EX Emerald (TCG)

THE BATTLES THAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF!

Land battles sky. Sky challenges ocean. Ocean attacks land. Legendary Pokémon from across the universe continue to clash on every front, but they still need you to lead them to victory. Put yourself in the middle of it all by capturing your favorite Pokémon and taking them into battle against their rivals. May the best Pokémon trainer win!

EX Emerald is the name given to the ninth main expansion of the EX Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It does not have a main expansion as a Japanese equivalent. It is based on Pokémon Emerald, featuring Generation III Pokémon. It was released on May 9, 2005. EX Emerald is composed of the Japanese Gift Box Emerald, Quick Construction Packs, Master Kit, and several PCG-P Promotional cards.

EX Emerald was the first English expansion to include Holofoil Basic Energy cards, which replaced the Reverse Holofoil in every third pack of a booster box. The Reverse Holofoil in this expansion featured foil Poké Ball and star pattern.

Additional cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/106 Blaziken [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Non Holo Wildfire Theme Deck exclusive 3/106 Exploud [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] National Championships 2006 3/106 Exploud [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Staff National Championships 2006 7/106 Manectric [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Non Holo Wildfire Theme Deck exclusive 10/106 Sceptile [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Non Holo Hydrobloom Theme Deck exclusive 11/106 Swampert [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Non Holo Theme Deck exclusive 29/106 Grumpig [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] "Prerelease" stamp Prerelease promo 35/106 Loudred [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] State Championships 2006 35/106 Loudred [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Regional Championships 2006 56/106 Mudkip [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Wizard World Philadelphia promo 59/106 Pichu [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Nintendo World promo 60/106 Pikachu [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] San Diego Comic Con promo 69/106 Torchic [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Wizard World Chicago promo 70/106 Treecko [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] GenCon 2006 promo 73/106 Whismur [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] City Championships 2006 82/106 Professor Birch T [Su] [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Professor Program 2006

The EX Emerald set is released in English, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese, with cards also available as Reverse Holofoils. The non-holo Uncommons in the German, French, Italian, and Portuguese sets are available with two different codes at the bottom-left; the non-holo Commons in all available languages have three different codes available. It's unknown why the English non-holo Uncommons only have a single distinct code, yet the German, French, Italian, and Portuguese non-Holo Uncommons have two available codes, which is unique to the EX Emerald set. The purpose of these different codes in general is still unknown, but occurred throughout the first halve of the EX era.