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Size comparison of a Box Topper Venusaur (right) with a regular card.

A Box Topper is a special card included inside sealed booster boxes as an incentive for buying an entire box of booster packs. They were first introduced in the Legendary Collection, where they were oversized, reverse-holographic versions of a card from within the set. The first Box Toppers measured 126.5 x 90.0 mm, compared with Regular cards measuring 87.0 x 63.0 mm and Jumbo cards at 205.5 x 145.5 mm. Starting in EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua, Box Toppers became Regular sized cards with a design unique to the set. These Regular size Toppers (along with the secret insert cards, such as Celebi ex in EX Unseen Forces) have a set number which exceeds the size of the set (e.g. "98/97") and always have a rarity. The inclusion of Box Toppers ceased after the release of EX Holon Phantoms, with some of the booster pack boxes containing a figurine of a Pokémon instead.

All available Box Topper cards

Released during Legendary Collection

Box Toppers (Legendary Collection)

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion S1/S4 Charizard Promotion S2/S4 Dark Blastoise Promotion S3/S4 Dark Raichu Promotion S4/S4 Mewtwo Promotion

Released during e-Card Series

Alakazam, Feraligatr, Tyranitar and Venusaur could be found in Expedition booster boxes. Aquapolis booster boxes could give either Entei, Espeon, Scizor or Suicune. Charizard, Crobat, Ho-Oh and {{Kabutops could be obtained through Skyridge booster boxes.

Box Toppers (e-Card series)

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 01/12 Alakazam Promotion 02/12 Feraligatr Promotion 03/12 Tyranitar Promotion 04/12 Venusaur Promotion 05/12 Entei Promotion 06/12 Espeon Promotion 07/12 Scizor Promotion 08/12 Suicune Promotion 09/12 Charizard Promotion 10/12 Crobat Promotion 11/12 Ho-Oh Promotion 12/12 Kabutops Promotion

Part of other sets

Box toppers Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Absol		EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua		96/95
Groudon		EX Hidden Legends		102/101
Charmander		EX FireRed & LeafGreen		113/112
Charmeleon		EX Team Rocket Returns		110/109
Rocket's Raikou ex		EX Deoxys		108/107
Farfetch'd		EX Emerald		107/106
Rocket's Persian ex		EX Unseen Forces		116/115
Azumarill		EX Delta Species		114/113
Pikachu δ		EX Legend Maker		93/92
Mew		EX Holon Phantoms		111/110

Gallery

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  The back of a Legendary Collection Box Topper.

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  A picture of the back of an e-Card Series Box Topper, showing its transparency.

See also

• Jumbo card

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