Column: Why Charizard VMAX HR Might Never See a Release Outside of Asia

It's going to be one of the most anticipated cards this Summer. An extremely limited Hyper Rare version of Charizard VMAX has been revealed last Friday. Only 600 cards will exist and will only be given out as Trophy cards in Japan during 'Shield Battle' Tournaments. Also a Full Art Charizard V card will be given out too for the Top 4, expect only 2400 cards to be released.

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Column: Should we get rid of the yellow border on Pokémon Cards?

Yellow? Pokémon Cards? People are used to the yellow border we all know for over 20 years now. For some, it has become a colour associated (often with nostalgia) with Pokémon Cards. Sword & Shield TCG Cards were introduced recently and still uses yellow bordered cards for the upcoming next generation of Pokémon TCG.

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Hidden Fates: What we know so far

Hidden Fates will come out in August, and it's based on the long-awaited GX Ultra Shiny set that was released in November 2018 in Japan. This set had 250 cards, that consisted of reprints, new cards and 100 secret rare cards, including gold cards and shiny cards..

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Column: Pokémon Company should promote Japanese illustrators at overseas Pokémon Events

Some of you may have seen it before; famous TCG illustrators such as Mitsuhiro Arita, Midori Harada and very recently Kouki Saitou have travelled to the West to visit large exhibition events and showcase their talents to Western audiences. Their attendance at large format events like Comic-Con is proving a success with not just Pokémon fans but other fans of their artwork too! With Mitsuhiro Arita leading the way in his attendance at various card signings across America [Ocala Comic-Con 2019, Dallas Regionals 2018] and Europe [Italy’s Cartoomics 2017 & Hyper Japan in England], other artists have followed his success in showcasing their talents globally.

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