| EX Hidden Legends (とかれた封印) Trading Card Game Set E20 / J22 |
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| Cards | English: 102 Japanese: 83 |
| Series | EX Series |
| Region Focus | Hoenn |
| Previous Expansion | EX Team Magma vs. Aqua |
| Following Expansion | EX FireRed & LeafGreen |
| Associated Decks |  Forest Guardian  Wish Maker |
| Released | June 14th, 2004 (English) January 16th, 2004 (Japanese) |
EX Hidden Legends is the fifth expansion of the EX Series, released on June 14th, 2004 and known in Japan as Undone Seal. As the name hints, this 102-card set is all about things kept hidden away — ancient Pokémon sealed in ruins, waiting to be discovered — and it finally brings the Hoenn region’s legendary titans to the trading card game.
The headline act is a trio of sleeping giants. Regirock, Regice and Registeel make their TCG debut here, all three as Pokémon-ex (97–99) and all three wrapped in an unusual full-card foil. They’re joined at the top of the checklist by the Hoenn super-ancients Groudon ex (93) and Kyogre ex (94), whose in-game feud is written right into their card rules.
Nine Pokémon-ex feature in all, including Metagross ex (95) — the face of the booster packs — the ever-popular Ninetales ex (96), a Trainer-locking Vileplume ex (100) and a sleep-inducing Wigglytuff ex (101), before a secret-rare Groudon (102/101) box-topper closes things out.
Two theme decks carried it into stores, Forest Guardian (Colorless/Grass) and Wish Maker (Psychic/Water). Often called an overlooked gem of the EX run, Hidden Legends quietly holds a couple of genuine firsts — more on those below.
Find your hidden advantage!
Discover powerful Pokémon sealed away in three ancient ruins, and combine Dual-type Pokémon, Pokémon-ex and fresh strategies to take command.
— Original Pokémon USA promotional copy, 2004
The Hidden Legends: Waking the Ancient Titans
Every set has a theme; few wear it as literally as this one. EX Hidden Legends is built around the idea of ancient Pokémon sealed away and waiting to be found — and its centrepiece is the trio of legendary titans that slept in Hoenn’s ruins: Regirock, Regice and Registeel. All three make their very first appearance in the trading card game here, and all three arrive as Pokémon-ex.
The designers gave the titans special treatment to match their status. Where a normal holo shines only on the Pokémon, the three Regis use a striking full-card foil that shimmers across the entire card — a nod to bodies carved from rock, ice and steel. The ancient-ruins flavour even spills into the Trainer line-up: the set’s Stadium cards, Desert Ruins and Island Cave, are named for the very places the titans sleep in the video games.
Presiding over everything are Hoenn’s super-ancient legends, Groudon ex and Kyogre ex, and their rivalry is baked right into the rules: while one is Active, its Poké-Body switches off the other’s attacks (and Rayquaza ex’s too) — the land-versus-sea feud, refereed by the cards themselves. It all adds up to a set with a strong, distinct identity — a genuine hidden gem that, fittingly, has always kept a slightly hidden profile of its own.
Print Versions & Collectors Info
Boosters came in four artwork variants — Metagross, Registeel, Regirock and Regice — each holding nine cards, showing off the set’s legendary line-up. Two theme decks, Forest Guardian and Wish Maker, rounded out the release.
English booster packs
Set List with Pictures
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1/101 | Banette |  |
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| Card text Does 10 damage plus 20 more damage for each Special Energy card in your opponent’s discard pile. |
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2/101 | Claydol | |
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3/101 | Crobat | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, look at your opponent’s hand and choose 1 card. Your opponent discards the card you chose.
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4/101 | Dark Celebi | |
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The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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5/101 | Electrode | |
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This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.
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6/101 | Exploud | |
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The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
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7/101 | Heracross | |
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If your opponent has any Pokémon-ex in play, search your deck for up to 2 Grass Energy cards and attach them to Heracross. Shuffle your deck afterward.
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8/101 | Jirachi | |
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Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon and put it on that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) If you do, put 1 damage counter on Jirachi. Shuffle your deck afterward.
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9/101 | Machamp | |
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If your opponent has any Pokémon-ex in play, each of Machamp’s attacks do 30 more damage to the Defending Pokémon.
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10/101 | Medicham | |
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Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on the Defending Pokémon.
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11/101 | Metagross | |
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As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Metal Energy card attached to 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon. This power can’t be used if Metagross is affected by a Special Condition.
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12/101 | Milotic | |
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Once during your turn, when you play Milotic from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may remove all damage counters from all of your Pokémon and your opponent’s Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex).
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13/101 | Pinsir | |
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Any damage done to Pinsir by attacks from your opponent’s Basic Pokémon is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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14/101 | Shiftry | |
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Look at your opponent’s hand and choose 1 Basic Pokémon or Evolution card you find there. Your opponent puts it at the bottom of his or her deck.
