Dragons Exalted (TCG)

Pokémon TCG: Black & White&mdash;Dragons Exalted (Japanese: リューズブラスト Dragon Blast and リューノブレード Dragon Blade) is the name given to the sixth main expansion of cards from the English Black & White Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The Japanese release is the fifth of the BW era.

Description
''The might of dragons is yours to control in a way that can change your game forever—as a brand-new Energy type! Rayquaza. Giratina. Hydreigon. Few Pokémon inspire awe and wonder like Dragon-type Pokémon, and in the Dragons Exalted expansion, they come ready to rule the game! And with a grand mix of all-new Pokémon-EX and a horde of Dragon-type Pokémon to take to the skies and take the battlefield by storm, plus new Trainer cards and new Special Energy cards, you'll be ready for the roar of dragons and the glory of battle!''

Information
Dragons Exalted is the first set to feature the in English, including 2 Dragon-type TCG Pokémon-EX cards,  and. In addition to these two Pokémon-EX, four others were released:, , , and. The set includes all the cards from the Japanese TCG Dragon Blast and TCG Dragon Blade expansions, and their two accompanying half decks, the TCG Garchomp Half Deck and the TCG Hydreigon Half Deck, whose featured cards and  were later the focus of the English TCG Theme Decks TCG DragonSpeed and TCG DragonSnarl.

Dragons Exalted includes 128 different cards: 4 of which are TCG Secret cards. The Secret cards are Shiny Pokémon: a reprint of and  from TCG Black & White (TCG White Collection in Japan), a reprint of  from TCG Dark Explorers (TCG Dark Rush in Japan), and a card without an English release of the normal print before it,. Rayquaza's normal print was included in the Japanese TCG Dragon Selection sub-set, which had not been released in English by the time the Shiny print was released in Dragons Exalted.

This set features many Pokémon whose TCG Ability (Abilities) activate when they come into play to evolve a player's Pokémon, such as, , and. To further enhance these Abilities, from TCG Base Set was reprinted with the same effect of TCG Neo Discovery's 's effect. Related to this, has an attack that can devolve the Defending Pokémon.

Like every set since TCG Next Destinies, the expansion features locations around Unova, focusing on N's Castle and the Unova 🇺🇳. This is most evident through the set's artwork; for example, can be found in N's Castle and  is depicted outside the Pokémon League. These aren't the only locations featured throughout the set as is outside Dragonspiral Tower and  is in N's Playroom.

The TCG Prerelease cards (Prerelease promo) is from the TCG BW Black Star Promos. This card erroneously credits the illustrator as HiRON when the actual illustrator for this print is 5ban Graphics. is printed with an alternate artwork to the one released in the Japanese Dragon Blade. Additionally, was erroneously printed with Skiploom's  Pokédex entry. The Hoppip error was corrected by the time the was released in October 2012.

Officially, the English release of the set contains 124 cards. Between alternate holofoils, promotional stamps, reverse holofoils, and Secret cards, the set contains 255 cards (not including error cards). A list of the non standard cards can be seen below.

In other languages
Hoheit der Drachen (TCG) es:Negro y Blanco (TCG): Dragones Majestuosos Noir & Blanc Dragons Exaltés Stirpe dei Draghi (GCC) Dragons Exalted 至尊龙族（集换式卡片）