-GX are the three GX cards that are played out of it.

001Bulbasaur Ivysaur (2017)

002Ivysaur Venusaur (2017)

003Venusaur Shroomish (2017)

004Shroomish Breloom (2017)

005Breloom Carnivine (2017)

006Carnivine Shaymin (2017)

007Shaymin★ Virizion (2017)

008Virizion★ Shining Genesect (2017)

009Shining Genesect Entei GX (2017)

010Entei GX★ Torkoal (2017)

011Torkoal Larvesta (2017)

012Larvesta Volcarona (2017)

013Volcarona Reshiram (2017)

014Reshiram★ Litten (2017)

015Litten

016Torracat Incineroar (2017)

017Incineroar Totodile (2017)

018Totodile Croconaw (2017)

019Croconaw Feraligatr (2017)

020Feraligatr Qwilfish (2017)

021Qwilfish Buizel (2017)

022Buizel

023Floatzel Palkia (2017)

024Palkia★ Manaphy (2017)

025Manaphy★ Keldeo (2017)

026Keldeo★ Shining Volcanion (2017)

027Shining Volcanion Pikachu (2017)

028Pikachu Raichu GX (2017)

029Raichu GX Voltorb (2017)

030Voltorb Electrode (2017)

031Electrode Raikou (2017)

032Raikou★ Plusle (2017)

033Plusle

034Minun

035Zekrom★ Ekans (2017)

036Ekans

037Arbok

038Jynx

039Mewtwo GX Shining Mew (2017)

040Shining Mew Latios (2017)

041Latios★ Shining Jirachi (2017)

042Shining Jirachi Golett (2017)

043Golett

044Golurk

045Marshadow★ Stunfisk (2017)

046Stunfisk Spiritomb (2017)

047Spiritomb Purrloin (2017)

048Purrloin Liepard (2017)

049Liepard Scraggy (2017)

050Scraggy Scrafty (2017)

051Scrafty Zorua (2017)

052Zorua

053Zoroark GX Yveltal (2017)

054Yveltal★ Hoopa (2017)

055Hoopa★

056Shining Rayquaza Shining Arceus (2017)

057Shining Arceus Damage Mover (2017)

058Damage Mover Energy Retrieval (2017)

059Energy Retrieval Great Ball (2017)

060Great Ball Hau (2017)

061Hau

062Lillie

063Pokémon Breeder Pokémon Catcher (2017)

064Pokémon Catcher Sophocles (2017)

065Sophocles Super Scoop Up (2017)

066Super Scoop Up Switch (2017)

067Switch

068Ultra Ball Double Colorless Energy (2017)

069Double Colorless Energy Warp Energy (2017)

070Warp Energy Entei GX (2017)

071Entei GX Mewtwo GX (2017)

072Mewtwo GX Pokémon Breeder (2017)

073Pokémon Breeder Entei GX (2017)

074Entei GX★ Raichu GX (2017)

075Raichu GX★ Mewtwo GX (2017)

076Mewtwo GX★ Zoroark GX (2017)

077Zoroark GX★ Mewtwo GX (2017)

078Mewtwo GX★

SM4 · Crimson Invasion

2017-11-03125 cards

2017-11-03. 125 cards — 107 Pokémon, 14 Trainers and 4 Energy, 25 of them GX and 13 Ultra Beast prints; 13 secret cards; 40 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 28. Water 17, Psychic 16, Colorless 15, Grass 11, Fighting 10, Darkness 9, Metal 9, Lightning 8, Dragon 6, Fire 3 and Fairy 3.

The set where the Ultra Beasts arrive as a band. 123 of the 125 are Japanese cards of September's two packs, and the two that are not — 111 Olivia and 63a Guzzlord-GX — are English additions. 13 Ultra Beast prints across seven names: Nihilego, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Celesteela, Kartana and Guzzlord, three of them printed as a GX and the rest as plain Pokémon. 057 Buzzwole-GX is the one that is played — 190 HP, Jet Punch for 30 that also hits the Bench, Knuckle Impact for 160 — and 090 Silvally-GX is the set's second idea, a 210 HP GX whose type is decided by the Memory attached to it. No Prism Star card is in this set: the six of December wait for February 2018.

