{"id":127435,"date":"2022-08-21T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136343"},"modified":"2022-08-21T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T16:35:00","slug":"pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-tcg-series-launches-in-2023-heres-a-sneak-peek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-tcg-series-launches-in-2023-heres-a-sneak-peek\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet And Violet TCG Series Launches In 2023, Here&#8217;s A Sneak Peek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4542138bc7210\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4542138bc7210\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4542138bc7210\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"H2B-GatOr6A\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Apart from the new &#8220;competitive play&#8221; trailer at the 2022 Pok\u00e9mon World Championships, Pok\u00e9mon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara also announced the new trading card series.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate video, Atsushi Nagashima &#8211; Pok\u00e9mon TCG Game Director at Creatures Inc. &#8211; explained how the teaser video was a &#8220;world-first sneak peek&#8221; at the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> TCG series, launching in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s exactly what he had to say about the video above:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;ex&#8221; logo that was shown in the video symbolizes this coming series. The design depicts refined strength and evokes vitality. Pok\u00e9mon ex will appear in each Stage of Evolution: as Basic, Stage 1, and Stage 2 Pok\u00e9mon. They will have high HP as well as powerful abilities and attacks. However, knocking out one of these Pok\u00e9mon will let you take two Prize cards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Although getting a Pok\u00e9mon ex knocked out by your opponent can cost you two Prize cards, Stage 2 Pok\u00e9mon in particular have the power to turn the tide of battle in an instant, with high HP rivaling that of Pok\u00e9mon VMAX and powerful attacks that require little energy. Strong Stage 2 Pok\u00e9mon ex are just one example of how the play environment will become more diverse, allowing for a variety of Pok\u00e9mon to shine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, an important theme of Scarlet &amp; Violet series is &#8220;comebacks,&#8221; and we plan to introduce Pok\u00e9mon, Trainer cards and Energy cards that can turn the tide of the battle this way. In this upcoming series, you&#8217;ll see both familiar Pok\u00e9mon and newly discovered Pok\u00e9mon appear as Pok\u00e9mon ex, so please stay tuned for more information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon TCG: Scarlet &amp; Violet Series will further expand the game as the new standard for the Pok\u00e9mon TCG and will shake up the game in many ways. Please continue to look forward to the evolution of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Are you excited about this new series of The Pok\u00e9mon TCG? What are your first impressions of ex? <em>Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Apart from the new &#8220;competitive play&#8221; trailer at the 2022 Pok\u00e9mon World Championships, Pok\u00e9mon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara also announced the new trading card series. In a separate video, Atsushi Nagashima &#8211; Pok\u00e9mon TCG Game Director at Creatures Inc. &#8211; explained how the teaser video was a &#8220;world-first [&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-127435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127435","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=127435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}