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Astral Radiance

Sword & Shield · 2022/05/27 · 189/216 cards
A digitally driven, color-forward set where playful energy and clear, balanced compositions dominate, supported by a deep spread of Pokémon cards and a sizable Trainer section.
Cards216
Pokémon167
Trainers48
Energy1
Illustrators76
Unique Pokémon133
Avg art score76.14
Median art score80.00
Priced cards216
Avg market price$3.10
Median market price$0.20
Collector note
With 216 cards and many premium rarities alongside plentiful commons and uncommons, the set offers both breadth for set-building and a smaller tier of higher-finish targets. Machamp V is the key value outlier in the pricing data, while most cards sit far lower on average.
Visual identity
Astral Radiance favors vibrant, contrasting color with frequent harmonious and pastel accents, keeping scenes bright even when the mood turns intense or mysterious. The prevailing language is digital, colorful, and lightly whimsical, with character-forward framing that stays balanced and readable; dynamic action appears often, but typically anchored by a focused subject and clean staging.

About Astral Radiance

Astral Radiance presents a broad visual catalog: 216 cards spanning 167 Pokémon, 48 Trainers, and 1 Energy, illustrated by 76 artists. Its rarity mix runs from deep commons and uncommons through multiple premium tiers, creating a set that reads as both a wide survey and a concentrated gallery of higher-finish highlights. Across the card pool, the dominant look is digital and colorful, with a strong current of whimsical, cartoonish, and anime-adjacent rendering.

The set’s mood profile stays largely playful and energetic, while composition trends toward balanced and clearly focused staging, often shifting into dynamic action when the subject calls for it. Among the visual standouts, Hisuian Samurott VSTAR and Darkrai VSTAR show how the set handles intensity within a bright palette. Artist presence is led by 5ban Graphics, with substantial contributions from Kouki Saitou, N-DESIGN Inc., and Oswaldo KATO, giving the collection a consistent polish alongside varied character-forward interpretations.

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5ban Graphics
aky CG Works
Oswaldo KATO
5ban Graphics
N-DESIGN Inc.
En Morikura
5ban Graphics
kodama
5ban Graphics
5ban Graphics
N-DESIGN Inc.
aky CG Works
5ban Graphics
5ban Graphics
5ban Graphics
5ban Graphics
N-DESIGN Inc.
kirisAki
En Morikura
Ayaka Yoshida
sowsow
GOSSAN
5ban Graphics
Anesaki Dynamic
Narumi Sato
5ban Graphics
Akira Komayama
5ban Graphics
sowsow
Yuya Oka
Atsushi Furusawa
5ban Graphics
Tika Matsuno
takuyoa
Sanosuke Sakuma
Mitsuhiro Arita
Shinji Kanda
Yuu Nishida
Kouki Saitou
Shin Nagasawa
Saki Hayashiro
kirisAki
aoki
Mizue
Shin Nagasawa