Pokémon Guides
Pokémon Ascended Heroes: An Amazing 295-Card Special Set
Our guide to Ascended Heroes, the largest English Pokémon TCG set yet: headline Megas, Mega Attack Rares, Trainer's Pokémon and which product suits you.
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Phantasmal Flames Booster Box: 36 Packs & the Best Chase Cards
What a Phantasmal Flames booster box contains, which Mega Charizard X ex cards collectors chase, and when a box beats an ETB or Ultra-Premium…
Pokémon Guides
Mega Evolution Explained: 3 Prizes, 7 Sets and the Best Megas
How Mega Evolution works in today's Pokémon TCG, from the 3-Prize rule and XY-era history to the seven English sets and their Japanese sources.
Product Guides
Pokémon Booster Box Guide: 7 Great Tips for Choosing a Box
How to choose a booster box: English vs Japanese formats, the special sets that never got one, sealed cases, storage and running a box…
Lorcana Guides
Disney Lorcana for Beginners: 20 Lore and 6 Brilliant Inks
New to the Disney trading card game? Learn inks, the inkwell, questing for lore, the four card types, every set released so far and…
Lorcana Guides
Disney Characters in Lorcana: 12 Films With Amazing Glimmers
From Stitch and Elsa to Jafar, Judy Hopps and the Gargoyles: how Disney characters become glimmers, where to find them and which gift sets…
One Piece Guides
One Piece Odyssey: 4 Great Ways From the RPG to the Card Game
Loved the Straw Hats' adventure on Waford? Here is what the RPG is about, which cards feature Lim and Adio, and how to get…
Pokémon Guides
Destined Rivals: 244 Cards and Amazing Team Rocket Chase Cards
Team Rocket takes over Scarlet & Violet in Destined Rivals. Meet the villains and the rivals, see how the 244 cards are structured and…
Pokémon Guides
Journey Together: 190 Cards and Brilliant Trainer’s Pokémon
N, Iono, Lillie and Hop bring Trainer's Pokémon back in Journey Together. Here's how the 190-card set works, which cards to chase and where…
Product Guides
Prismatic Evolutions ETB: 9 Packs and a Beautiful Eevee Promo
What's inside the Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box, why the set has no booster box, and how the ETB stacks up against the premium…
Product Guides
Surging Sparks ETB: 9 Packs, a Magneton Promo & 6 Great Tips
What you get in the Surging Sparks Elite Trainer Box, how it compares with a booster box or sealed case, and six practical tips…
Pokémon Guides
Surging Sparks: 252 Cards, Tera Pikachu ex and Amazing Dragons
Everything worth knowing about Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks, from Tera Pikachu ex and the Dragon-type line-up to ACE SPECs and the Japanese source sets.