Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. Put a Dark Energy on there too and you can deliver Shrieking Poison, 90 damage and adding Confused and Poisoned, which is great. But that Pursuit Blast is a brilliant addition to the game, and I can’t wait to see it messing with Lost Zone players. Impressively, it’s funny no matter how you parse the word, whether the (incorrect) U.S. use as a word for a preserve or jam, or the (correct) UK use as the wobbly translucent children’s dessert. Either is an incredibly silly thing to need in an emergency, and the idea never fails to make me smile. Even more when I decide it’s made out of Duosion. Serena Image: The Pokémon Company

There’s a VSTAR, it should be mentioned, but aside from offering a possible 210 damage if you flip three heads, it seems to weaken the card’s potential.) Regidrago V Alternate Art Image: The Pokémon Company The Lugia V/VSTAR combo in Silver Tempest is definitely one of the most desirable cards from the set. The Pokémon Silver mascot is a perennial fan-favourite, and offers a powerful V. Read the Wind lets you discard a card and draw three for just one Energy, while get it loaded up with four Energy of any type and Aero Dive can do 130 damage a turn with no limits, while also letting you discard any Stadium in play.Which is all lovely, but of course collectors are after it not just for its power in the game, but the prettiness of its variants. There’s a Full Art V, and both a Rainbow Rare and Gold Rare versions of the VSTAR. But most desired, and indeed most desired from the entire set, is the Lugia V Alt Art. It’s the autumnal colours combined with such a bold use of empty space that has this Full Art card work so well. The Jynx is so small on the card that you have to squint to see it properly, and then when you do you get the excellent surprise that the daft creature is smooching its enormous lips at its trainer, hearts popping out around its head. Such an elegant, beautiful card, that hides such a silly, funny detail: I love it. Unown V Image: The Pokémon Company As Sword & Shield winds down, and the TCG world prepares for next February’s shift to Scarlet & Violet, the series is starting a fantastic effort to celebrate the last three years. Next year’s final Special Set, Crown Zenith, will not only be about a last hurrah for V-based cards, but also contain an enormous 70-card “Galarian Gallery” (which, yes, should obviously have been called a Galary). It’ll hopefully be a lovely goodbye to the Galar region. The card is unequivocally gorgeous, Kawayoo’s distinctive painted style looking amazing in muted blues and greens across a predominantly grey scene. But prices like this are still daft.

Silver Tempest has quite a few muted-colour cards that are wonderfully evocative. Regidrago’s Alt Art V is such a richly detailed piece of art, Hataya’s meticulous detail focused on the ruins surrounding the Pokémon, with the Legendary itself a more simplistic design. That’s a fascinating decision, and the results are amazing. However, jumping the gun slightly is a card from Silver Tempest that does a lovely job of capturing the spirit of Sword and Shield, with many of the main characters posing for a lovely Full Art picture. Sanosuke Sakuma’s illustration shows Victor (the male player character), Bede (who my son remains convinced is an old lady), Hop (your hometown bestie), Marnie (grumpy Dark-type, and a monstrous card on her own), and Gloria (the female player character).

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