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
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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 Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters, 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
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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
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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 seven 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 seven other Eeveelutions are reprints from Dark Explorers.
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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 Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters. 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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Kalos Starter Sleeves
Released shortly after the XY Series began, the Kalos Starter Sleeves were a series of sleeves manufactured by Ultra Pro, featuring the three starters of the Kalos region: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. The sleeves came in packs of 65, and featured generic stock artwork by Ken Sugimori, the same artwork used for the Kalos Starter Deckboxes released alongside the sleeves.
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Kalos Starter Deckboxes
Alongside the Kalos Starter Sleeves were a set of matching deckboxes, the Kalos Starter Deckboxes. Also produced by Ultra Pro, they featured the three starters of the Kalos region: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. The deckboxes are able to fit a sleeved deck of cards with some additional space for things like extra sleeves or cards. Each deckbox contains a fitted divider to keep contains from mixing. They feature the same stock Ken Sugimori artwork as the Kalos Starter Sleeves.
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Kalos Binders
The Kalos-themed Binders were a trio of binders by Ultra Pro released near the start of the XY Series. There were three different types available: a 4-Pocket Portfolio, a 9-Pocket Portfolio, and a 3-Ring Binder. The 4-Pocket Portfolio and the 3-Ring Binder feature the Ken Sugimori artwork for the three Kalos starters Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie, while the 9-Pocket Portfolio features Sugimori artwork of the Kalos Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal.
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Kalos Legends Playmat
The Kalos Legends Playmat is a playmat by Ultra Pro released early on in the XY Series, at the same time as the Kalos Starter Sleeves, Kalos Starter Deckboxes, and the Kalos Binders. This playmat, retailing at a price of $20.00, features the Ken Sugimori artwork of Xerneas and Yveltal.
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XY Theme Decks
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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
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In addition to the XY Theme Decks, 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 Black & White Two Pack Blisters, 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. The print of Blastoise erroneously lists the copyright as ©2012, even though the Plasma Blast expansion was released in 2013 and the Blister Packs in 2014. This was corrected when the 6 promotional cards were printed again eight months later in the XY Knock Out Collection.
For the initial release of the expansion and Blister Packs, the Gyarados and Gallade Three Pack Blisters were not available in North America and were only available internationally. It wasn't until their inclusion on PokémonCenter.com in August 2014 that prompted their distribution to the North American market.
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 Garchomp-EX Boxes 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 XY Theme Decks 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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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 Plasma Blast Elite Trainer Box, 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 Portfolios
Also released with the XY expansion on February 5, 2014 were the expansion's 9-Pocket and 4-Pocket Portfolios, the second pair released for the XY Series. Both binders feature the expansion's 5ban Graphics promotional artwork of Xerneas and Yveltal; however, the 4-Pocket Portfolio features the booster pack versions while the 9-Pocket Portfolio features the artworks from the XY Theme Decks. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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XY Three Pack Pin Blisters
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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
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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 Xerneas Jumbo Collection) 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.
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Yveltal Figure Collection
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Alongside the Xerneas Figure Collection on February 19, 2014 was the Yveltal Figure Collection (not to be confused with the Yveltal Jumbo Collection). 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.
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Xerneas Jumbo Collection
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Alongside XY Three Pack Pin Blisters 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 Xerneas Figure Collection taking its place.
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Yveltal Jumbo Collection
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To compliment the Xerneas Jumbo Collection 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 Yveltal Figure Collection taking its place.
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Legends of Kalos Tins
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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 two members of the Kalos region's aura trio, 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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XY Trainer Kit
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In order to teach beginning players how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed Half Decks are released. 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. None of the included cards have Rarity symbols and they each feature a collection number and set symbol exclusive to the kit. The collection numbers are the order of the cards in the two Half Decks for the example battle allowing for easy reset if the decks are accidentally shuffled prior to use for example battle.
In addition to the Half Decks, the XY Trainer Kit also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, an exclusive deck box, a rulebook, damage counters, status counters, a custom coin featuring the Kalos starter Pokémon, a playmat and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Redeeming the code card also unlocked the Mindbind Theme Deck which combines both Half Decks into a full 60-card deck.
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Garchomp-EX Box
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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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Flashfire Theme Decks
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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
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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 Emerging Powers Blisters. 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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Flashfire Portfolios
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The third enstallment of Portfolios were released with the Flashfire expansion on May 7, 2014. The 9-Pocket Portfolio feature the promotional 5ban Graphics artwork of both Mega Charizard X and Y, with the 4-Pocket Portfolio featuring the promotional pack artwork of Mega Kangaskhan and Pyroar. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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Charizard-EX Box
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Available the same day as the Flashfire expansion, the Charizard-EX Box was released May 7, 2014. This promotional box, similar to the Garchomp-EX Box 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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Kalos Power Tins
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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 game.
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Pyroar Box
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The Royal Pokémon Pyroar was the feature of June's Pyroar Box. This box, released on June 25, 2014 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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Krookodile-EX Box
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Following the trend set by the Garchomp-EX Box and the Charizard-EX Box, the Krookodile-EX Box was released July 2014. This promotional box contains 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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Mega Evolution Collector Pin Three Pack Blisters
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- Not to be confused with the Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Three Pack 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
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The Furious Fists expansion, released on August 13, 2014, featured its own pair of Theme Decks. The Pangoro Dark Hammer Theme Deck featured this Daunting Pokémon and the Fighting-type and Darkness-types, and the Sylveon Enchanted Echo Theme Deck featured the Intertwining Pokémon and the Grass-type and Fairy-types. 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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Furious Fists Blisters
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Released alongside the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014 were several sets of different Blister Packs including two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. The two different Three Pack Blisters were 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 contained 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.
At the beginning of September 2014, a pair of Two Pack Blisters were released, each containing two packs from the expansion, a repackaged coin, and three different Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards each, all originally released in Boundaries Crossed. The Packs contained either Electivire, Dusknoir, and Scizor, or Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott. All the cards are exclusive to this product except for the Dusknoir, which was also released in the Psychic Gym Collector Pack.
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Furious Fists Elite Trainer Box
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The fourth Elite Trainer Box was released with the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014. It featured Mega Lucario and had the same contents as the XY Elite Trainer Box: 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
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A brand new product that debuted with the Furious Fists expansion went by the name of Furious Fists Launch Kit. This kit contained 2 booster boxes worth of cards (72 booster packs), 4 of each of the Furious Fists Theme Decks, 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.
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Furious Fists Portfolios
The Furious Fists expansion released on August 13, 2014 also brought with it a pair of Portfolios featuring the expansion's promotional artwork created by 5ban Graphics. Mega Lucario and Mega Heracross are respectively featured on the front and back of the 9-Pocket Portfolio, while Hawlucha and Tyrantrum are printed on the front and back of the expansion's 4-Pocket Portfolio. Each binder includes 10 pages with either 9 pockets or 4 pockets for cards.
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Mega Charizard Collection
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In a similar vein to the earlier released Xerneas Figure Collection and Yveltal Figure Collection, an additional pair of figure boxes were released featuring the two different Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this 4 booster pack box contained a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and a figure depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y.
