Heading into the last quarter of 2024, The Pokemon Company have another trick up their sleeve, with the release of the new Pokemon Trading Card Game (or TCG) set, Stellar Crown. In the new set, you’ll mostly find cards from the Japanese set, Stellar Miracle; though not completely identical, the sets are broadly similar as to what they contain. There’s Stellar Pokemon, new ACE Spec cards and much more besides, so let’s take a look at all of the cards in the Stellar Crown set!
Stellar Crown: Base Set Card List
Cards for any base set of Pokemon can be identified pretty easily; if you look at the bottom left hand corner of the card, you’ll see it had the set code of SCR in the black box (with white text). Next to that is the card number: Applin, for example, is 012/142; that means that it’s the 12th card of 142, and that there are 142 cards in the base set overall. Here’s the full gallery of cards in the base set of Stellar Crown:
Stellar Crown: Secret Rare Card List
In order to identify a Secret Rare card in any Pokemon set, you can simply look at the set number in the bottom left of the card. If the number of the card exceeds the number of cards in the set, for example the first card shown below, Bulbasaur, having the number 143/142, then it’s a Secret Rare.
Secret Rare cards are all alternate art versions of cards you’ll find in the base selection of cards in any given set; that means that they’re not unique in terms of their stats and abilities, but the artwork and relative rarity (as you’ll find these less commonly than base set cards) often makes them much more valuable to Pokemon fans.
Are Other Cards Being Released With Stellar Crown Packs?
Although they don’t bear the same set code as other Stellar Crown cards, it’s always the case with any Pokemon set that Promo cards can be found in numerous different types of pack, and these are generally accepted to be part of the same set’s release.
Pictured above are the Noctowl promo cards that’ll be included in the Stellar Crown Elite Trainer Box.
When Will Stellar Crown Be Released?
Stellar Crown is now available, as of the 13th of September, 2024. Pictured above are the four promo cards that can be found within pre release bundles; these are especially exciting, as they feature cards with alternate art to those that were found on the original printings in Japanese set, Stellar Miracle.
Note that you won’t receive all four in one pre release bundle box, so these are likely to become more sought after than you would normally expect for those particular cards; also note that the Stellar Crown logo, printed in the bottom right of the illustration box, makes these more desirable than other versions of the same cards.
Though pre-release events have already taken place, you should still be able to find these packs at certain retailers or at your local Pokemon League; if you don’t know where your local League is, you can check out the official locator on the Pokemon website here.
What cards do you want to pull from Stellar Crown booster packs? With so many exciting new Pokemon to collect, and some spectacular Illustration Rares to chase, there’s lots out there to keep you busy until the next set drops!