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15/101 | Walrein | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may reveal the top card of your deck. If that card is a basic Energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. If not, put the card back on your deck. This power can’t be used if Walrein is affected by a Special Condition.
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16/101 | Bellossom |  |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may remove 2 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon. You can’t use more than 1 Heal Dance Poké-Power each turn. This power can’t be used if Bellossom is affected by a Special Condition. |
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17/101 | Chimecho | |
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Search your opponent’s discard pile for a Supporter card and use the effect of that card as the effect of this attack. (The Supporter card remains in your opponent’s discard pile.)
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18/101 | Gorebyss | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
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19/101 | Huntail | |
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Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Darkness Pokémon in play.
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20/101 | Masquerain | |
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Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
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21/101 | Metang | |
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Search your discard pile for a Metal Energy card and attach it to Metang.
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22/101 | Ninetales | |
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Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Ninetales by your opponent’s Pokémon-ex.
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23/101 | Rain Castform | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for Castform, Sunny Castform, or Snow-cloud Castform and switch it with Rain Castform. (Any cards attached to Rain Castform, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) Shuffle Rain Castform back into your deck. You can’t use more than 1 Temperamental Weather Poké-Power each turn.
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24/101 | Relicanth | |
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As long as Relicanth is your Active Pokémon, a player flips 2 coins for each of his or her Pokémon that is Asleep between turns. If either coin is tails, that Pokémon is still Asleep.
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25/101 | Snow-cloud Castform | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for Castform, Rain Castform, or Sunny Castform and switch it with Snow-cloud Castform. (Any cards attached to Snow-cloud Castform, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) Shuffle Snow-cloud Castform back into your deck. You can’t use more than 1 Temperamental Weather Poké-Power each turn.
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26/101 | Sunny Castform | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for Castform, Rain Castform, or Snow-cloud Castform and switch it with Sunny Castform. (Any cards attached to Sunny Castform, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) Shuffle Sunny Castform back into your deck. You can’t use more than 1 Temperamental Weather Poké-Power each turn.
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27/101 | Tropius | |
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Move 1 Energy card attached to Tropius to another of your Pokémon and remove 4 damage counters from that Pokémon (all if there are less than 4).
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28/101 | Beldum |  |
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If Beldum has any Energy attached to it, Beldum’s Retreat Cost is 0.
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29/101 | Beldum | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Metal Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can’t be used if Beldum is affected by a Special Condition.
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30/101 | Castform | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for Sunny Castform, Rain Castform, or Snow-cloud Castform and switch it with Castform. (Any cards attached to Castform, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) Shuffle Castform back into your deck. You can’t use more than 1 Temperamental Weather Poké-Power each turn.
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31/101 | Claydol | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, discard 1 Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
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32/101 | Corsola | |
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Draw a number of cards up to the number of your opponent’s Basic Pokémon in play. (You can’t have more than 10 cards in your hand in this way.)
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33/101 | Dodrio | |
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Dodrio can retreat even while it is Asleep or Paralyzed.
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34/101 | Glalie | |
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Any damage done to Glalie by attacks from your opponent’s Pokémon with any Special Energy cards attached to it is reduced by 40 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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35/101 | Gloom | |
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After your attack, remove from Gloom the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. If Gloom has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
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36/101 | Golbat | |
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The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
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37/101 | Igglybuff | |
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Once during your turn (before your attack), you may put Jigglypuff from your hand onto Igglybuff (this counts as evolving Igglybuff), and remove all damage counters from Igglybuff.
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38/101 | Lanturn | |
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Once during your opponent’s turn, when any of your Pokémon is Knocked Out by your opponent’s attacks, you may use this power. Choose a basic Energy card discarded from the Knocked Out Pokémon and attach it to Lanturn. You can’t use more than 1 Energy Grounding Poké-Power each turn.
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39/101 | Loudred | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, each Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
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40/101 | Luvdisc | |
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Draw cards until you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent has in his or her hand.
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41/101 | Machoke | |
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If Machoke is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent’s attack (even if Machoke is Knocked Out), put 1 damage counter on the Attacking Pokémon.
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42/101 | Medicham | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
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43/101 | Metang | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
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44/101 | Metang | |
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If Metang has any Energy attached to it, Metang’s Retreat Cost is 0.
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45/101 | Nuzleaf | |
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Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon’s attacks. That Pokémon can’t use that attack during your opponent’s next turn.
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46/101 | Rhydon | |
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As long as Rhydon is your Active Pokémon, prevent all damage done by attacks to all of your Benched Pokémon.
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47/101 | Sealeo | |
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Does 10 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokémon. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Weakness or Resistance.
