HeartGold & SoulSilver (TCG)

HeartGold & SoulSilver ハートゴールドコレクション / ソウルシルバーコレクション

Cards in set English: 124 Japanese: 150* Set number English: 43 Japanese: 43 Release date English: February 10, 2010 Japanese: October 9, 2009 Theme Decks Growth Clash () Ember Spark () Mind Flood () Previous Advent of Arceus Japanese: HeartGold Collection / SoulSilver Collection Next Reviving Legends

Pokémon TCG: HeartGold & SoulSilver (Japanese: ハートゴールドコレクション HeartGold Collection and ソウルシルバーコレクション SoulSilver Collection) is the name given to the first expansion of cards from the HeartGold & SoulSilver era of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The set brings several new mechanics and features to the game.

Information

HeartGold & SoulSilver is the first expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game series of the same name, though often shortened to HGSS (the same abbreviation is also used for the expansion itself). Based on Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver themselves, the expansion includes mostly Pokémon from Generation II, which itself includes all Pokémon from Generation I. Unlike its predecessor, Neo Genesis, HeartGold & SoulSilver also consists of many Pokémon from the first generation, whereas Neo Genesis included only those related to new Pokémon (such as Horsea and Seadra, which had to be included for Kingdra's sake). In Japan, the expansion heralded the start of the Pokémon Card Game LEGEND series as two subsets, titled HeartGold Collection and SoulSilver Collection.

HeartGold & SoulSilver was the first expansion to use a revamped card design, which included multiple changes:

• The card border is now gold and silver as opposed to yellow.
• The illustrator's bar, the Pokémon stage bar and the Pokédex data strip all include tinges of gold.
• The evolution circle returns to the extreme top-left of the card. The stage name strip is extended further to the left due to this.
• An unfinished circle is present on Basic Pokémon cards where the evolution circle would be present on Stage 1 and 2 Pokémon cards.
• The flavor text area has been compressed further down with the illustrator's bar shortened in length to compensate.
• The top-right corner is now gold and silver to display the Hit Points more prominently.
• The weakness and resistance bar no longer has the swooshes featured since Neo Genesis.

HeartGold & SoulSilver also introduced two new mechanics, as well as discontinuing two other mechanics. Pokémon SP cards and Pokémon LV.X are no longer present, the latter due to the removal of levels on the cards. Pokémon LV.X were replaced by a new mechanic in the form of Pokémon Prime (Great Pokémon in Japan), Pokémon that are considerably rarer and more powerful than any of their regular counterparts. Pokémon Prime do not play home to any new mechanics: they do not have special names, there are no drawbacks to their use and they evolve the same as any other Pokémon. They have a holographic gold border, much like the silver border of Pokémon LV.X and Pokémon-ex before them, and additional graphics around the illustration box and the card name (which is also holographic gold). They also lack Pokédex data in order to free up space for more Pokémon Powers and attacks.

The second new mechanic to be introduced by the set was Pokémon LEGEND, named after the series in Japan. Pokémon LEGEND are comprised of two cards - a top half and a bottom half - and can include either one or two Pokémon. They can be put into play only during the game itself and only when both halves of the card are ready to be played at the same time. To compensate for their higher-than-average HP and stronger attacks, there are two drawbacks to playing Pokémon LEGEND cards: both halves of the card have the same name, so only two of each half can be used in a 60-card deck. Also, Pokémon LEGEND cards depicting two Pokémon cause the opponent to take two Prize cards upon their defeat, much like with Pokémon-ex. Pokémon LEGEND cards are entirely holographic and three-quarters of the overall card is comprised of the illustration.

The Japanese version of the expansion also brings about a change to the long-standing Trainer card: The three different types of Trainer are now classified as Item, Supporter and Stadium, though Item cards retain their title of Trainer cards in English regions until the release of Black & White. Similarly to Supporter cards and Stadium cards, which were color-coded red and green respectively after their reclassification in the Diamond & Pearl expansion, Item cards (including Trainer cards in English) are now color-coded blue. As with Pokémon cards, Trainer cards have also been redesigned: the illustration box now has a gold outline and the text area is metallic silver.

Japan's set also introduced a type of card that had been present in English regions since the launch of Expedition Base Set in the form of reverse holographic cards, known in Japan as mirror cards (ミラーカード). These feature the same holofoil treatment as reverse holographic cards that has been present since Diamond & Pearl in English.

