XY BREAK TCG Series merchandise
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With the start of the XY BREAK Series with the BREAKthrough expansion on November 4, 2015, a vast amount of different promotional boxes, play accessories, and other merchandise were made available to players and collectors of the Pokémon Trading Card Game alike. The following is a chronological list of all TCG related merchandise made available during this Series of the card game.
BREAKthrough Theme Decks
The first products made available for the XY BREAK Series were the two Theme Decks released for the BREAKthrough expansion on November 4, 2015. Featuring Raichu and Noivern respectively, the Burning Spark and Night Striker decks are loosely based on the Japanese Raichu BREAK and Noivern BREAK Evolution Packs. Burning Spark includes Fire-type and Lightning-type Pokémon, while Night Striker includes Psychic-type and Darkness-type Pokémon. Each Theme Deck also contained the typical damage counters, coin, playmat, deckbox, and code card for the TCGO. The featured coins are of Mega Mewtwo.
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BREAKthrough Blisters
The BREAKthrough expansion, released November 4, 2015, came with two different pairs of promotional Blister Packs: two Single Pack Blisters and two Three Pack Blisters. For the first time since Primal Clash, not all the cards included are XY Black Star Promos. Each Three Pack Blister comes with a coin, three booster packs, and one of two promotional cards: XY Promo Sableye or Celebi. The Single Pack Blisters comes with one booster pack, a coin, and one of two cards: XY Promo Jirachi or Furious Fists Hawlucha.
Promotional cards:
- Hawlucha (Furious Fists 63/111; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Jirachi (XY Promo 67)
- Sableye (XY Promo 92)
- Celebi (XY Promo 93)
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BREAKthrough Elite Trainer Boxes
The BREAKthrough expansion features two different Elite Trainer Boxes, one for each Mega Evolution of the Genetic Pokémon Mewtwo. The one featuring Mega Mewtwo X contains purple packaging and sleeves, with blue dice, while the one featuring Mega Mewtwo Y contains maroon packaging and sleeves with red dice. Each Elite Trainer Box 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, the XY BREAKthrough Player's Guide for the expansion, and a collector's box.
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BREAKthrough Launch Display
The Launch Display for the BREAKthrough expansion also became available starting November 4, 2015. Each display contains 4 of each Theme Deck—Burning Spark and Night Striker—as well as 72 booster packs from the expansion, and 8 each of the two promotional cards included in the BREAKthrough Three Pack Blisters: Sableye and Celebi.
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BREAKthrough Collector's Album
The BREAKthrough expansion also featured the release of another Collector's Album on November 4, 2015. Included with each album is one booster pack from the expansion. The album features artwork of Hoopa in both of its forms and Regigigas.
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BREAKthrough Portfolios
Released on November 4, 2015 with the BREAKthrough expansion was also 4-Pocket and 9-Pocket Portfolios featuring the four booster pack artworks from the BREAKthrough expansion. The 4-Pocket Portfolio features the booster pack artwork for Mega Houndoom and Zoroark BREAK, while the 9 Pocket Portfolio features the artwork for Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y.
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BREAKthrough Three Pack Pin Blister
Also released alongside the BREAKthrough expansion on November 4, 2015 was a Three Pack Pin Blister. It included three booster packs and a pin of the Illusion Pokémon Zoroark.
Mega Blaziken-EX Premium Collection
One of two Premium Collections to be officially released on November 4, 2015 with the BREAKthrough expansion, the Mega Blaziken-EX Premium Collection featured the Hoenn region Blaziken as a variety of different promotional items. Included within each Premium Collection are 8 booster packs (2 each from Primal Clash, Roaring Skies, Ancient Origins, and BREAKthrough), a playmat featuring Mega Blaziken, both a XY Promotional Blaziken-EX and M Blaziken-EX, a Jumbo M Blaziken-EX, and a coin featuring Mega Blaziken.
