Parallel Worlds (TCG)

Parallel Worlds

The worlds as seen in the Parallel City card.

The Parallel Worlds (as named in booster pack descriptions) are a pair of worlds introduced and explored exclusively in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the XY BREAK Series.

Backstory

A crowd cheers Mega Alakazam.

Not much is known about these worlds, besides at some point several rifts in space revealed the existence of the opposing worlds to eachother: the "nature" and "technology" worlds as seen in the BREAKthrough, BREAKpoint and Fates Collide expansions. However, from many artworks featured in the cards, we can guess the story. These worlds were not only at a close view but also at the brink of merging against eachother, creating a struggle between Pokémon from both sides. This is most likely Giovanni's fault, as his card, Giovanni's Scheme, shows the two colour schemes of the Mewtwo Y and X cards, thus him likely being the one causing the two Mewtwos to fight, as shown in the Flabebe and Marowak cards. In Fates Collide however, the struggle is replaced with themes of unification through Mega Alakazam's future vision widsom and the enforcement of order along with other Pokémon.

Geography

From various pieces of information and artwork from TCG products, it can be determined that the cities featured in most art were once identical lands. While one side's lifestyle focused on ruralism and rustic architecture, the other focused in urbanism and the foundation of modern buildings, even expanding to previously arid lands. These cities are on the shore of an ocean, and both have an island portion connected to the mainland by a series of bridges. A giant tree exists in the "nature" world's island, while a group of skyscrapers is in its place on the "urban" counterpart.

After the rifts, some areas of these worlds featured portals which could be crossed through, the regions artistically seen on the Stadium cards as being upside down from the opposing world's point of view. The Chaos Tower in Fates Collide appears to be the fallout of the merged areas: a single world/city where buildings and nature blended on eachother, creating a mix of the two worlds' styles.

Cards

This listing is of Stadium cards featuring the parallel worlds.

Parallel Worlds Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Parallel City	St	BREAKthrough		145/162	Blue Shock		058/059
					The Best of XY		159/171
Reverse Valley	St	BREAKpoint		110/122	Rage of the Broken Heavens		079/080
					The Best of XY		161/171
Chaos Tower	St	Fates Collide		94/124	Awakening Psychic King		078/078

These locations were also featured on the artwork of many Pokémon released along with these cards: Blue Shock focused on Pokémon from the "nature" world and Red Flash focused on Pokémon from the "technology world". Rage of the Broken Heavens focused on both worlds outside of the urban areas, and Awakening Psychic King featured Pokémon in the merged worlds. Two Mewtwo promo cards with artwork from each opposing world were also printed.

Gallery

Aerial view of the "nature" world	Close view at the "nature" world's buildings	Aerial view of the "technology" world	Marowak witnesses a clash between Mewtwo
A portal between the twin worlds	Aerial view of the merged worlds	A river that has been merged with a roadway	Artwork for Awakening Psychic King

Trivia

• The concept of a modern and a rustic city from different worlds slightly resembles Black City and White Forest from the Generation V games.

Regions in the Pokémon world

Core series Kanto (Sevii Islands) • Johto • Hoenn Sinnoh (Hisui • Battle Zone) • Unova (Blueberry Academy) Kalos • Alola • Galar (Isle of Armor • Crown Tundra) Paldea • Kitakami Side series White City • Orre Anime Orange Islands • Decolore Islands Spin-off games Fiore • Almia • Oblivia • Pokémon Island • Mintale Town Ryme City • Pasio • Ransei • Ferrum • Lental Mystery Dungeon world • PokéPark • TCG Islands Carmonte Island • Tumblecube Island • Aeos Island TCG Southern Islands • Puzzle Continent • Holon • Parallel Worlds Sovereign states in the Pokémon world Ranger Union • Guyana Lucario Kingdom • Mirage Kingdom • Rota

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