The upcoming Pokémon Trading Card Game sets Black Bolt and White Flare will do something no other set has ever done before—give every single card its own full art illustration. The two sets will feature all the Pokémon from the Unova region, bringing the Black & White generation back into the spotlight 14 years after the games were released.
Not too many cards have been revealed from the sets yet, but the ones that did are promising, especially since it now turns out the sets have an additional surprise for fans. In a series first, every single card in Black Bolt and White Flare will have a full-art Illustration Rare version, bringing the total number of cards in the combined sets to over 300, according to PokéBeach.
The first few Black Bolt and White Flare cardshave already been revealed, offering fans a glimpse into what to expect from this massive collection of new TCG cards. The previewed cards show the three starters of the Unova region and their evolutionary lines, depicted using vibrant, eye-catching artwork. The sets will also include a new type of rarity—the BWR rarity, which will present select cards in monochrome in a callback to the full...