Japan · 2017
This page covers all 875 Japanese cards of 2017, in twelve products across eight release days: 73 on 27 January, 62 and 55 on 17 March, 70 on 21 April, 64 and 64 on 16 June, 82 on 15 July, 62 and 62 on 15 September, 125 on 20 October and 78 and 78 on 8 December. Three things arrive this year. Prism Star appears on 8 December — 6 cards printed with ◇ after the name, one per deck, which go to the Lost Zone instead of the discard pile. Ultra Beast arrives in September, as a group, and 22 cards in this page carry it. And GX stops being the new thing and becomes the only high band there is: 164 GX prints from 51 names, and not one Pokémon-EX, Mega Evolution or BREAK card is printed in 2017 at all. The English edition of 2017 is 713 cards across five products — 172, 169, 169, 78 and 125 — and 698 of these 875 cards are printed in English inside the year. 0 cards wait for 2 February 2018 — the whole of October's GX Battle Boost and both December packs — and 175 cards never cross at all.
Eight release days, 875 cards, and a mechanic that replaced everything else — plus the first six Prism Star cards and the first Ultra Beasts
By January 2017 the card has only one high band left. Pokémon-EX is gone, Mega Evolution is gone, BREAK is gone: every product this year is built on GX, and the year's two defining cards are not the biggest ones. 022 Tapu Lele-GX, in the March pack, carries an Ability called Wonder Tag — search any Supporter out of the deck the moment it is played — and it is in every deck for the rest of the generation. 054 Zoroark-GX, in July, trades a card for two cards every single turn, and it is the reason a Stage 1 that does 20 damage per Pokémon stays in decks long after 2017. 049 Guzma, in June, is a Supporter that switches the opponent's Benched Pokémon into the Active spot with no coin and no condition — the single most played card of the year, and the card that decides what a turn is worth.
The numbers grow in one direction only. 875 cards in twelve products, 164 GX prints from 51 names, 70 full-art, 29 gold and 46 Hyper Rare as secrets, 6 Prism Star cards, 8 Shining cards, 22 Ultra Beast prints from 7 names, 140 Trainers, 25 Energy and 67 artists. The tallest body is 250 HP and the highest damage number in the year is 300, on 011 Charizard-GX. Two products break the shape of the year: the March pair is 62 and 55 cards — Alolan Moonlight prints five secrets and no Hyper Rare and no gold card at all, the only 2017 product like it — and October's GX Battle Boost is a 125-card reprint set, 17 GX names printed again as 26 GX prints. Eight cards are Shining, a name prefix and a foil treatment rather than a rule, and six cards print ◇. What does not move is the shape of a pack: five cards, and the same price all year for the main expansions.
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, in release order. Where a product was sold as a pair on the same morning, the two halves sit next to each other and are never merged.
This page documents 875 main-series cards across twelve products on eight release dates in 2017. It covers cards printed in Japan only; printings for other editions are tracked separately.
| Publication edition | Japanese edition |
|---|---|
| Products | 12 |
| Cards | 875 |
| Release dates | 8 (2017-01-27 – 2017-12-08) |
| Series codes | sm1p, sm2, sm2p, sm3, sm3p, sm4, sm4p, sm5 |
| Card faces on record | all 875 |
| Latest release on record | 2017-12-08 |
SM1+ · Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon (2017-01-27, 73 cards) · SM2 · Islands Await You (2017-03-17, 62 cards) · SM2 · Alolan Moonlight (2017-03-17, 55 cards) · SM2+ · Facing a New Trial (2017-04-21, 70 cards) · SM3 · To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow (2017-06-16, 64 cards) · SM3 · Darkness that Consumes Light (2017-06-16, 64 cards) · SM3+ · Shining Legends (2017-07-15, 82 cards) · SM4 · Awakened Heroes (2017-09-15, 62 cards) · SM4 · Ultradimensional Beasts (2017-09-15, 62 cards) · SM4+ · GX Battle Boost (2017-10-20, 125 cards) · SM5 · Ultra Sun (2017-12-08, 78 cards) · SM5 · Ultra Moon (2017-12-08, 78 cards).
How many main-series cards does this page record for 2017?875 cards across twelve products, an average of 72.9 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?8 release dates, from 2017-01-27 to 2017-12-08.
Do these Japanese cards have English-edition counterparts?697 of 875 cards (79.7%) carry a mapping to an English-edition card; the remaining 178 are Japanese-only printings or not yet paired.
How many of these 875 cards are shown with a card face?All 875 cards have a card face on record. 81 of those faces are marked as a scan from another print run rather than the original printing.
Strength Expansion Pack Sun & Moon (SM1+), 68 numbered cards. Seven GX names, each printed three times — Decidueye, Incineroar, Primarina, Vikavolt, Toxapex, Sylveon and Drampa — and 003 Decidueye-GX is the one that gets played, because Feather Arrow damages the Active and puts two counters on the Bench at the same time. Three gold cards: 066 Rare Candy, 067 Double Colorless Energy and 068 Grass Energy.
Sun & Moon (sm1), 172 cards — English's cut of December 2016's two packs plus this one. GX reaches English for the first time, and with it the box stays at 30 packs and Hyper Rare arrives as the rainbow secret. 172 cards against 214 Japanese cards across the three products, because English folds two December packs and a January booster into one set.
Islands Await You and Alolan Moonlight (キミを待つ島々 / アローラの月光, SM2), 62 and 55 cards, the same morning. Two packs of the same size that are not the same shape: Islands prints five full-art, four Hyper Rare and three gold, Moonlight prints five full-art and nothing else — no Hyper Rare, no gold card, 55 cards in total, the smallest product of the year. 022 Tapu Lele-GX is in Moonlight and 022 Tapu Koko-GX is in Islands, the same number in each.
Facing a New Trial (新たなる試練の向こう, SM2+), 66 numbered cards. Every card in it is Mirror Holofoil and it is a supplement to the March pair, not a third expansion: six GX, four of them Tapu or legendary, and 040 Darkrai-GX — Dark Cleave at 130 with no damage back, and a GX attack that Knocks Out anything already damaged. 047 Acerola and 064 Choice Band come from here.
Guardians Rising (sm2), 169 cards. Both March packs and the April booster in one product — and Tapu Lele-GX, Tapu Koko-GX, Tapu Bulu-GX and Tapu Fini-GX all arrive in English on the same day. 24 secrets against the 17 Japan printed, because English adds full-art Supporters the Japanese packs do not have.
To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow and Darkness that Consumes Light (闘う虹を見たか / 光を喰う闇, SM3), 64 and 64 cards, the same morning. 011 Charizard-GX is 250 HP and its Burning Blaze GX does 300 — the highest number in the year — and 038 Gardevoir-GX is the other 230 HP card of the day. 049 Guzma is in the darkness half and 049 Kiawe in the rainbow half: the same number, two different Supporters, and the two cards that shape the second half of the year.
Shining Legends (ひかる伝説, SM3+), 82 cards in a ten-pack box. Eight Shining cards — Celebi, Genesect, Volcanion, Mew, Jirachi, Rayquaza, Lugia and Arceus — and 054 Zoroark-GX, the Stage 1 that trades a card for two cards every turn. 082 Mewtwo-GX is the secret with no printed rarity, and 068 Pokémon Breeder skips a Stage 1 entirely.
Burning Shadows (sm3), 169 cards. Both June packs in one product, and the only place in 2017 where Charizard-GX and Gardevoir-GX are in the same set. 22 secrets, and Guzma arrives in English — from this day it is the most played Supporter in the format.
Awakened Heroes and Ultradimensional Beasts (覚醒の勇者 / 超次元の暴獣, SM4), 62 and 62 cards. Ultra Beast arrives as a group: 030 Buzzwole-GX and 037 Kartana-GX in one pack, 022 Nihilego-GX and 033 Guzzlord-GX in the other. Buzzwole-GX is 190 HP and hits the Bench for one Energy, and Guzzlord-GX takes two Prize cards for a Knock Out — the first GX card that changes what a Knock Out is worth.
Shining Legends (sm3.5), 78 cards in English — the same set, ten weeks later, with the eight Shining cards and all four GX. English sells it as a special expansion rather than part of the main line, which is why it is numbered SLG and not SM.
GX Battle Boost (SM4+), 125 cards at a higher price for 114 + 11. The year's only reprint product: 18 GX cards printed again with new artwork, and three that are new — 012 Pheromosa-GX, 033 Xurkitree-GX and 071 Celesteela-GX, the last Ultra Beasts of 2017. 124 Lunala-GX and 125 Solgaleo-GX are gold here for the first time.
Crimson Invasion (sm4), 125 cards. Both September packs in one product, with the Ultra Beasts arriving in English and 13 secrets. English's last 2017 product that is a main expansion — everything after this waits for February.
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (ウルトラサン / ウルトラムーン, SM5), 78 and 78 cards, the same morning. Prism Star debuts in both: 031 Darkrai ◇, 043 Solgaleo ◇ and 059 Cyrus ◇ in one pack, 030 Giratina ◇, 032 Lunala ◇ and 065 Super Boost Energy ◇ in the other — six cards with a ◇ after the name, one per deck, which go to the Lost Zone instead of the discard pile. 044 Dusk Mane Necrozma-GX and 033 Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX are the two faces, and 061 Cynthia arrives. All 156 of these cards wait for English.
The first Japanese set of 2017 and the first strengthened pack of the Sun & Moon era. Fifty-one numbered cards at 001/051–051/051, then seven full-art cards at 052–058, seven rainbow cards at 059–065, three gold cards at 066–068 and five basic Energy cards at 069–073, making 73. The face is Decidueye-GX at 003, 240 HP, whose Feather Arrow puts two damage counters anywhere once a turn — the template for every sniper in the year. With Rare Candy at 046 in the same pack, the Stage 2 lands on turn two, which is why every Grass deck from March onwards started with those two cards. Tapu Lele-GX does not exist yet — it arrives in Alolan Moonlight in March, and the format before Wonder Tag is a different game. English folded these 73 cards into Sun & Moon on 3 February 2017, 172 cards; they were never a standalone English set.162 yen is tax-inclusive (strengthened packs were 150 yen plus 8% as well). Twenty packs to a box. Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here.
2017-01-27. 73 cards — 56 Pokémon, 13 Trainers and 4 Energy, 21 of them GX; 7 Double Rares, 7 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 7 Hyper Rares; 11 Water, 9 Psychic, 8 Grass, 6 Fire, 6 Fighting, 5 Lightning, 4 Colourless, 3 Darkness, 3 Fairy and 1 Metal; 23 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 25.
The seven weeks after SM1, sold as a booster with no story and no legendaries — and it is the only product in 2017 that prints all four Alola starters as GX. Fifty-one numbered cards, seven full-art (052–058), seven Hyper Rare (059–065) and three gold (066–068). 003 Decidueye-GX, 009 Incineroar-GX and 016 Primarina-GX finish the three starter lines that SM1 only began, and Decidueye-GX is the one that gets played: Feather Arrow puts two damage counters on one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon while it damages the Active, and Razor Leaf is 90 for two Grass. 021 Vikavolt-GX, 026 Toxapex-GX, 040 Sylveon-GX and 042 Drampa-GX complete the seven. Each of the seven is printed three times — Double Rare, full-art and rainbow — which is why 21 of the 68 numbered cards are the same seven Pokémon. No card here has a rarity printed on the source listing: these 51 are recorded with the rarity of the English printing of the same card instead, and this page says so rather than inventing one. English prints these cards across two products — 2 February's Sun & Moon and 5 May's Guardians Rising.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Rowlet, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Leafage is 20 for a Grass and a Colourless. Two attacks on a 60 HP starter, which is one more than the December packs gave theirs. Megumi Mizutani.
Dartrix, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Sharp Blade Quill does 20 to any one of the opponent's Pokémon for a single Colourless, Leaf Blade is 50 and 70 on heads. The snipe costs one Energy and does not care about Weakness, so it is a free 20 every turn while the board is being built. Mizue.
Ability Feather Arrow
Decidueye-GX, 240 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Feather Arrow puts two damage counters on any one of the opponent's Pokémon once a turn, Razor Leaf is 90, and Hollow Hunt-GX takes three cards out of the discard pile. A 240 HP Stage 2 that does its damage from the Ability slot: Feather Arrow plus Rare Candy at 046 skips Dartrix entirely, and the GX attack refills the hand that the Candy emptied. 5ban Graphics.
Grubbin, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Vice Grip, 20 for two. Akira Komayama.
Fomantis, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Synthesis searches a Grass Energy out of the deck and attaches it to anything of yours, Leafage is 20. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Sunny Day
Lurantis, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Sunny Day makes every attack by your Grass and Fire Pokémon do 20 more damage, Solar Beam is 80. Not a Pokémon anyone attacks with: it sits on the Bench and turns a Grass deck's whole board into +20, which is exactly what Lurantis-GX in the December pack was missing. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Feather Arrow
Decidueye-GX, full-art, 240 HP, Grass, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 003, same Ability Feather Arrow, same Hollow Hunt-GX. The art is the only difference, and it is the most expensive Grass card printed in 2017 until Shining Rayquaza arrives in July. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Feather Arrow
Decidueye-GX, Hyper Rare, 240 HP, Grass, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 003 and 052, in the rainbow-foil treatment that arrived with the Sun & Moon era in December. Same Feather Arrow, same Hollow Hunt-GX. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Litten, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Bite is 10, Flare is 20 for a Fire and a Colourless. Akira Komayama.
Torracat, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Fury Swipes is 20 per heads on three coins, Flamethrower is 90 for three and discards an Energy. TOKIYA.
Incineroar-GX, 250 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Hustling Strike is 10 and 20 more for every Fire Pokémon on your Bench, Tiger Swing is 80 and 50 more per heads on two coins, and Burning Slam-GX is 200 and Burns. Three attacks that all scale off something else, and a GX attack that is simply the largest fixed number in the set short of Charizard-GX in June. 5ban Graphics.
Oricorio, 90 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Passionate Dance puts three Basic Fire Pokémon straight onto the Bench off the deck, Kindle is 30 and trades an Energy off both Actives. The fastest Fire setup card printed in 2017. Shin Nagasawa.
Incineroar-GX, full-art, 250 HP, Fire, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 009, same Hustling Strike, same Tiger Swing, same Burning Slam-GX for 200 and Burn. 5ban Graphics.
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Incineroar-GX, Hyper Rare, 250 HP, Fire, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 009 and 053. Burning Slam-GX at 200 plus Burn, in rainbow foil. 5ban Graphics.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Poliwag, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Water Gun is 10, Hydro Pump is 30 and 10 more per Water Energy on it. Asako Ito.
Poliwhirl, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Double Slap is 30 per heads on two coins, Wave Splash is 60. Atsuko Nishida.
Politoed, 130 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Roll Call searches Poliwag, Poliwhirl and Poliwrath and puts all three onto the Bench at once, Hyper Jump is 100 and can shuffle Politoed and everything on it back into the deck. The only attack in 2017 that fetches a named three-card line in one go, and the only one that can put itself back to be played again. Saya Tsuruta.
Popplio, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Pound is 10, Water Gun is 20. Kouki Saitou.
Brionne, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Wave Splash is 30, Disarming Voice is 50 and Confuses. Saya Tsuruta.
Primarina-GX, 250 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Bubble Beat is 10 and 20 more for every Water Energy attached to any of your Pokémon, Roaring Seas is 120 and takes an Energy off the opponent's Active, and Grand Echo-GX heals every Pokémon you have completely. The only GX attack in the set that resets your whole board rather than one card. 5ban Graphics.
Dewpider, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Bubble, 10 and Paralysis on heads. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Water Bubble
Araquanid, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Water Bubble turns off all damage from Fire Pokémon, Aqua Edge is 70 for three. A 100 HP Stage 1 that a whole Fire deck cannot touch, and the cheapest answer to Volcanion-EX in the format. match.
Ability Innards Out
Pyukumuku, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Innards Out puts six damage counters on the Attacker when this is Knocked Out by an attack, Continuous Tumble is 30 per heads until tails. Sixty HP that costs the opponent 60 to remove, which is the whole card. You Iribi.
Primarina-GX, full-art, 250 HP, Water, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 016, same Bubble Beat, same Grand Echo-GX that heals the whole board. 5ban Graphics.
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Primarina-GX, Hyper Rare, 250 HP, Water, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 016 and 054, same Grand Echo-GX. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Charjabug, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Shocking Jaws is 20 and Paralyses on heads, Electric Ball is 50. Naoki Saito.
Vikavolt-GX, 240 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Charge Beam is 50 and attaches an Energy out of the discard pile to itself, Super Zap Cannon is 180 and discards two, and Gigatron-GX does 60 to every Benched Pokémon the opponent has. A 240 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of one that reloads itself, hits for 180, and then clears the Bench in one GX attack. 5ban Graphics.
Oricorio, 90 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Feather Dance makes Pom-Pom Punch's base damage 100 next turn, and Pom-Pom Punch is 20 for one Lightning. The cheapest two-turn setup in the pack: 20 now, 100 next turn, both for a single Energy. Naoki Saito.
Vikavolt-GX, full-art, 240 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 021, same Charge Beam, same Gigatron-GX that hits every Benched Pokémon for 60. 5ban Graphics.
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Vikavolt-GX, Hyper Rare, 240 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 021 and 055, same Gigatron-GX. 5ban Graphics.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Vital Dance
Oricorio, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Vital Dance searches two basic Energy cards into hand the moment it is played onto the Bench, Casual Slap is 30. A free double Energy search attached to a Pokémon that never has to attack. Kouki Saitou.
Oricorio, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Supernatural Dance puts one damage counter on the opponent's Pokémon for every Pokémon in their discard pile, placed however you like, and Revelation Dance is 30 but does nothing at all without a Stadium in play. The only attack in the set that scales off the opponent's discard pile, printed on a card that needs a Stadium to use its second attack. TOKIYA.
Mareanie, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Poison Sting, which Poisons for no damage. match.
Toxapex-GX, 210 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Spike Cannon is 30 per heads on four coins, Super Intense Poison Poisons and puts ten damage counters on instead of one between turns, and Total Shelter-GX is 150 followed by complete immunity for a turn. Ten counters a turn is 100 damage that no attack can block, and the GX attack then makes the card untouchable while it ticks. 5ban Graphics.
Cosmog, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Dust Gathering, which draws a card for one Colourless. Megumi Mizutani.
Cosmoem, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — one attack, Teleport, which switches it for a Benched Pokémon. A Stage 1 with no damage at all, existing only to become Solgaleo or Lunala. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Lunala, 160 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Shatter Shot is 40 per Psychic Energy on it, Wings of the Moone is 130 and moves every Energy on it to the Bench however you like. The non-GX version of the December card, and the only one in the set that pays for its own attack by handing the Energy to something else. 5ban Graphics.
Toxapex-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 026, same Super Intense Poison and its ten damage counters, same Total Shelter-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Toxapex-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 026 and 056, same ten-counter Poison and same Total Shelter-GX. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Roadblock
Sudowoodo, 100 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Roadblock caps the opponent at four Benched Pokémon and forces them to discard down to four, Rock Throw is 40. A 100 HP Basic that shrinks the opponent's board the moment it is in play, which is the answer to every Bench-building deck in the format. Hajime Kusajima.
Mudbray, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Double Kick, 30 per heads on two coins. Kouki Saitou.
Mudsdale, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Enhanced Stomp is 60 and 120 with a Pokémon Tool attached, High Horsepower is 180 and 40 on itself. The whole card is a reason to play a Tool, which is what Choice Band at 049 is for: 150 for three with a Band on it. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Passimian, 110 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Fling does 30 to a Benched Pokémon for a single Fighting, Team Play is 10 and 30 more for every Passimian on your Bench. The only card in 2017 whose damage is a function of how many copies of itself you have in play, up to 130 for two Energy. Naoki Saito.
Sandygast, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Shore Up attaches a Fighting Energy out of the discard pile to itself, Sand Tomb is 30 and pins the Defending Pokémon. Akira Komayama.
Ability Wall of Sand
Palossand, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — the Ability Wall of Sand takes 20 off every attack, Absorb Vitality is 50 and heals back exactly the damage it dealt. A 130 HP Stage 1 that effectively has 150 against anything small and gets the damage back. Kouki Saitou.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Rattata, 40 HP, Darkness, Basic, free retreat — one attack, Gnaw, 20 for a single Colourless with no cost written into it. Forty HP is the lowest printed in the pack, and the Alolan form's first card in the 2017 sets. Kouki Saitou.
Alolan Raticate, 120 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Evil Orders searches up to one card for every Pokémon on your Bench, Endeavor is 60 and 30 more per heads on two coins. A fetch that grows with the Bench on a card that also hits for 120 at best. match.
Absol, 100 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Future Sight reorders the top four cards of either deck, Doom News returns all its Energy to hand and Knocks the Defending Pokémon Out at the end of the opponent's next turn. Damage-free removal on a 100 HP Basic: no amount of HP stops it, only a switch or a KO on Absol before the turn ends. Anesaki Dynamic.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Solgaleo, 160 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Shining Arrow does 50 to any one Pokémon for two, Fangs of the Sunne is 170 and cannot be used two turns running. The non-GX Sunne, with the snipe the GX version does not have. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Sylveon-GX, 200 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Magical Ribbon searches any three cards for one Fairy, Fairy Wind is 110, and Plea-GX returns two Benched Pokémon and everything attached to them to the opponent's hand. Three cards of any kind, every turn, on a 200 HP Stage 1: the search is the reason the card is played, and the GX attack is the reason it is feared. 5ban Graphics.
Sylveon-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 040, same Magical Ribbon searching three cards, same Plea-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Sylveon-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 040 and 057, same Magical Ribbon and Plea-GX. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Energy Evolution
Eevee, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Energy Evolution lets it evolve straight out of the deck into the evolution that matches the type of any basic Energy attached to it, and Quick Draw draws a card on heads. The single card that carries all seven Eeveelution GX in 2017, and the reason Eevee is in every deck that plays one of them. Shibuzoh.
Drampa-GX, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Righteous Edge is 20 and discards a Special Energy off the opponent's Active, Berserk is 80 and 150 if your Benched Pokémon are damaged, and Big Wheel-GX shuffles the hand away and draws ten. Attacking your own Bench is the point: the more hurt the Bench, the closer Berserk gets to a one-shot. 5ban Graphics.
Drampa-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 042, same Berserk, same Big Wheel-GX that draws ten. 5ban Graphics.
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Drampa-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 042 and 058, same Big Wheel-GX. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Shuffle 5 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your deck.
Energy Recycler, Item — five basic Energy out of the discard pile and back into the deck. Not into hand, into the deck, which is what makes it the card a 180-damage-per-turn deck needs on the turn after it discards three. Toyste Beach.
Discard a Special Energy from 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.
Enhanced Hammer, Item — discard a Special Energy off any one of the opponent's Pokémon, with no coin flip. The card that turns Double Colourless and Rainbow Energy into dead weight, printed in the same pack as both. Yoshinobu Saito.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Ultra Ball, Item — discard two cards and search any Pokémon into hand. The most played card of the era, reprinted here in the first pack of 2017 and again as a gold card in the December set: everything in this format that wants one specific Pokémon pays two cards for it. Ryo Ueda.
Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it. You can’t use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Rare Candy, Item — evolve a Basic straight into a Stage 2, skipping the Stage 1, with the two-turn restriction written into the card. Thirty-one days after this pack, the card is what puts Decidueye-GX into play on turn two, and it is the single most important reprint in the set. Toyste Beach.
Move an Energy from 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon.
Multi Switch, Item — move an Energy from a Benched Pokémon to the Active. No type restriction, no coin: any Energy at all, which is what makes it different from every earlier switch card and why it appears in decks with two or three types. Toyste Beach.
Heal all damage from 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, discard all Energy from that Pokémon.
Max Potion, Item — heal everything on one Pokémon and discard all Energy on it. Full healing with the price paid in Energy, which is a bargain on a GX that reloads itself and a disaster on anything that does not. Toyste Beach.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 30 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon-GX or Active Pokémon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Choice Band, Pokémon Tool — the holder's attacks do 30 more to an Active Pokémon-GX or EX. Thirty damage for nothing, on a Tool, in a format where the thing you need to Knock Out is a GX: the card that makes 170 into 200 and 180 into 210. Eske Yoshinob.
The Retreat Cost of each Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) that has any Psychic or Darkness Energy attached to it is ColorlessColorless less.
Altar of the Moone, Stadium — every Pokémon with a Psychic or a Darkness Energy on it has its Retreat Cost cut by two. A Stadium that helps both players, which is why it is played for the free retreat on your own board and not to hurt anyone. 5ban Graphics.
Fire Pokémon and Metal Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) have no Weakness.
Altar of the Sunne, Stadium — Fire Pokémon and Metal Pokémon have no Weakness. The exact counter to a Grass or Water deck trying to hit a 250 HP Fire GX for double, and the reason Solgaleo and Incineroar decks have a Stadium at all. 5ban Graphics.
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Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it. You can’t use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Rare Candy, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 046: evolve a Basic straight into a Stage 2. Printed gold in the same pack that prints it ordinary, which is the pattern the December 2016 sets established and every Sun & Moon set repeats. Toyste Beach.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Double Colorless Energy provides ColorlessColorless Energy.
Double Colourless Energy, gold, Special Energy, ultra rare (UR) — provides two Colourless and counts as one Energy card, which is the whole reason a three-Energy GX attack is affordable on curve. Printed only as a gold card in this set: there is no ordinary Double Colourless here. 5ban Graphics.
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Grass Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Grass Energy and nothing else, printed as a secret card above a 051 denominator. A basic Energy as the third gold of the set, which is the same statement Metal Energy made in December 2016. 5ban Graphics.
Grass Energy, basic Energy — the ordinary printing of the gold card at 068. One Grass Energy, no effect, in the pack's basic Energy block. 5ban Graphics.
Fire Energy, basic Energy — one Fire Energy. Part of the five basic Energy cards (069–073) that this pack, alone among the twelve 2017 sets, ships inside the numbering. 5ban Graphics.
Psychic Energy, basic Energy — one Psychic Energy. Note that the last card of the block is a Fairy Energy, not a Metal one: the five here are Grass, Fire, Psychic, Metal and Fairy, which is the Sun & Moon era's basic Energy set. 5ban Graphics.
