Emerging Powers set card list

All 98 cards in the Emerging Powers set, rarest first, from the 2 Rare Ultras down to the 34 Commons.

Thundurus Rare Ultra — Thundurus, card 97

Emerging Powers in numbers

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Rarity breakdown

Rarest at the top.

Rare Ultra2

Rare Holo10

Rare21

Uncommon31

Common34

12 of the 98 cards are holo or rarer.

Most seen in this set

70 different Pokémon appear. These show up the most.

Thundurus2 cards

Tornadus2 cards

Beartic2 cards

Gothitelle2 cards

Excadrill2 cards

Leavanny2 cards

Pokémon by type

91 Pokémon cards across 9 types.

Grass17

Fighting15

Colorless13

Psychic13

Water10

Metal8

Darkness6

Lightning5

Fire4

Which generation they come from

Different Pokémon in the set, by the generation they first appeared in.

705

Gen 5 has the most: 70

Who drew them

21 illustrators worked on these cards.

5ban Graphics12

Kagemaru Himeno12

Kouki Saitou11

Masakazu Fukuda8

Shin Nagasawa6

Naoki Saito6

What kind of cards

Pokémon 91Trainer 7

Item 5Supporter 2

49Basic

33Stage 1

9Stage 2

How tough they are

Pokémon HP, average 84.

30-40

6450-90

23100-140

1150-190

Toughest cardKlinklang150 HP

Against the rest of Black & White

Cards per set, Emerging Powers highlighted.

Boundaries Crossed153

Legendary Treasures140

Plasma Storm138

Dragons Exalted128

Plasma Freeze122

Black & White Base115

Dark Explorers111

Plasma Blast105

Next Destinies103

Noble Victories102

Emerging Powers98

Dragon Vault21

Every card, rarest first

Rare Ultra

2 cards, in the main set: 2 Pokémon cards.

Thundurus Rare Ultra card from Emerging Powers — Thundurus97/98

Tornadus Rare Ultra card from Emerging Powers — Tornadus98/98

Rare Holo

10 cards, in the main set: 10 Pokémon cards.

Beartic Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Beartic30/98

Thundurus Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Thundurus35/98

Gothitelle Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Gothitelle47/98

Excadrill Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Excadrill56/98

Terrakion Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Terrakion63/98

Zoroark Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Zoroark67/98

Cobalion Rare Holo card from Emerging Powers — Cobalion77/98

Rare

21 cards, in the main set: 21 Pokémon cards.

Simisage Rare card from Emerging Powers — Simisage2/98

Leavanny Rare card from Emerging Powers — Leavanny7/98

Whimsicott Rare card from Emerging Powers — Whimsicott12/98

Sawsbuck Rare card from Emerging Powers — Sawsbuck16/98

Simisear Rare card from Emerging Powers — Simisear19/98

Darmanitan Rare card from Emerging Powers — Darmanitan21/98

Simipour Rare card from Emerging Powers — Simipour23/98

Swanna Rare card from Emerging Powers — Swanna27/98

Beartic Rare card from Emerging Powers — Beartic31/98

Swoobat Rare card from Emerging Powers — Swoobat37/98

Scolipede Rare card from Emerging Powers — Scolipede40/98

Gothitelle Rare card from Emerging Powers — Gothitelle48/98

Gigalith Rare card from Emerging Powers — Gigalith53/98

Excadrill Rare card from Emerging Powers — Excadrill57/98

Krookodile Rare card from Emerging Powers — Krookodile62/98

Liepard Rare card from Emerging Powers — Liepard65/98

Mandibuzz Rare card from Emerging Powers — Mandibuzz69/98

Ferrothorn Rare card from Emerging Powers — Ferrothorn72/98

Klinklang Rare card from Emerging Powers — Klinklang76/98

Unfezant Rare card from Emerging Powers — Unfezant82/98

Uncommon

31 cards, in the main set: 24 Pokémon cards and 7 Trainer or Energy cards.

Swadloon Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Swadloon5/98

Whimsicott Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Whimsicott11/98

Lilligant Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Lilligant14/98

Basculin Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Basculin25/98

Galvantula Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Galvantula34/98

Whirlipede Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Whirlipede39/98

Sigilyph Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Sigilyph41/98

Gothorita Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Gothorita45/98

Boldore Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Boldore51/98

Drilbur Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Drilbur54/98

Throh Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Throh58/98

Sawk Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Sawk59/98

Krokorok Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Krokorok61/98

Zorua Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Zorua66/98

Ferrothorn Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Ferrothorn73/98

Klang Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Klang75/98

Watchog Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Watchog79/98

Tranquill Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Tranquill81/98

Audino Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Audino83/98

Cinccino Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Cinccino85/98

Bianca Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Bianca90/98

Cheren Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Cheren91/98

Crushing Hammer Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Crushing Hammer92/98

Great Ball Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Great Ball93/98

Max Potion Uncommon card from Emerging Powers — Max Potion94/98

Common

34 cards, in the main set: 34 Pokémon cards.

