>>49190537>Sorry if it's a dumb question, I haven't been into the TCG for decades.Is this bait?
Regardless, as the name implies, it's a "celebration" of the TCG over 25 years. The classic card subset lets you relive cards from the entire span of the tcg's history. It includes historic cards like the Char/venu/blast from base set, TCG powerhouses like Cleffa and Claydol, set representatives like Rocket's Zapdos, and rare collector's cards like Umbreon Gold Star. And they're all reprinted in a very soulful manner. Thick card stock, great holofoil pattern, and texturing across the whole card. And the texturing, like with modern cards, enhances the holofoil pattern and illustration of the card.
For example, the Rocket's Zapdos card is set during a thunderstorm with rain pouring down. The Celebrations reprint of the card has the texturing over the rain all going in the same direction, to mimic rain. It looks spectacular in person, especially in conjunction with the actual holofoil.
Also, some of these cards are just ridiculously rare and expensive to have in their original forms. No one can conceivably get an Umbreon Gold Star unless you're very wealthy or very lucky. This is an easy way to do it.
The promo cards are also excellent. This time, they restyled modern cards/pokemon into classic motifs like Lv.X, delta species, and prime cards among others. It's unfortunate that they didn't make these promos tournament legal. But it would be difficult to balance those individual cards while keeping them true to their original design themes.
The classic set is literally one of the most soulful things you can do in modern cards.
Also, I like the pikachu stamp. It's better than the japanese one. You may not think that from photos, but in person is another story. The pikachu stamp is not intrusive or bright. Whereas the japanese 25 stamp ends up looking cheap and tacky, like some "super-fun-time" variety show shit.
