Pokemon TCG: What Are Radiant Cards?

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Is it a tired cliche to say that the Pokemon Trading Card Game is constantly evolving? Yes. Is it true? For sure. The Pokemon Company International has seldom shied away from tossing new mechanics into the game, and while not everything's been a hit with the fans, the bulk of their additions in the Sword & Shield era have been solid.

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As of this writing, we're approaching the final months of the Pokemon TCG's spotlight on the Galar region, but that hasn't stopped the developers from introducing yet another twist in the form of Radiant Pokemon. What are Radiant Pokemon? Why should we care? And are they worth hunting down through the special Pokemon GO set's limited-availability expansion packs?

Technically, some of those answers are going to be subjective. But we'll do our best to answer them all.

Radiant Pokemon are shiny.Just don't confuse them with other instances of the same thing. Contrary to Shining Fates' Shiny Vault, these cards not only feature illustrations of alternately-colored Shiny forms; their holography process has also been revamped. Apart from the monster boxes — that is to say, the rectangular sections of the card that house a Pokemon's depiction — the entire card is given a holo foil treatment, and in a unique new style that feels a bit more "disco-ball" than past iterations.

So, they're pretty. In fact, we would go so far as to say they're quite pretty. But Radiant Pokemon also serve a particular purpose. Radiant Pokemon are all Basic-tier, including cards for Pokemon that are typically considered Stage Two. In this sense, they're not unlike V, VMAX, and VSTAR cards. You don't need a Squirtle and a Wartortle in order to send