2009-2010 Modified Format Legal Card List

[PokePop]

The following is the updated version of all English released cards that are legal for the Modified Format, 2009-2010 season starting September 1st, 2009. The Modified format only permits cards from the most recent Pokémon Trading Card Game sets, however these sets sometimes contain reprinted cards from older sets, making those older cards also leagal in the Modified Format.

Updated November 13th 2009 with Arceus and newly legal cards from older sets reprinted in Arceus.

Modified Format Legal Card List

If you are playing a card that has had text modified in later printings, you must have either a copy of the official Card Dex (available at http://www.go-pokemon.com/op/tournaments/card-dex.html) or a card with the most recent printing outside your deck available as a reference for your opponent.
Older cards that will require this reference are maked in the list below with this: Major text change. Requires reference.

[ ]Base Set
Charizard 4/102 Holo Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Hitmonchan 7/102 Holo Rare
Electabuzz 20/102 Rare
Charmeleon 24/102 Uncommon
Charmander 46/102 Common
Pikachu 58/102 Common
Plus Power 84/102 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Potion 94/102 Common
Switch 95/102 Common
Fighting Energy 97/102
Fire Energy 98/102
Grass Energy 99/102
Lightning Energy 100/102
Psychic Energy 101/102
Water Energy 102/102

Jungle
Scyther 10/64 Holo Rare
Scyther 26/64 Rare
Poké Ball 64/64 Common

Fossil
Energy Search 59/62 Common

Base Set 2
Charizard 4/130 Holo Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Charmeleon 35/130 Uncommon
Charmander 69/130 Common
Poké Ball 121/130 Common
Potion 122/130 Common
Switch 123/130 Common
Fighting Energy 125/130
Fire Energy 126/130
Grass Energy 127/130
Lightning Energy 128/130
Psychic Energy 129/130
Water Energy 130/130

Team Rocket
Rainbow Energy 17 Holo Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Rainbow Energy 80 Rare Major text change. Requires reference.

Gym Heroes
Fighting Energy 127/132
Fire Energy 128/132
Grass Energy 129/132
Lightning Energy 130/132
Psychic Energy 131/132
Water Energy 132/132

Gym Challenge
Warp Point 126/132 Common
Fighting Energy 127/132
Fire Energy 128/132
Grass Energy 129/132
Lightning Energy 130/132
Psychic Energy 131/132
Water Energy 132/132

Neo Genesis
Metal Energy (Special) 19/111 Holo Major text change. Requires reference.
Super Scoop Up 98/111 Uncommon
Darkness Energy (Special) 104/111 Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Fighting Energy 106/111
Fire Energy 107/111
Grass Energy 108/111
Lightning Energy 109/111
Psychic Energy 110/111
Water Energy 111/111

Neo Discovery
No cards from this set are allowed

Neo Revelation
No cards from this set are allowed

Neo Destiny
No cards from this set are allowed

Legendary Collection
Charizard 3/110 Holo Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Charmeleon 37/110 Uncommon
Charmander 70/110 Common
Potion 110/110 Common

Expedition Base Set
Energy Restore 141/165 Uncommon
Super Scoop Up 151/165 Uncommon
Warp Point 152/165 Uncommon
Energy Search 153/165 Common
Potion 156/165 Common
Switch 157/165 Common
Darkness Energy (Special) 158/165 Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Metal Energy (Special) 159/165 Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Fighting Energy 160/165
Fire Energy 161/165
Grass Energy 162/165
Lightning Energy 163/165
Psychic Energy 164/165
Water Energy 165/165

Aquapolis
Energy Switch 120/147 Uncommon
Memory Berry 128/147 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Darkness Energy (Special) 142/147 Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Metal Energy (Special) 143/147 Rare Major text change. Requires reference.
Rainbow Energy 144/147 Rare
Warp Energy 147/147 Uncommon

Skyridge
Underground Expedition 140/144 Uncommon
Cyclone Energy 143/144 Uncommon

EX: Ruby and Sapphire
Energy Restore 81/109 Uncommon
Energy Switch 82/109 Uncommon
Poké Ball 86/109 Uncommon
Energy Search 90/109 Common
Potion 91/109 Common
Switch 92/109 Common
Darkness Energy (Special) 93/109 Rare
Metal Energy (Special) 94/109 Rare
Rainbow Energy 95/109 Rare
Grass Energy 104/109 Common
Fighting Energy 105/109 Common
Water Energy 106/109 Common
Psychic Energy 107/109 Common
Fire Energy 108/109 Common
Lightning Energy 109/109 Common

EX: Sandstorm
Double Full Heal 86/100 Uncommon
Rare Candy 88/100 Uncommon
Claw Fossil 90/100 Common Major text change. Requires reference.
Root Fossil 92/100 Common Major text change. Requires reference.
Multi Energy 93/100 Rare

