I’m aware that Spanish Vintage Pokémon Trading Cards are kinda underrated and I’d like to “preserve” this information, so I considered this as the perfect place since I know that there’re collectors and species collectors that might appreciate it.
Spanish Ho-Oh Theme Deck Box:
In a certain moment of ex era (probably between 2006-2007), a brazilian publishing house called “Devir Livraria” distributed an Unseen Forces Theme Deck which was starring by Ho-Oh. Unlike English Unseen Forces’s Golden Sky Theme Deck, Devir’s Ho-Oh Deck Box was unusual. It was a red box with Sugimori’s watercolor Ho-Oh artwork and the text was in Portuguese. In fact, almost everything else was in Portuguese (Booklets, Battle Guide and even the Poster). The only thing that wasn’t in Portuguese was the Deck. Unlike English Unseen Forces’s Golden Sky Theme Deck, Devir’s Ho-Oh Deck only had 30 cards (instead of 60 cards) that were in Spanish for unknown reasons. The box specifies that cards are actually in Spanish.
This is the box of Ho-Oh’s Theme Deck. As you can see, text is in Portuguese, but there’s a warning message that specifies that cards are in Spanish and memorabilia is in Portuguese
Inside box, you can find the Booklet, Poster and Battle Guide
Spanish Cosmos Holofoil Ho-Oh:
By opening Spanish Unseen Forces you can find that Ho-Oh has 2 variants: Non-Holo and Reverse Holo (Poké Ball Pattern Stamp + Expansion Logo Stamp). However, Ho-Oh from this Theme Deck doesn’t have any of the characteristics: It lacks of Poké Ball Pattern Stamp and also lacks of Expansion Logo Stamp. (In other words, the Holofoil Pattern is totally different, giving as result a card that can only be obtained via this Deck (at least in Spanish))
I asked Eskizo if he can provide me a photo of his Spanish Cosmos Holofoil Ho-Oh and I started working. This is the result. Hope you like it.
Ho-Oh 27/115
(Unseen Forces) [Cosmos Holo]
To make a comparison of the Holofoil, here you have Spanish Cosmos Holofoil Ho-Oh
… and my Spanish Unseen Forces Meganium (Reverse Holo)
I’d have also liked to make the comparison between the different Ho-Oh Spanish variants from Unseen Forces. However, I haven’t found images with decent quality yet. If I find, I’ll update this thread.
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou. When I made a short version of this thread on Twitter, I told him that I liked that illustration. He liked the information!!! ![]()
https://twitter.com/Kouglof0513/status/1687286847226142720
Spanish Non-Holo Typhlosion:
By opening Spanish Unseen Forces you can find that Typhlosion has 2 variants: Holo and Reverse Holo (Poké Ball Pattern Stamp + Expansion Logo Stamp). However, the Typhlosion from this Deck lacks of Holofoil effect and Expansion Logo Stamp. (In other words, the non Holofoil version can only be obtained via this Deck (at least in Spanish))
I asked Eskizo if he can provide me a photo of his Spanish Non-Holofoil Typhlosion and I started working. This is the result. Hope you like it.
Typhlosion 17/115
(Unseen Forces) [Non-Holo]
Illustration by Hajime Kusajima
I’d have also liked to make the comparison between the different Typhlosion Spanish variants from Unseen Forces. However, I haven’t found images with decent quality yet. If I find, I’ll update this thread.
Other cards:
This Theme Deck is technically the “Spanish Equivalent” of Golden Sky Theme Deck. However it include less cards. This Theme Deck includes only 30 cards.
It includes cards such as:
- Quilava 45/115
(Unseen Forces) → x2 - Cyndaquil 54/115
(Unseen Forces) → x2 - Quagsire 44/115
(Unseen Forces) → x1 - Wooper 79/115
(Unseen Forces) → x2 - Pupitar 70/115
(Unseen Forces) → x2 - Larvitar 61/115
(Unseen Forces) → x2 - Mary’s Request 86/115
(Unseen Forces) → x1 - Energy Removal 2 82/115
(Unseen Forces) → x1 - Energy Search 94/115
(Unseen Forces) → x2 - Potion 95/115
(Unseen Forces) → x1 - Fire Energy → x6
- Fighting Energy → x6
Energy cards:
Spanish ex era only had 2 expansions: Ruby & Sapphire and Unseen Forces. It’s curious how in any of those 2 Energy cards weren’t translated despite other type of cards were. They kept it in English (“Energy” instead of “Energía”). Reasons are totally unknown.
Spanish Ruby & Sapphire Fire Energy
Credits: AtoMan
Spanish Ho-Oh Theme Deck (Unseen Forces) Fire Energy
Credits: Eskizo
Spanish Lugia Theme Deck Box?
According to the booklet that came in the Box, it specifies that there’s also a Lugia Theme Deck. It’s probably that it’s the Spanish Counterpart of the English Unseen Forces’s Silvery Ocean Theme Deck. However, its existence is still unconfirmed (I don’t know if Lugia Deck was actually launched in Spanish).
If it exists and you have proves that it’s actually real, contact me as soon as possible.
Conclusion:
To sum up, this is an interesting part of TCG history. Unseen Forces in Spanish is an expansion that for some reason was launched in Spanish and its cards are rare to find. The existence of this Theme Deck was totally unknown for most people (including myself). Eskizo uploaded a video and he contacted me some days ago. Thanks to his work we can confirm the existence of Cosmos Holo Ho-Oh
and Non-Holo Typhlosion
.
You can watch Eskizo’s video here:
I hope you’ve liked this thread. It was really interesting to write ![]()
Dr. Omanyte











