Hall of Fame format (TCG)

The Hall of Fame format or Palace format (Japanese: 殿堂(でんどう)) is an officially-sanctioned format for Pokémon Trading Card Game events held exclusively in Japan. It allows cards released from the Diamond & Pearl expansion ownards, allowing a greater number of expansions than the Standard and Expanded format but not being as unpredictable in card combinations as the Unlimited format.

This format was created in March 2001 to create a more balanced gameplay experience. While it has a low number of banned cards, the Hall of Fame format has an additional restriction as the Star system (or Hall points). Certain cards have a set number of 1 to 4 stars, and the sum of stars in a player's deck cannot exceed four. For example, a deck may contain a 1-star and a 3-star card in its list, or four copies of a 1-star card but no other limited cards. If a card in a Hall of Fame-legal expansion is a reprint of an older card, all prints of the card can be played in an Hall of Fame-legal expansion-legal deck (e.g. Aquapolis Energy Switch). However, some cards significantly differ in wording between older prints and newer prints (e.g. Pokémon Fan Club from Aquapolis compared to its Ultra Prism iteration); those cards cannot be used in sanctioned tournaments. The exception is cards that have received errata (e.g. Base Set Potion); all printings of cards with errata may be used in sanctioned tournaments.

The Pokémon Company requires players to play with cards printed in their region's official language; therefore, only Japanese cards can be played in the format.

There were also a number of fan-curated formats, where cards had ratings between 1 and 8 stars for more granular rebalancing.^[1]

Card restrictions

Each card has a star rating. The vast majority of cards have 0 stars. Several cards have 1 to 4 stars, and some cards are banned.

Cards released before Pokémon VS

The latest changes to this list were made in 2016. It was the format of play in the Pokémon Card Game 20th Anniversary Festa. There are no banned cards, with the exception of cards that cannot be used in tournaments.

1-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Cleffa Promotion Magmar Promotion Magby Promotion Feraligatr — Promotion Scyther Promotion Pichu Promotion — Electabuzz Promotion Elekid Promotion — Hitmonchan Promotion Tyrogue Promotion Mr. Mime Promotion Gold Berry T [PT] Promotion Focus Band T [PT] Promotion — Gust of Wind T Promotion Double Gust T Promotion Recycle Energy E Promotion — Hungry Snorlax — Promotion — Energy Removal T Promotion Misty's Wrath T Promotion — Baby Pokémon not specified above — Promotion

2-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Muk Promotion Mr. Mime Promotion Clefable Promotion Magcargo Promotion — Item Finder T Promotion — Double Colorless Energy E Promotion — Super Energy Removal T Promotion Imposter Oak's Revenge T Promotion The Rocket's Trap T Promotion — Lass T Promotion

3-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Sneasel Promotion Erika's Jigglypuff Promotion Aerodactyl Promotion — Chansey Promotion Wigglytuff Promotion — Blastoise Promotion Rocket's Zapdos Promotion Brock's Ninetales Promotion Chaos Gym T [St] Promotion

4-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Dark Vileplume Promotion

2024

The latest changes to this list were made on September 1, 2017. There are no cards with 4 stars.

1-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 063/078 Shaymin Promotion 039/040 Seeker Su Promotion Unown R Promotion Azelf Promotion Stark Mountain St Promotion 083/092 Poké Drawer + T Promotion 041/096 Crobat Promotion 041/080 Weavile Promotion 063/070 Hypnotoxic Laser I Promotion

2-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Claydol Promotion 079/081 Forest of Giant Plants St Promotion Time-Space Distortion T — Promotion 090/100 Cyrus's Initiative Su Promotion 076/080 Junk Arm I Promotion 018/040 Mew Promotion 040/066 Archeops Promotion

3-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 040/052 Shiftry Promotion Forretress Promotion Porygon2 Promotion Uxie Promotion 092/096 Broken Time-Space St Promotion 067/L-P Shuckle — Promotion

Banned cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 074/090 Kecleon Promotion Miracle Diamond T — Promotion Mysterious Pearl T — Promotion 033/DPt-P Wonder Platinum T — Promotion 086/088 Lysandre's Trump Card Su Promotion

See also

• Standard format
• Expanded format
• Sealed format
• Unlimited format
• Legacy format

References

External links

• Rules about which cards can be used
• Pokémon Official Card Lists

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.