{"id":132027,"date":"2023-02-23T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145576"},"modified":"2023-02-23T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T03:05:00","slug":"the-pokemon-company-shows-off-new-silver-border-trading-cards-arriving-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/23\/the-pokemon-company-shows-off-new-silver-border-trading-cards-arriving-march\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pok\u00e9mon Company Shows Off New Silver Border Trading Cards, Arriving March"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/068b76045bf5c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/068b76045bf5c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon TCG\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/068b76045bf5c\/pokemon-tcg.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/068b76045bf5c\/pokemon-tcg.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon TCG\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, The Pok\u00e9mon Company shocked some long-time western trading card collectors when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/12\/random-pokemon-trading-cards-will-no-longer-feature-iconic-yellow-border\">announced it would be ditching the iconic yellow borders<\/a> in the Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game.<\/p>\n<p>As of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Scarlet and Violet<\/a>, local cards will now feature a silver coloured border &#8211; bringing the western designs in line with the Japanese variants. If you&#8217;ve been wondering what these cards look like in the flesh, the official Pok\u00e9mon social media accounts have now shared a look at some of the generation nine lineup &#8211; showcasing Smoliv, Cetoddle and Lechonk:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokemontcg\/statuses\/1628442092602294272 @ 2023-02-23T22:46:33+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stay tuned for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonTCG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonTCG<\/a>: Scarlet &amp; Violet expansion card highlights!<\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon TCG (@PokemonTCG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonTCG\/status\/1628442092602294272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the official Pok\u00e9mon website previously mentioned about the change:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;Moving forward, the classic yellow borders framing Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards will transition to the same silver border used in Japan. This change both frames Pok\u00e9mon TCG artwork in its originally intended border and further unifies the game on a global level. The subcategory of Trainer cards (Supporter, Stadium, etc.) currently located on the top right of Trainer cards will be moved to the top left of the card\u2014to be more visible in players\u2019 hands.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Scarlet and Violet set will launch on <strong>31st March 2023<\/strong> with over 190 cards and follows on from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword &amp; Shield<\/a>: Crown Zenith set, released earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:142400 @ 2023-02-23T22:14:50+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you think of the new silver border? Vote in our poll and leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-are-you-a-fan-of-the-new-silver-borders\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/are_you_a_fan_of_the_new_silver_borders\" data-id=\"7533\" data-question=\"Are you a fan of the new silver borders?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Are you a fan of the new silver borders?\">Are you a fan of the new silver borders? (449 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Yes, I love them<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"268 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"60\"><span class=\"val\">60<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">No, bring back yellow borders!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"181 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"40\"><span class=\"val\">40<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Last year, The Pok\u00e9mon Company shocked some long-time western trading card collectors when it announced it would be ditching the iconic yellow borders in the Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game. As of Scarlet and Violet, local cards will now feature a silver coloured border &#8211; bringing the western designs in line with [&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-132027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132027","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=132027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}