Beat of the Frontierフロンティアの鼓動

Released
2009-03-06
Base set
100$646.90. Near-mint market prices under 30 days old, before condition, fees and postage. Covers 65 of 100 cards — the rest have no recent price.
Full set
100$646.90. Near-mint market prices under 30 days old, before condition, fees and postage. Covers 65 of 100 cards — the rest have no recent price.
Master set
100$646.90. Near-mint market prices under 30 days old, before condition, fees and postage. Covers 65 of 100 unique printings in master set — the rest have no recent price.
Code
PT3
Symbol

The master set counts each of its 100 cards once, in any card. It leaves out 78 First Edition, 78 Unlimited, 22 First Edition Holofoil and 22 Unlimited Holofoil.

Beat of the Frontier raises the Pokémon SP concept to its highest competitive level by featuring Pokémon owned by Champions, Frontier Brains, and other elite Trainers. Cards such as Charizard G, Garchomp C, and Blaziken FB represent Pokémon already associated with accomplished battlers, giving the expansion an atmosphere of top-level competition rather than early adventure. Garchomp C LV.X and Charizard G LV.X are the best-known collector and gameplay highlights, joined by Rayquaza C LV.X and several other powerful SP cards.

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The legendary birds—Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres—appear as secret cards, creating a striking trio that connects the modern Sinnoh format to Kanto nostalgia. A small shiny subset adds further hidden cards, including alternate-coloured Pokémon such as Milotic and Yanma. Beat of the Frontier is remembered as one of the most competitively influential sets of its period, but it also offers a coherent collector theme: the Pokémon of champions and specialists gathered in a single expansion designed to represent the highest tier of battle. The English *Platinum—Supreme Victors* closely follows this release but reorganises some cards, rarities, and numbering.