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Hot Wave Arena (JP)

On March 14, 2024, the latest expansion, Heat Wave Arena, will officially launch in Japan. This set promises not only exciting gameplay additions but also something truly special for collectors and fans alike.

Every purchase of a Heat Wave Arena booster box will include a special promo pack featuring three exclusive cards: Pikachu, Feraligatr, and Toxtricity ex. These cards aren’t just any promos—they’re based on the winning entries of the 2024 Illustration Contest.

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BATTLE PARTNERS (JP)

The Pokémon TCG is preparing for an exciting addition with the announcement of a new set, Battle Partners, revealed through distributor listings. This set is slated to release in Japan on January 24, 2025, bringing fresh excitement to fans and collectors.

To complement the release, themed accessories will also be available. A vibrant card sleeve and deck box featuring the fan-favorite character Iono are set to launch, perfect for adding flair to gameplay. Additionally, two exclusive collection files—“Collection File N” and “Collection File Lillie”—will be introduced, providing collectors with elegant storage solutions for their prized cards.

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Collect 151 Journey (CH)

On January 17, 2025, Pokémon fans in China can celebrate the release of Collect 151 Journey, a localized version of the iconic 151 set. This release will also feature secret rares from Paldean Fates, including shiny Pidgey and Ditto.

Two types of booster packs will be available: a smaller pack with five cards and one holo, and a larger pack with 20 cards and seven holos. This marks the first of four planned Collect 151 booster pack releases in China throughout 2025, each adding new cards and updated pull rates.

A special booster pack will also launch on January 17, available for free at real-world events in China. These packs feature exclusive alternate art cards that haven’t been released anywhere else, making them a unique addition for collectors worldwide.

Prepare to embark on the Collect 151 Journey and capture the excitement of Pokémon TCG like never before!

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Eternal Birth (CH)

Releases for Simplified Chinese cards started a few years ago, so China has been releasing compilation sets to catch up quickly with the rest of the world. They are entering the Scarlet & Violet Era on January 17th with their Eternal Birthset.

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TERESTAL FESTIVAL (JP)

The Terastal Fest ex subset largely contains reprints of various notable Pokémon and Trainer cards released in 2023 and 2024, including reprints of Pokémon ex and ACE SPEC cards. This set also debuts Eevee and the Eeveelutions as Tera Pokémon ex, and introduces a new Mirror Holofoil Poké Ball pattern that can appear on certain cards.

Terastal Fest ex will be released in Japan on December 6, 2024, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong on December 20, 2024. Each booster pack of Terastal Fest ex contains 10 cards, one of which is guaranteed to be a Pokémon ex. Each booster box contains 10 booster packs. Cards other than Pokémon ex and ACE SPEC cards do not have rarity symbols. Cards within this set are included in the English Prismatic Evolutions special expansion.

A sneak peek of the Terastal Fest ex subset was shown in the "OPEN UP" promotional video released on October 20, 2024 (the 28th anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game), showcasing the booster pack artwork and the Eeveeex card from the set.

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SUPER ELECTRIC BREAKER (JP)

Super Electric Breaker continues to introduce Stellar-type Tera Pokémon ex into the meta, with Terastal Pikachu ex as its central Pokémon. A general theme based on the Blueberry Academy is present within the set as well.

Super Electric Breaker will be released in Japan on October 18, 2024, followed by localized released in Traditional Chinese on October 25, 2024. Each booster box of Super Electric Breaker contains 30 booster packs. Cards within this set are included in the English Surging Sparks expansion.

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PARADISE DRAGONA (JP)

As indicated by its name, Enhanced Expansion Pack: Paradise Dragona is a subset heavily focused on Pokémon that are originally Dragon-type in the core series games, such as Latias, Latios, and Gouging Fire; and Trainer cards depicting characters associated with Dragon-type Pokémon, such as Drayton and Lisia. It also continues to introduce Stellar-type Tera Pokémon ex into the meta, with Stellar-type Alolan Exeggutorex as its central Pokémon. A tropical/summer theme is also generally present within cards in the set.

Paradise Dragona is designed for use in Sealed format tournaments, in which participants are provided with sealed TCG products and have to build and battle their decks using only cards pulled from those products, along with any other cards provided by the tournament staff.

