Resources for information on Korean Cards

[stevethemagicguy]

Hello, I wanted to ask if anyone had any recommendations on where to find info about Korean card releases. I noticed that most newer sets get a Korean print that some ebay sellers offer.

Is there a way to find out in advance if a set is going to be released in Korean? Or to be able to preorder Korean boxes?
Thank you

[quuador]

To quote an earlier post of mine:

@quuador

Unfortunately, I don’t know a single website with all Korean cards (I wish!..). But, here some websites to have an almost complete picture of Korean Pokémon cards:

• Base Set is released in 1st and unlimited edition (2000)
• EX era Expansion Pack (EX Diamond & Sapphire in English) (2003)
• Korean 1/P Pikachu phone booth promo (2004), not sure if there were more phone booth promos (fun fact: this is the only Korean card with a new Japanese back instead of English one a.f.a.i.k.)
• Black Star Promos (2009-2010)
• Start of an Adventure up to Guardians of Ancient Times - ten sets in total (2010-2011)
• There are also a bunch of decks for some of these sets, as well as some Korean exclusives for the XY era, which can mostly be found searching for “KTCG” on Bulbapedia
• BW Black Star Promos (2011-2013)
• XY-P Black Star Promos (2014-2016)
• SM-P Black Star Promos (2016-2019)
• S-P Black Star Promos (2019+)
• XY, SM, and SWSH era set cards (and some earlier cards from 2010+, but not all) can mostly be found here (if you want to look for a certain Pokémon, look up its Korean name on its Bulbapedia page in the “In other languages” section - i.e. Pikachu = 피카츄)

A.f.a.i.k. know, all BW and XY era Japanese sets were also printed in Korean. It’s possible some were skipped, but if that’s the case I don’t know which. All Japanese XY and BW era Pikachu cards from regular sets I have also been able to find in Korean.

If there is any card or set in particular you want to know is released in Korean, I can see if I can find some information perhaps.

A.f.a.i.k. almost all sets released in Japan for the Sun & Moon and Sword & Shield eras have also been released in Korean. Promos is a completely different story however, and I honestly don’t know.

Most Korean cards can be found on pokemoncard.co.kr/cards (I think the latest cards are automatically displayed, but you can search for a certain Pokémon in Korean to see most of its cards available in Korean - although not all). I see I’ve also linked it at the bottom of my quote.

I personally have a lot of trouble finding Korean promos, but for set cards I can usually buy them on tcgbox.co.kr with middleman service harum.io.

Greetz,
Quuador

[stevethemagicguy]

Thank you, do you know off hand if tcgbox does preorders for upcoming boxes?

I’m guessing that shiny star V will get a Korean Release and was hoping to be able to buy up a bunch to open for cheap since I figure i’ll be buying them in English when they eventually come out so don’t want to spend the extra on Japanese

[quuador]

@stevethemagicguy

Do you know off hand if tcgbox does preorders for upcoming boxes?

I’m not sure, but probably not. I sometimes look for promos on their website, and those are usually added pretty late (or not at all for rarer promos). Maybe they’re faster to add it for sets and/or booster boxes or packs, but I simply don’t know. I usually buy my Korean booster boxes from eBay, although I’ve never pre-ordered any.

Korean cards can be pretty tricky to find in general unless you live in South Korean though. I don’t even know if they have pre-releases (they probably have, but I dunno).

Greetz,
Quuador