“Destined Rivals” English Pokemon Set Releasing in May!

[tol89]

I don't really understand the decision that they didn't include "Rocket" in the English set name. Missed opportunity for sure as this would have tickled the nostalgia. Anyways as long as the cards are cool we'll be fine.

Totally forgot they have a problem selling product

 

[Mudgerat]

Good choice of name. I bet it lowers the set value. So stupid that this is considered a win nowadays, but maybe some of the dumber scalpers will be put off.

 

[BlazeKnight7]

The Rocket set is a main set in Japan, it would never come to us as a special set.

Tell that to Night Wanderer from last year becoming our special set Shrouded Fable (when nothing about that set was special imo)

 

[zetadragon90]

WTF a Pokemon-ex with just 100HP?!

 

[ShinxieDim]

That's a shame honestly. Even if the wonderfully over-the-top rocket name was a bit too much, I was hoping that the remaining owner's Pokemon sets would continue Journey Together's <noun -> adverb> naming convention. I like when a group of expansions are tied together by their names. Gym Heroes/Gym Challenge, Unleashed/Undaunted/Triumphant, Next Destinies/Dark Explorers/Dragons Exalted. Missed opportunity

 

[Reckless87]

Shouldn't Steven's Metagross be shiny

 

[River]

This is great news, thank goodness it doesn't have Rocket in the name!!!! This will help ween out the scalpers and "investors".

This is just cope. It will still be wiped off shelves & crash online stores.

Demand is too high - regardless of what name the marketing department picked.

 

[Battle_Partners_Enjoyer]

Poor naming again.
"Don't fix if not broken" The Glory of Team Rocket is god tier naming,
they can do it even if there a non-rocket cards, remember surging sparks last year, they named it an electric theme even though there's a Paradise Dragona inside(dragon set).

 

[chambatron]

I'm guessing this will be a set close 200 cards before the secrets? 2 full japanese expansions + 2 decks resounds like it. And I'm hoping we get a ho oh SIR as well as a misty one. Perhaps a psyduck one? Or will it be the Gyarados?

 

[Cybershroom]

Wonder if they scrapped the Team Rocket bit late into development, there was this one "leak" forever ago before the confirmation of Battle Partners that claimed we were getting "Team Rocket Strikes Again" in 2025 with Owners Pokemon.

 

[dineinunes]

Tell that to Night Wanderer from last year becoming our special set Shrouded Fable (when nothing about that set was special imo)

Night Wanderer was a subset, not a main set.