Double Crisis – Pokémon TCG Card List & Set Guide (2015)

Double Crisis マグマ団 VS アクア団ダブルクライシス Trading Card Game Set
General information

Cards	English: 34 Japanese: 34
Series	XY Series (Special Expansion)
Primary Focus	Team Magma vs Team Aqua
Previous Expansion	XY Primal Clash
Following Expansion	XY Roaring Skies
Associated Decks	Double Crisis Blisters
Released	March 25th, 2015 (English) January 30th, 2015 (Japanese)

Double Crisis booster pack featuring Team Magma’s Groudon and Courtney

Double Crisis is one of the more unusual releases of the XY era: a compact 34-card special expansion built entirely around the clash between Team Magma and Team Aqua. Released in English on March 25, 2015, it carried the villainous-team rivalry that ran through the Hoenn remakes (Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire) and the preceding Primal Clash set, and turned it into a set where every single card wears a team’s colours.

What really set Double Crisis apart was how you got it. There was no booster box — the seven-card packs were sold only inside special blister products, which made it a genuine oddity on the shelf and a fun target for collectors.

From the official set description:

Rival Ambitions: Aqua vs. Magma! Two teams of villains emerge from their hideouts to clash over the fate of the world in Pokémon TCG: Double Crisis! Team Aqua brings sheer brawn and willpower while Team Magma leverages logic, and both are willing to move land and sea to accomplish their goals.

Two Teams, One Set

Every Pokémon in Double Crisis belongs to one side of the feud — a “Team Magma’s” or “Team Aqua’s” version of a Hoenn favourite. Team Magma fields Camerupt, Aggron, Claydol and its legendary Groudon-EX; Team Aqua answers with Walrein, Muk, Sharpedo and Kyogre-EX. The two sides even share Pokémon: there’s a Team Aqua’s Poochyena and a Team Magma’s Poochyena, a Team Aqua’s Mightyena and a Team Magma’s Mightyena, replaying the rivalry right down to the pre-evolutions. Rounding it out are team-specific Grunts and Admins, Great Balls, Secret Base stadiums and a pair of special team Energy cards.

The Set You Couldn’t Buy by the Box

Double Crisis broke the usual rules of a TCG release. Its seven-card booster packs were never sold in booster boxes — the only way to get them was inside dedicated Double Crisis blister products, including character blisters (pairing Groudon with Courtney and Kyogre with Shelly) and Team Magma / Team Aqua collector’s pin four-pack blisters. That blister-only distribution made pulling both legendary EX cards harder than in a normal set, and it’s a big part of why Double Crisis still feels special to collectors today.

The Legendary EX and Team-Locked Decks

The two headliners are Team Aqua’s Kyogre-EX (6/34) and Team Magma’s Groudon-EX (15/34) — the set’s only EX cards and its clear chase pulls. Around them, the mechanics reward loyalty: the Grunts, Admins, Great Balls and Secret Bases each interact only with their own team’s Pokémon, and the Double Aqua Energy and Double Magma Energy provide two units of energy but power only matching-team attackers. The result nudged players toward mono-team decks, with the aggressive, low-cost Team Magma’s Groudon-EX seeing the most competitive play.

The set’s two headline EX cards: Team Aqua’s Kyogre-EX (6/34) and Team Magma’s Groudon-EX (15/34).

Products & Print Versions

Because there was no Double Crisis booster box, the set reached players entirely through blister products released on March 25, 2015. These included single-pack character blisters fronted by Groudon & Courtney or Kyogre & Shelly, and the Team Magma and Team Aqua collector’s pin four-pack blisters, each bundling boosters with a metal team pin. Every pack held seven cards. As a modern-era set, there’s no “1st Edition” print — that concept ended back in the vintage WotC days.

Double Crisis Team Magma collector’s pin blister

Double Crisis Team Aqua collector’s pin blister

The Team Magma and Team Aqua collector’s pin four-pack blisters — two of the blister products that carried Double Crisis to shelves.

