One of the rarest and most valuable ONE PIECE Card Game cards to ever exist is the Secret Promotional [SEC-P] version of the Shanks card from the Romance Dawn [OP-01] booster pack. Only 1,000 copies of this card have ever been printed. Every copy of this card was first issued as a tournament prize. In […]
With the new Standard format on the way, a Pokémon TCG card that served as much as the key to victory for many decks as it was the bane of others’ existence will be making its way out of Standard-format tournament play. First released in Silver Lance [S6H] and reprinted in Time Gazer [S10D], Path […]
Play! Pokémon, the official governing body of Pokémon TCG tournament play, has announced the details regarding card rotations for the Standard and Expanded formats in the 2024-25 season. All cards which bear the “E” regulation mark will no longer be legal in the 2024-25 Standard format. This means that cards from the Fusion Arts [S8] […]
Some Pokémon TCG decks favour a subtler or more strategic approach. Others gradually build to a crescendo at which point they can wreak serious havoc. This Chien-Pao ex deck, however, is neither. This deck is the Pokémon TCG equivalent of a “Hulk Smash”—even if it can be seen coming well in advance, its raw power […]
[Update 18 Apr 2024] A new variant of this deck has begun to make the rounds on the Pokémon TCG tournament circuit. This variant makes use of the Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR card from the Space Juggler [S10P] set. Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR’s Star Portal, its VSTAR Power, can either be used to load up […]
[Update 18 Apr 2024] A somewhat unorthodox variant of this deck came ever so close to claiming ultimate glory at the recent Pokémon Europe International Championships (EUIC). Isaiah Bradner of the United States finished as the tournament runner-up with a variant including the Banette card from Lost Abyss [S11] and the Banette ex card from […]
For almost half a century, animanga magazine CoroCoro has been a cornerstone of the subculture’s growth and continued popularity. Notably, its coverage of the Pokémon franchise over the years has contributed greatly to the success of the Pokémon TCG and video games. Today, CoroCoro now has two sister magazines: CoroCoro Bessatsu and CoroCoro Ichiban. It’s […]
Without any question, the most iconic iteration of the Slifer the Sky Dragon card was the tournament-illegal version first released as a promotional Yu-Gi-Oh TCG card all the way back in 2000. It was distributed to people who pre-ordered the Yugi Deck version of the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist. […]
Having not been released in Japanese for three years—its most recent iteration prior to this one was in 2021’s Prismatic Art Collection booster pack—the I:P Masquerena card from Quarter Century Chronicle side:Unity was unsurprisingly regarded as one of the booster pack’s biggest pulls. This was especially true of its Quarter Century Secret Rare form—the rarity […]
Following the release of the Wild Force [SV5K] Pokémon TCG expansion set, one card which quickly garnered much buzz was this Cinccino card. Combining rarity, an appealing illustration, and gameplay viability, this card ended up becoming somewhat of a sleeper hit. This Art Rare (AR) card’s illustration is actually a sequel to that of the […]
