The Pokémon Company International announced Pokéween to promote merchandise offerings and in-game experiences that are taking place during the Halloween 2023 season in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. High resolution images from the press release have been added to an Imageboard thread.

Press Release - POKÉMON TO EVOLVE HALLOWEEN SEASON INTO POKÉWEEN, BEGINNING WITH LAUNCH OF POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME: TRICK OR TRADE BOOster BUNDLE TODAY

Additional Pokémon Merchandise, In-Game Experiences, and Other Activations Across the Franchise Launching Soon to Celebrate Pokéween

Bellevue, Wash. — September 1, 2023 — The Pokémon Company International is inviting Trainers to celebrate Pokéween this spooky season with the launch of this year’s Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG): Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle, available now at participating retailers and online at Pokémon Center in the U.S., Canada and the U.K.


Introduced for the first time in 2022, the Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle is back by popular demand and includes an assortment of mini booster packs that provides kids and parents with a fun alternative to candy for trick-or-treaters. Each Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle contains three cards from the Pokémon TCG—embellished with a Pikachu jack-o’-lantern stamp—and features a new assortment for 2023, including fan-favorite Pokémon Pikachu and Mimikyu. Trick or Trade BOOster Bundles will be newly available in the U.K. this year, in addition to the U.S., Canada and Australia.

“The best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game continues to be one of the most sought-after items by kids and families,” said Barry Sams, vice president of the Pokémon Trading Card Game at The Pokémon Company International. “Following the success of the Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle in 2022 in the U.S., not only can trick-or-treaters look forward to getting the Pokémon TCG in their Halloween hauls again this year, but they can also celebrate Pokéween in a variety of ways as we continue to lean into the spooky season across the brand.”

To continue celebrating Pokéween all season long, Trainers can also look forward to the following merchandise offerings and in-game experiences.

New Pokéween Merchandise Launching Soon

In honor of Pokéween, Pokémon Center—the premier online destination for official Pokémon merchandise—will launch a new collection of seasonal merchandise. The collection includes festive home décor, costumed Pokémon plush and a range of bewitching apparel. Featuring spooky Pokémon-styled pumpkins and designs inspired by vintage pulp horror movies, Pokémon Center’s new home décor products, along with the new seasonal plush, will be available in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. beginning September 6, followed by the moody, pop-punk apparel line launching on September 14.


Trainers can also show off their love for Pokémon and Pokéween with more products launching this season, including “Pokémon Primers: Ghost Types,” a new addition to the “Pokémon Primers” book series, available for preorder now and releasing on October 17 where books are sold; the Pokémon Halloween Calendar 2023 from Jazwares, available now at participating retailers; a Mimikyu plush from Build-A-Bear Workshop, available now in Build-A-Bear Workshop stores and online; and a wide array of Halloween costumes and accessories from Disguise, available now online and at participating retailers.

Get an Electric–Tera Type Mimikyu in Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet

Trainers in the U.S. and Canada can stop by their local GameStop store to pick up a code that will let them add an Electric–Tera Type Mimikyu to their team in Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet. Codes will be available in-store in October, and only while supplies last. Additional details will be revealed at a later date.

Pokéween-themed Activities in Pokémon GO

To celebrate Pokéween in Pokémon GO, players will see an increased number of Ghost-type Pokémon in addition to costumed Pokémon, receive various bonuses, and more. Pokémon GO in-game events will take place throughout October, and additional details will be revealed at a later date.

Pokéween Coming to Pokémon Sleep

Pokéween will be coming soon to Pokémon Sleep. Players will find more Ghost-type Pokémon gathered when they conduct sleep research in the morning, receive various bonuses, and more. In addition, players can look forward to a Pokémon Sleep in-game event in late October. Additional details for the event will be revealed at a later date.

Mimikyu and New Battle Pass Coming to Pokémon UNITE

Mimikyu will join the fray in Pokémon UNITE on October 19. In addition, the next Pokémon UNITE battle pass will be available from October 24 until December 4. Players will be able to complete unique missions to earn rewards, including the Phantom Thief Style: Inteleon Holowear.

Celebratory Animation Marathon Coming to Twitch

Trainers can tune in to Twitch.tv/Pokemon for a weekly animation marathon every Tuesday between October 3 and October 31 to stream spooktacular episodes of the Pokémon animated series.

