Pokemon TCG: XY Phantom Forces Set

XY Phantom Forces Set ファントムゲート Trading Card Game Set E62 / J58
General information

Cards	English: 122 Japanese: 97
Series	XY Series
Primary Focus	Mega Evolution Psychic & Ghost Types
Previous Expansion	XY Furious Fists
Following Expansion	XY Primal Clash
Associated Decks	Burning Winds Bolt Twister
Released	November 5th, 2014 (English) September 13th, 2014 (Japan)

Overview

XY Phantom Forces Gengar booster pack

Pokémon TCG: XY—Phantom Forces launched on November 5, 2014 as the fourth expansion of the XY era, built primarily from Japan’s ファントムゲート (Phantom Gate) set, which had released on September 13, 2014. The English release gathers 119 cards in the main numbering plus three Secret Rares — 122 cards in total — and pushes Generation VI’s darker side to the front, with the Shadow Pokémon Gengar and its Mega Evolution looming over the entire expansion.

Phantom Forces is remembered as one of the most competitively influential sets of its decade. It debuted the Spirit Link Pokémon Tools, unleashed a wave of format-defining Trainer cards — Battle Compressor, VS Seeker and the soon-to-be-banned Lysandre’s Trump Card — and introduced Team Flare’s disruptive Hyper Gear. Two theme decks, Burning Winds (Fire/Grass) and Bolt Twister (Lightning/Water), rounded out the launch line-up.

Something wicked stirs in the shadows. Mega Gengar rises to lead a ghostly assault, Spirit Links finally unlock Mega Evolution’s full tempo, and a new wave of Trainers quietly reshapes the battlefield — Phantom Forces is where the XY era’s competitive identity took shape.

Spirit Link: Mega Evolution Unleashed

Phantom Forces introduced the Spirit Link mechanic, a new breed of Pokémon Tool that solved Mega Evolution’s single biggest weakness. Normally, Mega Evolving a Pokémon ends your turn — a brutal tempo cost that let opponents respond before your Mega could attack. When the matching Spirit Link is attached, its Mega Evolution Pokémon-EX can evolve without ending your turn, so it can Mega Evolve and attack on the same turn.

Gengar Spirit Link (#95)

Attached to Gengar-EX, it lets M Gengar-EX Mega Evolve and immediately strike with Phantom Gate. Manectric Spirit Link (#100) does the same for M Manectric-EX. From this set onward, virtually every Mega Evolution deck in the game was built around its Spirit Link — a design template that lasted for years.

Mega Gengar: Face of the Set

Mega Gengar is the star of Phantom Forces, and the whole expansion is themed around the shadows it casts.

M Gengar-EX (#35)

A Psychic-type with a hefty 220 HP whose signature attack, Phantom Gate (Psychic + 2 Colorless), lets it choose one of your opponent’s Pokémon’s attacks and use it as its own — turning the enemy’s best moves back on them. Paired with Dimension Valley to cut its Energy cost, it became one of the most flexible attackers in the format.

Gengar-EX (#34)

The Basic Pokémon-EX that M Gengar Evolves from — a capable attacker on its own, and the base of the whole line. Its Full Art (#114) is one of the most vivid cards in the set and a long-standing collector favourite.

Team Flare Hyper Gear

The set also debuted Team Flare Hyper Gear — the first Pokémon Tools designed to be attached to your opponent’s Pokémon rather than your own, opening an entirely new axis of disruption.

Head Ringer (#97) makes the Pokémon-EX it’s clamped onto cost one extra Colorless Energy to attack, taxing the opponent’s biggest threats, while Jamming Net (#98) turns the opponent’s own Pokémon into a liability by punishing it with extra damage. These tools created a control-and-disruption space that later Team Flare sets would expand on.

The Trainer Engine That Redefined the Format

Beyond Mega Evolution, Phantom Forces quietly rewired competitive Pokémon. Several of its Trainer cards became staples that defined the game for the rest of the XY era and beyond.

Battle Compressor (#92)

An Item that lets you discard up to three cards straight from your deck — thinning the deck while deliberately loading the discard pile. It became the engine behind discard-fuelled archetypes like Night March and Vespiquen, and a hundred combo lines besides.

