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    Illustration Rare Riolu from Mega Brave

    personally, not a fan of Riolu and I hate Lucario. But I couldn't care less if a Pokemon has one or more IRs, this one is cute but the first one is better. I don't really get the setting here, because the illustrator chose to have that board on the floor to make the entrance disappear. But is it...
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    Illustration Rare Riolu from Mega Brave

    I can hear them already: “Riolu already got one!”
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    Mega Camerupt ex, Mega Absol ex, Mega Mawile ex, Mega Abomasnow ex Revealed!

    loll this is such nonsense.
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    PokeBeach Podcast: Four Major Mega Evolution Sets Coming to the TCG!

    To me, that’s the best part of the mega cards - especially if you have the Japanese and the English one.
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    “MEGA Dream ex” and “Abyss Eye” Trademarked for the Pokemon TCG!

    Could be Zygard as Abyss could also have to do with destruction of a planet
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    Fall 2025 Tins to Feature Team Rocket Pokemon!

    Weird they did promos here but not for DIR pre-release?!
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    “Mega Brave” and “Mega Symphonia” TCG Sets Officially Revealed Featuring Return of Mega Evolutions!

    People still assume the pokemon company is like “oh what is missing from an international IR dex?”. They confirmed in interviews that the selection process of Pokemon for the sets is mostly random and based on what is popular with the creator. The same seems to apply for the IR section. I don’t...
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    Japan to Print More of the Pokemon Center Pikachu Special Boxes!

    there are services that do that for you. It is a one time investment. I think I paid 40€, if that helps. Again, you can find that on YouTube. If not and you interested feel free to to DM me.
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    Japan to Print More of the Pokemon Center Pikachu Special Boxes!

    It’s a lottery item. you need to apply for it on the Japanese online Pokémon Center. The First Window closed 2 days ago and today the results came in. All lottery items usually get a second round. This is not new. They normally Test out the Demand. If it is even higher than expected, they do a...
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    Reshiram and Zekrom ex BWR Rares Revealed in English, Indicates New Secret Rares Added to Our Sets!

    The whole deal is to have monochrome arts tho, I guess that’s why they decided to go this route. Also a throw back to their first full arts.
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    Reshiram and Zekrom ex BWR Rares Revealed in English, Indicates New Secret Rares Added to Our Sets!

    It’s still not in boosters tho. It’s only in the binder collection. Maybe they wanted to keep the set complete in numbering. Really thought they made it a promo tho. My bad.
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    Reshiram and Zekrom ex BWR Rares Revealed in English, Indicates New Secret Rares Added to Our Sets!

    Victini AR isn’t included in the Japanese Set. It’s a promo in Japan too. So it’s not missing and it is not cut.
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    “Black Bolt and White Flare Tech Sticker Collections” Fully Revealed!

    Someone above posted the connection to the movies. Also these were exclusive to the games respectively
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    English Mega Evolution Set to Release on September 26th, But Expect Prerelease Shortages

    The printers are not infinite. Pokemon does not have their own printers in the west. They have to book in advance (6 months), so when these printers are clogged with reprints, there is less space for new ones. I guess finding new factories or setting them up is not as easy as people think -...
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