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The XY Series of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] starts off the collection of TCG merchandise centered around [[Pokémon X and Y]], [[Generation VI]], and the [[Kalos]] [[region]]. Starting in October 2013, a number of products, such as Collector's Tins and Value Boxes, are available for purchasing, containing various promotional cards, booster packs, and other merchandise. Below is a chronological list of all the items released during the XY Series of the Trading Card Game. | The XY Series of the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] starts off the collection of TCG merchandise centered around [[Pokémon X and Y]], [[Generation VI]], and the [[Kalos]] [[region]]. Starting in October 2013, a number of products, such as Collector's Tins and Value Boxes, are available for purchasing, containing various promotional cards, booster packs, and other merchandise. Below is a chronological list of all the items released during the XY Series of the Trading Card Game. | ||
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The XY Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game starts off the collection of TCG merchandise centered around Pokémon X and Y, Generation VI, and the Kalos region. Starting in October 2013, a number of products, such as Collector's Tins and Value Boxes, are available for purchasing, containing various promotional cards, booster packs, and other merchandise. Below is a chronological list of all the items released during the XY Series of the Trading Card Game.
Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters
The first product of the XY Series is the Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters--three different Three Pack Blisters featuring each of the three Kalos region starter Pokémon: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. Released October 12, 2013, the same day as Pokémon X and Y, each Blister Pack contains 1 booster pack from the three Black & White Series expansions centered around Team Plasma (Plasma Storm, Plasma Freeze, and Plasma Blast). Each Blister also contains a commemorative collector's pin featuring one of the three starters.
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Kalos Starter Figure Boxes
In addition to the Template:Merch, a trio of Kalos Starter Figure Boxes made their debut on October 12, 2013. Individually named the Chespin Box, Fennekin Box, and Froakie Box, each box contained a commemorative figure and a Sheen Holofoil promotional card featuring their respective Pokémon and three Black & White Series booster packs.
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Kalos Starter Set Decks
Instead of Theme Decks centered around the main expansion, the Kalos Starter Set Decks (Chespin Deck, Fennekin Deck, Froakie Deck) were released alongside the Legendary Treasures expansion instead. Featuring the three Kalos region starter Pokémon, The Kalos Starter Set Decks are a trio of Theme Decks each with a regular version and a deluxe version. Released on November 8, 2013, each deck includes damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online. The Deluxe versions also contain a booster pack from the Black & White Series.
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Sylveon Collection
Another product released was the Sylveon Collection on November 15, 2013. This collection features the debut of the Intertwining Pokémon, Sylveon, in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Included in the box is a brand new Sylveon promotional card, a Sylveon figure, a single basic Fairy Energy, four booster packs from the Black & White Series, as well as Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards for Eevee, and each of the other 7 Eeveelutions. The eight reprints originate from a Japanese promotion in November 2012, in which the eight promotional cards were released in a special File Collection as part of the 2012 Pokémon Center Eevee Collection campaign. Eevee is a reprint from Plasma Freeze, while the 7 other Eeveelutions are reprints from Dark Explorers.
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- Sylveon (XY Promo 4; Sheen Holofoil)
- Leafeon (BW Promo 87; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Flareon (BW Promo 88; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Vaporeon (BW Promo 89; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Glaceon (BW Promo 90; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Jolteon (BW Promo 91; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Espeon (BW Promo 92; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Umbreon (BW Promo 93; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Eevee (BW Promo 94; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Kalos Starter Collection
Available starting in December 2013 were the Kalos Starter Collections. These collections were yet another option available to those looking for the Kalos Starter Set. Included in each Kalos Starter Collection is the 60 card Chespin Deck, Fennekin Deck, or Froakie Deck, a card checklist for the Kalos Starter Set, a coin featuring one of the three Kalos starter Pokémon, a 2-player playmat and rulesheet, 2 Black & White Series booster packs, a code card that unlocks the respective deck online, as well as one of the three Collector's Pins available in the Template:Merch. However, this variation of the Kalos Starter Set merchandise only has each Stage 2 Pokémon as a Sheen Holofoil card, instead of the entire evolutionary family of the Kalos starter Pokémon.
