Sword & Shield Archives

In this next installment of A Holographic History of the Pokémon TCG, let's take a look at a style of card that debuted in the Sun & Moon era and continues to be a major feature of sets today in the Sword & Shield era: the Rainbow Rare. Rainbow Rare Charizard GX[...]

Pokémon Masters EX has announced a new slate of content, including Eternatus as the first Pokémon with the Dynamax ability.

In this next installment of A Holographic History of the Pokémon TCG, let's take a look back at the pattern that defines the current Sword & Shield era: the vertical holographic bars. Chilling Reign Cresselia Credit: Pokémon TCG The Sword & Shield era introduced the Galar region and its Pokémon to the TCG, but that's not it[...]

Credit: TPC Every Sword & Shield-era set has had Gold Secret Rare Pokémon cards, so the Bronzong is nothing new However, Battle Styles started the idea of pushing certain Alternate Arts to the Secret Rare slot rather than including them with the Full Arts We can expect this to continue in Chilling Reign with cards like the above Calyrex[...]

The newest set of Pokémon cards, Sword & Shield: Battle Styles, hit shelves on March 19th This new set, the fifth main Sword & Shield expansion, introduces a new mechanic to the Pokémon TCG with Single Strike and Rapid Strike battle styles This new mechanic will make this a highly playable set, but will it[...]

The newest set of Pokémon cards, Sword & Shield: Battle Styles, hit shelves on March 19th This new set, the fifth main Sword & Shield expansion, introduces a new mechanic to the Pokémon TCG with Single Strike and Rapid Strike battle styles This new mechanic will make this a highly playable set, but will it[...]

Now, we will spotlight the Sword & Shield base set that was released on February 7th, 2020 This is the set that first introduced Generation Eight species from the Galar region into the Pokémon TCG Let's take a look at the stunning Pokémon VMAX cards featured in this Pokémon TCG expansion, which feature the Dynamax[...]

Now, we will spotlight the Sword & Shield base set that was released on February 7th, 2020 This is the set that first introduced Generation Eight species from the Galar region into the Pokémon TCG Now, our spotlight on the stunning Pokémon V cards featured in this Trading Card Game expansion continues. V Cards of Sword[...]

Now, we will spotlight the Sword & Shield base set that was released on February 7th, 2020 This is the set that first introduced Generation Eight species from the Galar region into the Pokémon TCG Now, our spotlight on the stunning Pokémon V cards featured in this Trading Card Game expansion continues. V Cards of Sword[...]

Now, we will spotlight the Sword & Shield base set that was released on February 7th, 2020 This is the set that first introduced Generation Eight species from the Galar region into the Pokémon TCG Now, our spotlight on the stunning Pokémon V cards featured in this Trading Card Game expansion continues. The Pokémon V Cards[...]

Now, we will spotlight the Sword & Shield base set that was released on February 7th, 2020 This is the set that first introduced Generation Eight species from the Galar region into the Pokémon TCG Let's take a look at the stunning Pokémon V cards featured in this Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion. The Pokémon V[...]

Today the Pokémon Company released a brand new expansion to the Pokémon Trading Card Game with Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze This is one of the bigger expansion sets they've released into the game in terms of bonus content as opposed to just card count, as it has a number of additions such as tokens, dice,[...]