001Weedle

002Kakuna

003Beedrill★ Exeggcute (2017)

004Exeggcute Cacnea (2017)

005Cacnea

006Cacturne★ Karrablast (2017)

007Karrablast Shelmet (2017)

008Shelmet Accelgor (2017)

009Accelgor Skiddo (2017)

010Skiddo

011Gogoat★ Alolan Marowak (2017)

012Alolan Marowak★ Numel (2017)

013Numel

014Camerupt★ Staryu (2017)

015Staryu

016Starmie★ Magikarp (2017)

017Magikarp Gyarados GX (2017)

018Gyarados GX Swinub (2017)

019Swinub

020Piloswine Mamoswine (2017)

021Mamoswine★ Remoraid (2017)

022Remoraid Octillery (2017)

023Octillery★ Corphish (2017)

024Corphish Crawdaunt (2017)

025Crawdaunt★ Feebas (2017)

026Feebas

027Milotic★ Regice (2017)

028Regice★ Shellos (2017)

029Shellos Pikachu (2017)

030Pikachu Alolan Raichu (2017)

031Alolan Raichu★ Alolan Geodude (2017)

032Alolan Geodude Alolan Graveler (2017)

033Alolan Graveler Alolan Golem GX (2017)

034Alolan Golem GX Emolga (2017)

035Emolga

036Gastly

037Haunter Gengar (2017)

038Gengar★ Misdreavus (2017)

039Misdreavus Mismagius (2017)

040Mismagius★ Spoink (2017)

041Spoink

042Grumpig Chimecho (2017)

043Chimecho Pumpkaboo (2017)

044Pumpkaboo Gourgeist (2017)

045Gourgeist★ Salandit (2017)

046Salandit Salazzle (2017)

047Salazzle★ Oranguru (2017)

048Oranguru★ Nihilego GX (2017)

049Nihilego GX Mankey (2017)

050Mankey

051Primeape★ Cubone (2017)

052Cubone

053Regirock★ Gastrodon (2017)

054Gastrodon Stufful (2017)

055Stufful Bewear (2017)

056Bewear★ Buzzwole GX (2017)

057Buzzwole GX Houndour (2017)

058Houndour Houndoom (2017)

059Houndoom★ Deino (2017)

060Deino

061Zweilous Hydreigon (2017)

062Hydreigon★ Guzzlord GX (2017)

063Guzzlord GX Mawile (2017)

064Mawile

065Aron

066Lairon

067Aggron★ Registeel (2017)

068Registeel★ Escavalier (2017)

069Escavalier★ Kartana GX (2017)

070Kartana GX Jigglypuff (2017)

071Jigglypuff Wigglytuff (2017)

072Wigglytuff★ Xerneas (2017)

073Xerneas★ Alolan Exeggutor GX (2017)

074Alolan Exeggutor GX Jangmo-o (2017)

075Jangmo-o Hakamo-o (2017)

076Hakamo-o Kommo-o (2017)

077Kommo-o★ Miltank (2017)

078Miltank Swablu (2017)

079Swablu

080Altaria★ Starly (2017)

081Starly

082Staravia Staraptor (2017)

083Staraptor★ Regigigas (2017)

084Regigigas★ Minccino (2017)

085Minccino Cinccino (2017)

086Cinccino Bunnelby (2017)

087Bunnelby Diggersby (2017)

088Diggersby Type: Null (2017)

089Type: Null★ Silvally GX (2017)

090Silvally GX Counter Catcher (2017)

091Counter Catcher Dashing Pouch (2017)

092Dashing Pouch Devoured Field (2017)

093Devoured Field Fighting Memory (2017)

094Fighting Memory Gladion (2017)

095Gladion Lusamine (2017)

096Lusamine Peeking Red Card (2017)

097Peeking Red Card Psychic Memory (2017)

098Psychic Memory Sea of Nothingness (2017)