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XY Theme Decks
The second set of Theme Decks released during the XY Series are the two for the XY expansion. Made available starting February 5, 2014, the Resilient Life and Destruction Rush Theme Decks feature the two Legendary Pokémon of the Kalos region: the Life Pokémon Xerneas and the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal. Resilient Life features both Fairy-type and Psychic-type Pokémon, while Destruction Rush features Darkness-type and Fighting-type Pokémon. Each deck includes an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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XY Blisters
In addition to the Template:Merch, alongside the expansion on February 5, 2014, six different XY Blisters made their way to store shelves. The six different Blisters include pairs of Single Pack Blisters, Two Pack Blisters, and Three Pack Blisters, each featuring exclusive Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards and coin. The two Single Pack Blisters each feature one booster pack as well as a Cosmos Holofoil print of either Dragon Vault Salamence or Plasma Freeze Dragonite. The Two Pack Blisters, much like the Template:Merch, each feature a trio of exclusive Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards. The first features Dark Explorers Venusaur, Boundaries Crossed Charizard, and Plasma Blast Blastoise, while the second features Dragon Vault Dragonite, and Dragons Exalted Garchomp and Hydreigon. The two Three Pack Blisters feature Cosmos Holofoil prints of either Dragons Exalted Gyarados or Plasma Storm Gallade.
Upon first release, all the coins included within the Blister Packs were repackaged coins primarily from Noble Victories to Dark Explorers related merchandise. Included within shipments of later packages, however, were new coins exclusive to these Blister Packs. Included in the shipment of Template:Merches were Single Pack Blisters containing newer large-sized coins. A limited release of Black-backed versions of the Xerneas and Yveltal coins included in the Template:Merch were distributed exclusively to Target stores, while a large-sized Black-backed Pikachu coin was distributed to every store that sells these Blister Packs (including Target). The Two Pack Blisters also received an additional shipment, included this time with the Flashfire expansion products, that included a Large-sized, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil, Black-backed Deoxys Coin within the Kanto starter evolution Blister Pack and a Large-sized, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil, Black-backed Genesect Coin within the Dragon-type Blister Pack.
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- Salamence (Dragon Vault 8; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Dragonite (Plasma Freeze 83; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Venusaur (Dark Explorers 3; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Charizard (Boundaries Crossed 20; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Blastoise (Plasma Blast 16; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Dragonite (Dragon Vault 5; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Garchomp (Dragons Exalted 91; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Hydreigon (Dragons Exalted 98; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gyarados (Dragons Exalted 24; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gallade (Plasma Storm 61; Cosmos Holofoil)
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XY Elite Trainer Box
XY brings the third installment of the Elite Trainer Box. Released alongside the XY Theme Decks and Blisters, the Elite Trainer Box comes in two varieties: one featuring Xerneas and one featuring Yveltal. In addition to the same contents as the Template:Merch, the XY Elite Trainer Box adds Fairy Energy into the stock of basic Energy. Each Box also contains 65 themed card sleeves, 2 acrylic Special Condition markers, 6 dice as damage counters, 1 large die for coin flips, 4 dividers, the XY Player's Guide detailing the XY expansion, and a collector's box.
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XY Three Pack Pin Blisters
Continuing a trend started early in the XY Series are the XY Three Pack Pin Blisters released on February 19, 2014. Featured in each Blister Pack will be an exclusive pin featuring either Xerneas or Yveltal, in addition to three booster packs from the XY expansion.
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Xerneas Figure Collection
Also released on February 19, 2014 was the first of two promotional boxes featuring the Life Pokémon Xerneas. The Xerneas Figure Collection (not to be confused with the Template:Merch) is a promotional box featuring the Legendary Pokémon as a XY Black Star Promotional card, a collectible figure, and four booster packs, 3 from the XY expansion and 1 from Legendary Treasures.
The Xerneas Figure Collection was not available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Yveltal Figure Collection
Alongside the Template:Merch on February 19, 2014 was the Yveltal Figure Collection (not to be confused with the Template:Merch). The first of two boxes featuring the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal, this promotional box features the Legendary Pokémon as a XY Black Star Promotional card, a collectible figure, and four booster packs, 3 from the XY expansion and 1 from Legendary Treasures.
The Yveltal Figure Collection was not available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Xerneas Jumbo Collection
Alongside Template:Merch on February 19, 2014 was the Xerneas Jumbo Collection, a promotional box featuring the Life Pokémon, Xerneas. Each Xerneas Jumbo Collection includes a XY Black Star Promotional Xerneas card as both a regular sized card and a Jumbo sized card, as well as three XY booster packs.
The Xerneas Jumbo Collection was not available in North America, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Yveltal Jumbo Collection
To compliment the Template:Merch on February 19, 2014, there was the Yveltal Jumbo Collection, a promotional box featuring the Destruction Pokémon, Yveltal. Each Yveltal Jumbo Collection includes a XY Black Star Promotional Yveltal card as both a regular sized card and a Jumbo sized card, as well as three XY booster packs.
