As the saying goes, time waits for no man; in the case of the Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) and its relentless release schedule, perhaps that should be adjusted to ‘time waits for no Pokemon fan’! Mere weeks after the release of Paradise Dragona in Japan, the details on the Supercharged Breaker set first began emerging.
Following on from the exciting introduction of Stellar Pokemon in the Japanese set Stellar Miracle, Paradise Dragona focused on Dragon type Pokemon, including more Stellar Pokemon too. So what’s included in the Supercharged Breaker set, which is due to arrive on Western shores as part of the Surging Sparks deck?
Let’s find out, as we take a close look at all of the Supercharged Breaker cards that have been revealed for the Pokemon TCG so far!
Supercharged Breaker: Base Set Card Gallery
Without including Secret Rare cards (which we explain, and feature, in the following section of this list), there are 106 cards in the Supercharged Breaker base set; this compares to just 64 cards in the base set for Paradise Dragona. Sticking with the previous set, Paradise Dragona, it had the sv7a set code on each card, due to it being a ‘mini’ set. As Supercharged Breaker is another full set in terms of the number of cards it has, its set code is sv8. As is always the case, you will find this in white text, in a black box, at the bottom left of each card. Here’s the gallery of images, for the cards that have been revealed so far from the base set:
Supercharged Breaker: Base Set Card List
As the cards in the above gallery are all in Japanese, and with only some of them being recognisable Pokemon, it’s useful to know the name of each card in English. Do note, however, that the card names here aren’t always final; they may be translated with slightly different names when they make their way to an English set (particularly in the case of some Trainer cards):
- 026/106 Milotic ex
- 033/106 Tera Pikachu ex
- 034/106 Magnemite
- 035/106 Magneton
- 036/106 Magnezone
- 041/106 Tapu Koko
- 045/106 Togepi
- 046/106 Togetic
- 047/106 Togekiss
- 070/106 Deino
- 071/106 Zweilous
- 072/106 Tera Hydreigon ex
- 081/106 Tera Tatsugiri ex
- 082/106 Slakoth
- 083/106 Vigoroth
- 084/106 Slaking ex
- 093/106 Terapagos
- 097/106 Miracle Intercom
- 099/106 Colbur Berry
- 101/106 Technical Machine: Fluorite
- 102/106 Cyrano
- 104/106 Jasmine’s Gaze
- 105/106 Amped Amphitheater
- 106/106 Gravity Mountain
Supercharged Breaker: Secret Rare Card Gallery
All Pokemon sets have cards that are numbered above the stated number of cards in the set. For example, Supercharged Breaker’s Base Set is composed of 106 cards, but there are also cards numbered from 107 onwards! Any cards you find with numbers above those in the designated number of cards in a set are known as Secret Rares; these will feature alternate art and special foil treatment variants of cards in the Base Set. In some cases, there may be one or two cards from a prior set as a special variant, such as gold Hyper Rare, that it hasn’t been printed in before). With that in mind, let’s take a look at what Secret Rare cards have been revealed for Supercharged Breaker so far:
Supercharged Breaker: Secret Rare Card List
Though there’s only one card among the Secret Rares that has been revealed so far, as you can see, we’ll add to this list as further cards are revealed. Yes, it’s also a very recognisable Pokemon, so there’s hardly any chance that you won’t know who it is without the translation, but this part of the list will become more useful as more cards are added!
- 122/106 Tera Pikachu ex
What’s New In Supercharged Breaker?
Despite Pikachu being rather overfamiliar and definitely overused, is it just me, or is it still exciting to see the most famous Pokemon in Tera Pokemon ex form, as a Stellar Pokemon too? There’s something very appealing about the brightly coloured, shiny and sparkling Stellar Pokemon cards; Pikachu’s is no exception!
So what does Pikachu do, in game terms? Well, the ability on the card stops Pikachu from being knocked out in one hit if it has full health; instead of being knocked out by a 200+HP attack, instead the plucky electric mouse is reduced to 10 HP. Of course, you’ll need a plan for the turn after that happens, but it’s great to have this ability to give you an extra turn to figure out what to do next!
Of course, that extra turn might be all you need to succeed, seeing as Pikachu’s Topaz Bolt attack deals an incredible 300 HP of damage. Bear in mind, however, that as a Stellar Pokemon, it requires a combination of Energy types to use; in this instance, it’s one Grass, one Lightning and one Metal Energy. As an extra cost to use the attack, you must also discard 3 Energy cards from the Pikachu; however, that devastating amount of damage might just win you the game.
There’s also at least one more Ace Spec card, in the form of Miracle Intercom. This is pretty straightforward in terms of what it can do: it allows you to retrieve up to 2 Supporter cards from your discard pile into your hand. Have you lost a Professor’s Research or two, or maybe a couple of Boss’s Orders? Both are staples of many decks, and quite often it’d be so useful to have access to ones you’ve used again, and Miracle Intercom allows you to do just that.
Of course, being an Ace Spec card, you can only have a single Miracle Intercom in your deck at a time (and no other Ace Spec cards at all), so you can’t rely on it to come up in every game you play, but it could help in being the last ditch attempt to save yourself from a bad situation!
When Will Supercharged Breaker Be Released?
The official release date for Supercharged Breaker in Japan is October 18th. As the release date nears, we’ll see more and more cards revealed; we’re very excited to see what other Stellar Pokemon have made the cut, and whether or not there’ll be more Ace Spec cards (we highly suspect there will be!).
Of course, with a name like ‘Supercharged Breaker’, and the fact that (along with Paradise Dragona), this set will be brought over to the West in Surging Sparks, we also suspect that we’re going to see the reveal of many more Electric Pokemon. Of course, the reveal of the Tera Pikachu ex already has us very excited about what else will be on the way!
We will add cards to this list as each are revealed, including not just the image but the translated name too. We’ll also be sure to showcase any more interesting cards that catch our eye as they come to light. Keep your eyes peeled, and we’ll update this list with more exciting details over the coming weeks!