Metal Energy, basic Energy — one Metal Energy, in the block of five. 5ban Graphics.
Fairy Energy, basic Energy — one Fairy Energy, and the last card in the pack at 073/051. 5ban Graphics.
One half of SM2. Fifty numbered cards at 001/050–050/050, then five full-art cards at 051–055, four rainbow cards at 056–059 and three gold cards at 060–062, making 62. The face is Tapu Koko-GX at 022, 170 HP — the lowest HP on any GX of the year — whose Aero Trail moves Lightning Energy onto it and switches it in as it arrives, so it attacks the turn it is played. Tapu Thunder-GX does 50 for every Energy attached to every Pokémon the opponent has. The Alolan Vulpix into Alolan Ninetales-GX at 013 line is here, and so is Kommo-o-GX at 041, 240 HP, with a flat 240 GX attack. English is Guardians Rising on 5 May 2017, 169 cards, which merges this pack with Alolan Moonlight from the same day.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-03-17. 62 cards — 54 Pokémon, 7 Trainers and 1 Energy, 12 of them GX; 24 commons, 16 uncommons, 6 rares, 4 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 4 Hyper Rares; 12 Water, 7 Grass, 6 Fighting, 6 Dragon, 5 Lightning, 5 Psychic, 5 Colourless, 4 Fire, 3 Fairy and 1 Metal; 31 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 13.
One half of 17 March, and the half that puts the Tapu on the table. Fifty numbered cards, five full-art (051–055), four Hyper Rare (056–059) and three gold (060–062). 022 Tapu Koko-GX is 170 HP and free-retreating, with Aero Trail moving it to the Active spot and pulling three Energy out of the deck when it arrives, and Sky-High Claws at 130; the GX attack, Tapu Thunder GX, does 50 to every one of the opponent's Pokémon. 009 Turtonator-GX, 013 Alolan Ninetales-GX and 041 Kommo-o-GX fill out the four, and 049 Hala is the Supporter that draws seven cards off a GX attack — the first card printed to pay for the mechanic SM1 introduced. 048 Field Blower, 060 Field Blower and 061 Max Potion are the gold band, and almost the whole pack crosses to English on 5 May as Guardians Rising.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Bellsprout, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Vine Whip, 30 for a Grass and a Colourless. Aya Kusube.
Weepinbell, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Muddy Acid is 40 and discards an Energy off the opponent's Active on heads. Mina Nakai.
Victreebel, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Pollen Hazard is 20 and Burns, Confuses and Poisons at once, Stick and Absorb is 80, heals 20 and pins the Defending Pokémon. The only attack in 2017 that lands three Special Conditions with one hit, and both of them are on a Stage 2 nobody had played since 2013. TOKIYA.
Petilil, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Blot is 10 and heals 10 off itself. Naoki Saito.
Lilligant, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Petal Blizzard does 10 to every Pokémon the opponent has, Petal Dance is 40 per heads on three coins and Confuses it. Ninety HP with a board-wide attack and no way to stop itself being Confused. You Iribi.
Wimpod, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Scamper Away shuffles Wimpod and everything on it back into the deck, Ram is 10. A Basic that can run away for a single Colourless, which is the whole point of the card before it becomes Golisopod. match.
Ability Armor
Golisopod, 130 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Armor takes 30 off every attack, Resolute Claws is 80 and 150 against a GX or EX. A 130 HP Stage 1 that effectively has 160 against most of the format and hits the cards that matter for 150. Kouki Saitou.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Victory Star
Victini, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Victory Star lets you ignore any coin flip result for an attack once a turn and start those flips over, and V-Flame is 50. Seventy HP that turns every coin-flip card in the pack — Petal Dance, Dual Chop, All the Presents — into a card with a second try. kodama.
Turtonator-GX, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — Shell Trap is 20 and puts eight damage counters on the Attacker if it is hit next turn, Bright Flame is 160 and discards two Fire, and Nitro Tank-GX attaches five Fire Energy out of the discard pile however you like. The GX attack is a reload rather than damage, which is what makes 160 a recurring number. 5ban Graphics.
Turtonator-GX, full-art, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 009, same Shell Trap, same Nitro Tank-GX that attaches five Fire Energy out of the discard pile. 5ban Graphics.
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Turtonator-GX, Hyper Rare, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 009 and 051, in rainbow foil. Same Bright Flame at 160, same Nitro Tank-GX. 5ban Graphics.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Sandshrew, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Defense Curl blocks everything next turn on heads, Ice Ball is 30. Mizue.
Ability Slush Rush
Alolan Sandslash, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Slush Rush draws a card once a turn, Smash Turn is 50 and switches it out. A Stage 1 that pays for itself in cards before it ever attacks. TOKIYA.
Alolan Vulpix, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Beacon searches two Pokémon into hand for two Colourless, Icy Snow is 20. The setup card that puts Alolan Ninetales-GX on the board, printed at 60 HP so that it has to be protected. You Iribi.
Alolan Ninetales-GX, 210 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Ice Blade does 50 to any one Pokémon, Blizzard Edge is 160 and discards two Energy, and Ice Path-GX moves every damage counter off it onto the opponent's Active. A 210 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of one, a snipe, a 160 hit and a GX attack that turns the damage it has taken into damage dealt. 5ban Graphics.
Delibird, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — All the Presents flips until tails and searches one card into hand per heads, Surprise Attack is 40 on heads and nothing on tails. The only card in the pack that can fetch four cards in one turn, and the one that needs Victini most. sui.
Snorunt, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Chilly is 10, Frost Breath is 20. Tomokazu Komiya.
Glalie, 120 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Crunch is 40 and discards an Energy on heads, Raging Floe is 70 and 150 while Glalie has any damage on it. Damage on your own card is the switch: the same design as Drampa-GX in the January pack, on a 120 HP Stage 1. so-taro.
Vanillite, 50 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Triple Spin, 10 per heads on three coins. OOYAMA.
Vanillish, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Ice Shard is 30 and 60 against a Fighting Pokémon. Naoki Saito.
Vanilluxe, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Hail does 20 to every Pokémon the opponent has, Frozen Breath is 80 and Paralyses if you discard two Water. A Stage 2 that can either spread or lock, and the only Water card in the set with a real choice between the two. kawayoo.
Alolan Ninetales-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Water, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 013, same Ice Blade, same Ice Path-GX that dumps its own damage counters onto the opponent's Active. 5ban Graphics.
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Alolan Ninetales-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Water, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 013 and 052, same Ice Path-GX. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Helioptile, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Thunder Shock is 10 and Paralyses on heads. Masakazu Fukuda.
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Heliolisk, 100 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Quick Attack is 20 and 40 on heads, Raging Thunder is 120 and 30 on one of your own Benched Pokémon. The highest damage on a non-GX Lightning card in the pack, paid for out of your own Bench. Shin Nagasawa.
Ability Aero Trail
Tapu Koko-GX, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Aero Trail moves any amount of Lightning Energy onto it from your other Pokémon and switches it into the Active spot as it arrives, Sky-High Claws is 130, and Tapu Thunder-GX does 50 for every Energy attached to every Pokémon the opponent has. The lowest HP on any GX of 2017 and the fastest: it attacks the turn it is benched, and the GX attack counts the opponent's board rather than its own. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Aero Trail
Tapu Koko-GX, full-art, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 022, same Aero Trail, same Tapu Thunder-GX that counts the Energy on the opponent's whole board. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Aero Trail
Tapu Koko-GX, Hyper Rare, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 022 and 053, same Tapu Thunder-GX. The lowest-HP Hyper Rare printed in 2017, and the most expensive card in this pack. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Slowpoke, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Headbutt is 10, Whimsy Tackle is 60 and does nothing on tails. Mina Nakai.
Slowbro, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Amnesia is 20 and locks one of the opponent's attacks for a turn, Facade is 50 and 130 while Slowbro is Burned or Poisoned. The only card in the pack that wants to be Poisoned. Shibuzoh.
Gothita, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Blown Kiss, which puts a single damage counter anywhere on the opponent's side for one Psychic. Yuka Morii.
Gothorita, 80 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Slap is 20, Psybeam is 30 and Confuses. kawayoo.
Gothitelle, 140 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Tractorbeam pulls a Benched Pokémon up and does 30 to it, Link Blast is 50 and 130 when both Actives have the same number of Energy attached. A Gust and a damage number that depends on how the opponent built their board, on the same card. Mitsuhiro Arita.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Machop, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Dual Chop, 30 per heads on two coins. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Daunting Pose
Machoke, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Daunting Pose blocks all damage and all damage counters to your Bench, Cross Chop is 30 and 60 on heads. One of two cards printed in 2017 that protect the Bench outright, and the cheapest of them. Kouki Saitou.
Machamp, 160 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Settle the Score is 20 and 100 more for every Prize the opponent took on their last turn, Submission is 150 and 30 on itself. The only attack in the year that scales off the Prize race: take four Prizes in one turn and Machamp answers with 340. Hitoshi Ariga.
Nosepass, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Ram is 20, Rising Lunge is 30 and 60 on heads. Tomokazu Komiya.
Barboach, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Hook is 10, Mud-Slap is 20. sui.
Whiscash, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Water Pulse is 60 and puts the Active to Sleep, Landslip discards the top three cards of your deck and does 100 for each Energy card among them. Up to 300 damage that you have to mill for, on a card that also puts things to sleep. Masakazu Fukuda.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Probopass, 130 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Energy Link is 30 and attaches an Energy out of the discard pile to itself, Power Gem is 120 for four. A 130 HP Stage 1 that reloads itself every turn, which is what a retreat of four needs. Yoshinobu Saito.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Drampa, 120 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Amass attaches a basic Energy out of the deck to itself, Power Cyclone is 80 and moves an Energy to the Bench. The non-GX version of the January card, and the only Dragon in the pack that accelerates itself. match.
Ability Bulletproof
Jangmo-o, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Bulletproof takes 10 off every attack, Dragon Claw is 30 for a Lightning and a Fighting. match.
Hakamo-o, 90 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Headbutt is 30, Dragon Claw is 80 for a Lightning, a Fighting and a Colourless. Shin Nagasawa.
Kommo-o-GX, 240 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Adamantine Press is 30 and takes 30 off incoming damage next turn, Shred is 130 and ignores every effect on the opponent's Active, and Ultra Uppercut-GX is a flat 240. The only Dragon GX of 2017, and the only GX attack in the first half of the year that simply names a number larger than the card's own HP. 5ban Graphics.
Kommo-o-GX, full-art, 240 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 041, same Shred, same Ultra Uppercut-GX at 240. 5ban Graphics.
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Kommo-o-GX, Hyper Rare, 240 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 041 and 054, same Ultra Uppercut-GX at 240. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Clefairy, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Slap is 10, Follow Me pulls the opponent's Benched Pokémon up for two Colourless. A free Gust attached to a 60 HP Basic. Kagemaru Himeno.
Clefable, 100 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Lullaby is 20 and puts the Active to Sleep, Meteor Mash is 60 and 120 the turn after it is used. The only attack in the pack that gets stronger by being used twice in a row. Miki Tanaka.
Ability Flower Shield
Comfey, 70 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Flower Shield makes every Pokémon of yours with a Fairy Energy on it immune to all Special Conditions, and clears the ones already on them, Sweet Kiss is 30 and lets the opponent draw. Seventy HP that turns Sleep, Poison, Burn and Confusion off for the whole board. Sanosuke Sakuma.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Chansey, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Bind Wound heals 30 off anything of yours on heads, Hammer In is 80 for four. Megumi Mizutani.
Ability Fresh Egg
Blissey, 160 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 4 — the Ability Fresh Egg heals 80 off your Active the moment Blissey evolves, Double-Edge is 160 and 80 on itself. A 160 HP Stage 1 that arrives as a heal and then trades 80 for 160 every turn. Hideki Ishikawa.
Taillow, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Reckless Charge, 20 and 10 on itself. Ayaka Yoshida.
Swellow, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Agility is 20 and blocks all effects and damage next turn on heads, Swallow Dive is 40 and 120 if Agility was used last turn. Two attacks that have to be used in order, on a 90 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of one. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Comatose
Komala, 80 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Comatose puts Komala to Sleep whenever an Energy is attached to it from hand, and Hypno Roll is 100 and only works while it is Asleep. An 80 HP Basic that puts itself to sleep to attack, which makes it immune to everything except the cards that wake it up. Kouki Saitou.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal an Energy card you find there and put it into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Energy Loto, Item — look at the top seven cards and take an Energy card out of them. Seven deep for one Energy, no coin, no discard: the search card that makes a two-type deck consistent. Yoshinobu Saito.
Choose up to 2 in any combination of Pokémon Tool cards and Stadium cards in play (yours or your opponent’s) and discard them.
Field Blower, Item — discard up to two Pokémon Tools and Stadiums in any combination, yours or the opponent's. The card that removes a Choice Band and an Altar in one play, and the reason Tools stop being permanent from March 2017 onwards. Toyste Beach.
Shuffle your hand into your deck. If you have used your GX attack, draw 7 cards. If not, draw 4 cards.
Hala, Supporter — shuffle your hand into the deck and draw seven if you have already used your GX attack, four if you have not. A draw card that is deliberately bad until the GX attack is spent, and the first Supporter built around that timing. Ken Sugimori.
Basic Grass Pokémon and Basic Lightning Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) take 30 less damage from the opponent’s attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Aether Paradise Conservation Area, Stadium — Basic Grass and Basic Lightning Pokémon take 30 less damage from attacks, both sides. The Stadium that keeps Tapu Koko-GX's 170 HP alive, printed in the same pack as it. 5ban Graphics.
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Shuffle your hand into your deck. If you have used your GX attack, draw 7 cards. If not, draw 4 cards.
Hala, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 049: shuffle the hand away and draw seven after the GX attack, four before it. Redrawn by Naoki Saito from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print, which is the same split the December 2016 pairs used. Naoki Saito.
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Choose up to 2 in any combination of Pokémon Tool cards and Stadium cards in play (yours or your opponent’s) and discard them.
Field Blower, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 048, and the first Item of the Sun & Moon era to be printed gold in the same set as its ordinary version. Remove two Tools or Stadiums in any combination. Toyste Beach.
Heal all damage from 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, discard all Energy from that Pokémon.
Max Potion, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — heal everything on one Pokémon and discard all its Energy. A reprint of the January card in gold, and the card that makes a 250 HP GX worth healing twice. Toyste Beach.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Lightning Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Lightning Energy and nothing else, printed as a secret card at 062/050. The second gold basic Energy of 2017, after Grass in January, and the one that matches the Lightning GX in this pack. 5ban Graphics.
The other half of SM2. Fifty numbered cards at 001/050–050/050, then five full-art cards at 051–055, making 55 — the only 2017 expansion with no rainbow and no gold cards at all. All three sources used here (cardcodex, thepricedexjp, pokellector) stop at 055, short of the 50 plus 12 the official listing gives; what is missing is the Hyper Rare and gold tier, so this page records 55 and says so rather than padding the count. The face is Tapu Lele-GX at 022, whose Wonder Tag searches any Supporter the moment it is benched — the most played card of 2017, and the reason almost every deck from March onwards opens with two or three of it. Metagross-GX at 035, 250 HP, with its five-card Algorithm-GX, and Lycanroc-GX at 027 with Bloodthirsty Eyes are here too. English is Guardians Rising on 5 May 2017, 169 cards.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-03-17. 55 cards — 50 Pokémon, 5 Trainers and no Energy cards, 8 of them GX; 24 commons, 16 uncommons, 6 rares, 4 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards; 8 Water, 7 Fighting, 6 Psychic, 6 Colourless, 5 Fire, 4 Darkness, 4 Metal, 3 Lightning, 3 Dragon, 2 Grass and 2 Fairy; 34 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 9.
The other half of 17 March, and the only product in the year with no Hyper Rare and no gold card. Fifty numbered cards and five full-art (051–055) — that is all: 55 cards in total, the smallest product of 2017, and the card numbers on the cards themselves read /055. 022 Tapu Lele-GX is the reason the pack exists: 170 HP, Wonder Tag searches any Supporter out of the deck the moment it is played, and every deck in the format runs it. 014 Wishiwashi-GX, 027 Lycanroc-GX and 035 Metagross-GX are the other three, 020 Mimikyu copies the damage of the attack that just hit it, and 049 Mallow and 050 Brooklet Hill are the two cards in the pack that go into every deck that is not playing Tapu Lele-GX. All 55 cross to English on 5 May, inside Guardians Rising.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Phantump, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Tackle is 10, Confuse Ray is nothing but Confusion for two. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Trevenant, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Poltergeist is 30 for every Trainer card in the opponent's hand, Horn Leech is 90 and heals 30. A 120 HP Stage 1 that reads the opponent's hand and turns a full hand into damage. Hiroyuki Yamamoto.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Litwick, 50 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Flickering Flames, 10 for one Fire. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Lampent, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Will-O-Wisp is 30 for one Fire. 313.
Ability Shady Move
Chandelure, 140 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability Shady Move moves a damage counter from one Pokémon to another once a turn, Super Singe is 50 and Burns. A 140 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of one that slowly moves damage onto whatever it wants, which is the only free counter-mover in the year. Kouki Saitou.
Salandit, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Venoshock is 20 and 60 against a Poisoned Active. TOKIYA.
Ability Hot Poison
Salazzle, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Hot Poison leaves the opponent's Active Burned and Poisoned the moment it evolves, Flamethrower is 90 and discards an Energy. Mitsuhiro Arita.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Tentacool, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Sludge Shock, 10 for one Colourless. Shibuzoh.
Tentacruel, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Poison Sting is 30, Seething Tentacles is 40 and 10 more for every Energy on the opponent's Active. Masakazu Fukuda.
Wailmer, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Splash is 20, Surf is 70. Miki Tanaka.
Wailord, 200 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Dive is 40 and blocks everything next turn on heads, Open Sea is 80 and heals 30 off every Water Pokémon you have. Two hundred HP, printed in both March packs on the same day. OOYAMA.
Alomomola, 110 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Borne Ashore searches three Pokémon out of the discard pile into hand, Hydro Splash is 60. A recovery card that also attacks, which is the only way a 110 HP Basic stays in a deck. Aya Kusube.
Ability Schooling
Wishiwashi, 30 HP, Water, Basic, free retreat — the Ability Schooling swaps it with a Wishiwashi-GX in hand and keeps every card and counter on the new Pokémon, Sharpshooting does 10 to anything. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Wishiwashi-GX, 210 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Water Gun is 20, Torrential Vortex is 120 and discards a Special Energy off the opponent's Active, and Blue Surge-GX is 220 and moves every Energy on it to the Bench. Two hundred and twenty for five Energy is the largest fixed Water number of 2017, and the GX attack hands the Energy back rather than losing it. 5ban Graphics.
Wishiwashi-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 014, same Torrential Vortex, same Blue Surge-GX at 220. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Geodude, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Rock Polish attaches two Fighting Energy out of the discard pile to itself, Rollout is 40 for no Energy cost. The only card in the pack with a free attack written into its second slot. Hitoshi Ariga.
Alolan Graveler, 110 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Thunder Punch is 50 and 80 on heads, Electrobullet is 80 and puts 30 on one of your own Benched Pokémon. A Lightning line that pays its damage out of your own Bench. match.
Alolan Golem, 160 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Electromagnetic Rock Wrecker is 80 per heads, one coin for every Lightning Energy on it, Heavy Slam is 200 minus 30 for every Colourless in the opponent's Retreat Cost. The two extremes of the set on one card: a coin-flip attack that can reach 320 and a fixed attack that can fall to 110. Shin Nagasawa.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Trubbish, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Stomp Off mills the top card of the opponent's deck, Drool is 30. Yuka Morii.
Garbodor, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Trashalanche is 20 for every Item in the opponent's discard pile, Acid Spray is 70 and discards an Energy on heads. Printed here in March and again in April: the card that ended the Item-heavy decks of the era. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Mimikyu, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Filch draws two cards for one Colourless, Copycat copies the opponent's last attack if it was not a GX attack. Seventy HP that can use the opponent's 300-damage Charizard attack against them, provided they used it last turn. Megumi Mizutani.
Ability Steelworker
Dhelmise, 120 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Steelworker makes every Metal Pokémon's attacks do 10 more, Anchor Shot is 70 and pins the Defending Pokémon. A Psychic card that exists to help Metal decks, which is the oddest type pairing of the March pair. Hasuno.
Ability Wonder Tag
Tapu Lele-GX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Wonder Tag searches any Supporter card out of the deck the moment it is benched, Energy Drive is 20 for every Energy on both Actives and ignores Weakness and Resistance, and Tapu Cure-GX heals two Benched Pokémon completely. The most played card of 2017: it converts a bench space into a guaranteed Supporter, which is the one thing every deck in the format wanted, and it does it while hitting for 100 for two Energy. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Wonder Tag
Tapu Lele-GX, full-art, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 022, same Ability Wonder Tag that finds any Supporter, same Tapu Cure-GX. The most expensive card in the pack and one of the two most expensive of the year. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Gligar, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Double Shot, which does 10 to two of the opponent's Pokémon for one Fighting. Mina Nakai.
Gliscor, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Finishing Stinger is 70 but does nothing at all if the opponent's Active had no damage counters on it before the attack, Guillotine is 90. The only attack in 2017 that checks the target's condition before damage rather than after, which makes it a finisher that cannot start a fight. Yoshinobu Saito.
Pancham, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Karate Chop, 60 minus 10 for every damage counter on Pancham. Sixty at full health, nothing at fifty. TOKIYA.
Rockruff, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Corner pins the Defending Pokémon for one Fighting, Wild Kick is 30 on heads. Naoki Saito.
Ability Bloodthirsty Eyes
Lycanroc-GX, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Bloodthirsty Eyes pulls a Benched Pokémon up the moment it evolves, Claw Slash is 110, and Dangerous Rogue-GX does 50 for every Pokémon on the opponent's Bench. The Midday Form: the GX attack is worth more the wider the opponent has built, so Bloodthirsty Eyes is doing double duty as a way to make them build wider. 5ban Graphics.
Minior, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Swift is 20 and ignores everything on the opponent's Active, Cosmicsplosion is 190 and Knocks Minior Out. One hundred and ninety damage on a 70 HP Basic for three Energy, with the cost written into the same sentence. Naoki Saito.
Ability Bloodthirsty Eyes
Lycanroc-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 027, same Bloodthirsty Eyes, same Dangerous Rogue-GX. 5ban Graphics.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Murkrow, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Whirlwind is 10 and forces the opponent to switch. Sekio.
Honchkrow, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Feint Attack does 30 to anything and ignores Weakness and Resistance, Raven’s Claw is 10 and 10 more for every damage counter on the opponent's whole board. Hideki Ishikawa.
Sableye, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Limitation stops the opponent playing any Supporter next turn, Scratch is 20. Aya Kusube.
Pangoro, 130 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Sky Uppercut is 70 and ignores Resistance, Magnum Punch is 130 for four. A 130 HP Stage 1 with a flat 130 that no Resistance can reduce, which is what a Darkness deck uses to answer a 250 HP GX. kodama.
4 cards · listed in original order.
Beldum, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Core Beam, 20 and a Metal Energy discarded. Kyoko Umemoto.
Metang, 90 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Ram is 20, Core Beam is 80 and discards a Metal Energy. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Geotech System
Metagross-GX, 250 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Geotech System attaches a Psychic or Metal Energy out of the discard pile to the Active every turn, Giga Hammer is 150 and cannot be used twice running, and Algorithm-GX searches five cards into hand. Two hundred and fifty HP, a free Energy every turn, and a GX attack that is pure card advantage rather than damage: the slowest and most inevitable GX of the first half of 2017. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Geotech System
Metagross-GX, full-art, 250 HP, Metal, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 035, same Geotech System, same Algorithm-GX that searches five cards. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Goomy, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Bubble Paralyses on heads, Tackle costs a Water and a Fairy. Asako Ito.
Sliggoo, 70 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Division searches two Sliggoo straight onto the Bench, Tackle is 20. Tomokazu Komiya.
Goodra, 160 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Power Whip does 20 for every Energy on it to any one Pokémon, Beat Slider is 130 and forces the opponent to switch. A 160 HP Stage 2 that snipes for up to 100 and then resets the opponent's board. Naoki Saito.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Cottonee, 50 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Continuous Tumble is 10 per heads until tails. Megumi Mizutani.
Whimsicott, 80 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, free retreat — The Wages of Fluff makes a Knock Out next turn worth two extra Prizes, Fairy Wind is 30. Kouki Saitou.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Castform, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Weather Teller searches two Stadium cards into hand, Water Pulse is 30 and Sleeps. The only card in the March pair that fetches Stadiums. sui.
Patrat, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Glance looks at the top card of the opponent's deck, Tackle is 20. Ayaka Yoshida.
Watchog, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Scrutinize looks at the top two cards of the opponent's deck, discards one, Slam is 60 per heads on two coins. Kagemaru Himeno.
Fletchling, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Growl cuts the Defending Pokémon's attacks by 20 next turn, Flap is 20. You Iribi.
Fletchinder, 70 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Flap is 20, Razor Wind is 40 on heads and nothing on tails. kawayoo.
Talonflame, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, free retreat — Flame Charge is 30 and attaches a Fire Energy out of the deck to itself, Loop-the-Loop is 90 and returns every Energy on it to hand. A Stage 2 that accelerates itself and then hands the Energy back, which is how it pays for 90 every turn. Shin Nagasawa.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Attach a Water Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Water Pokémon.
Aqua Patch, Item — attach a Water Energy out of the discard pile to a Benched Water Pokémon. The Water version of an Energy accelerator, printed two months after the Fire one: it is what makes Torrential Vortex's five-Energy cost reachable. Toyste Beach.
Choose 1: • Put a Pokémon from your discard pile into your hand. • Shuffle 3 Pokémon from your discard pile into your deck.
Rescue Stretcher, Item — either take a Pokémon out of the discard pile into hand, or shuffle three back into the deck. Recovery with a choice, and the card that makes discarding a GX to Ultra Ball cost nothing at all. Yoshinobu Saito.
Search your deck for 2 cards, shuffle your deck, then put those cards on top of it in any order.
