Bede

Bede on cards: from Sword & Shield to Crown Zenith

Our catalog lists five Bede cards, and all of them are printings of the same Supporter, which attaches a basic Energy card from your hand to one of your Benched Pokémon. The run opens in the Sword & Shield base set (February 7, 2020) with an Uncommon (#157), an Ultra Rare full art (#199) and a Secret Rare (#207), all illustrated by Naoki Saito. Champion's Path reprinted the Uncommon later that year (#50, September 25, 2020), and Crown Zenith closed the run on January 20, 2023 with a Holo Rare illustrated by You Iribi.

How collectors approach Bede's Supporter run

Because every Bede card is the same Supporter effect in a different printing, collectors chasing his cards are really choosing between rarity tiers of one card rather than tracking down separate cards. Naoki Saito illustrated four of the five, giving the Sword & Shield base set and its Champion's Path reprint a consistent look, while the Crown Zenith Holo Rare stands apart with new artwork by You Iribi. The Sword & Shield Secret Rare and the Crown Zenith Holo Rare bookend the run, released roughly three years apart, with the Ultra Rare full art sitting between them as a third option from the same base set.

Cards to know

• Bede (Sword & Shield #157)

  His first English card, an Uncommon Supporter illustrated by Naoki Saito.

• Bede (Sword & Shield #199)

  The Ultra Rare full art version of the same Supporter from the base set, also by Naoki Saito.

• Bede (Sword & Shield #207)

  A Secret Rare printing from the same base set.

• Bede (Champion's Path #50)

  An Uncommon reprint issued later in 2020.

• Bede (Crown Zenith #124)

  A Holo Rare closing his card run, illustrated by You Iribi.