Pansage Common card from Emerging Powers — Pansage1/98

Sewaddle Common card from Emerging Powers — Sewaddle3/98

Cottonee Common card from Emerging Powers — Cottonee9/98

Petilil Common card from Emerging Powers — Petilil13/98

Deerling Common card from Emerging Powers — Deerling15/98

Pansear Common card from Emerging Powers — Pansear18/98

Darumaka Common card from Emerging Powers — Darumaka20/98

Panpour Common card from Emerging Powers — Panpour22/98

Basculin Common card from Emerging Powers — Basculin24/98

Ducklett Common card from Emerging Powers — Ducklett26/98

Cubchoo Common card from Emerging Powers — Cubchoo28/98

Emolga Common card from Emerging Powers — Emolga32/98

Joltik Common card from Emerging Powers — Joltik33/98

Woobat Common card from Emerging Powers — Woobat36/98

Venipede Common card from Emerging Powers — Venipede38/98

Gothita Common card from Emerging Powers — Gothita43/98

Roggenrola Common card from Emerging Powers — Roggenrola49/98

Drilbur Common card from Emerging Powers — Drilbur55/98

Sandile Common card from Emerging Powers — Sandile60/98

Purrloin Common card from Emerging Powers — Purrloin64/98

Vullaby Common card from Emerging Powers — Vullaby68/98

Ferroseed Common card from Emerging Powers — Ferroseed70/98

Klink Common card from Emerging Powers — Klink74/98

Patrat Common card from Emerging Powers — Patrat78/98

Pidove Common card from Emerging Powers — Pidove80/98

Minccino Common card from Emerging Powers — Minccino84/98

Rufflet Common card from Emerging Powers — Rufflet86/98

No.	Card	Rarity	Type	Illustrator
97/98	Thundurus	Rare Ultra	Lightning	5ban Graphics
98/98	Tornadus	Rare Ultra	Colorless	5ban Graphics
17/98	Virizion	Rare Holo	Grass	5ban Graphics
30/98	Beartic	Rare Holo	Water	Kouki Saitou
35/98	Thundurus	Rare Holo	Lightning	5ban Graphics
47/98	Gothitelle	Rare Holo	Psychic	Kagemaru Himeno
56/98	Excadrill	Rare Holo	Fighting	5ban Graphics
63/98	Terrakion	Rare Holo	Fighting	5ban Graphics
67/98	Zoroark	Rare Holo	Darkness	Shin Nagasawa
77/98	Cobalion	Rare Holo	Metal	5ban Graphics
88/98	Braviary	Rare Holo	Colorless	Masakazu Fukuda
89/98	Tornadus	Rare Holo	Colorless	5ban Graphics
2/98	Simisage	Rare	Grass	match
7/98	Leavanny	Rare	Grass	Kouki Saitou
8/98	Leavanny	Rare	Grass	Masakazu Fukuda
12/98	Whimsicott	Rare	Grass	Mizue
16/98	Sawsbuck	Rare	Grass	Kagemaru Himeno
19/98	Simisear	Rare	Fire	Mitsuhiro Arita
21/98	Darmanitan	Rare	Fire	Mitsuhiro Arita
23/98	Simipour	Rare	Water	Sumiyoshi Kizuki
27/98	Swanna	Rare	Water	Atsuko Nishida
31/98	Beartic	Rare	Water	Kagemaru Himeno
37/98	Swoobat	Rare	Psychic	Shigenori Negishi
40/98	Scolipede	Rare	Psychic	kawayoo
48/98	Gothitelle	Rare	Psychic	Kouki Saitou
53/98	Gigalith	Rare	Fighting	Naoki Saito
57/98	Excadrill	Rare	Fighting	Shin Nagasawa
62/98	Krookodile	Rare	Fighting	Naoki Saito
65/98	Liepard	Rare	Darkness	Akira Komayama
69/98	Mandibuzz	Rare	Darkness	Mitsuhiro Arita
72/98	Ferrothorn	Rare	Metal	Shin Nagasawa
76/98	Klinklang	Rare	Metal	Akira Komayama
82/98	Unfezant	Rare	Colorless	kawayoo
5/98	Swadloon	Uncommon	Grass	Naoki Saito
6/98	Swadloon	Uncommon	Grass	MAHOU
11/98	Whimsicott	Uncommon	Grass	sui
14/98	Lilligant	Uncommon	Grass	Shin Nagasawa
25/98	Basculin	Uncommon	Water	Akira Komayama
34/98	Galvantula	Uncommon	Lightning	Kagemaru Himeno
39/98	Whirlipede	Uncommon	Psychic	Shin Nagasawa
41/98	Sigilyph	Uncommon	Psychic	Midori Harada
42/98	Sigilyph	Uncommon	Psychic	match
45/98	Gothorita	Uncommon	Psychic	Atsuko Nishida
46/98	Gothorita	Uncommon	Psychic	Naoki Saito
51/98	Boldore	Uncommon	Fighting	Kouki Saitou
52/98	Boldore	Uncommon	Fighting	Masakazu Fukuda
