Banette — known as Jupetta (ジュペッタ) in Japan — has appeared on Pokemon card sets for well over two decades, starting as an EX-era holo rare and turning up again in the newest MEGA-era product line. Most of that run, as tracked in Limitless’s English-language database, shows up under English set names. Three Japanese-specific prints are verified for this guide, including a modern current-era ex and a card that’s currently sitting in our own graded inventory.
This guide covers the Japanese Banette prints worth knowing — where the card we currently carry fits into Start Decks 100 Battle Collection, what the current-era Banette ex looks like, and where the long English-language print run sits relative to those two. We ship Japanese sealed product and graded singles out of Tokyo every week, so the stock references here come from our own catalog.
The Japanese-specific Banette lineup is short but current: a Champion Road GX print from 2018, a Violet ex (sv1V 041) print from 2023, and the newest — a Start Decks 100 card graded and currently listed at ¥20,394 as PSA10 Banette AR Style [MC 749/742]. At that price it also fits our roundup of the best PSA10 Japanese cards under ¥30,000.
The only price in this guide is our own currently listed stock, as of August 2026. We don’t quote outside market prices or pull-based odds — this is a print-identification guide, not a valuation chart.
Every Banette Print Worth Knowing
Banette’s English-language print history, per Limitless, is long, and its verified Japanese-specific appearances are comparatively rare. Here’s the print history traced for this guide, oldest era to newest — English-language sets per Limitless’s database, plus the three Japanese prints verified separately for this guide:
| Karte | Number | Set | Set (English release) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banette | HL 1 | EX Hidden Legends | English |
| Banette ex Ultra Rare | LM 85 | EX Legend Maker | English |
| Banette | CG 1 / PK 4 | Crystal Guardians / Power Keepers | English |
| Banette | SW 23 | Stormfront | English |
| Banette | PL 19 | Platinum | English |
| Banette | TM 14 | Triumphant | English |
| Banette | ROS 31 / ROS 32 | Roaring Skies | English |
| Banette-GX | — | Champion Road (SM6b) | Japanese (verified separately) |
| Banette-GX | CES 66 / 157 / 174 | Celestial Storm | English |
| Banette | HIF SV61 | Hidden Fates (Shiny) | English |
| Banette | VIV 68 | Vivid Voltage | English |
| Banette | CRE 63 | Chilling Reign | English |
| Banette | LOR 73 / LOR TG7 | Lost Origin | English |
| Banette ex | sv1V 041 RR | Violet ex | Japanese (verified separately) |
| Banette ex | SVI 88/229 | Scarlet & Violet | English |
| Banette | MC 749/742 | Start Decks 100 Battle Collection | Japanese (verified separately) |
| Banette | ASC 91 / ASC 234 Art Rare | Ascended Heroes | English |
| Banette | JTG 60 | Journey Together | English |
The pattern is clear once you lay it out: Banette has appeared in nearly every English-language block since the mid-2000s per Limitless’s database, and three Japanese-specific prints are verified for this guide — a GX card in 2018, a standard-legal ex in 2023, and the Start Decks 100 card covered below.
The Anchor: Banette AR Style, Start Decks 100
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Start Decks 100 Battle Collection released in Japan on December 19, 2025, and it’s a large set — 774 cards registered in total, spanning a standard numbered run from 1 through 766 plus a block of special-slot cards above that.
Banette sits at card 749, in that special-slot range above the standard 766-card run. It’s a Psychic-type, Stage 1 card (evolving from Shuppet) with 90 HP. Its ability, Cursed Words, forces the opponent to choose three cards from their hand and shuffle them back into their deck. Its attack, Spooky Shot, costs one Psychic and one Colorless energy for 70 damage. It’s weak to Darkness, resists Fighting by 20, retreats for 1, and carries regulation mark I — meaning it’s usable under current tournament rules. The illustrator is YASHIRO Nanaco.
Our own catalog title lists this card as „AR Style“ with a printed denominator of /742, rather than /766. Card number 749 itself is confirmed against Limitless TCG’s Start Decks 100 database, but we haven’t independently confirmed the exact rarity name or printed denominator against an official rarity chart — treat those two details as our own listing description rather than a verified rarity code.
This is the copy in our own stock: a PSA10-graded example, currently listed at ¥20,394 as PSA10 Banette AR Style [MC 749/742]. If you want to see how the rest of Start Decks 100’s rarity structure works before you shop, our Japanese Pokemon card rarities explained guide covers how tiers like this are laid out across modern sets.
