On January 17, 2025, the Pokémon Card Game officially enters the Scarlet & Violet (朱&紫) series in China with the first set being the Pokémon Trading Card Game Gem Pack Volume 1, which aims to provide a new collecting experience for Trainers who love collecting Pokémon cards. Each pack contains 4 cards, all of which are Holo cards. Try to collect all the Holo cards of your favorite Pokémon!

The first volume of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Gem Pack includes many Pokémon including Sprigatito, Fuecoco and Quaxly from the Paldea region. Which one do you like the most? No matter which Pokémon it is, it will be presented as a Holo card in the first volume of Gem Pack. Not only can the illustrations of the Pokémon be different, but there are also many different variants of the same card. Try to collect all the Holo cards of your favorite Pokémon!

Take Sprigatito for example. The first volume of gem packs includes the following Sprigatito cards. There is a Holo card with Grass Energy icon pattern as well as a Holo card with the Poké Ball pattern. If you are lucky enough, you may also get the following Holo cards.




Comparing with the cards included in the set shows that the rarity markings of the cards included in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Gem Pack are also different. There are 5 types of rarity markings, specifically: ●, ◆, ★, ★★, ★★★. Of the 4 cards in each pack, 3 are of ● or ◆ rarity, and the other 1 is one of ★, ★★, or ★★★ rarity.

New Holo cards with illustrations depicting the bond between Pokémon and Trainers

The Pokémon Trading Card Game Gem Pack also includes Pokémon Holo cards with full illustration art of Trainers and their Pokémon from the Pokémon Horizons anime. For example, Liko and Sprigatito. The illustration features Sprigatito nestling up to its Trainer.

In addition to Sprigatito, the following Pokémon Holo cards with full art illustrations of Trainers and their Pokémon are also included.


In addition to the Poké Ball, Great Ball and Ultra Ball cards, the set also includes Energy cards and the Supporter card Nemona.

Promo Card

Starting on January 17th, 2025, if you buy 30 booster packs of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Gem Pack Volume 1 or 2 full boxes (15 packs per box), you can get 1 of the following Promo cards for free.


Sources: https://www.pokemon.cn/tcg/product/2024122205.html