Orphaned card

An orphaned card is a card that has little or no practical use due to restrictions placed on the pool of legal cards by the . These are often Evolution cards whose or are not available, though occasionally s will fall into this category as well.
Name	Reason 	TCG Set	Picture
 	The only and at the time went out of rotation in the . Until Bulbasaur was reprinted in , it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The only and cards went out of rotation in the 2001-02 Modified format. 	 	
 	The only and at the time went out of rotation in the 2001-02 Modified format. Until these were reprinted in , it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The only at the time went out of rotation in the 2001-02 Modified format. Until Bulbasaur was reprinted in , it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The only at the time went out of rotation in the 2001-02 Modified format. Until another Exeggcute was printed in , it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The only at the time went out of rotation in the 2001-02 Modified format. Until Tentacool was reprinted in , it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The only at the time went out of rotation in the 2002-03 Modified format. Until was reprinted in , it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The only card went out of rotation in the . 	 	
 	The latest and cards went out of rotation in the . This format later included a new card, making these cards no longer orphaned. 	 	
 	The which took place on November 8th, 2013, made it so that the player who goes first is decided before cards are drawn. 	 	
 	The latest and cards went out of rotation in the , where it could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The latest cards went out of rotation in the . This format later included a new card, making this card no longer orphaned. 	 	
 	The latest card went out of rotation in the 2016-17 Standard format. This format later included a new card, making this card no longer orphaned. 	 	
 	The only card went out of rotation in the . It could only be indirectly played with when was released. 	 	
 	The only card went out of rotation in the 2017-18 Standard format. 	 	
 	This card was released outside Japan when there was no in the Standard format. 	 	
 	The latest card went out of rotation during the 2016-17 Standard format. This format later included a new card, making this card no longer orphaned. 	 	
 	This card was released when there was no in the Standard format. 	 	
 	The latest cards went out of rotation in the . This format later included a new card, making this card no longer orphaned. 	 	
 	The latest and cards went out of rotation in the . Another was later printed in , but there were no sanctioned tournaments to use these cards together. 	 	
 	went out of rotation in the . 	 	
 	The latest and cards went out of rotation in the 2019-20 Standard format. It remained orphaned in the 2020-21 Format until another was printed in . 	 	
 	The latest and cards went out of rotation in the 2020-21 Standard format. It could only be indirectly played with . 	 	
 	The last and cards were out of rotation by the time of this card's printing in the . Until a new was printed in , it could only be indirectly played with or .	 	
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