{"id":98579,"date":"2019-08-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/pokemon_tcg_embraces_sword_and_shield_with_new_expansion_powerful_v_cards_introduced"},"modified":"2019-08-16T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:00:00","slug":"pokemon-tcg-embraces-sword-and-shield-with-new-expansion-powerful-v-cards-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/16\/pokemon-tcg-embraces-sword-and-shield-with-new-expansion-powerful-v-cards-introduced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Embraces Sword And Shield With New Expansion, Powerful &#8216;V&#8217; Cards Introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/69985626bfc36\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/69985626bfc36\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Warning: The following trailer may be too <em>epic<\/em> for some viewers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WFq4yn8DLRI?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game is about to leap into a new generation with <em>Sword &amp; Shield<\/em>, an upcoming expansion for the game which unsurprisingly ties into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">upcoming video games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can get a first look at some of the cards set to be included in the new expansion in the trailer above &#8211; and while we&#8217;re talking about the trailer, how incredibly over-the-top was that? Consider our hype levels to be irreversibly through the roof.<\/p>\n<p>The new set introduces Pok\u00e9mon V, powerful new cards that will apparently play an important role in players\u2019 strategies going forward. Both Zacian V and Zamazenta V &#8211; the two legendary stars of the upcoming video games &#8211; will be available in the expansion, and more details are expected to be announced &#8220;soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes from the 2019 Pok\u00e9mon World Championships, an event which also gave us a tasty dollop of new info on Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/pokemon_sword_and_shield_info_drop_reveals_battle_stadium_new_abilities_and_more\">Battle Stadium, new abilities, and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Some gorgeous artwork promoting the new Sword and Shield TCG set\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/69985626bfc36\/some-gorgeous-artwork-promoting-the-new-sword-and-shield-tcg-set.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/69985626bfc36\/some-gorgeous-artwork-promoting-the-new-sword-and-shield-tcg-set.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Some gorgeous artwork promoting the new Sword and Shield TCG set\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Some gorgeous artwork promoting the new Sword and Shield TCG set<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you play the Pok\u00e9mon TCG? Or are you perhaps a dedicated collector? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: The following trailer may be too epic for some viewers. [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WFq4yn8DLRI?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] The Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game is about to leap into a new generation with Sword &amp; Shield, an upcoming expansion for the game which unsurprisingly ties into the upcoming video games. You can get a first look at some of the cards [&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-98579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98579","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=98579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}