Aquapolis (TCG)
Aquapolis or e-Aquapolis is the name given to an Expansion of cards and Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was the second set to be compatible with Nintendo's e-Reader perhipral.
Set size
- Aquapolis contains 186 cards
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The symbol for Aquapolis is a water droplet containing a temple.
Sequence
- 14th English Expansion
Release date
- 15th January 2003
The release date was pushed back a little from late December to mid-January a few times.
Trivia
- Aquapolis is an amalgamation of the Japanese sets e-Card 2 and e-Card 3. It is speculated that Wizards of the Coast wanted to rush out as many sets as they could before they lost their lisence.
- The symbol for Aquapolis is adopted from the theme of the Japanese e-Card 2 and e-Card 3 sets, which focus on a secluded coastal town and mysterious undersea ruins respectively.
- It is the largest set in the history of the TCG, with an impressive 186 cards. Including the reverse-holographics and box toppers, it stands at a colossal 340 cards.
- It is the first set to separate the holographic cards from the rest of the set; the cards are numbered with an H (H##). This avoided confusion brought about in Expedition, where the reverse-holographic counterparts of the holographic and non-holographic rare cards were the same. Wizards did not produce reverse-holographic cards for the holographic rares in this set.
- Some cards were numbered with letters (##a/##b). The two versions are identical apart from the Dot-Code strip, which contains different data for that particular Pokémon. This is the only set in the TCG to feature this.
- Aquapolis is the first set to introduce Crystal Pokémon to the TCG.
- Aquapolis includes box toppers #5-#8.
