Pokemon Battle Partners sv9 to set the tone for 2025!
Well well well Pokemon fans... We are barely off the back of Terastal Festival and we are already in for another treat in a short few weeks!
Our first set of 2025 'Battle Partners' is nearly upon us and just before Christmas, Pokemon decide to give us a little flavour of whats to come this coming January!
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Update: 17/01/2025
We are now just one week away from the release of Battle Partners and the first set of 2025 has everyone excited! There was a small bit of controversy this last week or so as a proxy artist (who does this for a lot of new sets) put out their version of what the Lillie SAR was going to look like. Some people saying we won't get a Lillie SAR I hope they are wrong obviously seeing as Lillie and Clefairy we're the pair that kicked of Full Art style character cards towards the end of the Sun & Moon era with Dream League.
Anyway, lets take a look at this one. It is worth pointing out that to the untrained eye, the fact that this card had a video opening done alongside it, you can see how this can be misleading.
Personally, just like the proxy SAR for Lisia in Paradise Dragona... I think that looks pretty good. But the question is, will it stand up next to the real deal?
Back to the update... We also got a few other reveals including a (somewhat) Jaws inspired Wailord and some other AR goodies such as an Ice Cold Articuno and Hop's Wooloo that just got revealed today! Let's take a look...
Also... Keep your eyes peeled over the next month or so as more news is annunced regarding the English expansion Journey Together!
Update: 28/12/2024
It has only been a short break without them.... But our beloved AR cards will return business as usual in Battle Partners sv9
With this new AR comes a brand new Pokemon Illustrator into the fold. Know for a Chibi style illustration often with big bright and bold colours. Terada Tera has taken to Pokemon card illustration with one of the Paldean region's most famous trainers, Iono. What do you think of her work?
Also another SAR sneak peak with Hop and his Zacian! Now we know Hop isn't exactly a fan favourite but this one is very cure considering it is essentially a small boy petting a giant legendary wolf with a huge sword in its' mouth!
First off, as soon as I hear about this set. I knew deep down, this was going to be a rebirth of the Gym Series where we see cards from some of Pokemon's most infamous Gym Leaders and their Pokemon, all in one card. This was maybe due to the fact that we knew that a new Team Rocket set was going to arrive in the Spring and not to mention the ongoing references to Black & White... So my assumption was 'we're getting a new gym series set'.
Am I wrong? Well I know we have been spoiled rotten in recent years with Character Rares, Galrian Galleries, Character Secret Rares going all the way back to Sun & Moon where it all began with Dream League so you would be forgiven to think it was just another way to bring CHRs etc back into the fold. Plus for newer collectors old school Gym Series sets like Gym Heroes & Gym Challenge probably don't spring to mind.
Anyway, I'm sticking firm! I already called a new Iono SAR weeks ago and would you know it, they've gone and hit us with it straight from the off! Apart from N's Reshiram leak, this is one of the first reveals for the set and they went big!
This was also accompanied by a reveal for an Iono promo which in all honesty has more of an Iono vibe than the SAR does.
As ever we will keep you appraised and up to date with all the news, card reveals and more as the days edge closer to the release date.
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