The Pokémon Trading Card Game: Ogerpon ex Premium Collection will be released on November 15th, 2024 for $39.99 USD.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game: Ogerpon ex Premium Collection
Unmask the Power of a Legend! The Legendary Pokémon Ogerpon is an adorable yet fierce force to be reckoned with, and Terastallizing takes its strength to even greater heights! With this collection, you can team up with Teal Mask Ogerpon as a Tera Pokémon ex, joined by another version of Teal Mask Ogerpon and the Ogre’s Mask Trainer card as special foil cards. A card protector, set of card sleeves, and stack of booster packs make your new friendship with Ogerpon even more sweet.
The Pokémon TCG: Ogerpon ex Premium Collection includes:
Starting on August 31st, 2024, select retailers will begin selling the Scarlet & Violet Stellar Crown Build & Battle Box which will allow TCG players to have prerelease battles and experience the latest expansion before its official release date on September 13th, 2024.
Get the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown Build & Battle Box Early
Enjoy quick games and powerful Prerelease promos with the Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown Build & Battle Box.
The latest Pokémon Trading Card Game expansion, Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown, arrives September 13, 2024, but you can visit your local game store to play with it early! Starting August 31, 2024, select retailers will begin selling the Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown Build & Battle Box, giving fans a chance to have a Prerelease battle and experience the latest expansion before its official release date. To find a Prerelease event near you, be sure to use the Event Locator.
The Prerelease format allows players to compete using a 40-card deck with four Prize cards set aside at the start of play, as opposed to a 60-card deck with six Prize cards. With its quick, fun games, this format is perfect for introducing new players to the exciting world of the Pokémon TCG and gives seasoned players a window into all that Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown has to offer. Due to the limited card pool and the variance of cards that can be acquired in a Build & Battle Box, Prerelease events are also a great opportunity to flex your creative deck-building muscles.
Each Build & Battle Box includes four Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown booster packs, a 40-card ready-to-play deck featuring key cards from current and prior sets, as well as one of four unique foil promo cards to boost your Prerelease deck. Depending on which promo card you get, you could add the bodacious Bouffalant, the self-destructive Drifblim, the crabby Crabominable, and the limber Ledian. Whichever promo card you end up with, it will certainly shape your Prerelease strategy!
Ledian
The Standard format has a variety of ways to drag one of your opponent’s Pokémon to the Active Spot. There’s Pokémon Catcher for those favoring lady luck, Prime Catcher for those who select it as their ACE SPEC, and Boss’s Orders as an all-around favorite for nabbing a choice target. These effects usually aren’t present in the Prerelease format, though, making Ledian’s Glittering Star Pattern Ability especially impressive. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you can switch in one of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon with 90 HP or less to the Active Spot. That means you can target a Pokémon that you narrowly missed a Knock Out on earlier in the game, or pick apart your opponent’s strategy by taking down a key Pokémon that still needs to evolve into a higher HP Pokémon. Ledian packs a decent punch too: its Swift attack does 70 damage for Colorless Colorless, making the Pokémon an easy fit for any Prerelease strategy.
Crabominable
If you played through the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet games, you may remember the loveable Cascarrafa Gym Leader Kofu and his penchant for culinary expression. That passion carries through in the Pokémon TCG: when you have a Kofu supporter card in your discard pile, you’ll be able to cook like never before! Crabominable’s Haymaker attack ordinarily costs Water Colorless Colorless Colorless Colorless, but its Food Prep Ability reduces the cost of attacks by Colorless for each Kofu card in your discard pile, making it far easier to string together massive Knock Outs. Kofu itself is a strong draw Supporter card, so you’ll want to put as many as possible in your deck to take advantage of both Crabominable’s Food Prep Ability and the added draw consistency.
Drifblim
Drifloon has been a staple attacker in Gardevoir ex decks since the deck first hit the scene. Now you’ll be able to blow up the battle with massive damage using its Evolution, Drifblim, in a local Prerelease! Drifblim’s Everyone Explode Now attack does 50 damage for each of your Drifloon and Drifblim in play, which would ordinarily do a maximum of 200 damage in Standard format since you can only include four copies of Drifloon in your deck. In Prerelease format, though, you can play as many as you want. With six copies, it’s possible to do up to 300 damage! Just be careful—this attack does 30 damage to each of your Drifloon and Drifblim, so you may end up Knocking Out your own Pokémon if you use this attack too many times.