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Mega Charizard Box
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In a similar vein to the earlier released Xerneas Jumbo Collection and Yveltal Jumbo Collection, an additional pair of Jumbo boxes were released featuring the two different Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this 3 booster pack box contained 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 was only made available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, just like the Xerneas and Yveltal Jumbo boxes, with the Mega Charizard Collection taking its place in North America.
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Elite Trainer Deck Shields
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In response to a survey held on The PokéGym, The Pokémon Company International designed a product named the Elite Trainer Deck Shields. These installments to the Elite Trainer Series of products, available late August 2014, were metal tins for carrying around a deck plus a storage compartment in the lid to hold dice and damage counters. The product also was packaged with 2 booster packs. The first of two variants featured Xerneas and Yveltal while the second features Mega Charizard X and Y.
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Ancient Power Box
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At the start of September 2014, the Ancient Power Box was released. Featuring several Pokémon first introduced in the Furious Fists expansion, this promotional box contained special Cosmos Holofoil promotional prints of Fossil Pokémon related cards: Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, and Aurorus, in addition to the new Supporter card, Fossil Researcher. The box came with 3 booster packs (2 Furious Fists and 1 Flashfire), and a Quick Guide to help players with the Restored Pokémon mechanic.
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Gym Collector Packs
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Released within the shipment of Ancient Power Boxes was a new series of Blister Packs exclusive to Target stores called the Gym Collector Packs. Each Gym Collector Pack came with one pack of Flashfire and 20 cards of the featured type, two of which were exclusive Cosmos Holofoil prints of previously released cards. Only four different types are available: Grass-type, Water-type, Lightning-type, and Psychic-type, with the exclusive cards being XY Meadow Vivillon, Gogoat and Raichu, Boundaries Crossed Dusknoir, Dragons Exalted Sigilyph and Milotic, Next Destinies Luxray and Emerging Powers Beartic.
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September 2014 Professor Store merchandise
With the start of the 2015 Play! Pokémon tournament season, Pokémon.com's Professor Store for Play! Pokémon reopened on September 23, 2014, providing Professors with exclusive merchandise available to purchase with Professor Points earned from judging Organized Tournaments. The merchandise includes both new merchandise from 2014, as well as older merchandise from previous years that are still relevant to Play! Pokémon. The merchandise available for early in the 2015 tournament season are as follow:
- Energy Pack, available for 15 Professor Points, containing 10 of each basic Energy card (Unnumbered ©2013 print)
- Judge Shirt, available for 50 Professor Points, is the uniform used for National Championships from 2012 until 2015. It was initially added to the Professor Store March 30, 2012.
- Card Carrying Case, available for 35 Professor Points, is a heavy duty plastic case with 3 dividers for carrying things around. It was initially added to the Professor Store March 30, 2012.
- Professor Coins (×4), available for 15 Professor Points, is a set of the exclusive Professor Coins originally handed out at the 2014 National Championships' Professor Cups.
- Professor Deckbox, available for 25 Professor Points, is an exclusive smoke-colored deckbox with a single card divider. It was initially added to the Professor Store July 18, 2013.
- Professor Dice (×5), available for 20 Professor Points, is a set of translucent six sided dice with the Professor logo on the 1. It was initially added to the Professor Store September 4, 2011.
- Professor Lab Coat, available for 75 Professor Points, is a white lab coat with the Professor logo embroidered on the breast and back. It was initially added September 1, 2009.
- Professor Journal, available for 30 Professor Points, is a 7x10 inch Professor themed notebook with 100 pages. It was initially added January 3, 2013.
- Professor Sleeves, available for 25 Professor Points, are the 2013 set of 65 Titanium tournament sleeves with black Professor logos. It was initially added July 18, 2013.
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Mega Lucario Collection
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Originally announced for October 2014, the Mega Lucario Collection was a figure box that came out in mid to late September 2014. This collection featured 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 were also included.
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Autumn 2014 Regional Championships merchandise
As the first large-scale event of the 2015 Play! Pokémon tournament season, the Autumn 2014 Regional Championships featured its own run of exclusive merchandise awarded to participants, winners, and staff of the events. Starting the weekend of October 4, 2014, there were six Regional Championships held across North America for three weekends until the weekend of October 18th. Due to the upcoming releases of both Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and the Phantom Forces expansion, the merchandise featured the Hoenn starters Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip as well as Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric.
Available by means of raffles, side-events, and more, a new playmat featuring the Mega Gengar Phantom Forces artwork by 5ban Graphics was released. Awarded to the Top 8 finishers of each age division was an exclusive Top 8 playmat featuring the 5ban Graphics artwork of Mega Manectric. This playmat has a Top 8 stamp in the bottom left corner. Staff of the event were given a Staff stamped print of the same Mega Manectric playmat. Top finishers were also awarded packs of 65 exclusive Mega Gengar Play! Pokémon sleeves, as well as a Play! Pokémon deckbox featuring the artwork of the two Mega Pokémon. Additionally, a trio of hats were made available in raffles, side-events, etc. These hats featured artwork of either Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip. Each player was given an exclusive Crosshatch Holofoil print of Honedge from the XY expansion, with staff given a Staff stamped print of the card for their services.
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EX Power Trio Tins
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Early October 2014 brought 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 featured the Kanto starter Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise as a reprinted Pokémon-EX originally released in the XY or Flashfire expansions. Each print features new artwork done by the original artist, Eske Yoshinob, and is an alternate artwork to the prints of the cards originating from Collection X (Venusaur-EX), Collection Y (Blastoise-EX), and Wild Blaze (Charizard-EX) in Japan. Each tin contained 2 Furious Fists packs, 1 Flashfire pack, and 1 Plasma Blast pack.
These tins received a re-release near the end of the XY BREAK series during the holiday season. The packs inside were two Evolutions, one Fates Collide, and one BREAKpoint. The promotional cards remained the same. Additionally, even though code cards with newer tins produce additional theme decks to use in online play, the code cards in these re-released tins still only provide the single promotional EX card and no special deck.
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Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack
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Exclusive to GameStop stores starting October 13, 2014 was the Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack, a product coinciding with a Shiny Gengar distribution starting on the same day. The Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack featured a Sheen Holofoil print of the Gengar Spirit Link Trainer card from the Phantom Forces expansion as well as two booster packs, one from Flashfire and one from Furious Fists.
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Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs. Yveltal
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October 2014 also brought with it a new type of product, named the Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs. Yveltal. This pair of decks, released on October 22, 2014, were themed around two members of the aura trio as two 60-card Theme Decks that each contained a never before seen promotional card of their respectively featured Pokémon, Xerneas or Yveltal. Together the decks contain 20 Sheen Holofoil cards. 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.
Of the two coins, only the Blue Confetti Holofoil Xerneas Coin was exclusive to the product. Additionally, included were multiple copies of six exclusive cards: XY Promo Xerneas, Yveltal, and Trevor, Holofoil versions of the Unnumbered ©2013 prints of both Fairy Energy and Darkness Energy, and an exclusive Non Holofoil print of Flashfire Carbink.
