Tags

A card bearing the ACE SPEC label and one-ACE-SPEC-per-deck rule. Includes Trainer and Energy cards from every era.

Ancient

古代

140 cards

A card bearing the Ancient label. Includes Pokémon and Trainer cards. Separate from Ancient Traits and from unmarked prints of Paradox Pokémon.

A Pokémon card with an Ancient Trait, such as Alpha, Omega, or Delta traits. Separate from the later Ancient card label.

Arceus cards with the special rule permitting any number in a deck.

A Pokémon BREAK card with BREAK Evolution. Card names or text merely containing the word break do not qualify.

A Crystal Pokémon card with the Crystal Type Poké-Body, which changes its type to that of a basic Energy card attached from the hand. Crystal is not an actual Pokémon type; the name follows common collector usage.

A Dark Pokémon card bearing Dark in its printed Pokémon name (わるい in Japanese), such as Dark Charizard. This classification is separate from the Darkness type and from Rocket’s Pokémon without the Dark designation.

A δ Delta Species Pokémon card bearing δ (δ-デルタ種 in Japanese) in its printed Pokémon name. Includes ☆δ Gold Star cards and reprints of those cards.

A Pokémon card with two simultaneous printed Pokémon types. An attack or Ability that conditionally changes type does not qualify.

ex (Lowercase)

ex (小文字)

1921 cards

This is a Pokémon ex. While it is sufficient to say that a Pokémon is “ex” if its name ends with “ex” and it has an “ex rule” on the card.

A Pokémon-EX card with uppercase EX and the Pokémon-EX rule, including Mega Pokémon-EX. Separate from lowercase Pokémon ex.

A card bearing the Fusion Strike label. Includes Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards.

Future

未来

139 cards

A card bearing the Future label. Includes Pokémon and Trainer cards. Paradox Pokémon species identity alone does not qualify an unmarked print.

A Pokémon ☆ (Gold Star) card bearing the ☆ symbol after its printed Pokémon name. Includes δ Delta Species ☆ cards and reprints of those cards.

A Pokémon-GX card, including TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX. References to GX in Trainer text do not qualify.

Pokémon with the printed held-item mechanic; not simply an item depicted in its artwork.

Holon Pokémon cards with the rule allowing them to be attached as Energy; excludes unrelated Holon-named Trainers.

A Pokémon LEGEND card or one of its component cards. Legendary Pokémon species alone do not qualify.

A Light Pokémon card bearing Light in its printed Pokémon name (やさしい in Japanese). Includes reprints of those cards.

Sword & Shield cards carrying the Lost Zone visual treatment identified by this source category; not every card whose text mentions the Lost Zone.

A Pokémon LV.X card with the Level-Up rule, including Pokémon SP LV.X.

Mega

メガ

361 cards

A card depicting a Mega Evolution Pokémon as its subject, including Mega Pokémon-EX and Mega Evolution Pokémon ex in the TCG and Pokémon TCG Pocket. Trainer cards that merely refer to Mega Evolution do not qualify.

A Pokémon Prime card, known as Great Pokémon in Japanese, with its distinctive card design.

A card bearing the Prism Star symbol and rule. Includes Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards.

A Radiant Pokémon card bearing the Radiant Pokémon rule. Shiny artwork alone does not qualify.

A card bearing the Rapid Strike label. Includes Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards.

A card bearing the Single Strike label. Includes Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards.

A Pokémon SP card bearing the SP designation. Includes Pokémon SP LV.X.

Pokémon SP bearing the printed C affiliation. Retain the general SP tag.

Pokémon SP bearing the printed 四 affiliation. Retain the general SP tag.

Pokémon SP bearing the printed FB affiliation. Retain the general SP tag.

Pokémon SP bearing the printed GL affiliation. Retain the general SP tag.

Pokémon SP bearing the printed G affiliation. Retain the general SP tag.

A card bearing the TAG TEAM label. Includes TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX and TAG TEAM Supporters.

Card explicitly affiliated with Team Aqua by source category or printed ownership; does not assert a particular member is depicted.

A Pokémon Tool designated Team Flare Hyper Gear, attached to an opponent’s Pokémon. Ordinary Team Flare cards do not qualify.

Trainer cards explicitly identified as Team Galactic’s Invention.

Card explicitly affiliated with Team Magma by source category or printed ownership; does not assert a particular member is depicted.

A card bearing the Team Plasma label or emblem. Includes Pokémon, Trainer, and Energy cards.

Card explicitly affiliated with Team Rocket by source category or printed ownership; does not assert a particular member is depicted.

Tera

テラスタル

174 cards

This is a Tera type Pokémon ex. While it is sufficient to say that a Pokémon is a Tera type if it has the Tera effect, localization may make this determination difficult and this tag is provided as a convenience.

A Pokémon card bearing the Ultra Beast label. Species identity alone does not qualify an unmarked print.

A Pokémon V card. Includes Pokémon VMAX, Pokémon VSTAR, and Pokémon V-UNION, which also receive their specific tags.

VMAX

VMAX

251 cards

A Pokémon VMAX card. Also classified as Pokémon V.

A Pokémon VSTAR card. A VSTAR Power on a Trainer card does not make that card Pokémon VSTAR.

A Pokémon V-UNION card or one of its component cards. Also classified as Pokémon V.