Pokémon Battle e: Series 1

Pokémon Battle e: Series 1 (Japanese: 第1弾 ポケモンバトルカードｅ＋ First Shot: Pokémon Battle Card e+) is the first collection of Battle e cards that utilizes Nintendo's e-Reader peripheral. When scanned, the cards provide additional Trainers to battle in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. It is the only Battle e collection to see release outside of Japan.

Release dates

• Japan: June 27, 2003
• America: October 21, 2003
• Australia: October 31, 2003

Set size

There are 54 cards in the set. 48 of them are Trainer cards; 6 are special Berry cards.

Information

All of the Trainer cards in this collection can be scanned via the e-Reader and each will appear in the basement of an old man's house in Mossdeep City. Only one card can be scanned at a time.

The collection consists of six individual card packs in Japan, each containing a fixed selection of eight Trainer cards and a special Berry card. The American and Australian releases condense these into three larger card packs, each containing the equivalent of two of the fixed Japanese packs. Whilst each of the Japanese packs have individual names, the English-language pack names correspond to the first of the two included packs.

Each pack also includes a 'Battle Record Card' which allows players to check off Trainers they have beaten and identify the mystery Pokémon for each Trainer. Exclusive to the first few waves of the Japanese release were special tickets with part of a unique ID to redeem a promotional card as part of the 'Let's Decorate Secret Bases!' campaign. The first 100,000 people to collect all six parts (found by purchasing the six different card packs) and send off the tickets would receive the card.

The cards themselves depict one of the many Trainer classes that appear in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and three Pokémon they will use in battle after the card has been scanned. Some Pokémon, as well their abilities, held items, or some of their moves may also be hidden.

The cards are also color-coded to give an indication of difficulty. Generally, bronze-level cards pose an easier challenge, followed by copper, silver and finally as the most difficult, gold. Symbols on the cards also highlight special features the Trainer may have:

	The tower symbol indicates that this Trainer may also appear in Battle Tower after the card has been scanned.
	The star symbol indicates that this Trainer has a rare Pokémon in their party, or one that is not in the Hoenn Pokédex.
	The crown symbol indicates that this Trainer has Pokémon that are all at Lv. 100.

The Berry cards when scanned will appear in the Berries pocket of the players' bag ready for use. Due to the fact that these Berries are for sole use within Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, any Pokémon holding them will not be able to enter the Cable Club Trade Center in Pokémon Centers, nor can they be traded to Pokémon Colosseum or Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, nor can it be stored in Pokémon Box Ruby & Sapphire. If Pokémon holding these Berries are transferred to Generation IV games, these Berries will become Enigma Berries.

Trivia

• The Japanese release, and all subsequent Japanese Battle e releases feature "e+" to highlight that the cards are only compatible with the e-Reader +, an enhanced version of the original e-Reader with an added link cable port. All English-language versions feature "e", as the e-Reader released outside of Japan is based on the Japanese e-Reader +.
• This collection and the following set are perhaps more commonly known as Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Battle e, as an indication to the games they are compatible with. Neither the Japanese nor English-language releases reference the game titles on the packaging however.

Card packs

Freezing Ray

Card ID	Card Name
08-A001	Cool Trainer Devin
08-A002	Ninja Boy Goro
08-A003	Tuber Sonya
08-A004	Gentleman Antonio
08-A005	Pokéfan Alana
08-A006	Picnicker Renee
08-A007	Lady Sophie
08-A008	Beauty Fay

Seizing Poison

Card ID	Card Name
08-A009	Psychic Natasha
08-A010	Camper Patrick
08-A011	Sailor Oscar
08-A012	Pokémaniac Tyler
08-A013	Youngster Rudy
08-A014	Beauty Ellie
08-A015	PKMN Breeder Candice
08-A016	Cool Trainer Belford

