Pokémon TCG: Shining Fates (Japanese: ハイクラスパック シャイニースターVHigh Class Pack Shiny Star V) is a special expansion released during the Sword & Shield Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it is the name given to the fourth subset released during the Sword & Shield Era. The expansion features Pokémon V and VMAX and Shiny Pokémon.
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Reveal A Shining Destiny!
Shiny Pokémon are so extraordinary that they're almost never seen, and Trainers who catch them are considered quite lucky—and yet they can be yours in the Pokémon TCG: Shining Fates expansion! More than 100 Shiny Pokémon appear on beautiful etched cards—alongside more than 30 Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX, including the spectacular Shiny Charizard in its Gigantamax form! Seize your destiny and expand your collection with the Shining Fates expansion!
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Logo for Shiny Star V
Shining Fates was released on February 19, 2021. It is similar to previous special expansions such as Champion's Path, in that booster packs are only available within specially marked products (however, specific cards were available earlier in the V Battle Deck—Venusaur vs. Blastoise). The Shining Fates expansion is comprised from the Japanese Shiny Star V subset as well as the Venusaur & Blastoise VMAX Starter Sets and the VMAX Special Set. The Shiny Pokémon cards are separated into a 122 card Shiny Vault subset. One card from it can possibly be in a booster, replacing the Reverse Holofoil card when it is.
The High Class Pack Shiny Star V was released in Japan on November 20, 2020 and continues the trend established with preceding High Class Packs, featuring a large amount of reprinted cards, with particular focus on Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX. Several of the Pokémon included in the subset feature artwork previously exclusive to English expansions and various items of merchandise. The subset also includes a large number of Shiny Pokémon, all of which are reprints of cards released during the Sword & Shield Era, have a special embossed Holofoil treatment, and are Secret cards. All regular Shiny Pokémon cards feature different artwork and come in the "S" rarity, while all Shiny Pokémon V utilize their prior Full Art print artwork and come in the "SSR" rarity. Other than Amazing Pokémon, Pokémon V, and Pokémon VMAX cards, all non-secret cards do not have a rarity symbol.
Shiny Star V contains 330 cards, with 140 of them being secret cards. This makes it the largest Japanese set at the time of its debut (until the release of Shiny Treasure ex during the Scarlet & Violet Era), surpassing the 250 cards included in the GX Ultra Shiny subset. Shiny Star V also has a parallel foil set, featuring a Reverse Halo Holofoil variant for all non-holofoil cards in the main set. Each booster pack contains 10 cards instead of the usual five, with one guaranteed Pokémon V or Pokémon VMAX card.
Shining Fates's name consists entirely of words used in the names of Shining Legends and Hidden Fates expansions. Both of those are special sets focused on Shiny Pokémon, just like Shining Fates is.
This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Pokémon Trading Card Game expansions and releases Bold indicates a main expansion. Italics indicate a special set. Releases that are entirely composed of prints from other releases are small.