Pokémon Buying and selling Card Recreation releases its newest growth, Scarlet & Violet – Obsidian Flames, subsequent week. With Charizard serving because the figurehead Pokémon for this growth, it is certain to be a well-liked launch given that individual Pocket Monster’s historical past with the TCG.
This growth continues constructing on the Scarlet and Violet video games with much more Paldean species but in addition provides type-shifted Tera Pokémon ex. This mechanic recollects the Delta Species mechanic from the early 2000s, the place the strongest type of a Pokémon may very well be of a distinct kind than its evolutionary chain. Nonetheless, type-shifted Tera Pokémon ex truly make sense inside the context of the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet video games, as Tera Pokémon typically change sorts once they Terastallize. One of many marquee type-shifted Tera Pokémon is a Darkness-type Charizard ex.
Obsidian Flames provides greater than 190 new playing cards to the TCG, together with greater than 20 new Pokémon ex playing cards, greater than 15 Coach playing cards, and a bunch of special-illustration Pokémon and Coach playing cards. The Pokémon Firm despatched a bunch of booster packs our means so we will see what we may pull. You possibly can see my favourite playing cards I bought within the gallery beneath.
I used to be initially underwhelmed by my pulls; I bought just a few favorites like Clefable and Scizor early on – however I used to be inundated by the identical Darkrai and Geeta playing cards again and again. Nonetheless, that was solely till I bought all the way down to my last two booster packs after I apparently caught hearth. There, in back-to-back booster packs, I pulled each of my Charizard playing cards – considered one of which is a particular illustration uncommon pull. I additionally managed to get a hyper-rare Artazon card, full with gold trim. This doubtless will not go down as my favourite growth Pokémon Buying and selling Card Recreation has ever executed, however I nonetheless love a number of of the playing cards included on this bunch.
Pokémon Buying and selling Card Recreation: Scarlet & Violet – Obsidian Flames arrives on retailer cabinets on August 11, although some Construct & Battle Packing containers can be found now. For extra Pokémon TCG content material, together with galleries of previous expansions, interviews, and the most recent information, head to our hub by clicking the banner beneath.
