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Neo Discovery set overview
Neo Discovery is the second main expansion of the Neo series and, by Bulbapedia's numbering, the ninth English Pokémon TCG expansion. It was released on 1 June 2001, between Neo Genesis (16 December 2000) and Neo Revelation (21 September 2001), in 1st Edition and Unlimited printings. The set has 75 cards numbered 1/75 to 75/75: 71 Pokémon and four Trainers, with no Energy cards at all.
The set carries on the Generation II line-up of Pokémon Gold and Silver and is built around the Ruins of Alph. Nine Unown letters appear across ten cards, held together by the Unown rule printed on the cards, which lets a deck run up to four Basic Pokémon with Unown in their names. The Trainer Ruin Wall searches the deck for a card with Unown in its name and puts it on the Bench, and Fossil Egg, Hyper Devolution Spray and Energy Ark round out the four Trainers. The holo rares include Espeon, Umbreon, Tyranitar, Scizor, Houndoom, Politoed and Smeargle.
The English list is a reworked version of the Japanese Crossing the Ruins... set from July 2000. It adds non-holo prints of the holo rares and five cards from a Japanese promo file, and drops Dark Raichu, which English players had already received in Team Rocket. The changes are listed below.
- 75Cards
- 71Pokémon
- 4Trainers
- 0Energy
- 13Illustrators
Set facts
- English release
- 1 June 2001
- Japanese source
- Crossing the Ruins... (遺跡をこえて...), 7 July 2000, 56 cards
- Cards
- 75, printed 1/75 to 75/75: 71 Pokémon and 4 Trainers, no Energy cards
- Rarity split
- 17 holo rares, 19 rares, 19 uncommons, 20 commons
- Printings
- 1st Edition and Unlimited, in English, German, French and Italian
- 1st Edition mark
- A black “Edition 1” stamp at the left, under the artwork on Pokémon and at the bottom left on Trainers
- Unown
- Nine letters across ten cards: A (holo and non-holo), D, E, F, I, M, N, O and U
- Premium File 2 cards
- Espeon 20/75, Umbreon 32/75 and Unown E, N and O were Japanese promos in Premium File 2, first sold at cinemas showing the third Pokémon movie, not cards from Crossing the Ruins...
- Theme decks
- Brain Wave (Psychic and Water) and Wallop (Grass and Fighting), 60 cards each
What changed from Crossing the Ruins...
- Added from Premium File 2: Espeon (020/075), Umbreon (032/075), Unown [N] (050/075), Unown [E] (067/075) and Unown [O] (069/075). In Japan these were among nine unnumbered promos in Premium File 2, first sold at cinemas showing Spell of the Unown: Entei from 8 July 2000 and in general release from 5 August 2000.
- Non-holo prints added: 15 of the 17 holo rares were reprinted without the holofoil as rares, numbered 021/075 to 036/075; the Premium File Umbreon sits among them at 032/075. Espeon and Umbreon have no non-holo print of the holo card.
- Left out: Dark Raichu, which reached English collectors as the secret rare of Team Rocket, numbered 83/82.
- Ruin Wall: the Japanese set has two artworks of Ruin Wall, a Kabuto puzzle and an Aerodactyl puzzle; the English set printed only the Kabuto one, Ruin Wall (074/075).
- Numbering: the Japanese cards carry no collector numbers; the English set is numbered 1/75 to 75/75.
Neo Discovery chase cards
The six cards below are the most expensive singles in the set by TCGplayer's main market price on 4 October 2026. The most expensive of all on that date was Tyranitar (12) (012/075, Holo Rare). Among the holo rares, Umbreon (013/075) by Kimiya Masago shows Umbreon in front of a full moon; Tyranitar (012/075) is by Hironobu Yoshida, Espeon (001/075) by Atsuko Nishida and Scizor (010/075) by Kimiya Masago. The non-holo Umbreon (032/075) is a different card from the holo, with its own art by Naoyo Kimura. For most cards here the main listing is the 1st Edition print; the line under each card in the list gives 1st Edition and Unlimited prices separately. Tap a card to jump to it in the list.
1Tyranitar (12)012/075 · HHironobu Yoshida$450.00£340.38
2Umbreon (13)013/075 · HKimiya Masago$399.99£302.56
3Umbreon (32)032/075 · RNaoyo Kimura$300.00£226.92
4Houndour (5)005/075 · HAya Kusube$249.99£189.09
5Wobbuffet (16)016/075 · HHironobu Yoshida$245.00£185.32
6Houndoom (4)004/075 · HShin-ichi Yoshida$242.50£183.43Neo Discovery card list
Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price. The 17 holo rares come first (001/075 to 017/075), then 19 rares: Beedrill and Butterfree, the non-holo prints of the holos, and the Premium File 2 Espeon and Umbreon. Uncommon Pokémon run from 037/075 to 052/075, commons from 053/075 to 071/075, and the four Trainers close the list. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer's main listing, which for most cards in this set is the 1st Edition print. Where TCGplayer has a current price for both printings, a line under the card gives the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices, and the Prices by printing table in the prices section totals each printing. 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 Discovery 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.
