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An '''orphaned card''' is a card that has little or no practical use due to restrictions placed on the pool of legal cards by the {{cat|TCG tournament format|tournament format}}. Often these are evolution cards whose {{TCG|Basic Pokémon}} or {{TCG|Stage 1 Pokémon}} is not available, though occasionally {{TCG|Trainer card}}s <!--and {{cat|Energy cards}}--> will fall into this category as well.

| The only {{TCG ID|Base Set|Bulbasaur|44}} and {{TCG ID|Base Set|Ivysaur|30}} at the time were out of rotation in the first (2001-2002) Modified Format. Until Bulbasaur was reprinted in {{TCG|Legendary Collection}}, it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}}.

| The only {{TCG|Energy Removal}} and {{TCG|Super Energy Removal}} cards were out of rotation in the first Modified Format.

| The only {{TCG ID|Base Set|Pidgey|57}} and {{TCG ID|Base Set|Pidgeotto|22}} at the time were out of rotation in the first Modified Format. Until these were reprinted in {{TCG|Legendary Collection}}, it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}}.

| The only {{TCG ID|Base Set|Bulbasaur|44}} at the time was out of rotation in the first Modified Format. Until Bulbasaur was reprinted in {{TCG|Legendary Collection}}, it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}}.

| The only {{TCG ID|Jungle|Exeggcute|52}} at the time was out of rotation in the first Modified Format. Until another Exeggcute printed in {{TCG|Neo Destiny}}, it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}}.

| The only {{TCG ID|Fossil|Tentacool|56}} at the time was out of rotation in the first Modified Format. Until Tentacool was reprinted in {{TCG|Legendary Collection}}, it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Gym Challenge|Brock's Ninetales|3}}.

| The only {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Mareep|38}} and {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Flaaffy|39}} cards from the Black and White series went out of rotation in the 2015-2016 Standard Format, where it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Plasma Blast|Cradily|4}}.

| The only {{TCG|Helioptile}} cards in the Standard format went out of rotation in the 2016-17 Format.

| The only {{TCG ID|Phantom Forces|Chansey|80}} card in the Standard format went out of rotation in the 2016-17 Format. Another Chansey was later printed in {{TCG|Evolutions}}, though.

| The only {{TCG ID|XY Promo|Blaziken-EX|54}} card went out of rotation in the 2017-18 Format. It could be only indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Burning Shadows|Ho-Oh-GX|21}} when {{TCG|Burning Shadows}} was released.

| The only {{TCG ID|XY Promo|Swampert-EX|55}} card format went out of rotation in the 2017-18 Format.

| This card was released outside Japan when there was no Gengar-EX in the Standard Format.

| The only {{TCG ID|Phantom Forces|Crobat|33}} card in Standard format went out of rotation during the 2016-17 Format. Another Crobat was later printed in {{TCG|Sun & Moon}}, though.

| This card was released when there was no Lucario-EX in the Standart Format.

| The only {{TCG ID|Crimson Invasion|Deino|60}} and {{TCG ID|Crimson Invasion|Zweilous|61}} cards in the Standard Format went out of rotation in the 2019-2020 Format.

| The only {{TCG ID|Guardians Rising|Machop|63}} and {{TCG ID|Guardians Rising|Machoke|64}} cards in the Standard Format went out of rotation in the 2019-2020 Format.