Sword & Shield TCG Series merchandise
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With the start of every TCG Series, promotional merchandise for the Pokémon Trading Card Game is released. Beginning in November 2019, the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield, the start of Generation VIII, and the start of the Sword & Shield TCG Series allowed for a large number of promotional material and items to be made available to fans to purchase, collect, earn, and trade. The following is a chronological list of all TCG related merchandise made available during this Series of the card game.
Galar Collection
The first products of the Sword & Shield TCG Series were a trio of Galar Collection boxes, released on November 15, 2019 in conjunction with the worldwide launch of the Pokémon Sword and Shield video games. The three collections featured the Galar region's starter Pokémon—Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble—and included Line Holofoil prints of all three. The focal Pokémon of each box was included as a SWSH Black Star Promotional card, while the other two starters were sourced from the then upcoming Sword & Shield expansion. Each collection also included an oversized card featuring either Zacian or Zamazenta as a teaser for the Pokémon V mechanic and their appearance as the game mascots for Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, respectively. These cards lacked the Pokémon's type, Weakness, Resistance, Retreat Cost, Ability, Energy cost, and Evolution Stage. In addition to the showcased cards, each box contained four booster packs (typically two Cosmic Eclipse, one Unbroken Bonds, and one Evolutions), a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a pin of the focal starter.
Promotional cards:
- Grookey (SWSH Promo 001; Line Holofoil)
- Scorbunny (SWSH Promo 002; Line Holofoil)
- Sobble (SWSH Promo 003; Line Holofoil)
- Grookey (Sword & Shield 011; Line Holofoil)
- Scorbunny (Sword & Shield 031; Line Holofoil)
- Sobble (Sword & Shield 055; Line Holofoil)
- Zacian V (Sword & Shield 138; Jumbo)
- Zamazenta V (Sword & Shield 139; Jumbo)
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Ultra Pro Great Ball accessories
Ultra Pro released a third wave of Poké Ball-themed products on November 30, 2019, all of which feature a Great Ball design.
Deck box: Each Great Ball Full View Deck Box is designed with a self-locking lid and can hold up to 80 cards in sleeves. A bonus deck divider is included for organization.
Playmat: Each single-player Great Ball Playmat provides a sufficient area to set cards ready for a match.
Sleeves: Each pack of Great Ball Sleeves contains 65 card protector sleeves.
Binders: Four types of binder were available offering different card storage solutions.
- Great Ball 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Great Ball 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Great Ball 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Great Ball 2" Album
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Legends of Alola Bundle Box
A repackaged product released quietly in December 2019 at stores such as BJ's Wholesale Club. It came in two varieties: one containing a Lycanroc-GX Box and a Legends of Alola Tin featuring Lunala, the other containing a Shiny Silvally-GX Box and Legends of Alola Tin featuring Solgaleo. All of these products were previously available in 2017.
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Meowth VMAX Special Collection
The first product to feature a Pokémon VMAX was the Meowth VMAX Special Collection, released on January 3, 2020. It featured the Scratch Cat Pokémon on promotional Meowth V and Meowth VMAX cards, the latter depicting its Gigantamax form and coming in regular and Jumbo sizes. Each box also came with five booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Meowth V (SWSH Promo 004)
- Meowth VMAX (SWSH Promo 005)
- Meowth VMAX (SWSH Promo 005; Jumbo)
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Alolan Sandslash-GX Box
The Alolan Sandslash-GX Box was released on January 24, 2020 and continued the support of Sun & Moon Series promotional cards. The Alolan form of the Mouse Pokémon was included as regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon-GX cards, as were four Sun & Moon Series booster packs and a code card for the TCGO.
Promotional cards:
- Alolan Sandslash-GX (SM Promo 236)
- Alolan Sandslash-GX (SM Promo 236; Jumbo)
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Sword & Shield Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Sword & Shield Build & Battle Box (TCG)
Prerelease Tournaments for the first expansion of the Series, Sword & Shield, were held on the weekends of January 25-26 and February 1-2, 2020 and offered people the opportunity to experience play with the latest changes and mechanics. Participants were given a Sword & Shield Build & Battle Box upon paying their entry fee and were required to use the cards in them to construct a 40-card deck to use throughout the event. Each box contained a 23-card Evolution pack comprising different card selections, which included one exclusive alternate-art SWSH Black Star Promo card, as well as four Sword & Shield booster packs. Boxes were later made available to purchase at retail stores from February 21, 2020.
Promotional cards:
- Rillaboom (SWSH Promo 006)
- Frosmoth (SWSH Promo 007)
- Galarian Perrserker (SWSH Promo 008)
- Cinccino (SWSH Promo 009)
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Giratina Mini Album Blister
Available in Walmart stores from late January 2020 was the Giratina Mini Album Blister. This product included an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil print of Giratina from Lost Thunder, a copy of the Ultra Prism Collector's Album originally available in February 2018, one Ultra Prism booster pack, and one Unified Minds booster pack.
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- Giratina (Lost Thunder 97; Cosmos Holofoil)
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February 2020 Pokémon Center accessories
The Eevee Sweet Choices Collection consisted of numerous Eevee-themed items and became available to purchase from the Pokémon Center website on February 3, 2020 in the build-up to Valentine's Day. The Eevee Sweet Choices Playmat was among the items in the collection, which also included bags and wallets. All items largely feature the Evolution Pokémon accompanied with cupcakes resembling its multiple evolved forms.
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Sword & Shield Theme Decks
The Sword & Shield expansion was released on February 7, 2020, and with it came three Theme Decks: the Rillaboom Theme Deck, the Cinderace Theme Deck, and the Inteleon Theme Deck. These decks were themed around the Stage 2 Evolutions of the Galar starter Pokémon: Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon. Each deck included an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a coin, a playmat, a deck box, a rules booklet, an information sheet, and a code card to unlock the deck in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. A new addition to Sword & Shield Series Theme Decks was reference cards; each deck included three cards that detail Special Conditions and what a player can do on their turn.
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Sword & Shield Blisters
Two pairs of blister packs were released alongside the Sword & Shield expansion on February 7, 2020. Single Pack Blisters contained one Sword & Shield booster pack and either a Gossifleur or a Wooloo SWSH Black Star Promo card, while Three Pack Blisters contained three Sword & Shield booster packs and either Morpeko or Galarian Ponyta promo cards. Both products also included one of several possible collectible coins and a TCGO code card.
In March 2020, two new blister packs were made available. They included a single Sword & Shield booster pack and featured a two-stage evolutionary family from Unified Minds (Type: Null and Silvally in one, Wimpod and Golisopod in the other), with the Stage 1 Pokémon in them being Cosmos Holofoil. A Sceptile coin and a TCGO code card for the exclusive Holofoil variant were also contained in them.
Promotional cards:
- Gossifleur (SWSH Promo 010)
- Wooloo (SWSH Promo 011)
- Morpeko (SWSH Promo 012)
- Galarian Ponyta (SWSH Promo 013)
- Wimpod (Unified Minds 50)
- Golisopod (Unified Minds 51; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Type: Null (Unified Minds 183)
- Silvally (Unified Minds 184; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Sword & Shield Elite Trainer Box
Released alongside the Sword & Shield expansion were a pair of Elite Trainer Boxes, featuring Crowned Sword Zacian and Crowned Shield Zamazenta. Within each box came eight booster packs, 65 card sleeves and four dividers decorated with the featured Legendary Pokémon, six damage counter dice and one coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a stock of basic Energy cards, a Sword & Shield Player's Guide, and a code card for the TCGO.
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Sword & Shield Collector's Album
The Sword & Shield Collector's Album was also released on February 7, 2020. It features Zacian and Zamazenta on its front and reverse cover, respectively and included one Sword & Shield booster pack. Each album can hold up to 60 cards double-loaded.
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Sword & Shield Portfolios
A pair of card portfolios manufactured by Ultra Pro was released alongside the Sword & Shield expansion on February 7, 2020. The four-pocket, ten-page folder features Zacian while the nine-pocket, 14-page folder features Zamazenta.
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Ultra Pro Starter accessories
Ultra Pro released multiple sets of merchandise on February 15, 2020, all focusing on starter Pokémon: Charizard, Squirtle, and the three Galar starters Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble. The items featuring Charizard and Squirtle were announced first and each of them use Ken Sugimori artwork superimposed on a larger, single-color profile. The items depicting the Galar starters all have an appropriately-colored Poké Ball graphic containing their TCG type symbols.
Deck boxes: Each deck box can hold up to 80 cards in sleeves and are secured shut with a full flap self-locking cover. Each box also came with a divider bearing the same design for organization.
- Charizard Full View Deck Box
- Squirtle Full View Deck Box
- Galar Starters Grookey Full View Deck Box
- Galar Starters Scorbunny Full View Deck Box
- Galar Starters Sobble Full View Deck Box
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Playmats: Each playmat provides a surface for a single player to conduct a match with a fabric top and a non-slip rubber backing.
- Charizard Playmat
- Squirtle Playmat
- Galar Starters Playmat
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Sleeves: Each pack contains 65 card sleeves.
- Charizard Sleeves
- Squirtle Sleeves
- Galar Starters Grookey Sleeves
- Galar Starters Scorbunny Sleeves
- Galar Starters Sobble Sleeves
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Binders: Several types of binder were available, offering different display solutions for cards. Four-pocket portfolios could hold up to 80 cards double-loaded; nine-pocket portfolios could hold up to 180 cards double-loaded; and 2" Album binders could be used to store many cards using three-ring punched storage pages. Another set of binders was available later in the year.
- Charizard 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Charizard 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Charizard 2" Album
- Squirtle 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Squirtle 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Squirtle 2" Album
- Galar Starters 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Galar Starters 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Galar Starters 2" Album
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Pokémon Bundle Box
Another repackaged product became available from February 2020 at BJ's Wholesale Club outlets. It included one of two Pokémon-GX boxes originally available in November 2016—a Charizard-GX Box or a Gengar-GX Box—plus six additional Evolutions booster packs.
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Sun & Moon GX Challenge Boxes
Target stores began selling a new wave of GX Challenge Boxes from mid-February 2020, similar to those released in August 2019, in that they focus on a particular expansion. These boxes showcased the first Sun & Moon Series set, featuring the final evolutions of the Alola starter Pokémon Decidueye, Incineroar, and Primarina. The Decidueye box included a Forest Shadow Theme Deck, a copy of Decidueye-GX from Sun & Moon, and a Water Web Holofoil variant of Decidueye from Sun & Moon. The Incineroar box included a Roaring Heat Theme Deck, a Water Web Holofoil variant of Incineroar from Sun & Moon, and a copy of Incineroar-GX from Sun & Moon. The Primarina box included a copy of Primarina-GX and a Water Web Holofoil variant of Primarina, both from Sun & Moon, plus a Bright Tide Theme Deck. Each box also came with two Sun & Moon booster packs. These products were also similar to the Decidueye-GX, Incineroar-GX, and Primarina-GX Challenge Boxes released in 2018.
Promotional cards:
- Decidueye-GX (Sun & Moon 12)
- Decidueye (Sun & Moon 11; Water Web Holofoil)
- Incineroar-GX (Sun & Moon 27)
- Incineroar (Sun & Moon 26; Water Web Holofoil)
- Primarina-GX (Sun & Moon 42)
- Primarina (Sun & Moon 41; Water Web Holofoil)
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Sword & Shield Mini Packs
Dollar Tree continued to carry the 3-card variant Mini Packs as the TCG began a new Series. These packs started to appear in stores in late February 2020, less than a month after the Sword & Shield expansion was officially released. Each pack was sold at a price point of one dollar and contained one Common card, one Uncommon card, and any other one card from the Sword & Shield expansion, including Parallel Holofoil, Ultra Rare, Rainbow Rare, and Secret Rare cards. These were the first Mini Packs not to include an advertisement card.
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Galar Partners Tins
The Galar Partners Tins were released on February 27, 2020 and feature the Galar starter Pokémon Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble. Two regional sets of tins were available; both sets included a Pokémon V promotional card portraying the final evolution of the Pokémon on each tin and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The North American tins were the same shape as those first used for the Tag Team Tins and came with five booster packs. Tins available outside North America were the more long-standing octagonal shape and only came with four booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Rillaboom V (SWSH Promo 014)
- Cinderace V (SWSH Promo 015)
- Inteleon V (SWSH Promo 016)
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Toxtricity V Box
The Toxtricity V Box was also released on February 27, 2020, and featured the Punk Pokémon Toxtricity in its Low Key Form as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V. The box also came with four Sword & Shield booster packs, and a code card for the TCGO.
Promotional cards:
- Toxtricity V (SWSH Promo 017)
- Toxtricity V (SWSH Promo 017; Jumbo)
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Dive Ball Tin
February 27, 2020 saw the release of the first wave of Poké Ball Tins during the Sword & Shield Series, and the fourth wave overall. Each display included two Poké Ball Tins, two new Dive Ball Tins, and two new Ultra Ball Tins. Each Dive Ball Tin included three booster packs and one of a selection of prior released coins.
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Ultra Ball Tin
The Ultra Ball Tin was one of two new tin designs available in the fourth wave of Poké Ball Tins from February 27, 2020. Each tin included a coin and three booster packs, comprising one late XY Series or XY BREAK Series booster pack (typically Ancient Origins, BREAKpoint, or Evolutions), one early Sun & Moon Series booster pack (typically Burning Shadows or Crimson Invasion), and one late Sun & Moon Series booster pack (typically Lost Thunder).
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Tag Team Powers Collection
The Tag Team Powers Collection was released on March 27, 2020 and came in two varieties. Both included the same selection of SM Black Star Promos, which comprised numerous cards from the Japanese Tag All Stars subset that were not included in any Sun & Moon Series expansions, but differed by including oversized Special Full Art versions of either Umbreon & Darkrai-GX or Espeon & Deoxys-GX. Each product also included eight booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Leafeon (SM Promo 237)
- Glaceon (SM Promo 238)
- Carracosta-GX (SM Promo 239)
- Espeon & Deoxys-GX (SM Promo 240)
- Espeon & Deoxys-GX (SM Promo 240; Jumbo)
- Umbreon & Darkrai-GX (SM Promo 241)
- Umbreon & Darkrai-GX (SM Promo 241; Jumbo)
- Eevee-GX (SM Promo 242)
- Regigigas (SM Promo 243; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Spring 2020 Pokémon Center accessories
Two pairs of playmats were available from the US Pokémon Center website in the spring of 2020. On March 27, one pair was released as part of the Graduation Pikachu merchandise collection. Later, the Galar Legendary Collection was released on April 3, which contained another pair.
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Spring 2020 Collector Chest
The first iteration in the Collector Chest product line for the Sword & Shield Series was released on April 3, 2020. It included Holofoil variants of Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble from Sword & Shield, a coin featuring the trio, a notepad, a mini portfolio, five booster packs, and a TCGO code card. This was the first Collector Chest not to include a set of pencils, which were replaced by two sticker sheets for a total of four.
Promotional cards:
- Grookey (Sword & Shield 010; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Scorbunny (Sword & Shield 030; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Sobble (Sword & Shield 054; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Galar Pals Mini Tins
A third quintet of miniature tins was released on April 3, 2020, each featuring a Pokémon on the front and a group image on the back. They contained two booster packs (one Evolutions pack and one Sword & Shield pack), a coin, and an art card with the same illustration as the tin cover and Pokédex information of the focal Pokémon. The tins and art cards could be lined up to form the ensemble artwork by Naoki Saito.
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Snorlax Pin Collection
Also released on April 3, 2020 in North America was a pair of pin collections featuring food-focused Pokémon Snorlax and Morpeko. The Snorlax Pin Collection featured the eponymous Pokémon as a SWSH Black Star Promo and on an enamel pin. Three booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online were also included. The collection was released outside North America on June 5, 2020.
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- Snorlax (SWSH Promo 032; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Morpeko Pin Collection
The Morpeko Pin Collection was the other pin collection released on April 3, 2020 in North America. It featured the Two-Sided Pokémon as both a pin and a promo card and also included three booster packs and a TCGO code card. Like its counterpart, it was not available outside North America until June 5, 2020.
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- Morpeko (SWSH Promo 031; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Island Guardians Collector's Pin Blister
On April 16, 2020, a blister pack containing a trio of pins and a pair of booster packs was released. The pins featured three of the four Island guardians—Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini—and had previously been part of the Island Guardians GX Premium Pin Collection. The booster packs included could be from the Sword & Shield, Sun & Moon, or XY Series.
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Rebel Clash Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Rebel Clash Build & Battle Box (TCG)
Approved locations were scheduled to host Rebel Clash Prerelease Tournaments on the weekends of April 18-19 and April 25-26, 2020; however, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, all Play! Pokémon events for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season were canceled. As a result, locations that received Rebel Clash Build & Battle Boxes for distribution were permitted to sell them from April 18; a more general retail release followed on May 1, 2020. Each box contained four Rebel Clash booster packs plus a 23-card Evolution pack, which included one of four exclusive promotional cards.
Promotional cards:
- Flapple (SWSH Promo 022)
- Luxray (SWSH Promo 023)
- Coalossal (SWSH Promo 024)
- Garbodor (SWSH Promo 025)
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Sword & Shield Jumbo Binder
A card binder designed to hold Jumbo cards was first available starting the week of April 26, 2020 during a GameStop purchase campaign. Customers spending $25 or more on select TCG products received the binder and a Jumbo Snorlax VMAX with a Sword & Shield expansion logo stamp. The binder could later be purchased directly from select retailers. It contains six pages, allowing up to twelve Jumbo cards to be held double-loaded. These pages however, are only adequate to store Jumbo cards released as of the Sword & Shield Series.
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Galar Partners Boxes
Exclusive to Walmart stores, a trio of boxes with similar contents to the Galar Partner Tins were released late April or early May. Each box included its eponymous Pokémon as a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V, four booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Rillaboom V (SWSH Promo 014)
- Rillaboom V (SWSH Promo 014; Jumbo)
- Cinderace V (SWSH Promo 015)
- Cinderace V (SWSH Promo 15; Jumbo)
- Inteleon V (SWSH Promo 016)
- Inteleon V (SWSH Promo 016; Jumbo)
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Rebel Clash Theme Decks
The Rebel Clash expansion was released on May 1, 2020 and brought with it a pair of Theme Decks, each of which focused on one of Pokémon Sword and Shield's box mascots: Zacian and Zamazenta. Each deck included 60 fixed cards, a deck box, damage and status counters, a coin, a playmat, a rules booklet, an information sheet, reference cards, and a TCGO code card.
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Rebel Clash Blisters
The Rebel Clash expansion saw the release of more blister packs on May 1, 2020. Single Pack Blisters included either a promotional Mantine or Noctowl card, while Three Pack Blisters contained either Rayquaza or Duraludon promotional cards. Both products included one of a number of possible coins, though the Lycanroc coin included differed from the official distributor images.
Another pair of blisters became available in early May at Target stores. Like previous Premium Checklane Blisters, these products focused on three-card evolutionary families, containing either the Gengar line or Galarian Obstagoon line. Each blister also came with one booster pack and a Lucario coin. Stage 1 Blisters that featured the Boltund and Galarian Perrserker families were also quietly released at Target stores in mid-May. Unlike prior products, the highest Stage Evolution card was not included as a Cosmos Holofoil variant in any of the Target-exclusive blisters, instead featuring the standard in-set Line Holofoil treatment and therefore no different to those found in booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Mantine (SWSH Promo 026)
- Noctowl (SWSH Promo 027)
- Duraludon (SWSH Promo 028)
- Rayquaza (SWSH Promo 029)
- Gastly (Sword & Shield 083)
- Haunter (Sword & Shield 084)
- Gengar (Sword & Shield 085)
- Galarian Zigzagoon (Sword & Shield 117)
- Galarian Linoone (Sword & Shield 118)
- Galarian Obstagoon (Sword & Shield 119)
- Yamper (Sword & Shield 073)
- Boltund (Sword & Shield 076)
- Galarian Meowth (Sword & Shield 127)
- Galarian Perrserker (Sword & Shield 128)
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Rebel Clash Elite Trainer Box
Also released on May 1, 2020 with the Rebel Clash expansion was the Rebel Clash Elite Trainer Box. It features the Copperderm Pokémon Copperajah in its Gigantamax form. It contained eight Rebel Clash booster packs, 65 card sleeves and four dividers depicting Copperajah, six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a stock of basic Energy cards, a Rebel Clash Player's Guide, and a code card for the TCGO.
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Rebel Clash Collector's Album
Like previous expansions, a mini collector's album was released to compliment the Rebel Clash expansion on May 1, 2020. Cinderace is featured on the front, while Rillaboom and Inteleon feature on the reverse. Each album has 30 fixed single-pocket pages and came packaged with a Rebel Clash booster pack.
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Rebel Clash Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Rebel Clash expansion on May 1, 2020. One was a ten-page, four-pocket binder and the other was a 14-page, nine-pocket binder.
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Polteageist V Box
Also released May 1, 2020 was the Polteageist V Box. The box featured the Black Tea Pokémon as both a regular and Jumbo-sized promotional card. It also included four booster packs and a TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Polteageist V (SWSH Promo 021)
- Polteageist V (SWSH Promo 021; Jumbo)
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Sword & Shield Figure Collection
The first figure collection of the Sword & Shield Series was the Sword & Shield Figure Collection, released May 1, 2020. The packaged figure portrays the three Galar starters Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble. The collection also included a Full Art Pikachu promotional card alongside four booster packs and a code card for the TCGO.
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- Pikachu (SWSH Promo 020)
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Ultra Pro Starter Pro-Binders
A trio of Ultra Pro Pro-Binders were released on May 15, 2020 featuring the same designs as products available earlier in the year. Each binder includes fixed pages with an embossed low-friction black backing material and side-loading pockets. Binders can be secured shut with an elastic strap and can store up to 360 cards.
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Legends of Galar Tins
A pair of tins was released on May 22, 2020 featuring the Legendary Pokémon Zacian and Zamazenta respectively in their Crowned Sword and Crowned Shield forms. As with the Galar Partner Tins, two versions of the tins were sold in different countries. Those available in North America were hexagonal in shape and came with five booster packs, whereas those sold outside North America were octagonal and came with four booster packs. Both sets of tins contained either a Zacian or Zamazenta Pokémon V promotional card and a code card to unlock it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Zacian V (SWSH Promo 018)
- Zamazenta V (SWSH Promo 019)
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Pikachu & Zekrom-GX League Battle Deck
- Main article: Pikachu & Zekrom-GX League Battle Deck (TCG)
The successor to the Battle Arena Deck line of products was released on May 22, 2020: the League Battle Deck. These decks focus on popular tournament-tried cards and strategies, appealing to advanced players or those wishing to improve their game. Two iterations were released simultaneously, the first being the Pikachu & Zekrom-GX League Battle Deck. It came packaged with a 60-card deck, a deck box, acrylic status and GX markers, six damage counter dice, a competition-legal coin-flip die, a Quick Guide, a rulebook, and a TCGO code card.
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Reshiram & Charizard-GX League Battle Deck
- Main article: Reshiram & Charizard-GX League Battle Deck (TCG)
The second League Battle Deck released May 22, 2020 was the Reshiram & Charizard-GX League Battle Deck. Like its partner, it contained a deck including three popular Pokémon-GX, a deck box, a Quick Guide and rulebook, acrylic status and GX markers, six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, and a TCGO code card.
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Rebel Clash Mini Packs
Three-card Mini Packs for the Rebel Clash expansion started to appear in Dollar Tree stores in late May 2020. These packs, which retailed for $1, included one Common, one Uncommon, and any other one card from the main expansion. Rebel Clash was the final expansion to feature these variant packs.
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Copperajah V Box
Released June 5, 2020 was the Copperajah V Box. It contained the eponymous Pokémon as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V card, four booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Copperajah V (SWSH Promo 030)
- Copperajah V (SWSH Promo 030; Jumbo)
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Battle Academy
- Main article: Battle Academy (TCG)
On June 21, 2020, the Pokémon Trading Card Game Battle Academy was released exclusively at Target stores, with a wider release on July 31, 2020. This was advertised as a board game but in actuality was a large deck kit, containing three 60-card decks, deck boxes for each of them, a large-sized coin, a set of damage and GX counters, a playing board, two Player's Guides, a rule book, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Trainer's Toolkit
Following the League Battle Decks, another product with competitive play in mind was released on June 26, 2020: the Trainer's Toolkit. It contained two copies each of 26 useful Pokémon, Trainer, and Special Energy cards, including Yellow A Alternate art prints of cards previously exclusive to the Japanese Tag All Stars subset. Additionally, it contained more than 100 basic Energy cards, four booster packs, 65 sleeves with an exclusive design, seven tournament-legal dice, two Special Condition markers, a manual, and a TCGO code card.
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Dusk Ball Tin
July 3, 2020 saw the release of the second wave of Poké Ball Tins during the Sword & Shield Series, and the fifth wave overall. Each display included a Poké Ball Tin, a Great Ball Tin, an Ultra Ball Tin, a Premier Ball Tin, and two new Dusk Ball Tins. Each tin came packaged with a coin featuring one of two possible designs and three booster packs, typically comprising one each of Evolutions, Burning Shadows, and Crimson Invasion.
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July 2020 Pokémon Center accessories
The Pokémon Sports merchandise line was launched on July 9, 2020 through the Pokémon Center, which included numerous items of clothing, drink bottles, lanyards, and one TCG accessory: the Pikachu Pokémon Sports Playmat. This single-player playmat features an emblem of Pikachu in a dynamic pose accompanied with lightning bolt symbols and splashes of red and blue.
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Evolution Celebration & Poké Ball Tin 2-Pack
Two-pack bundles containing products from past Series started appearing at Sam's Club outlets in July 2020. Three main variants were available; each of them came with one of the Evolution Celebration Tins from 2018 in addition to a random Poké Ball Tin from the first four waves. Each variant could contain a Poké Ball Tin, a Quick Ball Tin, a Great Ball Tin, a Premier Ball Tin, an Ultra Ball Tin, or a Dive Ball Tin.
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Collector's Pin Two Pack Blisters
A pair of Two Pack Blisters each containing a previously-released Pokémon pin was released on July 24, 2020. One featured a Mimikyu pin previously found in the Mimikyu Pin Collection, while the other included the Charizard pin originally released in the Charizard-GX Premium Collection. Another pair of blisters was released on December 4, 2020 featuring either an Espeon pin or an Umbreon pin, previously available in the Espeon-GX and Umbreon-GX Premium Collection, respectively. The booster packs from any of these blisters could be from the XY BREAK, Sun & Moon, or Sword & Shield Series.
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Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box (TCG)
With the cancellation of events in the 2020 Play! Pokémon Championship Series, approved locations in the Prerelease Program were permitted to sell Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Boxes from August 1, 2020. Each box came with four Darkness Ablaze booster packs and an Evolution pack that comprised a selection of 23 cards, among which included one of four exclusive SWSH Black Star promotional cards. The boxes received a wider retail release on August 28, 2020.
Promotional cards:
- Decidueye (SWSH Promo 035)
- Arctozolt (SWSH Promo 036)
- Hydreigon (SWSH Promo 037)
- Kangaskhan (SWSH Promo 038)
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Darkness Ablaze Theme Decks
The Darkness Ablaze expansion was released August 14, 2020, and with it came a pair of Theme Decks, each focused on a Pokémon with a Galarian regional form: the Galarian Darmanitan Theme Deck and the Galarian Sirfetch'd Theme Deck. Each product included the standard Theme Deck contents: a 60-card deck, a deck box, damage counters and status markers, a coin, a playmat, a rules booklet, an information sheet, reference cards, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Darkness Ablaze Blisters
With the release of Darkness Ablaze expansion on August 14, 2020 came several types of blister pack. The Single Pack Blisters came with either Pikachu or Hatenna SWSH Black Star promotional cards, while the Three Pack Blisters came with either Flareon or Eevee promotional cards. Both products included a collectible coin and a TCGO code card.
A new type of blister, named the Darkness Ablaze Bonus Pack, was also released on the same day. It came with one Darkness Ablaze booster pack and one free booster pack from either Sword & Shield or Rebel Clash. A pair of Premium Checklane Blisters featuring three-card evolutionary families also shared the same day of release. Unlike previous Premium Checklane Blisters, these were marketed ahead of their release and were more widely available. Each blister included one Darkness Ablaze booster pack, a coin, and a trio of cards featuring either the Grimmsnarl line or the Dragapult line from Rebel Clash. Stage 1 Blisters featuring the Copperajah and Sandaconda families were also released at Target stores in late August. The Premium Checklane and Stage 1 Blisters similarly included a collectible coin and a code card for the TCGO; the highest Stage Evolution cards in each of them also feature the standard in-set Line Holofoil treatment and are no different to those that could be found in booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Pikachu (SWSH Promo 039)
- Hatenna (SWSH Promo 040)
- Flareon (SWSH Promo 041)
- Eevee (SWSH Promo 042)
- Dreepy (Rebel Clash 089)
- Drakloak (Rebel Clash 090)
- Dragapult (Rebel Clash 091)
- Impidimp (Rebel Clash 123)
- Morgrem (Rebel Clash 124)
- Grimmsnarl (Rebel Clash 125)
- Silicobra (Sword & Shield 107)
- Sandaconda (Sword & Shield 110)
- Cufant (Sword & Shield 136)
- Copperajah (Sword & Shield 137)
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Darkness Ablaze Elite Trainer Box
The Elite Trainer Box for Darkness Ablaze was released on August 14, 2020 in tandem with the expansion. It features the Gigantic Pokémon Eternatus and came packaged with eight Darkness Ablaze booster packs, 65 sleeves, four dividers, seven tournament-legal dice, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a stock of basic Energy cards, a Darkness Ablaze Player's Guide, and a code card for the TCGO.
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Darkness Ablaze Collector's Album
The Darkness Ablaze Collector's Album was released together with the expansion on August 14, 2020. Each album consists of 30 fixed single-pocket pages and features Eternamax Eternatus on the front and Gigantamax Charizard on the reverse. Each album also came packaged with one Darkness Ablaze booster pack.
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Darkness Ablaze Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Darkness Ablaze expansion on August 14, 2020. One was a ten-page, four-pocket binder and the other was a 14-page, nine-pocket binder.
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True Steel Premium Collection
Two different versions of the True Steel Premium Collection were released on August 14, 2020. Both versions included either Zacian or Zamazenta promotional cards, a code card to unlock them in the TCGO, six booster packs, and either Zacian or Zamazenta pins and figures.
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- Zacian (SWSH Promo 033)
- Zamazenta (SWSH Promo 034)
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Poké Ball Tin 3-Pack
A repackaged product containing three Poké Ball Tin designs saw a quiet release at Costco outlets in early September 2020. It came in three varieties: one with a Poké Ball, a Great Ball, and a Quick Ball Tin; one with a Poké Ball, an Ultra Ball, and a Dive Ball Tin; and one with a Poké Ball, a Dusk Ball, and a Premier Ball Tin.
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Eternatus VMAX Premium Collection
Two different versions of the Eternatus VMAX Premium Collection were released on September 4, 2020: one for sale in North America and another for sale outside North America. Both versions included Eternatus V and Eternatus VMAX promotional cards, a code card to unlock them in the TCGO, a Jumbo version of the Eternatus VMAX, and an Eternatus pin. The North American version also included six booster packs and an extra-large Eternatus coin, whereas the International version only included five booster packs and no coin. The booster pack selection in the first production run of the North American version consisted of two Darkness Ablaze, one Rebel Clash, one Sword & Shield, one Burning Shadows, and one Evolutions. International versions included two Darkness Ablaze, one Sword & Shield, one Burning Shadows, and one Steam Siege. Later production runs of the North American version available in early August 2021 included two Battle Styles, one Vivid Voltage, one Darkness Ablaze, one Rebel Clash, and one Sword & Shield.
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- Eternatus V (SWSH Promo 044)
- Eternatus VMAX (SWSH Promo 045
- Eternatus VMAX (SWSH Promo 045; Jumbo)
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V Powers Tins
A trio of V Powers Tins were made available on September 4, 2020 and feature Pikachu, Eevee, and Eternatus. As with previous main tin releases, two versions of them were sold in different countries. Those available in North America were hexagonal in shape and came with five booster packs, whereas those sold outside North America were octagonal and came with four booster packs. Both sets of tins contained the showcased Pokémon as a Pokémon V and a code card to unlock it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Pikachu V (SWSH Promo 063)
- Eternatus V (SWSH Promo 064)
- Eevee V (SWSH Promo 065)
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Pokémon Accents: Unown accessories
Two extra-wide playmats became available to purchase from the Pokémon Center website on September 11, 2020. Each playmat features silhouettes of various Unown letterforms together with confused and surprised Pikachu.
- Pokémon Accents: Unown Dark Gray Large Playmat
- Pokémon Accents: Unown Light Gray Large Playmat
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Champion's Path Elite Trainer Box
The Champion's Path Elite Trainer Box was among the first of many products released for the special Champion's Path expansion on September 25, 2020. As with previous special expansions, booster packs could only be found in specific merchandise. The box features a check pattern containing circles, Poké Balls, and type symbols together with Gigantamax Charizard accented with an orange foil inlay. Each Elite Trainer Box contained ten Champion's Path booster packs, 65 card sleeves, six damage counter dice and one coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, 45 basic Energy cards, a Champion's Path Player's Guide, an exclusive Full Art Charizard V promotional card, and a code card for the TCGO.
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- Charizard V (SWSH Promo 050)
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Champion's Path Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Champion's Path expansion on September 25, 2020. The four-pocket binders feature Gigantamax Alcremie on the front and Obstagoon on the reverse; each include 10 pages, allowing up to 80 cards to be displayed. Nine-pocket binders feature Gigantamax Drednaw on the front and Dynamax Gardevoir on the reverse; each have 14 pages, allowing the storage of up to 252 double-loaded cards.
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Champion's Path Pin Collection—Turffield Gym
Among the Champion's Path merchandise available from September 25, 2020 was the Champion's Path Pin Collection—Turffield Gym. This product features a check pattern with a green foil inlay and included three Champion's Path booster packs, an alternate-art promotional card featuring Eldegoss as used in Pokémon Sword and Shield by Gym Leader Milo, a Turffield Stadium logo pin, and a TCGO code card.
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- Eldegoss (SWSH Promo 046)
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Champion's Path Pin Collection—Hulbury Gym
The second of three Pin Collections available from September 25, 2020 was the Champion's Path Pin Collection—Hulbury Gym. This product included an alternate-art promotional card featuring Drednaw as used by Gym Leader Nessa, a code card to unlock it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a pin bearing the Hulbury Stadium logo. Each collection also came with three Champion's Path booster packs and features packaging with a blue foil inlay.
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- Drednaw (SWSH Promo 047)
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Champion's Path Pin Collection—Motostoke Gym
Rounding off the three Pin Collections released on September 25, 2020 and the first three Gyms from Pokémon Sword and Shield was the Champion's Path Pin Collection—Motostoke Gym. This collection included three Champion's Path booster packs, an alternate-art promotional card featuring Centiskorch as used in the games by Gym Leader Kabu, a Motostoke Stadium logo pin, and a TCGO code card. The packaging for this product features a red foil inlay.
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- Centiskorch (SWSH Promo 048)
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Champion's Path Collection—Dubwool V
The final Champion's Path product available from September 25, 2020 was the Champion's Path Collection—Dubwool V. It contained regular and oversized Pokémon V cards of the eponymous Sheep Pokémon, four Champion's Path booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The packaging features the same check pattern as other Champion's Path merchandise with a silver foil inlay.
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- Dubwool V (SWSH Promo 049)
- Dubwool V (SWSH Promo 049; Jumbo)
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Galarian Sirfetch'd V Box
Released September 25, 2020 was the Galarian Sirfetch'd V Box. It contained the eponymous Pokémon as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V card, four booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Galarian Sirfetch'd V (SWSH Promo 043)
- Galarian Sirfetch'd V (SWSH Promo 043; Jumbo)
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Champion's Path Special Pin Collection—Stow-on-Side
Two more Champion's Path products were released on October 2, 2020 focusing on Galar region Gyms that vary between Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. The first of these was the Champion's Path Special Pin Collection—Stow-on-Side, which contained alternate-art promotional cards featuring Machamp and Gengar as used in their respective games by Gym Leaders Bea and Allister, and pins bearing the Fighting and Ghost Stow-on-Side Stadium logo. Each collection also included a TCGO code card and five Champion's Path booster packs. The packaging has a foil inlay with orange and purple sections.
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- Gengar (SWSH Promo 052)
- Machamp (SWSH Promo 053)
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Champion's Path Special Pin Collection—Circhester
The second of two Special Pin Collections available from October 2, 2020 was the Champion's Path Special Pin Collection—Circhester. This product included five Champion's Path booster packs, an alternate-art card featuring Coalossal as used in Pokémon Sword by Gym Leader Gordie, an alternate-art card featuring Lapras as used by Gym Leader Melony in Pokémon Shield, a code card to unlock them in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and pins bearing the Rock and Ice Circhester Stadium logo. The packaging has a foil inlay with beige and light blue sections.
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- Lapras (SWSH Promo 051)
- Coalossal (SWSH Promo 054)
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Galar Power Mini Tins
A fourth quintet of miniature tins was released on October 2, 2020, each of which feature one-fifth of an ensemble illustration by Naoki Saito of Pokémon in Wyndon Stadium. They contained two booster packs, a coin, and an art card bearing the same illustration as the tin cover and Pokédex information of the focal Pokémon. The tins and art cards could be lined up to form the full illustration.
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Elemental Power Tin & Box 2-Pack
A repacked product made exclusively for sale at Sam's Club locations saw release in early October 2020. A bundle could contain either a Tapu Koko Figure Collection or a Gengar-EX Box, respectively from the Sun & Moon and XY BREAK Series, plus one of the three Elemental Power Tins from 2019.
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Ultra Pro Bulbasaur & Mewtwo accessories
Another series of TCG accessories manufactured by Ultra Pro were released in October 2020 focusing on Bulbasaur and Mewtwo. Both sets of items feature similar designs to prior products, including stock Ken Sugimori images along with a single-color offset silhouette.
Deck boxes: Each deck box has a self-locking cover and can carry a fully-sleeved 60-card deck plus extras. Each box came packaged with one card divider.
- Bulbasaur Full View Deck Box
- Mewtwo Full View Deck Box
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Playmats: Each single-player playmat has a fabric-lined top and a non-slip rubber backing.
- Bulbasaur Playmat
- Mewtwo Playmat
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Sleeves: Each pack contains 65 card sleeves.
- Bulbasaur Sleeves
- Mewtwo Sleeves
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Binders: Four binder varieties in the two designs were made, each able to hold a different amount of cards.
- Bulbasaur 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Bulbasaur 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Bulbasaur 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Bulbasaur 2" Album
- Mewtwo 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Mewtwo 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Mewtwo 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Mewtwo 2" Album
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Snorlax & Lapras VMAX Premium Collection
The Snorlax & Lapras VMAX Premium Collection was available exclusively at GameStop stores from October 16, 2020. The collection focuses on the Transport Pokémon Lapras and the Sleeping Pokémon Snorlax, featuring regular Sword & Shield prints of the two as both Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX, plus a pair of pins and a 4-pocket portfolio featuring the two in their Gigantamax forms. The collection also included a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and eight booster packs, comprising one each from Steam Siege, Sun & Moon, Sword & Shield, and Rebel Clash, two from an early Sun & Moon Series expansion (any possible combination of Burning Shadows and Crimson Invasion), and two from Darkness Ablaze.
Promotional cards:
- Lapras V (Sword & Shield 049)
- Lapras VMAX (Sword & Shield 050)
- Snorlax V (Sword & Shield 141)
- Snorlax VMAX (Sword & Shield 142)
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Champion's Path Collection—Hatterene V
A third wave of Champion's Path merchandise began to be released on October 23, 2020. Among these was the Champion's Path Collection—Hatterene V, which contained the eponymous Silent Pokémon as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V card, four Champion's Path booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The packaging features a purple foil inlay.
Promotional cards:
- Hatterene V (SWSH Promo 055)
- Hatterene V (SWSH Promo 055; Jumbo)
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Champion's Path Premium Collection—Marnie
The third wave of Champion's Path products available from October 23, 2020 also included the Champion's Path Premium Collection—Marnie, which focused on Morpeko and Grimmsnarl, two Pokémon used by the rival character Marnie in Pokémon Sword and Shield. The two Pokémon were featured as alternate-art promotional cards and as pins. Each collection also came with eight Champion's Path booster packs, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a playmat. The packaging features the same check pattern as other Champion's Path merchandise with a pink foil inlay.
Promotional cards:
- Morpeko V (SWSH Promo 056)
- Grimmsnarl V (SWSH Promo 057)
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Champion's Path Special Collection—Marnie
The Champion's Path Special Collection—Marnie was also available outside North America from October 23, 2020 and was a smaller version of the Champion's Path Premium Collection. This collection included the same alternate-art Morpeko and Grimmsnarl Pokémon V cards, plus the same Morpeko pin, but substituted the Grimmsnarl pin for a Jumbo version of the Grimmsnarl card and the playmat for a poster. The collection also included five Champion's Path booster packs and a TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Morpeko V (SWSH Promo 056)
- Grimmsnarl V (SWSH Promo 057)
- Grimmsnarl V (SWSH Promo 057; Jumbo)
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October 2020 Pokémon Center accessories
More TCG accessory ranges with exclusive designs became available to purchase from the Pokémon Center website on October 28 and 29, 2020.
Mew Celestial Circles merchandise: Each of these items feature the Mythical New Species Pokémon Mew set against concentric circles that mirror zodiac diagrams. Smaller circles feature double helices and molecular rings, referencing the theory in the core series that Mew possesses the genetic composition of all Pokémon.
- Mew Celestial Circles Double Deck Box
- Mew Celestial Circles Playmat
- Mew Celestial Circles Sleeves
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Gigantamax merchandise: These items feature either Charizard or Pikachu and Eevee in their Gigantamax forms. The illustrations are primarily grayscale accented with heavy red outlines.
- Gigantamax Charizard Double Deck Box
- Gigantamax Charizard Playmat
- Gigantamax Pikachu & Gigantamax Eevee Playmat
- Gigantamax Charizard Sleeves
- Gigantamax Pikachu & Gigantamax Eevee Sleeves
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Pikachu Adventure merchandise: Each of these items feature a Pikachu happily exploring a grassland area.
- Pikachu Adventure Double Deck Box
- Pikachu Adventure Playmat
- Pikachu Adventure Sleeves
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Galarian Ponyta Gradient merchandise: The items in this collection feature a Galarian Ponyta against a gradient of pastel colors that mirror the coloring of its mane when it absorbs life energy.
- Galarian Ponyta Gradient Double Deck Box
- Galarian Ponyta Gradient Playmat
- Galarian Ponyta Gradient Sleeves
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Island Guardian Stained Glass merchandise: Each of these items depict the guardian deities of Alola Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini set against a colorful background resembling stained glass.
- Island Guardian Stained Glass Double Deck Box
- Island Guardian Stained Glass Playmat
- Island Guardian Stained Glass Sleeves
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Other sleeves: A couple of sleeves with standalone designs were also available. Each pack contained 65 sleeves.
- The Mimikyu Scribbles Sleeves feature the Disguise Pokémon Mimikyu accompanied with drawings of broken hearts, action shapes, and flashing eyes.
- The Psyduck Bewildered Sleeves feature a befuddled Psyduck in various scenarios involving life rings. This design was previously used on a playmat available in 2019.
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Vivid Voltage Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Vivid Voltage Build & Battle Box (TCG)
Locations in the Prerelease Program that were eligible to host Rebel Clash Prerelease Tournaments retained their eligibility into what would have been the 2021 Play! Pokémon Championship Series, with all traditional events canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These locations began to sell Vivid Voltage Build & Battle Boxes from October 31, 2020 as a prelude to the launch of the Vivid Voltage expansion that November. Each box was packaged with a 23-card Evolution pack, which included one of four alternate-art SWSH Black Star Promos, as well as four Vivid Voltage booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Charizard (SWSH Promo 066)
- Donphan (SWSH Promo 067)
- Snorlax (SWSH Promo 068)
- Lugia (SWSH Promo 069)
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Kanto Power Collection
Available at Walmart stores from November 1, 2020 were two varieties of the Kanto Power Collection, which focused on pairs of Pokémon-EX from the Evolutions expansion originally released in 2016. One of the collections featured regular prints of Mewtwo-EX and Slowbro-EX, plus a Jumbo version of the Mewtwo-EX, while the other featured regular prints of Dragonite-EX and Pidgeot-EX in addition to a Jumbo version of the Dragonite-EX. Each collection also included ten Evolutions booster packs and a TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Slowbro-EX (Evolutions 26)
- Mewtwo-EX (Evolutions 52)
- Mewtwo-EX (Evolutions 52; Jumbo)
- Pidgeot-EX (Evolutions 64)
- Dragonite-EX (Evolutions 72)
- Dragonite-EX (Evolutions 72; Jumbo)
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Small but Mighty Premium Collection
The Small but Mighty Premium Collection was officially released on November 1, 2020 in North America and could only be found at participating Target stores. It was followed by a release on November 20 in Canada at Toys "R" Us stores. The collection prominently features baby Pokémon Togepi, Cleffa, and Igglybuff on a handful of its contents, which included a Yellow A Alternate Special Full Art card (previously exclusive to the 2019 Japanese Tag All Stars subset), a collectible coin, an enamel pin, and a sidekick dangler. The collection also came with a code card to unlock the Special Full Art print in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and ten booster packs. These comprised one from Steam Siege, two from Sun & Moon, two from Burning Shadows, one from Crimson Invasion, one from Sword & Shield, one from Rebel Clash, and two from Darkness Ablaze. Retailer images had Vivid Voltage packs instead of Darkness Ablaze, which was not due for release until November 13.
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Jirachi-GX Collection
The Jirachi-GX Collection became available at Target and Walmart stores from November 1, 2020. Its main selling point was the inclusion of a Yellow A Alternate Full Art print of Jirachi-GX, previously exclusive to the 2019 Japanese Tag All Stars subset, as well as copies of Decidueye and Lucario SM Black Star Promos, previously available in the Crimson Invasion Three Pack Blisters almost three years prior. The collection included code cards to unlock each of these prints in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, two coins, and an assortment of ten older Series booster packs. This selection comprised one each from XY BREAK Series expansions BREAKpoint, Fates Collide, Steam Siege, and Evolutions, plus three booster packs from an early Sun & Moon Series expansion (either Sun & Moon or Guardians Rising), and three from a mid-Sun & Moon Series expansion (either Crimson Invasion or Ultra Prism).
Promotional cards:
- Jirachi-GX (Unified Minds 79a; Alternate art)
- Lucario (SM Promo 54)
- Decidueye (SM Promo 55)
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Vivid Voltage Theme Decks
Two Theme Decks were released alongside the Vivid Voltage expansion on November 13, 2020. The expansion focuses somewhat on Trainers from Pokémon Sword and Shield as they feature on a number of Supporter cards and are depicted in the art of their signature Pokémon. Two of these Pokémon formed the basis of the 60-card Theme Decks available: the Charizard Theme Deck and the Drednaw Theme Deck, which also respectively feature Champion Leon and Gym Leader Nessa. Each deck came with a deck box, damage counters and status markers, a coin, a playmat, a rules booklet, an information sheet, reference cards, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Vivid Voltage Blisters
Several types of blister pack also became available alongside the Vivid Voltage expansion on November 13, 2020. Single Pack Blisters included either Grookey or Scorbunny SWSH Black Star promotional cards and a collectible coin featuring Empoleon. Three Pack Blisters included either Vaporeon or Sobble promotional cards and a coin featuring either Kommo-o, Raichu, or Lugia. Premium Checklane Blisters came with a selection of three cards featuring either the Luxray line or the Chandelure line from Rebel Clash plus a coin featuring Raichu. Retailer images of the Premium Checklane Blisters featured an Empoleon coin. Available later in November were Stage 1 Blisters, which included either the Appletun line or Galarian Weezing line from Rebel Clash plus a coin featuring either Raichu or Manaphy. The highest Stage Evolution cards in each of the Premium Checklane and Stage 1 Blisters feature the standard in-set Line Holofoil treatment.
Promotional cards:
- Grookey (SWSH Promo 070)
- Scorbunny (SWSH Promo 071)
- Vaporeon (SWSH Promo 072)
- Sobble (SWSH Promo 073)
- Litwick (Rebel Clash 031)
- Lampent (Rebel Clash 032)
- Chandelure (Rebel Clash 033)
- Shinx (Rebel Clash 060)
- Luxio (Rebel Clash 061)
- Luxray (Rebel Clash 062)
- Applin (Rebel Clash 020)
- Appletun (Rebel Clash 023)
- Koffing (Rebel Clash 112)
- Galarian Weezing (Rebel Clash 113)
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Vivid Voltage Elite Trainer Box
The Elite Trainer Box for the Vivid Voltage expansion was also released on November 13, 2020 and features Gigantamax Pikachu, one of the expansion's focal Pokémon. Each box contained eight Vivid Voltage booster packs, 65 sleeves and four dividers emblazoned with Pikachu, six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a stock of basic Energy cards, a Vivid Voltage Player's Guide, and a code card for the TCGO.
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Vivid Voltage Collector's Album
The Vivid Voltage Collector's Album complemented the range of merchandise available for the launch of the Vivid Voltage expansion on November 13, 2020. The album features Pikachu on the front and Orbeetle on the reverse, both in their Gigantamax forms, and can hold up to 60 cards. Each album also came packaged with a Vivid Voltage booster pack.
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Vivid Voltage Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Vivid Voltage expansion on November 13, 2020. The four-pocket binders feature Gigantamax Pikachu on the front and Zarude on the reverse and include 12 pages. Ten pages can hold up to 80 standard-sized cards and two pages can hold up to four Jumbo-sized cards, a new addition to the four-pocket-style binders. These pages are only adequate to store Jumbo cards released as of the Sword & Shield Series. Nine-pocket binders feature Gigantamax Orbeetle on the front and Celebi on the reverse and have 14 pages, allowing the storage of up to 252 double-loaded cards.
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Fall 2020 Collector Chest
The second Collector Chest of the Sword & Shield Series was available from November 13, 2020 alongside the Vivid Voltage expansion. The tin features Pikachu and Charizard in their Gigantamax forms and contained Cosmos Holofoil variants of Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon from Sword & Shield, a code card to unlock them in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, a coin, and five booster packs. The tin's other items comprised a notepad, four sheets of stickers, and a mini portfolio all bearing combinations of the aforementioned Pokémon. The booster pack selection included one Sun & Moon, one Burning Shadows, one Sword & Shield, and two Vivid Voltage, despite retailer images and the packaging insert on the chest itself displaying two Darkness Ablaze packs for the latter.
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- Rillaboom (Sword & Shield 014; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Cinderace (Sword & Shield 034; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Inteleon (Sword & Shield 058; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Champion's Path Pin Collection—Ballonlea Gym
The fourth and final wave of Champion's Path merchandise was released on November 13, 2020 in tandem with the Vivid Voltage expansion. This wave included another trio of Pin Collections, showcasing the remaining three Gyms of the Galar region. The first of these was the Champion's Path Pin Collection—Ballonlea Gym, which included an alternate-art promotional card featuring Alcremie as used by Gym Leader Opal, a code card to unlock it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a pin bearing the Ballonlea Stadium logo. Each collection also came with three Champion's Path booster packs and features packaging with a light pink foil inlay.
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- Alcremie (SWSH Promo 058)
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Champion's Path Pin Collection—Spikemuth Gym
The second Pin Collection available from November 13, 2020 was the Champion's Path Pin Collection—Spikemuth Gym. This product features a check pattern with a pink foil inlay and came with three Champion's Path booster packs, an alternate-art promotional card featuring Obstagoon as used in the games by Gym Leader Piers, a Spikemuth Stadium logo pin, and a TCGO code card.
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- Galarian Obstagoon (SWSH Promo 059)
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Champion's Path Pin Collection—Hammerlocke Gym
The third Pin Collection released on November 13, 2020 was the Champion's Path Pin Collection—Hammerlocke Gym. This collection included three Champion's Path booster packs, an alternate-art promotional card featuring Duraludon as used in Pokémon Sword and Shield by Gym Leader Raihan, an enamel pin with the Hammerlocke Stadium logo, and a TCGO code card. The packaging for this product features an orange foil inlay.
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- Duraludon (SWSH Promo 060)
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Orbeetle V Box
The Orbeetle V Box was released on November 20, 2020. The Seven Spot Pokémon was included as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V card, as were four booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Orbeetle V (SWSH Promo 078)
- Orbeetle V (SWSH Promo 078; Jumbo)
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Zacian V League Battle Deck
- Main article: Zacian V League Battle Deck (TCG)
The Zacian V League Battle Deck was released on November 20, 2020 as another entry in the League Battle Deck product line. These decks focused on popular tournament-tried cards and strategies, appealing to advanced players or those wishing to improve their game. It came packaged with a 60-card deck, a deck box, acrylic status and GX markers, six damage counter dice, a competition-legal coin-flip die, a Quick Guide, a rulebook, and a TCGO code card.
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Galar Sidekicks Premium Collection
The Galar Sidekicks Premium Collection became available to purchase from the Pokémon Center website on November 20, 2020. It focused on the Galar starter Pokémon and their final evolutions, including a sidekick dangler and an oversized coin featuring Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble, plus promotional cards featuring Rillaboom, Cinderace, and Inteleon (previously available in the Galar Partner Tins and Galar Partners Boxes). The collection also came with a TCGO code card and 11 booster packs: two each from Steam Siege and Vivid Voltage, plus one each from Sun & Moon, Burning Shadows, Crimson Invasion, Celestial Storm, Sword & Shield, Rebel Clash, and Darkness Ablaze.
Promotional cards:
- Rillaboom V (SWSH Promo 014)
- Cinderace V (SWSH Promo 015)
- Inteleon V (SWSH Promo 016)
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Sword & Shield Ultra-Premium Collection—Zacian & Zamazenta
Celebrating the first year of the Sword & Shield Series, the high-quality Sword & Shield Ultra-Premium Collection—Zacian & Zamazenta focused on the Legendary Warrior Pokémon Zacian and Zamazenta. The two adorn various facets of the packaging and were featured on gold-colored Full Art SWSH Black Star Promos. The box is secured shut with a gold foil-lined fold-out section embedded with magnets. Its interior includes multiple drawers that can be used to store cards and accessories. Each box came with twelve metal damage-counter dice, a pair of metal coins featuring Zacian and Zamazenta, a set of metal Special Condition markers, 130 sleeves (65 featuring Zacian and 65 featuring Zamazenta), nine card dividers, a TCG rulebook, and a Sword & Shield Series player's guide. The box also included 16 booster packs—four each from Sword & Shield, Rebel Clash, Darkness Ablaze, and Vivid Voltage—as well as a pair of code cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The intended launch date of this product was November 20, 2020 and while orders for some retailers were fulfilled (primarily those in North America), many orders were pushed into 2021 due to quality control issues. These issues included faults in accessory packaging and boxes with incorrect drawer designs.
Promotional cards:
- Zacian V (SWSH Promo 076)
- Zamazenta V (SWSH Promo 077)
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Legends of Johto Pin Collection
The Legends of Johto Pin Collection was a repackaged product released exclusively at GameStop stores on November 27, 2020. The collection included one each of the three Legendary Beasts Collector's Pin 3-Pack Blisters originally available in May 2017, which contained a pin featuring either Raikou, Entei, or Suicune, and three booster packs.
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Galar Challengers Tins
A trio of tins were released exclusively at Walmart stores in early December 2020 and feature Pokémon V that had previously debuted in their own boxed collections: Toxtricity, Polteageist, and Copperajah. Each tin contained a promotional card featuring the showcased Pokémon, four booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The tins were originally scheduled for release on August 6 but were delayed, possibly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Promotional cards:
- Toxtricity V (SWSH Promo 017)
- Polteageist V (SWSH Promo 021)
- Copperajah V (SWSH Promo 030)
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Sword & Shield Elite Trainer Box Plus
The Sword & Shield Elite Trainer Box Plus—Zacian and Sword & Shield Elite Trainer Box Plus—Zamazenta are condensed versions of the Sword & Shield Ultra-Premium Collection—Zacian & Zamazenta that were made available in countries outside North America. Each box focuses on one of the two Legendary Warrior Pokémon, and included a gold-hued Full Art Pokémon V promotional card, a gold metal coin, and a set of 65 sleeves featuring it. Each box also included six metal damage-counter dice, a set of metal Special Condition markers, a set of card dividers, a TCG rulebook, a Sword & Shield Series player's guide, a TCGO code card, and twelve booster packs from the first year of the Sword & Shield Series (three each of Sword & Shield, Rebel Clash, Darkness Ablaze, and Vivid Voltage). This product was scheduled for release on November 20, 2020, but was affected by distribution delays like its premium counterpart.
Promotional cards:
- Zacian V (SWSH Promo 076)
- Zamazenta V (SWSH Promo 077)
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Poké Ball Tin & Collector Chest 2-Pack
Another repacked product saw release at Sam's Club warehouses in December 2020. These two-pack bundles included a Spring 2020 Collector Chest plus one of four possible Poké Ball Tin designs: a Poké Ball Tin, a Quick Ball Tin, a Great Ball Tin, or a Premier Ball Tin.
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Alakazam V Box
Released January 8, 2021 was the Alakazam V Box. It contained the eponymous Psi Pokémon as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon V card, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and four booster packs. First production runs of these boxes included two Vivid Voltage packs, one Sun & Moon pack, plus one pack of either Rebel Clash or Sword & Shield. Later production runs available in early August 2021 included one pack each of Rebel Clash, Darkness Ablaze, Vivid Voltage, and Battle Styles.
Promotional cards:
- Alakazam V (SWSH Promo 083)
- Alakazam V (SWSH Promo 083; Jumbo)
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General Mills 25th Anniversary Mini Packs
As part of the Pokémon 25th Anniversary celebrations, The Pokémon Company International once again partnered with General Mills to run a TCG campaign. Specially-branded cereals contained three-card Mini Packs for a limited time, which comprised a guaranteed Sequin Holofoil Pikachu card featuring the 25th anniversary logo and two other cards from the Sword & Shield Series. Of the thirteen other cards that could be obtained at random, five were SWSH Black Star Promos with the Sequin Holofoil treatment and the remaining eight were straight reprints: Snom, Yamper, Sinistea, Galarian Zigzagoon, Galarian Meowth, Cufant, Dreepy, and Galarian Farfetch'd. One of the Holofoil cards, Galarian Ponyta, could only be obtained in family-size boxes at participating Walmart stores. Participating cereal brands included Golden Grahams, Trix, Cocoa Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Lucky Charms. The promotion was intended to start on February 27, 2021, but some stores began stocking cereals as early as January 30.
