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Unown

Unseen Forces X/115 • rare

Set: Unseen Forces
Number: X/115
Rarity: Rare
Released: 2005
Energy type: Psychic
Market price: $44.13

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What it's worth

$44.13market price via TCGplayer · Aug 6, 2026$35.44 – $46.62 over the tracked period

$44.13Aug 6, 2026

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Lore

Why it matters

The Unown cards from the 2005 Unseen Forces set are notable for their unique "Hidden Power" mechanic, which allowed players to include multiple cards with different letters in a deck to create complex strategic effects. Because the set featured the entire alphabet of Unown, collectors often prize these cards for the challenge of completing the full collection of 28 distinct designs.

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Card face

What it does

60 HPBasic

Poké-PowerShuffle

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for another Unown and switch it with Unown. (Any cards attached to Unown, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) If you do, put Unown on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. You can't use more than 1 Shuffle Poké-Power each turn.

Cost: psychic energy colorless energyHidden Power20×

Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.

Weaknesspsychic energy×2Retreatcolorless energy

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Formats

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Unown card from the 2005 EX Unseen Forces expansion represents a unique mechanical experiment within the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Designed during the peak of the EX era, the card features the mysterious, alphabet-shaped Pokémon introduced in the second generation of video games. The set was thematic, focusing on the Johto region and the legendary Pokémon associated with its history, providing a platform for the Unown to be featured as a collectible set of individual cards that could interact with one another in gameplay.

The artistic direction for the EX Unseen Forces set favored a clean, semi-minimalist aesthetic that allowed the illustrative work of artists like Hiromichi Sugiyama and Kouki Saitou to stand out. The Unown cards were noted by players for their specific utility in competitive decks, as they allowed for a deck-thinning mechanic that helped streamline card draws. While individual Unown cards from this set are not high-value chase cards compared to the set's holographic Gold Star releases, they remain significant to collectors for their consistency in design and their role in the specific meta-game of the mid-2000s.

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