Base Set 2 is the name given to the fourth main expansion of cards of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The set continues to feature Generation I Pokémon in the card game. It does not have a main expansion as a Japanese equivalent.
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Base Set 2 is the name given to the fourth main expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It does not have a main expansion as a Japanese equivalent. It is based on Pokémon Red and Blue, featuring Generation I Pokémon. It was released on February 24, 2000. Base Set 2 is composed of reprints of the Base Set and Jungle expansions.
Base Set 2 was the first English expansion to use the Cosmos Holofoil.
The following cards from the original Base Set were not re-printed in Base Set 2: Machamp (08/102), Koffing (51/102), Ponyta (60/102), Clefairy Doll (70/102), Devolution Spray (72/102), Pokémon Flute (86/102), and Revive (89/102).
The Jungle expansion had 16 cards that were numbered in the set but were duplicates with one being the standard version and the other being Holofoil. Base Set 2 only includes either the Holofoil or standard print of several of these cards and omits several of them all together. Additionally while Jungle introduced new versions of Electrode and Pikachu, the versions in Base Set 2 are reprints of the Base Set version. Several other cards from the Jungle expansion were not included.
This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Pokémon Trading Card Game expansions and releases Bold indicates a main expansion. Italics indicate a special set. Releases that are entirely composed of prints from other releases are small.