VS Seeker (#109)

Put a Supporter from your discard pile back into your hand. VS Seeker turned every used Supporter into a reusable resource and became one of the most-played consistency cards of the entire XY–Sun & Moon period.

Lysandre’s Trump Card (#99)

Shuffle every card from both players’ discard piles back into their decks. It was so powerful — erasing resource management and enabling near-unloseable stall and lock decks — that it became the first card banned from the modern Standard and Expanded formats, with the ban taking effect in 2015.

Dimension Valley (#93)

A Stadium that reduces the attack cost of every Psychic Pokémon by one Colorless Energy — powering M Gengar-EX, Malamar-EX and a whole wave of Psychic attackers.

Other Pokémon-EX & Mega Evolutions

Phantom Forces is stacked with Pokémon-EX beyond Gengar:

Manectric-EX / M Manectric-EX (#23 / #24)

M Manectric-EX’s Turbo Bolt hits hard and accelerates Energy from the deck onto the bench; with its Spirit Link it anchored one of the era’s premier aggressive decks, frequently paired with Furious Fists attackers.

Dialga-EX (#62)

A Metal-type attacker with high HP and disruptive potential — its near-white Secret Rare (#122) went on to become the single most valuable card in the set.

Malamar-EX (#58)

A Psychic attacker that thrives under Dimension Valley, trading efficiently and pressuring the board for very little Energy.

Aegislash-EX (#65)

Its Mighty Shield Ability prevents all effects of attacks — including damage — done to it by the opponent’s Pokémon-EX, making it a maddening wall in a format built around EX attackers.

Products & Print Versions

Phantom Forces rolled out across the full Pokémon TCG product range. Booster packs shipped with four different artworks — Gengar, Aegislash, Manectric and Diancie — while two theme decks, Burning Winds and Bolt Twister, gave newcomers a ready-to-play on-ramp. A Gengar-themed Elite Trainer Box, blister packs, collector’s albums and portfolios completed the line-up.

Complete Set List

All 119 cards in the English Phantom Forces set (Secret Rares #120–122 follow the main numbering). Click any card to view it full size.