Bouffalant
Go big with Bouffalant! Its Curly Wall Ability makes it so that your Basic Colorless Pokémon in play take 60 less damage from your opponent’s attacks—but only if there is at least one other Bouffalant in play. With Bouffalant as your Prerelease promo, it becomes even more likely that you’ll have two Bouffalant in play to take advantage of its Curly Wall Ability. With it, the Bash Buffalo Pokémon has an effective HP of 160. If you happen to find any other Basic Colorless Pokémon in your Build & Battle Box booster packs, Curly Wall will help them too. Don’t overlook them!
There are variations among Build & Battle Boxes, so you can add your own creative twist when building your deck. Whether you’re heading to a local game store or just playing with a friend, you’re in for some quick and fun battles with cards from the new Scarlet & Violet—Stellar Crown expansion! If you’re not able to make it to a Prerelease event, these Build & Battle Boxes will be available for purchase when the expansion officially launches.
Attention Trainers! The Play! Pokémon Rules and Resources have been updated! You can find the latest version of the rules on our Pokémon TCG Rules page.
Summary of Changes Q3 2024
See below for a list of changes that you'll find in the League Handbook:
Nomenclature changes to all game-format tables in sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3
New format tables for Pokémon video games in sections 6.1 and 6.2
All instances of “Organized Play” have been replaced with “Play! Pokémon” and “Play! Pokémon Program”
Added European Economic Area and United Kingdom to list of territories for Early Release Program
Below is a list of changes to the Tournament Rules Handbook:
Added major clarification to section 4.3.1.1 to reflect how TOM handles Age Division pods
Updated Variant #4 table for two-day Pokémon TCG and video game tournaments with a new structure for the 2025 Pokémon Championship Series
Updated section 7.3.1.1 to outline what occurs if a competitor is more than 10 minutes late to their match
Scarlet & Violet Stellar Crown Banned List and Rule Changes Announcement
Expanded format: Duskull (Sun & Moon—Cosmic Eclipse, 83/236) is now banned in the Expanded format.
No cards were banned from the Standard format. It will be an extremely rare occurrence for cards to be banned from the Standard format.
Duskull from the Sun & Moon—Cosmic Eclipse expansion was banned from the Expanded format. With the release of Dusclops in Scarlet & Violet—Shrouded Fable, it became very possible to win the game on the first turn when going first by using Duskull’s Spiritborne Evolution Ability to evolve into Dusclops. By getting enough Dusclops into play, players can use many Cursed Blast Abilities to Knock Out the opponent’s only Pokémon in play and win the game.
Many cards are required to assemble the combo that allows this strategy to be dangerous, but Duskull has the lowest overall impact on other strategies that are used in the Expanded format, so it was chosen to be banned.
Tournament results and community feedback will continue to be analyzed to maintain a healthy play environment.
New Pokemon Trading Card Game: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Coming Soon, Featuring Powerful Stellar Tera Pikachu ex and Dragon-type Pokémon
New Pokémon TCG: Grand Adventure Collection, created in collaboration with “Pokémon Horizons: The Series,” Launching Soon
Aug. 22, 2024 — Today, The Pokémon Company International announced that a new expansion for the bestselling Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks, will be available beginning Nov. 8, 2024, at participating retailers worldwide, including Pokémon Center, the premier online destination for official Pokémon merchandise.
The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks introduces players to more beautifully radiant Stellar Tera Pokémon ex, including Pikachu ex with its strikingly powerful Topaz Bolt attack. In this expansion, players can collect and battle with cards themed around the Terarium — an artificial paradise first introduced in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 2: The Indigo Disk DLC for the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games—and discover the towering Alolan Exeggutor ex in its Stellar form alongside other powerful Dragon-type Pokémon. In addition, players can also discover Latias ex and Archaludon ex as well as new ACE SPEC cards, which continue to bring a twist to Pokémon TCG.
Noteworthy cards from the expansion include:
Eight ACE SPEC cards
Eight Stellar Tera Pokémon ex and nine Tera Pokémon ex
23 illustration rare Pokémon
11 special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards
Six hyper rare gold etched cards
Players can find Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and special collections at Pokémon Center and participating retailers worldwide. Select products from the expansion are now available for preorder at Pokémon Center in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., including the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box.
Pokémon TCG players will have the opportunity to play with Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks before launch by attending one of the many Prerelease tournaments held as part of the Play! Pokémon program, taking place beginning Oct. 26 at participating independent retailers.