- $4,453.22£3,368.45One of every card
- 19%In the top two cards alone
- 45Cards at $10 or more
- 74Cards at $1 or more
- 1Bulk cards under $1
Prices by printing
| Printing | Cards priced | All priced cards | Top card in this printing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Edition Holofoil | 16 | $2,837.85 | Tyranitar (12) 012/075 · $450.00 |
| 1st Edition | 58 | $1,211.44 | Umbreon (32) 032/075 · $300.00 |
| Unlimited Holofoil | 16 | $1,974.34 | Umbreon (13) 013/075 · $752.74 |
| Unlimited | 58 | $402.02 | Umbreon (32) 032/075 · $107.01 |
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
- 1Tyranitar (12)012/075 · H · Hironobu Yoshida$450.00£340.38TCGplayer
- 2Umbreon (13)013/075 · H · Kimiya Masago$399.99£302.56TCGplayer
- 3Umbreon (32)032/075 · R · Naoyo Kimura$300.00£226.92TCGplayer
- 4Houndour (5)005/075 · H · Aya Kusube$249.99£189.09TCGplayer
- 5Wobbuffet (16)016/075 · H · Hironobu Yoshida$245.00£185.32TCGplayer
- 6Houndoom (4)004/075 · H · Shin-ichi Yoshida$242.50£183.43TCGplayer
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Espeon (1)001/075 · H · Atsuko Nishida$237.50£179.65TCGplayer - 8
Scizor (10)010/075 · H · Kimiya Masago$199.00£150.53TCGplayer - 9
Politoed (8)008/075 · H · Tomokazu Komiya$193.31£146.22TCGplayer - 10
Yanma (17)017/075 · H · Atsuko Nishida$169.99£128.58TCGplayer - 11
Hitmontop (3)003/075 · H · Sumiyoshi Kizuki$161.45£122.12TCGplayer - 12
Ursaring (15)015/075 · H · Naoyo Kimura$154.99£117.24TCGplayer - 13
Kabutops (6)006/075 · H · Kimiya Masago$132.47£100.20TCGplayer - 14
Smeargle (11)011/075 · H · Hironobu Yoshida$120.83£91.40TCGplayer - 15
Espeon (20)020/075 · R · Naoyo Kimura$116.09£87.81TCGplayer
Neo Discovery illustrators
13 illustrators are credited in this page's card data, and CR CG gangs has the most credits: all ten Unown cards and both Forretress. Hironobu Yoshida drew Tyranitar, Smeargle and Wobbuffet in holo and non-holo, plus Larvitar and Pupitar. Kimiya Masago drew the holo Umbreon, Scizor and Kabutops in holo and non-holo, and the uncommon Scyther. Atsuko Nishida drew the holo Espeon, Yanma in holo and non-holo, Butterfree and Mareep. Naoyo Kimura drew Ursaring and the two Premium File 2 cards, Espeon (020/075) and Umbreon (032/075); Bulbapedia notes that those two artworks and an Eevee card's art form one combined illustration. The Trainers and Magnemite have no credit in our data, though the printed Ruin Wall credits "Big Mama" Tagawa and CR CG gangs. Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.
![Unown [A] (14) 014/075, illustrated by CR CG gangs](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-14_unown-a.webp)
![Unown [A] (33) 033/075](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-33_unown-a.webp)
![Unown [D] 047/075](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-47_unown-d.webp)
![Unown [F] 048/075](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-48_unown-f.webp)
![Unown [M] 049/075](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-49_unown-m.webp)
![Unown [N] 050/075](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-50_unown-n.webp)
![Unown [U] 051/075](https://bills-archive.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/tcgdex_cards_small/neo2/neo2-51_unown-u.webp)
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Japanese source: Crossing the Ruins...
Japanese source setCrossing the Ruins...Released 7 July 2000 · 56 cards→
The Japanese counterpart is Crossing the Ruins... (遺跡をこえて...), released on 7 July 2000, almost 11 months before the English set. Bulbapedia lists 56 cards, counting Ruin Wall's two artworks as one, with no collector numbers; rarity is shown as a symbol on the card. Neo Discovery keeps all of them except Dark Raichu, uses only the Kabuto artwork of Ruin Wall, adds non-holo prints of 15 holo rares and brings in five cards from Premium File 2, a Japanese release tied to the third Pokémon movie: Espeon, Umbreon and Unown E, N and O. Bulbapedia notes that the Japanese prints of the Premium File Espeon, Umbreon and Unown E carry the Crossing the Ruins... symbol, marking them as promotional additions to that set.