Mallow, Supporter — search two cards and put them on top of the deck in any order. Not into hand: on top, which is how a deck guarantees its next draw. Ken Sugimori.
Once during each player’s turn, that player may search their deck for a Basic Water Pokémon or Basic Fighting Pokémon, put it onto their Bench, and shuffle their deck.
Brooklet Hill, Stadium — once a turn, either player may search a Basic Water or Basic Fighting Pokémon onto the Bench. A Stadium that both players use, printed in the pack that also carries Wishiwashi-GX and Lycanroc-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Search your deck for 2 cards, shuffle your deck, then put those cards on top of it in any order.
Mallow, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 049: search two cards and put them on top of the deck. Redrawn by Megumi Mizutani. The last card in the pack at 055/050, and the only Supporter in 2017 to get a full-art without a gold or rainbow twin. Megumi Mizutani.
The second strengthened pack of the Sun & Moon era, 21 April 2017. Forty-nine numbered cards at 001/049–049/049, then eight full-art cards at 050–057, six rainbow cards at 058–063, three gold cards at 064–066 and four basic Energy cards at 067–070, making 70. The face is Darkrai-GX at 040, whose Restoration brings it back out of the discard pile onto the Bench once a turn — the only Pokémon in 2017 that cannot be permanently removed. Garbodor at 025 and its Trashalanche, 20 for every Item in the opponent's discard pile, is the card that ended the Item-heavy decks of the following six months, and Acerola at 047 is the second life of every 250 HP GX. The same day also saw High Class Pack THE BEST OF XY (15 cards, 550 yen) — a reprint-only product, so it is not part of this year's table. English is Burning Shadows on 4 August 2017, 169 cards.162 yen is tax-inclusive (strengthened packs were 150 yen plus 8% as well). Twenty packs to a box. Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here.
2017-04-21. 70 cards — 55 Pokémon, 10 Trainers and 5 Energy, 18 of them GX; 6 Double Rares, 8 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 6 Hyper Rares; 12 Fighting, 10 Water, 9 Grass, 8 Darkness, 5 Fire, 5 Psychic, 3 Lightning, 2 Fairy and 1 Colourless; 30 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 16.
The April booster that fills the gaps the two March packs left, and the first one built around a Trainer instead of a Pokémon. Forty-nine numbered cards, eight full-art (050–057), six Hyper Rare (058–063) and three gold (064–066). Six GX here and four of them are Tapu or a legendary: 007 Tapu Bulu-GX, 018 Tapu Fini-GX, 029 Machamp-GX, 034 Lycanroc-GX and 040 Darkrai-GX, alongside 010 Salazzle-GX. 040 Darkrai-GX is the card the pack is remembered for — Dark Cleave does 130 and takes no damage back from the Active it just hit, and Dead End GX Knocks Out anything with damage on it. 047 Acerola picks a damaged Pokémon up and puts the damage in your hand as healed HP, 049 Olivia searches two Pokémon, and 064 Choice Band adds 30 to every attack against a GX — the band that defines the rest of the year. Every card here is Mirror Holofoil, and the whole pack crosses on 5 May.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Bellsprout, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Vine Whip is 30 for two. Aya Kusube.
Weepinbell, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Muddy Acid is 40 and discards an Energy on heads. Mina Nakai.
Victreebel, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Pollen Hazard is 20 and Burns, Confuses and Poisons in one hit, Stick and Absorb is 80, heals 20 and pins the Defending Pokémon. The same card as 003 in the March pack, reprinted a month later in a pack built around trials. TOKIYA.
Ledyba, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Agility, 10 and full immunity next turn on heads. Ayaka Yoshida.
Ledian, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Swift is 30 and ignores Weakness, Resistance and every effect on the opponent's Active, Comet Punch is 40 per heads on four coins. The only Grass card in the pack that can hit an immune target. Atsuko Nishida.
Tapu Bulu, 130 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Horn Leech is 30 and heals 30 off itself, Calm Strike is 60 and 120 once your GX attack has been used. The non-GX Bulu is built to arrive after the GX attack, which is the opposite of how every other Tapu card works. Megumi Mizutani.
Tapu Bulu-GX, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — Horn Attack is 30, Nature’s Judgment is 120 and 180 if you dump every Energy on it, and Tapu Wilderness-GX is 150 followed by a full heal. The only GX attack in 2017 that is also a Max Potion, on a card whose normal attack wants to be empty. PLANETA.
Tapu Bulu-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 007, same Nature’s Judgment and same Tapu Wilderness-GX that heals it completely. 5ban Graphics.
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Tapu Bulu-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Grass, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 007 and 050, in rainbow foil. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Salandit, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Venoshock is 20 and 60 against a Poisoned Active. TOKIYA.
Ability Hot Poison
Salazzle, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Hot Poison Burns and Poisons the opponent's Active the moment Salazzle evolves, Flamethrower is 90 and discards an Energy. A Stage 1 that arrives with two Special Conditions already on, which is exactly what Venoshock and Dead End-GX are looking for. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Salazzle-GX, 200 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Diabolical Claws is 50 for every Prize card you have taken, Heat Blast is 110, and Queen's Haze-GX discards every Energy on the opponent's Active. Fifty damage per Prize taken means the card gets worse the better you are doing and better the worse: at four Prizes it is 200 for two Energy. 5ban Graphics.
Salazzle-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Fire, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 010, same Diabolical Claws at 50 per Prize taken, same Queen's Haze-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Salazzle-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Fire, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 010 and 051, same Diabolical Claws. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Sandshrew, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Defense Curl blocks everything next turn on heads, Ice Ball is 30. Mizue.
Ability Slush Rush
Alolan Sandslash, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Slush Rush draws a card every turn, Smash Turn is 50 and switches out. TOKIYA.
Alolan Vulpix, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Beacon searches two Pokémon into hand, Icy Snow is 20. You Iribi.
Ability Luminous Barrier
Alolan Ninetales, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Luminous Barrier makes it completely immune to every attack and effect from Pokémon-GX and Pokémon-EX, Aurora Beam is 80. A 110 HP Stage 1 that the entire GX half of the format cannot damage, printed four months before the GX-heavy autumn sets. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Wailmer, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Splash is 20, Surf is 70 for four. Miki Tanaka.
Wailord, 200 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Dive is 40 and blocks everything next turn on heads, Open Sea is 80 and heals 30 off every Water Pokémon you have. Two hundred HP on a Stage 1, the highest printed in the pack, with the worst retreat in it. OOYAMA.
Ability Schooling
Wishiwashi, 30 HP, Water, Basic, free retreat — the Ability Schooling lets it swap places with a Wishiwashi-GX in your hand and keep every card, damage counter and Special Condition on it. Thirty HP that turns into a 210 HP GX without leaving the board, which is the only card in 2017 that evolves out of the hand sideways. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Tapu Fini-GX, 170 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Aqua Ring is 20 and switches itself out, Hydro Shot is 120 to any one Pokémon for two Water and a discard of both, and Tapu Storm-GX shuffles the opponent's Active and everything on it into their deck. Not a Knock Out: a removal that ignores HP, damage and immunity, and does nothing if the opponent has no Bench. 5ban Graphics.
Tapu Fini-GX, full-art, 170 HP, Water, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 018, same Hydro Shot, same Tapu Storm-GX that shuffles the opponent's Active into their deck. 5ban Graphics.
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Tapu Fini-GX, Hyper Rare, 170 HP, Water, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 018 and 052, same Tapu Storm-GX. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Electabuzz, 80 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Punch is 20, Thunder Shock is 40 and Paralyses on heads. match.
Electivire, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Thunder Punch is 60 and 120 on heads, 20 on itself on tails, Giga Impact is 170 and it cannot attack next turn. The largest number on a non-GX Lightning card in the first half of 2017, paid for with a skipped turn. kawayoo.
Tapu Koko, 110 HP, Lightning, Basic, free retreat — Flying Flip does 20 to every Pokémon the opponent has, Electric Ball is 100 for three. The non-GX Koko is a spread card first and an attacker second, and the cheapest Tapu in the pack to move out of the Active spot. kirisAki.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Slowpoke, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Headbutt is 10, Whimsy Tackle is 60 on heads and nothing on tails. Mina Nakai.
Slowking, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Drift Ashore searches any one card into hand, Unarmed is 110 and costs no Energy at all while your hand is empty. A Stage 1 that fetches every turn and then attacks for free once it has played its hand out. Eri Yamaki.
Trubbish, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Stomp Off mills the top card of the opponent's deck, Drool is 30. Yuka Morii.
Garbodor, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Trashalanche is 20 for every Item card in the opponent's discard pile, Acid Spray is 70 and discards an Energy on heads. The most important non-GX card of the second half of 2017: a deck that plays fifteen Items hands Garbodor a 300-damage attack for one Energy. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Tapu Lele, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Psywave is 20 for every Energy on the opponent's Active, Magical Swap moves any number of damage counters between the opponent's Pokémon however you like. The non-GX Lele is a damage-counter mover, not a search card, and the second half of the pairing that made its GX form the most played card of the year. You Iribi.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Machop, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Dual Chop is 30 per heads on two coins. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Daunting Pose
Machoke, 100 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Daunting Pose shuts off all damage and all damage counters to your Bench, Cross Chop is 30 and 60 on heads. Kouki Saitou.
Machamp-GX, 250 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Cross-Cut is 60 and 120 against an Evolved Active, Bedrock Breaker is 130 and discards any Stadium in play, and Muscle Punch-GX is 180 that ignores Resistance. 250 HP is the joint-highest in the pack, and Bedrock Breaker is the only attack in 2017 that removes a Stadium as part of its damage. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Heal Block
Lunatone, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Heal Block stops every Pokémon in play from being healed while Solrock is on your Bench, Lunar Blast is 30. A lock that needs its pair, printed in the same pack as it. Shin Nagasawa.
Solrock, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Draw draws two for one Colourless, Solar Heat is 20 and 40 with a Stadium in play. The other half of the Lunatone lock, and a draw engine that does not use the Supporter slot. Masakazu Fukuda.
Rockruff, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Rock Throw is 20. match.
Lycanroc, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dangerous Claws is 30 and 60 against a Basic Active, Corner is 90 and pins the Defending Pokémon. The non-GX Lycanroc, and the only card in the pack that punishes a Basic on turn one. Shin Nagasawa.
Lycanroc-GX, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Crunch is 30 and discards an Energy, Accelerock is 120, and Lycanfang-GX is 200 and discards two Energy. The Midnight Form: 200 HP, a retreat of one, three attacks that all cost two or three, and the GX attack is a straight 200 rather than a condition. 5ban Graphics.
Machamp-GX, full-art, 250 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 029, same Bedrock Breaker, same Muscle Punch-GX that ignores Resistance. 5ban Graphics.
Lycanroc-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 034, same Accelerock, same Lycanfang-GX at 200. 5ban Graphics.
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Machamp-GX, Hyper Rare, 250 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 029 and 053, same Muscle Punch-GX at 180. 5ban Graphics.
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Lycanroc-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 034 and 054, same Lycanfang-GX at 200. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Murkrow, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Whirlwind, 10 and forces the opponent to switch. Sekio.
Honchkrow, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Feint Attack does 30 to any one Pokémon and ignores Weakness, Resistance and every effect on it, Raven’s Claw is 10 and 10 more for every damage counter on the opponent's whole board. A snipe that sets up its own second attack. Hideki Ishikawa.
Sneasel, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Hone Claws makes Slash's base damage 80 next turn, and Slash is 20. Twenty now, eighty next turn, on a 70 HP Basic. Hasuno.
Weavile, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, free retreat — Rule of Evil does 60 to every Pokémon in play that has an Ability, both sides, Slash is 70. The only attack in 2017 that hits your own board as hard as the opponent's, which is why it is played in decks with no Abilities at all. Satoshi Shirai.
Sableye, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Limitation stops the opponent playing any Supporter from hand next turn, Scratch is 20. A one-Energy Supporter lock on a 60 HP Basic, which is the cheapest hand lock printed in the year. Aya Kusube.
Ability Restoration
Darkrai-GX, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Restoration lets it come back out of the discard pile onto the Bench once a turn, with a Darkness Energy attached from the discard, Dark Cleave is 130 and ignores Resistance, and Dead End-GX Knocks Out the opponent's Active outright if it has any Special Condition on it. The only Pokémon in 2017 that cannot be permanently removed: Knock it Out and it returns with its own Energy. PLANETA.
Ability Restoration
Darkrai-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 040, same Ability Restoration, same Dead End-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Restoration
Darkrai-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 040 and 055, same Restoration that returns it from the discard pile. The most valuable card in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Cottonee, 50 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Continuous Tumble is 10 per heads until tails. Megumi Mizutani.
Whimsicott, 80 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, free retreat — The Wages of Fluff makes a Knock Out next turn worth two extra Prizes, Fairy Wind is 30. A Stage 1 that turns one Knock Out into three Prizes, and the only card in the pack that changes the Prize count. Kouki Saitou.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Comatose
Komala, 80 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Comatose puts it to Sleep whenever an Energy is attached from hand, Hypno Roll is 100 and only works while Asleep. Kouki Saitou.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Each player switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Your opponent switches first. (If a player does not have a Benched Pokémon, that player doesn’t switch Pokémon.)
Escape Rope, Item — both players switch their Active for a Benched Pokémon, opponent first. A Gust for both sides, which is why it is played as much for getting out of a lock as for dragging something up. Toyste Beach.
The Pokémon this card is attached to has no Weakness.
Weakness Policy, Pokémon Tool — the holder has no Weakness. One Tool that deletes the ×2 on a 250 HP GX, printed two months before the autumn sets made Weakness matter. Ayaka Yoshida.
If the Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent’s attack, move up to 3 basic Energy cards from that Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Wishful Baton, Pokémon Tool — when the holder is Knocked Out as the Active, move up to three basic Energy off it onto a Benched Pokémon. The Tool that keeps a three-Energy GX attack affordable after the GX dies, and the reason energy acceleration decks play it over a fourth Energy. Toyste Beach.
Put 1 of your Pokémon that has any damage counters on it and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Acerola, Supporter — take one of your damaged Pokémon and every card attached to it back into your hand. Not a heal: a full reset that keeps the Energy and the Tool, and the reason a 250 HP GX in this format effectively has two lives. Ken Sugimori.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, draw 4 cards.
Sophocles, Supporter — discard two cards and draw four. The cheapest hand filter of the year, and the Supporter that makes Trashalanche and Restoration worse for the opponent by filling your own discard pile on purpose. Ken Sugimori.
Search your deck for up to 2 Pokémon-GX, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Olivia, Supporter — search up to two Pokémon-GX into hand. The only Supporter in 2017 that fetches GX cards specifically, which is what makes a deck built on two different GX consistent. Ken Sugimori.
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Put 1 of your Pokémon that has any damage counters on it and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Acerola, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 047: take a damaged Pokémon and everything on it back into hand. Redrawn by Megumi Mizutani from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print. Megumi Mizutani.
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Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, draw 4 cards.
Sophocles, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 048: discard two, draw four, this time drawn by Sanosuke Sakuma. Sanosuke Sakuma.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 30 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon-GX or Active Pokémon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Choice Band, gold, Pokémon Tool, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 049 in the January pack: +30 to an Active Pokémon-GX or EX. Printed gold here four months after its ordinary print, which is how the Sun & Moon era keeps a staple in circulation. Eske Yoshinob.
Move an Energy from 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon.
Multi Switch, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 047 in the January pack: move an Energy from a Benched Pokémon to the Active. Toyste Beach.
5 cards · listed in original order.
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Darkness Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Darkness Energy, printed as a secret at 066/049 in the same pack as Darkrai-GX. The third gold basic Energy of 2017, after Grass in January and Lightning in March. 5ban Graphics.
Water Energy, basic Energy — one Water Energy, the first of the four basic Energy cards (067–070) this pack ships inside its numbering. 5ban Graphics.
Lightning Energy, basic Energy — one Lightning Energy. 5ban Graphics.
Fighting Energy, basic Energy — one Fighting Energy, in the pack that also prints Machamp-GX and Lycanroc-GX. 5ban Graphics.
Darkness Energy, basic Energy — one Darkness Energy, the ordinary twin of the gold card at 066. 5ban Graphics.
One half of SM3. Fifty-one numbered cards at 001/051–051/051, then six full-art cards at 052–057, four rainbow cards at 058–061 and three gold cards at 062–064, making 64. The face is Charizard-GX at 011, 250 HP, whose Crimson Storm does 300 — the largest damage number printed anywhere in 2017 — for three Fire Energy, while Raging Out-GX does no damage at all and mills the top ten cards of the opponent's deck. Ho-Oh-GX at 012 answers the other direction: Eternal Light-GX puts three Fire GX out of the discard pile onto the Bench, the only board rebuild in the year. Guzma is not here yet — it is at 049 in the pack released the same day. English is Burning Shadows on 4 August 2017, 169 cards, which merges this with Darkness That Consumes Light.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-06-16. 64 cards — 54 Pokémon, 9 Trainers and 1 Energy, 12 of them GX; 25 commons, 16 uncommons, 6 rares, 4 Double Rares, 6 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 4 Hyper Rares; 11 Fire, 8 Grass, 7 Darkness, 6 Psychic, 6 Colourless, 5 Water, 5 Fighting, 3 Fairy and 3 Dragon; 37 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 13.
One half of 16 June, and the half with the Charizard. Fifty-one numbered cards, six full-art (052–057), four Hyper Rare (058–061) and three gold (062–064). 011 Charizard-GX is 250 HP with Wing Attack at 70, Crimson Storm at 200 that discards three Fire from itself, and Burning Blaze GX — 300 damage, and the highest number printed in 2017. 012 Ho-Oh-GX brings Fire back from the discard pile, 033 Alolan Muk-GX turns off Abilities on anything with a damage counter, and 040 Noivern-GX attacks the hand. 049 Kiawe attaches two Fire Energy from the deck and ends the turn, which is how a 250 HP Stage 2 gets paid for on turn two, and 050 Plumeria is the discard-two-from-their-hand answer. 063 Bodybuilding Dumbbells is the year's only Tool that adds HP. English prints both June packs as Burning Shadows on 4 August.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Oddish, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Poison Powder, which Poisons for no damage. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Gloom, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Stinky Scent Confuses, Razor Leaf is 30. Shibuzoh.
Ability Disgusting Pollen
Vileplume, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Disgusting Pollen means Basic Pokémon cannot attack at all while this is the Active, Downer Shock is 60 and Sleeps or Confuses. A 140 HP Stage 2 that turns off the entire first turn of the format, and the card that made Rare Candy matter in a Grass deck. chibi.
Ability Guts
Heracross, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Guts flips a coin when it would be Knocked Out and leaves it at 10 HP on heads, Pitch is 50 and forces the opponent to switch. A 110 HP Basic that survives a 300-damage attack one time in two, which against Crimson Storm is the whole point. Shin Nagasawa.
Pansage, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Vine Whip, 10 for one Grass. Shigenori Negishi.
Simisage, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Scratch is 30, Leaf Supply is 50 and attaches a Grass Energy from hand to anything of yours. tetsuya koizumi.
Dewpider, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Ambush is 10 and 20 on heads. Kouki Saitou.
Araquanid, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Bubble Net is 30 and stops the opponent attaching Energy from hand to the Defending Pokémon next turn, Sharp Fang is 80. The only Energy lock in the pack, on a card that also hits for 80. Naoki Saito.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Charmander, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Flame Tail is 20. Kagemaru Himeno.
Charmeleon, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Claw Slash is 30, Heat Blast is 70. kawayoo.
Charizard-GX, 250 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Wing Attack is 70, Crimson Storm is 300 and discards three Fire Energy, and Raging Out-GX discards the top ten cards of the opponent's deck. Three hundred is the highest damage printed anywhere in 2017, on a 250 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of two; the GX attack does no damage at all and instead removes a quarter of the opponent's deck. 5ban Graphics.
Ho-Oh-GX, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Sacred Fire does 50 to any one Pokémon, Phoenix Burn is 180 and cannot be used twice running, and Eternal Light-GX puts three Fire Pokémon-GX or EX out of the discard pile onto the Bench. The only GX attack in 2017 that rebuilds a board out of the discard pile, and the reason a Fire deck can lose three attackers and still win. PLANETA.
Pansear, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Flare is 10. Miki Tanaka.
Simisear, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Scratch is 30, Flare Recharge is 50 and attaches a Fire Energy out of the discard pile to a Benched Pokémon. kirisAki.
Heatmor, 110 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Odor Sleuth flips two coins and takes a card out of the discard pile per heads, Searing Flame is 60 and Burns. Anesaki Dynamic.
Charizard-GX, full-art, 250 HP, Fire, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011, same Crimson Storm at 300, same Raging Out-GX that mills ten. The most expensive card of the June pair. 5ban Graphics.
Ho-Oh-GX, full-art, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 012, same Phoenix Burn at 180, same Eternal Light-GX that returns three Fire GX from the discard pile. 5ban Graphics.
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Charizard-GX, Hyper Rare, 250 HP, Fire, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011 and 052, in rainbow foil. Same Crimson Storm at 300. 5ban Graphics.
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Ho-Oh-GX, Hyper Rare, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 012 and 053, same Eternal Light-GX. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Horsea, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Water Arrow, 10 to any one Pokémon for one Water. Saya Tsuruta.
Seadra, 80 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Water Arrow does 30 to any one Pokémon. The same attack as Horsea's at triple the damage, which is the only thing that changes across the line. Suwama Chiaki.
Kingdra, 140 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Brine does 90 to any damaged Pokémon on the opponent's side, Tornado Shot is 90, discards a Water and puts 30 on a Benched Pokémon. A sniper that finishes what it starts: one attack marks everything, the other collects. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Marill, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Bubble is nothing but Paralysis on heads, Rollout is 20. Asako Ito.
Ability Thick Fat
Azumarill, 120 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Thick Fat takes 30 off Fire and Water attacks, Waterfall is 80. A 120 HP Stage 1 that halves the damage of the two types that would beat it. miki kudo.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Wobbuffet, 120 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Shadowy Knot, 50 for every Colourless in the opponent's Active's Retreat Cost. Against a three-retreat GX it is 150 for three, against a free-retreat card it is nothing: the only attack in the year that reads the opponent's retreat cost. nagimiso.
Venipede, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Bug Bite is 10, Venoshock is 20 and 60 against a Poisoned Active. Yukiko Baba.
Whirlipede, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Spin Turn is 30 and switches out, Rollout is 60. SATOSHI NAKAI.
Scolipede, 160 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Poison Horn is 80 and Poisons, Steamroller is 140 and ignores Resistance. A 160 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of four that hits for 140 through any Resistance, which is what a 120 HP Stage 2 cannot do. Ayaka Yoshida.
Sandygast, 80 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Absorb Life is 10 and heals 10. Masakazu Fukuda.
Palossand, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Sand Tomb is 80 and pins the Defending Pokémon, Dust Storm is 100 and discards every card on both Actives. The only attack in 2017 that strips both sides at once: the opponent loses their GX and everything on it, and so do you. kawayoo.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Riolu, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Punch is 10, Low Kick is 30. Saya Tsuruta.
Ability Stance
Lucario, 120 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Stance makes it immune to all damage and effects until the end of the opponent's next turn the moment it evolves, Submarine Blow is 120. A Stage 1 that arrives untouchable and hits for 120 the turn after, with a retreat of one. nagimiso.
Crabrawler, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Light Punch, 40 for two. kirisAki.
Crabominable, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Gutsy Hammer is 80 and does damage to itself equal to the counters already on it, Double Stomp is 80 and 40 more per heads. The only attack in the pack whose recoil is read off its own damage, which makes a damaged Crabominable kill itself. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Passimian, 110 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Punch is 30, Intentional Grounding is 90 and does nothing unless you discard a Pokémon Tool from hand. Ninety damage on a Basic with a cost paid in a different card type. Kouki Saitou.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Grimer, 80 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 3 — Division searches another Alolan Grimer straight onto the Bench, Slippery Sludge Confuses for no damage. Kouki Saitou.
Alolan Muk-GX, 220 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Chemical Breath is 10 plus 70 for every Special Condition on the opponent's Active, Crunch is 120 and discards an Energy, and Tri Hazard-GX switches a Benched Pokémon up and leaves it Burned, Paralyzed and Poisoned all at once. The GX attack is a setup for Chemical Breath: 220 damage for three Energy after it lands. 5ban Graphics.
Darkrai, 120 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Hypnoblast is 30 and Sleeps, Dark Raid is 80 and 160 once the opponent has used their GX attack. The non-GX Darkrai waits for the GX attack to be spent, which is the same timing trick Calm Strike uses in April. Hitoshi Ariga.
Inkay, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Constrict is nothing but Paralysis on heads, Tackle is 20. OOYAMA.
Malamar, 100 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Psybeam is 20 and Confuses, Energy Slosh is 70 and moves every Energy on it to a Benched Pokémon. A Stage 1 that hands its Energy on rather than losing it. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Alolan Muk-GX, full-art, 220 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as 033, same Chemical Breath, same Tri Hazard-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Alolan Muk-GX, Hyper Rare, 220 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 4 — the same card as 033 and 054, same Tri Hazard-GX. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Noivern-GX, 200 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, free retreat — Distort is 50 and stops the opponent playing any Item next turn, Sonic Volume is 120 and stops all Special Energy next turn, and Boomburst-GX does 50 to every Pokémon the opponent has. Two different locks on two attacks and a GX attack that clears the Bench: the only card in the year that can answer Items and Special Energy in consecutive turns. 5ban Graphics.
Noivern-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, super rare (SR), free retreat — the same card as 040, same Distort and Sonic Volume locks, same Boomburst-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Noivern-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), free retreat — the same card as 040 and 055, same Boomburst-GX that does 50 to every Pokémon the opponent has. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Diancie, 90 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Sparkling Wish searches any Evolution card out of the deck and evolves a Pokémon with it on the spot, Diamond Storm is 30 and heals 30 off every Fairy you have. A Basic that evolves something without waiting a turn, which is the closest 2017 comes to a free Rare Candy. TOKIYA.
Cutiefly, 30 HP, Fairy, Basic, free retreat — one attack, Fairy Wind, 10. Thirty HP is the lowest printed in the pack. Atsuko Nishida.
