Basic/Jungle/Fossil Pokemon Card Questions

Whats up everyone?

Ive been wanting to start collecting the pokemon cards i use to have as a kid again. I use to have complete sets of the fossil, basic, and jungle sets but i think i gave them away : (.

Anyways, now that im looking to buy them again, i have a few questions.

1) What does "pre ex" mean? i see on some ebay listings "complete basic set: pre ex charizard". Does this mean cards released in a certain time frame?

2) How many cards are in the following sets?
-Fossil
-Basic
-Jungle
-Team Rocket

Thanks guys,

Corey

Just look here at http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Base_Set_(TCG) and the complete list of Base set is here.
Jungle set is here http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Jungle_(TCG)
Fossil set is here http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fossil_(TCG)

1. Pre ex means that it came before the sets that had ex cards, I think. Which doesn't really clarify anything in the case of Charizard because there were a couple different Charizard cards before the first set that included Pokemon ex cards, which was ex: Ruby & Sapphire, which was released in 2003. They presumably mean the "Base Set", though, which did not have any set symbol.

2. Base (Basic) Set had 102 in the set for the collector's number. Though the "unlimited" (meaning not first edition) print run lacked the Machamp card in that run for some reason.

Fossil had 62 cards in it in English. No difference in the number of cards in the unlimited run versus the first edition run.

Jungle had 64 cards. No difference between first edition and unlimited here, either.

Team Rocket had... 82 cards, and a "secret rare" card. I think it was Dark Raichu, which was numbered 83/82.

well i assumed it meant before ex cards but what are ex cards? how can i tell on ebay if the complete is pre ex or not?

I also know you can still buy the basic booster packs today. Now are those the same cards that came out 10 years ago ? or are they going to be dated like 2010?

Sorry if these are n00b questions but im completely clueless and dont want to buy cards that arent really worth much.

Thanks!

Corey

Coorsy101 said:

well i assumed it meant before ex cards but what are ex cards? how can i tell on ebay if the complete is pre ex or not?

I also know you can still buy the basic booster packs today. Now are those the same cards that came out 10 years ago ? or are they going to be dated like 2010?

Sorry if these are n00b questions but im completely clueless and dont want to buy cards that arent really worth much.

Thanks!

Corey

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Pokemon ex description.

Well, they stopped printing sets like the Base Set long ago, because, among other reasons, Wizards of the Coast lost the rights to print the sets. Nintendo only prints the 4 most recent sets. So, the Base Set cards would be the same cards from 10 years ago, and were printed 10 years ago. The current sets are HGSS, HGSS Unleashed, HGSS Undaunted, and HGSS Triumphant, and tournament legal cards are found in sets as old as Majestic Dawn.

Thank you very much! Seems like bulbapedia is the place to go if i need to know anything about pokemon haha.

So pretty much what your saying is all basic, jungle, fossil, and team rocket sets are "pre ex"?

Thanks again

Corey

Yeah. Any set released before EX: Ruby & Sapphire was released (which was in 2003 at some point) is probably a pre ex set.

Bulbapedia's got a lot of information, but, if you to see what a card looks like, PokeBeach has the best scans I've seen around, so you can get a closer look and better idea of what a card should look like.