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{{incomplete|needs=Either an example or a list of cards that can be call "Orphaned cards".  (Maybe even both)}}
{{incomplete|needs=List of all orphaned cards}}
An '''orphaned card''' is a card that has little or no practical use due to restrictions placed on the pool of legal cards by the {{cat|TCG tournament format|tournament format}}. Often these are evolution cards whose {{TCG|Basic Pokémon}} or {{TCG|Stage 1 Pokémon}} is not available, though occasionally {{TCG|Trainer card}}s and {{cat|Energy cards}} will fall into this category as well.
An '''orphaned card''' is a card that has little or no practical use due to restrictions placed on the pool of legal cards by the {{cat|TCG tournament format|tournament format}}. Often these are evolution cards whose {{TCG|Basic Pokémon}} or {{TCG|Stage 1 Pokémon}} is not available, though occasionally {{TCG|Trainer card}}s and {{cat|Energy cards}} will fall into this category as well.
{| class="roundy sortable" align="center" style="background: #{{status color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{status color}};"
|-
! Name
! class="unsortable" | Reason
! TCG Set
! class="unsortable" | Picture
|-style="background:#FFF;"
| {{TCG ID|Neo Destiny|Dark Crobat|2}}
| The only {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Golbat|7}} at the time was out of rotation.
| ''{{TCG|Neo Destiny}}''
| [[File:DarkCrobatNeoDestiny2.jpg|200px]]
|-
|-style="background:#FFF;"
| {{TCG ID|Dragon Vault|First Ticket|19}}
| The {{N|Rules_changing_for_XY_card_game%3B_Professor_Sycamore_revealed|rule change}} which took place on November 8th, 2014 made it so that the player who goes first is decided before cards are drawn.
|''{{TCG|Dragon Vault}}''
| [[File:FirstTicketDragonVault19.jpg|200px]]
|-
|-style="background:#FFF;"
| {{TCG ID|BW Promo|Ampharos|67}}
| The only {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Mareep|38}} and {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Flaaffy|39}} cards from the Black and White series went out of rotation in the 2015 Standard Format.
| ''{{TCG|BW Black Star Promos}}''
| [[File:AmpharosBWPromo67.jpg|200px]]
|-
|-style="background:#FFF;"
| {{TCG ID|XY Promo|M Gengar-EX|166}}
| The only {{TCG ID|Phantom Forces|Gengar-EX|34}} card went out of rotation in the 2017 Standard Format, which happened before this card was released in English.
| ''{{TCG|XY Black Star Promos}}''
| [[File:MGengarEXXYPromo79.jpg|200px]]
|-
|-style="background:#FFF;"
| {{TCG ID|XY Promo|Crobat BREAK|181}}
| This card was released before the {{TCG|Sun & Moon}} expansion was released and entered rotation during the 2017 Standard Format.
| ''{{TCG|XY Black Star Promos}}''
| [[File:CrobatBREAKXYPromo.jpg|200px]]
|-
|}
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Revision as of 03:57, 15 July 2017

050Diglett.png This article is incomplete.
Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it.
Reason: List of all orphaned cards

An orphaned card is a card that has little or no practical use due to restrictions placed on the pool of legal cards by the tournament format. Often these are evolution cards whose Basic Pokémon or Stage 1 Pokémon is not available, though occasionally Trainer cards and Energy cards will fall into this category as well.

Name Reason TCG Set Picture
Dark Crobat The only Dark Golbat at the time was out of rotation. Neo Destiny DarkCrobatNeoDestiny2.jpg
First Ticket The rule change which took place on November 8th, 2014 made it so that the player who goes first is decided before cards are drawn. Dragon Vault FirstTicketDragonVault19.jpg
Ampharos The only Mareep and Flaaffy cards from the Black and White series went out of rotation in the 2015 Standard Format. BW Black Star Promos AmpharosBWPromo67.jpg
M Gengar-EX The only Gengar-EX card went out of rotation in the 2017 Standard Format, which happened before this card was released in English. XY Black Star Promos MGengarEXXYPromo79.jpg
Crobat BREAK This card was released before the Sun & Moon expansion was released and entered rotation during the 2017 Standard Format. XY Black Star Promos CrobatBREAKXYPromo.jpg
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