Pokédex (Base Set 87)

Trainer Item

Pokédex ポケモン図鑑 Pokémon Illustrated Encyclopedia

Black & White print Illus. Noriko Hotta English expansion Base Set Rarity English card no. 87/102 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack Japanese Rarity Japanese Theme Deck Nivi City Gym Japanese Theme Deck Guren Town Gym Expansion Base Set 2 Rarity English card no. 115/130 Card GB set Laboratory Card GB ID D47 Card GB 2 set Beginning Pokémon Card GB 2 ID A59 English expansion Black & White Rarity English card no. 98/114 Japanese expansion Beginning Set Japanese card no. 036/037 Japanese expansion BW-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 023/BW-P Japanese expansion Beginning Set + Japanese card no. 033/034 Japanese expansion Beginning Set Pikachu Version Japanese card no. 033/034 English expansion Evolutions Rarity English card no. 82/108 Japanese expansion Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary Japanese Rarity Japanese card no. 078/087

Pokédex (Japanese: ポケモン図鑑 Pokémon Illustrated Encyclopedia; known until the Beginning Set as ポケモン図鑑HANDY505 Pokémon Illustrated Encyclopedia HANDY505) is an Item card. It was first released in the Base Set as a Trainer card.

Card text

Base Set print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Look at up to 5 cards from the top of your deck and rearrange them as you like.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Black & White print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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VSTAR Power

Look at the top 5 cards of your deck and put them back on top of your deck in any order.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Evolutions print

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

Team Plasma

Team Plasma

You can't have more than 1 ACE SPEC card in your deck.

FLARE

(Prism Star) Rule You can't have more than 1 card with the same name in your deck. If a card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.

TAG TEAM

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display:none;

display:none;

display:none;

display:none;

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VSTAR Power

Look at the top 5 cards of your deck and put them back in any order.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

Do Nothing   At the beginning of your turn, flip a coin. If heads, you can do nothing during your turn. If tails, your opponent can do nothing during his or her next turn.

You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).

Release information

This card was included in the Base Set with artwork by Keiji Kinebuchi, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack. This print was released again in the Base Set 2, as well as the Nivi City Gym and Guren Town Gym Theme Decks. In April 2011, it was reprinted with new artwork in the Black & White expansion, previously released in the Japanese Beginning Set and Beginning Set for Girls, with new artwork by Noriko Hotta. In Japan, this card was reprinted again with new artwork by 5ban Graphics as a BW-P promotional card during a shirt campaign by clothing company Uniqlo starting March 14th, 2011. The Beginning Set print was later included in the Japanese Beginning Set + and Beginning Set Pikachu Version. It was reprinted as a retro card in the Evolutions expansion, first released in the Japanese Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary subset, featuring the same artwork as the original print and an updated card template reminiscent of the Original Series layout.

Gallery

Base Set print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	Black & White print Illus. Noriko Hotta	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
BW-P Promotional print Illus. 5ban Graphics	Evolutions print Illus. Keiji Kinebuchi	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

TCG GB1 Laboratory sprite	TCG GB2 Beginning Pokémon sprite	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

• The screen on the Base Set and Evolutions prints shows Dugtrio's Pokédex entry.

Origin

A Pokédex is an important piece of equipment in the Pokémon games.

Related articles

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.