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XY Knock Out Collection
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Initially released in Canadian Wal-Marts, and then to Rite-Aids in the United States, the XY Knock Out Collection promotional boxes each contain 2 booster packs, a coin, and 3 Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards. The included promotional cards are the same as February 2014's XY Two Pack Blisters: 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 booster packs come from XY and Flashfire, and the included coin is repackaged. The Blastoise, however, was printed with the correct copyright date of ©2013, while the original Cosmos Holofoil print listed ©2012.
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XY Variety Blisters
Along with the XY Knock Out Collections, the XY Variety Blisters were also released in stores quietly sometime during October 2014. These Blister Packs contained 3 random booster packs from any Black & White Series or XY Series expansion, though booster packs from earlier series could also appear, as well as any repackaged Holofoil card released previously.
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2014 World Championships Decks
The 2014 World Championships Decks were released in late October/early November 2014, a few months after the 2014 World Championships. These four decks were 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.
The four decks include the decks used by the three champions, with the fourth being Masters Division Michikazu Tsuda third place deck Crazy Punch, based on the Pokémon-EX Toolbox deck archetype. The other three decks are Junior Champion Haruto Kobayashi's Team Plasma deck named Plasma Power, Senior Champion Trent Orndorff's Trevenant/Accelgor deck named Trevgor, and Masters Champion Andrew Estrada's Virizion/Genesect deck named Emerald King.
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Phantom Forces Theme Decks
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The fourth expansion of the XY Series, Phantom Forces, released with two new Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Available starting November 5, 2014, the Talonflame Theme Deck Burning Winds and the Galvantula Theme Deck Bolt Twister feature these two Pokémon, the Fire-type and Lightning-type respectively, as well as the Grass-type and Psychic-types respectively. Each deck includes an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin featuring Mega Gengar, 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
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In addition to the Phantom Forces Theme Decks, alongside the expansion on November 5, 2014, four Phantom Forces Blisters made their debut. The two Three Pack Blisters featured Darkrai and Shiftry, while the Single Pack Blisters featured Talonflame and Greninja. The pair of Three Pack Blisters contained three booster packs from Phantom Forces, a coin, and either XY Black Star Promotional Shiftry, a card originating as a Japanese promotional card released within the May 2014-July 2014 Pokémon Card Gym pack, or Darkrai, another card originating as an XY-P Promo in Japan, available to those who preordered tickets to see the seventeenth movie in theaters. The pair of Single Pack Blisters contained one booster pack from Phantom Forces, a coin, and either XY Black Star Promotional Greninja, a card originating as a Japanese promotional card awarded at the Japanese Lizardon Mega Battle held in May 2014, or an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil print of Talonflame from the XY expansion. The coins contained in the Blister Packs are repackaged from earlier releases.
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Phantom Forces Elite Trainer Box
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Because of a successful reception among fans, Phantom Forces brought the fifth installment of the Elite Trainer Box, the first to be released in a consecutive set as the previous installment. Released alongside the Phantom Forces Theme Decks and Blisters, this Elite Trainer Box featured the Mega Evolution of Gengar. In addition to the same contents as the Furious Fists Elite Trainer Box, 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
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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 Phantom Forces Theme Decks, and 16 promotional cards. The Launch Kit is intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase. The two promotional cards are XY Black Star Promotional Darkrai and Shiftry.
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Phantom Forces Collector's Album
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The Phantom Forces expansion also included the release of a themed 60-card Collector's Album. The cover features both Mega Lucario and Mega Gengar, and it was packaged with one pack from the expansion.
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Phantom Forces Portfolios
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Released with the Phantom Forces expansion on November 5, 2014 was the set's 9-Pocket and 4-Pocket Portfolios. The 9-Pocket Portfolio features 5ban Graphics's booster pack artwork of Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric, while the 4-Pocket Portfolio utilizes the Galvantula and Talonflame artwork created for the Phantom Forces Theme Decks. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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Collector Chest
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Added to the products released in November was the Collector Chest (also known as the Treasure Tin). The Collector Chest, released on November 14, 2014, contains a variety of new merchandise not released before in TCG products. The first product to represent Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Collector Chest features Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre on the front, and contains 5 booster packs, 3 foil preview cards featuring Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip, a coin, 2 sticker sheets including Legendary Pokémon, a mini album to store cards, a Pokémon notepad, 4 pencils with a unique Pokémon design, and a bonus code card for the Pokémon TCG Online.
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Hoenn Collection
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- If you were looking for the DVD collection of Hoenn episodes of the Pokémon anime, see Pokémon Hoenn Collection.
The second product to feature Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Hoenn Collection was released on November 19, 2014. The Hoenn Collection featured a Jumbo print of either Primal Groudon-EX or Primal Kyogre-EX, 3 promotional cards of Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, 3 booster packs from XY Series expansions, and a collector's pin of the Hoenn starters.
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Mega Metagross-EX Premium Collection
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Featuring Shiny Mega Metagross, the Mega Metagross-EX Premium Collection, officially released on November 24, 2014, featured a comparatively large number of contents than any other TCG product before. This Collection contained both a Shiny Metagross-EX and a Mega Metagross-EX promotional card, a jumbo Mega Metagross-EX promo, a Shiny Mega Metagross playmat, a Metagross coin, 8 booster packs (two from each of the four XY Series expansions at the time), and a code card to unlock the promos online.
Starting in April 2015, the silver Metagross coin was replaced with a teal Metagross coin.
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XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff
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In order to teach beginning players how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed Half Decks are released. After releasing the XY Trainer Kit in March 2014, the XY Series also brought the XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp vs Wigglytuff, released in late November 2014. This XY Trainer Kit features Bisharp and Wigglytuff. The Bisharp Half Deck contains Metal-type Pokémon and the Noivern Half Deck features the Fairy-type. None of the included cards have Rarity symbols and they each feature a collection number and set symbol exclusive to the kit. The collection numbers are the order of the cards in the two Half Decks for the example battle allowing for easy reset if the decks are accidentally shuffled prior to use for example battle.
In addition to the Half Decks, the XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, an exclusive deck box, a rulebook, damage counters, status counters, a large-sized Silver Sheen Holofoil Pikachu coin a playmat and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Redeeming the code card also unlocked the Claw Barrage Theme Deck which combines both Half Decks into a full 60-card deck.
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XY Nine-Pocket Pro-Binders
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November 2014 brought 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. Available in two designs, one exclusively features Pikachu and the other features many different type and Pokémon silhouettes.
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Phantom Forces Mini Packs
New starting with the Phantom Forces expansion were Mini Packs. A variant of booster pack, each Mini Pack contained 3 cards from the expansion, as well as a promotional insert advertising various aspects of the Pokémon franchise. Available exclusively at Dollar Tree for only 1 dollar per pack, the Mini Packs were made available starting mid-December 2014. The first card in every pack was a Common from the expansion, and the last Pokémon card in each pack was an Uncommon. The middle card was able to be any other card from the expansion, anywhere from Commons to Reverse Holofoils, Ultra Rares, or Secret cards. The promotional insert was one of a possible four, advertising Pokémon.com, Play! Pokémon, Pokémon TV, or the Pokémon anime on the front, and the Phantom Forces Theme Decks on the back.
