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'''Call of Legends''' is the only English expansion of the ''Call of Legends'' series, and was created in order to bide time until the introduction of [[Generation V]] into the card game. The set features Legendary Pokémon, with an 11 card subset depicting [[Shiny Pokémon|Shiny versions]] of the Legendary Pokémon featured in the expansion. As with most premier sets in the English TCG series, the set also includes the 8 {{TCG|basic Energy}} cards. However, they are only included as Mirror Reverse Foils, making them considerably rarer than their {{rar|Common}} Rarity implies.

The Call of Legends expansion is made up of cards from throughout the Legend era in Japan. The remaining cards from the Japanese {{TCG|Lost Link}} mini-set were all included, as well as many of the remaining {{TCG|L-P Promotional cards}}. In order to finish out the remainder of the set, reprints from the four ''HeartGold & SoulSilver'' series expansions—{{TCG|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, {{TCG|Unleashed}}, {{TCG|Undaunted}}, and {{TCG|Triumphant}}—were created specifically for Call of Legends. Each Pokémon reprint features brand new English exclusive artwork, most of which were done by the original illustrators.

The Shiny Pokémon in the subset all originated from the Japanese {{TCG|L-P Promotional cards}}, and were based on the {{TCG|Pokémon LEGEND}} cards from the main Japanese expansions of the LEGEND era: {{TCG|HeartGold Collection}}, {{TCG|SoulSilver Collection}}, {{TCG|Reviving Legends}}, and {{TCG|Clash at the Summit}}. Darkrai and Cresselia were never created, because their [[Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND (Triumphant 99)|LEGEND card]] originated from the Japanese mini-set Lost Link instead of a main expansion. The Japanese prints of {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Ho-Oh|SL5}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Lugia|SL7}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Entei|SL3}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Raikou|SL9}}, and {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Suicune|SL11}} were released through the Shiny Pokémon Present Campaign, a campaign in which during the months of May and June 2010, those who bought two ''LEGEND'' series booster packs were entered into a drawing to win one of one thousand sets of the Shiny Rare Holographic print of either Ho-Oh and Lugia or Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Groudon|SL4}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Kyogre|SL6}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Rayquaza|SL10}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Deoxys|SL1}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Dialga|SL2}}, and {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Palkia|SL8}} were released in a similar promotion, the Legendary Pokémon Present Campaign, where starting on July 27, 2010, those who bought any ''LEGEND'' series booster pack were entered into a drawing to win one of five thousand sets of the six promotional cards.  

As with the cards in the ''HeartGold & SoulSilver'' series, much of the artwork features location around the [[Johto]] region. For example, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Espeon|4}} is featured in [[Ecruteak City]] and {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Koffing|60}} is depicted in the [[Burned Tower]]. In regards to illustrations, many of the [[List of TCG illustrators|illustrators]] provided the alternate artwork to their original prints, with a few exceptions in order to feature the five new illustrators debuting in this set, as well as a few others who were less prevalent. [[sui]] provided the illustrations for {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Clefable|1}}, {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Clefairy|54}}, and {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Cleffa|24}} instead of [[Masakazu Fukuda]]. Newcomer [[Shigenori Negishi]] took over {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Hitmontop|8}} and {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Tyrogue|36}} from [[Ken Sugimori]], while newcomer [[mizue]] took over Sugimori's {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Granbull|26}} and {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Snubbull|71}}. [[match]] took on [[Noriko Hotta]]'s {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Leafeon|13}} and [[Wataru Kawahara]]'s {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Jirachi|11}}. New illustrator [[Akira Komayama]] provided new artwork for both Masakazu Fukuda's {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Magby|46}} and [[Kanako Eo]]'s {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Eevee|56}}. {{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Palkia|19}}'s Rare Holographic print was provided an illustration by [[Daisuke Iwamoto]] instead of [[Ayaka Yoshida]]. [[Ryo Ueda]] took on the most, by taking over [[Hideaki Hakozaki]]'s Ho-Oh and Lugia, [[Yuri Umemura]]'s Groudon and Kyogre and Noriko Hotta's Deoxys and Rayquaza. Six of these eight illustrators whose cards were taken on by someone else did not create any new card artwork for this set: only Masakazu Fukuda and Ayaka Yoshida provided new artwork for some of their cards. However, Hideaki Hakozaki did provide the artwork for the booster packs and {{TCG|Theme Deck}}s: {{TCG|Retort}} and {{TCG|Recon}}.