Rising Fist Set Announcement!

We have a lot of new news on the next set of X and Y. As you know, Flashing Fire was just released, but of Pokemon's already advertising their next set. The set, called Rising Fist, obviously has a fighting theme to it, and will be released June 14th. In Japan and August in Japan.



The crazy thing about that release date is that it's three days before worlds! Obviously this set will come out with some good cards that many players will want to use but it would be extremely hard to get the cards and put them into their deck while knowing how to use them well all in THREE DAYS! The question now is while the people with the most experience with their deck win, or the ones who have teched in these new cards? I guess we'll have to wait and see. Also on June 14 in Japan they are releasing a Lucario box.

This because will include a holo Hawlucha-EX, 8 booster packs from Rising Fist, 10 fighting energy, two brand new special energy called 'Power Energy' with a Shauna and Tierno. Additionally, this box will include a players guide and storage box as seen above which is pretty cool. This will be selling for 1480 yen, which is around the same as $15, the same price as our tins. But this is worth way more than tins. Tins have one promo and 4 packs random sets. This thing has a Hawlucha-EX, several cool promos, a guide, a storage box, and 8 packs from the same pack, which our tins don't have. I hope they don't increase the price in America, because I want this. It gives out as many packs as a pre-release for half the price! The packs alone would be worth $40! This is INSANE! Also, Lucario sleeves, which we don't have a picture of, will be released in Japan for 362 yen, around $4.

   

What really caught my attention was the new 'Strong Energy'. This is the first time that we've seen a special energy that isn't a colorless by default since HGSS, and even then they weren't common. This obviously appears to be a fighting by default, although what it will be remains a mystery because of the tiny size it is in the picture. My guess is that it will be something fighting related, like that all attacks would do 10 extra damage or something similar. Also, this set is obviously based around fighting, and the last around fire. Could this mean that we have a set based around a Mega Evolution? And since this set had a special fighting energy, could all of the sets have a special energy around their base type? Just a thought, but it would be awesome if it were trure.

Information from: June’s XY3 Set Announced: ‘Rising Fist’ + ‘Mega Lucario Box’