Pokémon Advanced Trading Cards
Pokémon Advanced Trading Cards was a set of Pokémon-themed trading cards manufactured by Topps in 2003. There were 90 cards in total: 8 character cards, 81 Pokémon cards, and a checklist card. Each of these 90 cards also had a foil card version. In addition, there were 28 bonus "chase cards" not included on the checklist: 18 embossed evolution cards and 10 pop-up cards.
Cards were sold in randomly distributed packets of seven. One card in each packet would be a randomly chosen foil card.
Cards in the Pokémon Advanced series
Characters
The first eight cards in the set feature a character or group of characters from the Pokémon anime. On the back of each card is a short bio explaining their role in the series.
Pokémon
The remaining cards feature Pokémon. Unlike in Topps's previous sets, these Pokémon cards are ordered alphabetically instead of by their Pokédex numbers. All Pokémon appearing in this set were introduced in Generation III.
- Absol
- Aggron
- Altaria
- Anorith
- Armaldo
- Aron
- Azurill
- Bagon
- Banette
- Beautifly
- Blaziken
- Cacnea
- Cacturne
- Camerupt
- Carvanha
- Castform
- Combusken
- Corphish
- Cradily
- Crawdaunt
- Delcatty
- Duskull
- Dustox
- Exploud
- Feebas
- Gardevoir
- Glalie
- Groudon
- Grovyle
- Grumpig
- Hariyama
- Illumise
- Kecleon
- Kirlia
- Kyogre
- Lairon
- Latias
- Latios
- Lileep
- Linoone
- Lotad
- Loudred
- Ludicolo
- Makuhita
- Marshtomp
- Masquerain
- Medicham
- Meditite
- Minun
- Mudkip
- Nosepass
- Numel
- Nuzleaf
- Pelipper
- Plusle
- Poochyena
- Ralts
- Roselia
- Sableye
- Salamence
- Sceptile
- Sealeo
- Seedot
- Seviper
- Sharpedo
- Shiftry
- Shroomish
- Skitty
- Slakoth
- Spinda
- Spoink
- Swampert
- Taillow
- Torchic
- Trapinch
- Treecko
- Vigoroth
- Volbeat
- Whiscash
- Wynaut
- Zigzagoon
Other
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Chase cards
Embossed evolution cards
There are 18 embossed evolution cards in the set, representing six three-stage evolutionary lines. Each evolution card is die-cut in a way that when the three stages of the evolutionary line are placed together, the shapes of the cards will fit together. Additionally, the image of the Pokémon and the Pokémon logo are embossed.
Set # | Front | Title |
---|---|---|
1 | Treecko | |
2 | Grovyle | |
3 | Sceptile | |
4 | Mudkip | |
5 | Marshtomp | |
6 | Swampert | |
7 | File:Topps Advanced E07.png | Torchic |
8 | Combusken | |
9 | Blaziken | |
10 | Ralts | |
11 | Kirlia | |
12 | Gardevoir | |
13 | File:Topps Advanced E13.png | Whismur |
14 | Loudred | |
15 | Exploud | |
16 | Aron | |
17 | Lairon | |
18 | Aggron |
Pop-up cards
There are 10 pop-up cards in the set. Each pop-up card has an image of a Pokémon which can be punched out and then propped up using the rest of the card for support.
Set # | Front | Title |
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1 | Torchic | |
2 | Mudkip | |
3 | Pikachu | |
4 | Treecko | |
5 | Combusken | |
6 | Groudon | |
7 | Latios & Latias | |
8 | Sceptile | |
9 | Kyogre | |
10 | Absol |
Trivia
Errors
- On several cards, Hoenn is misspelled as "Houen". This may be a translation oversight rather than a true error as "Houen" is a common romanization for the Japanese name of the region.
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