Paradise Dragona will be released in Japan on September 13, 2024, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on September 27, 2024. Each booster pack of Paradise Dragona contains five cards. Each booster box of Paradise Dragona contains 30 booster packs.

The year on which Paradise Dragona was released, 2024, is also the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese calendar.

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STELLAR MIRACLE (JP)

Stellar Crown and its Japanese equivalent set Stellar Miracle make up the seventh expansion of cards for the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. This expansion mainly focuses on Tera or Terastallized Pokémon (with Terapagos as the main featured Pokémon), as well as various other Pokémon, characters and settings associated with The Indigo Disk, the second part of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC for the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet video games.

As the set's name implies, Stellar Crown debuts Terastallized Pokémon ex with the Stellar type for the first time in the TCG, known as Stellar Tera Pokémon ex. Cards of Stellar Tera Pokémon ex have several unique distinctions: they all have TCG types that follow the Pokémon's usual typing, as well as a uniquely powerful attack that is named after gemstones and requires three different types of Energy to use. To this end, this set also introduces Trainer cards which ease these Energy requirements, such as letting the player attach an extra Energy card in a turn, or reducing the Energy requirements for attacks used by Tera Pokémon.

Stellar Crown includes cards from the Japanese Stellar Miracle expansion and the Pokémon Card Game Battle Academy Deck Kit. Stellar Crown contains three ACE SPEC Trainer cards, 10 Pokémon ex, four Stellar Tera Pokémon ex, 13 illustration rare Pokémon, 11 ultra rare full-art etched Pokémon ex and Supporter cards, six special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards and three hyper rare gold etched cards.

Stellar Crown is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Stellar Miracle was released in Japanese on July 19, 2024, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on August 2, 2024. The Thai and Indonesian set equivalent, Stellar Guidance, was released on August 30, 2024 and September 20, 2024 in the respective regions.

The Japanese release of Stellar Miracle accompanied by the release of the Stellar Miracle Deck Build Box. The Traditional Chinese release was accompanied with the releases of the Pokémon Horizons: The Series Special Card Set (Traditional Chinese: 特別卡組 寶可夢地平線：系列 Special Card Set Pokémon Horizons: The Series), which includes 10 booster packs of Stellar Miracle and 3 promo cards featuring characters from Pokémon Horizons: The Series; and the Stellar Miracle Collector's Set (Traditional Chinese: 星晶奇跡 收藏家組合 Star Crystal Miracle Collector's Set), a product similar to the Collector's Set of the previous Transformation Mask expansion, which features 10 booster packs, a card list booklet and a Full Art promo card of Zeraora.

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NIGHT WANDERER (JP)

Shrouded Fable and its Japanese equivalent set Enhanced Expansion Pack: Night Wanderer introduce the Mythical Pokémon Pecharunt, who first appeared in the Mochi Mayhem epilogue of The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, as a Pokémon ex card. The Loyal Three, a group of Legendary Pokémon associated with Pecharunt, also appear in this expansion as Pokémon ex cards, after their debut in the Twilight Masquerade expansion. Related to Pecharunt and Loyal Three, a general theme within the set is present, namely Pokémon and characters with associations to villainous teams, evil doing, or otherwise shady behaviors and activities.

Additionally, Shrouded Fable introduces a new unique Holofoil pattern to Pokémon Trading Card Game cards known as "parallel foil". Like other types of Reverse Holofoil cards, parallel foil cards can be distinguished by its white expansion code box with black text, in contrast to regular cards, whose expansion code boxes are black with white text.

Shrouded Fable contains three ACE SPEC Trainer cards (including the first ever ACE SPEC Stadium card); five Pokémon ex and one Tera Pokémon ex; 15 illustration rare Pokémon; 10 ultra rare Pokémon ex, Tera Pokémon ex and Supporter cards; five special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards; and five hyper rare gold etched cards.

Shrouded Fable is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Night Wanderer is released in Japanese on June 7, 2024, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on June 21, 2024. Each booster pack of Night Wanderer contains 5 cards. Cards released in Night Wanderer are included in the Indonesian- and Thai-exclusive set Stellar Guidance.

