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For the fans of CCG’s and Deck Building games the new DC game is one you will want to include in your collections. The game itself is Heroes Unite and is scheduled for release on the 26 (tomorrow). You can use this as its own game or you can combine this set with the 2012 DC Comics deck building game. The suggested retail price is $40.00.
If you lean more into the TCC gaming then this set you will want to pick up. A Pokemon Garchomp-EX Box is scheduled to be release on April 2. This box contains the first time that the Garchomp-EX has been released as a foil trading card and will only be available in this box set. The set will also include an over-sized Garchomp-eX card and four booster packs and will retail at the suggested price of $19.99.
For all you Magic the Gathering fans you’ll want to set your calendar for March 14. Wizards of the Coast is expected to release Magic the Gathering Duel Decks: Jace vs. Vraska. The sets will have 10 rare cards and alternate foil art cards of the Mythic rare cards “Jace, Architect of Thought” and “Vraska the Unseen”. The suggest price will be $19.99. This would be a nice addition to your Magic collection and/or trading card game collections.
Yu-Gi-Oh! always been a hot TCG, manga and anime. Now WizKids will be bringing collectors Yu-Gi-Oh HeroClix. This will attract your HeroClix collectors as well as the Yu-Gi-Oh collectors. The images above are just representations of what the HeroClix might look like, no final pieces have been shown yet to the public. The Yu-Gi-Oh starter set, with six figures, is scheduled for release on December 18. Then in February 2014 the gravity feed’s will hit the market. The gravity feed’s will have a total of 55 figures in the set with: 16 common figures; 15 uncommon figures; 12 rare figures; 9 super rare figures; and 3 chase figures. This set might be one you want to add to your gaming collection.
On December 13, Konami will release the Yu-Gi-Oh: Shadow Specters Special packages. The packages will include three Shadow Specters booster packs and one of two Super Rare cards. These cards will be “Stardust Dragon” and “Tuning”. So just in time for the holidays you can purchase these for your trading card game collection or tell a friend as this being a possible gift for your trading card game collection.
For all you Card Gamers out there, Bandai is trying again with Digimon as a CCG. The card game is called Digimon Fusion and is planned for a January release date. It is based along the lines of the current show on Nickelodeon. There will be two theme packs (Red and Blue), which will contain 40 cards and have a suggested retail price of $9.99. There will also be a 60 card set that will be sold in Booster Packs with a suggested price of $3.50. So here you go collectors more cards for you and you Digimon fans enjoy!
In 2014, Alderac Entertainment will be releasing the card game Sail to India. This is one that if you collect the trading card games you can add to you collection and/or just to play with your friends or have it in your library for patrons or International Gaming Day. The game is a 3 to 4 player game, lasts approximately 60 minutes, and will have a suggested price of $19.95.
Pokemon’s newest sets for trading card collectible gamers to get ready for is the Pokemon XY–Kalos starter sets. The release date for the sets is November 8. Their will be three different sets each featuring a different character: Chespin; Fennekin; and Froakie. These three characters are part of the new “Fairy” type Pokemon that are new to the Pokemon Universe. There will also be new “Basic Fairy Energy” cards to power up the Fairy Type Pokemon. Booster packs will be available in February of 2014. So gamers will want to prepare for the new cards to add to your collections.
Here is another card game for the CCG collectors, but this one will also appeal to the Steampunk fans. Welcome to Koryo, which takes place in a steampunk alternate history universe were you are thrust into the political arena. The game is for 2 -4 players and will contain: 45 character cards; 10 event cards; 8 season cards; 8 victory tokens; 1 first player token; and a rule book. The artwork for the cards is provided by Stephane Gantiez and Ian Parovel. Koryo is coming to you from Asmodee and Moonster Games and it is slated for an October release.
Here’s one that might have some cross over appeal. Bushiroad is adding to it’s Weiss Schwarz trading card game with the set entitled Hatsune Miku Project Diva f. This will appeal to your CCG collectors, Hatsune Miku fans, and J-Pop fans. The set will have 100 cards and has a planned release date of November 1. The set will include gold foil chase cards and autographed cards by Saki Fujita, who voiced the vocaloid. The set will be sold in Trail Decks and Booster Packs. However, for the collectors that want the whole set seven of the cards are exclusive only in the Trail Decks, so you will need to get a Trail Deck no matter what for you gaming collection.