Set Description
The Pokémon TCG: Platinum Rising Rivals expansion was released on May 16th, 2009. Press release pictures from this set have been added to an Imageboard thread.
Platinum Rising Rivals
The Pokémon TCG: Platinum—Rising Rivals expansion brings powerful Trainers and amazing Pokémon together in new and exciting ways, pitting Trainer against Trainer and Pokémon against Pokémon in battles that are sure to raise players to the top of their games! This latest installment of the best-selling Pokémon TCG contains more than 110 cards and features new Pokémon SP and new Pokémon LV.X including Luxray and Gallade, while the Plasma Pokémon Rotom can now be collected in five different forms!Loaded with the latest Trainer cards, new game play options, and some of the most awesome Pokémon ever, Platinum—Rising Rivals lets you ascend to the level of the Elite Four and discover the elite Trainer in yourself!
- Look for all-new Pokémon SP
- Discover powerful new Pokémon LV.X
- Collect five different forms for Rotom—Wash Rotom, Fan Rotom, Frost Rotom, Mow Rotom, and Heat Rotom
Add Spice with New Pokémon SP
With more than 30 Pokémon SP in this set, you’ll have plenty of options to choose from. Team Galactic’s Pokémon return with cards like Darkrai [G] (3/111); however, new types of Pokémon SP are on the scene now! You can play with Gym Leader’s Pokémon like Lucario [GL] (8/111), or even Pokémon belonging to members of the Elite Four! Scizor Elite Four (48/111) has been trained by Elite Four Aaron himself!
A Plethora of Pokémon LV.X
The power of nine new Pokémon LV.X is yours to control in this exciting set! Use Snorlax LV.X (111/111) to refill your hand with its Big Appetite Poké-Power, and then use those cards to keep Snorlax LV.X going with Exercise when it wakes up. Of course, the Gym Leaders have their own Pokémon LV.X, like Floatzel [GL] LV.X (104/111) that keeps your Water-type Pokémon in the game even after they’re Knocked Out! Infernape Elite Four LV.X (108/111) proves that the Elite Four can reach the highest level of training as well. Too many Pokémon LV.X giving you trouble? Fight fire with fire and use Flygon LV.X’s (105/111) Extreme Attack to take them down, even ones on the Bench!
Learn the Secret of Rotom!
The mysterious Plasma Pokémon Rotom can be found in a special subset of cards in Rising Rivals. Each of these Rotom can change its type to match the form it’s in, like Water-type for Frost Rotom (RT2). Rotom can do more than be a double threat for opposing Weaknesses; Heat Rotom (RT3) can be a great engine, getting your Fire-type Pokémon powered up and Burning your rival’s Pokémon. Using the power of Charon’s Choice (RT6) you'll keep your opponents off balance—they'll never know which Rotom they'll be facing next!
Get all the action of Rising Rivals at your local store with boosters, and also watch for great theme decks, Drill Point and Cutting Edge!
Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/rising-rivals
Cutting Edge / Drill Point Theme Decks
Find out exactly how the Elite Four became so elite when Blade Pokémon Gallade 四 cuts through the Defending Pokémon's Resistance with a fierce Feint attack. This forceful Psychic-type Pokémon gets support from gutsy Grass-type Pokémon like Leafeon and Beedrill, both of which cause devastating Special Conditions and great damage to go along with it! Play your game with the Cutting Edge theme deck, and you'll always be one step ahead of your opponents!
Could anything match the thrill of hammering down your opponent's defenses turn by turn with the brute force of Fighting-type Pokémon like Rhyperior 四 and Hippowdon with their Rock Tumble and Groundquake attacks? There is: try a roundhouse-right from Vibrava and its astonishing Energy Typhoon. With all that Energy rushing your way, your early-game domination will drill straight through your opposition. Get the point?