EX: Dragons
Buffer Piece 83/7 Uncommon

EX: Team Magma vs. Team Aqua
Warp Point 85/95 Uncommon

EX: Hidden Legends
Life Herb 90 Uncommon

EX: FireRed and LeafGreen
Energy Switch 90/112 Uncommon
Great Ball 92/112 Uncommon
Life Herb 93/112 Uncommon
Poké Ball 95/112 Uncommon
Super Scoop Up 99/112 Uncommon
VS Seeker 100/112 Uncommon
Potion 101/112 Common
Switch 102/112 Common
Multi Energy 103/112 Rare

EX: Team Rocket Returns
No cards from this set are allowed

EX: Deoxys
No cards from this set are allowed

EX: Emerald
Double Full Heal 76/106 Uncommon
Rare Candy 83/106 Uncommon
Darkness Energy (Special) 86/106 Rare
Metal Energy (Special) 88/106 Rare
Multi Energy 89/109 Rare
Grass Energy 101/106
Fire Energy 102/106
Water Energy 103/106
Lightning Energy 104/106
Psychic Energy 105/106
Fighting Energy 106/106

EX: Unseen Forces
Energy Switch 84/115 Uncommon
Poke Ball 87/115 Uncommon
Warp Point 93/115 Uncommon
Energy Search 94/115 Common
Potion 95/115 Common
Darkness Energy (Special) 96/115 Rare
Metal Energy (Special) 97/115 Rare
Cyclone Energy 99/115 Uncommon
Warp Energy 100/115 Uncommon

EX: Delta Species
Great Ball 90/113 Uncommon
Super Scoop Up 100/113 Uncommon
Potion 101/113 Common
Switch 102/113 Common
Darkness Energy (Special) 103/113 Uncommon
Metal Energy (Special) 107/113 Uncommon

EX: Legend Maker
Claw Fossil 78/92 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Root Fossil 80/92 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Rainbow Energy 81/92 Rare

EX: Holon Phantoms
Rare Candy 90/110 Uncommon
Claw Fossil 91/110 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Root Fossil 93/110 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Darkness Energy (Special) 94/110 Rare
Metal Energy (Special) 95/110 Rare
Multi Energy 96/110 Rare
Grass Energy 105/110
Fire Energy 106/110
Water Energy 107/110
Lightning Energy 108/110
Psychic Energy 109/110
Fighting Energy 110/110

EX: Crystal Guardians
Double Full Heal 77/100 Uncommon
Memory Berry 80/100 Uncommon Major text change. Requires reference.
Poke Ball 82/100 Uncommon
Warp Point 84/100 Uncommon
Energy Seach 86/100 Common
Potion 87/100 Common

EX: Dragon Frontiers
Buffer Piece 72/101 Uncommon
Switch 83/101 Common

EX: Power Keepers
Energy Switch 75/108 Uncommon
Great Ball 77/108 Uncommon
Claw Fossil 84/108 Common Major text change. Requires reference.
Root Fossil 86/108 Common Major text change. Requires reference.
Darkness Energy (Special) 87/108 Rare
Metal Energy (Special) 88/108 Rare
Multi Energy 89/108 Rare
Cyclone Energy 90/108 Uncommon
Warp Energy 91/108 Uncommon
Grass Energy 103/108
Fire Energy 104/108
Water Energy 105/108
Lightning Energy 106/108
Psychic Energy 107/108
Fighting Energy 108/108

Diamond & Pearl
All cards in this set are legal.

DP: Mysterious Treasures
All cards in this set are legal.

DP: Secret Wonders
All cards in this set are legal.

DP: Great Encounters
All cards in this set are legal.

DP: Majestic Dawn
All cards in this set are legal.

DP: Legends Awakened
All cards in this set are legal.

DP: Stormfront
All cards in this set are legal.

Platinum
All cards in this set are legal.

Platinum: Rising Rivals
All cards in this set are legal.

Platinum: Supreme Victors
All cards in this set are legal.

Platinum: Arceus
All cards in this set are legal.

WotC Blackstar Promos
Moltres 21
Articuno 22
Zapdos 23
Flying Pikachu 25
Surfing Pikachu 28


Best Promos
Electabuzz 1 Holo
Hitmonchan 2 Holo Major text change. Requires reference.

PUI Blackstar Promos
Tropical Wind 026
DP01 and up
Any promo cards from DP01 and up

POP Series 1
No cards in this set are legal.

POP Series 2
Pikachu 16/17 Common

POP Series 3
No cards in this set are legal.

POP Series 4
No cards in this set are legal.

POP Series 5
Rare Candy

POP Series 6
All cards in this set are legal.

POP Series 7
All cards in this set are legal.

POP Series 8
All cards in this set are legal.

POP Series 9
All cards in this set are legal.

[ ]Holo Energy Promos
Fighting Energy
Fire Energy
Grass Energy
Lightning Energy
Psychic Energy
Rainbow Energy Major text change. Requires reference.
Water Energy

EX: Trainer’s Kit 1 (Latios & Latias)
Potion
Energy Search
Lightning Energy
Fire Energy

EX: Trainer’s Kit 2 (Plusle & Minun)
Energy Search
Potion
Fire Energy
Lightning Energy
Psychic Energy

EX: Trainer’s Kit 3 (Lucario & Manaphy)
All cards in this set are legal.

Southern Islands
No cards in this set are legal.

