Banette Japanese Pokemon Cards Guide

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:

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.

Banette-GX: Champion Road (SM6b, 2018)

Before the current ex era, Japan’s one dedicated Banette spotlight card was a GX print. The official Pokemon Card news site announced it on April 20, 2018, under the headline “a Banette-GX that freely manipulates Support cards,” tied to the strengthened expansion pack Champion Road (SM6b). A second Banette-GX print is also associated with the high-class pack “GX Ultra Shiny,” per secondary listings, though we haven’t independently confirmed that second print’s exact card number here.

The Japanese Champion Road (SM6b) Banette-GX is a separate release from Celestial Storm’s 66/157/174 Banette-GX trio, also listed in the print-history table above — both are confirmed Banette-GX prints, but we haven’t verified a direct set-to-set relationship between the two.

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.

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:

Banette, MC 749/742 (Start Decks 100)

PSA10 — currently listed at ¥20,394

Banette ex, sv1V 041, RR (Violet ex)

Standard-legal current print

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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.

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