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Neo Destiny set overview
Neo Destiny is the fourth and final main expansion of the Neo series, the Wizards of the Coast era sets built on Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal. It came out in English on 28 February 2002, ten months after the Japanese original, Darkness, and to Light..., went on sale on 20 April 2001. The set has 113 cards: 105 numbered cards and eight Shining Pokémon numbered past the end of the list, from 106/105 to 113/105.
The set is built around a contrast between light and darkness. It brought back Dark Pokémon, which the Team Rocket expansion had introduced, now with Generation II Pokémon such as Dark Tyranitar (011/105), Dark Espeon (004/105) and Dark Typhlosion (010/105), and it introduced their counterparts, Light Pokémon. Light Pokémon have a white and gold frame around the artwork, slightly higher HP than regular Pokémon and attacks that often have support effects. There are 26 Dark and 20 Light Pokémon in the set.
Neo Destiny was also the second and last Neo set with Shining Pokémon, after Neo Revelation's Shining Magikarp and Shining Gyarados, and it carries 12 Unown cards. It was printed in 1st Edition and Unlimited, and it was the last English expansion to carry the 1st Edition symbol. The English and Japanese sets share the same 113 cards, so there is no card-by-card change list for this set. Legendary Collection followed it in English.
- 113Cards
- 8Secret rares
- 98Pokémon
- 14Trainers
- 1Energy
- 21Illustrators
Set facts
- English release
- 28 February 2002
- Japanese release
- 20 April 2001, as Darkness, and to Light...
- Cards
- 113: 105 numbered cards and 8 Shining Pokémon secret rares (106/105 to 113/105)
- Rarities
- 16 holo rares, 19 rares, 37 uncommons, 33 commons and 8 secret rares
- Printings
- 1st Edition and Unlimited; the last English expansion with the 1st Edition symbol
- Light and Dark
- 26 Dark Pokémon and 20 Light Pokémon, the first Light Pokémon in the game
- Booster pack
- 11 cards, with four pack artworks: Noctowl, Togetic, Tyranitar and Celebi
- Booster box
- 36 packs, in 1st Edition and Unlimited
- Theme decks
- Dark (Fire and Psychic) and Light (Water and Fighting), 60 cards each
- Languages
- English, French, German and Italian
Neo Destiny chase cards
The six cards below are the most expensive singles in the set by market price on 4 October 2026. The most expensive of all on that date was Shining Mewtwo (109/105, Secret Rare). The set's best-known cards are the eight Shining Pokémon, led by Shining Charizard (107/105), drawn by Hironobu Yoshida and showing the black colouring of a Shiny Charizard. Ken Sugimori drew Shining Tyranitar (113/105), and Hironobu Yoshida drew Shining Mewtwo (109/105) and Shining Celebi (106/105). Among the holo rares, Dark Gengar (006/105) is by Aya Kusube and Light Dragonite (014/105) by Atsuko Nishida. The headline price is TCGplayer's main listing for the card, which for this set is mostly the 1st Edition copy but not always; where both printings have a current market price, the line under each card in the list gives the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices separately. Tap a card to jump to it in the list.
1Shining Mewtwo109/105 · SRHironobu Yoshida$3,000.00£2,269.22
2Shining Celebi106/105 · SRHironobu Yoshida$1,801.00£1,362.29
3Shining Charizard107/105 · SRHironobu Yoshida$1,700.99£1,286.64
4Shining Kabutops108/105 · SRHironobu Yoshida$1,399.95£1,058.93
5Dark Gengar006/105 · HAya Kusube$749.99£567.30
6Light Dragonite014/105 · HAtsuko Nishida$699.99£529.48Neo Destiny card list
Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price, and, where both printings have a current market price, a line under the name with the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices. The 16 holo rares come first (001/105 to 016/105): 11 Dark Pokémon, four Light Pokémon and Miracle Energy (016/105). The Trainers run from Broken Ground Gym (092/105) to Mail from Bill (105/105), and the Shining Pokémon follow as secret rares. Search by name, number, artist or rarity, or narrow the list with the type, rarity and price chips. The Own button marks a card as collected and saves the mark in your browser only.
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Neo Destiny card prices
Market prices in US dollars, collected on 4 October 2026, with pounds at that day's rate (1 USD = 0.756 GBP). They are a snapshot, not live quotes. The bars show each card's price against the most expensive card in the set. The buy links are affiliate links and Bill's Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.
