Summary
- The owner's Pokémon mechanic was featured in the 2024 World Championship, and will return in 2025.
- The cards will have special trainers attached to them.
- The animated trailer revealed new Pokémon such as N's Reshiram and N's Zoroark EX.
The Pokémon TCG During the closing ceremony of the 2024 World Championships, it made a big announcement announcing the return of the popular Pokémon Owner mechanic. Worlds has often been the site of major TCG announcements, such as last year's closing ceremony, which heralded the return of ACE SPEC items.. Taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii, the 2024 iteration of the game's most important event of the year did not disappoint, even with a few World Championship 2024 TCG controversies briefly in the spotlight.
For those unfamiliar, the Owner's Pokémon design first appeared in the Gym Heroes expansion.and has existed within the TCG ever since, though often limited to promotional cards and without a proper full set built around them. The owner's Pokémon have a specific trainer, organization, or location associated with them and can usually only evolve from a similarly named base – for example, Misty's Gyarados can only evolve from Misty's Magikarp. It's a popular destination that evokes fond memories of some of the franchise's most storied heroes and villains, and will return in 2025.
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Announcement of the new owner Pokémon was accompanied by a lengthy animated trailer, one of the best the company has ever produced for a trading card game. The Pokémon TCG will see the return of the Owner's Pokémon in 2025, with several trainers already in the set – most notably the return of fan-favorites N and their iconic versions of Zoroark and Reshiram. Each card is revealed in the trailer. is as follows:
- Lillie's Clefairy EX
- Marnie's Grimmsnarl EX
- N's Reshiram
- N's Zoroark EX
In addition, the confirmation of several of them Pokémon means we can assume the following will also be in the set:
- Marnie's Impediment
- Marnie's Morgram
- N's Zorua
We also got a quick look at a few of these cards and their card text. Perhaps most interesting was N's Zoroark EX, a new iteration of Zoroark GX that featured the same ability in Trade. Here's a look at each of the cards we saw during our presence near the center stage of the Pokémon Worlds 2024 Closing Ceremonies:
This may not be the newest idea Pokémon has ever been, but this is one of the best new coats of paint for old paint I've seen in a while. ACE SPEC cards don't really have the same personality as Owner's Pokémon, which put interesting constraints on deck building due to their specifically designated evolution lines – and they ooze personality thanks to the characters attached to them, which helps make them instantly more fun. collect and play.
Screen Rant attended the 2024 Pokémon World Championship as part of its North American media tour.