Pokemon Trading Card Game Introduces Clever New Ditto Mechanic
The Pokemon Company announced a new feature for Ditto cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game as part of the upcoming Pokémon GO expansion series. The Pokémon GO set was revealed earlier this year in March, marking the first collaboration between the beloved mobile game and the Pokemon Trading Card Game.
Set for release this summer on Friday, July 1, the Pokemon Go series marks the final set of the Pokemon Trading Card Game's Sword and Shield series. The new series will only be available in booster format throughout Japan, but international players will have the ability to collect the new series through special collector sets and bundles.
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The new series, which goes by the name Trading Card Game x GO, will feature several new cards specifically related to the Pokemon Go mobile game, including PokeStops, commonly-seen Pokemon in the wild, and Trainer cards. In an announcement via the official Instagram account, the Pokemon Trading Card Game revealed a look at some of the new cards, including the newly-announced Ditto feature. Players who find the Ditto icon located at the bottom of the card will be able to peel back the front to reveal the Pokemon is the Transformation Pokemon, Ditto. The video demonstrates that a simple Bidoof can be a Ditto in disguise, and it's expected more basic Pokemon will share the unique trait in the series.
Pokemon cards have been a hot commodity since their inception in 1996, and the hype behind each new series grows in popularity upon launch. With the new Ditto feature, it's expected these cards will be considered highly valuable, especially considering how fragile stickers can be. With how somePokemon cards can be worth upwards of $1,000,
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