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Mega Diancie-EX Premium Collection
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The Mega Diancie-EX Premium Collection is a special collection originally announced for release on February 4, 2015, but was available early, along with the Gallade-EX Box, exclusively at Target stores starting January 5. Featuring the Jewel Pokémon Diancie, the Mega Diancie-EX Premium Collection contained an exclusive Diancie-EX promotional card, a M Diancie-EX promotional card as both a regular sized and Jumbo card, a Diancie collector's pin, 6 booster packs from recent expansions, a Mega Diancie coin, and a code card for the online game.
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Gallade-EX Box
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Following in the footsteps left by the Krookodile-EX Box, the Gallade-EX Box was announced for release on February 5, 2015, but was released early at Targets with the Mega Diancie-EX Premium Collection on January 5, 2015 instead. This box contained the Gallade-EX promotional card from Japan's third Pokémon Card Gym XY-P Promotional pack as both a regular sized card and Jumbo card. The box contained 4 booster packs from recent XY Series expansions, and a bonus code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters
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- Not to be confused with the Mega Evolution Collector Pin Three Pack Blisters.
Originally announced for February 4, 2014 with the Primal Clash expansion, the Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters were released early starting January 5, 2015. Featuring the Mega Pokémon Gengar and Kangaskhan, each blister contained an exclusive pin and three booster packs from recent XY Series expansions.
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XY Pikachu Sleeves
Available late January 2015 were a new pair of sleeves by Ultra Pro featuring the Ken Sugimori artwork of Pikachu. Much like the Kalos Starter Sleeves, they were available in packs of 65.
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Primal Clash Theme Decks
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The fifth expansion of the XY Series, Primal Clash, includes two additional Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Available starting February 4, 2015, Ocean's Core and Earth's Pulse featured the two mascot Pokémon for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, with Groudon's deck featuring the Fighting-type and Lightning-type and Kyogre's deck including the Water-type and Fire-type. Each deck includes an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin of either Primal Kyogre or Primal Groudon, 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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Primal Clash Blisters
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In addition to the Primal Clash Theme Decks, alongside the expansion on February 4, 2015, four Primal Clash Blisters were released. The two Three Pack Blisters feature Furfrou or Ditto, with Furfrou being a reprint from the XY expansion and Ditto being one of the XY Black Star Promos. The two Single Pack Blisters feature reprints from the XY expansion, Rhyperior or Zoroark. Introduced with these 4 Blister Packs were 3 new Large-sized Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil Coins featuring the 3 starters of the Kalos region, Chespin, Fennekin, or Froakie.
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Primal Clash Elite Trainer Box
Primal Clash brought the sixth installment of the Elite Trainer Box, which, like the XY Elite Trainer Box, features two separate designs: Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre. The Primal Clash Elite Trainer Box includes stock of each 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 Primal Clash Player's Guide detailing the expansion, and a collector's box. New to the box is an additional code card unlocking a deck box and the Kyogre or Groudon sleeves for the TCGO.
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Primal Clash Launch Kit
The Primal Clash Launch Kit came with 2 booster boxes worth of cards (72 booster packs), 4 of each of the Primal Clash Theme Decks (Ocean's Core and Earth's Pulse), and 16 promotional cards, the two promotional cards that were also included in the Primal Clash Three Pack Blisters: Furfrou and Ditto. The Launch Kit is intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase.
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Primal Clash Portfolios
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Released with the Primal Clash expansion on February 4, 2015 was the set's 9-Pocket and 4-Pocket Portfolios. The 9-Pocket Portfolio features Ryota Murayama's booster pack artwork of Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon, while the 4-Pocket Portfolio utilizes the artist's Mega Gardevoir and Mega Aggron artwork used as the final two booster packs. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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Hoenn Collector's Album
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With the return to the Hoenn region, a new 60-card Collector's Album was released alongside the Primal Clash expansion on February 4, 2015. The cover features famous Pokémon from the Hoenn Region, and it was packaged with one pack from the expansion.
The Hoenn Collector's Album was accidentally made available in Target stores over a month earlier than the Primal Clash release date of February 4, 2015, causing the whole expansion to be known sooner than intended.
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Primal Reversion Three Pack Pin Blister
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The wave of Primal Clash merchandise on February 4, 2015 also included a pair of Pin Blisters. Featuring three packs from recent XY expansions, the two Blisters featured either Primal Groudon or Primal Kyogre.
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Winter 2015 Regional Championships merchandise
As with every large high-tiered event, the Winter 2015 Regional Championships featured a number of exclusive items only available at this set of tournaments awarded to participants, winners, and staff of the events. Starting the weekend of February 14, 2015, there were three Regional Championships held across North America for three weekends until the weekend of February 28th. With the recent release of the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire themed Primal Clash expansion, new merchandise featured the mascots Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre, as well as continuing to hand out leftover items from the Autumn 2014 Regional Championships merchandise featuring Hoenn starters Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip as well as Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric.
Available by means of raffles, side-events, and more, were new playmats featuring the Primal Groudon or Primal Kyogre artwork by Ryota Murayama. Awarded to the Top 8 finishers of each age division was an exclusive Top 8 playmat featuring the Primal Groudon artwork. This playmat has a Top 8 stamp in the bottom left corner. Staff of the event were given a Staff stamped print of the Primal Kyogre playmat. Top finishers were also awarded packs of 65 exclusive Mega Gengar Play! Pokémon sleeves, as well as a Play! Pokémon deckbox featuring the artwork of Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric, originally introduced during the previous Regional Championships. Additionally, a trio of hats were again made available in raffles, side-events, etc. These hats featured artwork of either Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip. Each player was given an exclusive Crosshatch Holofoil print of Doublade from the XY expansion, with staff given a Staff stamped print of the card for their services.
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Ultra-Pro Pikachu Deck Box
The Ultra-Pro Pikachu Deck Box is a deck box released during February 2015. With the same design as the XY Pikachu Sleeves, this deck box features the Ken Sugimori Pikachu artwork. It holds over 80 sleeved cards.
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Primal Clash Mini Packs
Like the previous expansion, Primal Clash had 3-card Mini Packs sold exclusively at Dollar Tree stores, starting in March 2015. For only one dollar, the packs contained one Common, one Uncommon, and any other one card from the Primal Clash expansion, along with a promotional card. These promotional cards advertised the Primal Clash Theme Decks on one side, with the other side promoting one of four things: Play! Pokémon, Pokémon TV, Pokémon.com, or the Pokémon anime.
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Primal Kyogre Collection
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Released on March 4, 2015, the Primal Kyogre Collection contains a figure of Primal Kyogre. The box features the Sea Basin Pokémon as one of the XY Black Star Promos and 4 booster packs from recent expansions.
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Primal Groudon Collection
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Released on March 4, 2015 alongside the Primal Kyogre Collection, the Primal Groudon Collection contains a figure of Primal Groudon. The box features the Continent Pokémon as one of the XY Black Star Promos and 4 booster packs from recent expansions.
