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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 was 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 Standard Format. It could only be 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 went out of rotation in the 2017-18 Standard Format.

| This card was released outside Japan when there was no {{TCG ID|Phantom Forces|Gengar-EX|34}} 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 {{TCG ID|Furious Fists|Lucario-EX|54}} in the Standard 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 2019-20 Format. Another Deino was later printed in {{TCG|Darkness Ablaze}}, but there were no sanctioned tournaments to use these cards together.

| {{TCG ID|Lost Thunder|Electropower|172}} went out of rotation in the 2020-21 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 2019-20 Format. It remained orphaned in the 2020-21 Format until another Machop was printed in {{TCG|Champion's Path}}.

| The only {{TCG ID|Lost Thunder|Cyndaquil|40}} and {{TCG ID|Lost Thunder|Quilava|41}} cards in the Standard Format went out of rotation in the 2021-22 Format. It could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Unified Minds|Chandelure|30}}.

| The last {{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Froakie|51}} and {{TCG ID|Unbroken Bonds|Frogadier|52}} cards were out of rotation by the time of this card's printing in the 2022-23 Format. Until a new {{TCG ID|Obsidian Flames|Froakie|56}} was printed in {{TCG|Obsidian Flames}}, it could only be indirectly played with {{TCG ID|Evolving Skies|Vaporeon VMAX|30}}.