Celebi ex 117/115 · Unseen Forces

Unseen Forces is a set in the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. Celebi ex is 117/115, in position 119 of 145 on this checklist. Before it is 116 Rocket's Persian ex, and after it is A Unown. The collector number is above the printed set size of 115. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Celebi ex is a Basic ex Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Celebi (#251), generation 2 (Johto).

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

Celebi (#251) has 35 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Celebi 50/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Celebi, while this one is Celebi ex. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Secret. Hajime Kusajima illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Celebi list a different HP.

The attack Spiral Leaf lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Pokémon. If tails, remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokémon. Time Trap is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, look at the top 4 cards of your opponent's deck, and put them back on top of your opponent's deck in any order. If tails, look at the top 4 cards of your deck, and put them back on top of your deck in any order. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

I keep a set binder for Unseen Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unseen Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Celebi can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.