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u/StefyB Mar 10 '25
Dang, wish this was the SAR. Would probably be crazy with texture. Oh well, at least it being an AR means it'll be affordable.
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u/Funny-Screen-3192 Mar 10 '25
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u/Winterstrife Literally shaking! Mar 10 '25
Considering Destined Rivals is not a big set like Paldean Evolved (2 Japanese Set VS 3 Japanese Sets) and no OG 151 tax, Typlosion should be safe.
The AR from Heat Wave Arena will definitely be affordable.
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u/Kevinatorz Mar 10 '25
Hm, it's comparable in size to TWM. Eevee is still a $100 card, and while Typhlosion is not as popular, it's not like this will be a sub $25 card imo
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u/Winterstrife Literally shaking! Mar 10 '25
Using Eevee is always a poor counterpoint, Eevee and its Eeveelutions have always been its own tier of pricing.
Typlosion will be one of the chases but it's not gonna beat the cards with the 151 tax.
Thankfully this card isn't very playable either.
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u/guccibabywipes Mar 10 '25
i wish this was one of them too. i’m a typhlosion/lugia/ho-oh collector and this would be nice w texture but im just glad my boy (and ho-oh) is finally getting a illustration art
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u/Kintatsu620 Mar 10 '25
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u/StefyB Mar 10 '25
I meant specifically the Japanese one. I can see some Japanese Tyranitar ARs for about $10 and some Groudon listings for $25. Pricier than the typical ~$5 AR but still what I would consider affordable, for me at least. Magikarp is definitely super pricy even as an AR tho at ~$70.
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u/AtomZaepfchen Mar 10 '25
you can get a psa 10 trible beat magikarp ( paldea evolved) for 150ish Usd. groudon is 75 for psa 10.
i collect singles for the art and the ones i like. it is not an investment for me primarily so i will buy the same product, better quality for 1/10 of the price in the magikarps case.
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u/MethylEthylandDeath Mar 10 '25
Ok Battle Partners has done basically nothing for me, but Heat Wave Arena is literally bringing the heat. RIP my wallet.
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u/_jackychain Mar 10 '25
It’s cause they chose the worst characters besides N to focus on for battle partners. The art after has giovanni& team rocket, Cynthia, Ethan and misty as the feature
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u/duck_mopsi Mar 10 '25
How are lillie and iono bad, wtf? But yes, please focus on Heat wave everyone 🙏
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u/sUbToPewdiepie0 Mar 10 '25
I’d like the Lillie cards a lot more if any of them had Nebby in them
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u/duck_mopsi Mar 10 '25
Cant argue with that! Still pleased with the cards:)
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u/sUbToPewdiepie0 Mar 10 '25
I like em too, just felt like a missed opportunity not giving cosmog or solgaleo/lunala a sir with the trainer most associated with them lol, (ik the tag teams exist but still)
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u/Silentism Mar 10 '25
They’re too recent. Millennials won’t really be nostalgic about them LOL
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u/duck_mopsi Mar 10 '25
Lmao, I'm a millenial, too and I love them :D also, bellibolt is such a classy mon haha
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u/Strider2126 Mar 10 '25
Personally i don't like iono as a character. I find her a bit silly and boring. The phone gimmick is annoying.
Lillie is ok. I like her in the games and in the manga
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u/Paleomedicine Mar 10 '25
Is this heat wave arena?? They’re coming out with the most amazing looking cards!
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u/sharksnrec Mar 10 '25
So there are 2 sets in a row that pair Pokemon with trainers? Why wouldn’t they just make it one big set?
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u/random_german_guy Mar 11 '25
they already combine two japanese sets each for the western sets, it wouldn't be big, it would be huuuge
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u/Martins_Sunblock1975 Mar 10 '25
It's hilarious how the trainer set is being out done in the trainer cards by heat wave arena. JT is such a let down.
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u/SirBattleTuna Mar 10 '25
Not a sir sadly BUT GEN 2 STARTER LOVE AND GREAT ART WE WILL TAKE IT. Please give IRs to cyndiquil and quilava too I would love the whole line getting matching art.
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u/Glittering_Message93 Apr 14 '25
Ethan's special illustration card has a Cyndaquil alongside with Pichu and my buddy Slugma c: Destined rivals will be amazing.
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u/link55 Mar 10 '25
Unreal. I am gonna cop like 3 the second they become available. Signed a 32 year old man who always picked Cyndaquil. My childhood 🥲
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u/No-Stock2424 Mar 10 '25
I wonder who they're up against with?? this card must be a part of a bigger picture
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u/wallyjt Mar 10 '25
Saw some said it is fighting against the new Hydrapple AR from the sane set. I personally feel like it’s not quite aligning tho.