Platinum Rising Rivals Cards
#1:
Arcanine
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#2:
Bastiodon GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#3:
Darkrai G
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#4:
Floatzel GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#5:
Flygon
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
120
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
+20
#6:
Froslass GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#7:
Jirachi
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
60
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
#8:
Lucario GL
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#9:
Luxray GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#10:
Mismagius GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#11:
Rampardos GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#12:
Roserade GL
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#13:
Shiftry
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
130
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#14:
Aggron
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
130
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#15:
Beedrill
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
+30
Retreat Cost:
#16:
Bronzong E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#17:
Drapion E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#18:
Espeon E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#19:
Flareon
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#20:
Gallade E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#21:
Gastrodon East Sea
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#22:
Gastrodon West Sea
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#23:
Golem E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#24:
Heracross E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#25:
Hippowdon
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#26:
Jolteon
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
#27:
Mamoswine GL
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#28:
Mr. Mime E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#29:
Nidoking
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
130
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#30:
Nidoqueen
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
120
Weakness:
+30
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#31:
Raichu GL
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
#32:
Rhyperior E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#33:
Snorlax
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#34:
Vaporeon
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#35:
Vespiquen E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#36:
Walrein
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
140
Weakness:
+30
Retreat Cost:
#37:
Yanmega E4
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#38:
Alakazam E4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#39:
Electrode G
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#40:
Gengar GL
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#41:
Glaceon
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#42:
Hippowdon E4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#43:
Infernape E4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#44:
Lairon
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#45:
Leafeon
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#46:
Machamp GL
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#47:
Rapidash E4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
x2
#48:
Scizor E4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#49:
Sharpedo
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
#50:
Starmie
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
#51:
Steelix GL
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#52:
Tropius
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#53:
Vibrava
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#54:
Whiscash E4
Rarity:
Uncommon
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#55:
Aerodactyl GL
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
#56:
Ambipom G
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#57:
Aron
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
50
Weakness:
+10
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#58:
Carvanha
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
40
Weakness:
+10
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#59:
Eevee
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
50
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#60:
Flareon E4
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#61:
Forretress G
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#62:
Gliscor E4
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#63:
Growlithe
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#64:
Hippopotas
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+10
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#65:
Houndoom E4
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#66:
Kakuna
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#67:
Kecleon
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#68:
Koffing
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
60
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#69:
Munchlax
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#70:
Munchlax
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#71:
Nidoran
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
60
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#72:
Nidoran
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
50
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#73:
Nidorina
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#74:
Nidorino
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#75:
Nuzleaf
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#76:
Quagsire GL
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#77:
Sealeo
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#78:
Seedot
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
40
Weakness:
+10
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#79:
Shellos East Sea
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
60
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#80:
Shellos West Sea
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#81:
Snorlax
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#82:
Spheal
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
60
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#83:
Staryu
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
50
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#84:
Trapinch
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
50
Weakness:
+10
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#85:
Turtwig GL
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#86:
Weedle
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
60
Weakness:
+10
Retreat Cost:
#87:
Weezing
Rarity:
Common
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Retreat Cost:
#88:
Aaron's Collection
Rarity:
Uncommon
#89:
Bebe's Search
Rarity:
Uncommon
#90:
Bertha's Warmth
Rarity:
Uncommon
#91:
Flint's Willpower
Rarity:
Uncommon
#92:
Lucian's Assignment
Rarity:
Uncommon
#93:
Pokemon Contest Hall
Rarity:
Uncommon
#94:
Sunyshore City Gym
Rarity:
Uncommon
#95:
Team Galactic's Invention G-107 Technical Machine G
Rarity:
Uncommon
#96:
Team Galactic's Invention G-109 SP Radar
Rarity:
Uncommon
#97:
Underground Expedition
Rarity:
Uncommon
#98:
Volkner's Philosophy
Rarity:
Uncommon
#99:
Darkness Energy
Rarity:
Uncommon
#100:
Metal Energy
Rarity:
Uncommon
#101:
SP Energy
Rarity:
Uncommon
#102:
Upper Energy
Rarity:
Uncommon
#103:
Alakazam E4 LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#104:
Floatzel GL LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
#105:
Flygon LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
140
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
#106:
Gallade E4 LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#107:
Hippowdon LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
130
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#108:
Infernape E4 LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
x2
#109:
Luxray GL LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
110
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
#110:
Mismagius GL LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
100
Weakness:
x2
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#111:
Snorlax LV.X
Rarity:
Rare Holo LV.X
Type:
HP:
130
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#112:
Pikachu
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
40
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#113:
Flying Pikachu
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
40
Resistance:
-30
Retreat Cost:
#114:
Surfing Pikachu
Rarity:
Rare Holo
Type:
HP:
50
Weakness:
x2
Retreat Cost:
#115:
Fan Rotom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
70
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
#116:
Frost Rotom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#117:
Heat Rotom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
80
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#118:
Mow Rotom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#119:
Wash Rotom
Rarity:
Rare
Type:
HP:
90
Weakness:
+20
Resistance:
-20
Retreat Cost:
#120:
Charon's Choice
Rarity:
Rare
