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blurb=Cards from the Pokémon Platinum card set are being revealed one-by-one on Go-Pokemon.com. There will be 10 in all revealed. }}
blurb=Go-Pokemon.com, the official English-language Pokémon Trading Card Game Web site, has begun to reveal cards from the next English-language set, Platinum. According to the site, 10 cards will be revealed before the actual pre-release begins the last weekend of January. Only two cards have been revealed at the moment.}}
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[[Image:PL_01_Pre.JPG|thumb|right|New Lucario, Shaymin cards]]
Go-Pokemon.com, the official English-language Pokémon Trading Card Game Web site, has begun to reveal cards from the next English-language set, {{TCG|Platinum}}. According to the site, 10 cards will be revealed before the actual pre-release begins the last weekend of January. Only two cards have been revealed at the moment.


Go-Pokemon.com, the English Trading Card Game website, began to reveal cards from the upcoming English set, {{TCG|Platinum}}. According to the site, ten cards will be revealed before the actual prerelease starting the last weekend of January. Only two have been revealed at the moment.
So far, the cards revealed are {{bp|Giratina (Platinum 10)}} and {{bp|Honchkrow G (Platinum 77)}}. Giratina was revealed on Tuesday, with Honchkrow G following two days later. The Giratina card is significant because it is the first English card release of Giratina's Origin Forme. Honchkrow G is the first {{TCG|Pokémon SP}} to be revealed in English. {{bp|Cyrus}}, the leader of {{bp|Team Galactic}}, owns the Honchkrow.


[[Image:PL_01_Pre.JPG|thumb|right|The secretly released cards]]
Two additional cards have been spotted in videos and other sources: a POP promo pre-release {{p|Lucario}} card originating from the {{TCG|Entry Pack DPt}} and a {{p|Shaymin}} card originating from {{TCG|Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky}}, the Japanese expansion of {{TCG|Stormfront}}.


So far, the cards revealed are {{bp|Giratina (Platinum 10)}} and {{bp|Honchkrow G (Platinum 77)}}. Giratina was revealed on January 6th, with Honchkrow G followed two days later. The Giratina card is significant because it is the first English card release of Giratina's Origin Forme. Honchkrow G is also the first {{TCG|Pokémon SP}} to be revealed in English. This Honchkrow's owner is {{bp|Cyrus}}. Also, two cards have been secretly revealed through videos and other sources: a POP promo prerelease Lucario card originating from the {{TCG|Entry Pack DPt}}, and a Shaymin card originating from {{TCG|Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky}}, the Japanese expansion of {{TCG|Stormfront}}.  
The Platinum expansion is expected to contain 133 cards, and it will be released on Feb. 11 in North America.


The Platinum expansion is expected to contain 133 cards, and it will be released on February 11, 2009.
==Information==
* [http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/101.html Honchkrow card revelation]
* [http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/100.html Giratina card revelation]
* [http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/98.html Set release announcement]
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