Card Image	No.	Card name	Rarity	Card type
	1/119	Venonat
	Card text Stun Spore 20 Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed.
	2/119	Venomoth
	Card text Dizzying Wind Whenever your opponent plays a Trainer card from his or her hand during his or her next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that card has no effect. (Your opponent still discards that card.) Noxious Scales 50 Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused and Poisoned.
	3/119	Yanma
	Card text Air Slash 30 Discard an Energy attached to this Pokemon.
	4/119	Yanmega
	Card text Windfall Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw 6 cards. Surprise Strike 50+ If this Pokemon was on the Bench and became your Active Pokemon this turn, this attack does 50 more damage.
	5/119	Sewaddle
	Card text Nap Heal 20 damage from this Pokemon. Bug Bite 20
	6/119	Swadloon
	Card text Protect Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokemon during your opponent’s next turn. Corkscrew Punch 40
	7/119	Leavanny
	Card text Coordinate Choose up to 2 of your Benched Pokemon that have no Pokemon Tools attached to them. For each of those Pokemon, search your deck for a Pokemon Tool card, and attach it to that Pokemon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Leaf Storm 70 Heal 20 damage from each of your Grass Pokemon.
	8/119	Karrablast
	Card text Peck 10 Headbutt 20
	9/119	Fletchinder
	Card text Peck 20 Combustion 60
	10/119	Talonflame
	Card text Acrobatics 30+ Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 more damage for each heads. Jet Shoot 120 During your opponent’s next turn, any damage done to this Pokemon by attacks is increased by 40 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
	11/119	Litleo
	Card text Roar Your opponent switches his or her Active Pokemon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokemon. Live Coal 20
	12/119	Pyroar
	Card text Flare Command Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokemon. If you do, switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon with his or her Active Pokemon. Inferno Onrush 110 This Pokemon does 30 damage to itself.
	13/119	Krabby
	Card text Vice Grip 10 Crabhammer 50
	14/119	Kingler
	Card text Guard Claw 20 During your opponent’s next turn, any damage done to this Pokemon by attacks is reduced by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Crabhammer 100
	15/119	Totodile
	Card text Fury Strikes 10 Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
	16/119	Croconaw
	Card text Wave Splash 30 Crunch 40 Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
	17/119	Feraligatr
	Card text Hyper Whirlpool 60 Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. Second Strike 80+ If your opponent’s Active Pokemon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 80 more damage.
	18/119	Finneon
	Card text Pound 10
	19/119	Lumineon
	Card text Neon Sign Search your deck for up to 2 Pokemon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Water Pulse 30 You opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep.
	20/119	Frillish
	Card text Confuse Ray Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused.
	21/119	Jellicent
	Card text Meddling Attach 3 Energy cards from your opponent’s discard pile to his or her Pokemon in any way you like. Ensnaring Spray 50+ This attack does 10 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
	22/119	Alomomola
	Card text Super Deep Dive Heal 30 damage from this Pokemon. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. Surf 80
	23/119	Manectric
	Card text Overrun 20 This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Assault Laser 60+ If your opponent’s Active Pokemon has a Pokemon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 60 more damage. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	24/119	Mega Manectric
	Card text When 1 of your Pokemon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokemon, your turn ends. Turbo Bolt 110 Attach 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	25/119	Pachirisu
	Card text Trick Sticker 10 The Defending Pokemon’s Weakness is now Lightning until the end of your next turn. (The amount of Weakness doesn’t change.) Pachi 20+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage.
	26/119	Joltik
	Card text Gnaw 10 Night March 20 This attack does 20 damage times the number of Pokemon in your discard pile that have the Night March attack.
	27/119	Galvantula
	Card text Cobweb Trip Switch 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon with your opponent’s Active Pokemon. The new Active Pokemon is now Confused. Electroweb 60 The Defending Pokemon can’t retreat during your opponent’s next turn.
	28/119	Helioptile
	Card text Tail Rap 10+ Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads.
	29/119	Helioptile
	Card text Quick Attack 10+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Static Shock 30
	30/119	Heliolisk
	Card text Pound 30 Parabolic Spark 30 Discard as many Lightning Energy attached to your Pokemon as you like. This attack does 30 damage times the number of Energy cards you discarded.
	31/119	Zubat
	Card text Skill Dive This attack does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.)
	32/119	Golbat
	Card text Sneaky Bite When you play this Pokemon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon, you may put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. Swoop Across This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.)
	33/119	Crobat
	Card text Surprise Bite When you play this Pokemon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon, you may put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. Skill Dive This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.)
	34/119	Gengar