099Sea of Nothingness Counter Energy (2017)

100Counter Energy Gyarados GX (2017)

101Gyarados GX Alolan Golem GX (2017)

102Alolan Golem GX Nihilego GX (2017)

103Nihilego GX Buzzwole GX (2017)

104Buzzwole GX Guzzlord GX (2017)

105Guzzlord GX Kartana GX (2017)

106Kartana GX Alolan Exeggutor GX (2017)

107Alolan Exeggutor GX Silvally GX (2017)

108Silvally GX Gladion (2017)

109Gladion Lusamine (2017)

110Lusamine Olivia (2017)

111Olivia

112Gyarados GX★ Alolan Golem GX (2017)

113Alolan Golem GX★ Nihilego GX (2017)

114Nihilego GX★ Buzzwole GX (2017)

115Buzzwole GX★ Guzzlord GX (2017)

116Guzzlord GX★ Kartana GX (2017)

117Kartana GX★ Alolan Exeggutor GX (2017)

118Alolan Exeggutor GX★ Silvally GX (2017)

119Silvally GX★ Counter Catcher (2017)

120Counter Catcher★ Wishful Baton (2017)

121Wishful Baton★ Counter Energy (2017)

122Counter Energy★ Warp Energy (2017)

123Warp Energy★ Water Energy (2017)

124Water Energy★ Guzzlord-GX (2017)

63aGuzzlord-GX★

Also released this year: Japanese edition.

What came next

1 entry

2018-02-02
Ultra Prism (sm5), 173 cards — English's cut of October's GX Battle Boost together with both December packs. Prism Star reaches English here for the first time, six cards with ◇ after the name that go to the Lost Zone instead of the discard pile and that a deck may hold only one of, and Cynthia becomes the Supporter every deck in the west plays. This is the product that closes 2017: after 2 February every card the year printed and English was ever going to print has crossed, the 125-card GX Battle Boost that English skipped in October is inside it, and the six Prism Star cards come with it.

What English 2017 settles is that catching up does not mean being level. The four main sets arrive six to eight weeks behind Japan and each one is complete on the day it lands — but the two pages still end the year 162 cards apart, 875 in Japan against 713 abroad, and the two biggest pieces of the gap are products rather than cards: October's 125-card GX Battle Boost and December's six Prism Star cards both wait for 2 February. EX, Mega and BREAK end here on both sides of the Pacific and nothing replaces them as a band: GX is the only high card in the year, printed 140 times, and the game adds conditions instead of stages. The packet stays at ten cards and the box stays at 30 through all five products.

Evidence & release sources

5 of 5 linked

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

SM1 · Sun & Moon sm1 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
SM2 · Guardians Rising sm2 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
SM3 · Burning Shadows sm3 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
SM3.5 · Shining Legends sm3.5 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net
SM4 · Crimson Invasion sm4 verified_secondary
secondary · api.tcgdex.net

About this data

All 713 English cards of the five products are listed, and every one carries its English scan. The counts are 172, 169, 169, 78 and 125. 87 of them are secret cards — 23, 24, 22, 5 and 13 — and are shown at the numbers they actually print, past the total of their own set. 63a Guzzlord-GX in Crimson Invasion is the one card listed at a letter number rather than a count, and it is listed exactly as the card prints it rather than folded into 063.

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, with different card counts, different secret bands and, in 2017, a different number of products.

Five products, 713 cards, 140 GX prints from 48 names, 6 Shining cards and 13 Ultra Beast prints from 7 names, with 87 secret cards and no Pokémon-EX, Mega or BREAK card anywhere in the year. 2017 is the year English stops being behind on mechanics and starts being behind on products: every set arrives complete, and yet the year ends 162 cards lighter than Japan — October's GX Battle Boost and the six Prism Star cards of December cross on 2 February 2018. The high band collapses to one card type and the price does not move: ten cards a packet, 30 packs a box, the same as 2016. What changes is what a card can be: a once-a-game attack, a name that means a group of Pokémon instead of a type, and a set sold in a box with no booster box at all.