{"id":109487,"date":"2020-02-21T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/more_pokemon_sword_and_shield_trading_cards_are_coming_with_new_rebel_clash_expansion"},"modified":"2020-02-21T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:30:00","slug":"more-pokemon-sword-and-shield-trading-cards-are-coming-with-new-rebel-clash-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/02\/21\/more-pokemon-sword-and-shield-trading-cards-are-coming-with-new-rebel-clash-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"More Pok\u00e9mon Sword And Shield Trading Cards Are Coming With New &#8216;Rebel Clash&#8217; Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ad487a8b08c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ad487a8b08c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Rebelclash\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ad487a8b08c\/rebelclash.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/13ad487a8b08c\/rebelclash.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Rebelclash\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today revealed the second expansion of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/strong><\/a> trading cards. The new set will be called &#8216;Rebel Clash&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of recently discovered Pok\u00e9mon from the Galar region will appear in the new set, which is due to release around the world on 1st May. The first set, simply called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/pokemon_trading_card_games_sword_and_shield_series_launches_today\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG: Sword &amp; Shield<\/a>&#8216;, was released earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the new expansion will arrive in stores in the form of booster packs, theme decks, Elite Trainer Boxes, and special collections. The new series continues to introduce new Pok\u00e9mon V and Pok\u00e9mon VMAX cards such as Toxtricity VMAX, which is based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/gigantamax_toxtricity_revealed_for_pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Gigantamax Toxtricity<\/a> from Sword and Shield on Switch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Poke1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/47e4774175cf3\/poke1.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/47e4774175cf3\/poke1.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Poke1\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Here are some highlights set to appear in the new Pok\u00e9mon TCG collection (which will contain more than 190 cards in total):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 Pok\u00e9mon V such as Toxtricity V, Dubwool V, Boltund V, and Sandaconda V\u2014plus 14 full-art Pok\u00e9mon V<\/li>\n<li>Seven Pok\u00e9mon VMAX, including the final Evolutions of the first partner Pok\u00e9mon of Galar, as well as Copperajah VMAX and Dragapult VMAX<\/li>\n<li>More than 15 Trainer cards and four full-art Supporter cards<\/li>\n<li>Four new Special Energy cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At launch, cards from the new set will be available in the <a class=\"external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/uk\/app\/pokemon-trading-card-game-card-dex\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1582382176905000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcbFtf8pxPiPwUh5gQcNKXsJDV_g\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/uk\/app\/pokemon-trading-card-game-card-dex\/\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG Card Dex<\/a> app, should you want to browse through your collection digitally. If you&#8217;re lucky enough to live nearby, you&#8217;ll also be able to go hands-on with the new cards by attending prerelease tournaments. These can be found at participating retailers &#8211; the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/uk\/play-pokemon\/pokemon-events\/find-an-event\/\">official site<\/a> should help you find local events.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Poke2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/42792c1e6dbe5\/poke2.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/42792c1e6dbe5\/poke2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Poke2\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Are you a keen Pok\u00e9mon card collector? Excited for even more cards? We don&#8217;t know how anyone keeps up with collecting &#8217;em all!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has today revealed the second expansion of Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield trading cards. The new set will be called &#8216;Rebel Clash&#8217;. Dozens of recently discovered Pok\u00e9mon from the Galar region will appear in the new set, which is due to release around the world on 1st May. The first set, simply called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}