The Mega Blaziken-EX and Mega Swampert-EX Premium Collections were made available exclusively to Target stores on October 19, 2015, causing a frenzy within the Pokémon community, due to the included BREAKthrough packs released before even prerelease tournaments began.
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- Blaziken-EX (XY Promo 54)
- M Blaziken-EX (XY Promo 86)
- M Blaziken-EX (XY Promo 86; Jumbo)
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Mega Swampert-EX Premium Collection
The second of two Premium Collections to be officially released on November 4, 2015 with the BREAKthrough expansion, the Mega Swampert-EX Premium Collection featured the Hoenn region Swampert as a variety of different promotional items. Included within each Premium Collection are 8 booster packs (2 each from Primal Clash, Roaring Skies, Ancient Origins, and BREAKthrough), a playmat featuring Mega Swampert, both a XY Promotional Swampert-EX and M Swampert-EX, a Jumbo M Swampert-EX, and a coin featuring Mega Swampert.
The Mega Swampert-EX and Mega Blaziken-EX Premium Collections were made available exclusively to Target stores on October 19, 2015, causing a frenzy within the Pokémon community, due to the included BREAKthrough packs released before even prerelease tournaments began.
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- Swampert-EX (XY Promo 55)
- M Swampert-EX (XY Promo 87)
- M Swampert-EX (XY Promo 87; Jumbo)
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2015 World Championships Decks
The 2015 World Championships Decks were released on November 18, 2015, a few months after the 2015 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 2015 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a non-tournament-legal print of the sixty card deck, and the 2015 World Championships Pin.
The four decks include the decks used by the three champions, with the fourth being Junior runner-up Alejandro Ng-Guzman's Primal Groudon Deck. The other three decks are Junior Champion Rowan Stavenow's The Flying Hammer, Senior Champion Patrick Martinez’s Punches 'N' Bites, and Masters Champion Jacob Van Wagner's Honorstoise.
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BREAKthrough Collector Chest
Shortly after the BREAKthrough expansion, the BREAKthrough Collector Chest waz released on November 18, 2015. Much like the first Collector Chest released one year prior, the BREAKthrough Collector Chest features Mega Rayquaza and Hoopa Unbound on the front, and contains 5 booster packs, 3 promotional cards featuring Hoopa, Pikachu, and Chespin, 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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Mega Evolution Three Pin Blister
Also available on November 18, 2015 was the Mega Evolution Three Pin Blister. Included were three booster packs from the BREAKthrough expansion, as well as the three pins originally available in the Mega Evolution Collector Pin Three Pack Blisters: Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, and Mega Lucario.
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BREAKthrough Pin Blisters
Also released on November 18th, 2015, the BREAKthrough Pin Blisters feature both Mega Evolutions of the Genetic Pokémon Mewtwo. Each blister pack comes with one of the two pins, as well as three booster packs: two from BREAKthrough and one from Ancient Origins.
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Pikachu-EX Legendary Collection
The Pikachu-EX Legendary Collection is one of two Legendary Collections released on November 18th, 2015. This Legendary Collection, much like the Hoopa-EX Legendary Collection, includes 5 booster packs from recent expansions, a Pikachu pin, a Pikachu-EX XY Black Star Promo, and five promotional Full Art cards. The five promotional Full Arts are Reshiram, Dialga, Latios, White Kyurem, and Arceus, which are five of the ten Full Art cards from the Japanese Legendary Shine Collection.
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- Reshiram (XY Promo 74)
- Dialga (XY Promo 77)
- Latios (XY Promo 79)
- White Kyurem (XY Promo 81)
- Arceus (XY Promo 83)
- Pikachu-EX (XY Promo 84)
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Hoopa-EX Legendary Collection
The Hoopa-EX Legendary Collection is the second of two Legendary Collections released on November 18th, 2015. This Legendary Collection, much like the Pikachu-EX Legendary Collection, includes 5 booster packs from recent expansions, a Hoopa pin, a Hoopa-EX XY Black Star Promo, and five promotional Full Art cards. The five promotional Full Arts are Palkia, Zekrom, Latias, Black Kyurem, and Regigigas, which are the remaining five of the ten Full Art cards from the Japanese Legendary Shine Collection.
