diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bccae9..779a83f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ Working app with a type-themed UI:
   filter drawer: type, generation, ability, egg group, minimum BST, and
   "fully evolved only" (derived client-side from each species' evolves-from
   link — no extra fetches). A "Notes" chip filters to Pokémon with a note;
-  cards with one get a small 📝 mark.
+  cards with one get a small 📝 mark. When a specific game is selected,
+  cards show a version-exclusive badge ("Ruby only") — derived from the
+  snapshot's baked wild-encounter data, so gift/trade-only exclusives are
+  missed.
 - **Notes** — a free-text note per Pokémon on its detail page (trade plans,
   where you caught it, anything), autosaving as you type and flushing
   immediately on blur or navigation so a quick tab-away never drops a
@@ -135,8 +138,8 @@ Working app with a type-themed UI:
   offer (toast + Settings button), manifest shortcuts to Team / Search /
   Type chart.
 
-Not yet done: version-exclusive badges, an interactive region map (PokéAPI
-has no map imagery or coordinates), and a formal Lighthouse pass.
+Not yet done: an interactive region map (PokéAPI has no map imagery or
+coordinates), and a formal Lighthouse pass.
 
 ## Notes
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-snapshot.mjs b/scripts/build-snapshot.mjs
index 8ac3179..1f69e0e 100644
--- a/scripts/build-snapshot.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build-snapshot.mjs
@@ -320,6 +320,35 @@ async function main() {
     };
   });
 
+  // ---- Version exclusivity (from wild encounters) ---------------
+  // For each game, the versions a species has wild encounters in. If that's
+  // a non-empty strict subset of the game's versions, it's version
+  // exclusive there. Wild-only — gift/trade/evolution exclusives are missed.
+  const versionToVg = {};
+  for (const vg of versionGroups) for (const v of vg.versions) versionToVg[v] = vg.key;
+  const vgVersionCount = Object.fromEntries(versionGroups.map((vg) => [vg.key, vg.versions.length]));
+  console.log(`Fetching wild encounters for ${species.length} species …`);
+  await mapLimit(species, CONCURRENCY, async (sp) => {
+    let enc;
+    try {
+      enc = await api(`pokemon/${sp.id}/encounters`);
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+    const byVg = {};
+    for (const area of enc) {
+      for (const vd of area.version_details || []) {
+        const vg = versionToVg[vd.version.name];
+        if (vg) (byVg[vg] ||= new Set()).add(vd.version.name);
+      }
+    }
+    const excl = {};
+    for (const [vg, set] of Object.entries(byVg)) {
+      if (set.size > 0 && set.size < (vgVersionCount[vg] || 1)) excl[vg] = [...set];
+    }
+    if (Object.keys(excl).length) sp.exclusiveIn = excl;
+  });
+
   // ---- Moves index -------------------------------------------
   const moveIndex = await api('move?limit=100000');
   console.log(`Fetching ${moveIndex.results.length} moves …`);
diff --git a/src/components/Card.js b/src/components/Card.js
index bd90d3a..8066813 100644
--- a/src/components/Card.js
+++ b/src/components/Card.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { typeHex } from '../lib/type-color.js';
 import { typesForGen } from '../lib/type-resolve.js';
 import { prefersReducedMotion } from '../store/settings.js';
 import { buzz } from '../lib/haptics.js';
+import { prettify } from '../data/pokedex-resolver.js';
 
 /**
  * One Pokémon in the dex feed. Tinted by its primary type: a soft top-down
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ export function Card(species, number, { spriteStyle = 'official', versionGroup,
         const n = (species.forms?.length || 0) + (species.cosmeticForms?.length || 0);
         return n ? el('span', { class: 'card__forms' }, `+${n} form${n > 1 ? 's' : ''}`) : null;
       })(),
+      (() => {
+        const ex = versionGroup && versionGroup !== 'all' && species.exclusiveIn?.[versionGroup];
+        return ex
+          ? el('span', { class: 'card__excl', title: 'Version exclusive (wild)' }, `${ex.map(prettify).join(' & ')} only`)
+          : null;
+      })(),
       metric ? el('span', { class: 'card__metric' }, metric) : null,
     ),
   );
diff --git a/src/styles/layout.css b/src/styles/layout.css
index c6ac1c3..bc9afe1 100644
--- a/src/styles/layout.css
+++ b/src/styles/layout.css
@@ -2912,6 +2912,18 @@
   font-weight: 700;
   color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--type-main) 55%, var(--text-dim));
 }
+.card__excl {
+  align-self: flex-start;
+  margin-top: 4px;
+  font-size: 0.6rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
+  padding: 2px 7px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--type-main) 22%, var(--surface-2));
+  color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--type-main) 70%, var(--ink));
+}
 
 /* ---- Type chart page ---------------------------------------- */
 .tchart__scroll {