Complete Set List

All 34 cards in Double Crisis, split down the middle between Team Magma and Team Aqua.

Card Image	No.	Card name	Rarity	Card type
	1/34	Team Magma’s Numel	Common	Fire
	2/34	Team Magma’s Camerupt	Rare Holo	Fire
	3/34	Team Aqua’s Spheal	Common	Water
	4/34	Team Aqua’s Sealeo	Common	Water
	5/34	Team Aqua’s Walrein	Rare Holo	Water
	6/34	Team Aqua’s Kyogre-EX	Rare Holo EX	Water
	7/34	Team Aqua’s Grimer	Common	Psychic
	8/34	Team Aqua’s Muk	Rare Holo	Psychic
	9/34	Team Aqua’s Seviper	Common	Psychic
	10/34	Team Magma’s Baltoy	Common	Psychic
	11/34	Team Magma’s Claydol	Rare Holo	Psychic
	12/34	Team Magma’s Aron	Common	Fighting
	13/34	Team Magma’s Lairon	Common	Fighting
	14/34	Team Magma’s Aggron	Rare Holo	Fighting
	15/34	Team Magma’s Groudon-EX	Rare Holo EX	Fighting
	16/34	Team Aqua’s Poochyena	Common	Darkness
	17/34	Team Magma’s Poochyena	Common	Darkness
	18/34	Team Aqua’s Mightyena	Common	Darkness
	19/34	Team Magma’s Mightyena	Common	Darkness
	20/34	Team Aqua’s Carvanha	Common	Darkness
	21/34	Team Aqua’s Sharpedo	Rare Holo	Darkness
	22/34	Team Magma’s Zangoose	Common	Colorless
	23/34	Aqua Diffuser	Uncommon	Item
	24/34	Magma Pointer	Uncommon	Item
	25/34	Team Aqua Admin	Uncommon	Supporter
	26/34	Team Aqua Grunt	Uncommon	Supporter
	27/34	Team Aqua’s Great Ball	Uncommon	Item
	28/34	Team Aqua’s Secret Base	Uncommon	Stadium
	29/34	Team Magma Admin	Uncommon	Supporter
	30/34	Team Magma Grunt	Uncommon	Supporter
	31/34	Team Magma’s Great Ball	Uncommon	Item
	32/34	Team Magma’s Secret Base	Uncommon	Stadium
	33/34	Double Aqua Energy	Uncommon	Special Energy
	34/34	Double Magma Energy	Uncommon	Special Energy

For Collectors: Most Valuable Cards

With no secret rares or full-art cards, Double Crisis keeps things simple: the two legendary EX cards sit at the top of the want-list. Team Aqua’s Kyogre-EX (6/34) and Team Magma’s Groudon-EX (15/34) are the headline pulls, followed by the set’s Rare Holo evolutions — Camerupt, Walrein, Muk, Claydol, Aggron and Sharpedo.

Most Powerful Cards (Competitive Play)

Team Magma’s Groudon-EX (15/34) was the set’s standout in competitive play — a hard-hitting Fighting attacker with a low enough cost to pressure opponents early, slotting neatly into the aggressive Fighting decks of the 2015 Standard format. Team Aqua’s Kyogre-EX (6/34) offered a bulkier Water option. Because the team-locked support cards didn’t cross over, Double Crisis decks tended to commit fully to one side of the war.

Trivia & Points of Interest

Double Crisis is the English release of the Japanese Concept Pack: Team Magma vs Team Aqua — Double Crisis, a standalone themed pack rather than a numbered main expansion.
It’s one of very few modern sets never sold in booster boxes — blister products were the only way to get it.
The set’s tagline was “Rival Ambitions: Aqua vs. Magma!”
Nearly every card carries a “Team Magma’s” or “Team Aqua’s” prefix; even the two Double Energy cards pick a side.