Banette ex: Violet ex (sv1V 041)
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Japan’s current-era Banette is Banette ex, card 041 in the 2023 expansion pack Violet ex (sv1V), printed at rarity RR. It has an official card page on Pokemon Card’s own site, confirming both the print and the set. This is the Banette print most likely to turn up in a current Standard-legal Japanese deck rather than a display case, and it’s a separate card entirely from both the Champion Road GX and the Start Decks 100 anchor above — three different Banette prints, three different eras.
The English-side equivalent of this ex era is Scarlet & Violet’s own Banette ex (SVI 88/229), listed in the print-history table above.
The Long English-Only Run
Outside of the three Japanese prints above, Banette’s presence in the TCG has almost entirely run through English-language sets. It starts with a holo rare in EX Hidden Legends and an Ultra Rare Banette ex in EX Legend Maker, then continues through Crystal Guardians, Power Keepers, Stormfront, Platinum, Triumphant, and a pair of prints in Roaring Skies.
The GX era brought the three Celestial Storm numbers referenced above, followed by appearances in Hidden Fates (a Shiny print), Vivid Voltage, and Chilling Reign. Lost Origin added two more — a standard number and a Trainer Gallery character-rare slot. The current Scarlet & Violet era carries Banette ex at SVI 88/229, and the newest MEGA-era set, Ascended Heroes, includes both a standard 91 print and an Art Rare at 234. Journey Together adds JTG 60 to close out the list traced here.
Three Japanese-specific prints are verified for this guide — the 2018 Champion Road GX, the 2023 Violet ex, and the Start Decks 100 anchor covered below. If you’re specifically collecting the Japanese side of Banette, those are the three prints we can confirm.
Is There a Mega Banette Card?
Mega Banette exists as a Mega Evolution in the mainline Pokemon games, but a Mega Banette Pokemon TCG card hasn’t turned up in our research for this guide. If a Mega Banette card exists, we haven’t found it — we’re not able to confirm or point you to one.
Given how recently the MEGA-era Japanese sets (Storm Emeralda, Ascended Heroes, and Start Decks 100 among them) have started rolling out, that could change. For now, the Start Decks 100 anchor above and the Violet ex print are the two current-era Japanese Banette cards actually available.
Two Modern Japanese Banette Cards, Compared
If you’re deciding which current-era Japanese Banette to look for, these are the two options with confirmed official prints:
The Start Decks 100 print is the one we currently carry graded; the Violet ex print is the one you’d look for if you specifically want a playable, regulation-mark-current Banette in a Standard deck alongside a Ghost-type collection.
Where to Buy Japanese Banette Cards
We ship Japanese sealed product and graded singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. The most direct route to the Start Decks 100 anchor’s own set is sealed product from the same release:
If you’d rather buy a single card outright, we currently carry graded pieces from the same set alongside the Banette anchor, including:
- PSA10 Boss’s Orders (Karasuba) SR Style [MC 760/742] — currently listed at ¥16,665 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
- PSA10 MEGA Charizard Y ex, Mirror [MC 085/742] — currently listed at ¥22,555
- MEGA Start Deck 100 Battle Collection (single pack) — currently listed at ¥1,365
For the full set breakdown of what’s inside Start Decks 100, see our Start Decks 100 Battle Collection guide. For another Ghost-type with a deep Japanese print history, see our Gengar Pokemon cards guide. Or use our Quick Order page to build a mixed order of boxes and singles in one checkout.
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What set is the Banette AR Style [MC 749/742] card from?
It’s from Start Decks 100 Battle Collection (Limitless set code MC), a large Japanese release from December 19, 2025 with 774 registered cards. Banette sits at card 749, in the special-slot range above the standard 766-card run.
Is there a Mega Banette Pokemon card?
Mega Banette exists as a Mega Evolution in the mainline games, but we haven’t been able to confirm a Mega Banette Pokemon TCG card. If one exists, we don’t currently have a confirmed source for it.
What is Banette ex from Violet ex (sv1V 041), and is it tournament legal?
It’s the current-era Japanese Banette, printed at rarity RR in the 2023 expansion pack Violet ex, card number 041. It’s a separate print from both the Champion Road GX card and the Start Decks 100 anchor covered in this guide.
Has Banette appeared in English-language Pokemon sets more than in Japanese sets?
Per Limitless’s English-language database, yes — this guide traces over a dozen English-language Banette prints spanning EX Hidden Legends through the current Ascended Heroes and Journey Together sets, compared with three Japanese-specific prints verified for this guide: the 2018 Champion Road GX, the 2023 Violet ex, and the Start Decks 100 anchor.
Where can I buy Japanese Banette Pokemon cards?
We ship Japanese sealed product and graded singles worldwide from Tokyo. PSA10 Banette AR Style [MC 749/742] is currently listed at ¥20,394, and sealed Start Decks 100 product and other graded singles from the same set are available via our Quick Order page.
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