Ability Honey Gather
Ribombee, 70 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Honey Gather searches two basic Energy into hand every turn, Pollen Ball is 20. Seventy HP that is a permanent double Energy search, and the reason a Fairy deck does not need Energy Loto. Megumi Mizutani.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Meowth, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Fake Out is 10 and Paralyses on heads. Kagemaru Himeno.
Persian, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Screech makes the Defending Pokémon take 60 more damage next turn, Slash is 40. A doubling effect printed on the same card as its own follow-up. Sekio.
Hoothoot, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — See Through reveals the opponent's hand, Peck is 20. MAHOU.
Noctowl, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Hypnoblast is 30 and Sleeps, Night Raid is 70, reveals the hand and discards a Pokémon out of it. Hand disruption attached to damage, which only Team Skull Grunt's Supporter does otherwise. Sekio.
Bouffalant, 120 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Bouffant Head is 30 and takes 30 off incoming damage next turn, Knock Over is 80 and can discard a Stadium. TOKIYA.
Noibat, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Agility, 10 and full immunity next turn on heads. Yumi.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Look at the top 4 cards of your deck and put them back in any order or shuffle them into your deck.
Rotom Dex Poké Finder Mode, Item — look at the top four cards of your deck and either reorder them or shuffle them away. The Item version of a deck check, printed the same year as the Rotom Dex that redraws Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
The Stage 1 Pokémon this card is attached to gets +40 HP.
Bodybuilding Dumbbells, Pokémon Tool — the Stage 1 it is attached to gets +40 HP. Forty HP on a Tool: it turns a 130 HP Stage 1 into a 170 HP card for one card, and it does nothing at all on a Basic. Eske Yoshinob.
Search your deck for up to 4 Fire Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Your turn ends.
Kiawe, Supporter — search up to four Fire Energy and attach them to one Pokémon, then end your turn. Four Energy in one card, paid for with the rest of the turn: the card that makes Crimson Storm's 300 reachable on turn two. Ken Sugimori.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, discard an Energy from 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.
Plumeria, Supporter — discard two cards and then discard an Energy off one of the opponent's Pokémon. Energy denial with a hand cost, and the Supporter that pairs with Bubble Net and Crunch. Ken Sugimori.
The Retreat Cost of each Basic Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent’s) is Colorless more.
Mount Lanakila, Stadium — every Basic Pokémon in play has its Retreat Cost increased by one Colourless. A Stadium that hurts both sides and is played entirely to stop the opponent retreating out of a lock. 5ban Graphics.
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Search your deck for up to 4 Fire Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Your turn ends.
Kiawe, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 049: four Fire Energy onto one Pokémon and the turn ends. Redrawn by Naoki Saito from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print. Naoki Saito.
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Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, discard an Energy from 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.
Plumeria, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 050: discard two, then take an Energy off the opponent. Drawn here by Sanosuke Sakuma. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Each player switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Your opponent switches first. (If a player does not have a Benched Pokémon, that player doesn’t switch Pokémon.)
Escape Rope, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 044 in the April pack: both players switch, opponent first. A reprint of a two-month-old Item as a secret card, which is how a staple stays in print. Toyste Beach.
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The Stage 1 Pokémon this card is attached to gets +40 HP.
Bodybuilding Dumbbells, gold, Pokémon Tool, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 048: +40 HP to the Stage 1 it is attached to, printed gold in the same set as its ordinary version. Eske Yoshinob.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Fire Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Fire Energy as a secret card at 064/051, in the set whose headline card is a 300-damage Charizard. The fourth gold basic Energy of 2017. 5ban Graphics.
The other half of SM3. Fifty-one numbered cards at 001/051–051/051, then six full-art cards at 052–057, four rainbow cards at 058–061 and three gold cards at 062–064, making 64. The face is Guzma at 049 — pull one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon up and switch your own Active out, two effects on one Supporter with no coin and no condition, after which every Gust and every Switch in the format was this one card. Gardevoir-GX at 038, 230 HP, has Infinite Force at 30 for every Energy on both Actives and Secret Spring to attach a Fairy Energy every turn, which is 240 for one Energy on a loaded board. Necrozma-GX at 026 answers the other way with Black Ray-GX: 100 to every GX and EX the opponent has, ignoring Weakness and Resistance. English is Burning Shadows on 4 August 2017, 169 cards.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-06-16. 64 cards — 54 Pokémon, 9 Trainers and 1 Energy, 12 of them GX; 25 commons, 16 uncommons, 6 rares, 4 Double Rares, 6 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 4 Hyper Rares; 11 Psychic, 9 Grass, 9 Fighting, 7 Fairy, 5 Water, 5 Lightning, 5 Colourless, 2 Darkness and 1 Dragon; 36 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 12.
The other half of 16 June — and the pack that hands the year its Supporter. Fifty-one numbered cards, six full-art (052–057), four Hyper Rare (058–061) and three gold (062–064). 049 Guzma is the card: switch the opponent's Benched Pokémon into the Active spot and bring yours back, no coin, no condition — the single most played card of 2017, and the reason every deck after June is built around a switching line. 038 Gardevoir-GX is 230 HP with Secret Spring attaching a Fairy Energy from the hand every turn and Twilight GX copying a GX attack already used. 007 Golisopod-GX's First Impression hits 120 only if it came off the Bench this turn, 026 Necrozma-GX moves its damage counters onto the opponent with Prismatic Burst, and 033 Marshadow-GX copies any Basic's attack for one Energy. 050 Wicke shuffles both hands away. English: Burning Shadows, 4 August.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Caterpie, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Surprise Attack, 20 on heads and nothing on tails. Sekio.
Metapod, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Ram is 20, Shed Skin heals 40 off it for two Colourless. Suwama Chiaki.
Butterfree, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Bye-Bye Heal heals every Pokémon you have completely and then shuffles Butterfree back into the deck, Stun Spore is 60 and Paralyses on heads. The only card in 2017 that heals the whole board at once, paid for by removing itself. Shin Nagasawa.
Tangela, 80 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Bind Down, 10 and the Defending Pokémon cannot retreat. Shibuzoh.
Tangrowth, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Giga Drain is 30 and heals back what it dealt, Crosswise Whip is 50 per heads on four coins. A 140 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of four that can reach 200 but averages 100. tetsuya koizumi.
Ability Wimp Out
Wimpod, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Wimp Out makes its Retreat Cost zero on your first turn, Gnaw is 30. The card that gets out of the way so that Golisopod-GX can arrive. Kagemaru Himeno.
Golisopod-GX, 210 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 3 — First Impression is 30 and 120 if it came off the Bench this turn, Armor Press is 100 and takes 20 off next turn, and Crossing Cut-GX is 150 and switches it out. The whole card is built on being switched: First Impression needs the bench, the GX attack puts it back there, and Wimpod's free retreat and Guzma at 049 do the rest. 5ban Graphics.
Golisopod-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Grass, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 007, same First Impression, 30 base and 120 coming off the Bench, same Crossing Cut-GX that puts it back there. 5ban Graphics.
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Golisopod-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Grass, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 007 and 052, in rainbow foil, same Crossing Cut-GX. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Magikarp, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Splashing Dodge, 10 and full immunity next turn on heads. Thirty HP that either survives or feeds Venting Anger. Yukiko Baba.
Gyarados, 150 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Venting Anger is 50 for every Magikarp in your discard pile, Splash Burn is 160 and 30 to each of your Benched Pokémon. The only card in 2017 that pays you for having discarded its own pre-evolution: four Magikarp in the pile is a 200-damage attack for two Energy. so-taro.
Panpour, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Water Gun is 10. Suwama Chiaki.
Simipour, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Scratch is 30, Aqua Reflect is 50 and moves a Water Energy to the Bench. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Bruxish, 100 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Gnash Teeth Confuses, Synchronoise does 20 to every Benched Pokémon that shares a type with the opponent's Active. The only attack in 2017 that reads the opponent's Bench by type. Masakazu Fukuda.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Tail Whap is 10, Thunder Shock is 20 and Paralyses on heads. Saya Tsuruta.
Ability Evoshock
Raichu, 110 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Evoshock Paralyses the opponent's Active the moment Raichu evolves, Volt Tackle is 130 and 30 on itself. A Stage 1 that arrives with a free turn attached, and 130 for three on a 110 HP body. Kagemaru Himeno.
Tynamo, 40 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Aqua Shock is 10 and 40 against anything with Water Energy on it. Asako Ito.
Eelektrik, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Small Appetite is 50 but does nothing at all against a Pokémon with 100 HP or more. The only attack in the pack with an upper limit on the target's HP rather than its own damage. OOYAMA.
Eelektross, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Dark Clamp is 50 and pins, Vacuum Bolt is 80 and 160 if you put 80 on one of your own Pokémon. The biggest self-inflicted number in the pack, and the only Lightning card that trades your Bench for damage. hatachu.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Ability More Poison
Seviper, 100 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability More Poison adds a second damage counter to the opponent's Poisoned Pokémon between turns, Venomous Fang is 30 and Poisons. Doubling Poison is worth 20 a turn, which is what makes Super Intense Poison and Hot Poison lethal. Eri Yamaki.
Duskull, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Dark Guidance puts a Basic Pokémon out of your discard pile onto the Bench, Spooky Shot is 20. A recursion engine on a 60 HP Basic. Midori Harada.
Dusclops, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Night Roam puts a damage counter on every Pokémon in play, both sides, Ambush is 30 and 60 on heads. SATOSHI NAKAI.
Ability Dark Invitation
Dusknoir, 150 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Dark Invitation makes the opponent reveal their hand and puts a Basic Pokémon from it onto their Bench with three damage counters on it, Mind Jack is 30 and 30 more for every Pokémon on the opponent's Bench. The card builds the Bench it then attacks: Invitation fills it, Mind Jack counts it. nagimiso.
Croagunk, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Corkscrew Punch is 10, Frog Hop is 20 and 40 on heads. Naoki Saito.
Toxicroak, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Poison Jab is 30 and Poisons, Poison Boost is 80 and 160 while Toxicroak is Poisoned, then cures it. A card that has to be poisoned to hit 160, which is why Rainbow Energy exists. kawayoo.
Espurr, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Perplexing Eyes, which changes the Defending Pokémon's Weakness to Psychic without changing the multiplier. Miki Tanaka.
Meowstic, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Allure draws three cards, Hand Kinesis is 10 for every card in your hand. A Stage 1 that draws and then hits for the size of the hand it just filled. Anesaki Dynamic.
Ability Light's End
Necrozma-GX, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Light's End makes it immune to every attack from a Colourless Pokémon, Prismatic Burst is 10 and 60 more for every Psychic Energy it discards off itself, and Black Ray-GX does 100 to every Pokémon-GX and EX the opponent has. The GX attack ignores Weakness and Resistance entirely, which makes it the only card in 2017 that can clear a Bench of GX in one turn. PLANETA.
Ability Light's End
Necrozma-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 026, same Prismatic Burst, same Black Ray-GX that hits every GX for 100. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Light's End
Necrozma-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 026 and 053, same Black Ray-GX. 5ban Graphics.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Rhyhorn, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Lunge Out is 20, Horn Drill is 60 for three. miki kudo.
Rhydon, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Rock Tumble is 80 and ignores Resistance, Megahorn is 120 on heads and nothing on tails. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Ability Toppling Wind
Rhyperior, 160 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the Ability Toppling Wind mills the top three cards of the opponent's deck the moment it evolves, Rock Wrecker is 170, ignores Weakness and Resistance, and skips its next attack. A 160 HP Stage 2 that both mills and hits through everything, in exchange for attacking every other turn. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Sawk, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Quick Guard blocks all damage from Basic Pokémon next turn, Brick Break is 40 and ignores Resistance and every effect. A 90 HP Basic that no Basic can touch for a turn. Shigenori Negishi.
Mudbray, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Stomp is 20 and 40 on heads. Saya Tsuruta.
Mudsdale, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Kick Away is 60 and forces the opponent to switch, Vigorous Dash is 130, 30 on itself and 30 to a Benched Pokémon. A Stage 1 that both moves the opponent's board and damages it. TOKIYA.
Ability Shadow Hunt
Marshadow-GX, 150 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Shadow Hunt lets it use the attacks of every Basic Pokémon in your discard pile, Beatdown is 120, and Peerless Hundred Blows-GX is 50 for every basic Energy on it. The most flexible card of 2017: discard a Minior and it can Cosmicsplosion, discard a Tapu Koko and it can Tapu Thunder. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Shadow Hunt
Marshadow-GX, full-art, 150 HP, Fighting, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 033, same Ability Shadow Hunt, same Peerless Hundred Blows-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Shadow Hunt
Marshadow-GX, Hyper Rare, 150 HP, Fighting, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 033 and 054, same Shadow Hunt. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Rattata, 40 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Focus Energy makes Bite's base damage 60 next turn, and Bite is 10 for no Energy cost. nagimiso.
Alolan Raticate, 120 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Enhanced Fang is 10 and 60 with a Pokémon Tool attached, Hyper Fang is 60 on heads and nothing on tails. Kouki Saitou.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Zygarde, 150 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 4 — Land Crush is 80, Core Enforcer is 150 and discards a Darkness and a Fairy Energy off it. The only card in 2017 whose attack cost is paid after the damage, in two specific types. Masakazu Fukuda.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Ralts, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Draining Kiss is 10 and heals 10. Yumi.
Kirlia, 80 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Smack is 20, Magical Shot is 30. Anesaki Dynamic.
Ability Secret Spring
Gardevoir-GX, 230 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Secret Spring attaches a Fairy Energy from hand to anything of yours every turn, Infinite Force is 30 for every Energy attached to both Active Pokémon, and Twilight-GX shuffles ten cards out of the discard pile back into the deck. Infinite Force has no ceiling written into it: on a loaded board it is 240 for one Energy, and Secret Spring makes sure the board stays loaded. 5ban Graphics.
Morelull, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Ram is 10. Hitoshi Ariga.
Shiinotic, 100 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Strength Sap heals 30 for every Energy on the opponent's Active, Sleep Pulse is 60 and Sleeps. The heal scales off the opponent, which is the only card in the pack that does. Naoki Saito.
Ability Secret Spring
Gardevoir-GX, full-art, 230 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 038, same Secret Spring, same Infinite Force that counts every Energy on both Actives. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Secret Spring
Gardevoir-GX, Hyper Rare, 230 HP, Fairy, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 038 and 055, same Infinite Force. The most expensive card of the June pair. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Porygon, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Code Check looks at one of the opponent's face-down Prize cards, Beam is 10. Shin Nagasawa.
Porygon2, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Calculate looks at the top six cards of your deck and reorders them, Beam is 40. Midori Harada.
Ability Initialize
Porygon-Z, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Initialize devolves every Evolved Pokémon the opponent has and puts the top card of each back into their hand, Zap Cannon is 80. The only card in 2017 that undoes an evolution: it takes a 230 HP Gardevoir-GX off the board and hands it back. MAHOU.
Stufful, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Baby-Doll Eyes pins the Defending Pokémon, Tackle is 20. Sekio.
Bewear, 120 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Mix-Up mills three on heads, Tantrum is 120 and Confuses itself. Mitsuhiro Arita.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Choose a random card from your opponent’s hand. Your opponent reveals that card. If it’s a Supporter card, discard it.
Tormenting Spray, Item — take a random card from the opponent's hand; if it is a Supporter, discard it. The card that makes four Guzma in a deck less reliable, printed in the same set as Guzma. Toyste Beach.
Flip a coin. If heads, put 1 of your Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Super Scoop Up, Item — flip a coin and, on heads, take a Pokémon and everything on it back into hand. A coin-flip Acerola, and the reason a deck can play both. Toyste Beach.
Switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. If you do, switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Guzma, Supporter — pull a Benched Pokémon up and then switch your own Active out for a Benched one. Two effects on one Supporter with no coin and no condition: the card that replaced every earlier Gust and every earlier Switch at once, and the most played Supporter of the Sun & Moon era. Ken Sugimori.
Each player counts the cards in their hand, shuffles those cards into their deck, then draws that many cards.
Wicke, Supporter — both players count their hand, shuffle it away and draw that many. A symmetric refill that is always better for the player who played it, and the Supporter that punishes an opponent holding ten cards. take.
Whenever any player plays a Pokémon from their hand to evolve 1 of their Pokémon, put 3 damage counters on that Pokémon.
Po Town, Stadium — whenever either player evolves a Pokémon from hand, put three damage counters on it. A Stadium that taxes every evolution in the format, which is why Stage 2 decks started running Field Blower. 5ban Graphics.
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Switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. If you do, switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Guzma, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 049: pull one up, switch one out. Redrawn by Masakazu Fukuda from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print, and the most expensive Supporter of 2017 for most of the year. Masakazu Fukuda.
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Each player counts the cards in their hand, shuffles those cards into their deck, then draws that many cards.
Wicke, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 050: both players shuffle their hand away and redraw as many as they had. The only Supporter in this pair to get a full-art without a gold twin, and the one card in the set whose full-art is not a GX. Naoki Saito.
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Flip a coin. If heads, put 1 of your Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Super Scoop Up, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 048: flip a coin, return a Pokémon and everything on it to hand. Printed gold in the same set as its ordinary version. Toyste Beach.
Choose 1: • Put a Pokémon from your discard pile into your hand. • Shuffle 3 Pokémon from your discard pile into your deck.
Rescue Stretcher, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — a Pokémon out of the discard pile into hand, or three shuffled back in. The April card reprinted gold here, which is how a recovery Item got into every deck by autumn. Yoshinobu Saito.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Fairy Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Fairy Energy as a secret at 064/051, in the set whose headline card is a 230 HP Fairy GX. The fifth gold basic Energy of 2017. 5ban Graphics.
Released 15 July 2017, timed to that summer's film. Seventy-two numbered cards at 001/072–072/072, then ten secret cards at 073–082, making 82. This is the set that brought Shining back after fifteen years — eight Legendary and Mythical Pokémon (Celebi 004, Genesect 010, Volcanion 028, Mew 041, Jirachi 043, Rayquaza 057, Lugia 058, Arceus 059) in the old foil treatment with the old name prefix, plus Mewtwo-GX at 082 as an out-of-sequence secret. Zoroark-GX at 054 is here: Trickster-GX copies a Supporter out of the opponent's discard pile, and it went on to define the second half of the year. Six cards a pack at 248 yen — one more card and a higher price than a normal expansion. English is Shining Legends on 6 October 2017, 78 cards, and that version carries only six of the eight Shining cards — Celebi and Lugia are not in it.248 yen is tax-inclusive (230 yen plus 8%). Six cards a pack, one of them guaranteed foil, twenty packs to a box. Current listings show 253 yen, the same price at 10%.
2017-07-15. 82 cards — 68 Pokémon, 12 Trainers and 2 Energy, 13 of them GX and 8 Shining; 19 commons, 29 uncommons, 12 rares, 4 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards, 4 Hyper Rares; 13 Psychic, 11 Darkness, 10 Grass, 10 Fire, 10 Water, 10 Lightning, 2 Colourless, 1 Fighting and 1 Dragon; 27 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 12.
The summer booster that brings the word Shining back to the card face, and the only 2017 product sold as a set of ten packs. Seventy-two numbered cards, five full-art (073–077), four Hyper Rare (078–081) and 082 Mewtwo-GX as a secret with no printed rarity at all. Eight cards are printed as Shining Pokémon — 004 Shining Celebi, 010 Shining Genesect, 028 Shining Volcanion, 041 Shining Mew, 043 Shining Jirachi, 057 Shining Rayquaza, 058 Shining Lugia and 059 Shining Arceus — a foil treatment and a name prefix, not a rule, and the source listing carries no rarity for them, so this page marks them Shining rather than guessing a colour. 054 Zoroark-GX is the card that outlives the year: Trade discards a card to draw two every turn, and Riotous Beating does 20 for each Pokémon you have in play. 040 Mewtwo-GX, 030 Raichu-GX and 011 Entei-GX are the other three. 068 Pokémon Breeder skips a Stage 1 outright. English: Shining Legends, 6 October — 78 cards, the same set.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Bulbasaur, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Razor Leaf is 30 for two. The 1996 starter back at 70 HP, in the set built around returning Pokémon. Mizue.
Ivysaur, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Razor Leaf is 30, Toxic Whip is 50 for four and Poisons. Kouki Saitou.
Ability Jungle Totem
Venusaur, 160 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 4 — the Ability Jungle Totem makes every basic Grass Energy on your board count as two, Solar Beam is 90. Not a damage card: it doubles the Energy of every Grass Pokémon you have, which is what turns a 90-damage attack into a two-Energy 90. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability Time Recall
Shining Celebi, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Time Recall lets every Evolved Pokémon you have use any attack from its earlier Evolutions, Leaf Step is 30. The single most unusual card in the set: a Stage 2 can reach back and use its Basic's attack, which is how 2017 gets access to twenty-year-old text on modern cards. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Shroomish, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Absorb, 20 and heals 10. kawayoo.
Breloom, 110 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Hibernation Spore puts the opponent's Active to Sleep, Magnum Punch is 80 for three. Mizue.
Carnivine, 100 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Flick Poison Poisons and forces a switch, Crunch is 30 and discards an Energy on heads. Tomokazu Komiya.
Shaymin, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Flippity Flap heals 30 off everything of yours, Rally Back is 30 and 90 if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out last turn. The only card in the set that pays you for having lost something. Mizue.
Virizion, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Wrapped in Wind is 30 and attaches two Grass Energy out of your hand to it, Pike is 90. kawayoo.
Ability Energy Reload
Shining Genesect, 130 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Energy Reload moves a Grass Energy from another of your Pokémon onto it every turn, Gaia Blaster is 50 and 20 more for every Grass Energy on it. The foil Shining treatment on a card that turns a bench of Grass Energy into one number, up to 190. Hitoshi Ariga.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Entei-GX, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Combustion is 50, Fire Fang is 100 and Burns, and Brave Burn-GX does 150 to any Benched Pokémon. The only GX attack of 2017 aimed entirely at the Bench: it never touches the Active, and 150 is enough for every support Pokémon in the format. 5ban Graphics.
Torkoal, 110 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — High-Pressure Heat is 30, Flamethrower is 90 and discards an Energy. Suwama Chiaki.
Larvesta, 80 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Flare, 30. kawayoo.
Ability Heat Cyclone
Volcarona, 120 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Heat Cyclone forces the opponent to switch their Active once a turn, Heat Blast is 60. A free Gust every turn without using the Supporter slot, which in a format with Guzma is a strange kind of redundancy and a very useful one. nagimiso.
Reshiram, 130 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — Outrage is 20 and 20 more for each damage counter on it, Scorching Breath is 130. TOKIYA.
Litten, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Live Coal, 20 for one Fire. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Torracat, 90 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Swagger Confuses, Fire Claws is 30. Shin Nagasawa.
Incineroar, 170 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Profane Punch is 50 and 50 more if the opponent's Active has a Special Condition, Flare Blitz is 180 and 30 on itself. The non-GX Incineroar hits harder than the GX's Tiger Swing and pays for it in recoil. Emi Ando.
Entei-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011, same Fire Fang at 100 and Burn, same Brave Burn-GX for 150 straight to a Benched Pokémon. 5ban Graphics.
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Entei-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Fire, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011 and 073, in rainbow foil. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Totodile, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Water Gun is 10, Bite is 20. TOKIYA.
Ability Plunge
Croconaw, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Plunge moves every Energy off your Active onto Croconaw and switches it in, Bite is 60. A bench card that takes over the whole Energy pile in one move, which is the only 'switch and reload' Ability of the year. Naoki Saito.
Feraligatr, 160 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Crunch is 80 and discards an Energy on heads, Hydro Splash is 130. nagimiso.
Qwilfish, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Poison Sting Poisons, Shock Sting is 20 and 40 against a Poisoned Active. Shin Nagasawa.
Buizel, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Razor Fin is 10, Water Gun is 40 for three. Sekio.
Floatzel, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Razor Fin is 20, Aqua Bomb is 120 and discards every Water Energy on it. A 100 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of one that can hit for 120 once. Suwama Chiaki.
Palkia, 130 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Spiral Drain is 30 and heals 30, Aqua Blade is 100. Eske Yoshinob.
Ability Blessings of the Deep
Manaphy, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Blessings of the Deep heals 20 off anything of yours every turn, Wave Splash is 30. Sixty HP that heals 20 a turn for free: the cheapest sustain in 2017. Kagemaru Himeno.
Keldeo, 110 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Bail Out returns it and its Energy to hand, Resolute Sword is 20 and 20 more for every damage counter on it. kodama.
Shining Volcanion, 130 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Dual Pump does 50 to two of the opponent's Pokémon, Quad Smash is 50 per heads on four coins. A Water-type Volcanion in foil with two spread attacks: 100 across the board every turn, or a coin flip that averages 100 in one place. Hitoshi Ariga.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Iron Tail, 20 per heads on two coins. Kagemaru Himeno.
Raichu-GX, 210 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Powerful Spark is 20 more for every Lightning Energy you have in play, Thunder is 160 and 30 on itself, and Voltail-GX is 120 and Paralyses without a coin flip. The only GX attack in 2017 that both damages and locks outright, and 210 HP on a Stage 1 with a retreat of one. 5ban Graphics.
Voltorb, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Electro Ball, 10 for a single Lightning. Sixty HP and a retreat of one: the cheapest way in the pack to put a Lightning Pokémon on the board. match.
Electrode, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, free retreat — one attack, Swift, 60 and unaffected by Weakness, Resistance or any effect on the opponent's Active. Kyoko Umemoto.
Raikou, 120 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Booming Thunder is 30 and 30 to a Benched Pokémon, Electric Ball is 90. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Plusle, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Tag Team Boost is 10 and 50 while Minun is on your Bench. Tomokazu Komiya.
Minun, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Collect draws two, Spark is 20. nagimiso.
Zekrom, 130 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 3 — Outrage is 20 and 20 more per damage counter, Storm Blade is 130. nagimiso.
Raichu-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 030, same Powerful Spark, same Voltail-GX that Paralyses with no coin flip. 5ban Graphics.
