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The First Chapter: Tamatoa – So Shiny! (159/204)

Sapphire Super Rare — items in, lore up, ego maximal

Sanitized PSA 10 slab of Tamatoa – So Shiny! (159/204); certification number and barcodes redacted
PSA Gem Mint 10 · The First Chapter retail 159/204 · identifiers redacted for publish

Tamatoa does not enter quietly. Super Rare collector number 159/204, Sapphire, cost 8, inkwell-eligible, 5/8/1, Storyborn Villain. WHAT HAVE WE HERE? returns an item from discard on play and whenever he quests. GLAM gives him +1 lore for each item you have in play.

Leonardo Giammichele supplies the shell bling. Flavor refuses understatement: “Watch me dazzle like a diamond in the rough!” Base lore 1 is the joke; Glam is the punchline that stops being funny when the board is covered in shiny garbage.

This is The First Chapter English retail — not drab-little-crab cousins under other numbers.

How it got into collections

  • Pack / product after August 18, 2023
  • Super Rare rarity; non-foil and cold foil in set
  • Two PSA 10 retail copies appear in the archive carousel — shiny attracts graders

Specimen dossier

Catalog ID
159/204 (The First Chapter retail)
Set of origin
Disney Lorcana — The First Chapter (set 1), English
Publisher
Ravensburger / Disney Lorcana TCG
Release window
August 18, 2023 onward (LGS / organized launch), with broader retail following September 1, 2023
Illustrator
Leonardo Giammichele
Franchise source
Moana
Rarity
Super Rare
Finish
Non-foil and cold foil in set
Flavor text
Present — dazzle line intact

Archive note: Two PSA 10 First Chapter retail copies in carousel. Hero photograph uses a sanitized PSA Gem Mint 10 slab front (identifiers redacted). Never publish cert numbers or barcodes.

Card anatomy

FieldObservation
TypeCharacter
InkSapphire
Cost8 (inkwell-eligible)
Strength / Willpower / Lore5 / 8 / 1 (lore scales with GLAM)
ClassificationsStoryborn · Villain
AbilitiesWHAT HAVE WE HERE? · GLAM (+1 lore per item in play)

An eight-cost crab whose scientific purpose is to turn the item zone into a jewelry display case. Willpower 8 keeps him on stage while Glam negotiates with mathematics.

Identity notes

  • Collector number 159/204 · Super Rare
  • Not Tamatoa – Drab Little Crab (92/204) — different version
  • Leonardo Giammichele / So Shiny!
  • Sapphire · 8 · 5/8/1 · item recursion + Glam