The Yveltal Jumbo Collection was not available in North America, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Legends of Kalos Tins
In the month following the release of the XY expansion, specifically on March 12, 2014, a pair of tins named the Legends of Kalos Tins were released. Featuring the Kalos region's mortality duo, the Legends of Kalos Tins include special XY Black Star Promotional reprints with new artwork of the Xerneas-EX and Yveltal-EX Pokémon-EX cards from the XY expansion. Also included in each tin were 4 booster packs as well as a code card for unlocking the promo card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Xerneas-EX (XY Promo 7)
- Yveltal-EX (XY Promo 8)
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XY Trainer Kit
- Main article: XY Trainer Kit (TCG)
In order to teach beginning players how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed half decks have been released since the EX Series. The XY Series brings the XY Trainer Kit, released on March 12, 2014. The XY Trainer Kit features Sylveon and Noivern. The Sylveon Half Deck contains Fairy-type Pokémon and the Noivern Half Deck features the Darkness-type and the Psychic-type. It also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, a coin, an exclusive deck box, and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Garchomp-EX Box
Released April 1, 2014 was the Garchomp-EX Box. This promotional box contained the promotional Garchomp-EX card, as both a standard sized and Jumbo Promotional card, in additional to four booster packs: 3 from the XY expansion, and 1 from the Black & White Series.
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- Garchomp-EX (XY Promo 9)
- Garchomp-EX (XY Promo 9; Jumbo)
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Flashfire Theme Decks
The next installment of Theme Decks were for the Flashfire expansion. These two Theme Decks, featuring the Generator Pokémon Heliolisk and the Constraint Pokémon Meowstic, were released alongside the main expansion May 7, 2014. The Brilliant Thunder Heliolisk Theme Deck featured Fire-type and Lightning-type Pokémon, while the Mystic Typhoon Meowstic Theme Deck featured Water-type and Psychic-type Pokémon. As with other Theme Decks, these also included exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil prints of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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Flashfire Blisters
The Flashfire expansion featured its own set of Blister Packs set released alongside the expansion on May 7, 2014. Four different Blister Packs were available: 2 Three Pack Blisters and 2 single Pack Checklane Blisters. The Three Pack Blisters, available in North America for the first time since Boundaries Crossed, featured the original cardboard packaging in favor over the plastic packaging first utilized halfway through the release of the Template:Merch. As the name suggests, three Flashfire booster packs were available in each Blister, along with a coin and either a promotional Plasma Blast Haxorus or a promotional Plasma Blast Machamp. The Single Pack Blisters featured 1 Flashfire pack, 1 coin, and either a Skiddo or Honedge Cosmos Holofoil XY Black Star Promotional card. The coins in these four Blisters were primarily large-sized, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil, Black-backed Xerneas or Yveltal Coins, though some included repackaged coins from earlier Theme Decks.
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- Skiddo (XY Promo 11; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Honedge (XY Promo 12; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Haxorus (Plasma Blast 69; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Machamp (Plasma Blast 49; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Charizard-EX Box
Available the same day as the Flashfire expansion, the Charizard-EX Box was released May 7, 2014. This promotional box, similar to the Template:Merch contained a promotional Pokémon-EX, this time Charizard-EX card, as both a standard sized and Jumbo Promotional card, in addition to four booster packs with at least two coming from the Flashfire expansion.
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- Charizard-EX (XY Promo 17)
- Charizard-EX (XY Promo 17; Jumbo)
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Kalos Power Tins
The next trio of tins to be released centered around Pokémon-EX versions of the Kalos region's final starter evolutions: Chesnaught, Delphox, and Greninja. Released June 12, 2014, the Kalos Power Tins contained an exclusive Holofoil promotional print of each Pokémon-EX, four additional booster packs(1 Flashfire, 1 XY, 1 Plasma Blast and 1 Plasma Freeze), and a code card for the online TCG simulator.
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- Chesnaught-EX (XY Promo 18)
- Delphox-EX (XY Promo 19)
- Greninja-EX (XY Promo 20)
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Pyroar Box
The Royal Pokémon Pyroar was the feature of June's Pyroar Box. This box, released on June 25, contains an exclusive Holofoil promotional Pyroar card, as well as 3 booster packs from the XY Series, Holofoil prints of the Flashfire Trainer cards Fiery Torch and Blacksmith, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a Quick Guide for players to utilize in making a Fire-type centric deck.
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- Pyroar (XY Promo 26; Sheen Holofoil)
- Blacksmith (Flashfire 88; Sheen Holofoil)
- Fiery Torch (Flashfire 89; Sheen Holofoil)
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Krookodile-EX Box
Following the trend set by the Template:Merch and the Template:Merch, the Krookodile-EX Box was released July 2014. This promotional box conatins a promotional Krookodile Pokémon-EX as both a standard sized and Jumbo Promotional card in addition to four booster packs, two from Flashfire and two from XY.
