Platinum (TCG)

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Platinum ギンガの覇道

Cards in set English: 133 Japanese: 96 Set number English: 39 Japanese: 39 Release date English: February 11, 2009 Japanese: October 10, 2008 Theme Decks Rebellion () Flourish () Previous Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky Japanese: Galactic's Conquest Next Bonds to the End of Time

Pokémon TCG: Platinum (Japanese: ギンガの覇道 Galactic's Conquest) is the name given to the first expansion of cards of the Platinum series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

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Released in Japan as Galactic's Conquest, the first expansion of the newly-introduced Pokémon Card Game DPt series, the English release of Platinum begins a new series of cards in the English-language Trading Card Game, also called the Platinum series. This replaces "Diamond & Pearl" as the prefix for expansions, with PL replacing DP as the shortened name for the series.

Platinum is based on Pokémon Platinum, which was released six weeks after the set itself. The TCG set is based on the changes between Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and Platinum, including Giratina in both its Altered Forme and its Origin Forme, as well as introducing Shaymin to the Trading Card Game. It also features Team Galactic's Pokémon and various Trainer cards based on them.

Platinum also introduces two new mechanics to the Trading Card Game. The first new mechanic is a new type of Pokémon known as Pokémon SP. Pokémon SP have an "SP" symbol in the bottom-left-hand corner of the illustration box and can seemingly vary depending on the theme of the expansion in which they appear. In Platinum, as part of Team Galactic's inclusion, SP Pokémon are represented as Pokémon G with the "" at the end of a Pokémon's name made to symbolize the fact that it is a Galactic's Pokémon. All Pokémon are Basic Pokémon and have an illustration of their owner in the bottom-right-hand corner of the illustration box, much like cards from Gym Heroes, Gym Challenge and Pokémon VS. In addition to that, all Pokémon G have a border with some gray in it.

The second new mechanic to be introduced is the Lost Zone. The Lost Zone is essentially a second discard pile: however, it is not located in the play area. Hence, cards that are moved to the Lost Zone cannot be retrieved by cards which specify the recovery of cards from the discard pile.

Platinum continues to reintroduce retro cards to the TCG, with Haymaker favorites Electabuzz, Hitmonchan, and Scyther returning to play.

Additional cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 7/127 Dialga [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Crosshatch Holo Pokémon League Cyrus Season (November 2009) 8/127 Gardevoir [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Non Holo Rebellion Theme Deck exclusive 28/127 Giratina [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Cosmos Holo Rebellion Theme Deck exclusive 38/127 Shaymin [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Cosmos Holo Flourish Theme Deck exclusive 53/127 Lucario [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] "Prerelease" stamp Prerelease promo 53/127 Lucario [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Staff "Prerelease" stamp Prerelease promo 91/127 Riolu [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Comic-Con International: San Diego 2009 stamped promo 91/127 Riolu [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Staff Comic-Con International: San Diego 2009 stamped promo 104/127 Broken Time-Space St [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Crosshatch Holo Pokémon League Snivy Season (May 2011) 112/127 PlusPower T [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] Crosshatch Holo Player Rewards Program 2010-2011 (Tier Two)

Corrected Error cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 122/127 Dialga [[Image:Rarity_.png|]] misprinted Energy symbols for weakness and resistance

Set lists

Platinum

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/127 Ampharos 2/127 Blastoise 3/127 Blaziken 4/127 Delcatty 5/127 Dialga 6/127 Dialga 7/127 Dialga 8/127 Gardevoir 9/127 Giratina 10/127 Giratina 11/127 Manectric 12/127 Palkia 13/127 Rampardos 14/127 Shaymin 15/127 Shaymin 16/127 Slaking 17/127 Weavile 18/127 Altaria 19/127 Banette 20/127 Bastiodon 21/127 Beautifly 22/127 Blissey 23/127 Dialga 24/127 Dugtrio 25/127 Dustox 26/127 Empoleon 27/127 Giratina 28/127 Giratina 29/127 Golduck 30/127 Gyarados 31/127 Infernape 32/127 Kricketune 33/127 Lickilicky 34/127 Ludicolo 35/127 Luvdisc 36/127 Ninetales 37/127 Palkia 38/127 Shaymin 39/127 Torterra 40/127 Toxicroak 41/127 Bronzong 42/127 Cacturne 43/127 Carnivine 44/127 Cascoon 45/127 Combusken 46/127 Cranidos 47/127 Crobat 48/127 Flaaffy 49/127 Grotle 50/127 Houndoom 51/127 Kirlia 52/127 Lombre 53/127 Lucario 54/127 Mightyena 55/127 Mismagius 56/127 Monferno 57/127 Muk 58/127 Octillery 59/127 Prinplup 60/127 Probopass 61/127 Seviper 62/127 Shieldon 63/127 Silcoon 64/127 Vigoroth 65/127 Wartortle 66/127 Zangoose 67/127 Cacnea 68/127 Carnivine 69/127 Chansey 70/127 Chimchar 71/127 Combee 72/127 Diglett 73/127 Dunsparce 74/127 Electrike 75/127 Grimer 76/127 Happiny 77/127 Honchkrow 78/127 Kricketot 79/127 Lapras 80/127 Lickitung 81/127 Lotad 82/127 Mareep 83/127 Misdreavus 84/127 Nosepass 85/127 Piplup 86/127 Poochyena 87/127 Psyduck 88/127 Purugly 89/127 Ralts 90/127 Remoraid 91/127 Riolu 92/127 Shuppet 93/127 Skitty 94/127 Skuntank 95/127 Slakoth 96/127 Squirtle 97/127 Swablu 98/127 Tauros 99/127 Torchic 100/127 Torkoal 101/127 Turtwig 102/127 Vulpix 103/127 Wurmple 104/127 Broken Time-Space St 105/127 Cyrus's Conspiracy Su 106/127 Galactic HQ St 107/127 Level Max T 108/127 Life Herb T 109/127 Looker's Investigation Su 110/127 Memory Berry T 111/127 Miasma Valley St 112/127 PlusPower T 113/127 Poké Ball T 114/127 Pokédex HANDY910is T 115/127 Pokémon Rescue T 116/127 Team Galactic's Invention G-101 Energy Gain T 117/127 Team Galactic's Invention G-103 Power Spray T 118/127 Team Galactic's Invention G-105 Poké Turn T 119/127 Armor Fossil T 120/127 Skull Fossil T 121/127 Rainbow Energy E 122/127 Dialga LV.X 123/127 Drapion LV.X 124/127 Giratina LV.X 125/127 Palkia LV.X 126/127 Shaymin LV.X 127/127 Shaymin LV.X 128/127 Electabuzz 129/127 Hitmonchan 130/127 Scyther SH4 Lotad SH5 Swablu SH6 Vulpix

