EX Emerald
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EX Emerald is the twenty-fifth set in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It comes after EX Deoxys and before EX Unseen Forces, conciding with the release of its complement video game Pokémon Emerald in May 2005. Its symbol is a gemstone, presumably an emerald. The EX part of its title comes from the presence of Pokémon-ex in the set, and the Emerald part obviously comes from the title of the game it represents.
EX Emerald is about Pokémon Emerald and anything related to it. Because the video game takes place in Hoenn, home of the third-generation Pokémon, almost all of the Pokémon in this set are from the third generation, and the ones that aren't are obtainable in Pokémon Emerald. All three of the Hoenn "Starters" (Pokémon the player can choose from at the beginning of the games that take place in Hoenn) are available: Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip, as are all of their evolved forms. Because Pokémon Emerald is very similar to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, most of its Trainer cards are reprints from earlier sets related to Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire or from EX Ruby & Sapphire, such as Professor Birch. All reprints feature characters, places, or objects from Hoenn.
The unique Trainer cards in this set, however, represent the added features in Pokémon Emerald. As pictured above, the Battle Frontier appears in this set as a Stadium card, an area exclusive to Pokémon Emerald. Scott, its manager, is also present as his own card in the form of a Supporter.
Another interesting trait of EX Emerald is that one in five booster packs contains a special holographic basic Energy card. They function identically to an ordinary Basic Energy but have holofoil and a much different look. This curiosity would be redone in EX Holon Phantoms, though that version looks entirely different.
Notable cards
Battle Frontier (pictured above) is a Stadium card that eliminates Poké-Powers and Poké-Bodies of all Evolved Pokémon of the Darkness, Metal, or Colorless types. This renders useless many staple abilities, such as Dark Ampharos' "Darkest Impulse," Pidgeot's "Quick Search," and Starmie Delta's "Metal Navigation."Cacturne ex disables for the opponent all distribution of Special Energy cards except Darkness and Metal Energy. Its power will only increase as more Special Energy cards get released.
Deoxys and Deoxys ex continue the patterns of Deoxys cards started in the EX Deoxys set.
Medicham ex has two useful traits: Its "Mind Aura" Poké-Body can shut down all Poké-Powers, and it's useful in combat too: It's one of the few Pokémon that can do more damage when its opponent has Resistance to it.
Regice ex, Regirock ex, and Registeel ex work in tandem with each other--each of them has one move that increases in power if another one of these three cards is in play. Regice ex boosts Regirock ex, Regirock ex boosts Registeel ex, and Registeel ex boosts Regice ex.
Sceptile grants immunity to all Status Conditions if that Pokémon has Grass Energy on it.
Scott extracts from the deck three cards of any combination of Supporters and Stadiums. While this eliminates the one slot for a Supporter per turn, this can set the player up in subsequent turns for a large increase in power.
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