Battle Road
Victory Medal

DeckBuilding Reminders
You cannot use cards from the World Championship decks. These are pre-packaged decks which have extremely powerful cards based on winning competitive decks. These cards are identified by a silver/grey border on the front, a signature in the lower right hand corner of the picture on the card and a unique card back. None of these cards can be in a deck in a Pokémon Organized Play event; this includes the basic Energy cards from these decks.

Cards marked “NOT TOURNAMENT LEGAL” in the lower left hand corner of the card cannot be used in Pokémon Organized Play events.

If you use any foreign language cards you must provide either an English card from outside of your deck or a copy of the Card Dex (found at http://www.go-pokemon.com/op/tournaments/card-dex.html.
Note that this tournament season, you may only have a maximum of 10% of your deck conprised of Foreign cards, including Japanese.

If you use any Japanese Cards in your deck the set the card came from must have been released in your country/region in order to use them. It must also have artwork that matches the artwork of the card published by PUI. If you use a mixture of Japanese Pokémon Card Game and any other Pokémon Trading Card Game cards (from anywhere outside of Japan) you must sleeve your deck completely with opaque sleeves. Note that only solid color sleeves or official Pokemon sleeves with solid colored edges are legal sleeves for sanctioned tournaments, with the exception of Prereleases.

Finally, here is a listing of all the set symbols as they appear on the cards.

Below is an attached PDF file of this set symbol list in a full page format for you!

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[bullados]

Wasn't Jungle Pika the one with a single attack? I'm pretty certain that one hasn't been reprinted, unless I missed something...

You might want to add the "significant change" text after SS Myst Fossil, since that one has listed 10 HP.

What sets have the Pokes listed from HL, RG, and TRR? Not disputing you, just wondering...

[PokePop]

The POP 4 Pika is Jungle Pika.
The HL RG and TRR Pokes are in Trainer Kit 2.

[PokePop]

On reviewing the Jungle and POP4 Pikachus, I notice that the attack cost is slightly different!
Jungle Pika's attack costs LL while POP4 Pika's attack costs LC!

So, I'll have to check if this counts as a reprint.
Every other stat is the same, including the attack damage and effects!

[DreamChaser AJ]

I heard the Sceptile from POP 4 is a R/S reprint, is this true?

[PokePop]

Don't know. Haven't seen it.
Anyone have it that can compare?

[Heatherdu]

Thank you for creating this list.

[DreamChaser AJ]

http://pokegym.net/forums/showpost.p...2&postcount=74 This is the post that says it. Apparently the Squirtle is also a reprint from TMvTA.

[The Gorn]

Ivysaur from POP2 is a reprint of the FRLG Ivysaur. ADD THIS TO THE LIST!

So the Jungle and LC Pikachu are coming out in POP4, right?

Pokemon Fan Club (Aquapolis) - Is this POP4 also? There's no other Fan Club out right now.

Championship Arena (Nintendo Promo 28) isn't legal anymore?

[Venusaur]

Originally Posted by The Gorn

Ivysaur from POP2 is a reprint of the FRLG Ivysaur.

So the Jungle and LC Pikachu are coming out in POP4, right?

Pokemon Fan Club (Aquapolis) - Is this POP4 also? There's no other Fan Club out right now.

Championship Arean (Nintendo Promo 28) isn't legal anymore?

Yes to all your questions except the pikachu one. The Pikachu have different attack costs so theyre different cards.

[The Gorn]

Why was Tropical Tidal Wave (Nintendo Promo 27) not rolled out?

[Venusaur]

It was reprinted as #36 in this year's Worlds XD
I dont get why they didnt make a new tropical card this year.

[The Gorn]

That's what I get for not being there!

Thanks Jeremy.

[PokePop]

With the change in the floor rules, we'll be removing the old versions of cards that are no longer playable.

[The Gorn]

Originally Posted by PokePop

With the change in the floor rules, we'll be removing the old versions of cards that are no longer playable.

Mysterious Fossil from Legenday Collection and Sandstorm should both be annotated with the " (Note: Major text change)" qualifier.

[dragonspy900]

thanks pokepop since i needed to know what cards are legal after i came back from my retirement

[Luxatos]

Is TMvTA Double Rainbow legal? The text is different (damage reduced after w/r rather than before.)

Or at least the "Note: Major text change" note should be put next to it.

[Burritogirl]

so when a card says "major text change" can we still use these cards like for example the rainbow energy from team rocket can we use that card???

[PokePop]

We're waiting for clarification on that.

[Emperor Matt]

57/101 Chinchou from Hidden Legends is reprinted in Legend Maker, 50/92.

[The Gorn]

Very good catch, Your Highness.

[pokepizza]

Ummmm.... Copycat was reprinted in ex Dragon Frontiers. Can you use them from Expedition and ex Team Rocket Returns?

[PokePop]

Yes, I haven't made the updates for DF yet.
Guess I'd better..

[twobrothers]

also dont forget the ralts adn kirlia for sand storm were reprinted from df and oaks that is all i can think of the was reprinted

[ShadowCard]

Old Rod being reprinted amuses me *heh heh*