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- Krookodile-EX (XY Promo 25)
- Krookodile-EX (XY Promo 25; Jumbo)
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Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Blisters
Being skipped for the Flashfire expansion, a trio of Mega Evolution themed Pin Blisters were released in July 2014 to celebrate Mega Charizard and Mega Lucario, the featured Pokémon for the two nearby sets, Flashfire and Furious Fists. Originally planned for August 2014, the Blisters were originally going to contain three booster packs from each of the three XY expansions, but with the release date pushed forward to July, Furious Fists was not yet released, causing two Flashfire packs to be included instead. As the name suggests, three different Three Pack Blisters were released including a pin of either Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, or Mega Lucario.
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Furious Fists Theme Decks
The Furious Fists expansion, releasing on August 13, 2014, will feature its own pair of Theme Decks. The Pangoro Dark Hammer Theme Deck will feature this Daunting Pokémon and the Fighting-type and Darkness-types, and the Sylveon Enchanted Echo Theme Deck will feature the Intertwining Pokémon and the Grass-type and Fairy-types. As with other Theme Decks, these also will include exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil prints of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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Furious Fists Blisters
To be released alongside the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014 will be four different Blister Packs including two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. The two different Three Pack Blisters will be released with either a Trevenant or a Slurpuff Cosmos Holofoil XY Promo, three Furious Fists booster packs, and one large-sized coin. The two Checklane Single Pack Blisters will contain either a Cosmos Holofoil Gogoat XY Promo or a Cosmos Holofoil print of Zoroark from Legendary Treasures as the promotional card, a repackaged large-sized coin, and one booster pack from the expansion.
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- Trevenant (XY Promo 14; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Slurpuff (XY Promo 15; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gogoat (XY Promo 16; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Zoroark (Legendary Treasures 90; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Furious Fists Elite Trainer Box
The fourth Elite Trainer Box will be released with the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014. It will feature Mega Lucario. It will have the same contents as the Template:Merch: stock of the 9 basic Energy, 65 themed card sleeves, 2 acrylic Special Condition markers, 6 dice as damage counters, 1 large die for coin flips, 4 dividers, the Furious Fists Player's Guide detailing the expansion, and a collector's box.
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Furious Fists Launch Kit
A brand new product debuting with the Furious Fists expansion goes by the name of Furious Fists Launch Kit. This kit will contain 2 booster boxes worth of cards (72 booster packs), 4 of each of the Template:Merch, and 16 promotional cards: 8 each of Trevenant and Slurpuff. The Furious Fists Launch Kit costs significantly more than most products due to the sheer volume of product included, and is intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase.
Promotional cards:
- Trevenant (XY Promo 14; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Slurpuff (XY Promo 15; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gogoat (XY Promo 16; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Zoroark (Legendary Treasures 90; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Mega Charizard Collection
In a similar vein to the earlier released Template:Merch and Template:Merch, an additional pair of figure boxes will be released featuring the two different Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this 4 booster pack box will contain a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and a figure depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y. It is highly possible that this product will not available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, just like the Mortality duo figure boxes, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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- Charizard (Legendary Treasures 19; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Mega Charizard Box
In a similar vein to the earlier released Template:Merch and Template:Merch, an additional pair of Jumbo boxes will be released featuring the two different Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this 3 booster pack box will contain a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and a jumbo card depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y from the Flashfire expansion. It is highly possible that this product will only be available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, just like the Mortality duo Jumbo boxes, with the Template:Merch taking its place in North America.
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- Charizard (Legendary Treasures 19; Cosmos Holofoil)
- M-Charizard-EX (Flashfire 13; Jumbo)
- M-Charizard-EX (Flashfire 69; Jumbo)
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Elite Trainer Deck Shields
In response to a survey held on The PokéGym, The Pokémon Company International designed a product names the Elite Trainer Deck Shields. These installments to the Elite Trainer Series of products, available late August 2014, are metal tins for carrying around a deck plus a storage compartment in the lid to hold dice and damage counters. The product will also be packaged with 2 booster packs. The first of two variants features Xerneas and Yveltal while the second features Mega Charizard X and Y.
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Ancient Power Box
During the month of September 2014, on September 12th, will be the Ancient Power Box. Featuring several Pokémon first introduced in the Furious Fists expansion, this promotional box will contain special promotional prints of Fossil Pokémon related cards: Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, and Aurorus, in addition to the new Supporter card, Fossil Researcher. The box will also contain 3 booster packs, and a Quick Guide to help players with the Restored Pokémon mechanic.