Neo Discovery products and sealed prices
Neo Discovery was sold in booster packs, in 1st Edition and Unlimited, alongside two 60-card theme decks. Brain Wave is a Psychic and Water deck with Espeon, Xatu, Omastar and Unown A, I and N; Wallop is a Grass and Fighting deck with Hitmontop, Larvitar, Pupitar, Scyther and Butterfree. TCGplayer lists the theme deck without saying which of the two it is, so the price below could be either. Sealed prices are market prices from the same snapshot as the singles, and products without a market price show "No listing".
Collector's notes
Two Espeon and two Umbreon
Most of the rares from 021/075 to 036/075 are non-holo prints of the holo rares, but Espeon (020/075) and Umbreon (032/075) are not. They are different cards with their own art by Naoyo Kimura, lower HP (70 against 80) and different attacks, Quick Attack with Psybeam or Pursuit, where the holos have Bite with Psychic or Feint Attack. In Japan they came from Premium File 2, not from Crossing the Ruins..., so a set of Neo Discovery has four Eeveelution cards rather than two cards in two finishes.
1st Edition and Unlimited
Every card was printed in both 1st Edition and Unlimited. The 1st Edition cards carry a black "Edition 1" stamp on the left under the artwork (bottom left on Trainers); Unlimited cards have no stamp. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer's main listing, mostly the 1st Edition print for this set, and the line under the card splits it into 1st Edition and Unlimited where both have a current price. The Prices by printing table in the prices section gives the totals and top card for each printing, so check the stamp on a copy and compare it with the matching printing.
Umbreon's oversized symbol
Bulbapedia records a small printing quirk on the non-holo Umbreon (032/075): the eye in the Psychic symbol of its Resistance box is larger than normal on the English, German and Italian prints.
Dark Raichu is not here
Dark Raichu was part of the Japanese Crossing the Ruins... set, but the English card came out on 24 April 2000, more than a year before Neo Discovery, as the secret rare of Team Rocket, numbered 83/82. Collectors building a Neo Discovery set do not need it, and collectors working from a Japanese checklist should not expect it in an English Neo Discovery pack.
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 Discovery FAQ
When did Neo Discovery come out?
Neo Discovery was released in English on 1 June 2001. Its Japanese counterpart, Crossing the Ruins..., came out on 7 July 2000.
How many cards are in Neo Discovery?
75 cards, numbered 1/75 to 75/75: 17 holo rares, 19 rares, 19 uncommons and 20 commons. There are 71 Pokémon and four Trainers, and no Energy cards.
What is the most valuable Neo Discovery card?
By TCGplayer's main market price on 4 October 2026, Tyranitar (12) (012/075, Holo Rare) at $450.00 (£340.38). The prices table on this page shows the top 15. The main listing is mostly the 1st Edition print for this set; the line under each card and the Prices by printing table give 1st Edition and Unlimited prices separately. These are prices for ungraded cards; graded copies sell separately.
Are 1st Edition and Unlimited prices shown separately?
Yes. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer's main listing, which for most Neo Discovery cards is the 1st Edition print. Where TCGplayer has a current price for both printings, a line under the card shows the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices, and the Prices by printing table in the prices section totals each printing and names its top card.
Is there a 1st Edition Neo Discovery?
Yes. The whole set was printed in 1st Edition and Unlimited, and booster packs were sold in both. 1st Edition cards have a black "Edition 1" stamp on the left under the artwork, or at the bottom left on Trainers.
How many Unown are in Neo Discovery?
Ten Unown cards covering nine letters: Unown A as a holo (014/075) and a non-holo rare (033/075), D, F, M, N and U as uncommons, and E, I and O as commons. The Unown rule printed on each lets a deck hold up to four Basic Pokémon with Unown in their names.
Why are there two different Espeon and Umbreon cards?
The holo Espeon (001/075) and Umbreon (013/075) come from the Japanese Crossing the Ruins... set. The non-holo Espeon (020/075) and Umbreon (032/075) are separate cards with new art by Naoyo Kimura that were promos in the Japanese Premium File 2 and were added to the English set.
What are the Neo Discovery theme decks?
Two 60-card theme decks: Brain Wave, a Psychic and Water deck with Espeon, Xatu and Omastar, and Wallop, a Grass and Fighting deck with Hitmontop, Pupitar and Butterfree. Both use cards from Neo Genesis as well as Neo Discovery.