Chaos Rising

Transformation Tome

CRI083· Uncommon
Transformation Tome CRI 83

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Regulation mark
J
Number
83/86
Set
Chaos RisingCRISet guide
Illustrated by
Toyste Beach
You must play 2 Transformation Tome cards at once. (This effect works one time for 2 cards.) Choose a Basic Pokémon in your discard pile and switch it with 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. Any attached cards, damage counters, Special Conditions, turns in play, and any other effects remain on the new Pokémon.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    N's Zoroark ex runs it in 24 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  3. A strength

    Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 12, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
N's Zoroark ex24 of 4122CRI 83
Terapagos ex / Noctowl9 of 189CRI 83
Iono's Bellibolt ex3 of 273CRI 83
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone3 of 323CRI 83
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant2 of 392CRI 83
Mega Absol ex2 of 212CRI 83
Mega Charizard X ex2 of 392CRI 83
mega-zygarde-ex2 of 202CRI 83
other2 of 392CRI 83
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex1 of 241CRI 83

When it came out

Chaos Rising landed here on 22 May 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 13 March 2026, under the code M4. That is 70 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates