New Prism Star Card(s)

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The first “Prism Star” card has been revealed from Japan’s SM5 set, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon! The set will release in Japan on December 8th.

The new Prism Star mechanic was first mentioned in the set description for Ultra Prism, our English equivalent of SM5 which will be released in February. The set description mentioned there would be six Prism Star cards in the set, so the same should be true of Japan’s SM5.

The Lost Zone returns! Once a card is in the Lost Zone, there’s no way to get it back — it’s a special discard pile. The mechanic was first introduced in Stormfront back in 2008 and was inspired by the Distortion World from Pokemon Platinum. It’s usually associated with Giratina.

So what is a Prism Star Pokemon? It seems they will be Big Basic Pokemon (powerful Basic Pokemon) with a special rainbow prism in the background of the card template and their own unique rarity. If it weren’t for the Prism Star rule, Solgaleo ◇ would be broken since it’s a 160 HP Basic that can easily power up multiple attackers at the same time and your opponent would have to limit the number of Pokemon they put into play. But luckily only one can be played in a deck!

A deck can have four Solgaleo, four Solgaleo-EX, a Solgaleo ◇, and a Lunala ◇. You can have multiple Prism Star Pokemon, but only one of each.

www.pokebeach.com/2017/11/solgaleo-prism-star-the-first-prism-star-pokemon-from-sm5

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Not sure in the design. Art is nice, hopefully it looks good in hand.

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It looks cool but reminds me of a fake card.

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Black holo border…

Just when I think I’m done.

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Great border design. Both the art border and the card border. What is this PR rarity?

Awesome that the Lost Zone is coming back to the game. Now just a decent milling strategy and I can go play the game again like I did 10 years ago xD

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If it said 6 prisms per set, then i am guessing it is maybe a similar pull rate to the new shinings. 2 per box?? i am not sure…

I think i need to see it in person to decide.

I like the border, i don’t know about the crystal diamond though. I get the feels they are trying to attract more chicks to the game. haha

It will probably look nicer in person, and maybe some different artworks. Would be interesting if they could incorporate the pokemon art with the diamond somehow… like… mewtwo launching or charging a beam with the diamond…

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That black border will definitely be difficult grading hurdle :sweat_smile:

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Is that a bad thing? A few more harder to grade cards within Pokemon won’t harm.

@kkthxbai The artwork is indeed not super special, but it’s already marked as a B, so this Solgaleo is basically already a reprint =)

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I wonder if these are going to replace Rainbow Rares and / or Secret Rares or will they stay still… I mean that’s quuuuite a lot to collect from one set if there will be GX, GX FA, GX Rainbow Rares, Secret Rares(?) and these Prism cards

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I was really hoping I’d slow down in terms of purchasing new booster boxes, alas.

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Would be cool, I think, if the Pokémon pictured and the art were actually good.

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My wallet already hurts. :sob: :relieved:

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Oh, I didn’t mean it in a negative way. It actually adds challenge, making this hobby woth doing.

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That looks tasty af. Looking forward to pull rate info

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I like everything except that horrific prism symbol. It’s only a scan though so I look forward to seeing real early pictures.

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Lunala revealed:

Personally I like the Solgaleo much more with his cool pose and background.

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I wonder if there will be an full art variant of these.

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I’m a fan of the black border. Looking forward to picking up a few of these.

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Lunala looks nice, maybe I’m a sucker for purple haha…

I will try post results and pulls before next release here for you guys

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Is it just me or is the field of the illustration smaller than usual? Maybe it just seems like because of the colors…