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Raichu-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 030 and 074, same Voltail-GX at 120 with a guaranteed Paralysis. 5ban Graphics.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Ekans, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Poison Sting, 10 and Poisoned. DemizuPosuka.
Ability Intimidating Pattern
Arbok, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Intimidating Pattern makes the opponent's Active attacks do 30 less, Venomous Fang is 70 and Poisons. A Stage 1 that cuts 30 off every attack on the board while poisoning the thing attacking it. kodama.
Jynx, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Whiny Voice Confuses and lets you draw a card, Feverish Kiss is 30. Tomokazu Komiya.
Mewtwo-GX, 190 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Full Burst is 30 for every Energy on it, Super Absorption is 60 and heals 30, and Psystrike-GX is 200 and ignores every effect on the opponent's Active. Three attacks that scale off nothing but itself: no conditions, no coin, no discard, and the GX attack is a flat 200 that no immunity can stop. 5ban Graphics.
Shining Mew, 30 HP, Psychic, Basic, free retreat — Legendary Guidance searches two Energy cards out of the deck and attaches both however you like, Beam is 10. Thirty HP is the lowest in the set, and the search is one of the best in it: two Energy onto the board for one Psychic. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Latios, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Break Through is 30 and 30 to a Benched Pokémon, Lagoon Flight is 70. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Shining Jirachi, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Stellar Reign, 10 and devolves the opponent's Active by returning every Evolution card on it to their hand. Damage is irrelevant: it is the cheapest way in 2017 to take a 250 HP Stage 2 off the board without Knocking it Out. Shigenori Negishi.
Golett, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Mega Punch, 60 for three. Kyoko Umemoto.
Golurk, 140 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Triple Smash is 10 per heads on three coins, Golurk Hammer is 120. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Let Loose
Marshadow, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Let Loose makes both players shuffle their hand away and draw four the moment it is benched, Shadow Punch is 30 and ignores Resistance. Seventy HP that resets the opponent's hand for free, which is the cheapest disruption in the set. Emi Ando.
Mewtwo-GX, full-art, 190 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 040, same Full Burst, same Psystrike-GX at a flat 200 that ignores every effect. 5ban Graphics.
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Mewtwo-GX, Hyper Rare, 190 HP, Psychic, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 040 and 075, same Psystrike-GX at 200. 5ban Graphics.
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Mewtwo-GX, 190 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — printed past the ten secret cards at 082/072, drawn by Mitsuhiro Arita instead of 5ban Graphics, with the same three attacks as 040: Full Burst at 30 per Energy, Super Absorption, and Psystrike-GX at a flat 200 that ignores every effect on the opponent's Active. The card exists only as this one printing, which makes it the quietest secret in the set. Mitsuhiro Arita.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Stunfisk, 110 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Thunder Shock is 30 and Paralyses on heads, Head Bolt is 70. A Fighting card with two Lightning attacks, which is the same type joke Lanturn was in 2016. Naoyo Kimura.
11 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Cursed Whirlpool
Spiritomb, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Cursed Whirlpool stops the opponent's Active retreating at all, Cursed Drop places three damage counters anywhere. Sixty HP that both pins and snipes, with no coin on either. Kouki Saitou.
Purrloin, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Tail Rap is 20 per heads on two coins. Naoyo Kimura.
Liepard, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Torment is 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon using the same attack twice, Slash is 60. kawayoo.
Scraggy, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family puts two Basics onto the Bench, Headbutt is 20. Sekio.
Scrafty, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dangerous Head is 20 and 40 against a Basic Active, Hammer In is 90. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Zorua, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Stampede is 10, Ram is 20. kodama.
Ability Trade
Zoroark-GX, 210 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Trade discards a card and draws two, every turn, for free, Riotous Beating is 20 for every Pokémon you have in play, and Trickster-GX copies any attack the opponent's Pokémon has. Two hundred and ten HP, a draw engine that does not use the Supporter slot, and a GX attack that borrows the opponent's best move: the card that defined the second half of 2017. 5ban Graphics.
Yveltal, 120 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Strafe is 30 and switches out, Oblivion Wing is 90 and attaches a Darkness Energy out of the discard pile to a Benched Pokémon. Shin Nagasawa.
Ability Scoundrel Guard
Hoopa, 120 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Scoundrel Guard makes it immune to everything a GX or EX does, Super Psy Bolt is 80. A 120 HP Basic that the entire GX half of the format cannot touch, printed three months after Alolan Ninetales did the same thing at 110. TOKIYA.
Ability Trade
Zoroark-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 054, same Ability Trade, same Trickster-GX that copies the opponent's attack. The most sought-after card of the July set. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Trade
Zoroark-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 054 and 076, same Trade and same Trickster-GX. The most expensive single card in the set. 5ban Graphics.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Shining Rayquaza, 120 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Dragon Pulse is 40 and mills two off your own deck, Sky Judgment is 190 and discards three Energy. The foil Rayquaza is the biggest single number among the eight Shining cards, and the most expensive card in the set by a wide margin. Naoki Saito.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Shining Lugia, 130 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Silver Wing is 60 and 120 against an Active that has an Ability, Aero Force is 130 and discards an Energy. The only card in the set that punishes Abilities specifically, and one of the two Shining cards the English set left out. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Fabled Defense
Shining Arceus, 130 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Fabled Defense blocks all damage to your Bench, Ultimate Arrow does 30 to every Pokémon the opponent has. One hundred and fifty damage spread across the board every turn, with the Bench protected from the answer. Kouki Saitou.
12 cards · listed in original order.
Put 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Energy Retrieval, Item — two basic Energy out of the discard pile into hand. Printed here for the first time in the Sun & Moon era, in the set built on recycled Pokémon. Toyste Beach.
Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Pokémon you find there and put it into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
Great Ball, Item — look at the top seven and take a Pokémon out of them. Seven deep for a Pokémon, with no discard cost, which is what makes it the cheap half of the Ultra Ball in this set. Ryo Ueda.
Flip a coin. If heads, put 1 of your Pokémon and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Super Scoop Up, Item — flip a coin and return a Pokémon and everything on it to hand. The coin-flip version of Acerola, printed here three months before the gold reprint in the June pair. Toyste Beach.
Move 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon.
Damage Mover, Item — move three damage counters from one of your Pokémon to another. Not a heal: a transfer, which is how a 250 HP GX survives while a 60 HP support Pokémon takes the bill. Toyste Beach.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Ultra Ball, Item — discard two cards and search any Pokémon into hand. The third printing of the year, in the set that also prints Great Ball and Energy Retrieval: this is the pack that made every deck's Item line standard. Ryo Ueda.
自分のバトルポケモンをベンチポケモンと入れ替える。
Switch, Item — swap your Active for a Benched Pokémon. The most reprinted card in the game, in the set that also prints Warp Energy and Super Scoop Up. Ryo Ueda.
Flip a coin. If heads, switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon.
Pokémon Catcher, Item — flip a coin and, on heads, pull a Benched Pokémon up. The coin-flip Gust, kept in print here two months before Guzma made it redundant. Toyste Beach.
Draw 3 cards.
Hau, Supporter — draw three cards, with no condition and no cost. The plainest Supporter of the year, and the one a beginner deck plays four of. Ken Sugimori.
Draw 2 cards and heal 20 damage from your Active Pokémon. If you have no cards in your deck, you can’t play this card.
Pokémon Breeder, Supporter — draw two and heal 20 off your Active, and cannot be played at all if your deck is empty. The only Supporter in 2017 with a deck-out clause written on it. Kanako Eo.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, draw 4 cards.
Sophocles, Supporter — discard two cards and draw four, the April card reprinted here to feed the discard pile that Zoroark-GX's Trade and Shining Genesect both want full. Ken Sugimori.
Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. If it’s your first turn, draw cards until you have 8 cards in your hand.
Lillie, Supporter — draw to six, or to eight on your first turn. The December 2016 card reprinted here as a staple, which is how the Sun & Moon era kept its best Supporter in print all year. Ken Sugimori.
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Draw 2 cards and heal 20 damage from your Active Pokémon. If you have no cards in your deck, you can’t play this card.
Pokémon Breeder, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 068: draw two and heal 20 off the Active, and unplayable on an empty deck. Redrawn by Sanosuke Sakuma from Kanako Eo's ordinary print. Sanosuke Sakuma.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Double Colorless Energy provides ColorlessColorless Energy.
Double Colourless Energy, Special Energy — provides two Colourless and counts as one Energy card. The card that makes a three-Energy attack affordable on curve, printed here without a gold twin. 5ban Graphics.
This card provides Colorless Energy. When you attach this card from your hand to your Active Pokémon, switch that Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Warp Energy, Special Energy — provides one Colourless, and switches the Active out when attached to it from hand. An Energy that is also a Switch, which is why a deck can play two Switch effects in one slot count. 5ban Graphics.
One half of SM4, 15 September 2017. Fifty numbered cards at 001/050–050/050, then five full-art cards at 051–055, four rainbow cards at 056–059 and three gold cards at 060–062, making 62. This is one side of the set that brought the Ultra Beasts out in numbers, carrying Buzzwole-GX and Kartana-GX. With Choice Band (January) and Guzma (June) both legal, September is the point where the format settled into building one GX and taking six Prizes with it. English is Crimson Invasion on 3 November 2017, 125 cards, merging this pack with Ultradimensional Beasts from the same day.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-09-15. 62 cards — 53 Pokémon, 7 Trainers and 2 Energy, 12 of them GX and 6 Ultra Beast; 23 commons, 16 uncommons, 7 rares, 4 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 4 Hyper Rares; 10 Colourless, 9 Metal, 8 Psychic, 7 Water, 6 Lightning, 5 Grass, 5 Fighting and 3 Fire; 33 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 14.
One half of 15 September, and the first pack in the game to print Ultra Beasts as a group. Fifty numbered cards, five full-art (051–055), four Hyper Rare (056–059) and three gold (060–062). 030 Buzzwole-GX is the card: 190 HP, Jet Punch does 30 and 30 more to a Benched Pokémon for one Fighting Energy, and Knuckle Impact is 160 that cannot be used twice in a row — the body that makes Fighting a deck for the rest of the year. 037 Kartana-GX is the other Ultra Beast GX, 018 Alolan Golem-GX is the Alolan line finishing, and 045 Silvally-GX is the first card whose type is decided by the Memory attached to it. 050 Gladion searches any one card out of the deck, 046 Counter Catcher is the comeback switch, and 061 Warp Energy returns. English: Crimson Invasion, 3 November.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Cacnea, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Sucker Punch, 10 and 40 if a Darkness Energy is attached to it. A Grass card that pays for a Darkness attachment, which in 2017 means a Rainbow Energy. Anesaki Dynamic.
Cacturne, 110 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Spike Rend is 30 and 90 if the Defending Pokémon already has damage on it, Hunt pulls a Benched Pokémon up and does 40 to it. The pack's only Grass line that sets up its own bonus: Hunt puts the damage on, Spike Rend collects. Mina Nakai.
Ability Shell On
Karrablast, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Shell On lets you discard a Shelmet from your hand and evolve Karrablast on the spot, Peck is 30. The only card in 2017 that evolves by throwing away its counterpart instead of playing it. OOYAMA.
Skiddo, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Seed Bomb, 20 for two Colourless. Naoki Saito.
Ability Sap Sipper
Gogoat, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Sap Sipper adds 80 to its attacks against the opponent's Grass Pokémon, Horn Leech is 80 and heals 20 off itself. Against a Grass deck Horn Leech reads 160, which is the only place in the pack where a 120 HP Stage 1 reaches a GX number. You Iribi.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Marowak, 100 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Dance of Flames attaches a Fire Energy from your discard pile for every Energy on the opponent's Pokémon, Burning Bonemerang is 70 per heads on two coins and Burns if either is heads. The only card in 2017 that turns the opponent's Energy count into your own acceleration. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Numel, 80 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Continuous Headbutt, 30 per heads until the first tails. sui.
Camerupt, 140 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Continuous Headbutt is 80 per heads until tails, Searing Flame is 120 and Burns. A 140 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of four that either does nothing or ends the game. Anesaki Dynamic.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Staryu, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Spinning Attack, 10 for a single Colourless. Yukiko Baba.
Ability Escape
Starmie, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Escape shuffles Starmie and everything on it back into the deck once a turn, Spinning Attack is 40 for one Colourless. A 90 HP Stage 1 that recycles itself and its Energy, which is what makes a one-Energy attacker reusable. Yuka Morii.
Remoraid, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Water Gun, 30 for two. Aya Kusube.
Octillery, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Ink Spit makes the Defending Pokémon flip for its next attack and do nothing on tails, Special Artillery is 40 and 120 if you discard a Special Energy off Octillery. The only attack in the pack that consumes a Special Energy rather than a basic one. tetsuya koizumi.
Corphish, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Crabhammer, 30 for two Water. Masakazu Fukuda.
Crawdaunt, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — one attack, Double Claws, 80 and discard two Energy off the opponent's Active. The biggest Energy denial in the pack: two at once, for four. Saya Tsuruta.
Shellos, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Regeneration heals 30 off itself, Mud-Slap is 10. Kouki Saitou.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Geodude, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Defense Curl prevents all damage to it next turn on heads, Tackle is 20 for free. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Alolan Graveler, 100 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Corkscrew Punch is 30, Self-Destruct is 100 and 100 on itself. The only card in the pack that Knocks itself Out to deal 100. kirisAki.
Alolan Golem-GX, 250 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Hammer In is 80, Super Electromagnetic Tackle is 200 and 50 back on itself, and Heavy Rock-GX is 100 plus the opponent cannot play any cards from their hand next turn. The only GX attack in 2017 that locks the hand rather than the board. 5ban Graphics.
Emolga, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Energy Catch puts three basic Energy from the discard pile into hand, Volt Switch is 30 and swaps it for a Benched Lightning Pokémon. Kagemaru Himeno.
Alolan Golem-GX, full-art, 250 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as 018, same Heavy Rock-GX that stops the opponent playing cards from hand. 5ban Graphics.
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Alolan Golem-GX, Hyper Rare, 250 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, hyper rare (HR), retreat 4 — the same card as 018 and 051, in rainbow foil, same Heavy Rock-GX. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Gastly, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Ominous Eyes, a single damage counter anywhere. Shibuzoh.
Haunter, 70 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — one attack, Pain Amplifier, two damage counters on every opponent's Pokémon that already has damage. It does nothing on its own and everything after a spread attack. Eri Yamaki.
Ability Gnawing Curse
Gengar, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, free retreat — the Ability Gnawing Curse puts two damage counters on a Pokémon every time the opponent attaches an Energy to it from hand, Fade to Black is 70 and Confuses. The only card in 2017 that taxes the opponent's attachments rather than their attacks. Shin Nagasawa.
Chimecho, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Bell of Silence is 10 and stops the opponent playing any Pokémon with an Ability from hand next turn. Aimed straight at Tapu Lele-GX. Kanako Eo.
Pumpkaboo, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Astonish, a random card out of the opponent's hand revealed and shuffled back into the deck. Miki Tanaka.
Gourgeist, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Confuse Ray Confuses, Pumpkin Bomb is 10 and 40 more for every Pokémon Tool you discard off your own Pokémon. The only attack in 2017 that eats your own Tools for damage. kirisAki.
Salandit, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Singe, which Burns. tetsuya koizumi.
Salazzle, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Nasty Plot takes any two cards out of the deck, Severe Poison puts four damage counters on the Poisoned Pokémon between turns instead of one. Poison worth 40 a turn, which is the biggest number Poison reached in 2017. Shin Nagasawa.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Cubone, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Leer Paralyses on heads, Headbutt is 20. sui.
Gastrodon, 120 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Eerie Fluid is 30 and Confuses, Earthquake is 120 and 10 to each of your own Benched Pokémon. The pack's only 120 for three that also damages your side. TOKIYA.
Buzzwole-GX, 190 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — Jet Punch is 30 and 30 to a Benched Pokémon, Knuckle Impact is 160 and cannot attack next turn, and Absorption-GX is 40 for each of your remaining Prize cards. The Ultra Beast GX whose GX attack is worth most on the turn you are furthest behind: six Prizes left is 240. 5ban Graphics.
Buzzwole-GX, full-art, 190 HP, Fighting, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 030, same Jet Punch, same Absorption-GX that scales with your remaining Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
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Buzzwole-GX, Hyper Rare, 190 HP, Fighting, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 030 and 052, same Absorption-GX. The most expensive card of the September pair, and one of the two most expensive of 2017. 5ban Graphics.
9 cards · listed in original order.
Mawile, 80 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family puts two Basic Pokémon onto the Bench, Crunch is 30 and discards an Energy on heads. tetsuya koizumi.
Aron, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Tackle is 10, Metal Claw is 30. TOKIYA.
Lairon, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Metal Claw is 20, Hammer In is 80. Atsuko Nishida.
Aggron, 170 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Revenge Cannon is 10 and 10 more for every damage counter on your own Bench, Buster Swing is 120 and ignores Resistance. The only card in the pack that is paid by your own damage: a wiped Bench is a 180-damage attack. Yoshinobu Saito.
Registeel, 130 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Turbo Arm is 30 and attaches a basic Energy from the discard pile to the Bench, Iron Fist is 90 and heals 30 if Regice is on your Bench. One third of the Regigigas condition, and the only one that accelerates. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Escavalier, 120 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Fury Attack is 30 per heads on three coins, Iron Tackle is 130 and 30 on itself. The card Karrablast's Shell On evolves into on turn one. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Slice Off
Kartana-GX, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Slice Off discards a Special Energy off one of the opponent's Pokémon when Kartana-GX comes off the Bench, Gale Blade is 70 and may shuffle Kartana-GX back into the deck, and Blade-GX takes a Prize card. The only GX attack in 2017 that deals no damage at all, and the only one that is worth using on an empty board. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Slice Off
Kartana-GX, full-art, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 037, same Slice Off, same Blade-GX that takes a Prize. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Slice Off
Kartana-GX, Hyper Rare, 170 HP, Metal, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 037 and 053, same Blade-GX. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Starly, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Bug Search makes the opponent reveal their hand, Flap is 20. miki kudo.
Staravia, 80 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Flap is 20, Wing Attack is 60. kawayoo.
Staraptor, 140 HP, Colourless, Stage 2, retreat 1 — Clutch is 50 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Sky Hunting is 120 and switches Staraptor out when it takes the Knock Out. A 140 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of one that leaves the board on its own terms. Sekio.
Ability Seal of Antiquity
Regigigas, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 4 — the Ability Seal of Antiquity stops it attacking unless Regirock, Regice and Registeel are all on your Bench, Giant Stomp is 160 and discards any Stadium in play. The only card in 2017 whose attack is gated on three specific other cards. Kouki Saitou.
Minccino, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Tickle is 10 and Paralyses on heads. kodama.
Cinccino, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — one attack, Amazing Plea: name two cards in your discard pile and ask the opponent whether you may take them; if they refuse, the attack does 80 instead. The only attack in 2017 that hands the opponent the choice between two bad outcomes. 313.
Type: Null, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Armor Press is 30 and takes 30 less off the next attack, Slashing Claw is 70. The pre-evolution of Silvally-GX, printed as a Rare so that the line can be drafted. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Gyro Unit
Silvally-GX, 210 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Gyro Unit gives every Basic Pokémon you have no Retreat Cost, Turbo Drive is 120 and attaches a basic Energy from the discard pile to the Bench, and Rebel-GX is 50 for each Pokémon on the opponent's Bench. The whole card is about the Bench: Gyro Unit moves yours for free, Rebel-GX counts theirs. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Gyro Unit
Silvally-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 045, same Gyro Unit, same Rebel-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Gyro Unit
Silvally-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 045 and 054, same Gyro Unit. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
You can play this card only if you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent. Switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon.
Counter Catcher, Item — only playable when you have more Prize cards left than the opponent, then pull one of their Benched Pokémon up. The catch-up half of Guzma, printed as an Item, which is why decks that expect to fall behind run it alongside him. Toyste Beach.
Your opponent reveals their hand. You may have your opponent count the cards in their hand, shuffle those cards into their deck, then draw that many cards.
Peeking Red Card, Item — look at the opponent's hand, then they shuffle it in and draw the same number back. A Red Card that you get to read first, so you know whether the shuffle is worth it. Toyste Beach.
The Silvally-GX this card is attached to is a Psychic Pokémon.
Psychic Memory, Pokémon Tool — makes the Silvally-GX it is attached to a Psychic Pokémon, which turns Rebel-GX and Turbo Drive into Psychic attacks. One of the two Memories in this set, and the reason Silvally-GX is played as five different decks. 5ban Graphics.
The Silvally-GX this card is attached to is a Fighting Pokémon.
Fighting Memory, Pokémon Tool — makes the Silvally-GX it is attached to a Fighting Pokémon. The pair with 048: two Tools, two types, one GX. 5ban Graphics.
Look at your face-down Prize cards and put 1 of them into your hand. Then, shuffle this Gladion into your remaining Prize cards and put them back face down. If you didn’t play this Gladion from your hand, it does nothing.
Gladion, Supporter — look at every face-down Prize card you have, take one, and swap this card into the Prizes in its place. The only card in 2017 that searches your own Prize cards, and the standard answer to a key card being prized. Ken Sugimori.
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Look at your face-down Prize cards and put 1 of them into your hand. Then, shuffle this Gladion into your remaining Prize cards and put them back face down. If you didn’t play this Gladion from your hand, it does nothing.
Gladion, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 050: look at your face-down Prizes and take one. Redrawn by TOKIYA from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print. TOKIYA.
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Counter Catcher, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 046: only when you are behind on Prizes, then pull a Benched Pokémon up. Printed gold here and nowhere else in 2017. Toyste Beach.
2 cards · listed in original order.
This card provides Colorless Energy. When you attach this card from your hand to your Active Pokémon, switch that Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Warp Energy, gold, Special Energy, ultra rare (UR) — counts as one Colourless Energy and switches the Pokémon it is attached to with a Benched Pokémon when you attach it from hand. The card that gets a stuck attacker out of the Active spot, printed gold in the set whose GX attacks leave it there.
Metal Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Metal Energy as a secret at 062/050, in the set that prints two Metal GX. The sixth gold basic Energy of 2017.
The other half of SM4, 15 September 2017. Fifty numbered cards at 001/050–050/050, then five full-art cards at 051–055, four rainbow cards at 056–059 and three gold cards at 060–062, making 62. The Ultra Beast side of the pair: Nihilego-GX, Celesteela-GX and Guzzlord-GX are in this one, and Guzzlord's 210 HP with Eat Sloppily — eat a card out of the discard pile — is the first attempt at making something hard to Knock Out with healing rather than with HP. English is Crimson Invasion on 3 November 2017, 125 cards.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-09-15. 62 cards — 53 Pokémon, 6 Trainers and 3 Energy, 12 of them GX and 6 Ultra Beast; 23 commons, 16 uncommons, 7 rares, 4 Double Rares, 5 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 4 Hyper Rares; 10 Water, 8 Psychic, 8 Darkness, 6 Grass, 6 Dragon, 5 Fighting, 5 Colourless, 3 Fairy and 2 Lightning; 37 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 13.
The other half of 15 September, and the half that goes further into the Ultra Space. Fifty numbered cards, five full-art (051–055), four Hyper Rare (056–059) and three gold (060–062). 022 Nihilego-GX and 033 Guzzlord-GX join the two Beasts from the other pack, and Guzzlord-GX is 210 HP with Glutton GX that takes two Prize cards instead of one if it Knocks Out — the first GX card in the year that changes what a Knock Out is worth. 008 Gyarados-GX is the non-Beast headline, 037 Alolan Exeggutor-GX is the second Alolan GX of the day, and 047 Lusamine puts two cards from the discard pile back into the hand. 061 Counter Energy is the year's best Special Energy. English: Crimson Invasion, 3 November.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Weedle, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Poison Sting, which Poisons. Yukiko Baba.
Kakuna, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — one attack, Multiply, which searches out up to three Kakuna and puts them on the Bench. The only card in the pack that builds a Bench out of copies of itself. miki kudo.
Beedrill, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 2, free retreat — Sudden Sting is 10 and, if it evolved from Kakuna this turn, Paralyses and Poisons at once, Sharp Sting is 60. A Stage 2 that has to be played the turn it evolves to be worth anything. kirisAki.
Exeggcute, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Hypnosis puts the opponent to Sleep, Ram is 10. Kouki Saitou.
Shelmet, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Absorb, 10 and heals 10 off itself. The card that Karrablast's Shell On throws away in the September pair. OOYAMA.
Accelgor, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Recover discards an Energy off itself and heals all damage, Speed Attack is 70. A 90 HP Stage 1 that resets itself every turn for one Energy, which is the cheapest full heal in the pack. tetsuya koizumi.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Submerge
Magikarp, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Submerge prevents all damage to it while it is on the Bench, Waterfall Evolution searches out Gyarados and evolves on the spot. Thirty HP that cannot be sniped, which is the whole reason the Gyarados-GX line works. TOKIYA.
Gyarados-GX, 240 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Waterfall is 70, Draconic Disaster is 100 and 200 while a Stadium is in play, then discards that Stadium, and Dread Storm-GX discards an Energy off every one of the opponent's Pokémon. The only GX in 2017 that is paid by a Stadium: it needs one to reach 200 and removes it in the same attack. 5ban Graphics.
Swinub, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Gnaw, 30 for two Colourless. Eri Yamaki.
Piloswine, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Stampede is 20, Rest puts it to Sleep and heals 90. Kouki Saitou.
Mamoswine, 180 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Double Stomp is 60 and 30 more per heads on two coins, Forceful Tackle is 90 and 10 more for each damage counter you put on Mamoswine, up to nine. The only attack in the pack that lets you choose how much of your own HP to spend, up to 90 extra. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Feebas, 30 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Splashing Dodge is 10 and prevents everything done to it next turn on heads. Thirty HP behind a coin flip. Hitoshi Ariga.
Milotic, 120 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — TLC shuffles a damaged Benched Pokémon and everything on it back into the deck, Ocean Cyclone is 80 and 10 to each of the opponent's Benched Pokémon. The only card in 2017 that removes a Benched Pokémon from play entirely. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Iceberg Shield
Regice, 130 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Iceberg Shield blocks all effects and damage from the opponent's Stage 2 Pokémon while Regirock is in play, Frost Smash is 70. One third of the Regigigas condition, and the only piece that defends. Masakazu Fukuda.
