EX Sandstorm (TCG)

EX Sandstorm 砂漠のきせき

File:EX02-Logo.png Cards in set English: 100 Japanese: 53 Set number English: 17 Japanese: 19 Release date English: September 17, 2003 Japanese: April 18, 2003 Theme Decks Caravan () Oasis () Previous Booster Pack 1 Japanese: Miracle of the Desert Next Rulers of the Heavens

EX Sandstorm (Japanese: 砂漠のきせき Miracle of the Desert) is the name given to an Expansion of cards and Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It continued to release Generation III Pokémon into the TCG.

Information

• EX Sandstorm contained several cards that were (at the time) not yet available in any other language, making it the first set since Team Rocket (Dark Raichu) to feature English-exclusive cards. Many of the cards later graced Japanese players' hands in ADV EX 1: Magma vs Aqua: Two Ambitions.
• EX Sandstorm introduced dual Weaknesses and Resistances to the TCG, to correlate with multiple strengths and vulnerabilities of Pokémon in the games.
• This was the first set to feature evolved Pokémon-ex. Some of these Pokémon broke the "120 HP limit" (the highest HP any Pokémon card had featured previously). Wailord ex once held the record for the highest HP on a tournament legal card (200 HP).
• Wailord ex, the first card to feature five to Retreat, debuted in this set.
• In Japan, no Half Decks accompanied this set.
• This was also the first Nintendo Expansion, and indeed the first Expansion in a long time to produce a Prerelease promo card at a Prerelease Tournament - that card being Armaldo. Prereleases were held on the weekends of 6th/7th and 13th/14th September 2003.

Theme decks

• Caravan
• Oasis

Card lists

English expansion No. Card Name Type Rarity 1 Armaldo H 2 Cacturne H 3 Cradily H 4 Dusclops H 5 Flareon H 6 Jolteon H 7 Ludicolo H 8 Lunatone H 9 Mawile H 10 Sableye H 11 Seviper H 12 Shiftry H 13 Solrock H 14 Zangoose H 15 Arcanine 16 Espeon 17 Golduck 18 Kecleon 19 Omastar 20 Pichu 21 Sandslash 22 Shiftry 23 Steelix 24 Umbreon 25 Vaporeon 26 Wobbuffet 27 Anorith 28 Anorith 29 Arbok 30 Azumarill 31 Azurill 32 Baltoy 33 Breloom 34 Delcatty 35 Electabuzz 36 Elekid 37 Fearow 38 Illumise 39 Kabuto 40 Kirlia 41 Lairon 42 Lileep 43 Lileep 44 Linoone 45 Lombre 46 Lombre 47 Murkrow 48 Nuzleaf 49 Nuzleaf 50 Pelipper 51 Quilava 52 Vigoroth 53 Volbeat 54 Wynaut 55 Xatu 56 Aron 57 Cacnea 58 Cacnea 59 Cyndaquil 60 Dunsparce 61 Duskull 62 Duskull 63 Eevee 64 Ekans 65 Growlithe 66 Lotad 67 Lotad 68 Marill 69 Natu 70 Omanyte 71 Onix 72 Pikachu 73 Psyduck 74 Ralts 75 Sandshrew 76 Seedot 77 Seedot 78 Shroomish 79 Skitty 80 Slakoth 81 Spearow 82 Trapinch 83 Wailmer 84 Wingull 85 Zigzagoon 86 Double Full Heal T 87 Lanette's Net Search T 88 Rare Candy T 89 Wally's Training T 90 Claw Fossil T 91 Mysterious Fossil T 92 Root Fossil T 93 Multi Energy E 94 Aerodactyl ex ex 95 Aggron ex ex 96 Gardevoir ex ex 97 Kabutops ex ex 98 Raichu ex ex 99 Typhlosion ex ex 100 Wailord ex ex

Japanese expansion No. Card Name Type Rarity 1 Seedot 2 Nuzleaf 3 Shiftry H 4 Volbeat 5 Illumise 6 Cacnea 7 Cacturne H 8 Seviper H 9 Lileep 10 Cradily H 11 Cyndaquil 12 Quilava 13 Typhlosion ex H 14 Psyduck 15 Golduck 16 Marill 17 Azumarill 18 Lotad 19 Lombre 20 Ludicolo H 21 Wailord ex ex 22 Pikachu 23 Raichu ex ex 24 Pichu 25 Natu 26 Xatu 27 Wobbuffet 28 Gardevoir ex ex 29 Lunatone H 30 Duskull 31 Dusclops H 32 Wynaut 33 Sandshrew 34 Sandslash 35 Trapinch 36 Solrock H 37 Baltoy 38 Anorith 39 Armaldo H 40 Zigzagoon 41 Azurill 42 Zangoose H 43 Kecleon 44 Sableye H 45 Mawile H 46 Aggron ex ex 47 Claw Fossil T 48 Root Fossil T 49 Double Full Heal T 50 Rare Candy T 51 Lanette's Net Search T 52 Wally's Training T 53 Multi Energy E

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