Ahead of the release of the tabletop version, Trainers will be able to play with Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks digitally starting Nov. 7, 2024, via the Pokémon TCG Live app for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows devices. Trainers can collect and battle with new Stellar Tera Pokémon ex and receive in-game bonuses when logging in to the app.
In addition, fans can look forward to the all-new Pokémon TCG: Grand Adventure Collection, launching beginning Nov. 15, 2024, at participating retailers — including Pokémon Center in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Created in collaboration with “Pokémon Horizons: The Series,” the Pokémon TCG: Grand Adventure Collection features the series’ dual protagonists Liko and Roy and their respective partner Pokémon Sprigatito and Fuecoco; four Scarlet & Violet Series booster packs; and two promo cards plus an oversize card, each featuring the “Pokémon Horizons: The Series” logo.
Trainers in the U.S. can watch the latest “Pokémon Horizons: The Series” episodes exclusively on Netflix, with Part 3 available now. The latest trailer can be found on the official Pokémon YouTube channel. For more information, please visit Pokemon.com/Horizons.
Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet Surging Sparks Elite Trainer Box
The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Elite Trainer Box was available at hobby shops and local retailers where Pokémon TCG products are sold on November 8th, 2024.
Terawatts of electricity crash down from the sky in a tropical paradise, setting the stage for the supercharged Pikachu ex! With the power of a Stellar Tera Pokémon ex, it lights up the shoreline, revealing a parade of dragon Pokémon led by the towering Alolan Exeggutor ex! Archaludon ex and Latias ex round out the horde, while new ACE SPEC cards and more new Pokémon ex bring surprises of their own. Currents crackle and dragons roar in the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion!
The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Elite Trainer Box includes:
9 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks booster packs
1 full-art foil promo card featuring Magneton
65 card sleeves
45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
A player’s guide to the Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks expansion
6 damage-counter dice
1 competition-legal coin-flip die
2 plastic condition markers
A collector’s box to hold everything, with 4 dividers to keep it organized
To continue to promote the Pikachu's Indonesia Journey events being held throughout 2024, on September 20th, 2024, several TCG products featuring the Pikachu's Indonesia Journey branding will be released and they have been exclusively produced for Indonesia.
Pokémon Game Card Scarlet & Violet Batik Shirt Pikachu Keychain Set
This set features a Pikachu wearing a Batik Shirt holo promo card (191/SV-P), a very adorable Pikachu wearing a Batik Shirt keychain to take with you on your travels, display, or hang with your favorite items. There are also a couple Bimbingan Rasi (Stellar Crown) Booster Packs to strengthen your decks.
There will also be 4 different Deck Shield designs with special batik patterns to protect your cards. Plus, there will be a playmat featuring the four Batik Shirt Pikachu designs!
Top Pokémon Competitors Crowned at the 2024 Pokémon World Championships
Closing ceremony announcements included reveals from across the franchise: exciting new details about Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a returning mechanic for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, updates for Pokémon GO and Pokémon UNITE, and the locations of the 2025 and 2026 Pokémon World Championships.
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Aug. 19, 2024 — The 2024 Pokémon World Championships, hosted by The Pokémon Company International, concluded yesterday following three days of intense matches and friendly competition in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The best Trainers from around the world attended the annual event to take part in the premier tournament for the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) and Pokémon video games. This year’s event featured the Pokémon TCG, the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon UNITE. More than 13,000 players and fans from around the globe gathered at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center for the world’s most prestigious Pokémon event. Winners of each division can be found here:
Pokémon Trading Card Game Junior Division:
1st place: Sakuya Ota [JP]
2nd place: Logan Bailey [US]
Pokémon TCG Masters Division:
1st place: Fernando Cifuentes [CL]
2nd place: Seinosuke Shiokawa [JP]
Pokémon Video Game Championship Junior Division:
1st place: Kevin Han [US]
2nd place: Tatsuomi Shimanuki [JP]
Pokémon VGC Senior Division:
1st place: Ray Yamanaka [JP]
2nd place: Luke Kroll [US]
Pokémon VGC Masters Division:
1st place: Luca Ceribelli [IT]
2nd place: Yuta Ishigaki [JP]
Pokémon GO:
1st place: Yekai0904 [HK]
2nd place: Inadequance [NL]
Pokémon UNITE:
1st place: FENNEL [JP]
2nd place: XoraTigersGaming [KR]
In addition to crowning this year’s top competitive Pokémon players, new announcements and experiences were revealed across the brand.