Promotional cards:
- Palkia (XY Promo 75)
- Zekrom (XY Promo 76)
- Latias (XY Promo 78)
- Black Kyurem (XY Promo 80)
- Regigigas (XY Promo 82)
- Hoopa-EX (XY Promo 85)
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Mega Mewtwo Collection
Another pair of promotional boxes released on November 18, 2015 were the Mega Mewtwo Collections. Featuring the Genetic Pokémon Mewtwo, each Mega Mewtwo Collection contains four XY Series booster packs, one of two exclusive Mewtwo XY Black Star Promotional cards, and a figure detailing either Mega Mewtwo X or Mega Mewtwo Y. Due to safety concerns, this pair of promotional boxes were not available in Europe, with the Mega Mewtwo Box taking its place.
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Mega Mewtwo Box
The last pair of products released on November 18, 2015 were the two Mega Mewtwo Boxes. Each box contains one of two promotional Mewtwo cards, as well as 3 booster packs and a Jumbo card of either Mega Mewtwo X or Mega Mewtwo Y—M Mewtwo-EX 63/162 or M Mewtwo-EX 64/162. Due to safety concerns, this pair of promotional boxes is available in Europe as a replacement for the North American Mega Mewtwo Collections.
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- Mewtwo (XY Promo 100)
- Mewtwo (XY Promo 101)
- M Mewtwo-EX (BREAKthrough 63; Jumbo)
- M Mewtwo-EX (BREAKthrough 64; Jumbo)
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City Champion Zoroark Playmat
Winners of City Championship tournaments held from November 27, 2015 to January 18, 2016 received an exclusive playmat. It features Ryota Murayama's artwork of Zoroark BREAK from the BREAKthrough expansion.
Pikachu Premium Pro Binder
The Pikachu Premium Pro Binder is a Pikachu-themed leatherette binder released near the end of November by Ultra Pro. It has 360 pockets able to hold cards and features the stock Sugimori Pikachu artwork seen on several other TCG products.
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Pikachu Flip Box
The Pikachu Flip Box is a special Pikachu-themed leatherette deck box also released by Ultra Pro near the end of November. It can hold 100 sleeved cards and uses Ken Sugimori's Pikachu artwork.
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Charizard Binders
Released by Ultra Pro in early December 2015, four different Charizard Binders were available for purchase in retail stores. All featuring artwork by Ken Sugimori, there are a 4-Pocket Portfolio, a 9-Pocket Portfolio, a 3-Ring Binder, and a 9-Pocket Pro Binder.
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Charizard Deck Box
The Charizard Deck Box is a product released by Ultra Pro at the start of December 2015. It features the Ken Sugimori artwork for Charizard.
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Charizard Sleeves
The Charizard Sleeves are a 65-count package of sleeves released by Ultra Pro at the start of December 2015. Like the Charizard Deck Box, they feature the Ken Sugimori artwork for Charizard.
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Charizard Playmat
Released with the other Ultra Pro Charizard merchandise at the start of December 2015 was a playmat featuring the Ken Sugimori artwork for Charizard.
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December 2015 Playmats
For the first time since their increased feature as tournament prizes and collectible merchandise, The Pokémon Company International commissioned their own playmats for retail release. In December 2015, two different play mats featuring the Ancient Origins Ryota Murayama Hoopa Unbound artwork or the Shiny Mega Rayquaza were released.
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December 2015 Deck Boxes
To go with the December 2015 Playmats, The Pokémon Company International also released a trio of Deck Boxes created in-house. The Deck Boxes feature either the Ancient Origins Ryota Murayama Hoopa Unbound artwork, the Shiny Mega Rayquaza Ryoto Murayama artwork, or Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y artwork based on the 5ban Graphics promotional Japanese artwork used for various products and promotions.
