POP Series 8 (TCG)

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POP Series 8

Cards in set 17 Release date Release period September 2008 - March 2009

POP Series 8 is the name given to a special set of cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was released through Pokémon Organized Play events or affiliated products.

Information

POP Series 8 is the third DP Series set of the Pokémon Organized Play program and follows a similar trend set in POP Series 6. As such, this set contains several reprints. Unlike POP Series 7 however, it also includes some new cards. All of the Pokémon featured in the set are from the Japanese DP-P Promotional cards collection. POP Series 8 packs also include an Energy card in light of the 2008-2009 season, which focuses on Energy. This brings the number of cards per pack up to 3.

The release of POP Series 7 faced scrutiny by players, as the entire set was made up of Pokémon that were not in danger of being rotated out of play over the course of the coming season. POP obviously listened to feedback from the release of the set, as POP Series 8 includes arguably some of the most useful Trainer cards in the current format. Coupled with the Energy also available in the packs, POP Series 8 gained a more positive reception than that of POP Series 6 or 7.

Trivia

• The booster pack design features Heatran.
• This was the first POP set to include 3 cards per pack, as opposed to the original 2.
• The rare cards Heatran, Lucario, Luxray, Probopass, Yanmega and the common card Happiny also had Cosmos holographic versions that came in the Platinum Value Pack (Heatran), Collector's Poster Box (Lucario), Double Value Pack (Luxray and Probopass), Platinum Poster Box (Yanmega) and Arceus Blister (Happiny).
• The common cards Chimchar, Croagunk, Riolu, and the uncommon cards Carnivine, Luxio and Cherrim also have an holographic version like the Rotom cards from Rising Rivals (Cracked Ice Reverse Holo).
• Counting all versions of all cards, this is the biggest POP set so far, with 29 cards.
• Turtwig and Piplup are the only Pokémon cards in this set to not have a holo variation.

Additional cards

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/17 Heatran — Cosmo Holo Platinum Blisters (February 11, 2009) 2/17 Lucario — Cosmo Holo Lucario Collector's Tin re-issue (late 2008) / Collector's Poster Box (November 19, 2008) 3/17 Luxray — Cosmo Holo Double Value Pack (April 2009) 4/17 Probopass — Cosmo Holo Double Value Pack (April 2009) 5/17 Yanmega — Cosmo Holo Collector's Poster Box 2 (March 2009) 6/17 Cherrim — Cracked Ice Reverse Holo - Origin unknown 7/17 Carnivine — Cracked Ice Reverse Holo - Origin unknown 8/17 Luxio — Cracked Ice Reverse Holo - Origin unknown 12/17 Chimchar — Cracked Ice Reverse Holo Trainer's Challenge Box (end of October 2009) 13/17 Croagunk — Cracked Ice Reverse Holo - Origin unknown 14/17 Happiny — Cosmo Holo Arceus Blisters (November 4, 2009) 16/17 Riolu — Cracked Ice Reverse Holo Trainer's Challenge Box (end of October 2009)

Set list

POP Series 8

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/17 Heatran Promotion 2/17 Lucario Promotion 3/17 Luxray Promotion 4/17 Probopass Promotion 5/17 Yanmega Promotion 6/17 Cherrim Promotion 7/17 Carnivine Promotion 8/17 Luxio Promotion 9/17 Night Maintenance T Promotion 10/17 Rare Candy T Promotion 11/17 Roseanne's Research Su Promotion 12/17 Chimchar Promotion 13/17 Croagunk Promotion 14/17 Happiny Promotion 15/17 Piplup Promotion 16/17 Riolu Promotion 17/17 Turtwig Promotion

Pack artwork

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Languages this set is released in

The POP Series 8 set was released in English, German, and Italian.

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