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Perfect Order features just 3 primary products, plus a set of Build & Battle boxes for Play Pokemon stores. The lineup includes a Mega Zygarde-themed Elite Trainer Box, a Booster Bundle, and a Booster Display Box. All pretty standard offerings geared at getting boosters out into the wild, without all the bells and whistles of a special collection. Indeed, Perfect Order is a perfectly adequate new addition to the Pokemon TCG. It offers a few standout Illustration Rares and features a few cards that will likely see some play. This isn’t the most impressive set we’ve seen in recent years, but it’s not the worst, either.
Rating: 3 out of 5
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| Some stunning full arts with decent pull rates | Relatively small expansion with just 120 cards |
| A handful of solid, playable item and trainer cards | Fewer standout cards for both collectors & players compared to other recent sets |
| Good overall card variety per pack | Average to low ex pull rates |
Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution – Perfect Order Has Some Adorable Card Art, But It’s Few and Far Between
My experience ripping packs from Perfect Order was a mixed bag, to say the least. In total, I opened 55 packs across the product line, which is nicely booster pack heavy without the kind of fluff you see in a special collection. Many of the common Pokemon, Trainer, and Item cards look fine, but don’t necessarily stand out. The print quality for the set looks good from my sampling, but the artwork for most of the standard cards didn’t really make me want to linger to appreciate them.
The same can’t be said for the handful of Illustration Rares I managed to pull, however. Quite a few of these are absolutely stunning (and adorable, I might add, for Pokemon like Spewpa and Espurr). I actually gasped at how adorable some of the cards I pulled were, so it’s safe to say there are some standouts in Perfect Order. But by and large, there aren’t likely to be any major chase cards from this set compared to other recent releases. There are just a few Special Illustration Rares in the mix and just one Mega Hyper Rare, and none of them feature particular fan favorite Pokemon.
The new Megas on display with this set are Mega Clefairy, Mega Starmie, and Mega Zygarde. Each of them has a Super Illustration Rare ex, with Mega Zygarde as the only Mega Hyper Rare in the set. The set also introduces an ex card for Meowth of all Pokemon, with a Special Illustration Rare in the mix. These cards make excellent use of color, but in my opinion, they pale in comparison to some of the more common cards in the set.
For those who like to try and complete sets, the small size of Perfect Order and the small number of rare chase cards will no doubt be welcome. The Illustration Rares are quite stunning and, in my experience, have pretty decent pull rates. I wound up with 8 of them from my 55-pack sample, plus one Ultra Rare and a single Special Illustration Rare.
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