EX Sandstorm (TCG)

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EX Sandstorm 砂漠のきせき

File:EX02-Logo.png Cards in set English: 100 Japanese: 53 Set number English: 17 Japanese: 19 Release date English: September 17, 2003 Japanese: April 18, 2003 Theme Decks Caravan () Oasis () Previous Booster Pack 1 Japanese: Miracle of the Desert Next Rulers of the Heavens

EX Sandstorm (Japanese: 砂漠のきせき Miracle of the Desert) is the name given to an Expansion of cards and Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It continued to release Generation III Pokémon into the TCG.

Information

• EX Sandstorm contained several cards that were (at the time) not yet available in any other language, making it the first set since Team Rocket (Dark Raichu) to feature English-exclusive cards. Most of the cards later graced Japanese players' hands in Magma vs Aqua: Two Ambitions, with the rest released as part of the Latias & Latios Gift Set.
• EX Sandstorm introduced dual Weaknesses and Resistances to the TCG, to correlate with multiple strengths and vulnerabilities of Pokémon in the games.
• This was the first set to feature evolved Pokémon-ex. Some of these Pokémon broke the "120 HP limit" (the highest HP any Pokémon card had featured previously). Wailord ex once held the record for the highest HP on a tournament legal card (200 HP).
• Wailord ex, the first card to feature five to Retreat, debuted in this set.
• In Japan, no Half Decks accompanied this set.
• This was the first Nintendo Expansion, and first Expansion in a few years, to have an affiliated Prerelease promo card (the last card was released just before Gym Heroes, in 2000). Under the supervision of a revamped Pokémon Organized Play, sanctioned Prerelease events became an integral part of the TCG calendar, and have been held before the release of every Expansion since. The Prerelease card for this set is Armaldo and Prereleases were held on the weekends of 6th/7th and 13th/14th September 2003.

Theme decks

• Caravan
• Oasis

Card lists

English expansion

No.	Card Name	Type	Rarity
1	Armaldo		H
2	Cacturne		H
3	Cradily		H
4	Dusclops		H
5	Flareon		H
6	Jolteon		H
7	Ludicolo		H
8	Lunatone		H
9	Mawile		H
10	Sableye		H
11	Seviper		H
12	Shiftry		H
13	Solrock		H
14	Zangoose		H
15	Arcanine
16	Espeon
17	Golduck
18	Kecleon
19	Omastar
20	Pichu
21	Sandslash
22	Shiftry
23	Steelix
24	Umbreon
25	Vaporeon
26	Wobbuffet
27	Anorith
28	Anorith
29	Arbok
30	Azumarill
31	Azurill
32	Baltoy
33	Breloom
34	Delcatty
35	Electabuzz
36	Elekid
37	Fearow
38	Illumise
39	Kabuto
40	Kirlia
41	Lairon
42	Lileep
43	Lileep
44	Linoone
45	Lombre
46	Lombre
47	Murkrow
48	Nuzleaf
49	Nuzleaf
50	Pelipper
51	Quilava
52	Vigoroth
53	Volbeat
54	Wynaut
55	Xatu
56	Aron
57	Cacnea
58	Cacnea
59	Cyndaquil
60	Dunsparce
61	Duskull
62	Duskull
63	Eevee
64	Ekans
65	Growlithe
66	Lotad
67	Lotad
68	Marill
69	Natu
70	Omanyte
71	Onix
72	Pikachu
73	Psyduck
74	Ralts
75	Sandshrew
76	Seedot
77	Seedot
78	Shroomish
79	Skitty
80	Slakoth
81	Spearow
82	Trapinch
83	Wailmer
84	Wingull
85	Zigzagoon
86	Double Full Heal	T
87	Lanette's Net Search	T
88	Rare Candy	T
89	Wally's Training	T
90	Claw Fossil	T
91	Mysterious Fossil	T
92	Root Fossil	T
93	Multi Energy	E
94	Aerodactyl ex		ex
95	Aggron ex		ex
96	Gardevoir ex		ex
97	Kabutops ex		ex
98	Raichu ex		ex
99	Typhlosion ex		ex
100	Wailord ex		ex

Japanese expansion

No.	Card Name	Type	Rarity
1	Seedot
2	Nuzleaf
3	Shiftry		H
4	Volbeat
5	Illumise
6	Cacnea
7	Cacturne		H
8	Seviper		H
9	Lileep
10	Cradily		H
11	Cyndaquil
12	Quilava
13	Typhlosion ex		H
14	Psyduck
15	Golduck
16	Marill
17	Azumarill
18	Lotad
19	Lombre
20	Ludicolo		H
21	Wailord ex		ex
22	Pikachu
23	Raichu ex		ex
24	Pichu
25	Natu
26	Xatu
27	Wobbuffet
28	Gardevoir ex		ex
29	Lunatone		H
30	Duskull
31	Dusclops		H
32	Wynaut
33	Sandshrew
34	Sandslash
35	Trapinch
36	Solrock		H
37	Baltoy
38	Anorith
39	Armaldo		H
40	Zigzagoon
41	Azurill
42	Zangoose		H
43	Kecleon
44	Sableye		H
45	Mawile		H
46	Aggron ex		ex
47	Claw Fossil	T
48	Root Fossil	T
49	Double Full Heal	T
50	Rare Candy	T
51	Lanette's Net Search	T
52	Wally's Training	T
53	Multi Energy	E