Rising Rivals (TCG)

Pokémon TCG: Platinum – Rising Rivals (Japanese: 時の果ての絆 Bonds to the End of Time) is the name given to the second expansion of cards of the Platinum era of the Trading Card Game.

Information
Rising Rivals is the second expansion in the Platinum series and the second set based on and, more specifically, its redesigned Gym Leader and Elite Four lineups.

The Pokémon featured in the set, unlike in Platinum, are based on Pokémon owned by Sinnoh's Gym Leaders and Elite Four members. The set and its deck kit also introduce two new types of TCG Pokémon SP: Pokémon  and Pokémon. Pokémon  are classified as "Gym Leader's Pokémon" and Pokémon   are classified as "Elite Four's Pokémon" and are all Pokémon that are seen as part of Gym Leader and Elite Four lineups in Pokémon Platinum.

Other expansions before this to feature Gym Leader's Pokémon are TCG Gym Heroes, TCG Gym Challenge and TCG Pokémon VS, but only Pokémon VS and TCG EX Power Keepers previously featured Pokémon of the Elite Four.

Trivia

 * With nine TCG Pokémon LV.X, this set includes more than any other English set.
 * While sets have included the and  despite the introduction of their , the Japanese version of the set is the first expansion that includes both the basic and special variations.
 * This set's prerelease sleeve is and its 5 forms.
 * As with TCG Pokémon VS, one artist illustrated all of the cards for each Gym Leader's Pokémon, excepting LV.X cards: Suwama Chiaki (Roark), Kanako Eo (Gardenia), Kagemaru Himeno (Maylene and Bertha), Midori Harada (Crasher Wake), Naoyo Kimura (Fantina), Hajime Kusajima (Byron), Atsuko Nishida (Candice), Kouki Saitou (Volkner and Aaron), Masakazu Fukuda (Flint) and Mitsuhiro Arita (Lucian).

In other languages
Aufstieg der Rivalen (TCG) es:Platino (TCG): Rising Rivals Platine Rivaux Émergeants L'Ascesa dei Rivali (GCC) ポケモンカードゲームDPt 拡張パック 時の果ての絆 时间尽头的羁绊（集换式卡片）