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Legends of Hoenn Tins
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Released on March 11, 2015, the Legends of Hoenn Tins feature two of the Hoenn region's Super-ancient Legendary Pokémon: Kyogre and Groudon through alternate artwork reprints of Kyogre-EX and Groudon-EX from Primal Clash. Each tin also contains 4 booster packs from XY Series expansions and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online that unlocked a full 60-card deck. The code from the Kyogre-EX tin unlocked Great Wave (Kyogre-EX Deck) and the code from the Groudon-EX tin unlocked Earthshaker (Groudon-EX Deck).
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Kyogre Box
Continuing the trend of releasing Jumbo card boxes for audiences not able to receive Figure Collections, the Kyogre Box was made available starting March 19, 2015, alongside the Groudon Box. This 3 booster pack promotional Box contains a Kyogre XY Promo as both a regular-sized card and an exclusive Jumbo card. It was not distributed in North America, with the Primal Kyogre Collection taking its place.
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Groudon Box
Paired with the Kyogre Box, the Groudon Box, was made available starting March 19, 2015. This 3 booster pack promotional Box contains a Groudon XY Promo reprint from Primal Clash as both a regular-sized card and an exclusive Jumbo card. It was not distributed in North America, with the Primal Groudon Collection taking its place.
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XY Pikachu Playmat
During the month of March 2015, the XY Pikachu Playmat was released by Ultra Pro. Featuring the same Ken Sugimori design as the XY Pikachu Sleeves and Ultra-Pro Pikachu Deck Box, this playmat costs $19.99.
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2015 State/Province Championships merchandise
The State and Province Championships for 2015 started the weekend of March 21, going on for the following three weekends until the weekend of April 11. Happening in 41 states, 4 Canadian Provinces, and Puerto Rico, a slew of merchandise was available to participants, winners, and staff of the events. As the most recent expansion released for the Pokémon Trading Card Game was Primal Clash, the Championships featured an exclusive playmat featuring the Ryota Murayama artwork of Mega Gardevoir, awarded to winners and via side-events throughout the tournaments. Also available to top finishers were leftover items from the Autumn 2014 Regional Championships merchandise and Winter 2015 Regional Championships merchandise featuring Hoenn starters Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip as well as Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric: packs of 65 exclusive Mega Gengar Play! Pokémon sleeves, as well as a Play! Pokémon deckbox featuring the artwork of Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric from Phantom Forces, and hats featuring one of the three Hoenn starter Pokémon. Each player was given an exclusive Crosshatch Holofoil print of Combusken from the Furious Fists expansion, with staff given a Staff stamped print of the card for their services.
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Double Crisis Blisters
Being the only product featuring the Double Crisis subset, the Double Crisis Blisters released March 25, 2015 include both Team Magma and Team Aqua. Costing $12.99, the packs are one of two designs focused on each of the teams, each contain 4 of the subset's 7-card booster packs. The Aqua Blister contains a blue pin and coin featuring the Team Aqua emblem, while the Magma Blister features a red pin and coin featuring the stylized Team Magma emblem.
Starting on August 19, 2015, the blisters began to include two coins featuring the same design, but different Holofoil patterns: the Magma coin in Cracked Ice Holofoil and the Aqua coin in Confetti Holofoil.
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Goodra Mini Album Blister Pack
In early April 2015, a Goodra Mini Album Blister Pack was made available, featuring an exclusive Comsos Holofoil print of Goodra from Phantom Forces, a collector's mini album featuring Goodra, and 2 booster packs from recent XY Series expansions.
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Flygon-EX Box
Taking off from where the Gallade-EX Box left was the Flygon-EX Box. Featuring the promotional Pokémon-EX card incuded in the at the time most recent Japanese XY-P Promotional Gym Challenge Pack, the Flygon-EX Box contains both a regular sized and Jumbo card of the titular Pokémon-EX, a code card, and 4 booster packs from recent XY Series expansions. It was available starting April 15, 2015.
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Primal Clash Elite Trainer Deck Shields
Due to the success of the first run of Elite Trainer Deck Shields, released April 15 on the same day as the Flygon-EX Box was the second run of Elite Trainer Deck Shields. The new tins come in two designs, one featuring Kyogre and Groudon, and the other featuring Mega Gengar and Mega Lucario. Each metal tin has room for carrying around a deck plus a storage compartment in the lid to hold dice and damage counters. The product also was packaged with 2 booster packs of Primal Clash.
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XY Trainer Kit: Latias & Latios
- Main article: XY Trainer Kit: Latias & Latios (TCG)
In order to teach beginning players how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed Half Decks are released. The third Trainer Kit released for the XY Series, the XY Trainer Kit: Latias & Latios was made available on April 29, 2015. This XY Trainer Kit features the Eon duo, Latias and Latios, both as Psychic-type, the first ever released for the International card game. The Latias Half Deck also contains Grass-type Pokémon and the Latios Half Deck features the Fighting-type. None of the included cards have Rarity symbols and they each feature a collection number and set symbol exclusive to the kit. The collection numbers are the order of the cards in the two Half Decks for the example battle allowing for easy reset if the decks are accidentally shuffled prior to use for example battle.
In addition to the Half Decks, the XY Trainer Kit: Latias & Latios also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, an exclusive cardboard deck box, a rulebook, damage counters, status counters, a large-sized Silver Sheen Holofoil Hoenn starters coin a playmat and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Redeeming the code card also unlocked the Eon Strike Theme Deck which combines both Half Decks into a full 60-card deck.
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Roaring Skies Theme Decks
As the sixth XY Series expansion, Roaring Skies continues to release a pair of Theme Decks, with this pair being themed around two of the three Legendary birds: Zapdos and Articuno. The decks were available with the expansion starting May 6, 2015. The Lightning-type and Grass-type are featured in the Storm Rider Theme Deck and the Water-type and Fire-type are featured in the Aurora Blast Theme Deck. Each Theme Deck also contained the typical damage counters, coin featuring Mega Rayquaza, playmat, deckbox, and code card for the TCGO.
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Roaring Skies Blisters
Joining the Roaring Skies Theme Decks alongside the expansion on May 6, 2015 were a pair of Three Pack Blisters and a pair of Single Pack Blisters. The Three Pack Blisters feature the Fighting-type XY Black Star Promos Regirock and Pangoro, while the Single Pack Blisters feature Heliolisk and Meowstic. Each Blister Pack contains packs from the Roaring Skies expansion, a custom coin, and one of the aforementioned promo cards. Coins included within these Blisters are the three Large-sized Silver Cracked Ice Kalos starter coins, with later shipments of the products featuring a Silver Sheen Holofoil Pikachu coin, and the two Mega Rayquaza coins from the Storm Rider and Aurora Blast Theme Decks.
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Roaring Skies Elite Trainer Box
The seventh Elite Trainer Box was made available with the Roaring Skies expansion on May 6, 2015 and features the Sky High Pokémon, Mega Rayquaza. Colored green, the box includes a stock of each 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 Roaring Skies Player's Guide detailing the expansion, and a collector's box, with a code card for the TCGO unlocking the sleeves and an additional deckbox.
