While the Pokémon TCG also takes us to Paldea with the inauguration of the ninth generation, another interesting product convinces us to take a step back in time and reevaluate one of the most iconic villains from across the Pokémon world: We’re talking about Cyrus, the leader of Team Galactic!
Indeed, the Pokémon Company has has dedicated a Premium Tournament Collection to Cyrusthe charismatic villains Mainly Pokemon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, which have hit newsstands over the past few weeks, along with the Premium Tournament Collection from Sofora, the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Expansion Pass rival set on the Isle of Armor.
Both Premium Tournament Collections included a full-frame holographic helper card of Cyrus or Sophora (which we’ll come back to shortly), seven Pokémon TCG expansion pouches dedicated to Sword and Shield (the two products are actually still part of the eighth generation of the TCG and not the ninth), three holographic help cards , no figures dedicated to the set’s cover character, 65 themed sleeves, a deck box, an extra large coin, and a total of eight status tokens. In short, it is the perfect pack for the first tournaments of the Pokémon TCG, assuming you already have a good deck ready to play with.
There Card dedicated to Cyrus is Orders of the Chief, one of the most used in competition, so will look great in your tournament deck. In fact, the card has a very powerful effect: it allows you to switch your opponent’s Active Pokémon with one of their Benched Pokémon. Of course, only one help card may be played per turn.
even there Sophora’s trainer cardHowever, it has a lot of potential: in fact, it allows you to choose one or both of the effects it brings, which can prove very powerful in the right deck. The first allows you to return up to two Pokémon from your discard pile to your hand; however, the second allows you to do the same with one or two Energy cards. Great for topping up your hand after unleashing a powerful combo!
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