- $16,586.28£12,545.99One of every card
- 59%Of that value in the 8 secret rares
- 29%In the top two cards alone
- 84Cards at $10 or more
- 113Cards at $1 or more
- 0Bulk cards under $1
Prices by printing
| Printing | Cards priced | All priced cards | Top card in this printing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Edition Holofoil | 16 | $6,908.48 | Shining Celebi 106/105 · $1,801.00 |
| 1st Edition | 89 | $2,257.63 | Light Jolteon 048/105 · $174.98 |
| Unlimited Holofoil | 22 | $8,460.64 | Shining Charizard 107/105 · $1,700.99 |
| Unlimited | 89 | $951.44 | Light Jolteon 048/105 · $88.93 |
TCGplayer market prices in US dollars by printing, from tcgcsv.com, collected on 4 October 2026. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer’s main listing for that card; the line under the card name splits it by printing. Holo and non-holo prints have their own rows. Rare vintage holos sell infrequently, so their market prices can lag behind recent sales.
The 15 most expensive singles
- 1Shining Mewtwo109/105 · SR · Hironobu Yoshida$3,000.00£2,269.22TCGplayer
- 2Shining Celebi106/105 · SR · Hironobu Yoshida$1,801.00£1,362.29TCGplayer
- 3Shining Charizard107/105 · SR · Hironobu Yoshida$1,700.99£1,286.64TCGplayer
- 4Shining Kabutops108/105 · SR · Hironobu Yoshida$1,399.95£1,058.93TCGplayer
- 5Dark Gengar006/105 · H · Aya Kusube$749.99£567.30TCGplayer
- 6Light Dragonite014/105 · H · Atsuko Nishida$699.99£529.48TCGplayer
- 7
Shining Steelix112/105 · SR · Ken Sugimori$562.50£425.48TCGplayer - 8
Shining Raichu111/105 · SR · Hironobu Yoshida$548.70£415.04TCGplayer - 9
Light Arcanine012/105 · H · Atsuko Nishida$479.99£363.07TCGplayer - 10
Shining Noctowl110/105 · SR · Ken Sugimori$474.97£359.27TCGplayer - 11
Dark Feraligatr005/105 · H · Atsuko Nishida$374.99£283.65TCGplayer - 12
Light Togetic015/105 · H · Naoyo Kimura$350.00£264.74TCGplayer - 13
Shining Tyranitar113/105 · SR · Ken Sugimori$345.00£260.96TCGplayer - 14
Dark Houndoom007/105 · H · Kagemaru Himeno$299.99£226.91TCGplayer - 15
Dark Typhlosion010/105 · H · Mitsuhiro Arita$290.00£219.36TCGplayer
Neo Destiny illustrators
21 illustrators are credited across the set in our data. CR CG gangs has the most credits, all 12 Unown cards. Ken Sugimori drew Shining Tyranitar, Shining Steelix and Shining Noctowl as well as Trainers such as Mail from Bill, and Hironobu Yoshida is credited with the other five Shining Pokémon, Charizard, Mewtwo, Celebi, Raichu and Kabutops. Aya Kusube drew the whole Dark Gengar line: Gastly, Dark Haunter and Dark Gengar. Atsuko Nishida drew Light Dragonite, Light Arcanine, Dark Espeon and Dark Feraligatr, and Mitsuhiro Arita drew Dark Scizor and Dark Typhlosion. A few cards, Dark Crobat and Dark Porygon2 among them, have no credit in our data yet. Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.
![Unown [H] 028/105, illustrated by CR CG gangs](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-28_unown-h.webp)
![Unown [G] 027/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-27_unown-g.webp)
![Unown [W] 029/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-29_unown-w.webp)
![Unown [X] 030/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-30_unown-x.webp)
![Unown [C] 057/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-57_unown-c.webp)
![Unown [P] 058/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-58_unown-p.webp)
![Unown [Q] 059/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-59_unown-q.webp)
![Unown [Z] 060/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-60_unown-z.webp)
![Unown [L] 086/105](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo4/neo4-86_unown-l.webp)
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Japanese source: Darkness, and to Light
Japanese source setDarkness, and to LightReleased 20 April 2001 · 113 cards→
The Japanese original, Darkness, and to Light... (闇、そして光へ...), came out on 20 April 2001 as the fourth and final expansion of the neo era. It has the same 113 cards as Neo Destiny, Shining Pokémon included, its cards carry a rarity symbol but no set number, and Bulbapedia's list orders them by type, Grass first, rather than by the English numbers. Bulbapedia records 1st Edition and Unlimited printings for the English, French, German and Italian versions of the set, not for the Japanese one. The full Japanese list is on the Darkness, and to Light... page.
Neo Destiny products and sealed prices
Neo Destiny was sold in booster packs of 11 cards, 36 packs to a box, in both 1st Edition and Unlimited. The English packs came in four artworks, showing Noctowl, Togetic, Tyranitar and Celebi. Two theme decks launched with the set: Dark, a Fire and Psychic deck with Dark Typhlosion and Dark Haunter, and Light, a Water and Fighting deck with Light Machamp and Light Azumarill. Each holds a 60-card deck, damage counters, a coin, a rulebook and a card list. Few sealed Neo Destiny products have a current market price in our data, so several tiles below show no listing; any price shown comes from the same snapshot as the singles.
