EX Ruby & Sapphire Series

Above you will find all EX Ruby & Sapphire sets released in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This series brought the third generation of Pokémon from the Hoenn region and marks the start of the EX period, with a redesigned card layout and new Trainer cards.

This is where the first Pokémon-ex appeared: stronger than an ordinary card, but the opponent took two prize cards when they were knocked out. Watch the name, because it causes confusion: the “ex” from this series sits in lower case after the Pokémon name and is a completely different system from the modern ex in the Scarlet & Violet series. Same abbreviation, twenty years apart — the year printed on the card is the quickest way to tell them apart.