Astral Radiance

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.

Released
May 2022
Cards
189 printed
Illustrators
76
Top card
Machamp V $146
Series
Sword & Shield
Era
Sword & Shield era

133 unique Pokémon 167 Pokémon · 48 Trainer · 1 Energy Average market $3.10

§ 01 — The full checklist

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Rarity
Beedrill V
Hisuian Voltorb
Hisuian Electrode
Scyther
Scyther
Yanma
Yanmega
Heracross
Kricketot
Kricketune
Combee
Vespiquen
Leafeon
Shaymin
Petilil
§ 02 — About Astral Radiance

A look inside the set.

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.

I · 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.

II · Illustrators

The illustrator roster is wide (76 credited), but the set’s visual consistency is strongly shaped by 5ban Graphics, the most frequent contributor. Additional leading presence from Kouki Saitou, N-DESIGN Inc., and Oswaldo KATO adds variety within the same polished, digitally oriented finish.

§ 04 — Entry points

Two ways in.

By the hands behind it, or by the Pokémon featured. Both threads continue across the wider Artchu catalogue.

Notable illustrators from Astral Radiance

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Notable Pokémon featured

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