The Pokémon TCG: Heavy Hitters Premium Collection (Fall 2023) is available as of September 1st, 2023 exclusively at Sam's Club stores.

The Pokémon TCG: Heavy Hitters Premium Collection (Fall 2023)

The Heavy Hitters Collection returns to Sam's Club Stores to help impact your game. Make a big impression in battle alongside powerful Pokémon, and grow your Pokémon TCG collection with dozens and dozens of cards! In this box, you'll find ready-to-play foil cards featuring Lucario V, Tyranitar V, Lucario, and Tyranitar, plus an oversize foil version of Lucario V for display and a set of four shimmering coins. To top it all off, a stack of 14 booster packs (that's 140 total cards!) helps ensure you have plenty of options for creating your next awesome deck.

The Pokémon TCG: Heavy Hitters Premium Collection (Fall 2023) includes:

• 4 foil cards featuring Lucario V, Tyranitar V, Lucario, and Tyranitar
• 1 oversize foil card featuring Lucario V
• 14 Pokémon TCG booster packs
• 4 large metallic coins
• A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/heavy-hitters-premium-collection-fall-2023/

The Pokémon TCG: Holiday Calendar is available to purchase as of September 1st, 2023 at the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold for the suggested retail price of $49.99USD.

Celebrate the holiday season with 25 days of surprises in the Pokémon TCG: Holiday Calendar! From special foil cards to booster packs and more, there's a different Pokémon goodie to open every day.

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The Pokémon TCG: Holiday Calendar includes 25 surprises to discover:

• 8 foil Pokémon TCG cards with a festive stamp
• 5 Pokémon TCG booster packs
  • Each booster pack contains 10 cards and either 1 Basic Energy or 1 VSTAR marker. Cards vary by pack.
• 7 Pokémon TCG 3-card fun packs
  • Each fun pack contains 3 cards. Cards vary by pack.
• 2 Pokémon coins
• 2 Pokémon sticker sheets
• 1 sidekick dangler featuring Pikachu and Glaceon
• Plus, find a code card for Pokémon TCG Live!

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/holiday-calendar-2023/

The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Collection—Zapdos ex will be available on October 6, 2023, at the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold.

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet 151 Collection Zapdos ex

Strike with electrifying power and then retreat as fast as lightning with Zapdos ex! This Legendary Pokémon of the Kanto region is here as a ready-to-play promo card and an oversize card for your collection, along with a foil card featuring Electabuzz, and more Pokémon inside booster packs from the special Scarlet & Violet—151 expansion.
The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Collection—Zapdos ex includes:

• 1 foil promo card featuring Zapdos ex
• 1 foil card featuring Electabuzz
• 1 oversize foil card featuring Zapdos ex
• 4 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 booster packs
• A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/scarlet-violet-151-collection-zapdos-ex/

The Pokémon TCG Scarlet & Violet 151 Collection Alakazam ex will be available on October 6th, 2023, in the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold.

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet 151 Collection—Alakazam ex

Alakazam ex plays mind tricks on your opponent by attacking from the Bench! After evolving from Abra and Kadabra, this formidable Pokémon ex shows off its Psychic-type prowess no matter where it stands on the battlefield.
The Scarlet & Violet—151 Collection—Alakazam ex includes:

• 1 foil promo card featuring Alakazam ex
• 1 foil card featuring Kadabra
• 1 foil card featuring Abra
• 4 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 booster packs
• A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/scarlet-violet-151-collection-alakazam-ex/

The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Ultra Premium Collection will be available on October 6th, 2023, at the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold.

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Ultra Premium Collection

The Mythical Pokémon Mew holds many secrets of the Pokémon world, and usually only the luckiest of Trainers encounter it. But now you can add it to your own Pokédex along with even more Kanto Pokémon inside a bounty of booster packs from the Scarlet & Violet—151 expansion! Mew ex appears here as both playable and collectible metal cards, and you'll also find a beautifully illustrated promo card featuring Mewtwo, a durable playmat and deck box, and more.