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CRIMSON HAZE

Enhanced Expansion Pack: Crimson Haze introduced Pokémon from The Teal Mask, the first of two downloadable content additions to the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet video games. Many of the cards in this subset feature Pokémon and characters that can be found in the land of Kitakami. This set also continues to introduce ACE SPEC cards to the format. Each booster pack of Crimson Haze contains five cards.

Crimson Haze is designed for use in Sealed format tournaments, in which participants are provided with sealed TCG products and have to build and battle their decks using only cards pulled from those products, along with any other cards provided by the tournament staff. To this end, certain cards such as Switch and Pokémon Catcher see reprints in this subset.

Crimson Haze was released in Japanese on March 22, 2024, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on April 3, 2024, in Thai on April 26, 2024, and in Korean on May 24, 2024.

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WILF LIFE and CYBER JUDGE (JP)

The Temporal Forces set and the Japanese Wild Force and Cyber Judge sets continue to introduce Ancient and Future Pokémon and Trainer cards into the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The central Pokémon in these sets are the trios of Paradox Pokémon resembling the Legendary beasts and the Swords of Justice: Walking Wake, Gouging Fire, Raging Bolt, Iron Leaves, Iron Boulder, and Iron Crown.

These sets also reintroduced ACE SPEC cards. First introduced in the Black & White Series of the TCG, ACE SPEC cards are powerful cards with the restriction that only one ACE SPEC card of any sort can be included in a deck. ACE SPEC cards as of this set have a unique magenta design, and can come in Trainer and Special Energy cards.

Temporal Forces includes cards from the Japanese Wild Force and Cyber Judge expansions, as well as the Japanese Starter Deck & Build Sets. Temporal Forces contains seven ACE SPEC Trainer and Special Energy cards, 13 Pokémon ex, two Tera Pokémon ex, 22 illustration rare Pokémon, 10 special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards, and six hyper rare gold etched cards.

Temporal Forces is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Wild Force and Cyber Judge are released in Japanese on January 26, 2024, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on February 2, 2024, in Thai on February 23, 2024, and in Korean on March 6, 2024. The Indonesian set equivalent, Ace Paradox, released on March 29, 2024.

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SHINY TREASURE EX (JP)

Paldean Fates was released on January 26, 2024, and introduces Shiny Pokémon cards to the Scarlet & Violet Series of the TCG. Like other special expansions such as Crown Zenith, individual Paldean Fates booster packs cannot be purchased separately and are instead available exclusively in various set-related products. The Paldean Fates expansion comprises cards from the Japanese Shiny Treasure ex subset, as well as any remaining cards from Raging Surf, Terastal Starter Sets, Ancient Roar, and Future Flash that were not localized in Paradox Rift.

Paldean Fates features 11 Shiny Pokémon ex, seven Pokémon ex and three Tera Pokémon ex, three illustration rare cards featuring Shiny Pokémon, eight special illustration rare cards featuring Shiny Pokémon ex or Supporter cards, and six hyper rare Pokémon ex with a new gold raised foil effect. It is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.


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The High Class Pack: Shiny Treasure ex was first revealed at the end of the streamed "Pokéca All Star Battle 2023 — GET THE GOLD" event, a special TCG tournament held between various public figures to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Shiny Treasure ex was released in Japanese on December 1, 2023, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on December 22, 2023, and in Indonesian, Thai, and Korean on January 26, 2024. Like previous High Class Packs, it mainly features reprints of previously released cards, with a focus on Pokémon ex cards. Various Pokémon cards in this set feature artworks that were previously exclusive to English-release SVP Black Star Promotional cards. Shiny Treasure ex also introduces Shiny Pokémon cards to the Scarlet & Violet Era, included in this set as Secret cards.

All regular Pokémon ex cards in the Shiny Treasure ex set have the "RR" rarity as usual. All regular Shiny Pokémon cards feature different artwork and have the "S" rarity, while all Shiny Pokémon ex utilize their prior Full Art print artwork and have the "SSR" rarity. Cards in this set other than Pokémon ex and Secret cards do not have rarity symbols. Each booster pack of Shiny Treasure ex contains 10 cards, 1 of which is guaranteed to be a Pokémon ex. With 360 cards, Shiny Treasure ex is currently the largest Japanese TCG set, breaking the record previously held by the Shiny Star V subset with 330 cards.

