Base Set (TCG)/Changes between the Japanese and International Release


 * In TCG expansions up until TCG Pokémon VS, the Japanese cards did not have a numbering system, and so the only number featured on the Japanese cards is the Pokémon's Kanto Pokédex number.
 * The English cards adopted a system based on ordering the cards alphabetically and by descending rarity (rare-holo, rare, uncommon, common) and class of card (Pokémon, Trainer, Energy). This ordering remained in place until the release of TCG Black & White. The Japanese set is ordered by type (TCG Grass, TCG Fire, TCG Water, TCG Lightning, TCG Psychic, TCG Fighting, TCG Colorless), National Pokédex number, and ascending rarity (rare and rare-holo counting the same). This ordering remained in place until TCG e-Card 2.