Japan held a competition for new Pokémon card illustrations and the results did not disappoint! Out of over 5,000 drawings only eight were chosen. The grand prize went to Yū Nishida who drew an amazing picture of Gardevoir. Second place was awarded to Narumi Satō for her drawing of Eevee. The runner-ups offered tough competition—check … Read more
You may not recognize his name, but artist Tokiya Sakuba (often stylized as TOKIYA) is the illustrator behind over 70 Pokémon cards in the TCG. On his Twitter account he sometimes shares higher resolution art for the Pokémon cards he has designed or images from his latest freelance projects. Awhile ago he drew some Pokémon … Read more
One of the thrills of collecting Pokémon TCG cards is opening a booster pack and getting a rare holographic cards that shimmers under direct light. A new patent has been filed by Nintendo which seems to seek to replicate that effect digitally and which has already been used in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun and … Read more
A new live-action commercial has been released for the upcoming Pokémon TCG expansion Burning Shadows and it pits infamous Team Skull and its leader Guzma against a team of Pikachus in a dance battle to end all dance battles. Whose side are YOU on? I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing more of this creative type of marketing! … Read more
There’s a new Pokémon TCG Sun & Moon expansion out now called Guardians Rising. To commemorate its release you can download Lycanroc to your Sun & Moon games at various stores around the world. It comes with a Life Orb and is at Lv50 has the moves Stone Edge, Fire Fang, Sucker Punch and Swords Dance with … Read more
Recently we got a peek at the cards in the newly released Japanese set, SM2. I’m sure most of you have seen at least a few of these by now, but a brand new set warrants another look. I will include a few in the article here from various Twitter posts and if you’d like to see … Read more