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ANCIENT ROAR and FUTURE FLASH

Paradox Rift and the Japanese Ancient Roar and Future Flash feature Paradox Pokémon, which have previously only appeared in the Scarlet & Violet and Obsidian Flames expansions. The set was first previewed on August 11, 2023, when the Canadian Pokémon Center website briefly showed off one of the Elite Trainer Boxes for the set featuring Iron Valiant. More information about the set was revealed during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Pokémon World Championships on August 13, 2023.

Two new variants of cards are introduced in this expansion: Ancient and Future, which are both available as Pokémon and Trainer cards. Both card variants feature unique text icons on the top right corner of the artwork, and unique backgrounds adorning the right half of the cards: Ancient cards have a layered strata background, while Future cards have a pixelated background. Ancient Pokémon cards tend to have direct attacks that deal a large amount of damage, while being difficult to Knock Out. Future Pokémon cards tend to have Abilities and attacks with extra effects, allowing for craftier strategies. Ancient and Future Trainer cards have effects that tend to assist their respective Pokémon counterparts.

Paradox Rift also includes Technical Machine cards, first reintroduced in the Japanese Raging Surf subset after being last seen in the Rising Rivals expansion. Technical Machine cards as of this set are categorized as Pokémon Tool cards.

Paradox Rift includes cards from the Japanese Ancient Roar and Future Flash expansions, the Raging Surf subset, and the Terastal Starter Sets. Paradox Rift contains 13 Pokémon ex, 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, and seven hyper rare gold etched cards.

There are no Lightning-type or Metal-type Pokémon in Ancient Roar. Likewise, there are no Darkness-type Pokémon in Future Flash.

Paradox Rift is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Ancient Roar and Future Flash were released in Japanese on October 27, 2023, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on November 10, 2023, and in Thai on December 15, 2023. The Indonesian set equivalent, Paradox Encounters, also released on December 15, 2023.

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RAGING SURF (JP)

Enhanced Expansion Pack: Raging Surf continued to introduce type-shifted Tera Pokémon ex after their introduction in the previous Ruler of the Black Flame set. It also reintroduced Technical Machine cards, which were last seen in the Rising Rivals expansion — Technical Machine cards as of this set are categorized as Pokémon Tool cards. Each booster pack of Raging Surf contains five cards.

Raging Surf is designed for use in Sealed format tournaments, in which participants are provided with sealed TCG products and have to build and battle their decks using only cards pulled from those products, along with any other cards provided by the tournament staff. To this end, certain cards such as Switch and Rare Candy see reprints in this subset.

Raging Surf was released in Japanese on September 22, 2023, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on September 29, 2023, in Korean on October 13, 2023, and in Thai on October 27, 2023.

The majority of cards that debuted in Raging Surf were introduced in Paradox Rift, the rest were introduced in Paldean Fates.

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RULER OF THE BLACK FLAME

Obsidian Flames and the Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame are the first sets to feature Tera Pokémon ex with types that differ from their usual types. Type-shifted Tera Pokémon ex use the same Energy types as their usual type for their attacks, but have differing Weakness and Resistance in accordance with their shifted type.

Obsidian Flames includes cards from the Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame expansion, the ex Special Set and ex Start Decks, as well as two Japanese promo cards, remaining cards from the Triplet Beat, Snow Hazard, and Clay Burst sets that were not localized in Paldea Evolved, and two reprinted cards from the Scarlet & Violet expansion. Obsidian Flames contains 15 Pokémon ex, six Tera Pokémon ex, 12 illustration rare Pokémon, six special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards, 12 ultra rare full-art etched Pokémon ex and Supporter cards, and three hyper rare gold etched cards.

Obsidian Flames is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. Ruler of the Black Flame was available in Japanese on July 28, 2023, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on August 11, 2023, in Korean on August 25, 2023, and in Thai on September 29, 2023. The Indonesian set equivalent, Black Shine, released much later on October 27, 2023.