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket Launches October 2024
During the 2024 Pokémon World Championships, The Pokémon Company group announced that the highly anticipated Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a new app that reimagines the experience of collecting Pokémon TCG cards in an innovative digital format, will be launching around the world beginning Oct. 30, 2024. Trainers can preregister for it now on the App Store and Google Play. Furthermore, Trainers in New Zealand will be able to participate in the soft launch for Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket prior to the global launch.
In Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, players will be able to enjoy the thrill of opening booster packs and collecting cards showcasing special visual effects that can only be achieved digitally. Players will be able to open two booster packs every day at no cost, including cards with nostalgic illustrations as well as new cards found only in the app.
YouTube Clip - Pokémon TCG Pocket Trailer | Preregister Now
Trainer’s Pokémon Coming to the Pokémon TCG in 2025
In 2025, fans can look forward to collecting and playing with new Pokémon TCG cards featuring Trainer’s Pokémon, including Lillie’s Clefairy ex, Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex, N’s Zoroark ex, and an illustration rare card featuring N’s Reshiram.
More details will be shared in the future. In the meantime, fans can watch the announcement trailer for Trainer’s Pokémon, as unveiled during the 2024 Pokémon World Championships.
YouTube Clip - Trainer’s Pokémon Return to Pokémon TCG | Official Pokémon Worlds Reveal
Pokémon GO Reveals Morpeko and Teases Upcoming Features
Morpeko will soon be making its debut in Pokémon GO, accompanied by the new battle-only form feature, allowing Trainers to alter the form of certain Pokémon during battles by using a Charged Attack. Additionally, something big and mysterious is on the horizon for Pokémon GO. Stay tuned for more on this significant update!
500-Point Battles and New Unite Licenses Coming to Pokémon UNITE
A new type of battle is coming to Pokémon UNITE. In this casual battle format, Trainers will lead their favorite Pokémon and team up to defeat wild Pokémon and opponents, collecting Aeos energy to score in the enemy’s goal zones. The first team to reach 500 points wins! Look forward to the launch of this exciting type of battle in spring 2025.
Armarouge, Darkrai, and Psyduck are also set to join the Pokémon UNITE roster. Stay tuned for further updates on their unique abilities and roles in the game. More information about Pokémon UNITE can be found here.
YouTube Clip - Three awesome new additions are coming to the Pokémon Unite roster!
2025 and 2026 Pokémon World Championships Locations Unveiled
The locations for the 2025 and 2026 Pokémon World Championships were revealed during the closing ceremonies on Sunday evening. Trainers from around the globe can anticipate next year’s thrilling Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California, scheduled to be held from Aug. 15 to 17, 2025. The following World Championships will then be hosted in San Francisco, California, and are scheduled to be held from Aug. 28 to 30, 2026.
The Pokémon TCG: Terapagos ex Ultra Premium Collection will be released on November 1st, 2024 for $119.99 USD / $155.99 CAD / £104.99 UK. Pre-orders are now available on the Pokémon Centers and where TCG products are sold.
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Pokémon TCG: Terapagos ex Ultra Premium Collection
Uncover Hidden Treasures with Terapagos ex! With its glimmering shell made of Terastal energy, the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos shines brightly in its superpowerful Stellar Form! Now you can add this mysterious force to your own Pokémon TCG decks with a foil promo card featuring Terapagos ex. It’s joined by two more ready-to-play Stellar Tera Pokémon ex and a treasure chest’s worth of gameplay accessories, booster packs, and even a full set of Basic Energy cards featuring a crystalline foil look.
The Pokémon TCG: Terapagos ex Ultra-Premium Collection includes:
1 foil promo card featuring Terapagos ex
1 foil promo card featuring Lapras ex
1 foil promo card featuring Cinderace ex
8 foil Basic Energy cards
1 magnetic 3-card protector with base
1 playmat
1 deck box
1 metallic coin
6 damage-counter dice
2 condition markers
18 Pokémon TCG booster packs
Each booster pack contains 10 cards and either 1 Basic Energy or 1 VSTAR marker. Cards vary by pack. Packs may vary by product.