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48/101 | Spinda | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, both the Defending Pokémon and Spinda are now Confused.
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49/101 | Starmie | |
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Choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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50/101 | Swalot | |
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Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon’s attacks. That Pokémon can’t use that attack during your opponent’s next turn.
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| PIC HERE EVENTUALLY | 51/101 | Tentacruel | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
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52/101 | Baltoy |  |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
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53/101 | Baltoy | |
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Headbutt.
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54/101 | Beldum | |
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Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
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55/101 | Chikorita | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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56/101 | Chinchou | |
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Choose 2 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to each of those Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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57/101 | Chinchou | |
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Choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to that Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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58/101 | Clamperl | |
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Any damage done to Clamperl by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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59/101 | Cyndaquil | |
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This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.
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60/101 | Doduo | |
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Drill Peck.
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61/101 | Feebas | |
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Search your deck for a card that evolves from Feebas and put it on Feebas. (This counts as evolving Feebas.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
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62/101 | Gulpin | |
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The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
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63/101 | Jigglypuff | |
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Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
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64/101 | Machop | |
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Does 30 damage minus 10 damage for each damage counter on Machop.
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65/101 | Meditite | |
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Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
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66/101 | Meditite | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
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67/101 | Minun | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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68/101 | Oddish | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, attach a Lightning Energy card from your hand to any of your Pokémon.
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69/101 | Plusle | |
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Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
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70/101 | Rhyhorn | |
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Attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to Seedot.
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71/101 | Seedot | |
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You may discard 1 Psychic Energy card attached to Shuppet. If you do, your opponent discards 1 Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
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72/101 | Shuppet | |
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You may discard 1 Psychic Energy card attached to Shuppet. If you do, your opponent discards 1 Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
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73/101 | Snorunt | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
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74/101 | Spheal | |
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Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
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75/101 | Staryu | |
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If Staryu has any Psychic Energy attached to it, damage done to Staryu by any attack is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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76/101 | Surskit | |
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If Surskit has less Energy attached to it than the Defending Pokémon, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage.
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77/101 | Tentacool | |
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If Tentacool has no Energy attached to it, Tentacool’s Retreat Cost is 0.
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78/101 | Togepi | |
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Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
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79/101 | Totodile | |
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Does 10 damage for each damage counter on Totodile.
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80/101 | Voltorb | |
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Search your deck for a Lightning Energy card and attach it to Voltorb. Shuffle your deck afterward.
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81/101 | Vulpix | |
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Search your deck for a card that evolves from Vulpix and put it on Vulpix. (This counts as evolving Vulpix.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
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82/101 | Whismur | |
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Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
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83/101 | Zubat | |
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Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
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84/101 | Ancient Technical Machine [Ice] | |
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Discard all of your opponent’s Trainer cards in play. If you do, prevent all effects, including damage, done to the Pokémon using this attack during your opponent’s next turn.
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85/101 | Ancient Technical Machine [Rock] | |
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If your opponent has any Evolved Pokémon in play, remove the highest Stage Evolution card from each of them and put those cards back into his or her hand.
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86/101 | Ancient Technical Machine [Steel] | |
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If the Defending Pokémon has a Poké-Power or Poké-Body, choose up to 2 basic Energy cards attached to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon and attach them to the Defending Pokémon.
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87/101 | Ancient Tomb | |
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| Card text Don’t apply Weakness for all Pokémon in play (excluding Pokémon-ex and Pokémon that has an owner in its name). |
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88/101 | Desert Ruins | |
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| Card text At any time between turns, each player puts 1 damage counter on his or her Pokémon-ex with maximum HP of at least 100. |
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89/101 | Island Cave | |
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| Card text Whenever any player attaches an Energy card from his or her hand to Water Pokémon, Fighting Pokémon, or Metal Pokémon, remove any Special Conditions from that Pokémon. |
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90/101 | Life Herb | |
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| Card text Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your Pokémon (excluding Pokémon-ex). Remove all Special Conditions and 6 damage counters from that Pokémon (all if there are less than 6). |
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91/101 | Magnetic Storm | |
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| Card text Any damage done by attacks from Psychic Pokémon and Fighting Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s) is not affected by Resistance. |
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92/101 | Steven’s Advice | |
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| Card text Draw a number of cards up to the number of your opponent’s Pokémon in play. If you have more than 7 cards (including this one) in your hand, you can’t play this card. |
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93/101 | Groudon ex |  |
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| Card text As long as Groudon ex is your Active Pokémon, each player’s Kyogre ex and Rayquaza ex can’t attack. |
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94/101 | Kyogre ex | |
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| Card text As long as Kyogre ex is your Active Pokémon, each player’s Groudon ex and Rayquaza ex can’t attack. |
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95/101 | Metagross ex | |
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| Card text Before doing damage, you may choose 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon and switch it with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. If you do, this attack does 40 damage to the new Defending Pokémon. |
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96/101 | Ninetales ex | |
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| Card text Switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. The new Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Confused. |
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97/101 | Regice ex | |
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Prevent all effects of attacks, except damage, done to Regice ex by the Attacking Pokémon.