Galactic's Conquest

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 001/096 Wurmple 002/096 Silcoon 003/096 Beautifly 004/096 Cascoon 005/096 Lotad 006/096 Lotad 007/096 Lombre 008/096 Ludicolo 009/096 Cacnea 010/096 Cacturne 011/096 Kricketot 012/096 Kricketune 013/096 Carnivine 014/096 Shaymin 015/096 Shaymin LV.X 016/096 Vulpix 017/096 Vulpix 018/096 Ninetales 019/096 Houndoom 020/096 Torchic 021/096 Combusken 022/096 Blaziken 023/096 Squirtle 024/096 Wartortle 025/096 Blastoise 026/096 Psyduck 027/096 Golduck 028/096 Gyarados 029/096 Remoraid 030/096 Octillery 031/096 Luvdisc 032/096 Palkia 033/096 Palkia LV.X 034/096 Mareep 035/096 Flaaffy 036/096 Ampharos 037/096 Electrike 038/096 Manectric 039/096 Grimer 040/096 Muk 041/096 Crobat 042/096 Dustox 043/096 Ralts 044/096 Kirlia 045/096 Gardevoir 046/096 Seviper 047/096 Shuppet 048/096 Banette 049/096 Skuntank 050/096 Toxicroak 051/096 Giratina 052/096 Giratina LV.X 053/096 Diglett 054/096 Dugtrio 055/096 Cranidos 056/096 Rampardos 057/096 Poochyena 058/096 Mightyena 059/096 Honchkrow 060/096 Drapion LV.X 061/096 Weavile 062/096 Shieldon 063/096 Bastiodon 064/096 Bronzong 065/096 Dialga 066/096 Dialga LV.X 067/096 Lickitung 068/096 Lickilicky 069/096 Happiny 070/096 Chansey 071/096 Blissey 072/096 Slakoth 073/096 Vigoroth 074/096 Slaking 075/096 Skitty 076/096 Delcatty 077/096 Swablu 078/096 Swablu 079/096 Altaria 080/096 Zangoose 081/096 Purugly 082/096 Team Galactic's Invention G-103 Power Spray T 083/096 Team Galactic's Invention G-105 Poké Turn T 084/096 Level Max T 085/096 Skull Fossil T 086/096 Armor Fossil T 087/096 Memory Berry T 088/096 Team Galactic's Invention G-101 Energy Gain T 089/096 Cyrus's Conspiracy Su 090/096 Looker's Investigation Su 091/096 Galactic HQ St 092/096 Broken Time-Space St 093/096 Rainbow Energy E 094/096 Scyther 095/096 Electabuzz 096/096 Hitmonchan

Gallery

English Dialga Pack	English Palkia Pack	English Giratina Pack	The Sneak-Peek Tins
English Shaymin Pack	Japanese Galactic's Conquest Pack	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins
The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins	The Sneak-Peek Tins

Trivia

• The set includes Drapion LV.X, continuing a trend in which Pokémon LV.X cards are reprinted in the set released immediately after their promotional release in Japan. This was also the case with Lucario, Garchomp, Porygon-Z and Heatran.
• The set's booster pack designs feature Dialga, Palkia, Giratina Altered Forme and Shaymin Sky Forme.
• This is the first English TCG expansion with many cards based on the deeds of a villainous team that is not named for said team.

In other languages

Language Title European French Platine German Platin Italian Platino European Spanish Platino

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