A new news article has been posted!

---

Details of the third English XY Pokémon TCG expansion have been revealed to distributors and the XY Furious Fists expansion will be released on August 13th, 2014. It was also announced on the official English Pokémon forums by Organized Play Director Dave Schwimmer that starting in August of 2014, the newest English TCG sets will only be legal for official tournament play 21 days after the official release date. This means English players will not be allowed to use Furious Fists cards at the Pokémon World Championships at the set will be released on August 13th, 2014 and the Pokémon World Championships take place in Washington D.C. on August 16th and 17th, 2014. The Japanese equivalent set Rising Fist (ライジングフィスト) will be released in Japan on June 14th, 2014. The full details of this rule change is posted below.

Become King of the Ring!

Trainers, step in the ring and fire up your ferocity for the Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists expansion! Brace yourselves for a grand tournament unlike any before with Mega Lucario-EX and Mega Heracross-EX! And, as the competition intensifies, a host of Pokémon appear for the first time in the Pokémon TCG—each one eager to prove itself as a master of battle! With a team backed by brand-new Trainer cards to power up your Fighting-type Pokémon, your opponents will be left wondering what hit them!

Features:
• Over 110 cards
• 5 new Pokémon-EX
• 2 new Mega Evolution Pokémon

Vendor Supplies

Booster Supplies	Theme Deck
Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Booster Product code: 146-10898 Configuration: 10 cards EAN: 0-820650-108983 MSRP: $3.99 USD each	Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Theme Deck Product code: 146-10903 Configuration: 60-card decks EAN: 0-820650-109034 MSRP: //media.pocketmonsters.net/news/1876/2.99 USD each
Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Booster Display Product code: 146-11898 Configuration: 36 boosters EAN: 0-820650-118982 4 3/4" H x 5 1/4" W x 2 1/2" D, 1.56 lbs. MSRP: //media.pocketmonsters.net/news/1876/43.64 USD	Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Theme Deck Display Product code: 146-11903 Configuration: 8 theme decks EAN: 0-820650-119033 7 9/16" H x 7 29/32" W x 6 D, 3 lbs. MSRP: //media.pocketmonsters.net/news/1876/03.92 USD
Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Booster Master Carton Product code: 146-12898 Configuration: 6 displays (216 boosters) EAN: 0-820650-128981 5 7/8" H x 16 1/2" W x 5 1/2" D, 12 lbs. MSRP: $861.84 USD	Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Theme Deck Master Carton Product code: 146-12903 Configuration: 6 displays (48 decks) EAN: 0-820650-129032 18 7/16" H x 16 3/16" W x 7 3/4" D, 24 lbs. MSRP: $623.52 USD
Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Sleeved Booster Product code: 146-10899 Configuration: 10 cards EAN: 0-820650-108990 6 3/4" H x 3 13/16" W, 0.65 lbs. MSRP: $3.99 USD each	Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists Sleeved Booster Master Carton Product code: 146-12899 Configuration: 6 inner cartons (144 boosters) EAN: 0-820650-128998 12 1/4" H x 11 3/8" W x 6 15/16" D, 9 lbs. MSRP: $574.56 USD

Furious Fists Launch Kit

Supercharge your Pokémon Trading Card release day with the XY Furious Fists Launch Kit! It includes 72 booster packs and 8 theme decks from the XY - Furious Fists expansion, plus 16 foil promo cards to trade, play, and add to your collection! Each Pokémon TCG: XY - Furious Fists Launch Kit contains: • 72 XY - Furious Fists booster packs! • 8 XY - Furious Fists theme decks! • 16 exciting foil cards: 8 each of two designs! • A unique shelf display to hold the product for the new release!

Mega Evolution Collector Pin 3-Pack

Give Your Collection a Boost! Power up your Pokémon TCG collection with 3 booster packs, and show your Pokémon pride with 1 of 3 awesome collector's pins featuring Mega Evolution Pokémon - the blue Dragon-type Mega Charizard, the orange Fire-type Mega Charizard, or the unstoppable Mega Lucario! Includes: • 3 Pokemon TCG booster packs • 1 of 3 Mega Evolution Pokemon collector's pins

Krookodile EX Box

The fearsome jaws that never let go are on your side with the Krookodile-EX Box! Sink your teeth into a never-before seen foil promo card featuring the hard-biting style of this impressive desert Pokémon, and make those mighty fangs even bigger with a fantastic oversize foil promo card. But that's not all-expand your collection with the contents of 4 Pokémon TCG booster packs, plus a BONUS code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and bring some bite to your battles! THE POKEMON TCG: KROOKODILE-EX BOX INCLUDES: • Krookodile-EX as a never-before-seen foil promo card! • 4 Pokemon TCG booster packs • A special oversize foil promo card featuring Krookodile-EX • A BONUS code card to unlock a promo card in the Pokemon Trading Card Game Online!

Mega Charizard Collection

Feel the furious flames of Mega Charizard, and let your imagination take flight with 1 of 2 unbelievable sculpted figures featuring this awesome Pokémon! But that’s not all: the Mega Charizard Collection also fires up your battles with 4 Pokémon TCG booster packs, plus a special foil promo card - because nothing is hotter than Mega Charizard! The collection includes: • A special figure of Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y • 4 Pokemon TCG booster packs • A special foil promo card featuring Charizard • August 18th, 2014 Release Date

New Expansion Card Rule Change

Beginning with the Pokémon TCG release in August 2014, Play! Pokémon will now set the tournament legality date of all new TCG sets for 21 days after the official street dates in all markets worldwide at three weeks after the official release date.

This means that if a TCG set releases on the 7th of a given month, that the first day that cards from that set will be legal for play in sanctioned tournaments would be the 28th of that same month. Sanctioned limited format events will not be affected, as the product for these events is provided by the organizer.

Sets will be legal for play in TCG Online general play, and casual tournaments as of the release date, offering players an opportunity to test cards and decks in the weeks leading up to the tournament legal date.

The tournament legal date is based off of the U.S. release date, and will not change based on shifted international market release dates. Play! Pokémon will publish a worldwide tournament legal date for each set prior to its release.

Organized Play Director Dave Schwimmer May 30th, 2014