Penny
Right? Right? These aren’t the Pokémon cards your great-grandfather used to collect during the war, are they? This outrageously beautiful Penny secret rare is absolutely a chase card for me, should it come out as part of this month’s initial release.
It also stands out for another reason. As Kotaku recently reported, Pokémon TCG has an unpleasant issue in Japan with its so-called waifu cards. Female characters, no matter how young, can be far too suggestively posed, and inevitably become ludicrously priced on the resale market. The initial Scarlet and Violet ex sets are rife with exactly this, making this Penny card stand out all the more. It’s perfect, it captures her character from the game, and hopefully no one’s going to be printing it on a life-size pillow.
