Pokémon 30th Anniversary Set: 30th Celebration Card List

Thirty-three main-set cards have been revealed so far — headlined by the brand-new Greninja ex (#21), Sylveon ex (#71), the Pikachu ex day and night pair (#53 and #54) and the legendary bird trio of Moltres (#11), Articuno (#18) and Zapdos (#55), alongside eight of the 30 Pikachu at #28, #36, #37, #40, #42, #43, #47 and #50. The other Double Rares are Fuecoco ex (#15), Espeon ex (#70), Umbreon ex (#92) and Jirachi ex (#102), and the rest are Ho-Oh (#12), Victini (#13), Slowpoke (#16), Zeraora (#57), Marill (#67), Espeon (#69), Nidorina (#88), Alolan Meowth (#89), Umbreon (#91), Meowth (#113), Eevee (#116), Eevee (#117), Eevee (#118) and Lugia (#121). A further twelve Pikachu have been shown in Japanese only — they are in the Japanese Set group below.

The three birds interlock: Fiery Flapping, Frosty Flapping and Flash-Pop Flapping each let their Pokémon attach a free Basic Energy from hand once you have all three in play together. All three are 120 HP and illustrated by HYOGONOSUKE.

The Johto pair are both Rares: Ho-Oh (#12) has 130 HP and is illustrated by Anesaki Dynamic; Lugia (#121) has 120 HP, is illustrated by Kazuki Minami, and its Elemental Blast does 250 damage for a Fire, Water and Lightning Energy, all three of which are then discarded.

Slowpoke (#16) is an 80 HP Water Basic illustrated by Uninori. Its Well-Hidden attack costs a single Colorless and, on a heads flip, prevents all damage and effects of attacks done to it during the opponent’s next turn; Water Gun does 20 for a Water and a Colorless.

The Eeveelution ex pair return in the main set as Double Rares: Espeon ex (#70) has 260 HP and Solar Beatdown, which does 30 damage for each of your Pokémon in play; Umbreon ex (#92) has 270 HP and Lunatic Claw, which does 100 and a further 140 if the defending Pokémon already has damage counters on it. They are separate printings from the Premium Deck Set pair. Eevee (#117) and Eevee (#118) are a day and night pair, both 70 HP with Quick Attack, illustrated by En Morikura and Hitoshi Ariga.

Alternate-art versions numbered above the 128-card set total — the modern Secret Rare convention.

Two of these are a matched pair. Alolan Meowth (#139) and Meowth (#144) are both illustrated by OKUBO, and both show the same apartment block: #139 at night, lit windows and stars behind the fire escape, and #144 in daylight with washing on the line. Set them side by side and they read as one location at two times of day. That makes four places the day/night idea now shows up in 30th Celebration. The Futuristic Box pairs a day and a night Pikachu ex, the main set prints a day and a night Pikachu ex back to back at #053 and #054, the Day & Night Mini Tins split ten designs across two scenes, and now the Secret Rares carry it too.

Pikachu ex (#149) and Pikachu ex (#150) are alternate arts of the day and night Pikachu ex printed at #053 and #054. Both are illustrated by kantaro, where the main-set versions are by 5ban Graphics (#053) and takuyoa (#054). The stats and attacks match the cards they alternate: #149 has Pika-Pika Parade and Thunderbolt, #150 has Zip-Zap Frenzy and Thunder, both 190 HP.

Four of these are confirmed in Japanese as well, where they are Art Rares and Special Art Rares numbered beyond the 103-card Japanese set: Lapras #131 is #106/103, Lycanroc #138 is #113/103, Hisuian Zorua #145 is #122/103, and Pikachu ex #150 is #127/103. They sit in the Japanese gallery below, in number order with the rest of the M6a run.

All eight Basic Energy types, each illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN and carrying the Pokémon 30 logo artwork. They run #009–#016 under their own set code, MEE EN, separate from the 128-card main set. The Elite Trainer Box includes 16 foil copies drawn from these eight designs.

The English release brings a full run of foil black-star promos (set code MEP EN) packed into the Western collections — from the Tech Sticker pair to the legendary birds, the ex Box duo, the Figure Collection Mewtwo & Mew, the Ditto Premium Collection and two Futuristic-style Pikachu ex. Promos use their own numbering (currently #094–#109), separate from the main numbered set. The two Pikachu ex promos, #107 and #109, carry the same stats and attacks as the Japanese #047 and #048 pair, so they are alternate-art printings of those cards rather than new ones.

