Those familiar with the Pokemon TCG may also be reading through with some déjà vu. That's simply because Shining Fates was actually directly inspired by the previous (incredibly popular) special expansions dubbed "Hidden Fates" and "Shining Legends." Each of these expansions were known for featuring Shiny Pokemon in special holographic-alternative cards. That is, the sets have a special "Shiny Vault" of cards that can be found as a Shiny Pokemon variant . Rather than featuring significantly different artwork though, these cards are treated as a form of "holo," and instead simply bear a unique backdrop and the Pokemon's Shiny vari

A special expansion, like Champion's Path or Shining Fates, normally has a particular focus. Champion's Path spotlighted Galar's Gym Leaders , for example, and Shining Fates will be highlighting the highly coveted alternate-color Pokemon known as "Shinies." Special sets are also noteworthy in that players can't simply buy booster packs individually. Special set booster packs can only be found in special collections, which include but are not limited to "tin boxes," pin sets, over-sized card sets, and Elite Trainer Bo

This beast of a card not only wrecks opposing Pokemon but also bolsters its trainer's forces. The Team Rocket set has a Dark Dragonite card that has a coin flip chance of doing 70 damage in one swipe of its mighty t

Virizion EX is a Basic Pokémon with 170 HP and belongs to the Black & White - Plasma Blast Extradimensional Crisis Expansion of the franchise. This ultra-rare card boasts of a powerful ability Verdant Wind, which protects each of the player’s Pokémon that has a grass energy-card attached to it from being affected by any Special Condition. If Special Conditions are already imposed on any Pokémon of the player with grass energy attached to it, this ability removes them instan

Zekrom appears once more, though this time accompanied by a franchise mascot and fellow Lightning-type Pikachu. This card was released for the Team Up expansion and epitomizes what Tag Team cards are all about. With some of the best synergy between attacks in the TCG, along with relatively low energy costs, this dynamic duo can sunder many foes with e

Those seeking to use this tremendous trio are recommended to include Arceus & Dialga & Palkia in a Dragon-type deck. One that includes Water and Metal energy cards that have access to a way to search for energy so that one can use this GX card's attacks that require a variety of such resour

Jigglypuff, the famous singing-balloon Pokémon from Gen I, enjoys a blissful scene on a windy hillside in this delightful painting. It is quite impressive how this card seems to be barely modified from the original

When Dark Gyarados gets Knocked Out by an opponent's attack, Final Beam will activate and grant the trainer a special coin flip. If heads, the opposing Pokemon will take 20 damage for each Water-type energy attached to Dark Gyara

Here is another excellent Water-type card from the Team Rocket expansion. Dark Blastoise has two great moves that put it at the top of all Dark Pokemon. Firstly, its Rocket Tackle may result in a bit of recoil damage, but this is worth the result. After a successful coin flip, the opponent's Active Pokemon will not be able to do damage to Dark Blastoise during its next t

Attacks and Abilities that result in more energy getting attached to one's Active or Bench Pokemon can lead to a whole team being ready to attack at any moment. Spare energies can even be used as emergency retreat resour

The Pokemon Power of this Ghost-type , Deep Sleep, makes it very difficult for the sleeping foe to awaken, requiring them to flip two coins without getting any tails. There is little defense or counter against this strategy, as opponents cannot recall Pokemon that are Asleep unless they use an item or Pokemon Power of their

This Ghost-type duo from the SM Black Star Promos expansion is a tricky pair that confounds and disables the opponent in the usual fashion that Ghost-types do . With Night Watch, they can hit the foe's Active pokemon while causing the opposing trainer to send 2 of the cards in their hand back into their deck. If the opponent doesn't have any cards to help them draw additional ones, Trevenant & Dusknoir can essentially starve the foe's strategies of required compone

Its ability Slash required 3 DCE to deal a base damage of 30, and if a grass energy was attached to it and Sword Dance was put into effect, Slash’s base damage increased from 30 to 60, which was again huge in the deck formats which were in play during its rele

Elite Trainer Boxes, on the other hand, are the creme de la creme of special collections, so to speak. These Elite collections generally sell for $40 and contain 8 booster packs, but special expansions' Elite Trainer Boxes boast an impressive 10 packs, along with a promo card, for a slightly higher price of

Yanmega Prime from the Triumphant expansion is a Stage 1 Pokémon with 110 HP and has a list of three unique abilities, each of which is extremely powerful and useful. The first ability is the Poké-Body ability called Insight, which allows the player to use each of Yanmega’s attacks for zero energy-cost if the player and the opponent happen to have the same number of cards on their ha