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Neo Revelation set overview
Neo Revelation is the third main expansion of the Neo series, released in English on 21 September 2001 by Wizards of the Coast. It has 66 cards: 64 numbered cards and two secret rares numbered 065/064 and 066/064. Like the rest of the Neo series it is built on Pokémon Gold and Silver, and the set's blurb sets the theme: three ancient Pokémon waking beneath a fire-ravaged tower. Entei, Raikou and Suicune lead the set, joined by Ho-Oh, Lugia and Celebi.
The set introduced Shining Pokémon, Pokémon in a different colour from the usual one for their species, after the shiny Pokémon of the video games. Shining Gyarados and Shining Magikarp are the first two. Every Shining Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, and a deck can hold only one Shining Pokémon of each name. The rest of the list fills in Johto Pokémon such as Blissey, Houndoom, Misdreavus and Porygon2, with three more Unown cards (B, Y and K) and five Trainers, including the Stadiums Healing Field and Rocket's Hideout.
No preconstructed theme decks were made for Neo Revelation, and Bulbapedia lists it as the first expansion without them. It cites a Wizards of the Coast chat report from 4 October 2001 in which Mike Gills of Wizards said earlier theme decks had sold poorly and retailers had refused to carry them.
In Japan the set is Awakening Legends, the first expansion released by The Pokémon Company. The English list adds nine cards from a Japanese promotional product and changes some rarities; the differences are listed below.
- 66Cards
- 2Secret rares
- 61Pokémon
- 5Trainers
- 0Energy
- 18Illustrators
Set facts
- English release
- 21 September 2001
- Japanese release
- 23 November 2000, as Awakening Legends (めざめる伝説)
- Card count
- 66: 64 numbered cards and 2 Shining secret rares (065/064 and 066/064)
- Rarity split
- 14 Holo Rares, 13 Rares, 17 Uncommons, 20 Commons, 2 Shining Holos
- Card types
- 61 Pokémon and 5 Trainers; no Energy cards
- Printings
- 1st Edition and Unlimited
- Languages
- English, German, French and Italian
- Booster pack art
- Four designs: Entei, Raikou, Suicune and Misdreavus
- Theme decks
- None
- Place in the series
- Third main Neo expansion; English set number 10
What changed from Awakening Legends
- Added from Premium File 3: nine cards that were unnumbered promos in Japan, sold in the Premium File 3 released on the same day as Awakening Legends. They are the non-holo Celebi (016/064), Entei (017/064), Ho-Oh (018/064), Lugia (020/064), Raikou (022/064), Skarmory (023/064), Sneasel (024/064), Sudowoodo (026/064) and Suicune (027/064).
- Holo to non-holo: Kingdra (019/064), Aerodactyl (015/064) and Starmie (025/064) are Holo Rares in Japan and non-holo Rares in English.
- Other rarity changes: Raichu (021/064) moved up from Uncommon to Rare, and Shuckle (051/064) moved down from Uncommon to Common.
- Numbering: the 57 Japanese cards carry no collector numbers. The English set numbers 64 cards and adds the two Shining Pokémon after them as 065/064 and 066/064.
Neo Revelation 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 Gyarados (065/064, Secret Rare). The headline chase card is Shining Gyarados (065/064), one of the first two Shining Pokémon cards with Shining Magikarp (066/064); Ken Sugimori drew both. Collectors also chase the holo legendary beasts, Entei (006/064), Raikou (013/064) and Suicune (014/064), all three also by Ken Sugimori, along with the holo Ho-Oh (007/064) by Kimiya Masago, the holo Celebi (003/064) and Mitsuhiro Arita's Houndoom (008/064). Tap a card to jump to it in the list.
1Shining Gyarados065/064 · SRKen Sugimori$782.55£591.93
2Suicune (14)014/064 · HKen Sugimori$500.00£378.20
3Raikou (13)013/064 · HKen Sugimori$496.24£375.36
4Ho-oh (7)007/064 · HKimiya Masago$488.52£369.52
5Shining Magikarp066/064 · SRKen Sugimori$445.00£336.60
6Houndoom008/064 · HMitsuhiro Arita$439.99£332.81Neo Revelation card list
Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price. Where TCGplayer prices both printings of a card, a line under it gives the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices separately. The 14 Holo Rares come first (001/064 to 014/064), then 13 non-holo Rares, the Uncommon and Common Pokémon and the five Trainers (060/064 to 064/064), and the two Shining secret rares close the list. Celebi, Entei, Ho-Oh, Raikou and Suicune each have two different cards, a holo and a non-holo with new artwork, so check the number as well as the name. 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 Revelation 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.