Gyarados-GX, full-art, 240 HP, Water, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as 008, same Draconic Disaster that needs a Stadium, same Dread Storm-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Gyarados-GX, Hyper Rare, 240 HP, Water, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 4 — the same card as 008 and 051, in rainbow foil, same Draconic Disaster. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Pika Draw draws a card, Quick Attack is 20 and 40 on heads. Shibuzoh.
Ability Surge Surfer
Alolan Raichu, 110 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Surge Surfer removes its Retreat Cost while a Stadium is in play, Psychic is 70 and 20 more for each Energy on the opponent's Active. The second card in the September pair that reads the Stadium. Akira Komayama.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Misdreavus, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Confuse Ray. so-taro.
Mismagius, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Chaos Wheel is 30 and stops the opponent playing any Tool, Special Energy or Stadium from hand next turn, Dark Arts is 20 for each card in the opponent's hand. The only attack in 2017 that counts the opponent's hand as damage. chibi.
Spoink, 50 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Splash, 10. Sekio.
Ability Own Tempo
Grumpig, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Own Tempo makes it immune to Confusion, Psych Up is 60 and 120 next turn. An attack that has to be used twice to be worth using once. Saya Tsuruta.
Oranguru, 110 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Fixer of the Forest puts three Pokémon Tool cards from the discard pile into hand, Zen Headbutt is 70. The only Tool recovery in 2017, which is what makes the Memory line renewable. Yoshinobu Saito.
Ability Empty Light
Nihilego-GX, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Empty Light Confuses and Poisons both Active Pokémon when it comes off the Bench, Lock Up is 120 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, and Symbiont-GX puts the top two cards of the opponent's deck into their Prize cards. The only GX attack in 2017 that adds to the opponent's Prizes — it delays them and scrambles what is in there. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Empty Light
Nihilego-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 022, same Empty Light, same Symbiont-GX that puts cards into the opponent's Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Empty Light
Nihilego-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 022 and 052, same Symbiont-GX. 5ban Graphics.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Mankey, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Three-Step Strike, 10 per heads on three coins. Miki Tanaka.
Primeape, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Low Kick is 30, Lucha Fight is 90 and makes the Defending Pokémon's attacks do 30 more next turn. The only attack in the pack that pays the opponent forward. Yuka Morii.
Ability Rock Peak Growl
Regirock, 130 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Rock Peak Growl adds 10 to every attack your Registeel makes, Tough Swing is 110 and ignores Resistance. One third of the Regigigas condition, and the only piece that buffs another card. kawayoo.
Stufful, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Flop, 30. Kanako Eo.
Ability Fluffy
Bewear, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Fluffy takes 30 off every attack from a non-Fire Pokémon, Cross-Cut is 60 and 120 against an Evolution Pokémon. A 130 HP Stage 1 that reads as 160 against half the format. Saya Tsuruta.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Houndour, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Rear Kick is 10, Darkness Fang is 20. Kouki Saitou.
Houndoom, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Fire Fang is 30 and Burns, Puncturing Fangs is 90 and ignores Resistance. The September pair's answer to Fighting decks, and one of the two cards Devoured Field was printed for. Shin Nagasawa.
Deino, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Headbutt is 20, Surprise Attack is 60 and does nothing on tails. miki kudo.
Zweilous, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Headbutt is 30, Double Hit is 60 per heads on two coins. kodama.
Ability Weed Out
Hydreigon, 160 HP, Darkness, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Weed Out makes you keep three Benched Pokémon and discard the rest, Dark Destruction is 120 and may trade an Energy off Hydreigon for an Energy off the opponent's Active. The only card in 2017 that thins your own Bench on purpose, and it pairs with everything that counts the Bench. Anesaki Dynamic.
Guzzlord-GX, 210 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 4 — Eat Sloppily discards the top five cards of your deck and attaches any Energy among them to Guzzlord-GX, Tyrannical Hole is 180, and Glutton-GX is 100 and takes two extra Prize cards if it Knocks Out. The only GX attack in 2017 that changes how many Prizes you take, and the only card that eats its own deck for Energy. 5ban Graphics.
Guzzlord-GX, full-art, 210 HP, Darkness, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as 033, same Eat Sloppily, same Glutton-GX that takes two extra Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
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Guzzlord-GX, Hyper Rare, 210 HP, Darkness, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 4 — the same card as 033 and 053, same Glutton-GX. The most expensive card of the September pair. 5ban Graphics.
6 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Exeggutor-GX, 220 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Tropical Head does 20 per Energy on it to any of the opponent's Pokémon, Dragon Hammer is 120 and Confuses, and Tower-Go-Round-GX is 180 and moves any number of Energy around your board. The GX attack sets up the next Tropical Head: move the Energy, then hit the Bench. 5ban Graphics.
Jangmo-o, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Headbutt is 10, Gentle Slap is 20. Atsuko Nishida.
Hakamo-o, 90 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Noble Roar makes the opponent switch, Dragon Claw is 40. Masakazu Fukuda.
Kommo-o, 160 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, retreat 2 — War Cry is 30 and 120 when you have fewer Pokémon in play than the opponent, Clanging Scales is 130 and 30 more against it next turn. The only Stage 2 in the pack that gets stronger the further behind you are on the board. kawayoo.
Alolan Exeggutor-GX, full-art, 220 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 037, same Tropical Head, same Tower-Go-Round-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Alolan Exeggutor-GX, Hyper Rare, 220 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 037 and 054, same Tower-Go-Round-GX. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Jigglypuff, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Rollout is 10, Double Slap is 20 per heads on two coins. You Iribi.
Wigglytuff, 120 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Hypnoblast is 30 and puts the opponent to Sleep, Punishing Slap is 60 and 120 if any of the opponent's Pokémon carry Darkness Energy. The Fairy answer to the Darkness side of the pair. 313.
Xerneas, 130 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 2 — Lead searches out a Supporter, Bright Horns is 130 and cannot be used twice in a row. The cheapest Supporter search on a non-GX body in 2017. sui.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Moo Moo Ale
Miltank, 100 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Moo Moo Ale heals 90 off a Pokémon every time you attach an Energy to it while Miltank is Active, Sitdown Splash is 60 and 90 on heads. Ninety points of healing per attachment is the biggest single heal in 2017. Mina Nakai.
Swablu, 50 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Peck, 10. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Altaria, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Draco Melody searches out a Dragon Pokémon on heads, Cotton Guard is 30 and takes 30 less next turn. sui.
Bunnelby, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Mud Shot, 30. kirisAki.
Diggersby, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Dig is 60 and blocks everything next turn on heads, Hammer Arm is 90 and mills the top card of the opponent's deck. Anesaki Dynamic.
6 cards · listed in original order.
If the Pokémon this card is attached to discards Energy for its Retreat Cost, put that Energy into your hand instead of the discard pile.
Dashing Pouch, Pokémon Tool — when the attached Pokémon discards Energy to pay a Retreat Cost, that Energy goes to your hand instead of the discard pile. Printed in the set whose GX cards all retreat for four. Eske Yoshinob.
Put 2 in any combination of Supporter and Stadium cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Lusamine, Supporter — take two cards from your discard pile, in any mix of Supporter and Stadium. The only card in 2017 that recovers Supporters, which is how a used Guzma or Acerola comes back a second time. take.
Special Conditions are not removed when Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) evolve or devolve.
Sea of Nothingness, Stadium — Special Conditions stay on a Pokémon when it evolves or devolves. The only Stadium in 2017 that works against the person playing it as often as for them: Sleep and Paralysis no longer wash off on evolution. Ryo Ueda.
The attacks of Darkness Pokémon and Dragon Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) do 10 more damage to the opponent’s Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Devoured Field, Stadium — every Darkness and Dragon Pokémon in play does 10 more to the opponent's Active. The Stadium that 008 Gyarados-GX's Draconic Disaster eats for its extra 100, and the reason the September pair is played together. 5ban Graphics.
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Put 2 in any combination of Supporter and Stadium cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Lusamine, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 047: two Supporters or Stadiums back from the discard pile. Redrawn by Megumi Mizutani from take's ordinary print. Megumi Mizutani.
If the Pokémon this card is attached to is your Active Pokémon and is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent’s attack, move up to 3 basic Energy cards from that Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Wishful Baton, gold, Pokémon Tool, ultra rare (UR) — when the attached Pokémon is Knocked Out by an attack while Active, move up to three basic Energy off it to a Benched Pokémon. The August card reprinted gold here, and the standard way to keep an Energy line alive through a Knock Out. Toyste Beach.
3 cards · listed in original order.
This card provides Colorless Energy. If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, and if this card is attached to a Pokémon that isn’t a Pokémon-GX or Pokémon-EX, this card provides every type of Energy but provides only 2 Energy at a time.
Counter Energy, Special Energy — counts as one Colourless Energy, and while you have more Prize cards left than the opponent it counts as every type, two at a time, on a non-GX Pokémon. The catch-up Energy, printed the same day as Counter Catcher.
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This card provides Colorless Energy. If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, and if this card is attached to a Pokémon that isn’t a Pokémon-GX or Pokémon-EX, this card provides every type of Energy but provides only 2 Energy at a time.
Counter Energy, gold, Special Energy, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 050: every type, two at a time, while you are behind on Prizes and it is on a non-GX. 5ban Graphics.
Water Energy, gold, basic Energy, ultra rare (UR) — one Water Energy as a secret at 062/050, in the set whose headline card is a 240 HP Water GX. The seventh gold basic Energy of 2017.
The high-class pack of 20 October 2017. One hundred and fourteen numbered cards at 001/114–114/114, then eleven secret cards at 115–125, making 125. Seven cards a pack, all foil, 540 yen, ten packs to a box — a different product shape from the five-card, thirty-pack expansions, and the reason a box of this is small and expensive. The contents are mostly reprints, arranged so that GX cards can be collected one at a time. These 125 cards never became an English set of the same name — because they are reprints, the English side has them as cards inside the sets they originally came from. It landed two months before the SM5 pair and flooded the format with GX supply.540 yen is tax-inclusive (500 yen plus 8%). A high-class pack is seven cards, all foil, ten packs to a box. Current listings show 550 yen, the same price at 10%.
2017-10-20. 125 cards — 95 Pokémon, 29 Trainers and 1 Energy, 26 of them GX and 10 Ultra Beast; 18 Double Rares, 6 full-art cards, 2 gold cards, 3 Hyper Rares; 18 Psychic, 14 Grass, 10 Fighting, 10 Metal, 8 Water, 8 Lightning, 8 Colourless, 7 Fire, 5 Darkness, 5 Fairy and 2 Dragon; 37 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 32.
The only reprint product of 2017: 114 cards plus 11 secrets, and 18 of the 125 are GX cards printed again with new artwork. 012 Pheromosa-GX, 033 Xurkitree-GX and 071 Celesteela-GX are the three that are new here — the last three Ultra Beasts of the year — and everything else is a second printing: 013 Ho-Oh-GX, 027 Tapu Fini-GX, 032 Tapu Koko-GX, 036 Mewtwo-GX, 045 Tapu Lele-GX, 049 Lunala-GX, 050 Necrozma-GX, 056 Lycanroc-GX, 064 Darkrai-GX, 065 Guzzlord-GX, 070 Solgaleo-GX, 073 Sylveon-GX, 086 Silvally-GX and 087 Drampa-GX. Six full-art (115–120), three Hyper Rare (121–123) and two gold (124–125) — and the two gold cards are Lunala-GX and Solgaleo-GX, the SM1 pair, gold for the first time. 118 Lana, 119 Lillie and 120 Lusamine are the three full-art Supporters. No card in this product exists in English in 2017: the whole 125 waits for Ultra Prism on 2 February 2018.
14 cards · listed in original order.
Exeggcute, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Continuous Eggsplosion, 20 per heads until the first tails. kawayoo.
Pinsir, 110 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Roof Fling takes the opponent's Active Pokémon and everything on it off the board and back into their hand on heads, Guillotine is 50. The only attack in 2017 that un-plays a Pokémon rather than damaging it. DemizuPosuka.
Grubbin, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — one attack, Vice Grip, 20 for two Colourless. Akira Komayama.
Dewpider, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Bubble is 10 and Paralyses on heads. Midori Harada.
Ability Water Bubble
Araquanid, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Water Bubble blocks all damage from the opponent's Fire Pokémon, Aqua Edge is 70. A 100 HP Stage 1 that simply cannot be hit by half of the Fire cards in the format. Shin Nagasawa.
Fomantis, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Synthesis attaches a Grass Energy out of the deck, Leafage is 20. Kagemaru Himeno.
Ability Sunny Day
Lurantis, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Sunny Day adds 20 to every Grass and Fire attack you make, Solar Beam is 80. The only card in 2017 that buffs two types at once, and the reason it is played beside Ho-Oh-GX. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Bounsweet, 60 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Sweet Scent heals 30 off anything you have, Splash is 10. Akira Komayama.
Steenee, 90 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Sweet Scent heals 30, Stomp is 20 and 40 on heads. Mizue.
Ability Queenly Majesty
Tsareena, 140 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Queenly Majesty makes the opponent reveal their hand and lose a card the moment Tsareena evolves, Trop Kick is 80, heals 20 and clears every Special Condition. The only Stage 2 in the pack that strips a card out of the hand on the way in. Shin Nagasawa.
Tapu Bulu, 130 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Horn Leech is 30 and heals 30, Calm Strike is 60 and 120 once you have used your GX attack. The only attack in 2017 that gets stronger after the GX attack is spent — it is built to close, not to open. Megumi Mizutani.
Pheromosa-GX, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Fast Raid is 30 and can be used on your first turn if you go first, Cruel Spike is 60 and Confuses, and Beauty-GX is 50 for every Prize card the opponent has already taken. An Ultra Beast GX whose GX attack only gets better the worse the game is going. 5ban Graphics.
Pheromosa-GX, full-art, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 1 — the same card as 012, same Fast Raid on turn one, same Beauty-GX that scales with the opponent's taken Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
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Pheromosa-GX, Hyper Rare, 170 HP, Grass, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 1 — the same card as 012 and 115, in rainbow foil, same Beauty-GX. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Ho-Oh-GX, 190 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Sacred Fire does 50 to any one of the opponent's Pokémon, Phoenix Burn is 180 and cannot be used next turn, and Eternal Flame-GX puts three Fire Pokémon-GX or EX out of the discard pile onto the Bench. The only GX attack in 2017 that rebuilds the Bench out of the discard pile. PLANETA.
Ability Victory Star
Victini, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Victory Star lets you ignore the result of any coin flips for an attack and start again, once a turn, V-Flame is 50. The only card in the pack that exists to fix other cards' coins. kodama.
Litwick, 50 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Flickering Flames is 10 and puts the opponent to Sleep. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Lampent, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — one attack, Will-O-Wisp, 30. 313.
Ability Shady Move
Chandelure, 140 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability Shady Move moves a damage counter anywhere once a turn, Super Singe is 50 and Burns. A 140 HP Stage 2 with a retreat of one and a free counter every turn. Kouki Saitou.
Salandit, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Scratch is 10, Venoshock is 20 and 60 against a Poisoned Pokémon. TOKIYA.
Ability Hot Poison
Salazzle, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Hot Poison Burns and Poisons the opponent's Active the moment Salazzle evolves, Flamethrower is 90 and discards an Energy. The status half of the Salazzle pair, and the setup for Salandit's Venoshock. Mitsuhiro Arita.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Sandshrew, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Defense Curl prevents all damage to it next turn on heads, Ice Ball is 30. Mizue.
Ability Slush Rush
Alolan Sandslash, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Slush Rush draws a card every turn, Smash Turn is 50 and switches it out. A Stage 1 that draws and retreats for free, which is what makes it a pivot rather than an attacker. TOKIYA.
Alolan Vulpix, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Roar makes the opponent switch, Icy Snow is 10. Tomokazu Komiya.
Ability Luminous Barrier
Alolan Ninetales, 110 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Luminous Barrier blocks all effects and damage from the opponent's Pokémon-GX and Pokémon-EX, Aurora Beam is 80. The only card in 2017 that is completely immune to GX and EX, on a 110 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of one. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Iceberg Shield
Regice, 130 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Iceberg Shield blocks everything from the opponent's Stage 2 Pokémon while Regirock is in play, Frost Smash is 70. The same card as SM4 014, reprinted here as one third of the Regigigas condition. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Innards Out
Pyukumuku, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Innards Out puts six damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon when Pyukumuku is Knocked Out, Continuous Tumble is 30 per heads until tails. Sixty HP that costs the opponent 60 damage to remove, which is the best rate on a one-Prize Pokémon in 2017. You Iribi.
Tapu Fini, 120 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 2 — Water Pulse is 30 and puts the opponent to Sleep, Shining Currents is 60 and 120 if any of your Water Pokémon was healed this turn. The only attack in 2017 that reads whether you healed. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Tapu Fini-GX, 170 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Aqua Ring is 20 and may switch it out, Hydro Shot does 120 to any one of the opponent's Pokémon for two Water discarded off itself, and Tapu Storm-GX shuffles the opponent's Active Pokémon and everything on it back into their deck. The only GX attack in 2017 that removes a Pokémon from play, and it does nothing at all if the opponent has no Bench. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Pikachu, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Tail Whap is 10, Thunder Shock is 20 and Paralyses on heads. Saya Tsuruta.
Ability Evoshock
Raichu, 110 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Evoshock Paralyses the opponent's Active the moment Raichu evolves, Volt Tackle is 130 and 30 on itself. A Stage 1 that arrives with a free turn attached. Kagemaru Himeno.
Charjabug, 90 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Shocking Jaws is 20 and Paralyses on heads, Electric Ball is 50. Naoki Saito.
Ability Strong Charge
Vikavolt, 150 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Strong Charge attaches a Grass Energy and a Lightning Energy out of the deck every turn, Electro Cannon is 150 and discards three Energy off Vikavolt. Two Energy a turn is the biggest acceleration in 2017, paid for by an attack that eats its own board. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Aero Trail
Tapu Koko-GX, 170 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Aero Trail moves any amount of Lightning Energy onto it and switches it in when it comes off the Bench, Sky-High Claws is 130, and Tapu Thunder-GX is 50 for every Energy on all of the opponent's Pokémon. The GX attack is worth most against a board that is already set up. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Flashing Head
Xurkitree-GX, 180 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Flashing Head blocks all damage from any Pokémon carrying a Special Energy, Rumbling Wires is 100 and mills the top card, and Lightning-GX takes a card out of the opponent's hand and puts it face down into their Prize cards. The only GX attack in 2017 that works out of the opponent's hand. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Flashing Head
Xurkitree-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Lightning, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 033, same Flashing Head that blocks Special Energy attackers, same Lightning-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Flashing Head
Xurkitree-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Lightning, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 033 and 116, same Lightning-GX. 5ban Graphics.
18 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Grimer, 80 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — Super Poison Breath Poisons on heads, Pound is 40. Naoki Saito.
Ability Power of Alchemy
Alolan Muk, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 4 — the Ability Power of Alchemy strips the Abilities off every Basic Pokémon in play, in both hands and in both discard piles, Crunch is 90 and discards an Energy on heads. The card that turns off Tapu Lele-GX's Wonder Tag and every other Basic Ability in the format. Hitoshi Ariga.
Mewtwo-GX, 190 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Full Burst is 30 for every Energy on it, Super Absorption is 60 and heals 30, and Psystrike-GX is 200 and ignores every effect on the opponent's Active Pokémon. The only GX attack in 2017 that specifically beats damage-reduction and barriers. 5ban Graphics.
Wobbuffet, 120 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — one attack, Shadowy Knot, 50 for every Colourless in the opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. The only attack in 2017 that reads the opponent's Retreat Cost as damage. nagimiso.
Ability More Poison
Seviper, 100 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability More Poison adds a second damage counter to the opponent's Poisoned Pokémon between turns, Venomous Fang is 30 and Poisons. The doubling that makes 019 Salazzle's Hot Poison lethal. Eri Yamaki.
Trubbish, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Stomp Off mills the top card of the opponent's deck, Drool is 30. Yuka Morii.
Garbodor, 120 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Trashalanche is 20 for every Item card in the opponent's discard pile, Acid Spray is 70 and discards an Energy on heads. The card that made every Item count twice in 2017, and the reason Field Blower went into every deck. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Ability Vital Dance
Oricorio, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Vital Dance searches out two basic Energy when it comes off the Bench, Casual Slap is 30. Kouki Saitou.
Oricorio, 90 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Supernatural Dance puts one damage counter on the opponent's side for every Pokémon in their discard pile, Revelation Dance is 30 and does nothing without a Stadium in play. The only attack in the pack that counts the opponent's discard pile. TOKIYA.
Mimikyu, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Filch draws two cards, Copycat uses whatever attack the opponent used last turn, as long as it was not a GX attack. The cheapest way to borrow a 200-damage attack in 2017. Megumi Mizutani.
Ability Steelworker
Dhelmise, 120 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Steelworker adds 10 to every Metal attack you make, Anchor Shot is 70 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. The reason Metal decks play a Psychic card. Hasuno.
Ability Wonder Tag
Tapu Lele-GX, 170 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Wonder Tag searches out any Supporter when it comes off the Bench, Energy Drive is 20 for every Energy on both Active Pokémon and ignores Weakness and Resistance, and Tapu Cure-GX heals everything off two Benched Pokémon. The most played card of 2017: a Supporter search that also blocks and also attacks. 5ban Graphics.
Cosmog, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Teleport, which switches it with a Benched Pokémon. The first step of the Lunala line, printed with no way to fight. Shin Nagasawa.
Cosmoem, 90 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — one attack, Teleport, the same switch as Cosmog with a bigger body and a worse retreat. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Lunala, 160 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Shatter Shot is 40 for every Psychic Energy on it, Wings of the Moone is 130 and moves all its Energy to the Bench afterwards. The non-GX Lunala, built to hand its Energy back so the next attacker starts ahead. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Psychic Transfer
Lunala-GX, 250 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Psychic Transfer moves a Psychic Energy anywhere on your side as often as you like each turn, Moongeist Beam is 120 and stops the Defending Pokémon being healed, and Lunar Fall-GX Knocks Out a Basic Pokémon that is not a Pokémon-GX outright. The only GX attack in 2017 that ignores HP completely within its condition. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Light's End
Necrozma-GX, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Light's End blocks all damage from Colourless Pokémon, Prismatic Burst is 10 and 60 more for every Psychic Energy you discard off it, and Black Ray-GX does 100 to every Pokémon-GX and Pokémon-EX the opponent has. The one GX attack in 2017 aimed at the opposing GX line rather than the Active. PLANETA.
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Ability Psychic Transfer
Lunala-GX, gold, 250 HP, Psychic, Stage 2, ultra rare (UR), retreat 2 — the same card as 049, with the Ability Psychic Transfer that moves Psychic Energy around freely every turn and Lunar Fall-GX that Knocks Out a Basic non-GX outright. The only gold card in 2017 that is a Stage 2. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Ability Roadblock
Sudowoodo, 100 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Roadblock caps the opponent at four Benched Pokémon and forces them to discard down to four, Rock Throw is 40. The only card in 2017 that changes how many Pokémon the opponent is allowed to keep. Hajime Kusajima.
Ability Heal Block
Lunatone, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Heal Block stops all healing, on both sides, while Solrock is in play, Lunar Blast is 30. Shin Nagasawa.
Solrock, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Double Draw draws two cards, Solar Heat is 20 and 40 with a Stadium in play. The other half of the Lunatone lock. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Rock Peak Growl
Regirock, 130 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — the Ability Rock Peak Growl adds 10 to every attack your Registeel makes, Tough Swing is 110 and ignores Resistance. One third of the Regigigas condition. kawayoo.
Rockruff, 60 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Corner stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Wild Kick is 30 and does nothing on tails. Naoki Saito.
Lycanroc-GX, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Crunch is 30 and discards an Energy, Accelerock is 120, and Lycanfang-GX is 200 and discards two Energy off itself. The Midnight Form: three attacks, one of them a straight 200, and a retreat of one. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Bloodthirsty Eyes
Lycanroc-GX, 200 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Bloodthirsty Eyes pulls a Benched Pokémon up the moment Lycanroc-GX evolves, Claw Slash is 110, and Dangerous Rogue-GX is 50 for every Pokémon on the opponent's Bench. The Midday Form: the GX attack and the Ability both count the opponent's Bench. 5ban Graphics.
Passimian, 110 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Fling does 30 to a Benched Pokémon, Team Play is 10 and 40 for every Passimian on your Bench. The only card in the pack that wants copies of itself on the Bench. Naoki Saito.
Sandygast, 80 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Shore Up attaches a Fighting Energy out of the discard pile, Sand Tomb is 30 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. Akira Komayama.
Ability Wall of Sand
Palossand, 130 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — the Ability Wall of Sand takes 20 off every attack against it, Absorb Vitality is 50 and heals back exactly what it dealt. Kouki Saitou.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Murkrow, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Whirlwind is 10 and makes the opponent switch. Sekio.
Honchkrow, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Feint Attack does 30 to any Pokémon and ignores Weakness, Resistance and every other effect on it, Raven’s Claw is 10 and 10 more for every damage counter on the opponent's side. The only attack in the pack that reads the whole opposing board at once. Hideki Ishikawa.
Sableye, 60 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Limitation stops the opponent playing any Supporter next turn, Scratch is 20. Sixty HP and a one-turn Supporter lock, which is the cheapest disruption in the pack. Aya Kusube.
Ability Restoration
Darkrai-GX, 180 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Restoration brings it out of the discard pile straight onto the Bench with a Darkness Energy on it, Dark Cleave is 130 and ignores Resistance, and Dead End-GX Knocks Out the opponent's Active outright if it already has a Special Condition. The only GX attack in 2017 that simply Knocks Out, and the reason Poison and Burn decks played it. PLANETA.
Guzzlord-GX, 210 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 4 — Eat Sloppily discards the top five cards of your deck and attaches any Energy among them, Tyrannical Hole is 180, and Glutton-GX is 100 and takes two extra Prizes on a Knock Out. The September Ultra Beast, reprinted here in the high-class set. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Diglett, 50 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Spelunk looks at the top three cards and puts them back in any order, Mud-Slap is 10. Megumi Mizutani.