The Japanese printing carries the set code M6a and runs to 103 numbered cards, so its numbering does not line up with the 128-card English set. Nineteen of the 30 Pikachu have now been revealed in Japanese, from #017/103 to #044/103, each by a different artist. Every one carries a second number on its face alongside the set number — Ken Sugimori’s #017/103 is also 01/30 — which settles how the 30 are counted: they are numbered inside the main run, not held in a pool of their own. Across all nineteen the Japanese set number is exactly 16 higher than the Pikachu number. Alongside them are the matched pair of Pikachu ex Double Rares at #047 and #048 — one in daylight by 5ban Graphics, one at night in a neon city by takuyoa. The same two cards are #053 and #054 in English, under the set code 30C EN. Two Psychic Basics from further into the run have since been shown: Unown at #060/103, 80 HP, illustrated by mingo, and Drifloon at #061/103, 70 HP, illustrated by Shinya Komatsu. Further in again is a Metal pair, Zacian at #085/103 and Zamazenta at #086/103. Both are Basics with 130 HP, Fire weakness ×2, Grass resistance −30 and a two-Energy retreat. Zacian, illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA, opens with a one-Energy attack for 20 that does 40 more if a Pokémon Tool is attached to it, and a three-Energy attack for 120 that it cannot use on consecutive turns. Zamazenta, illustrated by Tsuyoshi Nagano, discards a Pokémon Tool from the opponent’s Active Pokémon before doing 20 damage, and its three-Energy attack does 100 and reduces the damage it takes next turn by 50. Two 140 HP Basics have also been shown. Kyogre at #013/103 is a Water Basic illustrated by Tonji Matsuno; its four-Energy attack does 60 damage plus 30 more for each Water Energy attached to it. Groudon at #068/103 is a Fighting Basic illustrated by Takumi Wada; its five-Energy attack does 250 damage and also puts 20 damage on each of the player’s own Benched Pokémon. Kyogre takes double damage from Lightning, Groudon from Grass, and both retreat for four. Ho-Oh and Lugia have since been shown in Japanese as well, at #007/103 and #097/103 — the same two cards as English #012/128 and #121/128, and two more points where the Japanese and English numbering can be lined up. Ho-Oh has 130 HP, Water weakness ×2 and a two-Energy retreat; its two-Energy Sacred Breath discards every Energy attached to it and fully heals one of the player’s own Benched Pokémon, and Fire Wing does 100 for three. Lugia has 120 HP, Lightning weakness ×2, Fighting resistance −30 and a two-Energy retreat; Elemental Blast does 250 for a Fire, Water and Lightning Energy, all three of which are then discarded. Two more Japanese-only cards have followed. Alolan Exeggutor at #002/103 is a Grass Stage 1 that evolves from Exeggcute, illustrated by Oswaldo KATO. It has 150 HP, takes double damage from Fire and retreats for four; its Ability, Scale Up, raises its maximum HP by 250 while six or more Grass Energy are attached to it, and Mega Drain does 150 for a Grass and three Colorless Energy and heals 50 damage from it. Scraggy at #078/103 is a Darkness Basic with 80 HP, illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima; it takes double damage from Fighting and retreats for two. Its one-Energy attack makes the opponent shuffle their hand into their deck and draw four cards, and its two-Energy attack does 30. Three Item cards close out the numbered run, all illustrated by Yuka Morii. Ultra Ball at #101/103 cannot be used unless the player discards two cards from their hand; it then searches the deck for any Pokémon and puts it into their hand. #102/103 is ポケパッド, which transliterates as Poké Pad and has no announced English name. It searches the deck for a Pokémon and puts it into the player’s hand with no discard, but cannot take a Pokémon that has a Rule Box. Switch at #103/103 swaps the player’s Active Pokémon with one of their Benched Pokémon. Five more have followed, two of them Japanese printings of cards already in the English gallery above. Reshiram at #008/103 and Zekrom at #050/103 are built as a pair: both are Basics with 130 HP, both open with a two-Energy attack for 50, and both have a three-Energy attack for 80 that does 80 more if an Energy of the other one’s type is attached — a Lightning Energy on Reshiram, a Fire Energy on Zekrom. Reshiram is Fire, takes double damage from Water and is illustrated by Uta; Zekrom is Lightning, takes double damage from Fighting and is illustrated by akagi. Both retreat for two. Greninja ex at #015/103 is the Japanese printing of English #021/128, a Water Stage 2 ex with 300 HP that evolves from Frogadier, illustrated by 5ban Graphics. Stealthy Slash does 30 damage to one of the opponent’s Pokémon for each damage counter already on it, and Aqua Edge does 160 for two Water Energy. Mew ex at #057/103 is a Psychic Basic ex with 160 HP by aky CG Works, with Fighting resistance −30 and no retreat cost at all. Its Ability lets it use every attack its owner’s Benched Pokémon have, so long as the Energy for them is attached, and Teleport Break does 30 and may switch it to the Bench. Umbreon at #077/103 is the Japanese printing of English #091/128, a Darkness Stage 1 with 110 HP by Iori Suzuki. Retaliate does 30, plus 100 more if one of its owner’s Pokémon was Knocked Out by an attack during the opponent’s last turn, and Darkness Fang does 100. Gimmighoul at #067/103 is a Psychic Basic with 60 HP, illustrated by Fujimoto Gold. It takes double damage from Darkness, resists Fighting by 30 and retreats for one. Its only attack costs a single Colorless Energy and flips a coin; on heads the player searches their deck for any one card, puts it into their hand and shuffles. Slowpoke at #010/103 is the Japanese printing of English #016/128, a Water Basic with 80 HP illustrated by Uninori. It takes double damage from Lightning and retreats for two. Well-Hidden costs a single Colorless and flips a coin; on heads it prevents all damage and effects of attacks done to it during the opponent’s next turn. Water Gun does 20 for a Water and a Colorless. None of them carries an x/30 marker, so none is one of the 30 Pikachu slots.

