First card from upcoming Pokémon Team Rocket set may have leaked—and it looks incredible

An early take a look at what is probably probably the most anticipated Pokémon TCG set in reminiscence has seemingly taken place with the primary illustration uncommon showing within the wild—elevating pleasure for the set much more.

Pokémon followers have all eyes set on the discharge of Journey Collectively on March 28, however half a thoughts will already be forged to the Destined Rivals set later this yr, which focuses on the return of Workforce Rocket to the TCG.

Whereas we’re nonetheless some time away from the Destined Rivals launch, plainly an error on the manufacturing line has resulted in somebody getting their arms on a booster pack early, and their luck didn’t cease as they pulled a Kangashkan IR.

Though any pictures like this must be taken with an enormous heap of salt, significantly so early on, a Reddit thread on the matter identified some key factors that improve the legitimacy of the leak—most notably that the artwork, drawn by Mekayu, matches as much as the type they’ve utilized in playing cards beforehand launched.

It wouldn’t be the primary time followers acquired an early leak both, as earlier this yr, anyone managed to get a Journey Collectively pack inside a 151 tin two months earlier than the total launch. Whereas these types of errors are uncommon, there’s all the time the potential for them to happen as Pokémon must print playing cards months prematurely to fulfill demand.

If the cardboard is reputable, it definitely raises pleasure for the set and divulges different key particulars of Destined Rivals—most notably that the set will embrace 182 playing cards, excluding secret rares, whereas there are 21 illustration uncommon playing cards within the set earlier than this one.

That, too, matches up with what we will anticipate from the set, with Destined Rivals to be made up of playing cards launched in Japan’s Warmth Wave Area and Glory of Workforce Rocket units. We already know Warmth Wave Area has 12 illustration uncommon playing cards, the standard quantity for a set, and The Glory of Workforce Rocket is anticipated to have the identical.

One of many illustration rares from the units is prone to be made right into a promo distributed in Elite Coach Packing containers, although it does elevate uncertainty about once we’ll get the Meowth and Paldean Wooper illustration rares distributed in Japan with Starter ex Decks.

Meowth can be a good selection for a promo within the Destined Rivals set, although which will imply knocking one other card out of the set totally, so it might be that each playing cards are saved for a set or assortment field later this yr. We’ll simply have to attend and see.

We gained’t have to attend for much longer to find if the Kangaskhan is actual, as The Glory of Workforce Rocket releases in Japan on April 18.

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