Black & White — Next Destinies (Japanese: サイコドライブ・ヘイルブリザードPsycho Drive · Hail Blizzard) is the name given to the fourth main expansion of cards from the English Black & White Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The Japanese release is the third of the BW era.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game: Black & White—Next Destinies expansion is loaded with powerful Pokémon-EX to give you extraordinary excitement! Discover great Pokémon like Reshiram-EX and Zekrom-EX, and even Pokémon from beyond the Unova region, like Mewtwo-EX. Next Destinies delivers your destiny: Pokémon with exceptional HP, Special Energy and Trainer cards with expanded powers, and expert strategies to extend your victory streaks!
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Next Destinies is the fourth expansion of the Black & White Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, and is the first to include Pokémon-EX. Pokémon-EX is a variant of Pokémon similar to a different variant introduced during the EX Series: Pokémon-ex. They share similar gameplay effects, but are different in both name and style. Pokémon-EX are more powerful versions of Pokémon, giving Trainers great rewards when used effectively, however, Trainers also suffer heavier losses when they are defeated.
Next Destinies includes six Pokémon-EX: Shaymin-EX, Reshiram-EX, Kyurem-EX, Zekrom-EX, Mewtwo-EX, and Regigigas-EX. All six were given two different prints, one regular version, and one Full Art version each. Shaymin-EX and Mewtwo-EX come from the Japanese Psycho Drive expansion, while Kyurem-EX and Regigigas-EX come from the Japanese Hail Blizzard expansion. Reshiram-EX and Zekrom-EX come from the Reshiram EX Battle Strength Deck and the Zekrom EX Battle Strength Deck, respectively. Psycho Drive's Kyogre-EX and Hail Blizzard's Groudon-EX were not included in the English release for the set, and were instead saved for the subsequent set, Dark Explorers.
The Prerelease promo for this set is Arcanine. This set contains one error card: Zoroark. The graphic border near the HP is the graphic used for Stage 2 Pokémon, though Zoroark is a Stage 1. The error was eventually corrected in later print runs.
Officially, the English release of the set contains 99 cards. Between alternate holofoils, promotional stamps, reverse holofoils, and Secret cards, the set contains 211 cards (not including error cards). A list of the non standard cards can be seen below.
Additional cards
No.
Mark
Card name
Type
Rarity
Promotion
12/99
[[Image:RegMarkArcanine.png|x18px|link=Standard format (TCG)|Arcanine]]