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The '''Phantom Cards''' (Japanese: '''まぼろしのカード''' ''Illusory Cards'') or '''Illusion Cards''' are certain {{TCG GB|card|cards}} found in {{vg|Pokémon Trading Card Game}} and [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]] for Game Boy.

The Phantom Cards seem to be based on the [[Mythical Pokémon]] (for comparison, the [[Legendary Cards]] seem to be based on the [[Legendary Pokémon]]). The Phantom Cards and Mythical Pokémon are named with the same Japanese word: "{{tt|幻|まぼろし}}" (''Illusory'').

==Terminology==
They are known as '''Phantom Cards''' in ''[[Pokémon Trading Card Game: Official Nintendo Player's Guide]]'' (page 86) and in ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' #136 (page 79).

==List of cards==
===Pokémon Trading Card Game===
In {{vg|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}, there are two Phantom Cards: {{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Venusaur|13}} and {{TCG ID|Promotional Card|Mew|PXX}}. They can only be obtained through [[Card Pop!]]. Due to an oversight in the way the Card Pop! mechanic determines which card you will get, the Phantom Venusaur card is left unobtainable. Because a player cannot Card Pop! with same partner save file again until both players have used the feature with fifteen others; causing their partner's ID to be overwritten in both save files, the Phantom Mew card is potentially the hardest card to acquire in the game. The Venusaur card was also distributed in real life with the purchase of the game's [[Pokémon Card GB Official Guidebook|Japanese Guidebook]] or [[Pokémon Trading Card Game: Official Nintendo Player's Guide|English Player's Guide]]. Both of these cards are needed for the {{TCG|Mysterious Pokémon Deck}}, making it unused due to the oversight.

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===Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!===
In [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]], there are four Phantom Cards: the same two cards from the previous game, as well as {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Here Comes Team Rocket!|15}} and [[Lugia (Pokémon Card GB2 promo)|Lugia]]. The player can buy the two Phantom Cards from the first game in the [[Game Center]] on [[GR Island]]. The two newer Phantom Cards are only available via [[Card Pop!]].

==Card count==
The current and maximum number of cards is displayed in the [[save|Diary]] and the [[main menu]] screen, but each Phantom Card only counts if the player has it. For instance, if the player has all cards except the Phantom Cards in the first game, the number is shown as "226/226". If the player has 99 regular cards and 1 Phantom Mew, the number is shown as "100/227".

==Gallery==
{| style="margin:auto; white-space: nowrap"
! colspan="4" | Phantom Cards
{| style="margin:auto" width="45%"
|-
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #{{tcg grass color}}; border: 3px solid #{{tcg grass color dark}}" | [[File:TCG1 PXX Venusaur.png]]<br>{{color2|000|Venusaur (Wizards Promo 13)|Venusaur}}
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #{{tcg psychic color}}; border: 3px solid #{{tcg psychic color dark}}" | [[File:TCG1 PXX Mew.png]]<br>{{color2|000|Mew (Promotional Card PXX)|Mew}}
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #{{tcg colorless color}}; border: 3px solid #{{tcg colorless color dark}}" | [[File:TCG2 PXX Lugia.png]]<br>{{color2|000|Lugia (Pokémon Card GB2 promo)|Lugia}}
! style="{{roundy|5px}}; background: #{{tcg trainer color}}; border: 3px solid #{{tcg trainer color dark}}" | [[File:TCG2 PXX Here Comes Team Rocket.png]]<br>{{color2|000|Here Comes Team Rocket! (Team Rocket 15)|Here Comes Team Rocket!}}
|}
|}

==In other languages==
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|ja=まぼろしのカード
|fr=Cartes Fantomes
|de=Phantom Karten
|it=Carte Fantasma
|es=Cartas Fantasma
}}

==See also==
* [[Legendary Cards]]

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[[Category:Pokémon Card GB cards]]

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[[ja:幻のカード]]
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