A second Pokémon Card Game Illustration Grand Prix has been announced, in follow up to the first Illustration Grand Prix earlier this year. The theme will be “Cool moments of Pokemon”. Last year Gardevoir won and was given as a free Pokémon Center promo.
S1H / S1W Sword & Shield SR cards are being revealed today. The first official set of Generation 8!
Our good friends Total Cards have given us the product image of the Pokémon Sword & Shield Mini Portfolio. This product, along with the earlier announced Pokémon Sword & Shield product line-up. Releases on February 7, 2020.
Ultra Pro has revealed their new Pokémon collection. And it's Squirtle and Charizard. The release date for us is currently unknown, but will be found out later today.
New Pokémon Gym promos have been announced. Bede 027/S-P can be obtained starting from December 6, 2019. And Pikachu and Cinderace will be part of the new Pokémon Card Gym pack set. You can obtain these during Pokémon Card Gym tournaments.
The set list for S1W / S1H Sword & Shield Expansion Pack Sword & Shield has been revealed. Dhelmise V, Torkoal V, Morpeko V, Morpeko VMAX, Wobbuffet V, Stonjourner VMAX, Sableye V and Cramorant V have been revealed!
There will be a campaign for expansion packs "Sword" and "Shield" released on Friday, December 6th. If you buy a total of 5 packs of “Sword” and “Shield” at Lawson or Family Mart, you will receive a limited edition playmat.
You can get special Pokénchi Presents Pokeka Elementary School Tournament "Ze!" Original Sword & Shield Deck Boxes (Zacian and Zamazenta or Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble) at the Event Sales area.
The (second) dummy pack artwork for the Sword & Shield TCG subset S1a Sword & Shield Strengthening Expansion Pack VMAX Rising has been revealed.
Gastly, Haunter and Gengar from S1W Sword & Shield Expansion Pack Sword revealed. This is from the new Rulebook from the V Starter Decks.
Marnie SR and Professor Magnolia SR cards revealed from S1W / S1H Sword & Shield Expansion Pack Sword & Shield have been revealed in advertisements at Japanese Train Stations in Japan!
New Pokémon Gym promos have been announced. Bede 027/S-P can be obtained starting from December 6, 2019. And Pikachu and Cinderace will be part of the new Pokémon Card Gym pack set. You can obtain these during Pokémon Card Gym tournaments.
Images revealed of Pokémon Club Cosmog, Cosmoem, Solgaleo and Lunala Promo cards. These are only obtainable at 50 Pokémon League stores in the United States. More information about Pokémon Club events:
Ultra PRO has revealed their quarterly Pocket page Portfolio binders for Pokémon. These feature the artwork of SWSH1 Sword & Shield.
Cinccino is revealed from S1W Sword & Shield Expansion Pack Sword. This card was shown in the new Rulebook. Translations come from our good friend ToineLay!
Major news has been announced today. First major info for the Sword & Shield TCG (Base Set). Gigantamax forms from the Sword & Shield videogames are making their debut as VMAX cards. VMAX will be covered in this article below.
The V Starter Decks from Sword & Shield TCG are released Friday, but card shops are getting them today.
Update 6-12-2019: Pokémon Center Japan is getting this merchandise line too on 19-12-2019.
People have discovered the existence of Arcanine / Melmetal Cosmic Eclipse Checklane blisters. This product includes a Cosmos Foil Holo version of Arcanine or Melmetal from Unbroken Bonds. Growlithe and Meltan have no Cosmos Foil Holo treatment.
Starting from November 22, 2019, Pokémon Hong Kong and McDonald's are giving out a double sided poster with a puzzle and a TCG playmat with exclusive artwork. While supplies last (it's limited quantity).
You can obtain this Wooloo 004/S-P Promo from Sword & Shield TCG as a participation award for the Pokémon V start battle tournaments on Friday November 29, 2019.
The first ever Full Art Supporter card for Sword & Shield TCG has been revealed! And it's a promo card!
Duraludon from Sword & Shield will have it's first card, and it's a CoroCoro Ichiban! promo. This 030/S-P Promo card will be featured in the February issue of the CoroCoro Ichiban! Magazine that will be released on December 21, 2019.
New promo cards for the Pokémon Card Station events have been revealed. These are Grookey (007/S-P), Scorbunny (006/S-P) and Sobble (008/S-P). Just like Saya Tsuruta and KririsAki illustrated these Pokémon Card Station promo's before, Akira Komayama illustrated these and and these cards become a matching 3-card set. However these are the first ever Sword & Shield TCG Pokémon Card Station promo cards.
The Pokemon Card Game Sword & Shield Merchandise line-up for December has been revealed. These products will release on the same day as the set S1W / S1H Expansion Sword & Shield releases on December 6, 2019.
The contents of the TAG TEAM Generations Premium Collection has been revealed.
