Redakai Trading Card Game Has Arrived

After much hype, the Redakai Trading Card Game has finally been released as of June 4th, 2011, and is IN STOCK NOW on http://ToyGamingEmporium.com. Distributed by Spin Master (the same makers of hit toys like Bakugan, Mighty Beanz, and Zoobles) with expectations of Redakai quickly becoming more popular than Bakugan, many couldn't wait for this new trading card game to be released. It is the first trading card game with Blast 3D animation in EVERY card. These aren't your everyday cardboard trading cards either. Every card is made of plastic which helps with the 3D animation technology. Every card looks sharp and has its own animation built in. When playing the game and dealing out attacks, you can actually see the characters and monsters getting attacked and damaged. The game also uses a stacking mechanism which keeps track of all the damage automatically for you. No need to keep track of how much life you have left on a scrap piece of paper.

However, there are of course downsides to this card game as well. Firstly, since all cards are plastic and more 'fancy' than most traditional trading cards, they cost more too. A 'gold pack' which contains a total of 6 cards retails for $4.99 while an 11 card 'power pack' retails for $5.99. In comparison, a pack of Pokemon cards contains 10 cards per pack and retails for about $3.99. For the advanced rules, you will need a full deck of exactly 43 cards. If you just want to play the most basic rules for the game, a single 'power pack' is all you would need.

Another disadvantage is that you pretty much NEED to have the accessories that go with the cards, all of which come in a Championship Set which retails for $29.99. The Championship Set comes with a total of 44 cards (a random 43 card deck with rare slots and a special 'Ky' card exclusive to the set) as well as a deck holder, a card screen which holds the cards in your hand shielding them from your opponent, and a battlefield tray in which you play your character and monster cards and, on top of your opponents character/monster cards, attacks.

Here's a youtube video I made opening up 3 of the Redakai 'Gold Packs' to get a hands on looks at these new cards (they look even cooler in person)!


I will likely be getting a hold of at least 1 booster box of each pack type (gold and power) as well as a championship and maybe a box of preconstructed decks (which retail for $18.99each) and get a more complete first hand look and try playing the card game as well. Stay tuned to my youtube channel, menoknow3, for more videos about Redakai. If it becomes very big and popular, then future videos related to Redakai may be uploaded to the channel Redakai247.

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