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Busy Weekend Coming Up

We’re going to have a busy weekend this weekend.

We have to shows lined up, and they are both repeats, so we’ll probably see you there again.

On Saturday, we have the Countryside Sports Card Show.

Start time is 9AM and goes on until 2PM. It’s at the Holiday Inn on 6201 Joliet Rd, in Countryside.

Plenty of sports cards for all of you like those kinds of cards. We’ll have our table lined up with Final Fantasy TCG, Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, Maybe even some MetaZoo, and Flesh and Blood. We’ll see what we decide to bring.

Sunday we have GCon in Orland Park.

Start time is once again at 9AM, and this show goes on until 3PM. It’s at the Orland Park Civic Center. 14750 South Ravinia Avenue in Orland Park.

Lots of Collectables available,ranging from Comics, to Toys and Action Figures. We’ll have some of these items at our table, but mostly Trading Cards as usual.

I’ll see you all there.

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Hidden Hopes

Square-Enix just announced a new set. And, shockingly it’s a FFVII box. Who would have guessed? I’m guessing every time they decide to start on a new set, they just flip a coin if it’s Heads it’s a Final Fantasy VII themed box.

But, you can’t lie. You know you get excited, when you see it. Zack and Aerith share the spotlight with Hidden Hope. A 128 card set, with 28 Full Arts, a Special card, and a Crystal. 28 Full Arts? That’s 2-3 Full Arts per Booster Box.

What you really want to know is who is on the Gold Stamped card. Everyone’s favorite Mama’s Boy, Sephiroth, in original art work by Gen Kobayashi. It is a good looking card as you can see for yourself.

We’re also getting a new mechanic with this set, which from the looks of it, allows you to have a side deck. We don’t have much news about this, other than that the first card revealed to have this ability is a fire, Zack and Aerith card. Will this card be like the Tidus & Yuna card we received a while back or will it be just Zack, Cause I don’t see Aerith having the Fire Element by herself.

Other cards shown are Auron, Gilgamesh, Basch, Squall, Lulu, Folka and Helena.

Legacy cards are back. Fat Chocobo (4-064L), Chaos (16-129L) and another Sephiroth (18-116L). I like these Legacy cards when they have different art, rather than just slapping full art on them.

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GCon 2023

We’ll be back at GCon, Chicago’s Southside Comic-Con, this year.

I can’t do it justice, so I’ll just cut and paste here and let Leo tell you it all.

“What started as an idea blossomed into reality. The shows began on October of 2011, our founder, Leo Guerrero, attended many conventions during the 1980’s when they were held in the loop at the Congress Hotel. It was a time that any collector could go get his/her favorite collectible and get a chance to meet any creative person from any comic book company.

G Connn, formally called T-C-S, started at the Holiday Inn of Midway Airport in a 2000 square foot room, and now has moved to the Orland Park Civic Center, which is 4300 square feet of space. Dealers include comic shops, vintage toys, and all other memorabilia ranging from posters to statues are represented at each show. We strive to get as diversified an offering as we can so that you, the collector, can have more to choose from.”

https://gconnn.wixsite.com/home

With the Who, What, and Why taken care of, we’ll get to the When and Where.

When?

Sunday, September 24th, 2023
9:00AM – 3:00PM

Where?

Orland Park Civic Center
14750 South Ravinia Avenue
Orland Park, IL 60462

We’ll see you all there.

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Anniversary Collection Set 2024

What’s that? Announcing a new Anniversary Set, when the Dissidia Collection isn’t even out yet. Well, I’m sure you would do it too. Get on the Hype train, because Shinra SOLDIERS are on the box.

Plenty of Reprints, plenty of Promos, plenty of cards. Means Plenty of reasons to buy this collection. Number 1 being the paper playmat.

The Reprints will range from Opus I all the way to Resurgence of Power.

What I like about these Collections is that it is a great way to get into the game, as many staples are in it. I remember building a deck and just grabbing half the cards from the first Anniversary Collection Set, I just didn’t feel like searching for them.

This is actually coming out sooner than I expected as well. February 2024. That’s only 6 months away, 4 months after the Dissidia set comes out.

https://fftcg.square-enix-games.com/en/news/final-fantasy-trading-card-game-anniversary-collection-set-2024

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Character of the Week

As some of you might have noticed, there’s something a little different about the last few posts.

There is. We decided to start a new series, along with the other series that we have started. (and we’ll get back to those, now that we finished the big project we started last summer.) We decided to take our card of the week, and turn it into Character of the Week. It’s a little better as we can look into each character before we actually show you a deck.

We’re using RNG to determine which Character is next.

Every Character in every Final Fantasy will be up for consideration. As long as they have a card in the game. It’s a surprise for us each time we need to write an article on it.

So, hold on to your seats because, this shall be a fun ride.