Hidden Ruins

Card ID	Card Name
08-A017	PKMN Ranger Clayton
08-A018	Triathlete Dustin
08-A019	Hiker Hugo
08-A020	Youngster Jeffrey
08-A021	Ruin Maniac Logan
08-A022	Pokéfan Maggie
08-A023	PKMN Breeder Wilson
08-A024	Ruin Maniac Zuril

Iron Defense

Card ID	Card Name
08-A025	School Kid Mandy
08-A026	Parasol Lady Sofia
08-A027	Lady Hillary
08-A028	Guitarist Dominic
08-A029	Fisherman Bryce
08-A030	Bug Maniac Irvin
08-A031	Battle Girl Natalie
08-A032	Expert Sandia

Cordial Bond

Card ID	Card Name
08-A033	Expert Marcus
08-A034	Cool Trainer Raquel
08-A035	Blackbelt Tsutomu
08-A036	Pokéfan Justine
08-A037	PKMN Ranger Heather
08-A038	Psychic Judith
08-A039	Collector Stuart
08-A040	PKMN Ranger Irazu

Solid Armor

Card ID	Card Name
08-A041	Picnicker Sandy
08-A042	Swimmer Annie
08-A043	Hex Maniac Celina
08-A044	Aroma Lady April
08-A045	Guitarist Hayden
08-A046	Psychic Griffin
08-A047	Pokéfan Kendall
08-A048	Cool Trainer Fuego

Berry cards

Card ID	Card Name
08-K001	Pumkin Berry
08-K002	Drash Berry
08-K003	Chilan Berry
08-K004	Strib Berry
08-K005	Eggant Berry
08-K006	Nutpea Berry

Pokémon Battle e Series 1: Freezing Ray • Seizing Poison • Hidden Ruins • Iron Defense • Cordial Bond • Solid Armor Series 2: Sharp Claw • Cursed Showdown • Reversal Blow • Battle without Conclusion • Self-Confidence not Wasted • Steady Power Colosseum Series: Red Pack • Blue Pack • Yellow Pack • Green Pack FireRed & LeafGreen Series: Red sub-set • Green sub-set • Blue sub-set • Yellow sub-set • Tower target time sub-set Emerald Series: 01-08 • 09-16 • 17-24 • 25-32 • 33-40 • 41-48 • 49-56 • 57-64 Promotional series: Series 1 & 2 • Colosseum • FireRed & LeafGreen • Emerald

Pokémon e-Reader applications Expedition Base Set: Diving Corsola • Flower Power • Flying Journey • GO, Poliwrath! • Gotcha! • Here Comes Gloom • Hold Down Hoppip Kingler's Day • Lifesaver • Machop At Work • Magby and Magmar • Make A Dash! • Metronome • Sweet Scent Aquapolis: Dream Eater • Harvest Time • Jumping Doduo • Mighty Tyranitar • Punching Bags • Rolling Voltorb • Sneak and Snatch Skyridge: Berry Tree • Ditto Leapfrog • Follow Hoothoot • Leek Game • Night Flight • Pika Pop • Ride the Tuft • Watch Out! Promotional: Exciting Hide and Seek • Time Travel • Fire Hoops • Imakuni?'s Ball • Wooper's Juggling Game • Big Fruit Strategy! • Tokotoko Truck Construction: Construction: Action • Construction: Melody Box Pokémon Battle e series: Pokémon Battle e: Series 1 • Pokémon Battle e: Series 2 • Pokémon Colosseum Double Battle e Pokémon Battle e FireRed & LeafGreen • Pokémon Battle e Emerald • Pokémon Battle e Promotional cards Berries: Pumkin Berry • Drash Berry • Chilan Berry • Strib Berry • Eggant Berry • Nutpea Berry Ginema Berry • Kuo Berry • Yago Berry • Touga Berry • Niniku Berry • Topo Berry Others: Eon Ticket • Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire • Smeargle Paint • List of TCG cards by e-Reader card ID List of TCG cards with hidden attacks • List of miscellaneous Pokémon e-Reader applications