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December 2015 Sleeves
Also available in December 2015, a trio of different card sleeves were made available. The sleeves will feature the same artworks as the December 2015 Deck Boxes: both the Ancient Origins Ryota Murayama Hoopa Unbound artwork and the Shiny Mega Rayquaza, as well as the promotional 5ban Graphics Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y artwork. There are 65 sleeves in each package.
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Mega Blaziken and Mega Swampert Pin Blisters
The first products of the new year were a pair of pin blisters, featuring Mega Blaziken and Mega Swampert. Released January 4, 2016, each pin blister comes with 3 additional booster packs, along with one of the two pins.
Break Evolution Box
Released on January 4, 2016, the Break Evolution Box was the first product featuring promotional prints of the new Ultra Rare, Pokémon BREAK. Each Break Evolution Box contains three Pokémon BREAK promotional cards (Empoleon BREAK, Beheeyem BREAK, and Noctowl BREAK), a Jumbo Empoleon BREAK, 5 booster packs, and a code card for the TCGO.
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- Empoleon BREAK (XY Promo 134)
- Beheeyem BREAK (XY Promo 135)
- Noctowl BREAK (XY Promo 136)
Mega Aerodactyl-EX Premium Collection
Released exclusively to Target on January 3, 2016 was a brand new Premium Collection, focused on the Prehistoric Pokémon, Aerodactyl. It became available to other retailers January 20, 2016. With the same amount of merchandise as the Mega Absol-EX Premium Collection, the Mega Aerodactyl-EX Premium Collection contains 6 booster packs from recent XY Series expansions, a Mega Aerodactyl coin and pin, a code card for the TCGO, an Aerodactyl-EX promotional card, Aerodactyl Spirit Link, and an M Aerodactyl-EX promo as both a regular card and Jumbo card.
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- Aerodactyl-EX (XY Promo 97)
- M Aerodactyl-EX (XY Promo 98)
- M Aerodactyl-EX (XY Promo 98; Jumbo)
- Aerodactyl Spirit Link (XY Promo 99)
Aurorus-EX Box
Available to Target stores January 3, 2016 and other stores January 20, 2016 was the Aurorus-EX Box Jumbo card collection. The featured Aurorus-EX card was released in Japan as one of the promos for people who participated in the Pokemon Card Gym Tournaments from November 2015-January 2016. The box also contains a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and four booster packs from recent XY expansions, with an emphasis on BREAKthrough.
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- Aurorus-EX (XY Promo 102)
- Aurorus-EX (XY Promo 102; Jumbo)
We're Goomy Collection
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Released mid-January, 2016 exclusively to the online Pokémon Center was the We're Goomy Collection, a collection of items focused around the eponymous Gooey Pokémon. Included were a deckbox, a 65-count pack of card sleeves, a playmat, and a 3-ring binder. All feature a group of Goomy that interact with various Pokémon.
Team Magma and Team Aqua Deckbox
A deckbox featuring the Team Magma and Team Aqua logos was released in the middle of January, 2016. It was sold exclusively on the online Pokémon Center.
Team Magma and Team Aqua Card Sleeves
Released alongside the Team Magma and Team Aqua Deckbox was a pack of card sleeves. The pack contains 65 sleeves utilizing the same pattern as the deckbox. It was also exclusive to the online Pokémon Center.
Dragonite Card Sleeves
Exclusive to the online Pokémon Center was also a pack of card sleeves featuring Dragonite. The 65-count Dragon Pokémon-themed pack was released in mid-January, 2016.
Flygon Card Sleeves
Another set of card sleeves designed around a Dragon-type was released in mid-January, 2016 to the online Pokémon Center. These sleeves feature the Mystic Pokémon Flygon and came in packs of 65.
