Expedition Base Set

 The expedition base set is the first series of e-cards for the Pokémon Trading card game it released to japan back in December 1^st 2001 and to English September 15 2002. This was also the first set to feature the new technical machine cards which play a role similar to items that have the same name by giving Pokémon new attacks to use. Each card has an attack listed on it and the Pokémon can use that listed attack during its turn but if the Pokémon doesn’t use that attack during the turn the card is discarded at the end of the turn for the player. During this expansion Pokémon power was split into two different groups. The first being Poké-Body and the second being Poké-Power. Poké-Body is always active unless there is a special effect which can block it. Poké-Power required it to be activated in order to be able to use it. This differed from the ones from Base Set which were active without having to announce or trigger them and could be triggered multiple at once.

During the release of Expedition Base Set new card designs were updated and included a bunch of different changes. The left and bottom borders got an increase in their size to help incorporate the dot code technology which is used for the Nintendo e-Reader. That allowed players to view data displayed on Pokédex and also let users play specific tunes in a melody box as well as play a mini-game. They also had a secret hidden attack for that Pokémon which could be used but the hidden attacks couldn’t be used during tournament play. The card artwork window is also rounded on the left. The rare holo cards had the Pokémon species, weight, and length moved to the left. For non holo cards, they didn’t have the Pokémon’s species, weight, and length. For both the rare holo as well as non holo cards included a unique ID number which was located below the artwork window and was missing the Pokédex entry. The illustrator was moved into the center on the bottom of the card and the set symbol was located on the bottom right of the card.

Reverse Holofoil cards got changed to a plain refactor Holofoil. The number of cards in each booster got reduced from 11 Pokémon cards to 9 Pokémon cards. They included 5 common cards, 2 uncommon, 1 Reverse Holofoil, and either 1 rare or rare holo card. All of the holo cards also have a non holofoil version. This also was the first expansion that didn’t have a 1^st edition version.  

Pokemon Error Cards:

Alakazam: The "This power can't be used if..." text is italicized when it is not supposed to be.

Dugtrio: The Attack Energy cost symbols are larger than the standard size.

Gengar: The text for Gengar's Pokémon Power has a premature line break.

Charizard: This card tells the player to "Put Charizard on the Basic Pokémon" instead of "on the Stage 1 Pokémon".

Totodile: When Cyndaquil's card is scanned with the e-Reader, a "Cynda!" sound is added to the Melody Box. When Totodile is scanned, however, it adds a "Wani!" sound (as in Waninoko, Totodile's Japanese name) rather than "Toto!". As Chikorita and Pikachu (two other cards which received this effect) have the same English and Japanese names, it is unknown whether Totodile or Cyndaquil's card is the one that contains an error.

Energy Removal 2 and Multi Technical Machine 01: When these cards are scanned with the e-Reader, the TM01 card names the card's move as "Paralyzing Stare" instead of "Paralyzing Gaze" and the reader refers to "Energy Removal 2" as the ordinary "Energy Removal".

Darkness Energy: The card text incorrectly implies that it can add to damage done to Benched Pokémon, which normally cannot be increased.

Pokemon Card Prices

 

 