	Card text Night Attack Put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. Dark Corridor 60 Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	35/119	Mega Gengar
	Card text When 1 of your Pokemon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokemon, your turn ends. Phantom Gate Choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon’s attacks and use it as this attack. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	36/119	Wobbuffet
	Card text Bide Barricade As long as this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, each Pokemon in play, in each player’s hand, and in each player’s discard pile has no Abilities (except for Psychic Pokemon). Psychic Assault 10+ This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
	37/119	Gulpin
	Card text Poison Gas Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. Sludge Bomb 30
	38/119	Swalot
	Card text Poison Gas 30 Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. Swallow Up 50+ If, before doing damage, your opponent’s Active Pokemon has fewer remaining HP than this Pokemon, this attack does 50 more damage.
	39/119	Munna
	Card text See Through Your opponent reveals his or her hand. Double Headbutt 20 Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
	40/119	Musharna
	Card text Dream of Memories Shuffle 3 cards from your discard pile into your deck. Dream Dance 30 Both Active Pokemon are now Asleep.
	41/119	Litwick
	Card text Trip Over 10+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.
	42/119	Lampent
	Card text Cursed Drop Put 3 damage counters on your opponent’s Pokemon in any way you like. Night March 20 This attack does 20 damage times the number of Pokemon in your discard pile that have the Night March attack.
	43/119	Chandelure
	Card text Fainting Spell If this Pokemon is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent’s attack, flip a coin. If heads, the Attacking Pokemon is Knocked Out. Cursed Drop Put 6 damage counters on your opponent’s Pokemon in any way you like.
	44/119	Pumpkaboo
	Card text Ram 10 Night March 20 This attack does 20 damage times the number of Pokemon in your discard pile that have the Night March attack.
	45/119	Gourgeist
	Card text Gourgantic If this Pokemon has any Grass Energy attached to it, its maximum HP is 200. Horror Note 10 This attack does 10 damage times the number of cards in your hand.
	46/119	Gligar
	Card text Rock Cannon 20 Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
	47/119	Gliscor
	Card text Submission Hold 20 Your opponent can’t attach Energy from his or her hand to the Defending Pokemon during his or her next turn. Poison Jab 60 Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned.
	48/119	Roggenrola
	Card text Tackle 30
	49/119	Boldore
	Card text Core Heal Discard a Fighting Energy attached to this Pokemon and heal 50 damage from it. Power Gem 60
	50/119	Gigalith
	Card text High Density Armor If this Pokemon has full HP, any damage done to this Pokemon by an opponent’s attack is reduced by 50 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Overdrive Smash 60+ During your next turn, this Pokemon’s Overdrive Smash attack does 40 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
	51/119	Murkrow
	Card text Ambush 10+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Wing Attack 30
	52/119	Honchkrow
	Card text Hypnoblast 20 Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. Nightmare Mambo 60+ If your opponent’s Active Pokemon is Asleep, this attack does 60 more damage.
	53/119	Poochyena
	Card text Bite 10 Lunge 30 Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
	54/119	Mightyena
	Card text Crunch 30 Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. Darkness Fang 80
	55/119	Spiritomb
	Card text B Cancel 10 Your opponent can’t play any Pokemon from his or her hand to evolve the Defending Pokemon during your opponent’s next turn. Confuse Ray 30 Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused.
	56/119	Purrloin
	Card text Fake Out 10 Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed.
	57/119	Liepard
	Card text Gentle Bite 10 During your opponent’s next turn, any damage done by attacks from the Defending Pokemon is reduced by 60 (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Mach Claw 40 This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Resistance.
	58/119	Malamar
	Card text Hyper Hypnosis When you attach an Energy from your hand to this Pokemon, you may use this Ability. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. MAXamar 60 Flip a coin for each Energy attached to this Pokemon. This attack does 60 damage times the number of heads. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	59/119	Skarmory
	Card text Slash 30 Iron Wing 90 Discard a Metal attached to this Pokemon.
	60/119	Bronzor
	Card text Tackle 10
	61/119	Bronzong
	Card text Metal Links Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Metal Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon. Hammer In 60
	62/119	Dialga
	Card text Chrono Wind 60 If the Defending Pokemon is a Pokemon-EX, it can’t attack during your opponent’s next turn. Full Metal Impact 150 Discard 2 Metal Energy attached to this Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	63/119	Heatran
	Card text Steel Drop 40+ If there is any Stadium card in play, this attack does 40 more damage. Steam Blast 130 Discard an Energy attached to this Pokemon.
	64/119	Escavalier
	Card text Poke Through 20 Discard a random card from your opponent’s hand. Spiral Rush 60+ Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 more damage for each heads.
	65/119	Aegislash
