Panini Impeccable Basketball brings high-end collectors plenty of premium on-card autographs and game-used memorabilia cards just as the NBA playoffs are heating up. Pokémon Chilling Reign introduces Ice Rider and Shadow Rider Calyrex to the English version of the TCG, and Magic: The Gathering debuts its newest supplemental set Modern Horizons 2. Find out what other trading card releases are happening this week in the latest edition of The Rip.
2020-21 Panini Impeccable Basketball
2020-21 Panini Impeccable Basketball is among the highest-end basketball card sets Panini will release during the 2020-21 collecting year. This is a set for those looking to build their premium collection of autograph and memorabilia cards. The best cards in the set feature the top performers from the 2020-21 NBA rookie class including LaMelo Ball, and Anthony Edwards. However, you can also hit cards for more established stars such as Steph Curry, Anthony Davis, and Ja Morant.
Each 2020-21 Panini Impeccable Hobby Box comes with one pack of nine cards. Inside you will find five autographs, three base cards or base card color variation parallels, and one metal insert. NBA Logo cards will also be a rare subset to hunt, these cards exhibit a gold or silver bar next to the player’s image.
The 2020-21 Panini Impeccable Basketball Hobby Box releases on June 16 at local and online card hobby shops.
Pokémon Sword & Shield Chilling Reign
Pokémon Chilling Reign is the sixth main expansion of the Sword & Shield Series. This new set will be composed of cards primarily found in the Japanese Pokémon set Silver Lance & Jet-Black Spirit. The set will hold 233 cards including Secret Rares. Aside from Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX and Shadow Rider Calyrex being included as Full Art cards and Rainbow Rares, collectors and players can look forward to finding the Galarian forms of the Legendary birds Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. There is also speculation that Special Delivery Charizard will be included as a promo card in the set.
Since Pokémon Chilling Reign is a main expansion, it will be released through both booster boxes and retail products such as Elite Trainer Boxes. Chilling Reign Booster Boxes hold 36 booster packs and can be found at online and local trading card game stores.
The Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Boxes come in two different forms, one featuring Ice Rider Calyrex and the other Shadow Rider Calyrex. Each Elite Trainer Box will contain eight Pokémon Chilling Reign booster packs, 45 energy cards, a player’s guide to the Chilling Reign expansion, a Pokémon TCG rulebook, one coin-flip die, two acrylic condition markers, a collector’s box, and a code for the online Pokémon card game. There is also a chance that Special Delivery Charizard will be the promo card included in the Elite Trainer Boxes. Both versions of the box will also hold 65 card sleeves, but depending on which one you go with the sleeves will feature artwork of either Ice Rider Calyrex or Shadow Rider Calyrex. The Pokémon Center will also be releasing exclusive Elite Trainer Boxes through their website that include ten Chilling Reign booster packs.
You will be able to find the standard Elite Trainer Boxes wherever Pokémon cards are sold such as Target or online retailers. The Pokémon TCG Chilling Reign Expansion officially releases on June 18.
Pokémon V Strikers Tin (Tyranitar V / Empoleon V)
There will be two versions of the Pokémon V Strikers Tins, one highlighting Empoleon V and the other featuring Tyranitar V. Inside the Pokémon V Strikers Tins you will hit one promo card that features either Empoleon V or Tyranitar V, five Pokémon card booster packs, and a code for the online Pokémon card game. It should be noted that there will also be a European version of the tins, the key difference with these is that the EU variation will hold four booster packs, rather than the five found in the North American edition.
Pokémon V Strikers Tins will release on June 18, for a retail price of $24.99 wherever Pokémon card products are sold.
Magic: The Gathering Modern Horizons 2
Magic: The Gathering Modern Horizons 2 is a straight-to-Modern supplemental set that will introduce new cards that are legal to the Vintage, Legacy, Commander, and Modern game formats. The set is made up of 101 Commons, 100 Uncommons, 78 Rares, and 24 Mythic Rares for a total of 303 cards. Modern Horizons 2 also offers premium versions of each card. As it is a supplemental set, Modern Horizons 2 has no storyline to it.
Magic: The Gathering Modern Horizons 2 cards can be found in several different products including Set Booster Boxes, Draft Booster Boxes, and Collector Booster Boxes. In each Set Booster Box, you will receive 30 Modern Horizons 2 set booster packs with each pack promising one Sketch or Retro-Frame card, one New-to-Modern reprint, and one foil. The Draft Booster Box contains 36 draft booster packs with each pack holding one New-to-Modern reprint and one to two Rares or Mythic Rares. Finally, the Collector Booster Box contains 12 collector booster packs with each pack holding four Rares or Mythic Rares, and the only way to collect foil-etched and extended art cards.
Magic: The Gathering Modern Horizons 2 is set to release on June 18 at local and online trading card hobby shops. Retail products such as Bundles and Booster packs will also be available at Target and wherever Magic: The Gathering cards are sold.
Yu-gi-oh! Egyptian God Decks
The Yu-Gi-Oh! Egyptian God Decks give you an instantly playable deck that is centered around an Egyptian God card. There are two different Egyptian God Decks releasing, Slifer the Sky Dragon and Obelisk the Tormentor. These decks are perfect for players who are looking to diversify their deck-building strategy by learning new techniques that are found in the two variations of the Egyptian God Decks.
Each Yu-Gi-Oh! Egyptian God Deck contains 40 cards – 4 Ultra Rares, 4 Super Rares, and 32 Commons. You will also receive a Deluxe Game Mat and a Dueling Guide. The Yu-Gi-Oh! Egyptian God Decks release on June 18, for a retail price of $9.99 per box, wherever Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are sold.
