Sword & Shield Archives

Read on to get the full details of how you can obtain these Shiny Legendaries in Pokémon: Sword and Shield respectively. Shiny Zamazenta & Zacian in Pokémon: Sword & Shield Credit: Gamestop Here are the full details that are currently known about the special Pokémon: Sword & Shield Shiny Zacian and Zamazenta promotion going on at GameStop: Shiny Zacian and Shiny[...]

Credit: Pokémon TCG After the XY era wrapped, the Sun & Moon era kicked off and introduced a new style of Gold Secret Rare Trainer cards that remain active in the Pokémon TCG today as we are in the Galar-focused Sword & Shield era These cards give Gold Secret Rare Trainers the Full Art treatment with the entire card rendered in[...]

Last year, we saw renewed interest in the hobby due to a number of factors including the coming 25th Anniversary, a strong launch for Sword & Shield-era sets, influencers, box breaks, COVID-19 lockdown pushing people to find hobbies, and more Sets and cards that were readily available quickly became difficult to find Now, every month, I[...]

Last year, we saw renewed interest in the hobby due to a number of factors including the coming 25th Anniversary, a strong launch for Sword & Shield-era sets, influencers, box breaks, COVID-19 lockdown pushing people to find hobbies, and more Sets and cards that were readily available quickly became difficult to find Now, every month, I[...]

In this next installment of A Holographic History of the Pokémon TCG, let's take a look at a style of card newly introduced during the current Sword & Shield era: the Rainbow Rare Trainer card. Darkness Ablaze Rainbow Rare Pokémon Breeder's Nurturing Credit: Pokémon TCG Rainbow Rares were initially introduced in the Sun & Moon base set, which[...]

Last year, we saw renewed interest in the hobby due to a number of factors including the coming 25th Anniversary, a strong launch for Sword & Shield-era sets, influencers, box breaks, COVID-19 lockdown pushing people to find hobbies, and more Sets and cards that were readily available quickly became difficult to find Now, every month, I[...]

Over the course of the eras, stretching from the Black & White era to the current Sword & Shield era, Full Art Trainer Supporters have been a staple of the Pokémon TCG and are often highly coveted They have also changed in some ways over the eras Let's take a look. Black & White and XY era: The first selection[...]

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 Sword & Shield era: the Pokémon-V Full Arts. Vivid Voltage Pikachu Credit: Pokémon TCG From a collector's perspective, the artwork of Pokémon-V Full Arts harkens back to the Pokémon-EX Full Arts of the Black[...]

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,[...]