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Ultra Prism
ウルトラサン • ウルトラムーン
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English: 173
Japanese: 156
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English: 75
Japanese: 68
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English: February 2, 2018
Japanese: December 8, 2017
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Mach Strike ( )
Imperial Command ( )
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Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon—Ultra Prism (Japanese: ウルトラサン Ultra Sun and ウルトラムーン Ultra Moon) is the name given to the fifth main expansion of cards from the Sun & Moon Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (the Sun & Moon Era in Japan). The set continues to feature Generation VII and Pokémon-GX in the card game, with a focus on the Sinnoh region, and introduces the new Prism Star cards.
Description
An Unknown New Dimension!
Pass through the Ultra Wormhole into a bizarre new Pokémon world, where familiar sights become strange and new powers are unlocked! Watch Necrozma's power grow, and marvel as brand-new 
cards reveal their astounding effects on play. Meet Dialga-GX and Palkia-GX, and encounter bizarre Ultra Beasts and wild new forms of Alola's Legendary Pokémon. Explore a new dimension in the Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon—Ultra Prism expansion!
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Ultra Prism is the name given to the fifth main expansion of the Sun & Moon Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as the Ultra Sun · Ultra Moon dual sets that make up the fifth expansion block in the Pokémon Card Game Sun & Moon Era. It is the first expansion to be centered around Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, which was released about one month beforehand. The English expansion was released on February 2, 2018, while the Japanese subsets were released on December 8, 2017.
The expansion introduces and reintroduces several elements to the Trading Card Game. Prism Star cards are a brand new classification of cards and consist of more powerful Basic Pokémon, Trainer cards, and Energy cards that a player can only play one copy of in each deck. Additionally, the Lost Zone returns, with Prism Star cards going to the Lost Zone when discarded. This set also brings Fossil Pokémon into the Sun & Moon Series, having returned to the original mechanic of Evolving Fossil Pokémon from a shared Trainer card (this time known as Unidentified Fossil) which can be played as a Basic Pokémon. The Japanese Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon sets also began two trends which would be followed by the next several main expansions in Japan: basing the cards on a mix of Generation VII and an older generation, and featuring two separate cards for every Basic Pokémon which evolves twice (typically one has greater utility at the cost of lower HP).
Ultra Prism contains 173 cards, including 10 new Pokémon-GX, 6 new Prism Star cards, and several Pokémon native to the Alola and Sinnoh regions. The Japanese equivalent Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon each feature 78 cards (excluding Secret cards), with Ultra Sun featuring Dusk Mane Necrozma and Ultra Moon featuring Dawn Wings Necrozma. The English expansion brought together the release of the two Japanese subsets and the GX Battle Boost subset.
The Japanese set has the notable feature of only including certain types between the two halves. Ultra Sun features Grass-type, Fire-type, Darkness-type, and Metal-type Pokémon, while Ultra Moon features Water-type, Lightning-type, Psychic-type, and Fighting-type Pokémon. Dragon-type and Colorless-type Pokémon are split between the two while Fairy-type Pokémon are completely absent. This feature is lost with the English localization into one set and the addition of cards originating from GX Battle Boost.
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In other languages
cards reveal their astounding effects on play. Meet Dialga-GX and Palkia-GX, and encounter bizarre Ultra Beasts and wild new forms of Alola's Legendary Pokémon. Explore a new dimension in the Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon—Ultra Prism expansion!
