Anneliese Kleiman

For now, we're squarely in the Mega era of **Pokémon Trading Card Game ** . As this polarizing mechanic continues to rise to prominence, more and more Pokémon are getting redesigned in a whole new Picking up the box gets you a number of fun goodies that fans can enjoy. Three cards are already displayed front and center: Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard are shown to let you know exactly what is coming. Each one looks pretty useful with great HP for Charmander and average attacks on Charmeleon. Then the Charizard-GX card has a huge surge meant for taking down your opponents in a massive way as it has an enormous 250 HP, which makes it pretty much built like a tank. Three energies of any kind allows it to use Wing Attack and inflict 70 damage, that's enough to take out almost all Pokémon in one to three hits! Then comes Crimson Storm which deals a whopping 300 damage! You have to discard three Fire-type energy from Charizard but it will end up becoming a deciding factor during any battle. The GX attack is sure to be helpful if you're being strategic. Raging Out allows you to discard the top ten cards of your enemy's deck. That makes it great to have up your sleeve if a match has been dragging along and can knock them out by reducing their deck to zero. Less cards means an advantage in your favor! Charizard-GX packs a lot into not only obliterating Pokémon but dismantling any rival's morals all in a single crushing turn that they'll have a hard time recovering from! The entire set list is now available for Phantasmal Flames , and it looks like there will be six Mega EX forms, as well as four Pokémon EX cards, 94 regular cards, 13 illustrated rares, and five special illustrated rares. Mega Diancie and Mega Gengar are the battle decks this time around. As was already confirmed, Phantasmal Flames is basically combining those battle decks and the Inferno X release in Japan. That set had 80 cards and was released on SeptemberPokémon TCG battles are always intense, whether playing against friends or taking on top competitors. Players get fired up no matter what level they're at as it's a contest to be the best and everyone wants to win. Luckily, we got to take a look at a new product that could help burn down the competition. Pokémon Company supplied us with the Charizard-GX Premium Collection which features one of the biggest Pokémon ever! The Pokémon Pokemon TCG Strategy|https://pokemontcgdeck.com/ is still selling like hotcakes, and it seems like that cycle will never truly end: anytime soon, at least. While many folks are still dealing with distribution and supply issues, the cards are still selling, and the Pokémon TCG Pocket experiment seems to be going well so far. Now that the digital edition has finally gotten a share feature, things are looking up on that frCharizard has been a popular Pokémon ever since the video games first released. It has a starring role as the cover mascot for Pokémon Red and has since made numerous appearance. Charizard was Ash's strongest team member in the anime series, and also a playable character in the Super Smash Bros. and Pokkén Tournament games. Its very first trading card is highly sought after and regarded as one of the rarest and most valuable. So, because of all these highlights, Charizard receiving its very own collectible card set is nothing out of the ordinary.First we have a double dose of decks with Tropical Takedown and Twilight Rogue. The former features Alolan Exeggutor on the cover. It's cleverly packaged as the long, neck divides the window of the box. Its contents, however, are what really counts. Alolan Exeggutor comes in with 160 HP which is good to start. Its attack is Tropical Shake which deals a measly 20 damage, but you add 20 more for every basic energy card in your discard pile (but can't exceed 100). This ups its value as a member of your team and would benefit from going third or fourth in the battle, depending on varying circumstances. As long as there's a good amount of energy cards in the pile, Exeggutor could wipe out plenty of threats. Alolan Sandslash comes with the deck as well and makes for a fair sweeper. Its ability allows you to draw a card before attacking which helps plan for future moves. Smash Turn needs three energy cards but wallops opponents with 50 damage; doing so means you have to switch it with a benched Pokémon. So, if you need to deal some quick damage and can swap into a beefier ally, Alolan Sandslash is handy.Pokémon games as of recently have been showing off great storylines. There has been more emphasis on them and with greater consequences. But the trading card game has always been a step ahead. It always has something interesting to tell as it doesn't abide by the standards of the video game world. The latest expansion of the card series, however, sort of falls in-between.There are booster packs inside the tin which are fun and we got sent a bunch of them in addition to everything else. They are always a joy to open with suspense at every chance. Ultra Necrozma-GX would be the prize when tearing through every booster. It has unbelievable moves and abilities with huge HP. You could find legends and mythical Pokémon such as Volcanion and Diancie or encounter Ultra Beasts such as Naganadel and Xurkitree. Of course, you may end up with seventy Flabébé cards which may or may not come in handy during battles. All in all, the Forbidden Light series stacks up with high offense, quick strikes and major attacks. Find them in stores now so you can embrace the darkness and unleash powerful victories.