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Cards in set
Set number
43
Release date
October 9th, 2009
(Japanese: ハートゴールド/ソウルシルバーPokémon Card Game LEGEND1: HeartGold & SoulSilver Collection) is the name given to the first expansion of cards from the Japanese series of cards, Pokémon Card Game LEGEND. The set brings several new mechanics and features to the game.
For only the second time in the TCG, the card layout was redesigned mid-generation (the first was the transition from Neo to e-Card during Generation II). Changes include:
The card border, as well as some of the graphics on the card have a gold and silver tinge, a direct reference to the games.
The evolution box graphic returns to the upper left corner of the card next to the card name, as it was on cards released before the EX era. The stage name graphic remains on the top of the illustration window, albeit shifted slightly to the left. Basic Pokémon cards also have a small graphic added where the evolution box is on evolved Pokémon.
The illustrator credit graphic is shorter in length, allowing more space for the Pokédex entry text, which has also been moved further down.
Levels are no longer present on cards.
Another graphic has been added in the top right corner of the card, making the HP and card type more prominent.
Pokémon LV.X are no longer present, now replaced by Great Pokémon. Reflecting the namesake of the new TCG era, Pokémon LEGEND were another type of powerful Pokémon introduced.
Trainer cards are now reclassified as Goods cards, resulting in three separate classes of what used to be Trainer cards. Similarly to Supporter cards and Stadium cards, which were color-coded orange and green respectively after their reclassification in Diamond & Pearl, Goods cards are now color-coded blue. For the purpose of this and future checklists, Goods cards are marked as "G". The illustration window on all of these cards is now also gold instead of silver.
In Japan, this set introduced a parallel alternate foil set, a feature that has been part of the English version of the TCG since Legendary Collection. In Japan, these cards are called Mirror Cards (ミラーカード) and feature a similar foil treatment to the alternate foil cards in English sets.
Trivia
As mentioned above, this is the second time the card layout has been changed mid-generation as opposed to changing it at the start of a new one, but it is the first time the TCG has featured three distinct eras in one generation: DP, PL (DPt in Japan) and LEGEND.