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Roaring Skies Launch Kit
The Launch Kit for the Roaring Skies expansion released on the same day as said expansion, May 6, 2015. Intended more for card shops than individuals, the Kit contains 2 booster boxes (72 booster packs) worth of cards, 4 of each of the Roaring Skies Theme Decks, and 16 promotional cards (the Regirock and Pangoro from the Roaring Skies Three Pack Blisters).
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Roaring Skies Portfolios
Roaring Skies brought with it another set of 9-Pocket and 4-Pocket Portfolios. Releasing alongside the expansion, these Portfolios have 10 pages apiece, allowing 180 cards to be kept in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket. Utilizing Ryota Murayama's booster pack artwork, the 9-Pocket features Mega Rayquaza and Mega Gallade, while Mega Latios and Deoxys are featured on the 4-Pocket.
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Plasma Storm Rerelease Blisters
Distributed with the Roaring Skies expansion were two pair of Three Pack Blisters, featuring the four Holofoil promotional cards from the Plasma Storm Blisters released in February 2013: Next Destinies Wigglytuff, and BW Black Star Promos Drifblim, Ninetales, Ampharos. With these Blisters, this is the first time Ninetales and Ampharos were made available in North America. Each of the four Blister Packs contained a pack of Next Destinies, Plasma Storm, and Plasma Freeze, one of the four promotional cards, and a coin, either a Large Cracked-Ice Holofoil Genesect or a Large Sheen Holofoil Pikachu.
Packs in these Blisters were newly printed for May 2015, including code cards with the generic backing featured starting with the Phantom Forces expansion. Additionally, the four promotional cards feature the Smooth Cosmos Holofoil paper used to replace the Pixel Cosmos Holofoil used until Legendary Treasures. The original release utilizes the original Pixel style Cosmos Holofoil.
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XY Kanto Two Pack Blisters
Much like the Plasma Storm Rerelease Blisters, the XY Kanto Two Pack Blisters feature already released promotional cards with a new assortment of packs and coins. Including the Next Destinies Legendary birds, and the final evolutions of the Kanto starter Pokémon, these Blisters contain two packs from Next Destinies, Plasma Storm, or Plasma Freeze, and a Silver Sheen Holofoil Pikachu coin. Unlike the Three Pack Blisters released with them, however, the six promotional cards in these packs are not exclusive, as their original release was after the change in Cosmos Holofoil paper for the Legendary Treasures expansion.
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Roaring Skies Mini Packs
Roaring Skies, much like Phantom Forces and Primal Clash before it, had 3-card Mini Packs sold exclusively at Dollar Tree stores, available starting May 6, 2015. For only one dollar, the packs contained one Common, one Uncommon, and any other one card from the Roaring Skies expansion, along with a promotional advertisement. These promotional advertisement featured the Roaring Skies expansion on one side, with the other side promoting one of four things: Play! Pokémon, Pokémon TV, Pokémon.com, or the Pokémon anime.
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XY Series Mini Packs
Alongside the Roaring Skies Mini Packs, Mini Packs for the first three XY Series expansions were also distributed to Dollar Tree stores. For only one dollar, the XY, Flashfire, and Furious Fists packs contained one Common, one Uncommon, and any other one card from the expansion, along with a promotional advertisement. These promotional advertisement were the same among the three sets, with the front featuring a generic TCG advertisement utilizing cards from the XY and Primal Clash expansions on one side, with the other side promoting one of four things: Play! Pokémon, Pokémon TV, Pokémon.com, or the Pokémon anime.
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Roaring Skies Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Blisters
The Roaring Skies Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Blisters are a pair of Blister Packs featuring 2 of the 3 Mega Evolution Pokémon in the Roaring Skies expansion. Released May 13, 2015, each Blister Pack contains 3 booster packs from recent expansions, as well as either a Mega Latios pin or Mega Rayquaza pin.
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Spring 2015 Regional Championships merchandise
The 2014-2015 tournament season awarded exclusive merchandise at every large tournament throughout the year, and the Spring 2015 Regional Champions were no different. Held at eight locations throughout North America on the weekends of May 16–17, May 23–24, and May 30–31, 2015, the featured expansion for the tournament series was Roaring Skies, released on May 6. Two different playmats were created for the tournament, each with 2 different versions. The playmat featuring the Roaring Skies Mega Latios artwork was made available as both an unstamped print and a staff printed given to those who staffed the event. A Roaring Skies Mega Gallade playmat also was available as an unstamped version, but instead of staff, sported a Top 8 stamp and was awarded to top finishers in each age division.
Also available to top finishers were leftover items from the Autumn 2014 Regional Championships merchandise and Winter 2015 Regional Championships merchandise featuring Hoenn starters Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip as well as Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric: packs of 65 exclusive Mega Gengar Play! Pokémon sleeves, as well as a Play! Pokémon deckbox featuring the artwork of Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric from Phantom Forces, and hats featuring one of the three Hoenn starter Pokémon. Each player was given an exclusive Crosshatch Holofoil print of Aegislash from the XY expansion, with staff given a Staff stamped print of the card for their services.
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XY Pikachu Binders
Released mid May 2015 were three binders from Ultra Pro: a 4-Pocket Portfolio, a 9-Pocket Portfolio, and a 3-Ring Binder. They are the fourth group of products to feature the Ken Sugimori Pikachu design previously used for the XY Pikachu Sleeves, Ultra-Pro Pikachu Deck Box, and XY Pikachu Playmat.
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Mega Absol-EX Premium Collection
The Mega Absol-EX Premium Collection is a special collection released on May 29, 2015. Featuring the Disaster Pokémon Absol, the Mega Absol-EX Premium Collection contains an exclusive Absol-EX promotional card, a M Absol-EX promotional card as both a regular sized and Jumbo card, an Absol collector's pin, 6 booster packs from recent expansions, a Mega Absol coin, and a code card for the online game.
Sometime after the release of Evolutions, this collection received a re-release. The packs inside were updated to include those and other recent expansions. The promotional content remained the same.
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Hoenn Power Tins
Available exclusively at Wal-Mart stores starting June 1, 2015, and distributed elsewhere on June 17, 2015, the Hoenn Power Tins feature the fully evolved Hoenn starter Pokémon Legendary Pokémon: Sceptile, Blaziken, and Swampert through XY Promos. At the time of release, Sceptile-EX was not revealed for release in Japan, but the two others were already made available through various XY-P Promotional means. Each tin also contains 4 booster packs from XY Series expansions and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online that unlocked a full 60-card deck. The code from the Sceptile-EX tin unlocks the Overgrown Forest (Sceptile-EX Deck), the code from the Blaziken-EX tin unlocks the Fiery Focus (Blaziken-EX Deck), and the code from the Swampert-EX tin unlocks the Hydro Stomper (Swampert-EX Deck).
