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Cards Of Pokémon TCG: Obsidian Flames Part 43: Hyper Rare Gold Cards

Why do some Pokémon TCG expansions have a higher number of Hyper Rare Gold Cards than other sets? This is the reason for that range.

With Sword & Shield officially concluded, the Scarlet & Violet era of the Pokémon TCG kicked off in March 2023 with a focus on the ninth generation of Pokémon games and the new region: Paldea. It all began with the Scarlet & Violet base set, which introduced major, lasting changes to the hobby. Now, the borders of the cards have become silver, matching the Japanese releases. Another major change is that now, each pack culminates in at least a holo-rare and two reverse holos. The major mechanic of this era is the lowercase ex, which features a double holographic pattern of a horizontal shine and a starry sparkle. Full Art exs now use a green, foil outline around the Pokémon. The Secret Rare section of expansions going forward features Full Arts, Illustration Rares and Special Illustration Rare exs, Full Art Trainers, Special Illustration Rare Trainers, and Gold Hyper Rares. On August 11, 2023, the Pokémon TCG released the third set of this era, Scarlet & Violet – Obsidian Flames, which introduced Tera Pokémon with a Tera type differing from their base type. The chase card is a Dark-type Tera Charizard ex. In today's installment of this Scarlet & Violet – Obsidian Flames art spotlight, we continue with the Secret Rares.

Some sets have quite a few Hyper Rare Gold Cards, while others have a small selection like this, which just includes these two and the Tera Charizard ex Hyper Rare Gold Card, which we spotlighted yesterday. This is due to the way international English-language sets like this adapt Japanese sets. Some sets adapt two or more Japanese expansions into one single set, like Scarlet & Violet – Paldea Fates. That leads to a much higher number of Golds than Scarlet & Violet – Obsidian Flames, because this set is adapting one single Japanese expansion, Ruler of the Black Flame, along with other Japanese decks that do not come with Secret Rare cards.

Stay tuned for the journey through this special set as we continue to spotlight the cards and artwork of Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet – Obsidian Flames. Next time, the spotlight continues with the Secret Rare section of the set. You can read more about this iconic trading card game right here at Bleeding Cool.

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