54/98	Drilbur	Uncommon	Fighting	match
58/98	Throh	Uncommon	Fighting	match
59/98	Sawk	Uncommon	Fighting	Kouki Saitou
61/98	Krokorok	Uncommon	Fighting	Kagemaru Himeno
66/98	Zorua	Uncommon	Darkness	Shin Nagasawa
73/98	Ferrothorn	Uncommon	Metal	Masakazu Fukuda
75/98	Klang	Uncommon	Metal	Kouki Saitou
79/98	Watchog	Uncommon	Colorless	MAHOU
81/98	Tranquill	Uncommon	Colorless	Midori Harada
83/98	Audino	Uncommon	Colorless	Kagemaru Himeno
85/98	Cinccino	Uncommon	Colorless	Mizue
90/98	Bianca	Uncommon	Trainer	Yusuke Ohmura
91/98	Cheren	Uncommon	Trainer	Yusuke Ohmura
92/98	Crushing Hammer	Uncommon	Trainer	5ban Graphics
93/98	Great Ball	Uncommon	Trainer	5ban Graphics
94/98	Max Potion	Uncommon	Trainer	5ban Graphics
95/98	Pokémon Catcher	Uncommon	Trainer	5ban Graphics
96/98	Recycle	Uncommon	Trainer	Ryo Ueda
1/98	Pansage	Common	Grass	Kouki Saitou
3/98	Sewaddle	Common	Grass	Kagemaru Himeno
4/98	Sewaddle	Common	Grass	Naoki Saito
9/98	Cottonee	Common	Grass	Atsuko Nishida
10/98	Cottonee	Common	Grass	Kagemaru Himeno
13/98	Petilil	Common	Grass	Sumiyoshi Kizuki
15/98	Deerling	Common	Grass	sui
18/98	Pansear	Common	Fire	Masakazu Fukuda
20/98	Darumaka	Common	Fire	Mitsuhiro Arita
22/98	Panpour	Common	Water	Kagemaru Himeno
24/98	Basculin	Common	Water	match
26/98	Ducklett	Common	Water	MAHOU
28/98	Cubchoo	Common	Water	sui
29/98	Cubchoo	Common	Water	Kanako Eo
32/98	Emolga	Common	Lightning	Kouki Saitou
33/98	Joltik	Common	Lightning	Kagemaru Himeno
36/98	Woobat	Common	Psychic	Masakazu Fukuda
38/98	Venipede	Common	Psychic	Kouki Saitou
43/98	Gothita	Common	Psychic	MAHOU
44/98	Gothita	Common	Psychic	sui
49/98	Roggenrola	Common	Fighting	Kagemaru Himeno
50/98	Roggenrola	Common	Fighting	Masakazu Fukuda
55/98	Drilbur	Common	Fighting	Midori Harada
60/98	Sandile	Common	Fighting	Kagemaru Himeno
64/98	Purrloin	Common	Darkness	Atsuko Nishida
68/98	Vullaby	Common	Darkness	sui
70/98	Ferroseed	Common	Metal	Midori Harada
71/98	Ferroseed	Common	Metal	MAHOU
74/98	Klink	Common	Metal	Kouki Saitou
78/98	Patrat	Common	Colorless	Masakazu Fukuda
80/98	Pidove	Common	Colorless	Naoki Saito
84/98	Minccino	Common	Colorless	Atsuko Nishida
86/98	Rufflet	Common	Colorless	Kouki Saitou
87/98	Rufflet	Common	Colorless	Naoyo Kimura

Questions about the Emerging Powers card list

How many cards are in the Emerging Powers set list?

98 in total. They're numbered 1 to 98. That's 91 Pokémon and 7 Trainers to track down if you're filling a binder, and you can tick them all off in the checklist above.

What are the best hits in Emerging Powers?

The ones everyone hopes for are the 2 Rare Ultra, and the star of the show is Thundurus (97/98). Just behind them are 10 Rare Holos.

When did Emerging Powers come out?

Emerging Powers hit shelves on 31 August 2011, as part of the Pokémon TCG Black & White series. It landed right after Black & White Base and just before Noble Victories.

Who drew the most cards in Emerging Powers?

5ban Graphics drew the most, with 12 cards, followed by Kagemaru Himeno (12) and Kouki Saitou (11). In all, 21 illustrators worked on Emerging Powers.

Which Pokémon are in Emerging Powers?

A whopping 70 different Pokémon! Grass is the busiest type in the set, with 17 cards.

About this card list

Emerging Powers is a Black & White set released on 31 August 2011. Its card list has 98 cards: 91 Pokémon, 7 Trainers and 0 Energy cards, drawn by 21 illustrators.

The list above starts with the rarest cards and works down to the most common. Switch to the List tab to see every card as one table with its number, rarity, type and illustrator.