Gallade is one of only a handful of Pokemon that exists because of gender, not evolution stones or trading — a male-only branch off Kirlia that swaps Gardevoir’s psychic focus for a blade-armed fighter. On the card side, Gallade cards run from the XY-era M Gallade-EX to a string of quieter modern releases most collectors have never lined up side by side.
This guide catalogs every Japanese Gallade printing we can verify by card number — from the 2015 Emerald Break Mega debut through the 2022 Battle Region reprint — tells you which sets to open if you want to pull one yourself, and flags the older and rumored prints where the Japanese card number simply hasn’t been confirmed yet, so we don’t hand you a number that doesn’t check out.
Every card number and set date below was cross-checked against Limitless TCG’s individual card pages, with Bulbapedia’s Gallade page used for the broader release history. Where the two sources disagreed, or where Limitless simply didn’t have a matching Japanese page to check against, we’ve said so explicitly rather than filling the gap with a guess. That leaves this guide shorter on some older cards than a full career retrospective would be — but every number you do see here is one you can look up yourself and confirm.
Six Japanese Gallade printings carry Limitless-verified card numbers, spanning Emerald Break (XY6, 2015) — home to both Gallade EX and M Gallade-EX — through Battle Region (S9a, 2022). The two boxes confirmed to contain a Gallade print are Silvery Lance and Dream League.
- The Silvery Lance and Dream League boxes, the two sets confirmed to contain a Gallade card, are both currently listed on the store.
- M Gallade-EX 031/078 is offered as a PSA 10 back order.
- The modern Mega Gallade ex has its own guide: Mega Gallade ex SAR, Get Battle and every printing.
- Set-by-set card lists are on the Pokemon card list page.
Prices below are current listings as of October 22, 2026. USD figures convert at ¥154/USD, approximate. Figures are our own listed prices, not third-party market data.
Who Is Gallade?
Gallade (Japanese: エルレイド, Elreid) is the male-exclusive evolution of Kirlia, introduced as a counterpart to the female-line evolution, Gardevoir. Card-wise, Gallade evolved from a single EX-era debut in 2015 into a recurring lower-rarity print across five more Japanese sets through 2022, which we’ve laid out below by card number rather than by rarity or hype, so you can tell exactly what you’re holding.
If you’re building out the full Ralts line rather than just one branch, our Gardevoir cards guide covers the other side — two guides, one evolution line, split the same way the games split it.
Gallade Cards: Every Verified Japanese Printing
Six Japanese Gallade prints carry a Limitless-verified card number. Two additional cards — a 2007 debut and a Sword & Shield-era V — are confirmed to exist by Bulbapedia but without a matching Japanese card number we could independently verify, so they’re listed separately below rather than mixed into this table.
| Card | Set (JP) | Number | Rarity | Year | EN counterpart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallade EX | Emerald Break (XY6) | 030/078 | Double Rare | 2015 | Roaring Skies 34/108 |
| M Gallade-EX | Emerald Break (XY6) | 031/078 | Double Rare | 2015 | Roaring Skies 35/108 |
| Gallade | EX Battle Boost (EBB) | 065 | — | — | Legendary Treasures 81/113 |
| Gallade | Dream League (SM11b) | 027/049 | Rare | 2019 | Cosmic Eclipse 82/236 |
| Gallade | Battle Region (S9a) | 034/067 | Rare | 2022 | Astral Radiance 062/189 |
| Gallade | Silvery Lance (S6H) | 040/070 | Uncommon | 2021 | Chilling Reign 81/198 |
Two of these — Silvery Lance and Dream League — are also the two sets we currently have sealed boxes from, and the sections below dig into each printing in the order they released.
The 2015 Debut: Gallade EX and M Gallade-EX (Emerald Break)
Gallade’s first EX-era printing landed in Emerald Break (XY6), Japan’s release of the set English collectors know as Roaring Skies, and the set gave Gallade the full EX-to-Mega treatment in one release.
Gallade EX (030/078) is the standard EX-era attacker card, Double Rare in the Japanese rarity scheme, and it corresponds to Roaring Skies 34/108 in English. M Gallade-EX (031/078) sits directly after it in the set numbering, also Double Rare, matching Roaring Skies 35/108.
M Gallade-EX 031/078 is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥21,000 (~$136) — sourced to order; the product page shows the current terms. Both cards are the highest-priority prints in this guide, since M Gallade-EX has no confirmed reprint anywhere else in the six-card lineup.
The Modern Run: EX Battle Boost, Dream League, Battle Region, Silvery Lance
After Emerald Break, Gallade settled into a steadier pattern of lower-rarity reprints across four more Japanese sets — useful cards for a binder, if not headline chase pulls. Laid end to end, the release cadence looks like: 2015 (Emerald Break, two cards), an undated EX Battle Boost print, then a roughly four-year gap before Dream League in 2019, followed by Silvery Lance in 2021 and Battle Region in 2022 — back-to-back years after a long quiet stretch, with no single year producing more than the original two-card Emerald Break drop.
EX Battle Boost (card 065) was a booster-pack-plus-accessory product rather than a full expansion; its English counterpart is Legendary Treasures 81/113. Limitless doesn’t display a separate rarity symbol for this card on its listing page, so we’re not assigning one. It’s worth noting Chandelure got its own EX Battle Boost print in the same product, card 061 — if the EX-era EBB era is what you’re after, our Chandelure cards guide has that side of it.