	Card text Mighty Shield Prevent all damage done to this Pokemon by attacks from each of your opponent’s Pokemon that has any Special Energy attached to it. Slash Blast 40+ This attack does 20 more damage for each Metal Energy attached to this Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	66/119	Klefki
	Card text Call for Family Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokemon and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Dull Light 20 Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused.
	67/119	Florges
	Card text Fairy Lead Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Bright Garden 20 This attack does 20 damage times the number of Grass Pokemon and Fairy Pokemon you have in play. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	68/119	Swirlix
	Card text Lick Away Remove all Special Conditions from this Pokemon. Tackle 20
	69/119	Slurpuff
	Card text Tasting Once during your turn (before your attack), you may draw a card. If this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, draw 1 more card. Light Pulse 60 Prevent all effects of your opponent’s attacks, except damage, done to this Pokemon during your opponent’s next turn.
	70/119	Dedenne
	Card text Nuzzle Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. Spiral Drain 60 Heal 20 damage from this Pokemon.
	71/119	Diancie
	Card text Sparkle If the Defending Pokemon tries to attack during your opponent’s next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Diamond Storm 60 Heal 30 damage from each of your Fairy Pokemon.
	72/119	Deino
	Card text Gnaw Off 20+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.
	73/119	Zweilous
	Card text Slam 30 Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
	74/119	Hydreigon
	Card text Dark Impulse Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Darkness Energy card from your discard pile to your Active Pokemon. Crazy Headbutt 130 Discard an Energy attached to this Pokemon.
	75/119	Goomy
	Card text Gooey Heal 10 damage from this Pokemon. Tackle 20
	76/119	Sliggoo
	Card text Gooey Heal 30 damage from this Pokemon. Gentle Slap 40
	77/119	Goodra
	Card text Slip Trip Each player can’t attach any Pokemon Tool cards from his or her hand to any of his or her Pokemon. Dragon Pulse 130 Discard the top card of your deck.
	78/119	Spearow
	Card text Whirlwind 10 Your opponent switches his or her Active Pokemon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokemon.
	79/119	Fearow
	Card text Fly 40 Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokemon during your opponent’s next turn. Drill Peck 60
	80/119	Chansey
	Card text Nap Heal 30 damage from this Pokemon. Lucky Punch 100 If you don’t have exactly 7 cards in your hand, this attack does nothing.
	81/119	Blissey
	Card text Tender Vengeance 10 Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on each of your Benched Pokemon. Charge Dash 60+ You may do 20 more damage. If you do, this Pokemon does 20 damage to itself.
	82/119	Girafarig
	Card text Tackle 20 Psybite 50+ If this Pokemon has any Psychic Energy attached to it, this attack does 30 more damage.
	83/119	Whismur
	Card text Screaming Fit Both Active Pokemon are now Confused.
	84/119	Loudred
	Card text Pound 30 Energy Press 30+ This attack does 30 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
	85/119	Exploud
	Card text Boomburst This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Hyper Voice 90
	86/119	Regigigas
	Card text Daunt 80 During your opponent’s next turn, any damage done by attacks from the Defending Pokemon is reduced by 40 (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Heavy Impact 100
	87/119	Bunnelby
	Card text Tackle 10 Mud Shot 30
	88/119	Diggersby
	Card text Smithereen Smash 30 Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. Earthquake 80 This attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.)
	89/119	Fletchling
	Card text Peck 10 Quick Attack 10+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.
	90/119	Furfrou
	Card text Tight Jaw 20 Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. Sharp Fang 50
	91/119	AZ		Su
	Card text Put 1 of your Pokemon into your hand. (Discard all cards attached to that Pokemon.) You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	92/119	Battle Compressor		I
	Card text Search your deck for up to 3 cards and discard them. Shuffle your deck afterward. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	93/119	Dimension Valley		St
	Card text Each Psychic Pokemon’s attacks (both yours and your opponent’s) cost less. This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card.
	94/119	Enhanced Hammer		I
	Card text Each Psychic Pokemon’s attacks (both yours and your opponent’s) cost less. This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card.
	95/119	Gengar Spirit Link		I
	Card text Attach a Pokemon Tool to 1 of your Pokemon that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. Your turn does not end if the Pokemon this card is attached to becomes M Gengar-EX. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	96/119	Hand Scope		I
	Card text Your opponent reveals his or her hand. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	97/119	Head Ringer		I
	Card text Attach this Pokemon Tool to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon-EX that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. The attacks of the Pokemon this card is attached to cost more. When this card is removed from a Pokemon for any reason, put this card in its owner’s discard pile. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	98/119	Jamming Net		I
	Card text Attach this Pokemon Tool to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon-EX that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. The attacks of the Pokemon this card is attached to do 20 less damage to all Defending Pokemon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) When this card is removed from a Pokemon for any reason, put this card in its owner’s discard pile. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	99/119	Lysandre’s Trump Card		Su