Today more information has been revealed about the Sword & Shield TCG merchandise. Read more below for more information and images.
You can obtain Meowth V during tournaments (you need to play with the Starter V decks) in card shops in Tokyo at “Pokemon Card Stadium”. More details are found here.
All of the Pokémon League Event promo's for the Cosmic Eclipse Seasons are revealed. You can obtain Acro Bike, Escape Board and Fiery Flint at your Pokémon League by just joining a regular League session. You can also win League promo's of Professor Elm's Lecture (1st to 4th Place) at League Challenges and get a Cherish Ball promo by participating at League Cups and win a Champion Playmat featuring either Blastoise & Piplup or Togepi & Cleffa & Igglybuff. I have made a nice summary down below. Which card are you looking forward to? Let us know!
Famous Pokémon TCG artist Mitsuhiro Arita has shared on Twitter some of his drafts of commissions for Pokémon TCG Cards that would become real illustrations for cards.
Solgaleo from Cosmic Eclipse will be the next store promo if you spend a certain amount of money on Pokémon products in participating stores. This card has been spotted on a French eBay listing.
Ever wondered if you could bling-out your deck even more during TCG matches? Well soon you can for $110. Pokemon has announced a “CRYSTAL STONE” series merchandise line aside from a Pikachu CRYSTAL STONE Figure that costs 300,000 Yen ($2760), there are also real leather Deck Boxes decorated with Swarovski® crystals. It features the Pokeball design or a Pikachu silhouette design.
Pokemon Center Shibuya is opening on Friday November 22, 2019. As a opening celebration, Pokemon Center stores in Japan nationwide will hand out this Shibuya themed Pikachu Pokemon Center stamped promo card.
A special limited edition version of the V5 Starter Deck Fire version will come. This is the deck version with Victini V and Scorbunny cards that were earlier revealed. This Scorbunny card will be available in our English Sword & Shield TCG set, and also as a promo card in the Galar Collection Boxes. They have added a Card storage box and Deck sleeves exclusive to this product.
The Playmat and Promo card for the 2020 Pokémon Latin America International Championships that will take place in Centro de Eventos PRO MAGNO in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 15–17, 2019 has been revealed. It features for the very first time, a Pokémon TCG Event Playmat with the Galar starters Grookey, Sobble and Scorbunny.
The Theme deck lists for the upcoming Cosmic Eclipse theme decks have been revealed. These are based of the new Kyogre and Groudon from Cosmic Eclipse.
A PSA 9 graded (Mint Condition) Pokémon "Pikachu" Illustrator CoroCoro Promo has sold yesterday on auction for $195,000. This auction took place in Lynbrook, NY, US by Auction House Weiss Auctions.
We are getting a Alolan Sandslash GX Box in 2020, aswell as a V Teaser Box from Sword & Shield TCG. It is currently unknown what the contents of the V Teaser Box will be.
A new Build-A-Bear plush has been revealed, and it's Pichu. The promo it will come with, is a Pikachu promo. This promo first was released in the Shining Legends Collector Chest.
A Pokémon Center in London? Yes, it's a real thing now! A Pop-Up store has been opened since Friday October 18, 2019 in the shopping centre Westfield London, in Shepherd's Bush. This Pop-Up store will run for 1 month and will close after Friday November 15, 2019.
With the release of Cosmic Eclipse for us very soon, in Japan cards that were banned a while back in their respective Expanded format, will also be banned for our Expanded format.
The November Pokemon Card Game merchandise has been revealed. These will release on November 1, 2019. All of these products are obtainable at Pokemon Center stores in Japan. These are Playmats, Flip Deckboxes and Deck sleeves.
Recently these Pokémon TCG: Dragon Tins have been discovered at Walgreens stores by Pokémon YouTuber LITZdoALL. These contain a cosmofoil version of Celestial Storm Salamence and Team Up Dragonite. The price is $15.99 per Tin and these contain:
The Cosmic Eclipse Prerelease promo cards featuring Buzzwole, Blacephalon, Entei and Phione. have been revealed. They will be obtainable 2 weeks before between October 19-26 before the release of SM12 Cosmic Eclipse in the Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon—Cosmic Eclipse Build & Battle Box.
Ultra Pro has revealed, alongside the earlier released Poké Ball and Ultra Ball line, a new TCG product line-up. The Ultra Pro Great Ball line release date is November 2019.
Missed Pokémon TCG news? In a hurry? Here is the Weekly roundup of all the Pokémon TCG news that is published each week. I will give a small summary of each day and include hyperlinks to read the articles in full detail if you want to.
The new Lillie 397/SM-P promo that was announced 2 weeks ago, is selling in Japan around the price of $935 - $1400.
Today I have opened the Ultra Necrozma GX version of the Battle Arena Decks Rayquaza GX vs Ultra Necrozma GX. This deck in particular includes the staple card Stellar Wish Team Up Jirachi. Which is highly played right now.
