Here's Your First Look At The Special Detective Pikachu Pokémon Card Set

I haven't seriously collected Pokemon cards in ages, but man....yea I kinda want those!😅😍

Been a year since my 9 year old has wanted pokemon cards. Kinda hoping he doesn't want these as my wallet will take a hit lol

@LilDoggo48 exactly! haven't bought pokemon cards for years now... but those look legit good!

Wow, you guys were on the ball with these! I follow Pokémon TCG stuff pretty closely, and these were definitely not revealed until this morning. Good on you for being on time with your news once again, NL!

Wait, when Greninja's Ability says "play it on your bench" does it mean it doesn't have to evolved? It doesn't state "play it on your bench as a Basic Pokemon."

I haven't really gotten back into the TCG in a year, outside of picking up a pack from time to time. I might pick these up tho. They look really nice!

Wow
It looks cool

this is a pretty smart way to promote a movie base off a game.

Charizard does look awesome.

Charizard looks weird and old, like wrinkly not scaley

I just wish Pokemon cards go back to the same prices like about 10 years ago. One of the reasons why I stop buying them.

I really hope there's a theater promo card like the Ancient Mew card for Pokémon 2000.

I would love to just have a complete set of Pokémon cards but at this point in time that's just nearly impossible.

I want that lunch box

@IceEarthGuard Same could be said about the HP and damage values. 250 HP and damage is ridiculous compared to the original base set cards. 120 HP was the highest you could get. I remember when Gen 3 cards came out and I got a Wailord ex card. It had 200 HP. It felt really special back then.

I've been playing Fire Emblem Cipher a lot lately and it has much better balance. Attack values are always something between 0 and 80. Skills are varied and useful. All cards serve a purpose.

@Luffymcduck
That is what it means (and it still counts as a stage 2 Pokémon when in play) A nice 1-of in decks with fast builds. Not really something to build a deck around since you could end up with multiple in your hand, not very reliable.

Neither one of these cards seem too amazing. Some recent GX cards are extremely overpowered.

I want that lunch box looking thing...

@Late I do agree with that too.

The original cards looks so much better. These are so over the top and full of stuff you can barely make out what’s happening on them...

These look cool. My youngest son likes Pokémon cards but he buys them to collect primarily the EX and other special cards. We used to casually play but he's lost interest in playing so I told him that buying the cards is a waste for us now. I have a feeling that he will see these and want to buy them.....especially after seeing the film, which we are very excited to see.

@dkxcalibur same here

@Luffymcduck It's a GX card, they all can be played without evolving AFAIK. Not that I've played in forever, but I assume they're a rebranded EX card.

@SethNintendo Alright disregard what I said. I got confused heheh. And yes I meant liter.

Nope, they work differently than EX. They evolve like regular stage 1 & 2 Pokémon (look at the symbol and text at the upper left corner) The thing they have in common with EX is that your opponent takes 2 prize cards when a GX has been knocked out, also stronger attacks and better HP.

The earliest ex generation also had to be evolved. Also let's not forget the Mega-EX Pokémon.

There are some work arounds, like the Rare Candy item which let's you put a stage 2 on a basic Pokémon.

I am far too long out of the Pokemon TCG metagame. I couldn't keep playing because it just isn't worth it to spend the money and time buying boxes of real cards for codes to play online.

It is just so expensive to play this game seriously. Most top tier decks require 4-12 of the highest rarity cards, but buying a boost box you might only get 3-4 (by old standards anyway, they may have changed it) and there was no way to know even if they would be the right cards for the deck you want to build. The alternative of buying individual cards was never pleasant either, because the cards you would want for competitive play were always very expensive, 20-30 dollars a piece!

I don't play Magic the Gathering for similar cost reasons.

I feel Hearthstone is the most affordable card game I have enjoyed by quite a lot. Generally speaking a single pre-order for 50-80 bucks per expansion gets me nearly the entire set. And that is much less than one booster box of Pokemon that will leave you wanting many important cards.

Every time I see a new Pokemon card I feel like I'm 90 years old.

I'm definitely buying these instead of the New Team UP Cards.

@alasdair91 You cant definitely see what the Pokemon is though and the attacks. that all you really need.