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11 cards; Noctowl, Togetic, Tyranitar or Celebi pack art
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60-card Water and Fighting deck with Light Machamp and Light Azumarill, damage counters and a coin
No photo yetTheme Deck: Dark
60-card Fire and Psychic deck with Dark Typhlosion and Dark Haunter, damage counters and a coin
Collector's notes
1st Edition and Unlimited
Every card in the set was printed in 1st Edition and Unlimited, and Neo Destiny was the last English expansion to use the 1st Edition symbol. On a 1st Edition Pokémon card the black "Edition 1" stamp sits at the left, just below the artwork; Unlimited copies leave that spot empty. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer's main listing, which for this set is mostly the 1st Edition copy. The line under each card name gives the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices separately where both have a current market price, and the Prices by printing table in the prices section totals each printing, so check the stamp and compare a copy with the right figure.
How the Shining Pokémon look
The eight Shining Pokémon are secret rares numbered 106/105 to 113/105. They show the Pokémon in its alternate colours, and unlike the holo rares they have a non-holo background: the foil is on the Pokémon itself, which has a glossy metallic finish. In play they are Basic Pokémon limited to one of each name per deck, and each has an attack that needs more than one type of Energy. No new Shining Pokémon appeared in an English set until the Shining Legends subset in 2017.
Light Pokémon and Dark Pokémon
Light Pokémon are always evolved Pokémon, and their white and gold artwork window, Evolution box and Pokédex box replace the usual gold. Because "Light" is part of the name, a deck could run four of a Light Pokémon and four of the regular version. Light Pokémon did not return to the game until 2021, when Light Toxtricity (SWSH137) was released as a Sword & Shield Black Star Promo for the 25th anniversary.
Names to search by
Some cards are listed under different names by different sellers. Thought Wave Machine is a Rocket's Secret Machine and appears on TCGplayer as "Thought Wave Machine (Rocket's Secret Machine)" (096/105); the Japanese card is Impostor Oak's Invention where the English one is Impostor Professor Oak's Invention (094/105); and the 12 Unown, spread across the list from Unown [G] (027/105) to Unown [V] (089/105), are told apart only by the letter in brackets.
More Neo era set guides
Every English set of the Neo era in release order.
- Neo Genesis16 December 2000 · 111 cards
- Neo Discovery1 June 2001 · 75 cards
- Southern Islands31 July 2001 · 18 cards
- Neo Revelation21 September 2001 · 66 cards
- Neo Destiny28 February 2002 · 113 cards
- Legendary Collection24 May 2002 · 110 cards
Neo Destiny FAQ
When did Neo Destiny come out?
Neo Destiny was released in English on 28 February 2002. The Japanese original, Darkness, and to Light..., came out on 20 April 2001.
How many cards are in Neo Destiny?
113 cards. The main list is 105 cards, and eight Shining Pokémon follow it as secret rares, numbered 106/105 to 113/105. The set has 16 holo rares, 19 rares, 37 uncommons and 33 commons.
What is the most valuable Neo Destiny card?
By market price on 4 October 2026, Shining Mewtwo (109/105, Secret Rare) at $3,000.00 (£2,269.22). That is TCGplayer's main listing for the card, mostly the 1st Edition copy for this set; the line under each card and the Prices by printing table give 1st Edition and Unlimited prices separately. The set's best-known chase card is Shining Charizard (107/105). The prices table on this page shows the top 15.
What are the Shining Pokémon in Neo Destiny?
Eight secret rares: Shining Celebi (106/105), Shining Charizard (107/105), Shining Kabutops (108/105), Shining Mewtwo (109/105), Shining Noctowl (110/105), Shining Raichu (111/105), Shining Steelix (112/105) and Shining Tyranitar (113/105). Each shows the Pokémon in its alternate colours with a metallic foil finish on the Pokémon.
What are Light Pokémon?
Light Pokémon are the counterpart of Dark Pokémon, introduced in Neo Destiny. They are always evolved Pokémon, have a white and gold artwork frame, slightly higher HP than regular Pokémon and attacks that often have support effects. The set has 20 of them, from Light Arcanine (012/105) to Light Sunflora (072/105).
How do I tell a 1st Edition Neo Destiny card?
On a Pokémon card, look at the left just below the artwork. A 1st Edition card has the black "Edition 1" symbol there; an Unlimited card has nothing. Neo Destiny was the last English expansion printed in 1st Edition.
Where do the prices on this page come from?
TCGplayer market prices for the US singles market, collected on the date shown above the prices table and converted to pounds at that day's exchange rate. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer's main listing, which for Neo Destiny is mostly the 1st Edition copy. The line under each card and the Prices by printing table split the prices into 1st Edition and Unlimited, from TCGplayer data via tcgcsv.com. They are a snapshot and will drift; the buy links show a live figure.