My 8 year old pulled an Ethan’s Ho-Oh art rare from the new Destined Rivals set yesterday at our local card shop’s prerelease tournament. The best part was seeing how excited he was (his hands were shaking) and seeing how excited two of his friends that were also there for the tournament were for him (they were the only kids at the tournament.)

My Son’s Pull from the Destined Rivals Build and Battle Prerelease Tournament

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My Son’s Pull from the Destined Rivals Build and Battle Prerelease Tournament

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