Hall of Fame format (TCG)

The Hall of Fame format or Palace format (Japanese: 殿堂(でんどう)) is an officially-sanctioned format for Pokémon Trading Card Game events held exclusively in Japan. It allows cards released from the Diamond & Pearl expansion ownards, allowing a greater number of expansions than the Standard and Expanded format but not being as unpredictable in card combinations as the Unlimited format.

While it has a low number of banned cards, the Hall of Fame format has an additional restriction as the Star system (or Hall points). Certain cards have a set number of 1 to 4 stars, and the sum of stars in a player's deck cannot exceed four. For example, a deck may contain a 1-star and a 3-star card in its list, or four copies of a 1-star card but no other limited cards. If a card in a Hall of Fame-legal expansion is a reprint of an older card, all prints of the card can be played in an Hall of Fame-legal expansion-legal deck (e.g. Aquapolis Energy Switch). However, some cards significantly differ in wording between older prints and newer prints (e.g. Pokémon Fan Club from Aquapolis compared to its Ultra Prism iteration); those cards cannot be used in sanctioned tournaments. The exception is cards that have received errata (e.g. Base Set Potion); all printings of cards with errata may be used in sanctioned tournaments.

The Pokémon Company requires players to play with cards printed in their region's official language; therefore, only Japanese cards can be played in the format.

Card restrictions

Each card has a star rating. The vast majority of cards have 0 stars. Several cards have 1 to 4 stars, but as of 2024, there are no cards with 4 stars. Some cards are banned.

1-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 063/078 Shaymin Promotion 039/040 Seeker Su Promotion Unown R Promotion Azelf Promotion Stark Mountain St Promotion 083/092 Poké Drawer + T Promotion 041/096 Crobat Promotion 041/080 Weavile Promotion 063/070 Hypnotoxic Laser I Promotion

2-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Claydol Promotion 079/081 Forest of Giant Plants St Promotion Time-Space Distortion T — Promotion 090/100 Cyrus's Initiative Su Promotion 076/080 Junk Arm I Promotion 018/040 Mew Promotion 040/066 Archeops Promotion

3-star cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 040/052 Shiftry Promotion Forretress Promotion Porygon2 Promotion Uxie Promotion 092/096 Broken Time-Space St Promotion 067/L-P Shuckle — Promotion

Banned cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 074/090 Kecleon Promotion Miracle Diamond T — Promotion Mysterious Pearl T — Promotion 033/DPt-P Wonder Platinum T — Promotion 086/088 Lysandre's Trump Card Su Promotion

See also

• Standard format
• Expanded format
• Sealed format
• Unlimited format
• Legacy format

External links

• Rules about which cards can be used
• Pokémon Official Card Lists

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.