The Sun & Moon Hidden Fates expansion set was released on August September 23, 2019. This set is unique in that it contains a Shiny Vault subset containing all Shiny Pokemon cards. There are only 69 cards in the Hidden Fates set… 68 in the base set plus 1 secret “Rare Rainbow” card. Unlike cards in the Shiny Vault subset, cards from the Hidden Fates base set have their own set symbol.

The Shiny Vault subset contains 94 cards, all of which are Shiny Pokemon, Shiny Pokemon GX, Ultra Rare, or Secret Rare cards that are reprints from previous sets. Cards from the Shiny Vault set do not have their own set symbol, but rather the symbol from their original expansion set. The way you identify Shiny Vault cards is by their numbering… they’ll have a number like “SV44”. All the cards in the Shiny Vault expansion set have a yellow alternate “A” symbol which designates that the card is a reprint from a previous expansion set.

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The Sun & Moon Unified Minds expansion was released on August 2, 2019. It’s the eleventh expansion set in the Sun & Moon series and contains an incredible 258 cards… 236 in the base set and 22 secret rare cards. The set includes a bunch of Pokemon GX, Tag Team GX cards, and secret rares… the most valuable cards in the Unified Mind set.

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The Pokemon Sun & Moon Trainer Kit with Alolan Sandslash and Alolan Ninetales was released in June 2018. The set contains 60 cards total… 30 in the Alolan Sandslash half deck and 30 in the Alolan Ninetales half deck.

Unlike previous Trainer Kits that had their own set symbols, the Alolan Sandslash and Alolan Ninetales decks are direct reprints from previous sets… including their original set symbol, number, and rarity. However, the cards have a number 1 through 30. Cards in the Sandslash deck will have a number inside a purple circle. Cards from the Ninetales deck will have a number inside a blue circle. The kit comes with the standard gear… a rule book, a guide, a playmat, damage and status counters, a coin, and a deck box, and a coin featuring Rotom Dex.

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The Sun & Moon Unbroken Bonds expansion was released on May 3, 2019. It’s the tenth expansion set in the Sun & Moon series and contains a whopping 234 cards (214 in the base set plus 20 secret rare cards). The Japanese version of this set is called “Double Blaze” and only contains 116 cards.

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The Sun & Moon Detective Pikachu set was released on March 29, 2019. It’s a sub-set released a few months ahead of the upcoming 3D movie of the same name “Detective Pikachu”. As a sub-set it only contains 18 cards and no secret rares. Detective Pikachu cards will be sold in various “Case File” sets containing promo cards, coins, and booster packs… I don’t think you can even buy individual booster packs. The booster packs we got only contained 4 cards!!! The cards are cool though… check out the end of the article where we unbox a Detective Pikachu “Collector Treasure Chest”…aka Lunch Box.

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