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Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse was released on November 1, 2019, as the twelfth and final main expansion of the Pokémon TCG Sun & Moon series. It brings together TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX, Full Art Trainer cards and a collection of illustrated Pokémon cards featuring familiar characters from the games. It was also the largest Sun & Moon expansion, with 236 cards in its main numbering and another 35 secret rares.

How many cards are in Cosmic Eclipse?

The English Cosmic Eclipse checklist contains 271 cards, numbered 1/236 through 271/236. The first 236 make up the regular numbered set, although this range also includes Full Art Pokémon-GX and Trainer cards. The remaining 35 cards have collector numbers above 236 and are classified as secret rares.

Those 35 secret rares fall into three groups:

  • 12 Pokémon character cards (237–248): Full Art illustrations showing Pokémon alongside Trainers.

  • 14 Rainbow Rare Pokémon-GX (249–262): Rainbow-coloured versions of Pokémon-GX cards.

  • 9 gold secret rares (263–271): Gold versions of Trainer cards and Draw Energy.

This distinction matters because some of the expansion's prominent alternate artworks, including Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX (221/236), are part of the first 236 cards rather than the secret rare section.

The 12 Pokémon character cards

One of Cosmic Eclipse's most recognisable features is its collection of 12 character cards, originally released in Japan's Dream League expansion. Instead of placing a Pokémon against an ordinary background, these illustrations show it interacting with a Trainer associated with that species.

Examples include Pikachu (241/236) with Red, Piplup (239/236) with Dawn, Koffing (243/236) with Roxie, Mimikyu (245/236) with Acerola and Steelix (247/236) with Jasmine.

These are not Pokémon-GX cards. They have the same attacks and abilities as their regular counterparts but use different artwork and collector numbers. Pikachu (241/236), for example, has the same attacks as the ordinary Pikachu (66/236), but its Full Art illustration by Hitoshi Ariga depicts Pikachu with Red.

Collectors often refer to these as Character Rares, reflecting their Japanese origins. They also helped establish the Pokémon-and-Trainer illustration format that later appeared in Sword & Shield's Trainer Gallery subsets.

TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX and notable alternate artworks

Cosmic Eclipse introduced nine new TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX, including Venusaur & Snivy-GX, Charizard & Braixen-GX, Blastoise & Piplup-GX and Solgaleo & Lunala-GX. It also featured two three-Pokémon TAG TEAM cards: Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX and Togepi & Cleffa & Igglybuff-GX.

Several Pokémon-GX received multiple illustrated versions within the expansion.

Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX (221/236) features an alternate Full Art illustration of the three legendary Pokémon. The card is also remembered for its Altered Creation-GX attack, which could increase damage and allow the player to take an additional Prize card after knocking out an opponent's Active Pokémon, provided its extra Energy requirement was met.

Blastoise & Piplup-GX (215/236) has an alternate illustration featuring the two Water-type Pokémon together. Other notable illustrated cards include Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (216/236) with Lillie, Reshiram & Zekrom-GX (222/236) with N, and Vileplume-GX (211/236) with Erika.

The expansion also includes Full Art Supporters such as Rosa (236/236), Lillie's Full Force (230/236), Cynthia & Caitlin (228/236) and Red & Blue (234/236).

What did Cosmic Eclipse introduce to the card game?

Alongside its nine new TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX and seven additional individual Pokémon-GX, Cosmic Eclipse introduced TAG TEAM Supporter cards. These combined two Trainers on one card and generally offered an additional effect when the player discarded cards from their hand.

For example, Cynthia & Caitlin (189/236) lets a player recover a Supporter card from their discard pile, with the option to discard a card and draw three more. Guzma & Hala (193/236) searches for a Stadium card, with an optional discard effect that also allows a Pokémon Tool and a Special Energy to be found.

The Pokémon-GX themselves introduced some unusual combinations of abilities and GX attacks. Solgaleo & Lunala-GX could gain additional protection after Lillie's Full Force had been played, while Reshiram & Zekrom-GX could expand its GX attack's effect when paired with N's Resolve.

Like other TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX, these cards carried an important drawback: knocking one out awarded the opponent three Prize cards instead of the two normally awarded for a Pokémon-GX.

Which Japanese sets correspond to Cosmic Eclipse?

Cosmic Eclipse is not a direct translation of a single Japanese expansion. Its English card list draws primarily from three Japanese Sun & Moon releases:

  • Remix Bout (SM11a), released July 5, 2019.

  • Dream League (SM11b), released August 2, 2019.

  • Alter Genesis (SM12), released September 6, 2019.

The English expansion also incorporates cards originating from other Japanese releases.

Dream League is particularly relevant to collectors interested in the 12 character cards. Many of the illustrated Pokémon-GX and Full Art Trainers also originated from these Japanese sets.

A Japanese card and its English Cosmic Eclipse counterpart may share an illustration and gameplay text but have different collector numbers, rarity labels and set symbols. Consequently, a Japanese Dream League collection is not equivalent to a complete English Cosmic Eclipse collection.

What counts as a complete Cosmic Eclipse set?

A complete numbered English set contains 271 different cards, including the 35 secret rares.

A master set usually goes further by including the available reverse-holo versions of eligible cards. Some collectors also include alternative foil treatments, stamped cards and other product-exclusive printings, so the number of cards required depends on the chosen definition.

One example is Togepi & Cleffa & Igglybuff-GX (143a/236), an alternate-art version distributed through the Small but Mighty Premium Collection in 2020. It is different from the ordinary 143/236 card and was not part of the original booster-pack checklist.

This additional printing explains why some databases show 272 Cosmic Eclipse cards rather than 271. It does not mean the expansion contains 36 secret rares.

Cosmic Eclipse was released in regular booster packs and booster boxes, as well as products such as the Elite Trainer Box, which contained eight boosters, and the Build & Battle Box, which contained four boosters and a special Evolution pack. The expansion also had two theme decks, Towering Heights and Unseen Depths, which featured predetermined card selections rather than random booster contents.