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| In Japan, the special set was first available in first edition through the Pokémon Card Game website and at Battle Road Summer 2007<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051301/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/</ref>. It was intended for Japanese players so they would not be at a disadvantage at the {{TCG|2007 World Championships}}. Japanese players could order their packs online from June 15 until July 1. Packs were released from July 5 onward to those who had ordered them. Each pack contained fifteen cards. | | In Japan, the special set was first available in first edition through the Pokémon Card Game website and at Battle Road Summer 2007<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051301/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/</ref>. It was intended for Japanese players so they would not be at a disadvantage at the {{TCG|2007 World Championships}}. Japanese players could order their packs online from June 15 until July 1. Packs were released from July 5 onward to those who had ordered them. Each pack contained fifteen cards. |
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| The unlimited World Champions Pack is one of the rarest Japanese booster packs. It seems it was created as a reprint and that it was only sold during Battle Road Spring 2008. Information about the release of unlimited World Champions Pack is extremely hard to find. One of the archived pages of the official Pokémon card website mentions the end of a limited sale on May 16, 2008<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051301/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/</ref> which would coincide with Battle Road Spring 2008. Some japanese websites mention a sale of World Champions Packs during Battle Road Spring 2008<ref>https://pokeboon.com/jp/promo_event/battle-road-spring-2008/</ref>. It is believed that the unlimited World Champions Packs were only available for sale for the event players and since three of the five Battle Road Spring 2008 events were cancelled<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080413053315/https://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/attention/at20080409_01.html</ref>, that would explain that a very low number of unlimited World Champions Packs were sold. As of 2021, only a few persons can pretend they have seen or own an unlimited World Champions Pack. Unlimited WCP cards are thus extremely rare which make some of them like the Gold Stars very expensive. | | The unlimited World Champions Pack is one of the rarest Japanese booster packs. It seems it was created as a reprint and that it was only sold during Battle Road Spring 2008. Information about the release of unlimited World Champions Pack is extremely hard to find. One of the archived pages of the official Pokémon card website mentions the end of a limited sale on May 16, 2008<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080516051301/http://www.pokemon-card.com/products/wcp/campaign/</ref> which would coincide with Battle Road Spring 2008. Some japanese websites mention a sale of World Champions Packs during Battle Road Spring 2008<ref>https://pokeboon.com/jp/promo_event/battle-road-spring-2008/</ref>. It is believed that the unlimited World Champions Packs were only available for sale for the event players and since three of the five Battle Road Spring 2008 events were cancelled due to bomb threats and the two others could only get through the initial two days of scheduling <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080413053315/https://www.pokemon.co.jp/info/attention/at20080409_01.html</ref>, that would explain that a very low number of unlimited World Champions Packs were sold. As of 2021, only a few persons can pretend they have seen or own an unlimited World Champions Pack. Unlimited WCP cards are thus extremely rare which make some of them like the Gold Stars very expensive. |
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| EX Power Keepers was the final expansion to feature the set logo on the bottom right corner of the artwork of Reverse Holofoil cards. Only the Reverse Holofoil versions of the Rare Holo cards had the gold foil name and HP text. | | EX Power Keepers was the final expansion to feature the set logo on the bottom right corner of the artwork of Reverse Holofoil cards. Only the Reverse Holofoil versions of the Rare Holo cards had the gold foil name and HP text. |
Revision as of 14:04, 20 September 2021
EX Power Keepers ワールドチャンピオンズパック
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Pokémon TCG: EX Power Keepers (Japanese: ワールドチャンピオンズパック World Champions Pack) is the name given to the sixteenth and final main expansion of cards from the EX Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was released as a special set during the DP Era of the Pokémon Card Game in Japan. The set continues to feature Generation III Pokémon, Pokémon-ex, and Pokémon ☆ in the card game.
Blurb
Take the Reins of Power!
In EX Power Keepers, you'll unleash great forces that every Trainer will want to harness for their own! Enter stadiums where only the most elite Trainers have dared to go... Capture rare, powerful Pokémon that will challenge you there... and join the ranks of the Power Keepers! Can you control powers that have never been controlled before?
Information
EX Power Keepers is the name given to the sixteenth and final main expansion of the EX Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as World Champions Pack, a special set in the Pokémon Card Game DP Era. It is based on Pokémon Emerald, featuring Generation III Pokémon and the Hoenn region Elite Four. The English expansion was released on February 14, 2007, while the Japanese special set was released on July 5, 2007.
In Japan, the special set was first available in first edition through the Pokémon Card Game website and at Battle Road Summer 2007[1]. It was intended for Japanese players so they would not be at a disadvantage at the 2007 World Championships. Japanese players could order their packs online from June 15 until July 1. Packs were released from July 5 onward to those who had ordered them. Each pack contained fifteen cards.
The unlimited World Champions Pack is one of the rarest Japanese booster packs. It seems it was created as a reprint and that it was only sold during Battle Road Spring 2008. Information about the release of unlimited World Champions Pack is extremely hard to find. One of the archived pages of the official Pokémon card website mentions the end of a limited sale on May 16, 2008[2] which would coincide with Battle Road Spring 2008. Some japanese websites mention a sale of World Champions Packs during Battle Road Spring 2008[3]. It is believed that the unlimited World Champions Packs were only available for sale for the event players and since three of the five Battle Road Spring 2008 events were cancelled due to bomb threats and the two others could only get through the initial two days of scheduling [4], that would explain that a very low number of unlimited World Champions Packs were sold. As of 2021, only a few persons can pretend they have seen or own an unlimited World Champions Pack. Unlimited WCP cards are thus extremely rare which make some of them like the Gold Stars very expensive.
EX Power Keepers was the final expansion to feature the set logo on the bottom right corner of the artwork of Reverse Holofoil cards. Only the Reverse Holofoil versions of the Rare Holo cards had the gold foil name and HP text.
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World Champions Pack Package art
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Languages this set is released in
The EX Power Keepers set is released in English, German, and French, with cards also available as Reverse Holofoils. The World Champions Pack is only released in Japanese, in both 1st and unlimited edition. The unlimited edition packs of this set were only available for sale at the 2008 Spring Battle Road events. Due to bomb threads, three out of five planned 2008 Spring Battle Road event venues were cancelled, and the remaining two venues only went through their initial two days instead of entire week, before they were cancelled as well, making this unlimited edition Japanese set one of the rarest sets there are, possibly only overshadowed by the unlimited edition Japanese cards of the Base Expansion Pack set, of which some cards were given through lotteries.
In other languages
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French
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EX Gardiens du Pouvoir
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German
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EX Power Keepers
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