With the ninth generation of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet arriving in the Trading Card Game in March, it’s no wonder The Pokémon Company and Game Freak have started sharing information about the first sets of the card game, which will feature the Little Monsters of Paldea. Today, for example, the team behind the Pokémon TCG unveiled a highly anticipated return to the card game.
The Pokémon Company has actually confirmed that the Special Art Rare (SAR) and Art Rare (AR) cards will return also in the new generation of the TCG. AR and SAR cards have been some of the most popular Pokémon TCG additions over the past few months because of their illustrations.”full card” and for the fact that TPCi gave free rein with gods to the artists who dealt with it Top artistic quality of enormous value.
Unfortunately, The Pokémon Company’s confirmation is only “half”: the Special Art Rare and Art Rare cards included in the first sets dedicated to Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are actually the same as those found in the Pokémon VSTAR Universe OCG set, part of which will be included in the TCG Silver Tempest set (released in late January) and part in the Pokémon Scarlet EX and Pokémon Violet EX twin sets.
In any case, we know from the illustrations released so far that the first next-gen expansions will have seven Special Art Rare cards fully artthat is, with an illustration that even goes beyond the traditional Crate dedicated and four Art Rare cards. The only Generation 9 Pokémon depicted in the latter is shin guardsincluded in both a SAR and AR figure.
However, among the other small monsters represented in the illustrations that you will find listed at the bottom of this message, there are also Riolu, Slowpoke, Pachirisu and the evolution line of Raltswhich includes Kirlia and Gardevoir in addition to the basic Pokémon, all three in the Super Art Rare version.