Trivia

• This expansion marks the first instance in the TCG in which one generation of cards has included three distinct series; these are referred to as the DP Series, the PL Series and the HGSS Series (Pokémon Card Game DP, DPt and LEGEND respectively in Japan).
• The card revamp for this series of expansions marks only the second time in the TCG that the card layout has been revamped mid-generation, following the shift from Neo to e-Card in Generation II.
• Six evolutionary items are featured in multiple different artworks from the expansion:
  • A Thunderstone can be seen on Raichu's artwork;
  • A Fire Stone can be seen on Arcanine's and Ninetales's artworks;
  • A Water Stone can be seen on Starmie's artwork;
  • A Leaf Stone can be seen on Exeggutor's artwork;
  • A Moon Stone can be seen on Wigglytuff's and Clefable's artworks; and
  • A King's Rock can be seen on Slowking's artwork.
• The Energy cards were the first ones that featured Pokémon:
  • Fighting Energy features Sudowoodo
  • Fire Energy features Ho-Oh and the Bell Tower
  • Grass Energy features Celebi
  • Lightning Energy features Ampharos and the Glitter Lighthouse
  • Psychic Energy features Espeon
  • Water Energy features Lugia and the Whirl Islands
  • Darkness Energy features Umbreon
  • Metal Energy features Steelix and the Goldenrod Radio Tower
  • These basic energy cards are also reprinted in Call of Legends as Reverse Holographic cards.
  • Energy cards received in the three starter theme decks do not feature Pokémon.
• This is the first time that Double Colorless Energy has been printed since the Base Set in Japan, and since Base Set 2 elsewhere.
• Typically, there is about 6 Prime Cards per 36 booster packs for HGSS Series.

Card lists

HeartGold & SoulSilver No. Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/123 Arcanine 2/123 Azumarill 3/123 Clefable 4/123 Gyarados 5/123 Hitmontop 6/123 Jumpluff 7/123 Ninetales 8/123 Noctowl 9/123 Quagsire 10/123 Raichu 11/123 Shuckle 12/123 Slowking 13/123 Wobbuffet 14/123 Ampharos 15/123 Ariados 16/123 Butterfree 17/123 Cleffa 18/123 Exeggutor 19/123 Farfetch'd 20/123 Feraligatr 21/123 Furret 22/123 Granbull 23/123 Hypno 24/123 Lapras 25/123 Ledian 26/123 Meganium 27/123 Persian 28/123 Pichu 29/123 Sandslash 30/123 Smoochum 31/123 Sunflora 32/123 Typhlosion 33/123 Tyrogue 34/123 Weezing 35/123 Bayleef 36/123 Blissey 37/123 Corsola 38/123 Croconaw 39/123 Delibird 40/123 Donphan 41/123 Dunsparce 42/123 Flaaffy 43/123 Heracross 44/123 Igglybuff 45/123 Mantine 46/123 Metapod 47/123 Miltank 48/123 Parasect 49/123 Quilava 50/123 Qwilfish 51/123 Skiploom 52/123 Slowbro 53/123 Starmie 54/123 Unown 55/123 Unown 56/123 Wigglytuff 57/123 Caterpie 58/123 Chansey 59/123 Chikorita 60/123 Clefairy 61/123 Cyndaquil 62/123 Drowzee 63/123 Exeggcute 64/123 Girafarig 65/123 Growlithe 66/123 Hoothoot 67/123 Hoppip 68/123 Jigglypuff 69/123 Jynx 70/123 Koffing 71/123 Ledyba 72/123 Magikarp 73/123 Mareep 74/123 Marill 75/123 Meowth 76/123 Paras 77/123 Phanpy 78/123 Pikachu 79/123 Sandshrew 80/123 Sentret 81/123 Slowpoke 82/123 Snubbull 83/123 Spinarak 84/123 Staryu 85/123 Sunkern 86/123 Totodile 87/123 Vulpix 88/123 Wooper 89/123 Bill Su 90/123 Copycat Su 91/123 Energy Switch T 92/123 Fisherman Su 93/123 Full Heal T 94/123 Moomoo Milk T 95/123 Poké Ball T 96/123 PokéGear 3.0 T 97/123 Pokémon Collector Su 98/123 Pokémon Communication T 99/123 Pokémon Reversal T 100/123 Professor Elm's Training Method Su 101/123 Professor Oak's New Theory Su 102/123 Switch T 103/123 Double Colorless Energy E 104/123 Rainbow Energy E 105/123 Ampharos 106/123 Blissey 107/123 Donphan 108/123 Feraligatr 109/123 Meganium 110/123 Typhlosion 111/123 Ho-Oh 112/123 Ho-Oh 113/123 Lugia 114/123 Lugia 115/123 Grass Energy E 116/123 Fire Energy E 117/123 Water Energy E 118/123 Lightning Energy E 119/123 Psychic Energy E 120/123 Fighting Energy E 121/123 Darkness Energy E 122/123 Metal Energy E 123/123 Gyarados ONE Alph Lithograph T

