Pokémon Sleeves - Terastal Charizard Darkness Type (64 pcs, Japanese)

64 official Japanese Pokémon sleeves featuring Terastal Charizard, Darkness type, released by the Pokémon Center for the Japanese set Ruler of the Black Flame.

Specifications

• Quantity: 64 sleeves
• Pokémon: Terastal Charizard, Darkness type
• Series: Ruler of the Black Flame (sv3), Pokémon Center Japan
• Officially licensed Japanese product

Why 64 and not 65

Western sleeve packs contain 65, Japanese ones 64 — a difference that comes purely from each market's own convention. A deck holds 60 cards either way, so you're left with a few spares regardless. Just keep in mind that Japanese sleeves are sized for Japanese cards, which are a fraction smaller than Western ones.

A Charizard that isn't Fire

Charizard is normally a Fire type. Through Terastallization — the crystal crown from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet — it changes type, and in Ruler of the Black Flame it became Darkness type. That card, Charizard ex, has become one of the most famous of the entire Scarlet & Violet era. The black flame in the set's title points straight at that.

What sleeves are for

Sleeves protect your cards from fingerprints, moisture and damaged edges, and let a deck shuffle more smoothly. At tournaments they're effectively required: every back in your deck has to look identical, so no one can tell which card you're holding from the back.

The matching deck box in the same design is also here, along with the deck box with Poppy from the same set. There are also the Premium Gloss sleeves featuring Charizard.