{"id":256741,"date":"2024-05-14T17:36:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=256741"},"modified":"2024-05-14T17:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T09:36:43","slug":"pokemon-tcg-the-hype-for-charizard-v-continues-to-burn-molten-hot-star-birth-s9-103-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/05\/14\/pokemon-tcg-the-hype-for-charizard-v-continues-to-burn-molten-hot-star-birth-s9-103-100\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] The Hype for Charizard V Continues to Burn Molten-Hot (Star Birth [S9] 103\/100)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ever since day one, Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards featuring Charizard have always been among the most coveted. To this day still the most iconic of the first generation’s three starters’ final forms, Charizard continues to leave an indelible impact on the Pok\u00e9mon TCG. The Charizard V card from Star Birth [S9] is further proof of this almost-unmatched status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon first glance at this card, the initial thing that catches one’s attention is the striking Full Art illustration. Charizard V is depicted flying above a desolate landscape, locked in combat against a Venusaur. That scenario\u2014Charizard vs Venusaur\u2014is one that countless Pok\u00e9mon fans have desired to be shown on a card for years. It appeals to nostalgia while also giving the image a certain “aura” present in very few other cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The choice of Venusaur also plays into all of this. In addition to being a final form of a Gen 1 starter just like Charizard, Venusaur is the mascot of the Pok\u00e9mon Green video game as well as its third-generation remake Pok\u00e9mon LeafGreen\u2014just as Charizard is for Pok\u00e9mon Red and Pok\u00e9mon FireRed respectively. This juxtaposition is, therefore, a possible reference to the video games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The card’s holofoil also enhances the card’s imagery by making it seem as though sunlight is streaming down from the skies. The angling of the holofoil\u2014focused in the card’s top-right corner\u2014is positioned to maximize this effect. This may also be a reference to Mega Charizard Y and its Drought ability, which in the Pok\u00e9mon video games summons blazing sunlight upon entering combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The English version of this card is 154\/172 in the Brilliant Stars set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One copy of a Charizard V (Star Birth [S9] 103\/100) card goes for 23,500 JPY (~US$150) according to the latest figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other TCG-related news, check out the Risette of the White Woods card from Infinite Forbidden<\/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

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Ever since day one, Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards featuring Charizard have always been among the most coveted. To this day still the most iconic of the first generation’s three starters’ final forms, Charizard continues to leave an indelible impact on the Pok\u00e9mon TCG. The Charizard V card from Star Birth [S9] is further proof of this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":256788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,18,19,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-latest-news","category-releases","category-tcg"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256741"}],"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=256741"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257653,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256741\/revisions\/257653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}