Wanted to create the page for future discussions/hype/etc. here are some key notes from the reveal:
Over 160 cards
3 brand new Radiant Pokemon, including Radiant Charizard, Radiant Charjabug, and Radiant Eternatus
5 Pokemon VMAX
8 Pokemon VSTAR, including Zacian VSTAR and Zamazenta VSTAR
17 Pokemon V
70 cards with special artwork in the new Galarian Gallery, including Mewtwo VSTAR, Darkrai VSTAR, and Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR**
Crown ZenithElite Trainer Box(available January 20, 2023)
Includes 10 Crown Zenith booster packs, one special art card featuring Lucario VSTAR and various gameplay accessories
Crown ZenithSpecial Collection—Pikachu VMAX (available February 17, 2023)
Includes five Crown Zenith booster packs, one etched promo card and one oversize promo card featuring Pikachu VMAX and one foil promo card featuring Pikachu V
Crown ZenithPremium Playmat Collection—Morpeko V-UNION (available April 14, 2023) Includes five Crown Zenith booster packs, four Morpeko V-UNION cards, one Professor Burnet card, one playmat and one oversize card
Crown ZenithPremium Figure Collection—Shiny Zacian or Shiny Zamazenta(available May 5, 2023) Includes 11 Crown Zenith booster packs; one etched promo card featuring either Shiny Zacian V or Shiny Zamazenta V; one corresponding Shiny figure and a Shiny pin; and one set of card sleeves
Haruko Ichikawa is a mangaka and creator of ‘Land of the Lustrous’. She also contributed to character designs for Pokémon Sword & Shield (Chairman Rose)
Her first card has just been announced for S12a VSTAR Universe
They’ve really been killing it on the artwork these past couple of sets. And the new artists are starting off strong too. What a time for cheapish good arts.
I would imagine that they would keep up the Trainer Gallery in sets to come, so we will eventually get them that way, or the Special Set in January that we are supposed to get.
There are no trainers on those AR and SAR cards so hopefully it will change to something other than trainer gallery and they get rid of those yellow borders.
The SARs look a tad busy, but overall the set looks amazing. I wonder if we will get Radiant cards… will these SAR rarity cards replace the traditional SA/SR alt arts we’ve seen? This is a proper way to send off the SwSh era!