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Our favorite secret rares from Pokémon TCG’s Black Bolt and White Flare set

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13.06.2025

The Pokémon Trading Card Game’s next sets are Black Bolt and White Flare, two sets that go hand-in-hand to represent the Unova region from the Pokémon Black and White games.

The special thing about this set is that not only will every Pokémon from Unova be included, but each one will get an illustration rare, making the sets ginormous — and also beautiful. The sets released in Japanese on Friday, so we can finally take a full look at these cards ahead of their English release on July 18.

For those who don’t remember or didn’t play Pokémon Black and White, those games had a real fun gimmick: You couldn’t actually catch any “old” Pokémon until you became the champion. The Unova region was new Pokémon only, meaning you had to learn about the new creatures GameFreak made in order to play the game. Zubat? No, that’s Woobat. You need a Chansey? Well, we don’t........

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