	Card text Each player shuffles all cards in his or her discard pile into his or her deck (except for Lysandre’s Trump Card). You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	100/119	Manectric Spirit Link		I
	Card text Attach a Pokemon Tool to 1 of your Pokemon that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. Your turn does not end if the Pokemon this card is attached to becomes M Manectric-EX. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	101/119	Professor Sycamore		Su
	Card text Discard your hand and draw 7 cards. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	102/119	Robo Substitute		I
	Card text Play this card as if it were a 30 HP Colorless Basic Pokemon. At any time during your turn (before your attack), you may discard this card from play. This card can’t retreat. If this card is Knocked Out, your opponent can’t take any Prize Cards for it. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	103/119	Roller Skates		I
	Card text Flip a coin. If heads, draw 3 cards. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	104/119	Shauna		Su
	Card text Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw 5 cards. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	105/119	Steel Shelter		St
	Card text Each Metal Pokemon (both yours and your opponent’s) can’t be affected by any Special Conditions. (Remove any Special Conditions affecting those Pokemon.) This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card.
	106/119	Target Whistle		I
	Card text Put a Basic Pokemon from your opponent’s discard pile onto his or her Bench. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	107/119	Tierno		Su
	Card text Draw 3 cards. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	108/119	Trick Coin		I
	Card text Attach a Pokemon Tool to 1 of your Pokemon that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. Once during your turn, after you flip any coins for an attack of the Pokemon this card is attached to, you may ignore all effects of those coin flips and begin flipping those coins again. (You may only use effects that lets you flip coins, including effects from other cards, once during your turn.) You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	109/119	VS Seeker		I
	Card text Put a Supporter card from your discard pile into your hand. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
	110/119	Xerosic		Su
	Card text Choose a Pokemon Tool or Special Energy card attached to a Pokemon in play (yours or your opponent’s) and discard it. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	111/119	Double Colorless Energy		E
	Card text Provides ColorlessColorless energy. Doesn’t count as a basic Energy card. HeartGold & SoulSilver-on print Double Colorless Energy provides ColorlessColorless Energy.
	112/119	Mystery Energy		E
	Card text This card can only be attached to Psychic Pokemon. This card provides Psychic Energy only while this card is attached to a Psychic Pokemon. The Retreat Cost of the Pokemon this card is attached to is less. (If this card is attached to anything other than a Psychic Pokemon, discard this card.)
	113/119	Manectric
	Card text Overrun 20 This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Assault Laser 60+ If your opponent’s Active Pokemon has a Pokemon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 60 more damage. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	114/119	Gengar
	Card text Night Attack Put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. Dark Corridor 60 Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	115/119	Malamar
	Card text Hyper Hypnosis When you attach an Energy from your hand to this Pokemon, you may use this Ability. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. MAXamar 60 Flip a coin for each Energy attached to this Pokemon. This attack does 60 damage times the number of heads. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	116/119	Florges
	Card text Lead Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Bright Garden 20 This attack does 20 damage times the number of Grass Pokemon and Fairy Pokemon you have in play. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	117/119	AZ		Su
	Card text Put 1 of your Pokemon into your hand. (Discard all cards attached to that Pokemon.) You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	118/119	Lysandre’s Trump Card		Su
	Card text Each player shuffles all cards in his or her discard pile into his or her deck (except for Lysandre’s Trump Card). You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	119/119	Xerosic		Su
	Card text Choose a Pokemon Tool or Special Energy card attached to a Pokemon in play (yours or your opponent’s) and discard it. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack).
	120/119	Mega Manectric
	Card text When 1 of your Pokemon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokemon, your turn ends. Turbo Bolt 110 Attach 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	121/119	Mega Gengar
	Card text When 1 of your Pokemon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokemon, your turn ends. Phantom Gate Choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon’s attacks and use it as this attack. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
	122/119	Dialga
	Card text Chrono Wind 60 If the Defending Pokemon is a Pokemon-EX, it can’t attack during your opponent’s next turn. Full Metal Impact 150 Discard 2 Metal Energy attached to this Pokemon. When a Pokemon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

For Collectors: Most Valuable Cards

Phantom Forces is a collector-friendly set, headlined by a genuinely iconic Secret Rare and a beloved Gengar Full Art. Values below reflect near-mint singles and shift with the market.

Dialga-EX — Secret Rare (#122)

The set’s crown jewel. Its almost entirely white, frosted-metal artwork makes it instantly recognisable, and it is consistently the most expensive card in Phantom Forces — routinely the priciest single by a wide margin.

Gengar-EX — Full Art (#114)

Widely regarded as one of the most vibrant Full Arts ever printed. This classic Gengar out-values even its Mega Evolution and is a centrepiece for many XY-era collections.

M Gengar-EX — Secret Rare (#121)

The gold-bordered Secret Rare treatment of the set’s mascot, subtly recoloured from the Ultra Rare version and carrying a healthy premium over it.

M Manectric-EX — Secret Rare (#120)

Electricity crackling around a metallic border makes this one of the sharpest-looking Secret Rares in the whole XY run.

AZ — Full Art (#117)

The enigmatic Team Flare figure gets a gorgeous Full Art. Alongside the Full Art Lysandre’s Trump Card (#118) and Xerosic (#119), the Trainer Full Arts are among the most sought-after pulls in the set.

Most Powerful Cards (Competitive Play)

Few sets have shaped the competitive game like Phantom Forces. Its Trainers and Mega attacker defined deck-building for years — several remain Expanded staples to this day.

M Gengar-EX (#35)

The premier attacker of the set — Phantom Gate could copy anything on the opponent’s side, and Dimension Valley made it cheap to use. Mega Gengar decks were a pillar of the 2015 competitive season.

VS Seeker (#109)

Not flashy, but VS Seeker’s Supporter recursion made decks dramatically more consistent. It saw play across Standard and Expanded for years and is still a defining Expanded card.

Battle Compressor (#92)

The definitive combo enabler. Instantly stuffing the discard pile launched entire archetypes — from Night March to Vespiquen to countless Energy-acceleration engines.

Lysandre’s Trump Card (#99)

Format-warping to the point of a ban. The ultimate resource reset removed deck-out as a win condition and enabled lock decks, earning it the modern game’s first Standard-format ban.

Trivia & Points of Interest

The modern game’s first ban. Lysandre’s Trump Card (#99) was the first card banned from the modern Standard format. Shuffling all discarded cards back into decks removed deck-out as a win condition and enabled unbreakable lock and stall strategies, so it was pulled from sanctioned play in 2015.
Spirit Link’s debut. Phantom Forces introduced the Spirit Link Pokémon Tools, which let Mega Evolution Pokémon evolve without ending the turn — instantly becoming mandatory tech in every Mega deck that followed.
A name that nods to Japan. M Gengar-EX’s attack is called Phantom Gate, a direct reference to the Japanese set’s name, ファントムゲート (Phantom Gate).
Hyper Gear firsts. The set debuted Team Flare Hyper Gear — Head Ringer and Jamming Net — the first Pokémon Tools attached to an opponent’s Pokémon.
The white Dialga. Dialga-EX’s Secret Rare (#122) is famous for its near-white, frosted artwork and remains the set’s most valuable card.
Bigger in the West. The English set’s 119-card main run is larger than the Japanese Phantom Gate release, as English XY expansions bundled cards drawn from multiple Japanese products.

Japanese Set, Videos & Gallery

In Japan, Phantom Forces’ cards came from ファントムゲート (Phantom Gate), released September 13, 2014. Below are the Japanese packaging, the full 119-card gallery (click any card to view it full size), and a selection of videos covering the expansion.

Overview

Spirit Link: Mega Evolution Unleashed

Gengar Spirit Link (#95)

Mega Gengar: Face of the Set

M Gengar-EX (#35)

Gengar-EX (#34)

Team Flare Hyper Gear

The Trainer Engine That Redefined the Format

Battle Compressor (#92)

VS Seeker (#109)

Lysandre’s Trump Card (#99)

Dimension Valley (#93)

Other Pokémon-EX & Mega Evolutions

Manectric-EX / M Manectric-EX (#23 / #24)

Dialga-EX (#62)

Malamar-EX (#58)

Aegislash-EX (#65)

Products & Print Versions

Complete Set List

For Collectors: Most Valuable Cards

Dialga-EX — Secret Rare (#122)

Gengar-EX — Full Art (#114)

M Gengar-EX — Secret Rare (#121)

M Manectric-EX — Secret Rare (#120)

AZ — Full Art (#117)

Most Powerful Cards (Competitive Play)

M Gengar-EX (#35)

VS Seeker (#109)

Battle Compressor (#92)

Lysandre’s Trump Card (#99)

Trivia & Points of Interest

Japanese Set, Videos & Gallery

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