Pokémon Trading Card Game: Detective Pikachu / Unbroken Bonds

8 March 20198 March 2019 Lite_Agent Pokémon Detective Pikachu (movie), Pokémon Trading Card Game, The Pokémon Company

Pokémon: Detective Pikachu

The Pokémon Company has revealed more cards from the Pokémon Detective Pikachu expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. No less than 16 cards were revealed, including a second Pikachu card, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Ludicolo, and Mewtwo.

Here’s the full list of cards revealed:

Arcanine
Bulbasaur

Check out that wide smile on Bulbasaur’s face! How can you not feel immediately cheered up looking at this happy little Pokémon? Although Bulbasaur isn’t an effective fighter on its own, its Find a Friend attack allows the player to pull another Grass-type Pokémon from their deck into their hand. It’s a good way to quickly get a heavy hitter into action!

Charizard
Charmander
Detective Pikachu

Of course, the Pokémon TCG: Detective Pikachu line wouldn’t be complete without a card dedicated to the star of the film! The furry detective looks adorable as he investigates his surroundings with his tiny magnifying glass. That handy tool probably helps with the Scout attack, which makes the opponent reveal their hand.

Ditto
Greninja
Lickitung
Ludicolo

Ludicolo is another cheery-looking Pokémon—and we imagine that its Table Service Ability, which lets you heal 30 damage from 1 of your Pokémon every turn, would make your other Pokémon pretty cheery as well. Its Punch and Run attack is also a fine way to switch it out for a Benched Pokémon while causing a bit of damage to your opponent.

Machamp

Machamp is the perfect traffic coordinator, using its four arms to signal in all directions at a busy intersection—and its intimidating physique to make grumpy drivers reconsider any objection! This burly Pokémon’s Directing Traffic attack gives you a peek at the top five cards of your deck and allows you to put them back in any order. Not a bad way to prepare for upcoming attacks.

Magikarp
Mewtwo
Mewtwo-GX

The Legendary Psychic-type Pokémon Mewtwo makes a surprise appearance as Mewtwo-GX. Alongside a pair of regular attacks, Mewtwo-GX can unleash the Psychic Nova-GX attack, which does a considerable 180 damage while also protecting Mewtwo-GX from all attack damage during your opponent’s next turn. You’ll find this awesome card in the Pokémon TCG: Detective Pikachu Mewtwo-GX Case File.

Morelull
Slaking
Snubbull

But that’s not all: special promotional cards are still to be revealed. The Pokémon Company will explain how to get them in the coming weeks.

The Pokémon: Detective Pikachu set comes out on March 29th in Europe, and April 6th in North America.

Source: The Pokémon Company PR / The Pokémon Company

Unbroken Bonds

The Pokémon Company has announced yet another expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Sun & Moon – Unbroken Bonds. It will be released globally on May 3rd, and will include the following:

Over 210 cards
Seven new TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX (Reshiram & Charizard-GX, Marshadow & Machamp-GX, Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX, Greninja & Zoroark-GX, Muk & Alolan Muk-GX, Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX, and Lucaria & Melmetal)
Seven more Pokémon-GX
More than 25 Trainer cards
new Special Energy card

Wondering if this new expansion will be compatible with the Pokémon TCG Card Dex app? The answer is yes… and at launch, to boot! If you’re from the UK, there will be various pre-release events at select independant retailers from April 20th to April 28th.

Here’s some pictures of cards from the Unbroken Bonds expansion: