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Pokémon Trading Card Game Reveals Secret Legend In Great Encounters Expansion

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Here is the official press release along with the preview card images.
Pack and deck images follow below.

Latest Card Release Reveal More Diamond & Pearl Pokémon to Seek, Find, and Catch!

BELLEVUE, Wash.—January 9th, 2008—Pokémon USA, Inc., a worldwide leader in the trading card game industry, today announced the latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, Diamond & Pearl—Great Encounters, will be released on February 13th. The expansion features more than 100 cards, including more brand-new Pokémon cards for players to collect and three legendary Pokémon with powerful new attacks.

In Great Encounters, many incredible Pokémon come together to battle in an epic confrontation that will be a triumph for Trainers everywhere. Who will stand victorious? Dialga? Palkia? Or a new Legendary Pokémon who rises up from the darkness? With more brand-new Pokémon cards, more Pokémon LV.X, and a titanic clash of some of the most powerful Pokémon ever, Great Encounters is every player?s chance to encounter greatness.

The Pokémon TCG: Diamond & Pearl—Great Encounters expansion will be available in three 60-card theme decks—Eternal Time, Endless Night, and Infinite Space—as well as in booster packs. Theme decks, priced at $11.99, include a unique coin, an updated rulebook, card list, one-player playmat, and damage counters. Each booster pack, priced at $3.79, features 10 randomly inserted game cards. For information, visit www.go-pokemon.com.

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Here are some of the pack and deck images. Note that there will be 3 preconstructed decks for this set.

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If the numbering is consistant with past sets, and the Precons are also consistant, we could very well see Palkia, Diagla and Darkrai as rares in the regular set, and as special holos in the precon decks!

Vince
 
What they do at my prerelease: They let you use an energy that you don't use in your deck and you treat it as Basic Metal/dark.
 
KazamBolt said:
What they do at my prerelease: They let you use an energy that you don't use in your deck and you treat it as Basic Metal/dark.
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That is like what my TO does. She just takes regular energy and marks them with a marker to identify them as Basic Metal/Darkness. It is convenient since I usually take advantage of that offer! I may just use my own basic Darkness energy this time since I now have some, but I'm still way too short on the Basic Metal Energy.

Lordofflareons said:
wow.... we havent seen anything yet.....garbage right there =(
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Yeah, I see nothing spectacular either :frown:. Felicity's Drawing could see some success with the right cards that can make use of discarded stuff. But at least the artwork on the starter decks, cards, and boosters is great! :thumb:
 
SD PokéMom said:
no.

'mom
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Sorry Pop asking. I was just wondering if they had been printed yet or not for prerelease. Not looking for a solution. Got the answer here so if all can enjoy what has been revealed in the preview we could probable delete all the other stuff if you want. Thanks again and looking forward to GE. Like the old commercial slogan" GE they bring good things to life".
 
No, you cannot bring your own special or basic metal/dark energy to use at a PR. You must use what the PTO provides, which are the proxies they have created.

Keith
 
David's Confused Pokedad said:
Sorry Pop asking. I was just wondering if they had been printed yet or not for prerelease. Not looking for a solution. Got the answer here so if all can enjoy what has been revealed in the preview we could probable delete all the other stuff if you want. Thanks again and looking forward to GE. Like the old commercial slogan" GE they bring good things to life".
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I wouldn't read any more into 'mom's "no" than just what it was, an answer to the question.

I know that we TOs would love to be able to order Basic Dark and Metal ourselves.
We'll all just have to wait a while for it...
 
Jim Ferrell said:
I dunno, I don't think Togekiss is garbage...

~Jim
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Togekiss played late game right after Delcatty Ex did a big Upstream could be a game ending move.

I'm glad that Dialga and Palkia are in the set, so you can possibly play the Lvl X cards if you are lucky enough to open them. I am dissapointed that they are reprints with different artwork, though.
 
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