EX Battle Stadium

EX Battle Stadium is a special deck kit for the Pokémon TCG. It is published by the Pokémon USA & Nintendo on 18 October 2004. It was released in English and European languages only.

It contains two 60-card decks as well as 4 10-card side decks, designed to enable players to adapt their decks to a 2-on-2 style match or improve it to a more competitive deck. There are 53 unique cards in this expansion.

In addition to the cards, EX Battle Stadium also includes a rulebook, damage counters, status counters, two-player mat and a custom coin ( Blissey ).

Type Breakdown

 * 2 Energies
 * 10 Pokémon (6 Fire and 4 Water)
 * 5 Trainers

Rarity Breakdown

 * 6 Commons
 * 1 Holo Rare
 * 2 Rares
 * 6 Uncommons
 * 2 Without rarity symbol

Type Breakdown

 * 2 Pokémon (1 Colorless and 1 Fire)
 * 2 Trainers

Rarity Breakdown

 * 2 Commons
 * 2 Uncommons

Type Breakdown

 * 6 Pokémon (2 Fire and 2 Colorless)
 * 2 Trainers

Rarity Breakdown

 * 3 Commons
 * 3 Uncommons

Type Breakdown

 * 2 Energies
 * 10 Pokémon (1 Colorless, 3 Fighting and 6 Psychic)
 * 5 Trainers

Rarity Breakdown

 * 6 Commons
 * 1 Holo Rare
 * 1 Rare
 * 7 Uncommons
 * 2 Without rarity symbol

Type Breakdown

 * 3 Pokémon (1 Colorless and 2 Psychic)
 * 1 Trainer

Rarity Breakdown

 * 2 Commons
 * 2 Uncommons

Type Breakdown

 * 3 Pokémon (1 Fighting and 2 Colorless)
 * 3 Trainers

Rarity Breakdown

 * 3 Commons
 * 3 Uncommons

Trivia

 * The decks and side decks were later split into two and repackaged as the EX Master Trainer Blaziken Deck and Gardevoir Deck, seen as a Nintendo marketing gimmick by some players and collectors.

Source and External Links

 * EX Battle Stadium at Bulbapedia (History Page)