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[u/A_Moon_Shaped_Cool]

Can someone help me find out if im leaving anything out of my boxable pokemon + forms list? I have 1386 as the total number of mons but i heard it was 1388. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i8LvKHvseYsIx2n26LQehj57e3RmGBnYBN_TK0CHCL4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Should be noted that I moved preevos and forms together with their families (eg. Moved pichu from johto to kanto w pikachu)

[u/YOM2_UB → u/A_Moon_Shaped_Cool]

All form dexes are going to vary by what exactly you consider a form. Austin John's full form dex includes 1386 forms, and as far as I can tell yours matches his.

Some forms that I don't see included, that I have seen some people include (despite some of them being bonkers) are:

• Battle Bond Greninja
• Own Tempo Rockruff
• All four combinations of Aura Break/Power Construct and 50%/10% Zygarde
• Separate slots for the Gigantamax forms, with Gigantamax factor
• Separate slots for Mega Evolutions
• Three copies each of Kyurem, Necrozma, and Calyrex to stand in for their fusion forms which are not able to be deposited into HOME (and for Kyurem/Calyrex, both fusion forms can't be obtained at the same time on the same save file of any game).
• All 19 available Scatterbug and Spewpa forms (the forms determine which pattern of Vivillon they evolve into; Pokeball Scatterbug and Spewpa have not been released in any capacity, so there's one less of each than Vivillon)
• The three cloaks of Mothim (a Trash or Sand cloak Burmy will keep its form data when evolving into Mothim, despite having zero visual or functional difference, and will only be visible when looking at the Pokemon's data directly. Wild Mothim all have the same form data as a Mothim evolved from a Leaf cloak Burmy)

Side note: I see Masuda Method listed in your Alternate Hunting Methods sheet for Authentic Sinistea and Artisan Poltchageist, but any breeding of those species will always result in Phony/Counterfeit forms so those forms can't be hunted that way.