Box Topper (TCG)

A Box Topper is a special card included inside sealed booster boxes as an incentive for buying an entire box of booster packs. They were first introduced in the Legendary Collection, where they were oversized, reverse-holographic versions of cards within the set. Starting in EX Dragon, box toppers became standard size, and not copied from other cards within their set. These standard size box toppers (along with the secret insert cards, such as Celebi ex in EX Unseen Forces) have a set number which exceeds the size of the set (e.g. "98/97") and always have a rarity. The inclusion of box toppers ceased after the release of EX Holon Phantoms, with some of the booster pack boxes containing a figurine of a Pokémon instead.

Comparison of a box topper with a regular card

Cards with Box Topper variants

Box toppers Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Charizard		Legendary Collection		S1/S4
Dark Blastoise		Legendary Collection		S2/S4
Dark Raichu		Legendary Collection		S3/S4
Mewtwo		Legendary Collection		S4/S4
Alakazam		Expedition		01/12
Feraligatr		Expedition		02/12
Tyranitar		Expedition		03/12
Venusaur		Expedition		04/12
Entei		Aquapolis		05/12
Espeon		Aquapolis		06/12
Scizor		Aquapolis		07/12
Suicune		Aquapolis		08/12
Charizard		Skyridge		09/12
Crobat		Skyridge		10/12
Ho-Oh		Skyridge		11/12
Kabutops		Skyridge		12/12
Charmander		EX Dragon		98/97
		EX FireRed & LeafGreen		113/112
Charmeleon		EX Dragon		99/97
		EX Team Rocket Returns		110/109
Charizard		EX Dragon		100/97
Absol		EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua		96/95
Groudon		EX Hidden Legends		102/101
Rocket's Raikou ex		EX Deoxys		108/107
Farfetch'd		EX Emerald		107/106
Rocket's Persian ex		EX Unseen Forces		116/115
Azumarill		EX Delta Species		114/113
Pikachu δ		EX Legend Maker		93/92
Mew		EX Holon Phantoms		111/110

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