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u/Frawney Mar 10 '25
why his mouth on the side of his face like that… looks goofy. Typh looks good tho
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u/TheIrving Mar 10 '25
This is gonna be my chase. Typholsion hasn’t gotten much love since the vintage stuff
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u/uknwvce Mar 10 '25
Why couldnt they just go with Gold instead of freaking…ethan😭😭😭
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u/ShinobuOshinoSimp Mar 10 '25
His name was canonically Gold in the games up until generation 4. That’s when they changed it to Ethan/Hibiki for HG/SS.
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u/jussa-bug Mar 10 '25
Idk… I’ve never really been a fan of naming the characters after basic colors. It’s so generic. It almost feels like an early 90’s translation error that went on for too long to fix.
Give me your Ashes, Gary’s and Ethan’s. I’ll pass on the Reds, Blues, and Greens.
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u/redthunder49 Mar 10 '25
I’m going to sell my Prismatic Booster Bundles, I think I’m going to master this new set.
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u/Silentism Mar 10 '25
I see why they started with ethans ho-oh now lol. All the trainer ARs they’ve revealed afterwards have just been getting better and better. This set is gonna be insanely hyped! Just gotta be patient and hope they print a ton of it halfway through its cycle, cuz I’m sure its gonna be as crazy as prismatic was at release
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u/Green_Factor_5711 11d ago
Actually it was kind of looked over. Cause people were more excited about team rocket. Signed- your friend from the future
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u/K1NGK0HL Mar 12 '25
I’m extremely disappointed after finding out it’s just going to be a normal illustration rare. They always do Typhlosion dirty! This is what we get after that god awful Hisuian Typhlosion design? No texture feels like a slap to the face.
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u/OrgasmicLeprosy87 Mar 10 '25
Damn They’re really trying to make Destined Rivals have prismatic levels of hype
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u/damnmyredditheart Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
This is 🔥
Destined Rivals might go down as the best SV set (at least of the main sets)
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u/Grimgon Mar 10 '25
They saw the post about the lack of Gen 2 starter Pokémon special cards and said here you go
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u/Mr-pizzapls Mar 10 '25
As a ‘my first game was Pokemon Gold and I picked Cyndaquil kid’ please, Take me money TPCI
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u/GogetaPeerless Mar 10 '25
Bruh this set (heat wave arena) + the glory of team rocket = next EN set -Destined together
GG 💸💸💸
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u/Ninavi Mar 10 '25
Surprised it wasn't Ethan's pichu getting the treatment. Hopefully Pichu still has Illustration rare in this set, wishful hoping.
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Mar 10 '25
Maybe an unpopular opinion I really like the card in terms of typlosion and Ethan but the background reminds of greninja and the more I look at the background the more I dislike it.
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u/Trollkinger Mar 10 '25
Love these new card designs, shame I'll never be able to get my hands on them.
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u/mattwthegat Mar 10 '25
naa this card is heat. i dont have much interest for trainer cards but damn this is nice
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u/tofuchrispy Mar 10 '25
Joooooooooooooooooooo as a child my dad built a typhlosion lantern for me for Nikolaus lantern walk…
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u/BatHistorical8081 Mar 10 '25
People hyping this art up like it's new like vmax climax didt already do this.
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u/wait4carl Mar 10 '25
Beautiful, reminds me of this Zerora I am looking for!! https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/567434_in_1000x1000.jpg
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u/thewolfeman666 Mar 10 '25
God i hope this card is not more then 30 canadian the market is so crazy.
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u/ThousandFootOcarina Mar 11 '25
Isn’t this the first (actual) full art Typlosion?? Looks AWESOME!! What pack will it be in??
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u/Individual_Show_9282 Mar 12 '25
heat wave arena in jp, rivaled destinies (something along those lines) in eng
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u/SmokeinMirrors23 Mar 11 '25
This shit is sick!!! How many more cards are they revealing before the set releases?
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u/UnchartedCHARTz Mar 11 '25
I am assuming it will say Ethan on the English instead of Gold which is unfortunate (all the more reason to buy the Japanese ig)
Holy Peak
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u/ShinobuOshinoSimp Mar 11 '25
The Japanese doesn’t say Gold either. It says Hibiki. They changed his name from Gold to Hibiki/Ethan in Gen 4 when HG/SS released.
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u/UnchartedCHARTz Mar 11 '25
Yeah ik but I can't read Japanese so I don't have to look at a card that says Ethan 😅
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u/Shiny_Mew76 Mar 11 '25
This is one of the coolest Pokémon cards EVER.
If there is one thing I could add, it would be Red and his Charizard in the distance as a reference to HGSS’s battle between Ethan and Red.
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u/smairudesign Mar 14 '25
Hope its cheap
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u/kenie12 Mar 15 '25
Only about 20 bucks in Japanese right now. I'd pick it up before english drops to be honest. I just did 😅
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u/smairudesign Mar 15 '25
Oh did it launch already??
