Japanese text adorns the card's front, with the text in English reading, "We certify that your illustration is an excellent entry in the Pokmon Card Game Illust Contest
Full Scarlet & Violet Sets (20232026) and Collector Insights This section provides an overview of the major Scarlet & Violet sets, highlighting the overall experience, value distribution, and pull patterns without relying on individual anecdotes
The gap between "market price" and "alt art price" matters here: if you're chasing the SEC leaders as collector pieces rather than playable cards, the alternate art prints are the ones actually holding a premium
It even beats out Birthday Pikachu in this regard, which really is some achievement
The background places Palkia in a dimension-warping space that evokes its control over spatial reality, with abstract geometric patterns suggesting the fabric of space being bent and manipulated
The promotion lasts until March 31st, the day the set releases