A few days after the announcement of the classic Pokémon TCG, here comes another interesting leak from The Pokémon Company and Nintendo about the future of the TCG. In fact, in the past few hours, Creatures and Game Freak have filed a number of trademarks that they appear to be related to upcoming expansions to the Pokémon TCG.

Before analysis i trademarkwe remind you that the latter will most likely be the case only applies to OCG extensions Japanese, and which therefore do not represent the titles of the Western sets, which generally "combine" more Asian market expansions. Likewise, we already know the names of the Pokémon OCG expansions for the first part of 2023, which will be after a previous series of registered trademarks Triplet Beat, Clay Burst and Snow Hazard. Of the latter, only Triplet Beat by Creatures has been announced so far.

Among the absolute novelties of the last round of trademarks registered by Nintendo, Creatures and Game Freak we have instead theRuler of The Black Flame Expansion, which we don't know anything about for now except the title. Please note that what is shown is still a Japanese to English translation made by the colleagues at PokéGuardian and therefore the English name of the set may be slightly different.

It is difficult to predict what kind of expansion Ruler of The Black Flame could be, also because it seems that there is no new generation Pokemon that falls into a similar characterization. It is also possible that the mark refers to aSpecial Edition or a Pokémon collector's tineven if the registration of the mark suggests that it is one Sentenceperhaps related to the anime or the upcoming Pokémon animated films.

More canonical are the other three shots made by Nintendo and Game Freak respectively Ancient Roar, Flash of the Future and Shiny Treasure. The first two could be "twin expansions" dedicated respectively to Koraidon and Miraidon, along with Pokémon Paradox. However, the third could be a mini sets Dedicated to Shiny Pokémon (which we've already seen in the TCG over the past few months), or it could refer to something else entirely, perhaps by linking it to the brand new Pokémon Scarlet and Violet DLCs that were announced just under a week ago.

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