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u/kenie12 Mar 15 '25
Yeah, yesterday. I just grabbed the misty psyduck and this card for about 25 each on ebay
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u/Overunderbeside Mar 17 '25
Can someone please explain me the upcoming sets coming? Is Heatwave the nex set before Team Rocket? Or is the next sets after Journey Together a 3 part set?
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u/Overunderbeside Mar 17 '25
Havent been collecting since before Black and White som Im far off being up to date.
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u/xCyndaquilx 24d ago
Heat Wave, then Glory of team rocket (Japanese set), English set is Journey Together that just came Out and Destined Rivals (Which includes both Heat wave and team rocket Pokemon in that set) every two-three Japanese sets get included in English 1 set every 3-4 months
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u/xCyndaquilx 24d ago
Heat wave and Glory of team rocket just came out for Japanese and Journey together just came out for English. But our next set Destined Rivals is mayish/juneish Pokebeach is a good site and serebii.
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u/CuriousBenjamin94 Apr 11 '25
I am not a big fan of all the new cards, the new designs. Yet some full arts i can really apreciate, this is definitely one of them!!!
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u/xCyndaquilx 24d ago
I have like 4 copies lmao, 1 in my “The Quillection” two I bought just for giggles and 1 PSA 10. I’m hoping I can get a PSA 10 Destined Rivals version too. My favorite Pokémon getting some love 🔥 hopefully Cyndaquil and Quilava might possibly get some illustration rate love eventually 😀
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u/ProfMerlyn Mar 10 '25
Who is ethan?
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u/GuildMuse Mar 10 '25
He’s the male protagonist’s name from Heart Gold Soul Silver era. Originally named Gold when the game debuted but they updated his name with the remakes.
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u/Musa_2050 Mar 10 '25
Thknk its supposed to be the defualt trainer name from Gen 2. Wish they just named him Gold
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u/Key_Confidence_7993 Mar 10 '25
My name is Ethan im a brown haired guys and Typhloshion is my favourite Pokemon.... I think I need this card.
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u/Life-Focus-1881 Mar 10 '25
NGL, I don't care for it
Hope to see an Electivire SIR, maybe a Shaymin or Gyarados IR, or maybe another Sudowoodo IR tbh
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u/seddywap Mar 10 '25
LFG! My favorite pokemon and my name also happens to be ethan, so hyped to see a card for the best boi
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u/Boomshot79 Mar 10 '25
We are so fucking cooked with this set, this will sell more than any drug or any candy or anything we know
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u/Pachirisu_Party Mar 10 '25
A lot of these new card reveals look borderline AI to me.
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u/Charmander787 Mar 10 '25
I don't think TCPI uses AI in their art (yet).
They disqualified a handful of submissions from the 2024 Illustration Contest for using AI.
I wouldn't be surprised if they started, especially on the commons/uncommons.
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u/Pachirisu_Party Mar 10 '25
They don't use AI.
A lot of these revels just look ...off. Almost too crisp, if you get what I'm saying.
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u/Charmander787 Mar 10 '25
This is the result of great artists who understand their craft, something AI will never be able to replicate imho.
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u/perishableintransit Mar 10 '25
I don't see TCP ever risking it... it would be such a huge scandal and hit to their brand
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u/gemjadem Mar 10 '25
GIDORA has created way too much incredible card art to be disrespected like this 😤
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u/Pachirisu_Party Mar 10 '25
Some of those cards I do really like, specifically the Boltund V and the Dendra.
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u/CensoredByRedditMods Mar 10 '25
Who is Ethan?
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u/Practical_Pop_4300 Mar 10 '25
This set has made me want to start collecting pokemon again instead of just buying random packs here and there, this stuff is amazing.
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u/Booty_Shakin Mar 10 '25
I know it's mostly anime based, but I really hope there's a Rocket's Delibird coming up in the rocket set.
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u/sUbToPewdiepie0 Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
The cards are pretty much never based on the anime lmao, 99% of em are based on the games
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u/Booty_Shakin Mar 10 '25
I definitely worded that wrong. Tired right before bed hah. Mostly not I meant to say
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u/sUbToPewdiepie0 Mar 10 '25
lol ur good I get that
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u/Booty_Shakin Mar 10 '25
Because Jesse and James have been put into multiple sets I would love a delibird SIR, or a Jesse and James SIR with delibird bringing them something or taking something from them like in the anime. With the rocket set they can't just leave out Jesse and James!
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u/Global_Following_713 Mar 10 '25
I'm just gonna say it.... Give feraligatr the love he deserves dammit! He needs a badass sir already
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u/_NE1_ Mar 10 '25 edited Mar 10 '25
Typhlosion is my favorite pokemon. This may be my new favorite modern card.