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Base Set 2 Card List

Q: How many cards are in Base Set 2?

Base Set 2 has 130 cards: 20 holo rares at numbers 1–20, 20 rares, 42 uncommons and 48 commons. It released on February 24, 2000.

Q: What is Base Set 2?

A reprint set, not a new group of Pokémon. Every card in it had been printed before, in Base Set, Jungle or Fossil, and each carries the “2” set symbol beside the card number — which is how you tell a Base Set 2 card from the 1999 original it is copied from.

Q: Which Base Set cards are not in Base Set 2?

Eight were left out: Machamp (8/102), Porygon (39/102), Koffing (51/102), Ponyta (60/102), Clefairy Doll (70/102), Devolution Spray (72/102), Pokémon Flute (86/102) and Revive (89/102). Every other Base Set card has a Base Set 2 counterpart.

Q: Is there a Shadowless Base Set 2?

Q: Does Base Set 2 have reverse holos?

No. Reverse holos start with Legendary Collection in 2002.

Base Set 2 is the odd one out: 130 cards released February 24, 2000, made entirely of reprints from Base Set, Jungle and Fossil — and never printed in 1st Edition. There is no Edition 1 stamp to look for, no Shadowless run and no ©1999–2000 print, which is exactly why it is the set people misidentify most often. What it does have is quantity: the same Charizard artwork, the cosmos holo pattern that replaced Starlight, and prices a fraction of the 1999 print’s. Explore the complete B2 visual card list, organised by printing for easy browsing — and every card here links to its own record, with prices, variants and what to check before you buy.

Set symbol

Set codeB2

Release dateFebruary 24, 2000

Total cards130

Most expensive cardCharizard #4

Base Set 2 at a glance

How many cards are in Base Set 2?

Base Set 2 has 130 cards: 20 holo rares at numbers 1–20, 20 rares, 42 uncommons and 48 commons. It released on February 24, 2000.

Does Base Set 2 have a 1st Edition?

No — and this is the single most useful thing to know about the set. Base Set 2 was never printed with the Edition 1 stamp; there is only one configuration. The stamp ran from Base Set through Neo Destiny in 2002, and Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection are the two main WotC sets skipped. Any listing calling a Base Set 2 card “1st Edition” is either wrong or showing you a card from a different set.

What is Base Set 2?

A reprint set, not a new group of Pokémon. Every card in it had been printed before, in Base Set, Jungle or Fossil, and each carries the “2” set symbol beside the card number — which is how you tell a Base Set 2 card from the 1999 original it is copied from.

Which Base Set cards are not in Base Set 2?

Eight were left out: Machamp (8/102), Porygon (39/102), Koffing (51/102), Ponyta (60/102), Clefairy Doll (70/102), Devolution Spray (72/102), Pokémon Flute (86/102) and Revive (89/102). Every other Base Set card has a Base Set 2 counterpart.

Is there a Shadowless Base Set 2?

Does Base Set 2 have reverse holos?

No. Reverse holos start with Legendary Collection in 2002.

Why is Base Set 2 worth less than Base Set?

Because it carries none of the first-print premium: no 1st Edition, no Shadowless, a 2000 release instead of 1999, and the same artwork on every card. The value in Base Set 2 sits in the 20 holos and nowhere else. Check the symbol before paying a Base Set price for a card — the two are easy to confuse and the gap is large.

What is the most expensive Base Set 2 card?

Charizard #4, then Blastoise #2 — and even the Charizard sits far below its 1999 Base Set counterpart.