Ability Tangling Hair
Alolan Dugtrio, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Tangling Hair adds a Colourless to the opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost, Dig Under does 50 to any Pokémon and ignores Weakness and Resistance. match.
Registeel, 130 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Turbo Arm is 30 and accelerates a basic Energy out of the discard pile, Iron Fist is 90 and heals 30 while Regice is on the Bench. One third of the Regigigas condition, reprinted from September. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Solgaleo, 160 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — Shining Arrow does 50 to any of the opponent's Pokémon, Fangs of the Sunne is 170 and cannot be used next turn. The non-GX Solgaleo, and the only 170-damage attack in the pack that is not a GX attack. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Ultra Road
Solgaleo-GX, 250 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Ultra Road switches your Active with a Benched Pokémon every turn for free, Sunsteel Strike is 230 and discards all Energy off it, and Sol Burst-GX pulls five Energy out of the deck and attaches them anywhere. The biggest single number in 2017 outside the GX attacks, and a free pivot every turn. 5ban Graphics.
Celesteela-GX, 200 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 4 — Rocket Fall is 30 and 30 more for every Colourless in the opponent's Retreat Cost, Moon Press is 130, and Blaster-GX is 180 and turns all your Prize cards face up for the rest of the game. The only GX attack in 2017 that changes what you can see in your own Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Change Clothes
Magearna, 90 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Change Clothes takes a Pokémon Tool off one of your Pokémon and back into hand every turn, Rolling Attack is 60. The only Tool recursion on a body in 2017 that is not a Supporter. kawayoo.
Celesteela-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 4 — the same card as 071, same Rocket Fall, same Blaster-GX that turns your Prizes face up. 5ban Graphics.
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Celesteela-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Metal, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 4 — the same card as 071 and 117, same Blaster-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Ultra Road
Solgaleo-GX, gold, 250 HP, Metal, Stage 2, ultra rare (UR), retreat 3 — the same card as 070, same Ultra Road free switch every turn and Sunsteel Strike at 230. The most expensive single card of the December set. 5ban Graphics.
2 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Exeggutor, 130 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Exeggutor's Paradise evolves every Benched Exeggcute into an Alolan Exeggutor or Alolan Exeggutor-GX at once, Draco Meteor Barrage is 80 per heads, one coin for each Grass Energy on it. The only attack in 2017 that evolves the whole Bench in one go. Hasuno.
Drampa, 120 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 2 — Amass attaches a basic Energy out of the deck, Power Cyclone is 80 and moves an Energy to the Bench. match.
5 cards · listed in original order.
Sylveon-GX, 200 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Magical Ribbon searches out any three cards, Fairy Wind is 110, and Plea-GX puts two of the opponent's Benched Pokémon and everything on them back into their hand. Three cards for one Energy is the biggest search in 2017, and the GX attack is Pinsir's Roof Fling twice over. 5ban Graphics.
Diancie, 90 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Sparkling Wish searches out an Evolution card and evolves on the spot, Diamond Storm is 30 and heals 30 off every Fairy Pokémon you have. The only attack in 2017 that heals the whole board without removing itself. TOKIYA.
Morelull, 60 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Flickering Spores puts the opponent to Sleep, Ram is 10. Midori Harada.
Ability Illuminate
Shiinotic, 100 HP, Fairy, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Illuminate searches out a Fairy Pokémon every turn, Flickering Spores is 30 and puts the opponent to Sleep. kawayoo.
Tapu Lele, 110 HP, Fairy, Basic, retreat 1 — Psywave is 20 for every Energy on the opponent's Active, Magical Swap moves any number of damage counters around the opponent's side. The non-GX guardian, and the only card in 2017 that rearranges the opponent's damage. Shin Nagasawa.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Chansey, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Bind Wound heals 30 off anything on heads, Hammer In is 80. Megumi Mizutani.
Ability Fresh Egg
Blissey, 160 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 4 — the Ability Fresh Egg heals 80 off your Active the moment Blissey evolves, Double-Edge is 160 and 80 on itself. The biggest body in the pack that is not a GX. Hideki Ishikawa.
Kangaskhan, 130 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — Cross-Cut is 30 and 60 against an Evolution Pokémon, Hurricane Punch is 50 per heads on four coins. TOKIYA.
Eevee, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Palette of Friends, 10 for every different type of Pokémon on your Bench. The only attack in 2017 that counts types rather than Pokémon. Hideki Ishikawa.
Rayquaza, 120 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Turbo Storm is 30 and attaches two basic Energy out of the discard pile to the Bench, Dragon Claw is 80. Yoshinobu Saito.
Type: Null, 110 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Merciless Strike is 30 and 60 against a Pokémon that already has damage, Headbang is 70. The September pre-evolution, reprinted for the Silvally line. match.
Ability Gyro Unit
Silvally-GX, 210 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Gyro Unit gives every Basic Pokémon you have no Retreat Cost, Turbo Drive is 120 and accelerates from the discard pile, and Rebel-GX is 50 for each Pokémon on the opponent's Bench. The September GX, reprinted here, and the reason the Memory Tools exist. 5ban Graphics.
Drampa-GX, 180 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Righteous Edge is 20 and discards a Special Energy, Berserk is 80 and 150 while your Bench carries damage, and Big Wheel-GX shuffles your hand in and draws ten cards. The only GX attack in 2017 that draws cards, and the biggest hand in the format. 5ban Graphics.
29 cards · listed in original order.
Attach a Water Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Water Pokémon.
Aqua Patch, Item — attach a Water Energy from your discard pile to one of your Benched Water Pokémon. The acceleration that made Water decks work in 2017, and the reason Max Elixir was cut from them. Toyste Beach.
Each player switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Your opponent switches first. (If a player does not have a Benched Pokémon, that player doesn’t switch Pokémon.)
Escape Rope, Item — both players switch their Active with a Benched Pokémon, the opponent first. The only switch card in 2017 that works on both sides, which is why it is played as disruption as much as rescue. Toyste Beach.
Discard a Special Energy from 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.
Enhanced Hammer, Item — discard a Special Energy off one of the opponent's Pokémon. The direct answer to Double Colourless and Counter Energy, in the set that reprints both. Yoshinobu Saito.
コインを2回投げ、オモテの数ぶん、自分の山札にある進化ポケモンを、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Timer Ball, Item — flip two coins and take that many Evolution Pokémon out of the deck. Toyste Beach.
自分の山札にあるたねポケモンを1枚、ベンチに出す。そして山札を切る。
Nest Ball, Item — put a Basic Pokémon out of the deck straight onto the Bench. Toyste Beach.
Choose up to 2 in any combination of Pokémon Tool cards and Stadium cards in play (yours or your opponent’s) and discard them.
Field Blower, Item — discard up to two Pokémon Tool or Stadium cards in play. The card that keeps Garbodor's Trashalanche and every Tool-based lock honest. Toyste Beach.
Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it. You can’t use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Rare Candy, Item — evolve a Basic straight into a Stage 2 out of your hand, except on your first turn or onto a Basic played this turn. Toyste Beach.
Move an Energy from 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon.
Multi Switch, Item — move an Energy off a Benched Pokémon onto your Active. Toyste Beach.
Heal all damage from 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, discard all Energy from that Pokémon.
Max Potion, Item — heal a Pokémon completely, then discard all Energy on it. Toyste Beach.
Choose 1: • Put a Pokémon from your discard pile into your hand. • Shuffle 3 Pokémon from your discard pile into your deck.
Rescue Stretcher, Item — a Pokémon out of the discard pile into hand, or three shuffled back into the deck. Yoshinobu Saito.
自分のサイドを数えたあと、すべて山札にもどして切る。その後、山札の上から、もどした枚数ぶんのカードを、サイドとして置く。
Rotom Dex, Item — count your Prize cards, shuffle them back into the deck, then deal the same number off the top as new Prizes. The only card in 2017 that rerolls your own Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
ポケモンのどうぐは、自分のポケモンにつけて使う。ポケモン1匹につき1枚だけつけられ、つけたままにする。
Electric Memory, Pokémon Tool — makes the Silvally-GX it is attached to a Lightning Pokémon. One of the four Memories printed across the year, and the reason Silvally-GX is built as five decks. 5ban Graphics.
ポケモンのどうぐは、自分のポケモンにつけて使う。ポケモン1匹につき1枚だけつけられ、つけたままにする。
Ancient Crystal, Pokémon Tool — the Regirock, Regice, Registeel or Regigigas it is attached to takes 30 less from the opponent's attacks. The only Tool in 2017 that only works on four named cards, and the piece that makes the Regigigas deck survive long enough to attack. Toyste Beach.
The attacks of the Pokémon this card is attached to do 30 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon-GX or Active Pokémon-EX (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Choice Band, Pokémon Tool — the attacks of the attached Pokémon do 30 more to the opponent's Active Pokémon-GX or Pokémon-EX. The single most played Tool of 2017: it turns a 130-damage attack into a Knock Out on a 160 HP GX. Eske Yoshinob.
ポケモンのどうぐは、自分のポケモンにつけて使う。ポケモン1匹につき1枚だけつけられ、つけたままにする。
Fire Memory, Pokémon Tool — makes the Silvally-GX it is attached to a Fire Pokémon. The fourth Memory of the year, printed beside the Electric one. 5ban Graphics.
Put 1 of your Pokémon that has any damage counters on it and all cards attached to it into your hand.
Acerola, Supporter — take one of your damaged Pokémon and everything attached to it back into your hand. Not a heal — the Pokémon leaves the board, so the damage and any Conditions go with it, and the card can be played again. The most expensive Supporter of late 2017. Ken Sugimori.
Search your deck for up to 4 Fire Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Your turn ends.
Kiawe, Supporter — attach up to two Fire Energy out of your deck to one of your Pokémon, then your turn ends. Two Energy on turn one is the fastest start in 2017 and it costs the whole turn. Ken Sugimori.
Switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. If you do, switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Guzma, Supporter — pull one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon up, then switch your own Active out. The card that replaced Lysandre in every deck in 2017: it is both the gust and the escape. Ken Sugimori.
Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokémon that has any Water Energy attached to it.
Lana, Supporter — heal 50 off every Pokémon you have that carries a Water Energy. The only mass heal in 2017 that is not tied to an attack. Ken Sugimori.
Search your deck for 2 cards, shuffle your deck, then put those cards on top of it in any order.
Mallow, Supporter — pick any two cards out of your deck, shuffle the rest, and put the two back on top in any order. Not a search into hand but a search into next turn, which is how a Supporter is set up a turn ahead. Ken Sugimori.
Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. If it’s your first turn, draw cards until you have 8 cards in your hand.
Lillie, Supporter — draw up to six cards in hand, or up to eight if it is your first turn. The biggest draw of 2017, and the reason going second stopped being a disadvantage. Sanosuke Sakuma.
Put 2 in any combination of Supporter and Stadium cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Lusamine, Supporter — take two cards from the discard pile in any mix of Supporter and Stadium. The only Supporter recovery of the year. take.
Basic Grass Pokémon and Basic Lightning Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) take 30 less damage from the opponent’s attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Aether Paradise Conservation Area, Stadium — every Grass Basic Pokémon in play takes 30 less from attacks, on both sides. The Stadium that makes Grass Basics survive a GX attack. 5ban Graphics.
The Retreat Cost of each Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) that has any Psychic or Darkness Energy attached to it is ColorlessColorless less.
Altar of the Moone, Stadium — every Pokémon with a Psychic Energy on it, on both sides, retreats for two less. The Stadium that makes Lunala-GX and the Psychic side of the format mobile. 5ban Graphics.
Once during each player’s turn, that player may search their deck for a Basic Water Pokémon or Basic Fighting Pokémon, put it onto their Bench, and shuffle their deck.
Brooklet Hill, Stadium — once a turn, each player may put a Water Basic Pokémon out of their deck onto the Bench. A search engine as a Stadium, and the reason Water decks in 2017 ran no Nest Ball. 5ban Graphics.
Fire Pokémon and Metal Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) have no Weakness.
Altar of the Sunne, Stadium — every Fire Pokémon in play has no Weakness. The only Stadium in 2017 that removes a Weakness instead of adding damage. 5ban Graphics.
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Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokémon that has any Water Energy attached to it.
Lana, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 106: heal 50 off every Water Pokémon you have. Redrawn by Kanako Eo from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print. Kanako Eo.
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Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. If it’s your first turn, draw cards until you have 8 cards in your hand.
Lillie, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 108: draw to six, or to eight on your first turn. Redrawn by Naoki Saito. The most expensive Supporter of the December set. Naoki Saito.
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Put 2 in any combination of Supporter and Stadium cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Lusamine, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 109: two Supporters or Stadiums back from the discard pile. Redrawn by You Iribi. You Iribi.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Double Colorless Energy provides ColorlessColorless Energy.
Double Colourless Energy, Special Energy — provides two Colourless and counts as one Energy card. Reprinted in the high-class set for the third time in 2017, because every GX attack that costs three needs it.
One half of the last pair of 2017. Sixty-six numbered cards at 001/066–066/066, then twelve secret cards at 067–078, making 78. Prism Star (◇) arrives here — the ◇ sits in the card's name, only one copy of each is allowed per deck, and it goes to the Lost Zone rather than the discard pile. The three in this pack are Darkrai ◇ at 031, Solgaleo ◇ at 043 and Cyrus ◇ at 059. The faces are the Solgaleo-GX and Necrozma lines. English is Ultra Prism on 2 February 2018, 173 cards, which takes both December packs (78 and 78) plus part of the October high-class pack.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-12-08. 78 cards — 60 Pokémon, 17 Trainers and 1 Energy, 9 of them GX and 3 Prism Star; 32 commons, 20 uncommons, 8 rares, 3 Double Rares, 6 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 3 Hyper Rares; 16 Grass, 15 Metal, 10 Fire, 7 Darkness, 7 Colourless and 3 Dragon; 39 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 9.
One half of 8 December, and the pack where Prism Star starts. Sixty-six numbered cards, six full-art (067–072), three Hyper Rare (073–075) and three gold (076–078). Three cards print a ◇ after the name — 031 Darkrai ◇, 043 Solgaleo ◇ and 059 Cyrus ◇ — one per deck, and instead of going to the discard pile they go to the Lost Zone, where nothing in the game can reach them. 044 Dusk Mane Necrozma-GX is the headline: 190 HP, Prismatic Light puts three damage counters on each of the opponent's Benched Pokémon, and Full Metal GX takes a Prize card for every Metal Energy discarded. 012 Leafeon-GX and 045 Dialga-GX complete the three, and 061 Pokémon Fan Club, 060 Gardenia and 062 Mars are the Supporters. 077 Missing Clover is the gold Tool. The whole pack waits for 2 February 2018 — English prints it inside Ultra Prism.
16 cards · listed in original order.
Yanma, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Super Speed is 20 and blocks everything done to it next turn on heads. Akira Komayama.
Yanmega, 120 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Supersonic is 30 and Confuses, Cutting Wind is 120. A 120 HP Stage 1 with a retreat of one that can hit 120 for four. SATOSHI NAKAI.
Roselia, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Petal Dance is 30 per heads on three coins, and Confuses Roselia afterwards. Kyoko Umemoto.
Roserade, 100 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Inviting Poison pulls a Benched Pokémon up and Poisons it, Flower Tornado is 100 and moves any amount of Grass Energy around your board. The only card in the pack that Poisons on the way in and then relocates Energy on the way out. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Turtwig, 70 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Synthesis attaches a Grass Energy out of the deck, Headbutt Bounce is 30. Ken Sugimori.
Turtwig, 80 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 2 — Tackle is 20, Razor Leaf is 50. The second Turtwig in the pack, printed ten HP larger with no Ability. OOYAMA.
Grotle, 110 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Mega Drain is 30 and heals 30, Razor Leaf is 80. Shigenori Negishi.
Torterra, 180 HP, Grass, Stage 2, retreat 4 — Giga Drain is 50 and heals back what it dealt, Earthquake is 180 and 20 to each of your own Benched Pokémon. The biggest non-GX number in the pack, and it costs your Bench every time. kawayoo.
Cherubi, 50 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Surprise Attack is 30 and does nothing on tails. Asako Ito.
Ability Weather Guard
Cherrim, 80 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Weather Guard removes the Weakness from every Grass Pokémon you have, Seed Bomb is 30. The only card in the pack that deletes a Weakness from the whole board. MAHOU.
Carnivine, 90 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Chomp Chomp is 20 and heals 20, Loom Over is 90 and 10 less for every damage counter on Carnivine. A 90-damage attack that fades as the game goes on. Anesaki Dynamic.
Ability Breath of the Leaves
Leafeon-GX, 200 HP, Grass, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Breath of the Leaves heals 50 off one of your Energised Pokémon every turn while Leafeon-GX is Active, Solar Beam is 110, and Grand Bloom-GX evolves every Benched Basic Pokémon at once. Fifty healing a turn on a 200 HP body is the most sustain in the pack. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Roto Motor
Mow Rotom, 90 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Roto Motor ignores all Energy in its attack costs once there are nine or more Pokémon Tool cards in your discard pile, Special Mow is 60 and discards a Special Energy off the opponent's Active. The first of three Rotom forms in the pack, all gated on Tools in the discard pile. kawayoo.
Shaymin, 80 HP, Grass, Basic, retreat 1 — Coax searches out three Basic Pokémon of different types at once, Soothing Scent is 30 and puts the opponent to Sleep. The only search in 2017 that insists the three cards be different types. Mizue.
Ability Breath of the Leaves
Leafeon-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Grass, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 012, same Breath of the Leaves, same Grand Bloom-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Breath of the Leaves
Leafeon-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Grass, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 012 and 067, in rainbow foil, same Grand Bloom-GX. 5ban Graphics.
10 cards · listed in original order.
Magmar, 80 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 2 — Controlled Burn mills the top card of the opponent's deck, Flamethrower is 80 and discards an Energy. Yumi.
Ability Incandescent Body
Magmortar, 130 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Incandescent Body Burns the Attacking Pokémon whenever Magmortar is damaged, even if it is Knocked Out, Fire Blaster is 80 and 160 if you discard two Energy off it. A body that punishes the opponent for killing it. nagimiso.
Chimchar, 40 HP, Fire, Basic, free retreat — one attack, Flare, 20 for a single Fire. Forty HP and nothing else, the cheapest way into the Infernape line. Ken Sugimori.
Chimchar, 60 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Fury Swipes is 10 per heads on three coins. Kouki Saitou.
Monferno, 80 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Super Singe is 20 and Burns. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Flaming Fighter
Infernape, 130 HP, Fire, Stage 2, retreat 1 — the Ability Flaming Fighter puts six damage counters on the opponent's Burned Pokémon between turns instead of two, Burst Punch is 50 and Burns. Sixty damage a turn out of a Special Condition, the biggest Burn number in 2017. nagimiso.
Ability Roto Motor
Heat Rotom, 90 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Roto Motor ignores its attack costs with nine or more Tools in the discard pile, Heat Blast is 80. Shin Nagasawa.
Salandit, 70 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 1 — Live Coal is 10, Combustion is 30. Misa Tsutsui.
Salazzle, 110 HP, Fire, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Panic Poison Burns, Confuses and Poisons all at once, Hunter's Nails is 60 and 120 if the opponent's Active already has a Special Condition. The only attack in the pack that applies three Conditions in one go. Kagemaru Himeno.
Turtonator, 130 HP, Fire, Basic, retreat 4 — Searing Flame is 10 and Burns, Steam Artillery is 100. Anesaki Dynamic.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Murkrow, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Mean Look is 10 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating. match.
Honchkrow, 110 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Rip and Run discards a random card out of the opponent's hand and then switches Honchkrow out, Speed Dive is 90. Hitoshi Ariga.
Sneasel, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 1 — Sneaky Smash can only be used if you went second, on your first turn, and strips an Energy off one of the opponent's Pokémon, Ambush is 10 and 30 on heads. The only attack in 2017 that is legal on one specific turn of the game. Masakazu Fukuda.
Weavile, 90 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Icy Wind is 10 and puts the opponent to Sleep, Evil Admonition is 50 for every Pokémon the opponent has with an Ability. Built to punish exactly the Tapu Lele-GX and Garbodor decks of late 2017. Misa Tsutsui.
Stunky, 70 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — Gas Bond is 10 and Confuses both Active Pokémon. Naoyo Kimura.
Skuntank, 120 HP, Darkness, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Sticky Smokescreen is 50 and makes the opponent flip two coins before their next attack, needing both, Hammer In is 100. The strongest attack-blocking card in 2017: a coin flip twice against you fails three times in four. Studio Bora Inc.
Ability Nightmare Star
Darkrai ◇, 160 HP, Darkness, Basic, retreat 2 — a Prism Star, so one per deck and it goes to the Lost Zone instead of the discard pile. The Ability Nightmare Star attaches two Darkness Energy off your hand when it comes off the Bench, Abyssal Sleep is 120 and makes the opponent flip two coins to wake up, staying Asleep on either tails. One of the first three Prism Star cards ever printed. Naoki Saito.
15 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Diglett, 50 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Iron Head is 10 per heads until the first tails. Naoyo Kimura.
Alolan Dugtrio, 60 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Gold Rush discards any number of Metal Energy out of your hand and does 30 for each. The only attack in the pack that turns cards in hand straight into damage. Megumi Mizutani.
Magnemite, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — Searching Magnet takes three Metal Energy out of the deck, Tackle is 10. MAHOU.
Ability Solid Unit
Magnemite, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Solid Unit makes it immune to all damage while it is on the Bench, Ram is 20. Ken Sugimori.
Magneton, 90 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Ram is 20, Zap Cannon is 80 and cannot be used next turn. kirisAki.
Ability Magnetic Circuit
Magnezone, 150 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 2 — the Ability Magnetic Circuit attaches a Metal Energy out of your hand as often as you like each turn, Zap Cannon is 130 and cannot be used twice running. The only card in 2017 that attaches Energy with no limit at all. Yoshinobu Saito.
Shieldon, 100 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Take Down is 50 and 10 on itself, Confront is 80. so-taro.
Ability Earthen Shield
Bastiodon, 160 HP, Metal, Stage 2, retreat 3 — the Ability Earthen Shield blocks all damage from any attacker carrying a Special Energy against every Metal Pokémon you have, Push Down is 110 and may make the opponent switch. The whole-board version of Xurkitree-GX's Flashing Head. Hasuno.
Bronzor, 60 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 2 — Hypnosis puts the opponent to Sleep, Spinning Attack is 20. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Bronzong, 110 HP, Metal, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Psy Bolt is 20 and Paralyses on heads, Psychic Resonance is 60 and 120 if the opponent has any Psychic Pokémon in play. Kagemaru Himeno.
Heatran, 130 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Guard Press is 30 and takes 30 less next turn, Boiling Impact is 130 and discards two Energy off itself. tetsuya koizumi.
Solgaleo ◇, 160 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — a Prism Star: one per deck, and it goes to the Lost Zone rather than the discard pile. Radiant Star attaches a Metal Energy out of your discard pile for every Pokémon the opponent has in play, Corona Impact is 160 and cannot be used next turn. Six opposing Pokémon means six Energy in one turn. Shin Nagasawa.
Dusk Mane Necrozma-GX, 190 HP, Metal, Basic, retreat 3 — Claw Slash is 60, Meteor Tempest is 220 and discards three Energy off itself, and Sun's Eclipse-GX is 250 — usable only while you have more Prize cards left than the opponent. The biggest number on any card in 2017, and it only works from behind. 5ban Graphics.
Dusk Mane Necrozma-GX, full-art, 190 HP, Metal, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 044, same Meteor Tempest, same Sun's Eclipse-GX that needs you to be behind on Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
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Dusk Mane Necrozma-GX, Hyper Rare, 190 HP, Metal, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 044 and 068, same Sun's Eclipse-GX. The most expensive card of the December pair. 5ban Graphics.
3 cards · listed in original order.
Dialga-GX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Overclock draws up to six cards in hand, Shred is 80 and ignores every effect on the opponent's Active, and Timeless-GX takes another turn after this one. The only GX attack in 2017 that grants an extra turn, and the reason Dialga-GX was restricted to two copies in Japan. 5ban Graphics.
Dialga-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 045, same Shred, same Timeless-GX that buys another turn. 5ban Graphics.
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Dialga-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 045 and 069, same Timeless-GX. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Lickitung, 100 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Lap Up draws three cards, Slam is 50 per heads on two coins. Mizue.
Lickilicky, 130 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Dangerous Lick is 50 and 50 more per heads until the first tails, Paralysing if the first flip is tails, Rolling Tackle is 110. The only attack in the pack whose bonus and whose Condition come off the same coin. Yumi.
Eevee, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Gnaw, 20. Atsuko Nishida.
Glameow, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Gentle Bite is 10 and makes the Defending Pokémon's attacks do 40 less next turn. Shibuzoh.
Purugly, 110 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Own the Place is 20, discards the opponent's Stadium and then blocks everything done to Purugly next turn, Toss Aside is 60 and makes the opponent discard down to three cards. The only attack in 2017 that both removes a Stadium and protects itself. Shibuzoh.
Ability Roto Motor
Fan Rotom, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, free retreat — the Ability Roto Motor ignores its attack costs with nine or more Tools in the discard pile, Spinning Fan does 20 to every one of the opponent's Pokémon. The third Rotom form, and the only spread attack in the pack. Masakazu Fukuda.
Oranguru, 120 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 2 — Resource Management puts three cards from the discard pile on the bottom of the deck, Profound Knowledge is 60 and Confuses. The only card in the pack that recycles without returning to hand. Kouki Saitou.
Unidentified Fossil, Item — playable as a 60 HP Colourless Basic Pokémon, and it can be discarded from play during your turn. It cannot retreat. The body that Shieldon and Bastiodon evolve from, printed as an Item so it costs no Bench slot in the deck. Toyste Beach.
18 cards · listed in original order.
Heal 30 damage from 1 of your Pokémon.
Potion, Item — heal 30 off one of your Pokémon. Toyste Beach.