- $5,748.65£4,348.33One of every card
- 21%Of that value in the 2 secret rares
- 22%In the top two cards alone
- 34Cards at $10 or more
- 65Cards 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 | 13 | $3,865.82 | Entei (6) 006/064 · $500.00 |
| 1st Edition | 50 | $927.23 | Lugia 020/064 · $147.50 |
| Unlimited Holofoil | 16 | $3,160.93 | Shining Gyarados 065/064 · $782.55 |
| Unlimited | 50 | $331.81 | Lugia 020/064 · $62.57 |
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 Gyarados065/064 · SR · Ken Sugimori$782.55£591.93TCGplayer
- 2Suicune (14)014/064 · H · Ken Sugimori$500.00£378.20TCGplayer
- 3Raikou (13)013/064 · H · Ken Sugimori$496.24£375.36TCGplayer
- 4Ho-oh (7)007/064 · H · Kimiya Masago$488.52£369.52TCGplayer
- 5Shining Magikarp066/064 · SR · Ken Sugimori$445.00£336.60TCGplayer
- 6Houndoom008/064 · H · Mitsuhiro Arita$439.99£332.81TCGplayer
- 7
Celebi (3)003/064 · H · Hironobu Yoshida$347.65£262.97TCGplayer - 8
Blissey002/064 · H · Yuka Morii$254.99£192.88TCGplayer - 9
Ampharos001/064 · H · Toshinao Aoki$219.90£166.33TCGplayer - 10
Misdreavus011/064 · H · Ken Sugimori$186.50£141.07TCGplayer - 11
Lugia020/064 · R · Aya Kusube$147.50£111.57TCGplayer - 12
Entei (6)006/064 · H · Ken Sugimori$145.00£109.68TCGplayer - 13
Crobat004/064 · H · Shin-ichi Yoshida$132.47£100.20TCGplayer - 14
Porygon2012/064 · H · Keiji Kinebuchi$120.00£90.77TCGplayer - 15
Ho-oh (18)018/064 · R · Aya Kusube$117.89£89.17TCGplayer
Neo Revelation illustrators
The card data behind this page credits 18 illustrators, and Ken Sugimori has the most credits: the holo Entei, Raikou and Suicune, Misdreavus, Pokémon Breeder Fields and both Shining Pokémon. Keiji Kinebuchi drew four of the five Trainers and Porygon2, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki five, among them Aipom and Qwilfish. The nine cards from Premium File 3 are three combined illustrations of three cards each: Aya Kusube drew Ho-Oh, Lugia and Skarmory, Naoyo Kimura the non-holo Entei, Raikou and Suicune, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki the non-holo Celebi, Sneasel and Sudowoodo. In Japan the three full artworks were given away as postcards with volume 11 of Pokémon Card Trainers magazine on 1 May 2001. The three Unown cards are credited to CR CG gangs. The card data has no illustrator for Magneton (010/064) or Starmie (025/064); Bulbapedia, Serebii and pkmncards credit Magneton to "Big Mama" Tagawa and Starmie to Keita Komatsuya, each with CR CG gangs, so those two artists are not in the count or the tiles. Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.
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Japanese source: Awakening Legends
Japanese source setAwakening LegendsReleased 23 November 2000 · 57 cards→
Awakening Legends (めざめる伝説) came out in Japan on 23 November 2000 with 57 cards, the third expansion of the Japanese neo era and the first released by The Pokémon Company. Its cards carry a rarity symbol but no collector number. Premium File 3, released the same day, held nine unnumbered promo cards whose Japanese prints carry the Awakening Legends symbol, marking them as promotional additions to the set. The English set folds all nine into its numbered list.
| Property | Awakening Legends (JP) | Neo Revelation (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| Release date | 23 November 2000 | 21 September 2001 |
| Publisher | The Pokémon Company | Wizards of the Coast |
| Card count | 57, unnumbered | 66 (64 + 2 secret rares) |
| Holo Rares (not counting Shining) | 17 | 14 |
| Premium File 3 cards | Nine unnumbered promos | Nine of the Rares, numbered between 016 and 027 |
Neo Revelation products and sealed prices
Neo Revelation was sold in booster packs and booster boxes, with four pack artworks: Entei, Raikou, Suicune and Misdreavus. Packs were printed in 1st Edition and Unlimited, and no theme decks were made for the set. Sealed prices are TCGplayer market prices from the same snapshot as the singles. Sealed Neo Revelation rarely sells, so a tile can show no price.
