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 volkner・デン
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TCG "Rising Rivals"・時の果ての絆。
Gym Leaders were not
featured in the Pokemon Trading Card Game since the Johto region back
in the early 2000's, so there was never really any hope for the Sinnoh
Gym Leaders getting their Pokemon or images featured on cards. Imagine
the surprise when some early preorder websites were offering card sets
that included "GL" Pokemon! Well, what else could GL be? It was
confirmed soon after that every Sinnoh Gym leader was getting their
Pokemon on cards - at least two per Gym Leader, and some with a Level
X.
Volkner was soon found out to be getting not only Luxray, Raichu, and Luxray Level X, but the card art
featured gorgeous background paintings of Sunyshore Gym, and then a
week before the release of the set on Dec.
26th, 2008, it was revealed Volkner
himself and his Gym were also
getting their own cards (no other Gym Leader received this honor).
Volkner wins!
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 Japanese
Card Gallery>
From 時の果ての絆 (toki no hate no
kizuna), "Bonds of the End of Time".
レントラー
GL Lv. X
(Luxray GL Lv. X) ・ ライチュ
ウ GL
(Raichu GL)
 
レントラー
GL 「ジム☆チャレンジ」
(Luxray GL "Gym Challege") ・ レント
ラー GL (Luxray GL)
 
デンジの哲学 (Volkner's Philosophy) ・ ナギサシ
ティジム (Sunyshore
City Gym)
 
English
Card Gallery>
From "Rising Rivals".
 Extra
TCG Goodies!>
Have
some wallpapers given out on the official card
game website in Japan. PROTIP: The third one was also made into a giant
postcard and matching postcard!
These are the two
commercials for this set -- Japanese and English -- each featuring
Volkner and his fellow trainers!
Here are some basic statistics on this TCG set, as a goodbye present
(that is, if you care for statistics! If not, it's just boring).
- This set was released in Japan on December 26th.
- It is the second set based off Pokemon Platinum.
- There are 90 cards total, in addition to eight basic
Energy.
- The two theme decks feature Gallade and Infernape
from the Elite Four, and contain 24 unique, non-reprinted cards.
- All Pokemon with a Trainer on their card (Gym
Leader, Elite
Four, and Team Galactic-owned Pokemon) are Pokemon-SP, which makes them
Basic Pokemon. Thus, "owned" Pokemon in this set, like Luxray GL,
are Basic Pokemon and do not evolve from normal pre-evolution cards.
- Pokemon owned by Gym Leaders have "GL" at the end of
the
Pokemon's name, Elite Four Pokemon have "4" at the end, and Galactic
Pokemon have "G," as they did in Galactic's Conquest.
Volkner's
Raichu International!
Card Gallery>
Here is where I shall attempt
to get all of the different language versions of Volkner's
Raichu/Raichu GL, which is my favourite TCG card of all time!! I am
still missing quite a few languages. If you want to sell or trade any
of them, give me a holler! :D LOOKING FOR: Spanish, Polish, Italian,
and any others not on the site or this list!
From Germany (Aufstieg
der Rivalen) ・ From
France (Rivaux
Emergeants)
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