Our pre-release is a week before Japans release of SV4. Cannot remember the last time we had a set release where there were still unrevealed cards. Makes a nice change possibly pulling something that We haven't seen yet.
I was expecting this and tbh I’m not sure how I feel about it. I love my shiny sets having a master set of the ones before hand in the modern era. However with the exception of shiny 151 reprints I’m not sure there will be a lot more going for it. A bit Iike Shining Fates. It’s also just CGI...
Gold etched cards for the UPC???? Sad - unless they are similar to the alt art golds (I like them. They should do more of them - rather than the bland ones we get in main sets). If it is gold etched then I’d expect that to be taken from Japans Shiny Treasure at the end of the year like we took...
I wonder how many ARs and SARs will be in this set. Tangela is the 14th AR card here yet the 22nd grass/bug type in the pokedex. Be interesting to see what order special art cards are in. Type or Pokédex number. Though Japanese usually save their big secret rare lists till XMas