SV4a High Class Pack: Shiny Treasure ex revealed today in the Pokéca All-Star Battle 2023 -Get the Gold- livestream, serving as a direct sequel to Sword & Shield’s S4a High Class Pack: Shiny Star V in 2020. Half art shiny (SS) and shiny super rare (SSR) are returning in this set, with redesigned background gold stars
Release date: December 1, 2023
MSRP: 5500 yen
Packs per box: 10
Main set: 190 cards
Cards after the main set: 141+ cards
I’m honestly more excited for what seems like a set pair focusing on the past and future paradox pokemon. They are some of my favorites from the gen 9 roster!
I’m not entirely sure this is a high class pack set. Usually the generation’s mechanic is mentioned in the set name.
SM4+ GX Battle Boost
SM8b GX Ultra Shiny
SM12a GX Tag All Stars
S4a Shiny Star V
S8b VMAX Climax
S12a VSTAR Universe
If TPC is continuing this trend, it would’ve been trademarked something like ‘Shiny ex Treasure’, so my guess is that it’s more of a (SV4a?) Gholdengo-focused subset after (SV4?) Ancient Roar and (SV4?) Future Flash
High Class Pack sets have also been released around October-December, and TPC generally trademarks their sets about 6 months prior to release. It’s too early right now
Pokebeach’s mention of high class pack sets being written in katakana means nothing as core expansion sets are also in katakana:
S9 Star Birth (スターバース)
S10D Time Gazer (タイムゲイザー)
S10P Space Juggler (スペースジャグラー)
S11 Lost Abyss (ロストアビス)
S12 Paradigm Trigger (パラダイムトリガー)
SV1S Scarlet ex (スカーレットex)
SV1V Violet ex (バイオレットex)
Had a thought that Shiny Treasure could be wordplay on ‘shiny tera’ i.e. terastal Pokémon ex. We have a bunch of upcoming sets focusing on terastal ex with different types so this concept for a high class pack is starting to become more realistic.
It is possible they have a reason for leaving it out. Terastal Pokémon ex so far this year all feature the same hat gimmick that is used in the games. So ex might not be the sole defining characteristic of the set theme - other Pokémon may be shiny too, for example
Although TCG doesn’t usually reference the [Pokémon Horizons] anime, it is still worth pointing out that there is a shiny Rayquaza whose body is also crystalline but does not have a hat. It is part of a lore as one of the 6 Pokémon accompanying the Ancient Traveller but the story has only just begun". This is also the first anime-original series where the manga is serialised alongside it, so it will be interesting if they draw any inspiration from this
There are 4 sets between now and Shiny Treasure so it is way too early to reveal. Probably best to wait until SV4 Ancient Roar/Future Flash are at least announced for October
SV4a High Class Pack: Shiny Treasure ex revealed today in the Pokéca All-Star Battle 2023 -Get the Gold- livestream, serving as a direct sequel to Sword & Shield’s S4a High Class Pack: Shiny Star V in 2020. Half art shiny (SS) and shiny super rare (SSR) are returning in this set, with redesigned background gold stars
Release date: December 1, 2023
MSRP: 5500 yen
Packs per box: 10
Main set: 190 cards
Cards after the main set: 141+ cards
Seeing how many baby Pokémon they are including in SV sets I having everything crossed for a shiny azurill! Maybe more likely it’ll be in a future main SV set though
I think the baby shinies look better than ever. That said, if this is just the new norm for these special sets (dozens of shinies in one set dedicated to them) I’m honestly kind of over it. It’s just too much. There are so many shinies that they don’t feel even remotely special which is the opposite of the point of a shiny Pokemon.
