“Pokemon Trading Card Game Classic” Box Set Announced for Fall, Features New and Classic Cards!
A new premium box set called “Pokemon Trading Card Game Classic” will release in late 2023 in English and in October 2023 in Japan! It was revealed during today’s Pokemon Direct.
The product will contain three 60-card decks headlined by Base Set Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise. Each of the decks will contain new and reprinted cards. The cards will feature a unique holofoil pattern different from the one in Celebrations. All of the cards feature new numbering for this box set.
The box set will include premium gameplay accessories, including a foldable game board, three deck boxes, three sets of card sleeves, metal orbs that take the place of coins, and 3D damage counters that can be stacked. More details are listed at the bottom of this news story.
Except for Basic Energy cards, the cards in these decks are illegal for tournament play. This product is meant to be a timeless (but contained) Pokemon TCG gameplay experience for challenging friends and family.
This product is an entirely different release than Pokemon Card 151, which is a set releasing in Japan on June 16th. However, we may get Pokemon Card 151 as our special set in the fall to coincide with the release of this Pokemon TCG Classic product.
The Japanese product will cost 35,000 yen (about $275). It will be available via lottery starting in February. No English pricing or release information has been revealed yet.
Venusaur & Lugia ex Deck
Lugia ex – Colorless – HP230
Basic Pokemon[C][C] Upward Gust: 30 damage. Search your deck for a Basic Energy and attach it to this Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck.
[C][C][C] Aero Break: 200 damage. This Pokemon also does 30 damage to itself.
When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 2
Sun Seed – Trainer
Pokemon ToolThe attacks of the Venusaur this card is attached to do 100 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
You may attach any number of Pokemon Tool to your Pokemon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokemon Tool to each Pokemon, and it stays attached.
Charizard & Ho-Oh ex Deck
Ho-oh ex – Fire – HP220
Basic Pokemon[R] Phoenix Breath: Attach up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokemon in any way you like.
[R][R][C][C] Eternal Blaze: 180 damage. During your next turn, this Pokemon can’t attack.
When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Blazing Charcoal – Trainer
Pokemon ToolThe attacks of the Charizard this card is attached to do 100 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
You may attach any number of Pokemon Tool to your Pokemon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokemon Tool to each Pokemon, and it stays attached.
Blastoise & Suicune ex Deck
Suicune ex – Water – HP220
Basic PokemonAbility: Aqua Lift
If this Pokemon has any [W] Energy attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost.[C][C][C] Crystal Blast: 60+ damage. This attack does 30 more damage for each [W] Energy attached to this Pokemon.
When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Water (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Ocean Droplet – Trainer
Pokemon ToolThe attacks of the Blastoise this card is attached to do 100 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
You may attach any number of Pokemon Tool to your Pokemon during your turn. You may attach only 1 Pokemon Tool to each Pokemon, and it stays attached.
Accessories Details
- The game board offers a premium fabric surface that allows cards to easily slide across, non-stitched edges to avoid cards getting caught when playing, a fabric hinge eliminating gaps in the board and built-in magnet to minimize noise during gameplay.
- The black-and-white color scheme of the game board has been designed to match the toolbox and card sleeves while maintaining a visual focus on the cards and tools.
- The toolbox contains enough gameplay accessories for two players to battle, including stackable damage counters, three-dimensional Poison and Burn markers and metal orbs that take the place of Pokémon coins.
- Players will be able to roll metal orbs down a small chute — if the orb lands in a white-bordered hole, it’s treated as heads, and if it lands in a black-bordered hole, it’s treated as tails — removing the need for dice and coins.
- The toolbox includes a set of damage counters featuring yellow 10-damage counters, orange 50-damage counters and red 100-damage counters.
- In addition to the bright colors, each damage counter prominently displays the damage count on its side, allowing players to quickly calculate the total damage count.
- Designed with a conical shape, the damage counters are stackable to maximize visibility of in-play cards and allow for easy storage.
- Made from aluminum, the damage counters are moderately weighted to prevent falling over when vertically stacked.
- Three-dimensional, ring-shaped Poison and Burn markers are also included in the toolbox to allow players to easily identify these Special Conditions.
- Featuring a Poké Ball motif, three kinds of card sleeves are included to protect the three preconstructed decks.
- Card sleeves have been purposely designed in a black-and-white color scheme to maintain visual focus on the card artwork.
- Three deck boxes featuring the Grass, Fire and Water Energy symbols match the preconstructed decks and allow for easy storage of sleeved cards when not in use.
Trailer
This trailer was shown during today’s Pokemon Direct.
