For a few months already, the popularity of Pokémon cards has only increased, so much so that many players have both taken up collecting, to obtain the rarest ones, but also competing. This weekend, we were also able to meet some French trainers during the European Championships in Frankfurt, the results of which you can find here. Now easier to get the precious pieces of cardboard (thanks to TPCI which doubles the productions in order to stop the scalpers), you may be impatiently waiting for the next set of Sword and Shield cards. An extension that will probably attract even more new people since these are cards entirely dedicated to Pokémon Legends Arceus!
Pokémon Radiant Stars: Focus on the two cards revealed in preview
You will see it further down in the article, 5 different boosters will be offered in this extension with the three forms of Hisui from the Arceus Legend starters but also Palkia and Dialga in their Origin forms. If you remember correctly, two fabulous of the fourth generation are also available in this hit game released at the end of January 2022: Shaymin and Darkrai. On our side, we were able to get our hands on the Darkrai VStar card in advance, as well as a Trainer card that works superbly well with him.
- Darkrai VStar : Dark type – 270 HP – Attacks Vibroscur and Star Abyss (Star Power). You must own Darkrai-V to evolve it. Attention, as a reminder, if your Pokémon VStar is knocked out, your opponent will recover two reward cards!
- Dark Fortifier : Allows you to attach a basic Dark Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Dark Pokémon (good for Darkrai).
For more information, here is the official summary of these two cards:
When will the new Radiant Stars expansion be available?
Officially unveiled in March, the new Pokémon TCG expansion Sword and Shield – Bright Stars will be released on May 27, 2022, or next month! You can find boosters (packs of 10 cards) and various boxes in all participating stores in France and elsewhere in the world.
Although the expansion is part of the EB block, the cards are all inspired by the hit Pokémon Legends video game Arceus. Thus, most of the drawings will highlight Pokémon from Hisui, characters from there and other Pokémon with the landscape of ancient Sinnoh in the background.
The big novelty of this extension concerns the Pokemon Radiant, a new gameplay mechanic centered around chromatic Pokémon represented by textured artwork. Radiant Pokémon generally have a powerful move or attack and have the potential to impact the Pokémon TCG metagame. Players will be able to include a single Radiant Pokémon in their deck.
Among the most notable cards, the expansion contains:
- 3 Radiant Pokémon;
- 8 Pokémon-VSTAR;
- 21 Pokémon-V and 2 Pokémon-VMAX;
- over 20 Trainer cards.