All Current Pokémon TCG Rarities Explained (Scarlet & Violet)

This is a rarity guide to help new and returning collectors.

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About: In this video I talk about the current rarity system for the Pokémon TCG. This does not include earlier sets BEFORE Scarlet & Violet. But it doe include Common, uncommon, rare, double rare, ultra rare, ace spec, illustration rare, special illustration rare, hyper rare, shiny rare, and ultra shiny rare. Wow that's a lot.

⏰ Timestamps ⏰
00:00 Common
00:29 Uncommon
01:04 Rare
01:54 Double Rare
02:26 Ace Spec
02:54 Illustration Rare
04:15 Ultra Rare
05:12 Special Illustration Rare
05:39 Hyper Rare
06:23 Shiny Rare
06:53 Shiny Ultra Rare
07:41 Black Star Promo

[sleevenocardbehind]

This video blew up! Thank you guys so much. I appreciate every single view.

[shaxx]

Now, why do the Japanese markings make more sense...

[CarputingYT]

This channel is way under appreciated for how well made his content is

[nerdynaturalists]

Thank you so much for this super informational video. I'm a dad of two budding collectors and this helps me talk the talk! Subscribed. Cheers.

[OverwatchHengbok]

Thanks for explaining this. Very straight forward and clear to follow!

[Nedfive]

I love how the video is laid out and edited when you talk about them and showing where they are in the pack. Its reslly helpful. Also it's not that important, but something to also note is that for SIRs, they will only ever be either an ex pokemon or a trainer.

[LetLiveEverything]

I'm always mesmerized by the shiny magenta color of the Ace Spec cards. I enjoy seeing them gleaming in the pack. Sometimes no matter how hard you try not to spoil it for yourself, the pink can't help but make itself obvious.

[METROIDFAN]

Great explanation for newer collectors 👍🏻 Very detailed, yet concise

[kev_G]

Nice overview! I’ve been trying to document older rarities in Japanese and there are quite a few undocumented. For example, Old shining cards would get a "★★★" rarity but there’s no official name for it and some sites just call it a “Holo rare”

[BBQKana]

With the new sets and the large amount of commons and uncommons compared to rares it feels like the rares are actually the most common cards. As an example Twilight Masquerade has 76 commons, 55 uncommons and only 16 rares. Sometimes you won't even pull every single common and uncommon when opening a whole booster box.

[DigitalD]

I just started collecting and even though I have an image guide to rarity book marked this still helped me a ton!

[PokeBim]

Man your videos are just great, love the editing and the channel idea. Cheers mate wish you all the great!

[devonpolson]

I already knew all of this, but I enjoy this format of video. Good watch! :)

[reghardtlabuschagne]

You are a life saver.I am brand new to pokemon TCG and apreciate these videos.Thank you.

[Konsglr]

as a new collector, I went back to this vid more than a couple times already. Figured I should hit that sub button 🎉

[Novarak]

Another great concise video that will certainly help beginners, nice one mate!

[plattyppus]

You always present the information in a way that is easy to understand, yet still entertaining. Another great video :)

[hollyboomagoo]

When explaining something this tricky, I feel 1xspeed is perfect. Great pacing !!! Thanks, keep up the great work!!!

[TheMrTrails]

Very digestible and accesible video! A lot of great things to teach any would-be Pokémon collector :) getting back into tcg, very helpful video for me

[PsychoticPrankster]

I just recently got back into collecting pokemon, your videos are very helpful. thank you