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Rayquaza-EX Box
Celebrating the Sky High Pokémon Rayquaza, the Rayquaza-EX Box, released on June 3, 2015, is the next in the long series of Jumbo card promo boxes. Sporting an exclusive Rayquaza-EX promotional card different from the two included in the Roaring Skies expansion, the Rayquaza-EX Box contains four booster packs from recent expansions, a code card, and regular and Jumbo sized releases of the exclusive promotional card.
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Mega Rayquaza Collection
Made available starting June 17, 2015 was the Mega Rayquaza Collection. The Mega Rayquaza Collection contains an exclusive Rayquaza promotional card, a figure of Mega Rayquaza, a code card for the TCGO, and four booster packs from XY Series expansions. The promotional card is the Rayquaza from the Japanese Illust Collection. It was only available in North America, with the Rayquaza Box taking its place in Europe.
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Dragonite Collector's Pin Blister
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Exclusive to GameStop stores, the Dragonite Collector's Pin Blister was available in tandem with a special Dragonite event distribution. Released June 22, 2015, the Pin Blister comes with booster packs from Roaring Skies and other recent expansions, and the exclusive Dragonite Pin.
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Rayquaza Box
Much like many of the previous promotional boxes of the XY Series, the Rayquaza Box, released June 25, 2015, introduced an exclusive promotional Jumbo card featuring the Sky High Pokémon Rayquaza. Containing three booster packs (one from Roaring Skies, Primal Clash, and Phantom Forces each), the Rayquaza Box pairs with the Mega Rayquaza Collection, containing the same exclusive Rayquaza promo, but as both a regular card and a jumbo, and a code card for the TCGO. It was only available in Europe as a substitute for the North American figure promotional box.
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2015 U.S. National Championships merchandise
Available at the 2015 Pokémon National Championships, held July 3-6, was a wide array of exclusive merchandise awarded for participating, winning, or staffing. For the Video Game Championships, each entrant was given a special Rayquaza and Deoxys themed playmat, printed with a competitor stamp. This same playmat was available in side events without any stamp printed on it. The artwork is one of the promotional artworks made for the Delta Episode of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
For those who entered the TCG main event, a Kyogre and Groudon themed competitor mat was provided. Those who made it to Top 8 were awarded with a Roaring Skies Deoxys playmat, stamped with their accomplishment. The champions were given a Champion stamped Roaring Skies Rayquaza playmat. Those who placed far enough were also awarded Hoenn starter hats, trophies, packs of Roaring Skies, and the Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric deckbox awarded for this season's events. Unstamped prints of the Rayquaza and Deoxys mats were available to winners of specific side events. Each participant also received the promotional Nationals stamped Blaziken from Furious Fists.
Staff for the events were presented with a Staff print of the Blaziken promotional card, staff-stamped Rayquaza playmat, staff-stamped VG playmat, as well as the two player playmats featuring Kyogre and Groudon used on the play areas of the tournament. Other unused merchandise from the main events were also presented to them for their efforts.
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2015 North American Professor Cup merchandise
Every year at the National Championships, a side event is held for professors for volunteering their time throughout the Pokémon Play! season for the good of the players and fans. This side event is known as the Professor Cup and offers a number of exclusive promotional items themed around Pokémon Play! and the Professor Program, for both participating and finishing in the top places. A trophy was given to each of the Top 4 finishers. The top 16 finishers of the tournament each received an OGIO Metro Backpack with the Professor logo embroidered on the front pocket. For both winning and losing matches, booster packs are handed out to each participant. Other items, such as a Professor logo iron-on patch, hats, and coins were given out randomly. A very small number of Professor Playmats were given out as raffle prizes throughout the duration of the tournament. Every item except for the backpacks were given a wider release in the Professor Store in August 2015.
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XY Pikachu Gray Bordered Sleeves
Once again utilizing Ken Sugimori's art of Pikachu, another set of Ultra Pro deck sleeves were released in June 2015. This 65-count pack of sleeves differs from the XY Pikachu Sleeves by having a gray section in the bottom left corner and gray border on them.
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Mega Latios Collection
Only one month after the release of the Mega Rayquaza Collection figure box, the Mega Latios Collection made its way out to fans on July 15, 2015. The box contains a Mega Latios figure, Latios card, four booster packs, and a code card. The Latios card is a reprint of the Latios previously featured in the XY Trainer Kit: Latias & Latios.
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August 2015 Professor Store merchandise
With the start of the 2015-2016 Play! Pokémon tournament season, Pokémon.com's Professor Store for Play! Pokémon reopened on August 4, 2015, providing Professors with exclusive merchandise available to purchase with Professor Points earned from judging Organized Tournaments. The merchandise includes both new merchandise from 2015, as well as older merchandise from previous years that are still relevant to Play! Pokémon. The merchandise available for early in the 2015-2016 tournament season are as follow:
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- 2015 Bowling Style Judge shirt, available for 50 Professor Points, is the uniform for tournament staff in 2015 onward.
- 2015 Original 151 Professor Playmat, available for 40 Professor Points, features artwork of the original Kanto Pokémon.
- 2015 Professor Ball Cap, available for 35 Professor Points, features the Professor logo on the front.
- 2015 Professor Patch, available for 20 Professor Points, can be ironed onto fabric.
- 2015 Professor Sycamore promo, available for 5 Professor Points, comes in a pack of two Crosshatch Holofoil Professor Sycamore professor promos.
Returning merchandise:
- Energy Pack, available for 15 Professor Points, containing 10 of each basic Energy card (Unnumbered ©2013 print), initially added March 30, 2012
- Card Carrying Case, available for 35 Professor Points, is a heavy duty plastic case with 3 dividers for carrying things around. It was initially added to the Professor Store March 30, 2012.
- Professor Coins (×4), available for 15 Professor Points, is a set of the exclusive Professor Coins originally handed out at the 2014 National Championships' Professor Cups, added September 22, 2014
- Professor Deckbox, available for 25 Professor Points, is an exclusive smoke-colored deckbox with a single card divider. It was initially added to the Professor Store July 18, 2013.
- Professor Dice (×5), available for 20 Professor Points, is a set of translucent six sided dice with the Professor logo on the 1. It was initially added to the Professor Store September 4, 2011.
- Professor Journal, available for 30 Professor Points, is a 7x10 inch Professor themed notebook with 100 pages. It was initially added January 3, 2013.
- Professor Sleeves, available for 25 Professor Points, are the 2013 set of 65 Titanium tournament sleeves with black Professor logos. It was initially added July 18, 2013.
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Ancient Origins Theme Decks
The two Theme Decks for the Ancient Origins expansion are based around Metagross and Regirock. Available starting August 12, the Iron Tide deck, centered around Metagross, featured Metal-type and Water-type Pokémon, while Regirock's Stone Heart deck features Grass-type and Fighting-type Pokémon. Each Theme Deck also contained the typical damage counters, coin, playmat, deckbox, and code card for the TCGO. There were three coins included in the two decks at random: Silver Primal Kyogre, Silver Primal Groudon, and Silver Mega Rayquaza.