The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Ultra-Premium Collection includes:

• 1 etched foil promo card featuring Mew ex
• 1 full-art foil promo card featuring Mewtwo
• 1 etched metal card featuring Mew ex
• 1 playmat
• 1 deck box
• 1 metallic coin featuring Mew
• 6 damage-counter dice
• 2 plastic condition markers
• 16 booster packs from Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151
• A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/scarlet-violet-151-ultra-premium-collection/

The Oinkologne ex Box will only be available at Best Buy stores, and preorders are open as of August 25th, 2023. Don’t miss your chance to go hog wild in the Pokémon TCG. The box retails for $21.99 USD and will be released on November 3rd, 2023.

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Preorder the Pokémon TCG: Oinkologne ex Box Only at Best Buy

Your Pokémon Trading Card Game collection will have the sweet smell of success when the Hog Pokémon joins your team.

You’ll squeal with delight when you stomp out your opponent’s finely tuned strategies with the help of this sweet-smelling Pokémon ex. The Pokémon TCG: Oinkologne ex Box is coming exclusively to Best Buy stores on November 3, 2023, and it’s available to preorder now. In addition to a foil card featuring the porcine powerhouse Pokémon ex, the set includes a foil Lechonk card to help get it into play. There’s also an oversize version of Oinkologne ex that’s perfect to display, and you’ll find four Pokémon TCG booster packs to freshen your deck.

The Pokémon TCG: Oinkologne ex Box includes:

• 1 double rare foil card featuring Oinkologne ex
• 1 foil card featuring Lechonk
• 1 oversize foil card featuring Oinkologne ex
• 4 Pokémon TCG booster packs
• A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/preorder-the-pokemon-tcg-oinkologne-ex-box-only-at-best-buy

The Pokémon Trading Card Game Poké Ball Tin will be available on September 22nd, 2023, in the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold.

Pokémon TCG: Poké Ball Tin

What's inside a Poké Ball? The answer is Pokémon cards, of course! Choose between a standard Poké Ball, Premier Ball, Ultra Ball, Great Ball, or a Lure Ball. Or round out your collection by bringing them all home.

The Pokémon TCG: Poké Ball Tin includes:

• 3 Pokémon TCG booster packs
• 2 sticker sheets

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/poke-ball-tin/

The Pokémon Company International revealed on August 17th, 2023 that the next expansion in the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Scarlet & Violet Paradox Rift, will launch at participating retailers around the world on November 3rd, 2023. Artwork from the press release has been added to an Imageboard thread.

New Pokémon Trading Card Game: Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift Expansion Introduces Ancient and Future Pokémon

Inspired by the Paradox Pokémon from the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games, Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift will introduce Ancient and Future Pokémon and Trainer cards, as recently unveiled during the 2023 Pokémon World Championships. Embodying toughness and power, Ancient Pokémon tend to have direct attacks that do a lot of damage, and they’re more difficult to Knock Out. Harnessing speed and technique, Future Pokémon tend to have Abilities and attacks with extra effects that allow for clever maneuvers and crafty strategy. In addition, Ancient Trainer cards tend to assist Ancient Pokémon, while Future Trainer cards tend to assist Future Pokémon.

Technical Machines will also return to the Pokémon TCG in the upcoming expansion, where they’ll appear as new Pokémon Tool cards that allow access to a new attack while attached.

Noteworthy cards from the expansion include:

• 13 Pokémon ex and seven Tera Pokémon ex
• 34 illustration rare Pokémon
• 15 special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards
• 28 ultra rare full-art etched Pokémon ex and Supporter cards
• Seven hyper rare gold etched cards

Trainers can look forward to finding Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes, and special collections at Pokémon Center online 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—Paradox Rift Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, which comes with two additional booster packs and one additional illustration rare promo card featuring the Pokémon Center logo.


In addition, ahead of the release of the tabletop version, Trainers will be able to play with Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift digitally via the Pokémon TCG Live app for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows devices on Nov. 2, 2023. Trainers can collect and battle with new Ancient and Future Pokémon and receive in-game bonuses when logging in to the app.

The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Binder Collection will be available on September 22nd, 2023, in the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold.

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet - 151 Binder Collection

Just like a Pokédex, a binder makes it easy to keep track of your Pokémon collection! With this 9-pocket binder, you can show off up to 360 of your favorite Pokémon TCG cards. Get a head start filling it up with 4 booster packs from the special Scarlet & Violet—151 expansion!

The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Binder Collection includes:

• A binder with 20 9-pocket pages
• 4 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 booster packs

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/scarlet-violet-151-binder-collection/