Pokémon China Gem Pack Vol.6: Applin Cards & Rarities

A New Applin Illustration Card

The official description singles out a new Applin art-illustration foil for Vol.6. It places the Pokémon among fruit-rich food in a bright, cosy kitchen, using the apple disguise as the scene’s small visual joke rather than treating the card as a standard battle portrait.

This card is the three-star art-illustration example in the supplied images. It gives the line a clear character-art chase without requiring claims about gameplay strength or individual-card pull odds.

Applin Shows the Parallel-Finish Structure

The supplied Applin sheet shows six foil treatments side by side, from the baseline circle and diamond tiers through star-pattern finishes, a Master Ball-style treatment, and a Gem Pack logo version. Its companion artwork card supplies the seventh showcased Applin finish.

That matches the product graphic’s overall breakdown: 28 featured Pokémon are represented across seven finish slots. The official announcement also says every Pokémon in Vol.6 has an art-illustration foil card, so collecting a favourite Pokémon can mean chasing both its artwork and its different surface treatments.

Practical Buying Notes

• Packs are random; duplicate cards can appear.
• The product disclosure says even purchasing a full box may not complete every card-and-finish variant.
• Gem Pack Vol.6 is not a stand-alone battle product. Combine it with other compatible Pokémon TCG products to play.
• For collectors, it is sensible to budget around a specific Applin art or finish rather than assume a percentage chart guarantees a result.

Frequently Asked Questions

More Artwork, Not a Full Checklist

The supplied preview gallery expands the visual range beyond Applin’s line, showing six other card illustrations with radically different moods: tropical adventure, orchard harvest, festival candy, sunny skies, a quiet indoor scene, and a flower-filled forest.

Those previews support the official promise of a broad Pokémon roster and story-led illustration cards. They should be read as selected card reveals, not as a complete Vol.6 checklist or a statement about every card’s competitive role.

Read the Production Chart Correctly

The supplied chart lists 56 circle-tier variants, 56 diamond-tier variants, and 28 variants in each of the one-star, two-star, and three-star art-illustration tiers. Together, that is 196 listed card-and-finish variants across the visual table.

Its production composition is 50.00%, 25.00%, 17.39%, 5.80%, and 1.81% respectively from the circle tier through the three-star art-illustration tier. The chart explicitly calls these production ratios; it does not publish the chance of opening a named card, a given rarity, or a full set from one four-card pack.

Official Release Snapshot

Pokémon China announced Scarlet & Violet Pokémon Gem Pack Vol.6 on July 17. The CBB6C pack is a foil-only collector product built around Applin and a broad set of Pokémon illustrations.

Sources and Related Coverage

The primary facts and the supplied product graphics come from Pokémon China’s Vol.6 announcement. Exa surfaced PokéBeach’s contemporaneous report as a secondary cross-check on the 28-Pokémon, seven-finish framing; Pokémon China’s Lisia box announcement provides the same-day release-calendar context.

Where Vol.6 Fits in the Gem Pack Line

Our earlier Pokémon China Gem Pack Vol.5: Horizons Art Cards Revealed coverage documented the same 10 CNY, four-card foil baseline and traces the line’s Vol.1–Vol.4 context. Vol.6 preserves that accessible format, but moves away from Vol.5’s Pokémon Horizons scenes into a fruit-and-Applin visual theme.

The same July 17 official update slate also includes Lisia’s Shining Exclusive Box, which is scheduled for the same August 7, 10:00 launch window. It is a separate premium product, not part of Gem Pack Vol.6; the overlap is useful calendar context for collectors planning that day’s releases.