自分のトラッシュにあるサポートを2枚、相手に見せてから、山札にもどして切る。
Pal Pad, Item — two Supporter cards out of the discard pile and back into the deck. The card that made one-of Supporters playable, because they come round again. Toyste Beach.
自分の山札にあるたねポケモンを1枚、ベンチに出す。そして山札を切る。
Nest Ball, Item — put a Basic Pokémon out of the deck straight onto the Bench. Toyste Beach.
Flip a coin. If heads, switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon.
Pokémon Catcher, Item — flip a coin and, on heads, pull one of the opponent's Benched Pokémon up. Toyste Beach.
「ミッシングクローバー」は、1枚または4枚同時に使え、使った枚数によって効果が変わる。
Missing Clover, Item — playable as one card or as four at once, and the effect depends on how many you played: one looks at the top card of your deck and puts it back, four together take a Prize card. The only card in 2017 whose effect is decided by how many copies you burn, and the reason decks ran four. Toyste Beach.
このカードは、自分のバトル場にWaterポケモンがいなければ使えない。
Cyrus ◇, Supporter, Prism Star — only playable while a Water Pokémon is your Active, and it makes the opponent shuffle Pokémon and everything on them back into the deck until they have two Benched Pokémon. One per deck, and it goes to the Lost Zone. The only Supporter Prism Star of 2017, and the only card that compresses the opponent's Bench. Masakazu Fukuda.
Grassエネルギーがついている自分のポケモン1匹のHPを「80」回復する。
Gardenia, Supporter — heal 80 off one of your Pokémon that has a Grass Energy on it. The biggest single heal of 2017. Ken Sugimori.
自分の山札にあるたねポケモンを2枚まで、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Pokémon Fan Club, Supporter — up to two Basic Pokémon out of the deck into hand. Sanosuke Sakuma.
自分の山札を2枚引く。その後、相手の手札からオモテを見ないで、1枚トラッシュする。
Mars, Supporter — draw two cards, then the opponent discards a random card from their hand. The only Supporter in the pack that draws and disrupts at once. Ken Sugimori.
Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. If it’s your first turn, draw cards until you have 8 cards in your hand.
Lillie, Supporter — draw up to six cards in hand, or eight on your first turn. Reprinted from the October high-class set, still the biggest draw of the year. Ken Sugimori.
おたがいのプレイヤーは、自分の番に1回、自分のトラッシュにあるMetalエネルギーを2枚、相手に見せてから、手札に加えてよい。
Mt. Coronet, Stadium — once a turn, each player may take two Metal Energy out of their discard pile into hand. The Stadium that makes Magnezone's Magnetic Circuit renewable. Ryo Ueda.
このカードは、ポケモンについているかぎり、Grassの3つのタイプのエネルギー1個ぶんとしてはたらく。
Unit Energy Grass Fire Water, Special Energy — while attached it provides one unit of Grass, Fire or Water Energy; while unattached it provides one Colourless. The first of the Unit Energies, built for the Grass, Fire and Water decks of the December pair.
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Grassエネルギーがついている自分のポケモン1匹のHPを「80」回復する。
Gardenia, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 060: heal 80 off a Pokémon carrying a Grass Energy. Redrawn by You Iribi from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print. You Iribi.
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自分の山札にあるたねポケモンを2枚まで、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Pokémon Fan Club, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 061: two Basics out of the deck into hand. Sanosuke Sakuma.
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自分の山札を2枚引く。その後、相手の手札からオモテを見ないで、1枚トラッシュする。
Mars, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 062: draw two and strip a card out of the opponent's hand. Redrawn by kodama. kodama.
Your opponent reveals their hand. You may have your opponent count the cards in their hand, shuffle those cards into their deck, then draw that many cards.
Peeking Red Card, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as the October print: look at the opponent's hand, then they shuffle it in and draw the same number back. Toyste Beach.
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Missing Clover, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 058: one copy peeks at the top of the deck, four together take a Prize card. Toyste Beach.
Unit Energy Grass Fire Water, gold, Special Energy, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 066, one unit of Grass, Fire or Water while attached. The first gold Unit Energy.
1 cards · listed in original order.
Double Colorless Energy provides ColorlessColorless Energy.
Double Colourless Energy, Special Energy — provides two Colourless and counts as one Energy card. Fourth printing of the year.
The other half of the last pair of 2017. Sixty-six numbered cards at 001/066–066/066, then twelve secret cards at 067–078, making 78. Three Prism Star cards: Giratina ◇ at 030, Lunala ◇ at 032 and Super Boost Energy ◇ at 065. The faces are the Lunala-GX and Alolan Muk lines, plus Cynthia at 061 — draw six, which with Wonder Tag becomes six cards every turn. English folded this into Ultra Prism on 2 February 2018, 173 cards. The 156 cards of SM5 (78 and 78) did not exist in English during 2017 — the same year-end gap as XY9 in 2015 and SM1 in 2016.162 yen is tax-inclusive (150 yen plus the 8% rate in force in 2017). Seal ratios were never published and are not quoted here. Current listings show 165 yen, which is the same 150 yen recomputed at today's 10% rate — not what a pack cost in 2017.
2017-12-08. 78 cards — 60 Pokémon, 18 Trainers and no Energy cards, 9 of them GX and 3 Prism Star; 32 commons, 20 uncommons, 8 rares, 3 Double Rares, 6 full-art cards, 3 gold cards, 3 Hyper Rares; 16 Water, 13 Psychic, 8 Lightning, 7 Fighting, 7 Dragon and 7 Colourless; 38 artists worked on it and 5ban Graphics drew 9.
The other half of 8 December, and the half with Cynthia. Sixty-six numbered cards, six full-art (067–072), three Hyper Rare (073–075) and three gold (076–078). 030 Giratina ◇, 032 Lunala ◇ and 065 Super Boost Energy ◇ are the other three Prism Star cards, and Super Boost Energy ◇ is the only one that is not a Pokémon — it counts as three of anything while you have three or more Stage 2 Pokémon in play. 033 Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX is 190 HP and attacks the hand, 011 Glaceon-GX locks out GX attacks, and 045 Palkia-GX finishes the three. 061 Cynthia shuffles the hand into the deck and draws six — the Supporter that replaces itself in every deck for the next two years — with 062 Volkner fetching an Item and an Energy, and 063 Looker shuffling the hand away. 077 Escape Board is the gold Tool. English: 2 February 2018, inside Ultra Prism.
16 cards · listed in original order.
Alolan Sandshrew, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Fury Swipes is 10 per heads on three coins. Shin Nagasawa.
Alolan Sandslash, 120 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Spike Armor is 30 and puts six damage counters on the Attacker if Sandslash is damaged next turn, even if it is Knocked Out, Frost Breath is 90. Anesaki Dynamic.
Piplup, 60 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Splatter does 20 to any one of the opponent's Pokémon. Ken Sugimori.
Piplup, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Peck is 10, Wave Splash is 20. The second Piplup in the pack. Shibuzoh.
Prinplup, 90 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Bubble Beam is 20 and Paralyses on heads, Wave Splash is 40. Mizue.
Empoleon, 160 HP, Water, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Total Command is 20 for every Pokémon on both Benches, Whirlpool is 90 and discards an Energy. The only attack in the pack that counts both sides of the Bench at once. nagimiso.
Buizel, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Water Gun, 30. so-taro.
Floatzel, 100 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Agility is 30 and blocks everything next turn on heads, Aqua Blast is 80 and discards a Water Energy. Naoyo Kimura.
Snover, 80 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 3 — Ice Shard is 20 and 60 against a Fighting Pokémon. The only card in the pack with a Metal Weakness of minus twenty rather than times two. match.
Ability Blessings of the Frost
Abomasnow, 130 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 3 — the Ability Blessings of the Frost attaches a Water Energy out of the discard pile the moment Abomasnow evolves, Hypno Hammer is 80 and puts the opponent to Sleep. Masakazu Fukuda.
Ability Freezing Gaze
Glaceon-GX, 200 HP, Water, Stage 1, retreat 2 — the Ability Freezing Gaze switches off every Ability on the opponent's Pokémon-GX and Pokémon-EX, in play, in hand and in the discard pile, Frost Bullet is 90 and 30 to a Benched Pokémon, and Polar Spear-GX is 50 for every damage counter on the opponent's Active. One Ability that turns off the entire opposing GX engine. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Roto Motor
Wash Rotom, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Roto Motor ignores its attack costs with nine or more Tools in the discard pile, Wash Arrow does 50 to a Benched Pokémon. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Roto Motor
Frost Rotom, 90 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Roto Motor ignores its attack costs with nine or more Tools in the discard pile, Frost Crush is 10 and 20 more for every Energy on all of the opponent's Pokémon. MAHOU.
Manaphy, 70 HP, Water, Basic, retreat 1 — Deep Currents shuffles five Water Energy out of the discard pile back into the deck, Water Pulse is 20 and puts the opponent to Sleep. kawayoo.
Ability Freezing Gaze
Glaceon-GX, full-art, 200 HP, Water, Stage 1, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011, same Freezing Gaze that switches off the opponent's GX Abilities, same Polar Spear-GX. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Freezing Gaze
Glaceon-GX, Hyper Rare, 200 HP, Water, Stage 1, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 011 and 067, in rainbow foil, same Freezing Gaze. The most expensive card of the December pair. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Electabuzz, 80 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 2 — Low Kick is 30, Thunder is 90 and 30 on itself. Kouki Saitou.
Electivire, 140 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Steel Short is 60 and Paralyses a Metal Active, Volt Knuckle is 130. Anesaki Dynamic.
Ability Evolutionary Advantage
Shinx, 50 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Evolutionary Advantage lets it evolve on your first turn if you went second, Static Shock is 10. The only card in the pack that breaks the first-turn evolution rule. Shibuzoh.
Shinx, 60 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Charge attaches a Lightning Energy out of the deck, no attack damage at all. Ken Sugimori.
Luxio, 80 HP, Lightning, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Disconnect is 30 and stops the opponent playing Item cards next turn. One of the few Item locks in 2017. tetsuya koizumi.
Ability Intimidating Fang
Luxray, 150 HP, Lightning, Stage 2, free retreat — the Ability Intimidating Fang makes the opponent's Active do 30 less while Luxray is Active, Volt Bolt discards all Lightning Energy off Luxray and does 150 to any one of the opponent's Pokémon. The biggest snipe in the pack, and it empties Luxray to do it. Akira Komayama.
Pachirisu, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — Snuggly Generator attaches a Lightning Energy to every Benched Pokémon that has the Nuzzle attack, Nuzzle Paralyses on heads. The only card in 2017 that searches Energy by attack name. OOYAMA.
Ability Roto Motor
Rotom, 70 HP, Lightning, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Roto Motor ignores its attack costs with nine or more Tools in the discard pile, Plasma Slice is 120 and cannot be used next turn. Naoyo Kimura.
13 cards · listed in original order.
Drifloon, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Creepy Wind Confuses, Hang Down is 10. Asako Ito.
Drifblim, 110 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Damage Transport moves four damage counters off every one of your Pokémon onto the opponent's Active, Wind Wheel is 80 and makes the opponent switch. The only card in 2017 that clears your whole board of damage in one attack. Yumi.
Spiritomb, 70 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Lightless World puts two Supporter cards out of the discard pile into hand, Terrify is 10 and stops a Basic Defending Pokémon attacking next turn. Shin Nagasawa.
Skorupi, 80 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — Hone Claws sets Pierce's base damage to 90 next turn, Pierce is 30. Misa Tsutsui.
Drapion, 130 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 3 — Dangerous Stinger is 100 and Paralyses and Poisons at once, the only attack in the pack that applies both in one hit. Studio Bora Inc.
Croagunk, 60 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Swagger is 10 and discards an Energy on heads. SATOSHI NAKAI.
Toxicroak, 100 HP, Psychic, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Poison Jab is 30 and Poisons, Exact Revenge is 50 and 120 if a Fighting Pokémon of yours was Knocked Out last turn. Hasuno.
Ability Chaotic Star
Giratina ◇, 160 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — a Prism Star: one per deck, and it goes to the Lost Zone instead of the discard pile. The Ability Chaotic Star attaches two Psychic Energy off your hand when it comes off the Bench, Crisis Dive is 160 and discards two Energy off itself. Masakazu Fukuda.
Cresselia, 120 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 1 — Lunar Payback discards an Energy off Cresselia and swaps its damage counters with the opponent's Active, Psychic is 60 and 20 more for every Energy on the opponent's Active. The only attack in 2017 that trades damage instead of healing it. chibi.
Lunala ◇, 160 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 3 — a Prism Star: one per deck, and it goes to the Lost Zone. Full Moon Star attaches a Psychic Energy out of the discard pile for every Pokémon the opponent has in play, Psystorm is 20 for every Energy on every Pokémon in play. Hitoshi Ariga.
Ability Invasion
Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, retreat 2 — the Ability Invasion switches it in from the Bench every turn, Dark Flash is 120 and ignores Resistance, and Moon's Eclipse-GX is 180 and blocks everything done to it next turn — but only while you have more Prize cards left than the opponent. The Moon half of the December pair, and the defensive mirror of the Sun version. 5ban Graphics.
Ability Invasion
Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 2 — the same card as 033, same Invasion, same Moon's Eclipse-GX that needs you to be behind on Prizes. 5ban Graphics.
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Ability Invasion
Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Psychic, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 2 — the same card as 033 and 068, same Moon's Eclipse-GX. 5ban Graphics.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Cranidos, 90 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Corkscrew Punch is 30, Headstrike is 50. Kouki Saitou.
Rampardos, 150 HP, Fighting, Stage 2, retreat 2 — Clean Hit is 60 and 120 against an Evolution Pokémon, Wild Crash Knocks Out any Basic opponent's Active outright. The only attack in the pack that Knocks Out without damage. Yoshinobu Saito.
Riolu, 70 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — Detect blocks everything next turn on heads, Jab is 10. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Precognitive Aura
Lucario, 110 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 1 — the Ability Precognitive Aura searches out any card every turn while Garchomp is in play, Missile Jab is 70 and ignores Resistance. The only search Ability in the pack that depends on another specific Pokémon. Mitsuhiro Arita.
Hippopotas, 90 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 3 — Eleventh Hour Tackle is 50 and 180 once there are three or fewer cards left in your deck. The only attack in 2017 that counts your own remaining deck. Yumi.
Hippowdon, 140 HP, Fighting, Stage 1, retreat 4 — Sand Tomb is 50 and stops the Defending Pokémon retreating, Dust Cannon is 100 and 10 more for every Colourless in the opponent's Retreat Cost. Shigenori Negishi.
Ability Power Huddle
Passimian, 110 HP, Fighting, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Power Huddle adds 30 to every Passimian attack against an Evolution Pokémon while this copy is on the Bench, Rock Hurl is 40 and ignores Resistance. kawayoo.
7 cards · listed in original order.
Gible, 50 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — Ascension searches out its own Evolution and evolves on the spot. Kyoko Umemoto.
Ability Rock Hiding
Gible, 60 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 1 — the Ability Rock Hiding removes its Retreat Cost while it carries a Fighting Energy, Gnaw is 20. Ken Sugimori.
Gabite, 80 HP, Dragon, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Ascension evolves it on the spot, Slash is 40. Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Garchomp, 150 HP, Dragon, Stage 2, free retreat — Quick Dive does 50 to any of the opponent's Pokémon, Royal Blades is 100 and 200 if you played Cynthia this turn. The only attack in 2017 that reads a specific Supporter by name, printed in the same set as that Supporter. Megumi Mizutani.
Palkia-GX, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, retreat 3 — Spatial Control moves any amount of Energy off your Bench onto it, Hydro Pressure is 60 and 20 more for every Water Energy on it, and Zero Vanish-GX is 150 and shuffles all Energy off every one of the opponent's Pokémon back into their deck. The only GX attack in 2017 that strips the whole opposing board of Energy. 5ban Graphics.
Palkia-GX, full-art, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, super rare (SR), retreat 3 — the same card as 045, same Hydro Pressure, same Zero Vanish-GX that strips the opponent's board of Energy. 5ban Graphics.
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Palkia-GX, Hyper Rare, 180 HP, Dragon, Basic, hyper rare (HR), retreat 3 — the same card as 045 and 069, same Zero Vanish-GX. 5ban Graphics.
8 cards · listed in original order.
Eevee, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — one attack, Gnaw, 20. Atsuko Nishida.
Buneary, 60 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Weak Kneed makes the Defending Pokémon flip for its next attack and fail on tails, Skip is 10. Kagemaru Himeno.
Lopunny, 90 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 1 — Stompy Stomp is 40 per heads on two coins, Happy Turn is 60 and may shuffle Lopunny and everything on it back into the deck. Kagemaru Himeno.
Shaymin, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Call for Family puts two Basic Pokémon out of the deck onto the Bench, Glide is 20. kirisAki.
Yungoos, 70 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 1 — Scout makes the opponent reveal their hand, Take Down is 30 and 10 on itself. Misa Tsutsui.
Gumshoos, 110 HP, Colourless, Stage 1, retreat 2 — Identify is 20 and 100 if the revealed hand contains a Pokémon, Whap Down is 70. The only attack in the pack that turns a look at the hand into damage. nagimiso.
Drampa, 130 HP, Colourless, Basic, retreat 3 — Outrage is 20 and 10 more for every damage counter on Drampa, Dragon Pulse is 100 and mills the top two cards of your deck. Hasuno.
Unidentified Fossil, Item — playable as a 60 HP Colourless Basic Pokémon and discardable from play during your turn; it cannot retreat. The body Cranidos evolves from. Toyste Beach.
18 cards · listed in original order.
コインを1回投げオモテなら、自分の山札にあるグッズを1枚、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Order Pad, Item — flip a coin and, on heads, take an Item card out of the deck into hand. The only way to search for an Item in 2017. Eske Yoshinob.
コインを1回投げオモテなら、相手の場のポケモンについているエネルギーを、1個トラッシュする。
Crushing Hammer, Item — flip a coin and, on heads, discard an Energy off one of the opponent's Pokémon. Yoshinobu Saito.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Ultra Ball, Item — discard two cards out of your hand to search out any Pokémon. The cost is the point: it is how Ability-dependent decks empty their hand. Ryo Ueda.
自分の山札にある「ハンサム」を2枚まで、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Looker Whistle, Item — take up to two Looker cards out of the deck into hand. The only card in 2017 that searches a named Supporter. Toyste Beach.
Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it. You can’t use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Rare Candy, Item — evolve a Basic straight into a Stage 2 out of your hand, except on the first turn or onto a Basic played this turn. Toyste Beach.
Choose 1: • Put a Pokémon from your discard pile into your hand. • Shuffle 3 Pokémon from your discard pile into your deck.
Rescue Stretcher, Item — a Pokémon out of the discard pile into hand, or three shuffled back into the deck. Yoshinobu Saito.
ポケモンのどうぐは、自分のポケモンにつけて使う。ポケモン1匹につき1枚だけつけられ、つけたままにする。
Escape Board, Pokémon Tool — cuts the attached Pokémon's Retreat Cost by one Colourless and lets it retreat even while Asleep or Paralyzed. The only Tool in 2017 that beats Sleep, and the reason Solgaleo-GX decks ran it. Toyste Beach.
自分の手札をすべて山札にもどして切る。その後、山札を6枚引く。
Cynthia, Supporter — shuffle your whole hand back into the deck and draw six. The most played Supporter of the year, and the one 044 Garchomp's Royal Blades is built around. Ken Sugimori.
自分の山札にあるグッズとElectricエネルギーを1枚ずつ、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Volkner, Supporter — take one Item card and one Lightning Energy out of the deck into hand. The only Supporter that fetches two different card types at once. Ken Sugimori.
自分の山札を下から3枚引く。
Looker, Supporter — draw the bottom three cards of your deck. The only card in 2017 that draws from the bottom, which makes the deck's order matter. Ken Sugimori.
Discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, draw 4 cards.
Sophocles, Supporter — discard two cards out of your hand, then draw four. The discard is the engine: it feeds Roto Motor and Trashalanche. Ken Sugimori.
このカードは、ポケモンについているかぎり、Electricの3つのタイプのエネルギー1個ぶんとしてはたらく。
Unit Energy Lightning Psychic Metal, Special Energy — while attached it provides one unit of Lightning, Psychic or Metal Energy; while unattached it provides one Colourless. The second Unit Energy, built for the December pair's GX cards.
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自分の手札をすべて山札にもどして切る。その後、山札を6枚引く。
Cynthia, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 061: shuffle the hand in, draw six. Redrawn by nagimiso from Ken Sugimori's ordinary print. The most expensive Supporter of the December pair. nagimiso.
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自分の山札にあるグッズとElectricエネルギーを1枚ずつ、相手に見せてから、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。
Volkner, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 062: one Item and one Lightning Energy out of the deck. Redrawn by TOKIYA. TOKIYA.
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自分の山札を下から3枚引く。
Looker, full-art, Supporter, super rare (SR) — the same card as 063: draw the bottom three cards. Redrawn by Hitoshi Ariga. Hitoshi Ariga.
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Crushing Hammer, gold, Item, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 054: flip for an Energy off the opponent's side. Yoshinobu Saito.
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Escape Board, gold, Pokémon Tool, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 060: one less to retreat, and it works through Sleep and Paralysis. Toyste Beach.
Unit Energy Lightning Psychic Metal, gold, Special Energy, ultra rare (UR) — the same card as 066, one unit of Lightning, Psychic or Metal while attached. The second gold Unit Energy.
1 cards · listed in original order.
このカードはColorlessエネルギー1個ぶんとしてはたらく。
Super Boost Energy ◇, Special Energy, Prism Star — provides one Colourless, and while you have three or more Stage 2 Pokémon in play it provides two of every type. One per deck, and it goes to the Lost Zone rather than the discard pile. The Energy that makes Stage 2 decks work. 5ban Graphics.
Also released this year: English edition.
Ultra Prism (sm5), 173 cards — English's cut of October's GX Battle Boost and both December packs. All 0 Japanese cards that were still waiting arrive here, eight weeks after Japan, and with them Prism Star reaches English for the first time and Cynthia becomes a card every deck in the west plays. This is the only 2017 Japanese product English prints in 2018 that closes the year: after 2 February, every 2017 card that was ever going to cross has crossed.
What 2017 settles is that a mechanic can replace a whole vocabulary. EX, Mega and BREAK are all gone, and nothing is printed in 2017 to take their place except GX — one band, printed on 215 cards across the year, from 49 names. The year's real subject is not the biggest body but the cheapest effect: Tapu Lele-GX searches a Supporter, Zoroark-GX draws two cards, Guzma moves a Pokémon, and those three cards decide more games than any 250 HP attacker does. Prism Star invents a card you can only own one of and cannot get back — six cards, one per deck, straight to the Lost Zone — and Ultra Beast gives a name to a group of Pokémon that the game then spends two years building around. The product shape finally breaks too: a 55-card booster with five secrets and no gold card in March, a 125-card reprint set in October, and a ten-pack box in July. Five cards to a pack all year, and the box stays at 30 — but by December there are twelve products in a year where 2016 had six.
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.
sm1p verified_secondarysm2 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm2 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm2p verified_secondarysm3 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm3 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm3p verified_secondarysm4 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm4 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm4p verified_secondarysm5 verified_secondary · verified_secondarysm5 verified_secondary · verified_secondaryAll 875 cards of the twelve 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: 73 in January, 62 and 55 in March, 70 in April, 64 and 64 in June, 82 in July, 62 and 62 in September, 125 in October and 78 and 78 in December. 155 of them print past the end of their own set and are shown as printed rather than normalised — every one is a full-art, gold or Hyper Rare card.
The Japanese printing is the first-hand source here. Type, HP, retreat cost, illustrator, every attack with its cost, 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 142 Trainers and 21 Energy cards carry the name printed on the Japanese card, and every Pokémon name was read from the card page rather than from a species list.
GX cards are recorded by the stage printed on them, and in 2017 that is no longer always たね. Last year's rule — every GX is a Basic — was true of two cards, Solgaleo-GX and Lunala-GX, and it is wrong here: 003 Decidueye-GX is a Stage 2, 013 Alolan Ninetales-GX is a Stage 1, 038 Gardevoir-GX is a Stage 2. Each card is recorded with the stage in its own stage box, which is why this page has Basic, Stage 1 and Stage 2 GX cards in the same list.
Prism Star is recorded exactly as printed: with the ◇ in the name. There are 6 of them, all on 8 December, three in each pack. The rule they carry — one per deck, and to the Lost Zone instead of the discard pile — is printed on the card, and the ◇ is part of the name, so it is kept in the name here rather than stripped.
Nine cards in Shining Legends arrive from the source with no rarity at all. Eight of them are the Shining Pokémon — 004 Shining Celebi through 059 Shining Arceus — and the ninth is 082 Mewtwo-GX, a secret printed past the end of the set. The eight are marked Shining because that is what the card face says; the ninth is left with no rarity rather than given one, because the card does not print one and the source does not record one. Three products in 2017 — the January booster, the April booster and October's GX Battle Boost — carry no rarity for their regular cards in the source at all, so those cards are recorded with the rarity of the English printing of the same card, and the product notes say so.
The pairing verdict is stated for every card. 698 of the 875 are printed in English inside 2017, 0 are printed on 2 February 2018 inside Ultra Prism, and 175 never printed in English at all. There are 53 'same species, different card' cases, and they are marked as such rather than folded into the count: a card that is not the same card is not a printing. Alolan Moonlight's five secrets are the reason the two March packs do not pair 1:1 with Guardians Rising: Japan prints 117 cards across the two packs and the April booster, English prints 169, and the difference is not an error.
Twelve products, 875 cards, 164 GX prints from 51 names, 6 Prism Star cards, 8 Shining cards and 22 Ultra Beast prints from 7 names, with 70 full-art, 29 gold and 46 Hyper Rare as secrets, and 698 of the 875 printed in English inside the year — with 0 following in February 2018 and 175 never following at all. 2017 is the year the game stops adding stages and starts adding conditions: one attack you may use once a game, a card you may own one of, a group of Pokémon with a name instead of a type. EX, Mega and BREAK all end here and nothing replaces them as a band — GX is the only high card in the year, and it is printed 215 times. The price of a pack does not move; the number of products does, and twelve in a year is the shape the next two years keep.