Set Name: ラセンフォース (Rasen Force)
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Number of Cards: 58
Checklist: Download (PDF)
Notes: Oh my where to start. BW8 is the set block that got me passionate about cards again. Between personal issues and a lot of health problems, including breaking both my foot and wrist in October, I didn't exactly have a lot to look forward to when it came to things until these cards were announced. I got an extremely excited call from
denkimouse about them and we were both excited to see Bolty get his Beast Forme on a card. And when the Toho leaks happened? There were more tears. Another shiny bird, in Rasen Force, this time a Shinbora. The excitement was infectious, that's for sure.
Rasen Force and Raiden Knuckle both continue the trend of having Plasma Gang related Pokemon, and in addition to a lot of them being in the set, all of the Eeveelutions which were released across both sets as a tie-in to the I ♥ Eevee promotion going on are Plasma 'owned'. The artwork across the sets are also extremely dynamic and all carry the same thematic: Pokemon adjusting to a suddenly snap-frozen Unova. Or, asdenkimouse called it, Pokemon Angry At Frozen Unova.
Of the two boxes I got I pulled an entire set, bar SR full art cards, and missed two of the three UR cards. I did however pull Shinbora ;) And I cried over livestream about it. If in all the years Collectorviper has been around it's somehow not been apparent I love birds, well, there you go.
Trivia:
• This set was released in Japan on the 14th of December 2012.
• There were no corresponding decks released for this set. Instead, there was a Serperior campaign promo pack released with a special holographic Serperior and some packs of BW8.
• Rasen quite literally means spiral, relating to Deoxys as the set's focal Pokemon.
• This set has yet to be released in English.
Last Updated: 16/01/13
Set Logo:
Number of Cards: 58
Checklist: Download (PDF)
Notes: Oh my where to start. BW8 is the set block that got me passionate about cards again. Between personal issues and a lot of health problems, including breaking both my foot and wrist in October, I didn't exactly have a lot to look forward to when it came to things until these cards were announced. I got an extremely excited call from
denkimouse about them and we were both excited to see Bolty get his Beast Forme on a card. And when the Toho leaks happened? There were more tears. Another shiny bird, in Rasen Force, this time a Shinbora. The excitement was infectious, that's for sure. Rasen Force and Raiden Knuckle both continue the trend of having Plasma Gang related Pokemon, and in addition to a lot of them being in the set, all of the Eeveelutions which were released across both sets as a tie-in to the I ♥ Eevee promotion going on are Plasma 'owned'. The artwork across the sets are also extremely dynamic and all carry the same thematic: Pokemon adjusting to a suddenly snap-frozen Unova. Or, as
denkimouse called it, Pokemon Angry At Frozen Unova. Of the two boxes I got I pulled an entire set, bar SR full art cards, and missed two of the three UR cards. I did however pull Shinbora ;) And I cried over livestream about it. If in all the years Collectorviper has been around it's somehow not been apparent I love birds, well, there you go.
Trivia:
• This set was released in Japan on the 14th of December 2012.
• There were no corresponding decks released for this set. Instead, there was a Serperior campaign promo pack released with a special holographic Serperior and some packs of BW8.
• Rasen quite literally means spiral, relating to Deoxys as the set's focal Pokemon.
• This set has yet to be released in English.
Last Updated: 16/01/13
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