{"id":223776,"date":"2024-03-07T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T02:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=223776"},"modified":"2024-03-07T10:30:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T02:30:29","slug":"pokemon-tcg-elesas-sparkle-turns-up-the-voltage-vstar-universe-s12a-246-172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/03\/07\/pokemon-tcg-elesas-sparkle-turns-up-the-voltage-vstar-universe-s12a-246-172\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Elesa&#8217;s Sparkle Turns Up the Voltage (VSTAR Universe [S12a] 246\/172)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/07092607\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-2-2.webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Elesa's Sparkle\" class=\"wp-image-223777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/07092607\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-2-2.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/07092607\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-2-2-300x155.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/07092607\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-2-2-768x397.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/07092607\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-2-2-282x146.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Elesa was first introduced as the Nimbasa Gym Leader in the Pok\u00e9mon Black and White video games, most players would have been more taken aback by her Gym&#8217;s layout than by the character. The Electric-type specialist showcased her Pok\u00e9mon type of choice in a spectacular manner\u2014full of neon lights and roller coasters, making it resemble a mini-amusement park. This in turn helped put Elesa herself further in the spotlight, in turn driving up the popularity of cards like this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Full Art Special Art Rare (SAR) version of Elesa&#8217;s Sparkle was released as part of VSTAR Universe, the final eighth-generation Pok\u00e9mon TCG expansion set. This is one of eight SAR cards from that set which depicted a Gym Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even given the fact that by and large, cards depicting female characters tend to do well, this Elesa&#8217;s Sparkle card is notable because compared to most Gym Leaders, Elesa has one of the more fleshed-out backstories and characterizations. Additionally, this Full Art illustration shows Elesa facing forward with a somewhat pensive look, adding a degree of intrigue to the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This card&#8217;s English version is part of the Crown Zenith set where its card number is 147\/159.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A copy of the Full Art SAR version of Elesa&#8217;s Sparkle (VSTAR Universe [S12a] 246\/172) sells for \u00a54,980 (~US$33).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other TCG-related news, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/03\/06\/one-piece-card-game-charlotte-flampe-extra-booster-memorial-collection-eb01-056\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlotte Flampe card from the Extra Booster Memorial Collection [EB-01]<\/a>. Alternatively, you can also head over to the SNKRDUNK App via the banner below and find the top trending and latest single cards and boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunkappen.page.link\/G4g7_PokemonTCG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/15110337\/TCG.webp\" alt=\"TCG on the SNKRDUNK App\" class=\"wp-image-151767\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Elesa was first introduced as the Nimbasa Gym Leader in the Pok\u00e9mon Black and White video games, most players would have been more taken aback by her Gym&#8217;s layout than by the character. The Electric-type specialist showcased her Pok\u00e9mon type of choice in a spectacular manner\u2014full of neon lights and roller coasters, making it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":223777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-latest-news","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223776"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223799,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223776\/revisions\/223799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}