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-blurb=Cards from the Pokémon Platinum card set are being revealed one-by-one on Go-Pokemon.com. There will be 10 in all revealed. }}
+blurb=Go-Pokemon.com, the official English-language Pokémon Trading Card Game Web site, has begun to reveal cards from the next English-language set, Platinum. According to the site, 10 cards will be revealed before the actual pre-release begins the last weekend of January. Only two cards have been revealed at the moment.}}
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+[[Image:PL_01_Pre.JPG|thumb|right|New Lucario, Shaymin cards]]
+Go-Pokemon.com, the official English-language Pokémon Trading Card Game Web site, has begun to reveal cards from the next English-language set, {{TCG|Platinum}}. According to the site, 10 cards will be revealed before the actual pre-release begins the last weekend of January. Only two cards have been revealed at the moment.
-Go-Pokemon.com, the English Trading Card Game website, began to reveal cards from the upcoming English set, {{TCG|Platinum}}. According to the site, ten cards will be revealed before the actual prerelease starting the last weekend of January. Only two have been revealed at the moment.
+So far, the cards revealed are {{bp|Giratina (Platinum 10)}} and {{bp|Honchkrow G (Platinum 77)}}. Giratina was revealed on Tuesday, with Honchkrow G following two days later. The Giratina card is significant because it is the first English card release of Giratina's Origin Forme. Honchkrow G is the first {{TCG|Pokémon SP}} to be revealed in English. {{bp|Cyrus}}, the leader of {{bp|Team Galactic}}, owns the Honchkrow.
-[[Image:PL_01_Pre.JPG|thumb|right|The secretly released cards]]
+Two additional cards have been spotted in videos and other sources: a POP promo pre-release {{p|Lucario}} card originating from the {{TCG|Entry Pack DPt}} and a {{p|Shaymin}} card originating from {{TCG|Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky}}, the Japanese expansion of {{TCG|Stormfront}}.
-So far, the cards revealed are {{bp|Giratina (Platinum 10)}} and {{bp|Honchkrow G (Platinum 77)}}. Giratina was revealed on January 6th, with Honchkrow G followed two days later. The Giratina card is significant because it is the first English card release of Giratina's Origin Forme. Honchkrow G is also the first {{TCG|Pokémon SP}} to be revealed in English. This Honchkrow's owner is {{bp|Cyrus}}. Also, two cards have been secretly revealed through videos and other sources: a POP promo prerelease Lucario card originating from the {{TCG|Entry Pack DPt}}, and a Shaymin card originating from {{TCG|Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky}}, the Japanese expansion of {{TCG|Stormfront}}.
+The Platinum expansion is expected to contain 133 cards, and it will be released on Feb. 11 in North America.
-The Platinum expansion is expected to contain 133 cards, and it will be released on February 11, 2009.
+==Information==
+* [http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/101.html Honchkrow card revelation]
+* [http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/100.html Giratina card revelation]
+* [http://go-pokemon.com/tcg/news/articles/98.html Set release announcement]