2012 Pokemon Trading Card Game Black and White Next Destinies Set List

2012 Pokemon Black and White Next Destinies Set – History

Next Destinies is the fourth main expansion of the Black & White Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

This set reintroduces Pokémon from the previous generations and a new type of card, the Pokémon-EX cards. They introduce the Pokemon-EX cards with Shaymin, Reshiram, Kyurem, Zekrom, Mewtwo, and Regigigas EX.

The set includes 4 Secret Rare cards. These cards are from previous sets and they printed the cards as “shiny”. Emboar (Black & White), Chandelure (Noble Victories), Zoroark (Black & White), and Hydreigon (Noble Victories). The starter decks for this set are “Explosive Edge” (Reshiram) and “Voltage Vortex” (Zekrom).

The set uses Pokémon Black and White, featuring Generation V Pokémon. The English expansion made it to shelves on February 8, 2012.

Next Destinies introduced Pokémon-EX, a type of Pokémon. Pokémon-EX is a more powerful version of Pokémon. When a player Knocks Out a Pokémon-EX, the opponent takes two Prize cards instead of one. All Pokémon-EX are Basic Pokémon. Pokémon-EX came in two types of prints, Regular cards, and Full Art cards. Regular prints featured part of the Pokémon out of the artwork window border. They lacked the Pokémon’s Pokédex number, species, height, and weight. The Pokémon-EX rule box took the place of the Pokédex entry. Part of the artwork, on the Pokémon-EX rule box and the card border was Holofoil. The whole card had a glossy finish.

Full Art prints featured the character art covering the entire card. Plus, a special etching treatment not seen in any Trading Card Game companies.

Starting from this expansion, the Secret cards depicted Shiny Pokémon. They were reprints of cards released in previous Black & White Series expansions. The Pokémon is Holofoil and a Holofoil-type symbol is in the middle of the attack box.

Next Destinies included Pokémon from outside the Unova region. Next Destinies focused on Castelia City and the surrounding area. The artwork shows places around the city. Places such as Vanillite depicted at the Casteliacone ice cream stand. Or Simisear in front of the Pokémon Center, and Lapras below the Skyarrow Bridge.