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Southern Islands Card List

Q: How many cards are in Southern Islands?

Eighteen, numbered 1–18. The set is one painted panorama split into eighteen pictures across two islands.

Q: Was Southern Islands sold in booster packs?

No. In Japan it was released on July 17, 1999 alongside the second Pokémon movie, in two nine-card promo folders, and also as 3-card box sets. The English release on July 31, 2001 came as a decorated folder containing the cards, postcards and three booster packs — the packs inside are ordinary expansion packs, not Southern Islands packs.

Q: What are Rainbow Island and Tropical Island?

The two nine-card halves of the set, printed as R.I. and T.I. Each half was a separate promo folder in Japan, so a collector chasing the set is chasing two runs of nine rather than one run of eighteen.

Q: Is there a 1st Edition Southern Islands?

No. Every card was printed once, in 2001, with no 1st Edition stamp and no second run — there is nothing to compare a copy against.

Q: Does Southern Islands have reverse holos?

No. The reverse-holo treatment does not appear on a Wizards card until Legendary Collection in 2002, a year after this set.

Q: How many holos are in Southern Islands?

Six: Mew #1, Togepi #4, Ledyba #7, Marill #11, Slowking #14 and Vileplume #17. The other twelve are plain cards.

Q: Are the Japanese and English Southern Islands cards the same?

The same eighteen artworks, with three differences that matter. The Japanese cards are unnumbered and printed in the older Base–Rocket frame; the English cards carry 1–18 in the Neo-era frame; and the set symbols differ. PSA catalogues the cards by Pokédex number rather than the printed number — Mew is #151 there and #1 here.

Southern Islands is eighteen cards and the most decorative release of the Wizards era — it came out in English on July 31, 2001 and was never sold in booster packs. The cards arrived in a decorated folder with postcards and three packs, and the artwork is one painted panorama of two islands cut into eighteen pictures: Rainbow Island and Tropical Island, nine cards each. Six are holos — Mew, Togepi, Ledyba, Marill, Slowking and Vileplume — and the set has no 1st Edition, no Shadowless and no reverse holo, because it is not that kind of release. Explore the complete card list, numbered 1–18 — and every card here links to its own record, with prices and what to check before you buy.

Release dateJuly 31, 2001

Total cards18

Southern Islands At a Glance

How many cards are in Southern Islands?

Eighteen, numbered 1–18. The set is one painted panorama split into eighteen pictures across two islands.

Was Southern Islands sold in booster packs?

No. In Japan it was released on July 17, 1999 alongside the second Pokémon movie, in two nine-card promo folders, and also as 3-card box sets. The English release on July 31, 2001 came as a decorated folder containing the cards, postcards and three booster packs — the packs inside are ordinary expansion packs, not Southern Islands packs.

What are Rainbow Island and Tropical Island?

The two nine-card halves of the set, printed as R.I. and T.I. Each half was a separate promo folder in Japan, so a collector chasing the set is chasing two runs of nine rather than one run of eighteen.

Is there a 1st Edition Southern Islands?

No. Every card was printed once, in 2001, with no 1st Edition stamp and no second run — there is nothing to compare a copy against.

Does Southern Islands have reverse holos?

No. The reverse-holo treatment does not appear on a Wizards card until Legendary Collection in 2002, a year after this set.

How many holos are in Southern Islands?

Six: Mew #1, Togepi #4, Ledyba #7, Marill #11, Slowking #14 and Vileplume #17. The other twelve are plain cards.

Are the Japanese and English Southern Islands cards the same?

The same eighteen artworks, with three differences that matter. The Japanese cards are unnumbered and printed in the older Base–Rocket frame; the English cards carry 1–18 in the Neo-era frame; and the set symbols differ. PSA catalogues the cards by Pokédex number rather than the printed number — Mew is #151 there and #1 here.

What is the most expensive Southern Islands card?

Mew #1, a holo and the one card of the eighteen that consistently trades on its own. The other five holos follow it; the twelve plain cards are the affordable way into the set.

When was Southern Islands released?

Southern Islands released on July 31, 2001 in English — part of the WotC era, the run that ended in 2003.

Card images via the open pokemontcg.io project. Prices via PriceCharting, as of 8 October 2026.

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