Ten more numbered cards have since been shown, and nine of them are Japanese printings of cards already in the English gallery above. The legendary bird trio lands at Moltres #006/103, Articuno #012/103 and Zapdos #049/103, all three illustrated by HYOGONOSUKE and all 120 HP — the same interlocking Abilities as the English prints, each attaching a free Basic Energy from hand once all three birds are in play. The Eeveelutions follow: Espeon #058/103 is a Psychic Stage 1 with 110 HP by aspara, whose two-Energy attack removes one evolution card from each of the opponent’s evolved Pokémon and returns it to their hand, and Sylveon ex #059/103 is a Stage 1 ex with 270 HP by 5ban Graphics, doing 50 damage for every different type of Basic Energy attached across the player’s Pokémon. Nidorina #074/103 is a Darkness Stage 1 with 90 HP by Miki Tanaka, with an Ability that heals 30 from one of its owner’s Pokémon once a turn. Alolan Meowth #075/103 at 60 HP by Natsumi Yoshida and Meowth #092/103 at 60 HP by MINAMINAMI Take share an attack that draws a card, one for a single Colorless and one for two. Jirachi ex #081/103 is a Metal Basic ex with 160 HP by 5ban Graphics, drawing until its owner holds seven cards and then hitting for 150 with damage that ignores Weakness, Resistance and any effects on the opposing Active. The tenth, Mewtwo ex #055/103, has no English counterpart on this page yet: a Psychic Basic ex with 230 HP by 5ban Graphics, whose two-Energy attack does 50 to each of the opponent’s Pokémon ex and whose three-Energy attack does 230 but locks it out of attacking on the following turn.

The Japanese set carries on past its 103 numbered cards with two tiers of its own, printed to the right of the set number: AR for Art Rare and SAR for Special Art Rare. Nine have been shown. Most use the same illustration as an English Secret Rare in the English gallery above, but they are separate printings with their own text, set code and number. Lapras at #106/103 is illustrated by Amelicart and is English #131/128. Lycanroc at #113/103 is by Raita Kazama and is #138/128. Hisuian Zorua at #122/103 is by 0313 and is #145/128. The Pikachu ex at #127/103 is by kantaro and is #150/128, the night half of the pair.

Five more have followed. Drifloon #111/103 is the Art Rare of #061, by Whisker, set in an amusement park, and is English #136/128. The two OKUBO Art Rares are the day and night pair: Alolan Meowth #115/103 at night on the fire escape is English #139/128, and Meowth #120/103 in daylight with washing on the line is English #144/128. Pikachu ex #126/103 at 190 HP by kantaro is the day half of the Special Art Rare pair, English #149/128, where the #127/103 already shown is the night half. The odd one out is Nidorina #114/103 by Taiga Kasai, which has no English Secret Rare counterpart on this page.

The Japanese set prints all eight Basic Energy types, each illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN — the same artist as the MEE EN English Basic Energy. They carry no card number at all: where the number would sit, the card prints a three-letter type code beside the M6a set code, so Grass is GRA, Fire is FIR, and so on. That keeps them outside the 103-card numbered run.

Following the Classic Collection model from 2021’s Celebrations, the set draws 30 classic reprints with fresh foil treatment from across TCG history. Confirmed so far: Base Set Charizard (137/103), Pikachu & Zekrom GX (160/103), Dark Tyranitar (144/103) and Crystal Lugia from Aquapolis (image pending). The reprints are numbered above the 103-card Japanese set and carry a C symbol beside the M6a set code. Final numbering for the rest has not been announced.

A Japanese product under its own set code, MF, running to 40 numbered cards with the Full Art pair numbered above them — deck-exclusive numbering, separate from the main set, and including Espeon ex and Umbreon ex in both regular and Full Art versions. Contents and decklists are in the products section.

The nine October Card Sets each hold a region’s three starters as holo M-P promos — a separate Japanese promo set (illus. Saboteri) numbered #101–127, one line of starters per generation from Kanto to Paldea.