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- Amaura (Furious Fists 25)
- Aurorus (Furious Fists 26)
- Tyrunt (Furious Fists 61)
- Tyrantrum (Furious Fists 62)
- Fossil Researcher (Furious Fists 92)
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EX Power Trio Tins
October 2014 will bring to the Pokémon Trading Card Game a new trio of Pokémon-EX Tins, this time named the EX Power Trio Tins. This group of tins will feature the Kanto starter Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise as a reprinted Pokémon-EX originally released in the XY or Flashfire expansions. As there are two Charizard-EX in the Flashfire expansion, it is currently unknown which one is reprinted, but the other two will be reprints of Venusaur-EX 1/146 and Blastoise-EX 29/146.
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- Venusaur-EX (XY Promo)
- Charizard-EX (XY Promo)
- Blastoise-EX (XY Promo)
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Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs Yveltal
October 2014 also brings with it a new type of product, named the Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs Yveltal. This pair of decks are themed around the mortality duo as two 60-card Theme Decks that each contain a never before seen promotional card of their respectively featured Pokémon, Xerneas or Yveltal. Twenty of the cards will be Holofoil. The product also comes with, 2 metallic coins, a 2-player playmat and rulesheet, 1 code card to play these decks on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, 2 deckboxes, 2 sets of damage counters, and 1 Quick Guide to help players bolster their strategies.
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Mega Lucario Collection
The Mega Lucario Collection is a figure box coming in October 2014. This collection will feature the Aura Pokémon as both a Mega Evolution figure and a special Cosmos Holofoil Lucario promotional card from the Legendary Treasures expansion. Four booster packs from the XY Series will also be included.
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- Lucario (Legendary Treasures 80; Cosmos Holofoil)
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2014 World Championships Decks
The 2014 World Championships Decks will be released in late October 2014, a few months after the 2014 World Championships. These four decks will be chosen from the 12 Quarter-Finalists split between the 3 age groups from the Championships, each representing a different winning deck archetype used in the tournament. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2014 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a non-tournament-legal print of the sixty card deck, and the 2014 World Championships Pin.
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Phantom Forces Theme Decks
The fourth expansion of the XY Series, Phantom Forces, will release with two new Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Available starting November 5, 2014, the currently unnamed Talonflame and Galvantula Theme Decks feature these two Pokémon, the Fire-type and Lightning-type respectively, as well as an additional currently unknown type each. Each deck includes an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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Phantom Forces Blisters
In addition to the Template:Merch, alongside the expansion on November 5, 2014, various Phantom Forces Blisters will make their debut. Currently, the only one known is the Shiftry Three Pack Blister, conatining XY Black Star Promotional Shiftry, a card originating as a Japanese promotional card released within the May 2014-July 2014 Pokémon Card Gym pack, as well as a coin and three booster packs from the expansion. More Blisters will be revealed closer to the release date of the expansion.
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Phantom Forces Elite Trainer Box
Because of a successful reception among fans, Phantom Forces brings the fifth installment of the Elite Trainer Box, the first to be released in a consectutive set as the previous installment. Released alongside the Phantom Forces Theme Decks and Blisters, this Elite Trainer Box features the Mega Evolution of Gengar. In addition to the same contents as the Template:Merch, the Phantom Forces Elite Trainer Box includes stock of each basic Energy, 65 Mega Gengar themed card sleeves, 2 acrylic Special Condition markers, 6 dice as damage counters, 1 large die for coin flips, 4 dividers, the Phantom Forces Player's Guide detailing the Phantom Forces expansion, and a collector's box.
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Phantom Forces Launch Kit
The second installment of the Launch Kit comes with the Phantom Forces expansion. This kit will contain 2 booster boxes worth of cards (72 booster packs), 4 of each of the Template:Merch, and 16 promotional cards, presumably the two promotional cards released in the Template:Merch due to the contents of the {{merch|XY|Furious Fists Launch Kit. The Launch Kit is intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase.
Phantom Forces Collector's Album
The Phantom Forces expansion will also include the release of a themed 60-card Collector's Album. The two designs on the covers are currently unknown, but the Collector's Album will be included with one pack from the expansion.
XY Nine-Pocket Pro-Binders
November 2014 will bring the release of two new Nine-Pocket Pro-Binders by Ultra-Pro, the first to be themed specifically around Pokémon. Much like their more generic solid color binders, these two binders are made out of black web material, have side-loading pockets, and an elastic strap to keep the binder shut. Coming in two designs, one will exclusively feature Pikachu and the other will feature many different type and Pokémon silhouettes.
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