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Rare and exclusive promotional Pokmon cards are hardly a new wrinkle in the collector community

But I initially greeted news of the expansion with a groan

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And while no information has been provided about the cards' scarcity, it looks like Wotc is doing the Chocobo thing from the Final Fantasy MTG set again, with multiple versions of Chaos Emerald available in different colors

On the other hand, while Pocket has a slimmed-down battle system, it's primarily aimed at casual fans and collectors and functions as a card-opening and collecting simulator