The new Pokémon TCG Platinum - Supreme Victors delivers all kinds of ways to improve your deck. Check out some of the new Basic Pokémon, as well as a spectacular Pokémon LV.X card that your opponents won’t soon forget. Supreme Victors comes with new Trainer designations, too. For example, you’ll see Pokémon Frontier Brain, which are Pokémon trained by the awe-inspiring Frontier Brains!

Turn up the heat on your opponent with Charizard [G] LV.X (143/147), a card so hot it practically sizzles! This Fire-type Pokémon’s aptly named Malevolent Fire attack will scorch the Defending Pokémon for 150 damage! The steep Energy requirements for Malevolent Fire (2 Fire and 3 Colorless Energy) won’t cool off Charizard [G] LV.X’s advances—its Poké-Power, Call for Power, lets it draw Energy from any other Pokémon in play! Since the flip of a coin may cause Charizard [G] LV.X to lose all of its Energy after attacking with Malevolent Fire, attach as much Energy as possible to your Benched Pokémon, then use Call for Power to restock Charizard [G] LV.X as often as is necessary. For pure Knock Out power, it doesn’t get much hotter than Charizard [G] LV.X!



Absol [G] (1/147) is a master at disrupting your opponent’s Bench. Just as its picture shows, Team Galactic’s sleek Darkness-type Pokémon is a blur of action. Absol [G] can reach out and do 20 damage to any Pokémon your opponent has in play with Feint Attack, and nothing can stop it, not even Poké-Powers, Resistance, or Trainer cards! Then Absol [G] can unleash a real fear-inducing move, Doom News, which will Knock Out the Defending Pokémon after the opponent’s next turn. After using Doom News, your opponent will face a tough decision: deliver one last attack with the Active Pokémon and be Knocked Out, or retreat and bring up a Benched Pokémon before it’s ready to get into the fray! Remember that if the opponent removes his or her Pokémon from the Active spot, it will no longer be imperiled by Doom News (nor will Doom News affect the incoming Pokémon). Regardless, Doom News is yet another great way Absol [G] can mess with your opponent’s best plans!

Don’t overlook the potential of Staraptor Frontier Brain (11/147), the Colorless-type Basic Pokémon within the new Frontier Brains’ collection. Sure, Quick Attack is nothing to write home about, doing either 10 or 20 damage depending on a coin flip, but it’s enough to whittle down your foe until you can blow the Pokémon away with Whirlwind! The Whirlwind attack can fit into many easy combo plans—for example, use Staraptor Frontier Brain to do 30 damage to the Active Pokémon and force that Pokémon to the Bench. Follow this up by using Absol [G] to wear down the newly Benched Pokémon. Since none of Staraptor Frontier Brain’s moves requires a specific Energy type, this Pokémon can nestle right in to any deck!

Platinum Supreme Victors goes on sale August 18, 2009.

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