Pokémon-EX (TCG)

Pokémon-EX (Japanese: ポケモンEX Pokémon EX), officially written Pokémon-EX, are a variant of Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. They were first introduced in the TCG Next Destinies expansion (the TCG Psycho Drive and TCG Hail Blizzard expansions in Japan). Pokémon-EX have a stylized graphic on the card name.

Most Pokémon-EX are TCG Basic Pokémon, with the exception of TCG Mega Evolution (Mega Evolved Pokémon). Most Pokémon-EX cards have a TCG Full Art card (Full Art) print. Similar to the TCG Pokémon-ex released during the EX Series, this variant of Pokémon has significantly higher HP compared to the majority of regular Pokémon in the Black & White Series. When a Pokémon-EX is defeated, the opponent takes two s instead of one.

The artwork on the Pokémon-EX cards mirrors the style introduced on TCG Pokémon LV.X: having the Pokémon break the borders of the illustration. They also include special characteristics influenced by the card type and the Pokémon depicted. For example, Groudon-EX features crumbling rock and Kyurem-EX features a frozen card border.