Pikachu Tail Card Sleeves
Also released in the middle of January, 2016 to the online Pokémon Center were the Pikachu Tail Card Sleeves. The sleeves focus on the back of a Pikachu, specifically its tail. The pack of 65 was exclusive to the Pokémon Center.
Poké Ball Card Sleeves
The final pack of card sleeves released on the online Pokémon Center in mid-January, 2016 were the Poké Ball Card Sleeves. Designed around the titular Poké Ball, silhouettes of several Pokémon also decorate the sleeves.
BREAKpoint Theme Decks
Releasing February 3, 2016 alongside the second XY BREAK Series expansion, BREAKpoint, will be the Wave Slasher and Electric Eye Theme Decks. Wave Slasher features Greninja and Water-type and Grass-type Pokémon, while Electric Eye features Luxray and Lightning-type and Psychic-type Pokémon. They come with a deckbox, playmat, counters, a coin, and a code card for the TCGO.
BREAKpoint Blisters
Releasing concurrently with the BREAKpoint expansion will be two pairs of blisters. The Single Pack Blisters will contain a booster pack, a coin, and either an XY Promo Pikachu or Phantom Forces Hydreigon promotional card. The Three Pack Blisters will contain three booster packs of the expansion and a promotional card of Pyroar or Umbreon.
Promotional cards:
- Pyroar (Phantom Forces 12)
- Hydreigon (Phantom Forces 74)
- Pikachu (XY Promo 95)
- Umbreon (XY Promo 96)
BREAKpoint Elite Trainer Box
The BREAKpoint expansion brings with it another installment of the Elite Trainer Box. Featuring Mega Gyarados, it will be released on February 3, 2016. Like previous Boxes, it will include a stock of Energy cards, card sleeves themed around the Atrocious Pokémon, a coin flip die, acryllic Special Condition markers, damage counter dice, the XY BREAKpoint Player's Guide, a collector's box, and a TCGO code card.
BREAKpoint Launch Display
As is common with expansions, a Launch Display for BREAKpoint will be released on February 3, 2016. It will come with four of each Theme Deck, 72 booster packs, and eight pairs of promotional cards.
BREAKpoint Collector's Album
Also releasing on February 3, 2016 will be a new Collector's Album to accompany BREAKpoint. It will feature Luxray and come with a booster pack.
BREAKpoint Portfolios
Ultra Pro will release a pair of portfolios for the BREAKpoint expansion in February, 2016. The 4-pocket portfolio will feature the Greninja BREAK and Luxray BREAK artwork from the expansion's booster packs, while the 9-pocket portfolio will feature the booster artwork of Shiny Mega Gyarados and Mega Scizor.
BREAKpoint Pin Blisters
To be released on February 17, 2016 are a pair of Pin Blisters, one featuring Shiny Mega Gyarados, and the other featuring Mega Scizor. Each blister will contain three BREAKpoint booster packs in addition to the pin.
Mythical Pokémon Collection — Mew
To celebrate the Pokémon 20th Anniversary, several products based around Mythical Pokémon will be released throught 2016 under the title of Mythical Pokémon Collection. The first product will feature Mew and releases February 22, 2016. Included are two booster packs of the Generations expansion, which are being released exclusively through these products, a promotional Mew card, a pin of the New Species Pokémon, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Shiny Mega Gyarados Collection
Releasing on February 24, 2016 will be the Shiny Mega Gyarados Collection. Four booster packs from recent expansions, a promotional Shiny Gyarados card, a figure of Shiny Mega Gyarados, and a TCGO code card. Like previous figure boxes, this product will not be sold in Europe, being replaced by the Shiny Mega Gyarados Box.
Shiny Mega Gyarados Box
Replacing the Shiny Mega Gyarados Collection in Europe will be the Shiny Mega Gyarados Box. It features a promotional Shiny Gyarados card, a Jumbo M Gyarados-EX card, three booster packs of recent expansions, and a code card for the TCGO.
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