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Pokemon Black And White TCG

By Anonymous

Many of you heard of the next TCG set coming out which is Pokemon Black and White. The starter tins are already out so if you have a chance go to store and grab them! The tins are of Oshawott, Tepig, and Snivy. In each tin you get two Call of Legends packs, 1 triumphant, one random booster pack, a Pokemon figurine of whatever tin you got, and a Pokemon Black and White preview pack. In almost every preview pack you will get 5 cards. The cards are of Lillipup, Purloin, Pidove, Sandile, and Patrat. The tins are out now and the next release of the Black and White will be the theme decks with a shard holofoil card of the last evolutions of the starters which are Serperior, Samurott, and Emboar. These theme decks will be released on April 6th.
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How To Protect Your Pokemon Cards

By Anonymous

Do you know how to protect your Pokemon cards? When you don’t protect your cards properly they will get damaged! Which you don’t want to happen. To protect your Pokemon cards make sure they are in soft sleeves and then put them into top loaders. Or if they are super rare there are glass cases to keep them in crisp mint condition which good collectors should do. If you don’t have top loaders and you have sleeves stick them into the sleeves and put them into your binder for safe keeping.
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What’s in a Skyridge Booster Box?

By Brian Hsieh

Booster boxes give you an average amount of rarity between the cards you pull. When one purchases a booster box, they have an idea of what they’ll be getting within the booster box. Although the ratio is similar, the cards won’t necessarily be. Also, although certain booster boxes don’t necessarily come loaded with several ultra rares, the rarity of obtaining the booster box does make it more valuable.

While opening the Skyridge booster box, which is an older set and much harder to find (meaning it wasn’t cheap), I found that 36 packs won’t necessarily include holos such as Moltres or Ledyba. I also found that doubles, even triples, of rare cards are possible. Older booster boxes around the Ex era have included very nice box toppers, which are cards that come in a booster box that can’t be found in booster packs. Skyridge is no different, although their box toppers come in the form of a random, see-through, enlarged crystal card.
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What’s in a Call of Legends Booster Box?

By Brian Hsieh

Booster boxes give you an average amount of rarity between the cards you pull. When one purchases a booster box, they have an idea of what they’ll be getting within the booster box. Although the ratio is similar, the cards won’t necessarily be. Also, although certain booster boxes don’t necessarily come loaded with several ultra rares, the rarity of obtaining the booster box does make it more valuable.

While opening the Call of Legends booster box, which is the newest booster box in the Pokemon Card Game in America, I found that 36 packs won’t necessarily include holos such as Smeargle or Ninetales. I also found that doubles, even triples, of rare cards are possible.
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Pokemon Deck Boxes For All

By Legendslugia251

Pokemon deck boxes are one of the items merchandise many TCG players in the states love to have and to store their decks in. While in America the past years during the EX series line we got deck boxes for pre-releases but the boxes themselves were not up to the standards of the Japanese ones in the players view. The first few which were Gengar, Zangoose and Blastoise looked alright but after just a few uses some of them started to loose their stickiness on the cover and were very easy to break in the long run.

The last deck box that America was suppose to get was the Latios and Latias one but due to the delay of shipment America never got them in time for the pre-release. Of course all deck boxes go through the wear and tear phrase depending how the player decides to keep them in.
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Pokemon Collectors, Players, and in Between

By: Brian Hsieh

Pokemon cards can have meanings, depending on the person. If one collects cards as a hobby, pulling holographic cards or any card that completes their set is something to look forward to. To an avid gamer, pulling the best possible card to enhance their decks is vital.

Older sets are coveted among collectors. Not only does opening a booster pack from an older set bring back memories (for those who did collect at that time), it also brings rare, out of print cards that might suit a collector’s needs. Old sets mean nothing to a competitive player. Collectors are also more likely to purchase a booster box over single booster packs, as some wish to complete the actual set that the booster box is in.
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Pokemon Lottery Shiny Version Promo Card Sets

By Tony Tanaka

Back in July, 2010, there was a very rare set of Shiny Ho-oh, Lugia, Entei, Suicune and Raikou Japanese Pokemon lottery promo cards released. From April, 2010 until June 30th, 2010, entries for this special lottery contest were accepted. Only Japanese residents were allowed to enter the lottery.

If you bought two packs of either Legends Heart Gold, Soul Silver, Revived Legends, or Lost Link during this time and cut out the bar codes from the two booster packs and sent it into the Pokemon lottery office in Tokyo, your name will be entered into a drawing for these beautiful card sets. The 5 cards were divided into two different sets. Set “A” featured Shiny Ho-oh and Lugia and set “B” featured Shiny Suicune, Raikou, and Entei.
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Pokemon POP Cards Insider

By Leonie Herson

The POP cards, called Pokemon Organised Play, were sets of cards not able to be found in the main Pokemon card franchise. The English version of these cards had originated from Japanese promotional cards. The cards could usually be found being given away in 2 card booster packs within magazines, collector tins, value packs or at special events. This encouraged participation in the Pokemon card game.

There are nine POP series to date, with seventeen cards in each series. New series appear every six months as announced by Pokemon USA. Each series featured rare holographic cards and Pokemon EX. The chance of finding one of these cards was very low. POP cards are identified by the POP logo in the bottom right hand corner (a Pokeball) with its respective series number next to it. POP began distributing cards in September 2004, after the EX Fire red and Leaf green card series. It featured characters from the second and third generations. Continue reading “Pokemon POP Cards Insider”

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Is It Better To Collect Older Or Newer Pokemon Cards?

By Anonymous

There are many Pokemon card collectors out there. Some mostly collect the older kinds of cards like ones from base set or jungle. Some mostly collect the newer stuff like ones from Heart Gold Soul Silver or HS Triumphant. But there is a constant debate on which cards are better. The older cards or the newer ones? Which one are you for?

I collect Pokemon cards myself and I like both kinds of cards. But some just don’t agree. Base set and the other older sets contain the original 150 Pokemon. Such as Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur. Heart Gold and Soul Silver and the newer sets contain newer kinds of cards like primes, legends, and shinies. But today the older sets are the ones that are more expensive than the newer ones. Packs of base set and such cannot be found at stores anymore, that’s why they are more expensive. But some old school collectors don’t care about the price.
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The Pokemon Economy

By Nora Berger

We all see it. Pokemon cards that are the most highly coveted cards for collectors. So why these cards? Why not, say, Nidoqueen (EX FireRed LeafGreen #9/112)? Nidoqueen is a rare holofoil card. No. There is something that churns the Pokemon card hysteria, other than whether a card is rare or uncommon or common. The cards that are frequently fussed over include but are not limited to:
-Lugia ex (EX Unseen Forces #105/115) HF
-Wailord ex (EX Sandstorm #100/100) HF
-Espeon Gold Star (POP 5 #16/17) HF
–Charizard ex (EX FireRed LeafGreen #105/112) HF
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