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Ancient Origins Blisters
Released with Ancient Origins expansion on August 12, 2015 were five different Blister Packs. There were two Three Pack Blisters, two Single Pack Blisters, and one Two Pack Blister. The Three Pack Blisters feature either a Malamar or Salamence XY Black Star Promo while the Single Pack Blisters contained either a Blissey or Fearow promo. Each Blister Pack also contained one of three coins, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil prints of the Kalos starter Pokémon. The Two Pack Blister included one pack from Roaring Skies and one pack from Ancient Origins, and featured exclusive Cosmos Holofoilprints of the Kalos starter final evolutions from the XY expansion
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Ancient Origins Elite Trainer Box
Continuing the trend of Elite Trainer Boxes, Ancient Origins brought with it the eighth installment, featuring Hoopa Unbound. Like all other Elite Trainer Boxes, it contains a stock of Energy cards, 65 card sleeves themed around the featured Pokémon, 6 damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a player's guide for the expansion (the Ancient Origins Player's Guide), and a collector's box.
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Ancient Origins Launch Kit
The Launch Kit for Ancient Origins released concurrently with the expansion and contain the standard fare of materials for card shops. Included are 72 booster packs, 8 Theme Decks, and 8 pairs of two promotional cards, either Malamar or Salamence.
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Ancient Origins Collector's Album
The Ancient Origins Collector's Album is a small binder able to fit 60 cards. It features Mega Sceptile, Mega Ampharos, and Mega Tyranitar on the covers, and came with 1 pack from the expansion.
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Ancient Origins Portfolios
Released on August 12, 2015 with the Ancient Origins expansion will also be 4-Pocket and 9-Pocket Portfolios featuring the four booster pack artworks from the Ancient Origins expansion. The 4-Pocket Portfolio features the booster pack artwork for Shiny Mega Rayquaza and Shiny Primal Groudon, while the 9 Pocket Portfolio features the artwork for Hoopa Unbound and Mega Tyranitar.
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Shiny Rayquaza-EX Box
Following the Rayquaza-EX Box, the Shiny Rayquaza-EX Box released on August 19, 2015 featuring promotional and Jumbo cards. Unlike previous Boxes, the two cards are not the same: the regular card is the Shiny print of Rayquaza-EX, which was released in Japan during a mail-in campaign held around the release of Emerald Break, while the Jumbo card is one of the three Shiny Pokémon-EX from the Ancient Origins expansion, with the different cards exclusive to certain stores. It also includes 4 booster packs and a code card.
In Australia, only the Primal Kyogre-EX and Primal Groudon-EX releases were available, both exclusive to EB Games. In the United States, the box containing Primal Kyogre-EX was available exclusively at Toys "R" Us, while the Primal Groudon-EX version was exclusive to GameStop. The M Rayquaza-EX version was distributed to any other store carrying the product.
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Released one week after the expansion on August 19, the Ancient Origins Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters included either Mega Tyranitar or Shiny Mega Rayquaza. Each Blister also came with 3 booster packs from the expansion.
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Tyrantrum-EX Box
Available September 9, 2015 was the Tyrantrum-EX Box Jumbo card collection. The featured Tyrantrum-EX card was released in Japan as one of the promos for people who participated in the Pokémon Card Gym Tournaments. The box also contained a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and four booster packs from recent XY expansions, with an emphasis on Ancient Origins.
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Autumn 2015 Regional Championships merchandise
The Autumn Regional Championships for the 2016 Pokémon Play! season were held in North America in six locations starting the weekend of October 3-4, 2015. The merchandise for this set of tournaments was centered around the newly revealed Pokémon, Hoopa, and the Ancient Origins expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Two different designs of playmats were made available: one featuring the Ryota Murayama Ancient Origins pack artwork of Mega Tyranitar and the other of Shiny Primal Groudon. Unstamped versions of the playmats were awarded based on the Premier Tournament Organizer's discretion, while those who finished in Top 8, Top 4, Finalist, and Champion ranks were awarded an appropriately stamped version of the Shiny Primal Groudon Mat. Other prizes included two different versions of Hoopa Confined sleeves, a Hoopa themed deckbox, and Hoenn starter hats left over from the previous season of tournaments. Changes this year include only awarding the Champion with a trophy, instead of multiple top finishers. Each participant also received a promotional Regionals stamped Mirror Holofoil Ace Trainer from Ancient Origins.
Staff for the events were presented with a Staff print of the Ace Trainer promotional card, staff-stamped Mega Tyranitar playmat, and other unused merchandise from the main events were also presented to them for their efforts.
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Powers Beyond Tins
Released on October 7, 2015, the Powers Beyond Tins feature three Legendary Pokémon: Hoopa, Latios, and Rayquaza through alternate artwork reprints of Hoopa-EX from Ancient Origins as well as Latios-EX and Rayquaza-EX from Roaring Skies. Each tin also contains 4 booster packs from recnet expansions and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online that unlocked a full 60-card deck. The code from the Hoopa-EX tin unlocked the Scoundrel Djinn (Hoopa-EX Deck), the code from the Latios-EX tin unlocked the Eon Pulse (Latios-EX Deck), and the code from the Rayquaza-EX tin unlocked the Dragon Striker (Rayquaza-EX Deck).
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Ancient Origins Mini Packs
The 3-card Mini Packs for the Ancient Origins expansion, sold exclusively at Dollar Tree stores, were available midway through October 2015. For only one dollar, the packs contained one Common, one Uncommon, and any other one card from the Ancient Origins expansion, along with a promotional advertisement. These promotional advertisement featured the Ancient Origins expansion on one side, with the other side promoting one of four things: Play! Pokémon, Pokémon TV, Pokémon.com, or the Pokémon anime. The packs for this expansion featured a redesigned front, with text shifted around the front of the packaging.
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Battle Arena Decks: Mewtwo vs. Darkrai
- Main article: Battle Arena Decks: Mewtwo vs. Darkrai (TCG)
Released October 21, 2015 was the second iteration of the Battle Arena Decks, the Battle Arena Decks: Mewtwo vs. Darkrai. Like the first set of decks, this product included two 60-card decks, one featuring Next Destinies Mewtwo-EX and the other Dark Explorers Darkrai-EX. Additionally, it contained eight Holofoil Energy cards (Psychic or Darkness), two coins, two sets of damage counters, a two-player playmat, a card guide, two deckboxes, and a code card for the TCGO. All prints of the Pokémon-EX utilize the Sheen Holofoil typical of the XY Series, instead of their original Mirror Holofoil. The coins included in the decks feature Zoroark. All prints of Zoroark in the decks are exclusive Non Holofoils of their original Holofoil prints.
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Ancient Origins Elite Trainer Deck Shields
Available October 21, 2015 on the same day as the Battle Arena Decks: Mewtwo vs. Darkrai were the Ancient Origins Elite Trainer Deck Shields. The new tins come in two designs, one featuring Latios and Rayquaza, and the other featuring Hoopa in both its forms, Hoopa Confined and Hoopa Unbound. Each metal tin has room for carrying around a deck plus a storage compartment in the lid to hold dice and damage counters. The product also was packaged with 2 booster packs of Ancient Origins and a set of 5 of each basic Energy card.
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