Collector's notes
1st Edition or Unlimited
Every card in the set was printed in 1st Edition and Unlimited. A 1st Edition Pokémon card carries a black 1st Edition stamp just below the bottom left corner of the artwork; Unlimited copies have none. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer's main listing, which for this set is the 1st Edition print on most cards. Where TCGplayer has a market price for both printings, the line under the card gives the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices, and the Prices by printing table in the prices section compares the two. Delibird (005/064) and the two Shining Pokémon had an Unlimited price only, so they have no printing line. Check the stamp in any listing before you buy or sell.
The Shining Pokémon
Shining Gyarados (065/064) and Shining Magikarp (066/064) are numbered past the end of the set, the secret rares of their day, and they were the first Shining Pokémon in the game. Both are holofoil, both are Basic Pokémon, and both use Ken Sugimori artwork. Bulbapedia's Shining Pokémon article says their booster pack odds were stated as 300:1, without naming who stated them. Neo Destiny added eight more Shining Pokémon (106/105 to 113/105), so the English Wizards of the Coast run of Shining Pokémon is ten cards.
Two of each legend
Celebi, Entei, Ho-Oh, Raikou and Suicune each appear twice: a holo in the first block of the list and a non-holo with different art among the Rares. The non-holo versions, along with Lugia, Skarmory, Sneasel and Sudowoodo, were Premium File 3 promos in Japan rather than pack cards, which is why the English set has nine more cards than Awakening Legends.
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 Revelation FAQ
When did Neo Revelation release?
Neo Revelation released in English on 21 September 2001. Its Japanese counterpart, Awakening Legends, came out on 23 November 2000.
How many cards are in Neo Revelation?
66 cards. The main list is 64 cards, and two Shining secret rares follow it: Shining Gyarados (065/064) and Shining Magikarp (066/064). The set has 14 Holo Rares, 13 Rares, 17 Uncommons, 20 Commons and 61 Pokémon against 5 Trainers, with no Energy cards.
What is the most valuable Neo Revelation card?
By market price on 4 October 2026, Shining Gyarados (065/064, Secret Rare) at $782.55 (£591.93). The set's headline chase card is Shining Gyarados (065/064), with the holo legendary beasts and Shining Magikarp behind it. The headline price is TCGplayer's main listing for each card, which for this set is mostly the 1st Edition print. The line under each card in the list gives the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices where TCGplayer has both, the Prices by printing table shows the top card in each printing, and the prices table shows the top 15.
What are Shining Pokémon?
Pokémon shown in a different colour from the usual one for their species, after the shiny Pokémon of the games. Neo Revelation introduced them with Shining Gyarados and Shining Magikarp. They are all Basic Pokémon, and a deck can hold only one Shining Pokémon of each name.
Is there a 1st Edition Neo Revelation?
Yes. The set was printed in 1st Edition and Unlimited, in English, German, French and Italian. 1st Edition Pokémon cards have a black 1st Edition stamp just below the bottom left corner of the artwork. The card list on this page gives 1st Edition and Unlimited prices under each card where TCGplayer has both.
What Japanese set is Neo Revelation based on?
Awakening Legends (めざめる伝説), released on 23 November 2000 with 57 cards, plus the nine promo cards of Premium File 3: the non-holo Celebi, Entei, Ho-Oh, Raikou and Suicune, Lugia, Skarmory, Sneasel and Sudowoodo.
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 is TCGplayer's main listing for each card, mostly the 1st Edition print for this set; the 1st Edition and Unlimited prices under each card and in the Prices by printing table come from TCGplayer through tcgcsv.com and are in US dollars. They are a snapshot and will drift; the buy links show a live figure.