You can now get special foil Pokémon cards from McDonald's
Finding good Pokémon cards is a difficult task these days. The hit rates aren’t guaranteed, and in some sets, they’re pretty low. That is, if you can get your hands on an Elite Trainer Box or an Ultra Premium Collection at all. Finding those beautiful foil cards is a challenge thanks to scalpers. Now, though, there’s another way to hunt down good foil cards, and it’ll be a lot harder for scalpers to get involved here: McDonald’s.
McDonald’s has special foil Pokémon cards
Photo via USA TODAY
Pokémon cards
and McDonald’s Happy Meal toys are two things often considered past their relevance. Pokémon cards reached their peak in the 2000s, and hardly anyone still goes to McDonald’s for the toys available. That is, unless they’re part of a promotion.
The Minecraft movie promotion was a huge hit, and now the fast food chain is back for a Pokémon collaboration. Included in the collaboration are special themed boxes for the Happy Meals, trading cards, and toys.
Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Eevee, Weedle, Torchic, Sobble, Umbreon, Espurr, Minccino, Munchlax, Piplup, Rowlet, and Sprigatito are featured in the themed boxes. Each box has two trading cards and a toy. There is a 15-card group from which the cards come.
They are not all
from the same set, though. They are reportedly reprints, and they include:
- Metagross from Temporal Forces
- Palafin from Obsidian Flames
- Hawlucha from Scarlet & Violet
Those are the three confirmed cards so far. The boxes are available at participating McDonald’s starting on November 10. Each meal, however, does not guarantee a foil. There is some random chance involved, as is always the case with packs.
It is reported that seven of the 15 cards are foil, which adds to the
value for collectors. Finding those seven will take a lot of dedication and some luck. And for now, it’s not clear whether or not any of the foil cards are extremely valuable.
☑️ My personal take
It’s always a good thing when Pokémon cards are made available in any way. They are quite popular now, and scalping is a huge issue. Now, there will be supply issues with the Happy Meals for people trying to obsessively take all the cards. But there won’t be people camping in the aisles at Walmart for this.
These cards may or may not be valuable, but part of the fun is simply finding a cool card when you’re not really expecting it. And some of the
cards, especially the foil ones, are pretty cool, so it will likely be well worth the chase.
Cover image via Pokémon
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