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Crossing the Ruins... 遺跡をこえて…

In 30 secondsThe second Neo set (July 2000), the Japanese original of Neo Discovery. It has Espeon (エーフィ), Umbreon (ブラッキー), Tyranitar (バンギラス) and the Unown (アンノーン) letters.
Japanese name遺跡をこえて…
Released in Japan7 July 2000
Cards in the set56 plus 1 numbered beyond it
Holo cards20
Pokemon / Trainer / Energy52 / 5 / 0
Card numbers printed?No. Japanese cards before 2001 have no card numbers
1st EditionNo (no Japanese 1st Edition stamp in this era)
Card backThe old "Pocket Monsters" back
English versionNeo Discovery
Copies printedNever published
Copies graded by CGC (whole set)20,955

The packs and the box

Crossing the Ruins... Booster pack
Booster pack
Crossing the Ruins... Booster box
Booster box

Pack and box images © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, via Bulbapedia, shown for identification only.

Go deeper: Dark Raichu lives here

In English, Dark Raichu is Team Rocket's secret rare. In Japan it is a holo in this set, わるいライチュウ. It is one of the clearest examples of the two languages putting the same card in different places.

Go deeper: the Unown

Unown are letter-shaped Pokemon. Each Unown card is a different letter, so a complete collection means finding every letter that was printed.

Go deeper: 20 holos in 56 cards

A small main list but a lot of holos: Espeon, Umbreon, Tyranitar, Scizor, Houndoom and Smeargle among them. No card numbers, no 1st Edition stamp and the old "Pocket Monsters" back.

Most graded cards in this set (CGC)

CardGraded by CGCPerfect 10s
ブラッキー
Umbreon
1,387120
エーフィ
Espeon
1,149127
デルビル
Houndour
955137
デルビル
Houndour
955137
バンギラス
Tyranitar
93194
ヘルガー
Houndoom
912104
カブトプス
Kabutops
85895
カポエラー
Hitmontop
84596

Every card in Crossing the Ruins...

Japanese name first, English name underneath. Gold edge = holo. These cards have no printed numbers, so they are listed in database order. CGC count = all versions. Pictures show the matching English card. The artwork is usually the same; the Japanese card has Japanese text and no card number. Photos of the Japanese cards themselves are coming.

Matching English Caterpie cardMatching English cardキャタピーCaterpieCGC 295
Matching English Weedle cardMatching English cardビードルWeedleCGC 282
Matching English Spinarak cardMatching English cardイトマルSpinarakCGC 265
Matching English Hoppip cardMatching English cardハネッコHoppipCGC 253
Matching English Pineco cardMatching English cardクヌギダマPinecoCGC 243
Matching English Metapod cardMatching English cardトランセルMetapodCGC 152
Matching English Kakuna cardMatching English cardコクーンKakunaCGC 179
Matching English Scyther cardMatching English cardストライクScytherCGC 237
Matching English Butterfree cardMatching English cardバタフリーButterfreeHolo · CGC 383
Matching English Beedrill cardMatching English cardスピアーBeedrillHolo · CGC 393
Matching English Yanma cardMatching English cardヤンヤンマYanmaHolo · CGC 776
Matching English Houndour cardMatching English cardデルビルHoundourHolo · CGC 955
Matching English Poliwag cardMatching English cardニョロモPoliwagCGC 276
Matching English Kabuto cardMatching English cardカブトKabutoCGC 277
Matching English Wooper cardMatching English cardウパーWooperCGC 272
Matching English Poliwhirl cardMatching English cardニョロゾPoliwhirlCGC 203
Matching English Corsola cardMatching English cardサニーゴCorsolaCGC 115
Matching English Kabutops cardMatching English cardカブトプスKabutopsHolo · CGC 858
Matching English Politoed cardMatching English cardニョロトノPolitoedHolo · CGC 334
Matching English Mareep cardMatching English cardメリープMareepCGC 260
わるいライチュウDark RaichuHolo · CGC 272
Matching English Natu cardMatching English cardネイティNatuCGC 286
アンノーンUnown
Matching English Xatu cardMatching English cardネイティオXatuCGC 153
アンノーンUnown
アンノーンUnown
アンノーンUnown
アンノーンUnown
Matching English Espeon cardMatching English cardエーフィEspeonHolo · CGC 1,149
アンノーンUnownHolo
Matching English Wobbuffet cardMatching English cardソーナンスWobbuffetHolo · CGC 710
Matching English Omanyte cardMatching English cardオムナイトOmanyteCGC 278
Matching English Tyrogue cardMatching English cardバルキーTyrogueCGC 157
Matching English Larvitar cardMatching English cardヨーギラスLarvitarCGC 312
Matching English Omastar cardMatching English cardオムスターOmastarCGC 180
Matching English Pupitar cardMatching English cardサナギラスPupitarCGC 164
Matching English Poliwrath cardMatching English cardニョロボンPoliwrathHolo · CGC 403
Matching English Hitmontop cardMatching English cardカポエラーHitmontopHolo · CGC 845
Matching English Houndour cardMatching English cardデルビルHoundourCGC 955
Matching English Umbreon cardMatching English cardブラッキーUmbreonHolo · CGC 1,387
Matching English Houndoom cardMatching English cardヘルガーHoundoomHolo · CGC 912
Matching English Tyranitar cardMatching English cardバンギラスTyranitarHolo · CGC 931
Matching English Magnemite cardMatching English cardコイルMagnemiteHolo · CGC 182
Matching English Forretress cardMatching English cardフォレトスForretressHolo · CGC 793
Matching English Scizor cardMatching English cardハッサムScizorHolo · CGC 760
Matching English Sentret cardMatching English cardオタチSentretCGC 258
Matching English Dunsparce cardMatching English cardノコッチDunsparceCGC 261
Matching English Teddiursa cardMatching English cardヒメグマTeddiursaCGC 262
Matching English Eevee cardMatching English cardイーブイEeveeCGC 359
Matching English Igglybuff cardMatching English cardププリンIgglybuffCGC 161
Matching English Ursaring cardMatching English cardリングマUrsaringHolo · CGC 801
Matching English Smeargle cardMatching English cardドーブルSmeargleHolo · CGC 771
–Trainer card (English name being checked)
–Trainer card (English name being checked)
Matching English Fossil Egg cardMatching English card–Fossil EggCGC 121
Matching English Hyper Devolution Spray cardMatching English card–Hyper Devolution SprayCGC 100
–Trainer card (English name being checked)

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Sources (checked October 2026): Bulbapedia: Crossing the Ruins... · TCGdex: Japanese card lists · CGC Cards population report · PokeAPI: official Japanese Pokemon names · Samurai Sword Tokyo: Japanese old back vs new back