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98/101 | Regirock ex | |
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At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Regirock ex.
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99/101 | Registeel ex | |
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| Card text Any damage done to Registeel ex by attacks is reduced by 10 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). |
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100/101 | Vileplume ex | |
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| Card text As long as Vileplume ex is your Active Pokémon, your opponent can’t play any Trainer cards (except for Supporter cards) from his or her hand. |
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101/101 | Wigglytuff ex | |
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| Card text Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. |
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102/101 | Groudon | |
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| Card text Does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
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Other Cards
The set’s Trainers lean into its Hoenn-legends theme, from a Champion’s draw card to Stadiums named after the titans’ resting places.
Steven’s Advice (92/101)
A Supporter named for Steven Stone, Hoenn’s Steel-type Champion (and Metagross trainer). It draws you a fistful of cards scaled to your opponent’s board — a staple draw engine of the era.
Desert Ruins (88/101)
A Stadium named for Regirock’s resting place. It quietly chips damage onto every high-HP Pokémon-ex in play — pure anti-ex tech, dressed in ancient-ruins flavour.
For Collectors: Most Valuable Cards
The chase here is the nine Pokémon-ex — led by the debut Regi titans and the Hoenn super-ancients — capped by a secret-rare box-topper.
Registeel ex (99/101)
One of the three debut titans, in that eye-catching full-card foil. The steel giant is a favourite of the set’s signature Regi trio.
Regirock ex (98/101)
The rock titan’s first-ever card — foil shimmering across the whole card to match its ancient, carved-stone body.
Regice ex (97/101)
The ice titan completes the Regi trio — a cool blue full-foil that collectors love to display as a set of three.
Groudon ex (93/101)
The continent Pokémon in ex form, its Poké-Body locking down its eternal rival Kyogre — a centrepiece card of the set.
Kyogre ex (94/101)
Groudon’s opposite number, the sea-basin legend, mirroring the same land-versus-sea lock. Collected as a pair with Groudon ex.
Metagross ex (95/101)
The face of the booster packs — Steven’s signature pseudo-legendary and one of the set’s most recognisable holos.
Ninetales ex (96/101)
A perennial fan favourite and, by grading numbers, one of the most-submitted ex cards in the set.
Groudon (102/101)
The secret-rare box-topper — a special oversized-run Groudon that sits just past the end of the checklist as the set’s hidden trophy.
Most Powerful Cards (Competitive Play)
Hidden Legends handed the format some sharp disruptors alongside its legendary muscle.
Vileplume ex (100/101)
A soft lock on a stick: while it’s Active, your opponent can’t play any Trainer cards except Supporters — strangling item-reliant decks.
Metagross ex (95/101)
Its attack drags a Benched Pokémon into the fray and hits it directly — a nasty way to pick off a fragile target before it’s ready.
Registeel ex (99/101)
A living wall: a Poké-Body that shaves damage off every hit it takes makes the steel titan frustrating to knock out.
Groudon ex (93/101)
Beyond its collector appeal, its rival-locking Poké-Body could simply switch off an opposing Kyogre ex or Rayquaza ex deck’s main attacker.
Trivia
- Exploud (6/101) was the first card in the entire Pokémon TCG to have four attacks — Breaking Sound, Bass Control, Thunderous Roar and Hyper Voice — a record-setting first for the game.
- Hidden Legends dropped the e-Reader Dot-Code strip that had run along the bottom of cards since the Pokémon-e era; with the strip gone the card border returned to normal, quietly closing the book on the e-Reader for good.
- By this point in the EX run, almost the entire Generation III (Hoenn) Pokédex had reached the TCG — with Deoxys the notable holdout, arriving later in its own expansion, EX Deoxys.
- It marks the first TCG appearance of the legendary titans Regirock, Regice and Registeel, all three debuting as Pokémon-ex with a distinctive full-card foil.
- Groudon ex and Kyogre ex carry mirror Poké-Bodies that shut down each other’s attacks (and Rayquaza ex’s) — the land-versus-sea rivalry written into the rules.
- Its Japanese title, Undone Seal, and its ruins-themed Stadiums (Desert Ruins, Island Cave) all play on the idea of ancient Pokémon being unsealed.
- Two theme decks shipped alongside it: Forest Guardian (Colorless/Grass) and Wish Maker (Psychic/Water).
Images & Videos
An EX Hidden Legends booster box opening — a good look at the set’s legendary line-up.
Opening a premium sealed box of Hidden Legends — chasing the Regis and the secret Groudon.