No.	Card name	Type	Rarity
1/165	Alakazam	Psychic	Rare Holo
2/165	Ampharos	Lightning	Rare Holo
3/165	Arbok	Grass	Rare Holo
4/165	Blastoise	Water	Rare Holo
5/165	Butterfree	Grass	Rare Holo
6/165	Charizard	Fire	Rare Holo
7/165	Clefable	Colorless	Rare Holo
8/165	Cloyster	Water	Rare Holo
9/165	Dragonite	Colorless	Rare Holo
10/165	Dugtrio	Fighting	Rare Holo
11/165	Fearow	Colorless	Rare Holo
12/165	Feraligatr	Water	Rare Holo
13/165	Gengar	Psychic	Rare Holo
14/165	Golem	Fighting	Rare Holo
15/165	Kingler	Water	Rare Holo
16/165	Machamp	Fighting	Rare Holo
17/165	Magby	Fire	Rare Holo
18/165	Meganium	Grass	Rare Holo
19/165	Mew	Psychic	Rare Holo
20/165	Mewtwo	Psychic	Rare Holo
21/165	Ninetales	Fire	Rare Holo
22/165	Pichu	Lightning	Rare Holo
23/165	Pidgeot	Colorless	Rare Holo
24/165	Poliwrath	Water	Rare Holo
25/165	Raichu	Lightning	Rare Holo
26/165	Rapidash	Fire	Rare Holo
27/165	Skarmory	Metal	Rare Holo
28/165	Typhlosion	Fire	Rare Holo
29/165	Tyranitar	Darkness	Rare Holo
30/165	Venusaur	Grass	Rare Holo
31/165	Vileplume	Grass	Rare Holo
32/165	Weezing	Grass	Rare Holo
33/165	Alakazam	Psychic	Rare
34/165	Ampharos	Lightning	Rare
35/165	Arbok	Grass	Rare
36/165	Blastoise	Water	Rare
37/165	Blastoise	Water	Rare
38/165	Butterfree	Grass	Rare
39/165	Charizard	Fire	Rare
40/165	Charizard	Fire	Rare
41/165	Clefable	Colorless	Rare
42/165	Cloyster	Water	Rare
43/165	Dragonite	Colorless	Rare
44/165	Dugtrio	Fighting	Rare
45/165	Fearow	Colorless	Rare
46/165	Feraligatr	Water	Rare
47/165	Feraligatr	Water	Rare
48/165	Gengar	Psychic	Rare
49/165	Golem	Fighting	Rare
50/165	Kingler	Water	Rare
51/165	Machamp	Fighting	Rare
52/165	Magby	Fire	Rare
53/165	Meganium	Grass	Rare
54/165	Meganium	Grass	Rare
55/165	Mew	Psychic	Rare
56/165	Mewtwo	Psychic	Rare
57/165	Ninetales	Fire	Rare
58/165	Pichu	Lightning	Rare
59/165	Pidgeot	Colorless	Rare
60/165	Poliwrath	Water	Rare
61/165	Raichu	Lightning	Rare
62/165	Rapidash	Fire	Rare
63/165	Skarmory	Metal	Rare
64/165	Typhlosion	Fire	Rare
65/165	Typhlosion	Fire	Rare
66/165	Tyranitar	Darkness	Rare
67/165	Venusaur	Grass	Rare
68/165	Venusaur	Grass	Rare
69/165	Vileplume	Grass	Rare
70/165	Weezing	Grass	Rare
71/165	Bayleef	Grass	Uncommon
72/165	Chansey	Colorless	Uncommon
73/165	Charmeleon	Fire	Uncommon
74/165	Croconaw	Water	Uncommon
75/165	Dragonair	Colorless	Uncommon
76/165	Electabuzz	Lightning	Uncommon
77/165	Flaaffy	Lightning	Uncommon
78/165	Gloom	Grass	Uncommon
79/165	Graveler	Fighting	Uncommon
80/165	Haunter	Psychic	Uncommon
81/165	Hitmonlee	Fighting	Uncommon
82/165	Ivysaur	Grass	Uncommon
83/165	Jynx	Water	Uncommon
84/165	Kadabra	Psychic	Uncommon
85/165	Machoke	Fighting	Uncommon
86/165	Magmar	Fire	Uncommon
87/165	Metapod	Grass	Uncommon
88/165	Pidgeotto	Colorless	Uncommon
89/165	Poliwhirl	Water	Uncommon
90/165	Pupitar	Fighting	Uncommon
91/165	Quilava	Fire	Uncommon
92/165	Wartortle	Water	Uncommon
93/165	Abra	Psychic	Common
94/165	Bulbasaur	Grass	Common
95/165	Bulbasaur	Grass	Common
96/165	Caterpie	Grass	Common
97/165	Charmander	Fire	Common
98/165	Charmander	Fire	Common
99/165	Chikorita	Grass	Common
100/165	Chikorita	Grass	Common
101/165	Clefairy	Colorless	Common
102/165	Corsola	Water	Common
103/165	Cubone	Fighting	Common
104/165	Cyndaquil	Fire	Common
105/165	Cyndaquil	Fire	Common
106/165	Diglett	Fighting	Common
107/165	Dratini	Colorless	Common
108/165	Ekans	Grass	Common
109/165	Gastly	Psychic	Common
110/165	Geodude	Fighting	Common
111/165	Goldeen	Water	Common
112/165	Hoppip	Grass	Common
113/165	Houndour	Darkness	Common
114/165	Koffing	Grass	Common
115/165	Krabby	Water	Common
116/165	Larvitar	Fighting	Common
117/165	Machop	Fighting	Common
118/165	Magikarp	Water	Common
119/165	Mareep	Lightning	Common
120/165	Marill	Water	Common
121/165	Meowth	Colorless	Common
122/165	Oddish	Grass	Common
123/165	Pidgey	Colorless	Common
124/165	Pikachu	Lightning	Common
125/165	Poliwag	Water	Common
126/165	Ponyta	Fire	Common
127/165	Qwilfish	Water	Common
128/165	Rattata	Colorless	Common
129/165	Shellder	Water	Common
130/165	Spearow	Colorless	Common
131/165	Squirtle	Water	Common
132/165	Squirtle	Water	Common
133/165	Tauros	Colorless	Common
134/165	Totodile	Water	Common
135/165	Totodile	Water	Common
136/165	Vulpix	Fire	Common
137/165	Bill's Maintenance	T [Su]	Uncommon
138/165	Copycat	T [Su]	Uncommon
139/165	Dual Ball	T	Uncommon
140/165	Energy Removal 2	T	Uncommon
141/165	Energy Restore	T	Uncommon
142/165	Mary's Impulse	T [Su]	Uncommon
143/165	Master Ball	T	Uncommon
144/165	Multi Technical Machine 01	T [TM]	Uncommon
145/165	Pokémon Nurse	T [Su]	Uncommon
146/165	Pokémon Reversal	T	Uncommon
147/165	Power Charge	T	Uncommon
148/165	Professor Elm's Training Method	T [Su]	Uncommon
149/165	Professor Oak's Research	T [Su]	Uncommon
150/165	Strength Charm	T [Tool]	Uncommon
151/165	Super Scoop Up	T	Uncommon
152/165	Warp Point	T	Uncommon
153/165	Energy Search	T	Common
154/165	Full Heal	T	Common
155/165	Moo-Moo Milk	T	Common
156/165	Potion	T	Common
157/165	Switch	T	Common
158/165	Darkness Energy	Darkness E	Rare
159/165	Metal Energy	Metal E	Rare
160/165	Fighting Energy	Fighting E	—
161/165	Fire Energy	Fire E	—
162/165	Grass Energy	Grass E	—
163/165	Lightning Energy	Lightning E	—
164/165	Psychic Energy	Psychic E	—
165/165	Water Energy	Water E	—