A code card for Pokémon TCG Live
Item Dimensions: 8.1 x 3.5 x 8.1 IN
Country Of Origin: Cards printed in the USA. Playmat made in Taiwan and printed in the USA. Coin made in the USA.
Materials: paper / metal / neoprene / acrylic / polypropylene
Prize Pack Series Five will be available starting August 14th, 2024, at participating retail locations and are available to those that play in events in their local League.
Receive Play! Pokémon Prize Pack Series Five at Your Local Game Store
Participate in events at your local League to earn these special Prize Packs featuring popular Pokémon TCG cards.
You can make new friends (and maybe even some rivals) while putting your Pokémon Trading Card Game skills to the test at local in-store Play! Pokémon events. Not only will you be able to take part in fun and exciting competition but you can also get a special Pokémon TCG Prize Pack for attending these tournaments. Prize Pack Series Five will be available starting August 14, 2024, at participating retail locations.
Each Prize Pack contains six cards taken from a pool of over 100—all of which are legal in the Standard format. They include everything from popular Pokémon to exclusive foil upgrades of tournament staples, all featuring the Play! Pokémon logo. Here are just some of the exciting cards you can expect to find in Series Five:
Mew ex
Iron Valiant ex
Roaring Moon ex
Buddy-Buddy Poffin
Prime Catcher
For both competitive and casual Trainers, Prize Packs offer an exclusive path to build your collection while making the most of Play! Pokémon events at your local game store. How Prize Packs are distributed varies from location to location. The more active your events are, the more Prize Packs will be available, so be sure to attend as many events as possible.
The Pokémon Card Game Scarlet & Violet Enhanced Expansion Pack Paradise Dragona (楽園ドラゴーナ) will be released in Japan on Friday, September 13th, 2024! Many Dragon-type Pokémon will appear, including Alolan Nassy EX. The Expansion Pack designed for shield battles.
Alolan Nassy EX / Latias Cards
Alolan Nassy EX - Tropical Fever deals 150 damage to the opponent and allows the player to choose as many Basic Energy from his or her hand and attach them to their Pokémon in any way they like! With Swinging Sphene, players can flip a coin and if it's heads, it Knocks Out the opponent's Active Basic Pokémon. If it's tails, it can Knock out a Pokémon on the opponent's bench!
Latias EX - The Skyline Ability removes the Retreat Cost for all Basic Pokémon. It works well in decks with Pokémon that need a lot of energy to retreat!
Rich Energy / Kakitsubata
Rich Energy - When you attach this card from your hand to a Pokémon, you can draw 4 cards from your deck! By attaching it to a card that returns energy to your hand, you can steadily increase the number of cards in your hand every turn.
Kakitsubata - Look at the top 7 cards of your deck, and choose 1 Pokémon and 1 Trainer card. Reveal them to your opponent, and add them to your hand.
Lutia’s Appeal / Dusk Ball
Lutia’s Appeal - By choosing one of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, and setting it to the Active Spot, the new Active Pokémon is Confused. By selecting a Benched Pokémon that requires a lot of energy to retreat, you can greatly disrupt your opponent's tactics.
Dusk Ball - Look at the bottom 7 cards of your deck, and choose 1 Pokémon, show it to your opponent, and add it to your hand.
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Product: Pokémon Card Game Scarlet & Violet Enhanced Expansion Pack Paradise Dragona (ポケモンカードゲーム スカーレット&バイオレット 強化拡張パック「楽園ドラゴーナ」) Suggested Retail Price: 180 yen (tax included) - 5 random cards per pack Release Date: Friday, September 13th, 2024
Best Buy in the United States will release the exclusive Pokémon TCG: Paradox Wisdom Premium Collection on October 4th, 2024 for $49.99 USD.
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Steel Yourself with Future Pokémon ex! Three Paradox Pokémon arrive in our era from a time yet to be seen, prepared for a fantastical battle previously unimagined. But wait, there’s something familiar about seeing these three together... In this Premium Collection, you’re welcomed by the futuristic fortitude of Iron Leaves, Iron Crown, and Iron Boulder as Pokémon ex, as well as an additional oversize version of Iron Crown ex, suitable for display. Plus, you’ll find 7 Pokémon TCG booster packs and a magnetic 3-card holder with a base to keep your favorite cards safe!
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The Pokémon TCG: Paradox Wisdom Premium Collection includes:
3 Promo cards featuring Iron Leaves ex, Iron Crown ex, and Iron Boulder ex