Dream League (SM11b, 027/049, Rare) released August 2, 2019, in the same set that gave the format Reshiram & Zekrom-GX — if you’re chasing that set’s headline pulls too, see our Zekrom cards guide. The Dream League box is currently listed at ¥153,773 (~$999). For the set’s full chase-card lineup, see our Dream League set guide.
Battle Region (S9a, 034/067, Rare) released February 25, 2022, carrying the F regulation mark, and is the same set that printed Chandelure at card 014 — see our Chandelure cards guide for that side of the set. For a full breakdown of the set’s chase cards, our Battle Region best cards guide covers it in depth.
Silvery Lance (S6H, 040/070, Uncommon) is the Uncommon print of the lineup. Released in 2021, it corresponds to Chilling Reign 81/198 in English. The box is currently listed at ¥16,291 (~$106), the lower-priced of the two boxes confirmed to contain a Gallade card.
Collecting Priorities
Not every Gallade print is worth the same effort. Working from the verified printings table above, here’s how we’d rank the six by what each is actually good for, rather than by rarity tier alone:
- Cheapest way to open a pack with Gallade in it — Silvery Lance (S6H), currently the lower-priced of the two boxes confirmed to contain a Gallade card.
- Most recent verified print — Battle Region (S9a, 2022), also the set that pairs naturally with a Chandelure pickup from the same box.
- The chase-tier print — M Gallade-EX (Emerald Break, XY6), the closest thing to a headline Gallade card in this lineup.
- Set-completion pieces — EX Battle Boost (065) and Dream League (SM11b 027/049), both lower-key prints best suited to filling out a full-run Gallade collection rather than chasing on their own.
If your goal is simply to own every verified Gallade printing, the two sealed boxes above only get you two of the six — Silvery Lance and Dream League. The other four (Gallade EX, M Gallade-EX, EX Battle Boost, and Battle Region) can be requested directly through Quick Order.
Older and Rumored Prints We Won’t Guess On
A few Gallade cards are documented on Bulbapedia but don’t have a Japanese card number we could independently confirm on Limitless as of this writing. We’re naming them so you know they exist, without inventing the numbers.
- Gallade’s first English print was Secret Wonders 6/132 (2007); the Japanese counterpart set is “Shining Darkness,” but the matching Japanese card number is unconfirmed.
- Gallade V exists per Bulbapedia, with an English Lost Origin print and a Japanese “Dark Phantasma” counterpart across multiple rarities — but the specific Japanese card number is unconfirmed, so we’re not listing one here.
- A Mega Gallade ex tied to “Chaos Rising” is referenced on Bulbapedia in a promo context; the Japanese card number is unconfirmed and we’re not speculating on it.
If any of these get verified card numbers in a future update, we’ll add them to the table above. In practice, this matters most if you’re buying a raw single from a marketplace listing that names one of these three cards without a Japanese card number attached — treat that listing with extra caution, since we couldn’t confirm the number ourselves against Limitless’s individual card database.
How to Collect Gallade from Japan
The practical path to a Gallade card is opening the sets that are confirmed to contain one. Silvery Lance is the lower-cost entry; Dream League, currently listed at ¥153,773 (~$999), is a bigger commitment but pulls a Rare-tier Gallade alongside the set’s GX chase cards.
If you’re specifically after Gallade, M Gallade-EX, or any other print from the table above as a single, you can request a quote via our Quick Order page and we’ll follow up on availability.
Where to Buy
We ship Japanese sealed product from Tokyo with tracked delivery. For a wider view of graded Japanese singles across characters and sets, browse our PSA 10 card list hub.
For more character deep dives, see our Gardevoir cards guide, Chandelure cards guide, and Flygon cards guide.
How We Verified This Guide
Every card number, rarity, and release date above comes from a direct check of Limitless TCG’s individual Japanese card pages, run alongside Bulbapedia’s character page for the broader release history. Where a source cited a card but Limitless had no matching Japanese page to confirm the number against — the 2007 debut set, the V print, and the Chaos Rising Mega reference — we’ve flagged it as unconfirmed above rather than transcribing a number we couldn’t independently check. This pass was completed August 25, 2026; if a currently-unconfirmed print gets a verifiable Japanese number in a future set list, we’ll fold it into the table.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did M Gallade-EX first appear?
In Emerald Break (XY6), card 031/078, Double Rare, released in 2015. Its English counterpart is Roaring Skies 35/108.
What sets feature Gallade in recent years?
Battle Region (S9a 034/067, Rare, 2022), Dream League (SM11b 027/049, Rare, 2019), and Silvery Lance (S6H 040/070, Uncommon, 2021).
Is there a Gallade V?
Yes, per Bulbapedia — an English Lost Origin print with a Japanese “Dark Phantasma” counterpart across multiple rarities. The specific Japanese card number is unconfirmed as of this writing, so we’re not listing one.
What is Gallade’s Japanese name?
Elreid (エルレイド). It’s the male-exclusive evolution of Kirlia, introduced as a counterpart to Gardevoir, the female-line evolution.
Where can I buy Gallade cards?
You can request specific Gallade prints via our Quick Order page, or buy Silvery Lance or Dream League booster boxes, both confirmed to contain a Gallade card. PSA independently determines authenticity and grade on any graded copy you’re comparing across marketplaces.
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