Pokemon does not add new card rarities often, so a brand-new one is worth paying attention to. The Pokemon Company has revealed Futuristic rare, a fresh rarity arriving in the 30th Celebration set, with cards illustrated by Tokyo graphic artist YOSHIROTTEN in a style meant to evoke, in the company's words, hope toward an unknown future. Mew and Mewtwo are the first two shown.
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Set up your group for freeThe reveal, which dropped on 1 June, fills in the anniversary set teased earlier this year. 30th Celebration marks three decades of the trading card game, and it leans hard into nostalgia. Every booster pack is all-foil, including the basic Energy, and each pack holds six cards rather than the usual five. One of those is guaranteed to be a Pikachu, pulled from 30 different Pikachu cards in the set.
The bigger draw for older players is the run of 30 classic reprints. Base Set Charizard is back, as is the Pikachu and Zekrom GX from Team Up, with the rest still under wraps. For anyone who missed those cards the first time, or watched their prices climb on the secondary market, it is a rare chance to pull them fresh from a pack.
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Find events near you30th Celebration gets a simultaneous worldwide release on 16 September, so UK collectors will not be waiting months behind Japan for once. Whether you chase the new Futuristic rares or just want a clean Charizard, this is shaping up to be the anniversary set of the year. Time to work out who in your group still has cards to trade.
Sources: Wargamer | Pokemon.com
