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Pokémon Japan announces nine 30th CELEBRATION starter-trio card sets for October 16 at ¥1,200 each, with three foil full-art promos per set; no international release is confirmed

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:20:45 GMT

The nine variants cover starter trios from Kanto through Paldea, with each set including three foil full-illustration promo cards, two 30th CELEBRATION booster packs and a paper stand. The announcement is for Japan; these are separate products, not a new expansion, and no English or other international release has been confirmed.

Pokémon Card Game 30th Anniversary — Card Set product page

Pokémon TCG Live’s 30THCONTINUES code gives each account three 30th Celebration Illustration Rares—Moltres, Articuno and Zapdos—plus a T-shirt until Nov. 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. PDT

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Redeem 30THCONTINUES once per account through Pokémon TCG Live’s in-game Shop to get the three digital cards and a 30th Celebration avatar T-shirt, with no purchase required. The code expires November 15, 2026, at 10 a.m. PDT; this is not a physical promo-card distribution.

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Pokémon Japan adds October store dates for its free beginner TCG sessions, where newcomers can borrow a Starter Set ex and learn rules; casual play is available at some stores.

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The official event page was updated October 2 with October locations and dates. Participation is open to anyone and decks are loaned; free-play sessions are limited to some stores, and participant rewards are available while supplies last.

Pokémon Card Game Japan — beginner experience events

Pokémon TCG Pocket’s Deluxe Pack: Mega launches with four-card packs guaranteed to contain a Pokémon ex; it reissues every ♦♦♦♦ card from Mega Rising through Ruler of the Skies.

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Pokémon Company says the digital expansion reissues cards from Mega Rising through Ruler of the Skies, including every ♦♦♦♦ card from those sets, alongside parallel foils and new art. Serebii’s card database lists 429 cards; this is a Pocket update, not a physical product.

Pokémon.com — Deluxe Pack: Mega is now available

SCG CON schedules seven January–June 2027 stops featuring Pokémon, from Minneapolis to Hartford, but has not announced main-event details.

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:09:18 GMT

Star City Games lists Minneapolis, St. Louis, San Diego, Louisville, Seattle, Richmond and Hartford. Pokémon is among the featured TCGs, but main-event details are still to come, making these useful travel-planning dates rather than a complete competitive calendar.

Star City Games

Pokémon TCG Pocket plans public deck search and unlimited rentals in late October, while retiring theme decks and step-up battles and making their first-time rewards unobtainable.

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The official update says players will be able to browse public decks and rent decks built from the latest packs without a use limit. Theme deck lists and missions will end, and step-up battles will be replaced; their first-time rewards and tasks will no longer be obtainable after the change.

Pokémon.com — Deluxe Pack: Mega is now available

Pokémon Team Masters debuts at KINTEX in Seoul on January 23–24, 2027, accepting seven card languages; team structure and qualification details remain unannounced.

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Pokémon Card Game Japan site announced the new team-format tournament at KINTEX. Players can compete in English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai or Traditional Chinese. The announcement does not yet give the team structure or qualification details.

Pokémon Card Game Japan

Pokémon corrects its 30th-anniversary promo image: Greninja ex’s logo is on the left in packs distributed since September 16, and no right-logo version exists.

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Japanese official notice says images on the 30th anniversary special site incorrectly placed the logo on the right. The seven-card promo pack distributed since September 16 contains the correctly depicted Greninja ex; Pokémon says no copy with a right-side logo exists.

Pokémon Card Game Japan — 30th promo image correction

Tomasz Chałupka wins Frankfurt’s 2,793-player Regional and Edmund Khoo takes Brisbane’s 817-player event as Pokémon’s 2027 season opens.

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Limitless lists Chałupka and Khoo as the respective winners on September 26. The large events mark an early test of the season, but winner data alone does not support deck-by-deck metagame conclusions.

Limitless TCG — Frankfurt results

Pokémon Center Japan schedules nine region-themed Collection File Premium binders for October 16 at ¥2,420 each, with ¥700 refills; no international release is confirmed.

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:19:41 GMT

PokéGuardian reports that each binder has region artwork, an index page and Pokédex-numbered card pockets; matching refill packs are plain and include a regional index page. The announcement is for Japan, with no international availability confirmed in the report.

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Keiyo Watanabe wins Yokohama’s 5,000-player Champions League with Mega Excadrill ex; his group’s 18–1 record came in practice, not the tournament.

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The official winner interview details Watanabe’s list and says his practice group went 18–1 with the deck. He described Mega Excadrill ex’s ability to withstand Dragapult ex’s Phantom Dive and answer with a knockout. N’s Zoroark ex and Mega Diancie ex won the senior and junior leagues.

Pokémon Card Game Japan — Champions League Yokohama winners’ interviews

Serebii’s official Mega Evolution—Delta Reign preview shows a standard Zarude and an Azurill Illustration Rare ahead of the western set’s November 6 release.

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Pokémon Company International gave Serebii an exclusive preview of two cards from the western Mega Evolution—Delta Reign set: a standard Zarude illustrated by Nisota Niso and an Azurill Illustration Rare by Narumi Sato. These are specific card reveals, distinct from the set’s broader previews.

Serebii — Delta Reign exclusive reveal