HeartGold Collection No. Card name Type Rarity Promotion 001/070 Weedle 002/070 Kakuna 003/070 Beedrill 004/070 Spinarak 005/070 Ariados 006/070 Hoppip 007/070 Skiploom 008/070 Jumpluff 009/070 Sunkern 010/070 Sunflora 011/070 Shuckle 012/070 Heracross 013/070 Growlithe 014/070 Arcanine 015/070 Ho-Oh 016/070 Ho-Oh 017/070 Slowpoke 018/070 Slowbro 019/070 Staryu 020/070 Starmie 021/070 Lapras 022/070 Totodile 023/070 Croconaw 024/070 Feraligatr 025/070 Feraligatr 026/070 Qwilfish 027/070 Corsola 028/070 Remoraid 029/070 Octillery 030/070 Mantine 031/070 Mareep 032/070 Flaaffy 033/070 Ampharos 034/070 Ampharos 035/070 Koffing 036/070 Weezing 037/070 Smoochum 038/070 Jynx 039/070 Slowking 040/070 Unown 041/070 Wobbuffet 042/070 Mankey 043/070 Primeape 044/070 Phanpy 045/070 Donphan 046/070 Donphan 047/070 Spearow 048/070 Fearow 049/070 Cleffa 050/070 Clefairy 051/070 Clefable 052/070 Chansey 053/070 Blissey 054/070 Blissey 055/070 Tauros 056/070 Sentret 057/070 Furret 058/070 Hoothoot 059/070 Noctowl 060/070 Girafarig 061/070 Dunsparce 062/070 Stantler 063/070 Energy Switch G 064/070 Switch G 065/070 Pokémon Reversal G 066/070 Poké Ball G 067/070 Professor Elm's Training Method Su 068/070 Professor Oak's New Theory Su 069/070 Bill Su 070/070 Double Colorless Energy E 071/070 Alph Lithograph G — — Grass Energy E — — Fire Energy E — — Water Energy E — — Lightning Energy E — — Psychic Energy E — — Fighting Energy E — — Darkness Energy E — — Metal Energy E —   SoulSilver Collection No. Card name Type Rarity Promotion 001/070 Caterpie 002/070 Metapod 003/070 Butterfree 004/070 Paras 005/070 Parasect 006/070 Chikorita 007/070 Bayleef 008/070 Meganium 009/070 Meganium 010/070 Ledyba 011/070 Ledian 012/070 Vulpix 013/070 Ninetales 014/070 Cyndaquil 015/070 Quilava 016/070 Typhlosion 017/070 Typhlosion 018/070 Poliwag 019/070 Poliwhirl 020/070 Poliwrath 021/070 Politoed 022/070 Magikarp 023/070 Gyarados 024/070 Marill 025/070 Azumarill 026/070 Wooper 027/070 Quagsire 028/070 Delibird 029/070 Lugia 030/070 Lugia 031/070 Pichu 032/070 Pikachu 033/070 Raichu 034/070 Zubat 035/070 Golbat 036/070 Crobat 037/070 Crobat 038/070 Drowzee 039/070 Hypno 040/070 Exeggcute 041/070 Exeggutor 042/070 Natu 043/070 Xatu 044/070 Unown 045/070 Sandshrew 046/070 Sandslash 047/070 Sudowoodo 048/070 Tyrogue 049/070 Hitmontop 050/070 Igglybuff 051/070 Jigglypuff 052/070 Wigglytuff 053/070 Meowth 054/070 Persian 055/070 Farfetch'd 056/070 Aipom 057/070 Snubbull 058/070 Granbull 059/070 Teddiursa 060/070 Ursaring 061/070 Ursaring 062/070 Miltank 063/070 Full Heal G 064/070 Pokégear 3.0 G 065/070 Pokémon Communication G 066/070 Moomoo Milk G 067/070 Fisherman Su 068/070 Pokémon Collector Su 069/070 Copycat Su 070/070 Rainbow Energy E 071/070 Alph Lithograph G — — Grass Energy E — — Fire Energy E — — Water Energy E — — Lightning Energy E — — Psychic Energy E — — Fighting Energy E — — Darkness Energy E — — Metal Energy E —

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