Advent Calendars with small pieces of chocolate to enjoy each day in the lead-up to Christmas are cool and all, but these days there are more exciting options. One such example is the Pokemon ...

The Pokemon Trading Card Game Classic collection ... Charizard, Blastoise, and Venosaur are presented as shiny foil cards. In addition to the vintage favorites, six new cards are included as ...

these new cards use shading and foil texturing to depict the Pokémon artwork. No word on how rare these cards will be, but a red Victini BWR promo card is limited to prizes in a tournament and ...

It was very reminiscent of being a kid and everyone showing off their foil Pokemon cards to each other or when someone pulls a rare full art card in draft with friends. That’s not the rarest ...

Ana Diaz (she/her) is a culture writer at Polygon, covering internet culture, fandom, and video games. Her work has previously appeared at NPR, Wired, and The Verge. Opening physical Pokémon card ...

Certain special cards have a shiny foil to them that sparkles when you move the card around on your phone. There are also full-art cards that have their colorful, eye-popping illustrations take up ...

Rather than relying on different physical textures or holographic foil to convey a card’s ... maybe aren’t interacting with Pokemon cards right now,” Creatures creative director Ryo ...