Neo Genesis (TCG)

Neo Genesis 金、銀、新世界へ...

Cards in set English: 111 Japanese: 96 Set number English: 8 Japanese: 7 Release date English: December 16, 2000 Japanese: December 10, 1999 Theme Decks Cold Fusion () Hotfoot () Previous Gym Booster 2 Japanese: Gold, Silver, to a New World... Next Crossing the Ruins...

Japanese set logo

Neo Genesis (Japanese: 金、銀、新世界へ... Gold, Silver, to a New World...) is an expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was the first expansion to feature Generation II Pokémon of Johto.

Set size

• 111 cards in English release
• 96 cards in Japanese release

Sequence

• 8th English Expansion
• 7th Japanese Expansion

Release dates

• 10th December 1999 - Japanese Promotional Set
• 4th February 2000 - Japanese Expansion
• 16th December 2000 - English "teaser" release (without theme decks)
• 15th January 2001 - English Expansion

Theme decks

• Hotfoot
• Cold Fusion

Card list

Neo Genesis No. Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/111 Ampharos 2/111 Azumarill 3/111 Bellossom 4/111 Feraligatr 5/111 Feraligatr 6/111 Heracross 7/111 Jumpluff 8/111 Kingdra 9/111 Lugia 10/111 Meganium 11/111 Meganium 12/111 Pichu 13/111 Skarmory 14/111 Slowking 15/111 Steelix 16/111 Togetic 17/111 Typhlosion 18/111 Typhlosion 19/111 Metal Energy E 20/111 Cleffa 21/111 Donphan 22/111 Elekid 23/111 Magby 24/111 Murkrow 25/111 Sneasel 26/111 Aipom 27/111 Ariados 28/111 Bayleef 29/111 Bayleef 30/111 Clefairy 31/111 Croconaw 32/111 Croconaw 33/111 Electabuzz 34/111 Flaaffy 35/111 Furret 36/111 Gloom 37/111 Granbull 38/111 Lanturn 39/111 Ledian 40/111 Magmar 41/111 Miltank 42/111 Noctowl 43/111 Phanpy 44/111 Piloswine 45/111 Quagsire 46/111 Quilava 47/111 Quilava 48/111 Seadra 49/111 Skiploom 50/111 Sunflora 51/111 Togepi 52/111 Xatu 53/111 Chikorita 54/111 Chikorita 55/111 Chinchou 56/111 Cyndaquil 57/111 Cyndaquil 58/111 Girafarig 59/111 Gligar 60/111 Hoothoot 61/111 Hoppip 62/111 Horsea 63/111 Ledyba 64/111 Mantine 65/111 Mareep 66/111 Marill 67/111 Natu 68/111 Oddish 69/111 Onix 70/111 Pikachu 71/111 Sentret 72/111 Shuckle 73/111 Slowpoke 74/111 Snubbull 75/111 Spinarak 76/111 Stantler 77/111 Sudowoodo 78/111 Sunkern 79/111 Swinub 80/111 Totodile 81/111 Totodile 82/111 Wooper 83/111 Arcade Game T [GC] 84/111 Ecogym T [St] 85/111 Energy Charge T 86/111 Focus Band T [Tool] 87/111 Mary T 88/111 PokéGear T 89/111 Super Energy Retrieval T 90/111 Time Capsule T 91/111 Bill's Teleporter T 92/111 Card-Flip Game T [GC] 93/111 Gold Berry T [Tool] 94/111 Miracle Berry T [Tool] 95/111 New Pokédex T 96/111 Professor Elm T 97/111 Sprout Tower T [St] 98/111 Super Scoop Up T 99/111 Berry T [Tool] 100/111 Double Gust T 101/111 Moo-Moo Milk T 102/111 Pokémon March T 103/111 Super Rod T 104/111 Darkness Energy E 105/111 Recycle Energy E 106/111 Fighting Energy E — 107/111 Fire Energy E — 108/111 Grass Energy E — 109/111 Lightning Energy E — 110/111 Psychic Energy E — 111/111 Water Energy E —

Gold, Silver, to a New World... No. Card name Type Rarity Promotion — Oddish — Gloom — Chikorita — Bayleef — Meganium — Ledyba — Ledian — Spinarak — Ariados — Bellossom — Hoppip — Skiploom — Jumpluff — Sunkern — Sunflora — Shuckle — Heracross — Magmar — Cyndaquil — Quilava — Typhlosion — Magby — Horsea — Seadra — Totodile — Croconaw — Feraligatr — Marill — Azumarill — Wooper — Quagsire — Swinub — Piloswine — Mantine — Kingdra — Pikachu — Electabuzz — Chinchou — Lanturn — Pichu — Mareep — Flaaffy — Ampharos — Elekid — Slowpoke — Natu — Xatu — Slowking — Girafarig — Onix — Sudowoodo — Gligar — Phanpy — Donphan — Murkrow — Sneasel — Steelix — Skarmory — Clefairy — Sentret — Furret — Hoothoot — Noctowl — Cleffa — Togepi — Togetic — Aipom — Snubbull — Granbull — Stantler — Miltank — Lugia — Berry T [Tool] — Super Rod T — Double Gust T — Pokémon March T — Moo-Moo Milk T — Professor Elm T — Miracle Berry T [Tool] — Card Flip Game T [GC] — Gold Berry T [Tool] — New Pokédex T — Super Scoop Up T — Bill's Teleporter T — Sprout Tower T [St] — Ecogym T [St] — Energy Charge T — Focus Band T [Tool] — Mary T — Arcade Game T [GC] — Time Capsule T — Super Energy Retrieval T — PokéGear T — Darkness Energy E — Metal Energy E — Recycle Energy E   Premium File No. Card name Type Rarity Promotion — Chikorita — — Bayleef — — Meganium — — Cyndaquil — — Quilava — — Typhlosion — — Totodile — — Croconaw — — Feraligatr —

Trivia

• The term Neo ("new" in Greek) was used both in Japanese and English releases to emphasize a new generation of the Pokémon TCG.
• The English title, Genesis, is one of two Biblical references in the TCG. The other one is of Neo Revelation. Genesis and Revelation are the first and last books of the Bible, respectively. The name Genesis refers to this being the set to include the first of the Generation II Pokémon found in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
• Along with new Pokémon came two new card types; Darkness and Metal. There was also the addition of baby Pokémon and Pokémon Tools, which were Trainer Card items that could be permanently attached to Pokémon in play - referring to Generation II's new feature that allowed trainers to equip their Pokémon with held items.
• A nine-card promo set was released in Japan before Neo 1 was released, featuring the Johto starter Pokémon and their evolutions. For the English release, Wizards of the Coast added the 9 promo cards and the six basic Energy cards to the set, increasing it to 111 cards.
• One art change in this set was the Trainer Card Moo-Moo Milk. The Japanese version depicts a Sentret suckling at a Miltank's udder, and was considered inappropriate for children for its English release.
• Taking the term Neo literally, the card layout also changed slightly, with updated stat, evolution and weakness/resistance graphics and the use of smaller black HP text (similar to that of Japanese cards) instead of red text.
• Some collectors mistook the expansion's double star symbol as an indication of high rarity. The same mistake was also made on the Darkness-type Pokémon, whose rarity symbols were white (white stars in Japanese sets indicating super rarity).

Gallery

Japanese

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  Japanese booster pack

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  Neo Premium File 1

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  Neo Premium File 1 (front cover)

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  Neo Premium File 1 (reverse)

English

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  English booster box

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  English booster pack (Meganium)

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  English booster pack (Feraligatr)

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  English booster pack (Typhlosion)

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  English booster pack (Lugia)

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