VMAX ClimaxVMAXクライマックス

Released
2021-12-03
Base set
184$91.53. Near-mint market prices under 30 days old, before condition, fees and postage. Covers all 184 cards.
Full set
293$1,479.70. Near-mint market prices under 30 days old, before condition, fees and postage. Covers all 293 cards.
Master set
403$1,620.45. Near-mint market prices under 30 days old, before condition, fees and postage. Covers 402 of 403 unique printings in master set — the rest have no recent price.
Code
S8b
Symbol

The master set counts 175 Holofoil, 118 Normal and 110 Reverse Holofoil.

VMAX Climax, released in 2021, combines major Sword & Shield reprints with a large group of Character Rare and Character Super Rare cards showing Pokémon beside their Trainers. These scenes turn familiar cards into small stories and helped make character artwork a central collecting category. The high-class format combines reprints with premium new artwork, creating a dense checklist designed as much for collectors as for players.

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Umbreon VMAX with Karen, Pikachu VMAX with Red, Rayquaza VMAX with Zinnia, and many other partnerships form the main collector layer. The release sits within a period when scenic storytelling became as important as raw rarity. It also provides a useful snapshot of the design, storytelling, and collecting priorities that shaped this period of the Japanese game. The character cards were later divided among the Trainer Galleries of four English expansions rather than released together.