Promotional cards:
- Gossifleur (SWSH Promo 010; Sequin Holofoil)
- Wooloo (SWSH Promo 011; Sequin Holofoil)
- Morpeko (SWSH Promo 012; Sequin Holofoil)
- Galarian Ponyta (SWSH Promo 013; Sequin Holofoil, Walmart exclusive)
- Pikachu (SWSH Promo 039; Sequin Holofoil)
- Hatenna (SWSH Promo 040; Sequin Holofoil)
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Venusaur & Blastoise V Battle Decks
- Main article: V Battle Deck—Venusaur vs Blastoise (TCG)
The V Battle Decks were a new line of product launched on February 5, 2021 to cater for beginners to the TCG, effectively replacing the long-standing Theme Decks that usually accompanied main expansions. The first V Battle Decks took inspiration from the Japanese Venusaur & Blastoise VMAX Starter Sets and consisted of the Venusaur V Battle Deck and the Blastoise V Battle Deck, featuring the eponymous Pokémon as Pokémon V. The contents of these decks were the same as Theme Decks available during the Sword & Shield Series, mostly consisting of reprints from recent expansions, and including damage counters, a single-player playmat, a deck box, a rules booklet, a Quick Guide, reference cards, a collectible coin, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Venusaur V (SWSH Promo 100)
- Blastoise V (SWSH Promo 101)
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V Battle Deck—Venusaur vs Blastoise
- Main article: V Battle Deck—Venusaur vs Blastoise (TCG)
The V Battle Deck—Venusaur vs Blastoise was also released on February 5, 2021 and included one copy each of the Venusaur and Blastoise V Battle Deck. This combined product included all the cards and accessories available in the individual decks plus a selection of eight more Trainer cards, another TCGO code card, and another guide for integrating the extra cards into decks.
Promotional cards:
- Venusaur V (SWSH Promo 100)
- Blastoise V (SWSH Promo 101)
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Elemental Power & Poké Ball Tin 2-Pack
Costco stores began to sell another repackaged product in early February 2021. These items randomly included one of the three Elemental Power Tins and one of five Poké Ball Tin designs: either a Poké Ball Tin, a Quick Ball Tin, a Great Ball Tin, an Ultra Ball, or a Dive Ball.
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Twin Mini Portfolio & Booster Packs
The Twin Mini Portfolio & Booster Packs was a repackaged product available in select stores such as Target from around mid-February 2021. There were two varieties, one of which included a Crimson Invasion Collector's Album and Forbidden Light Collector's Album plus matching Crimson Invasion and Forbidden Light booster packs. The other variant also included a Crimson Invasion booster pack and Collector's Album in addition to a BREAKthrough Collector's Album and corresponding BREAKthrough booster pack.
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Shining Fates Elite Trainer Box
Shining Fates was another special expansion that could only be obtained in particular items of merchandise. The first wave of Shining Fates products began to be released on February 19, 2021, among which was the Shining Fates Elite Trainer Box. It came packaged with a number of TCG essentials, including six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a rulebook, and a stock of basic Energy cards. It also included an exclusive Eevee VMAX promotional card, a TCGO code card, a set of 65 card sleeves featuring Gigantamax Eevee, a Shining Fates Player's Guide, plus 10 Shining Fates booster packs.
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- Eevee VMAX (SWSH Promo 087)
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Shining Fates Collection—Pikachu V
The Shining Fates Collection—Pikachu V was among the Shining Fates products available from February 19, 2021. It included regular and oversized Pokémon V cards of Pikachu, which feature different artwork to their regular Vivid Voltage counterpart, as well as four Shining Fates booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Pikachu V (SWSH Promo 061)
- Pikachu V (SWSH Promo 061; Jumbo)
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Shining Fates Tins
A trio of Shining Fates Tins were also released on February 19, 2021, which included a Shiny Pokémon V promotional card depicting either Eldegoss, Boltund, or Cramorant. Unlike previous Sword & Shield Series products, the tins released in all regions managed by The Pokémon Company International were hexagonal in shape; however, their contents still differed. Tins available in Europe included five Shining Fates booster packs, whereas those available elsewhere include six. Each tin also came with a code card that could be used to earn a digital version of the showcased promotional card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Eldegoss V (SWSH Promo 084)
- Boltund V (SWSH Promo 085)
- Cramorant V (SWSH Promo 086)
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Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Galarian Mr. Rime
A quartet of Pin Collections were also available as part of the Shining Fates product line-up for February 19, 2021. One of these was the Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Galarian Mr. Rime, which featured an alternate-art promotional print and enamel pin of the Comedian Pokémon, three Shining Fates booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Galarian Mr. Rime (SWSH Promo 079)
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Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Dedenne
The second of four Pin Collections centering on Pokémon that have the Mad Party attack was the Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Dedenne. It was available from February 19, 2021 like its counterparts and included an alternate-art promotional print of Dedenne, a code card to unlock it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, a pin featuring the Antenna Pokémon, and three Shining Fates booster packs.
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- Dedenne (SWSH Promo 080)
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Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Polteageist
Another Pin Collection released on February 19, 2021 was the Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Polteageist, which included a collectible pin and alternate-art promotional card featuring Polteageist, a TCGO code card, and three Shining Fates booster packs.
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- Polteageist (SWSH Promo 081)
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Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Bunnelby
The final Pin Collection that could be purchased from February 19, 2021 was the Shining Fates Mad Party Pin Collection—Bunnelby. The collection included three Shining Fates booster packs, an Alice's Adventures in Wonderland-inspired alternate-art card featuring Bunnelby, a code card to use it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a collectible Bunnelby pin.
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- Bunnelby (SWSH Promo 082)
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Shining Fates Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Shining Fates expansion on February 19, 2021. The four-pocket binders feature Shiny Dragapult on the front and Shiny Corviknight on the reverse; each one can hold up to 84 cards (80 standard size and four Jumbo size). Nine-pocket binders feature Shiny Gigantamax Charizard on the front and Shiny Toxtricity on the reverse; each one can hold up to 252 cards.
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V Forces Tins
A trio of V Forces Tins were made available on February 19, 2021 and featured straight reprints of Pokémon V from previously released expansions: Lucario, Galarian Slowbro, and Mew. The first production run of these tins used a mixture of interior packaging—some had plastic and others had the same cardboard packaging initially used in the second production run of the Hidden Fates Tins. Subsequent runs used cardboard only, featuring a plain black promo card holder as opposed to the hexagonal design present on card holders from the first run. Tins from the first run included two Vivid Voltage booster packs, one Sword & Shield booster pack, and one BREAKpoint booster pack. In subsequent runs, the BREAKpoint packs were replaced with an early Sun & Moon Series pack such as Burning Shadows or Crimson Invasion.
Promotional cards:
- Lucario V (Champion's Path 027)
- Galarian Slowbro V (Darkness Ablaze 099)
- Mew V (Darkness Ablaze 069)
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First Partner Collector's Binder
The First Partner Collector's Binder was one of several TCG items released to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Pokémon and could be purchased from February 26, 2021. The binder features the 25th Anniversary logo and outlines of the starter Pokémon from the first eight Generations with a Pikachu tail superimposed on them. Each binder is designed to hold up to 30 Jumbo cards and came packaged with a special 25th Anniversary Jumbo Base Set Pikachu card. A different version of the binder that also included three booster packs was sold at select retailers such as Target.
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Shining Fates Mini Tins
The second wave of Shining Fates merchandise began to be released on March 5, 2021. This line-up included a quintet of Shining Fates Mini Tins, each of which came with two Shining Fates booster packs, a coin, and an art card featuring the main Pokémon on the front of each tin. Each tin depicts a Legendary or Mythical Pokémon with an obscured Shiny Pokémon that can be found in the expansion. The illustrations featured on the tins and art cards form one large image, though do not line up as seamlessly as previous mini tins due to the border pattern present.
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Shining Fates Premium Collection—Shiny Crobat VMAX
Two Premium Collections were among the Shining Fates items available from March 5, 2021. One of these was the Shining Fates Premium Collection—Shiny Crobat VMAX, which features Shiny Crobat as both a Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX promotional card. A Jumbo version of Shiny Crobat VMAX was also included, as was a Crobat coin, a TCGO code card, and seven Shining Fates booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Crobat V (SWSH Promo 098)
- Crobat VMAX (SWSH Promo 099)
- Crobat VMAX (SWSH Promo 099; Jumbo)
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Shining Fates Premium Collection—Shiny Dragapult VMAX
The other Premium Collection released on March 5, 2021 was the Shining Fates Premium Collection—Shiny Dragapult VMAX, which included a coin and promotional cards featuring the Stealth Pokémon Dragapult. These cards comprised Shiny Dragapult V, plus regular and oversized versions of Shiny Dragapult VMAX. The collection also came with seven Shining Fates booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Dragapult V (SWSH Promo 096)
- Dragapult VMAX (SWSH Promo 097)
- Dragapult VMAX (SWSH Promo 097; Jumbo)
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Level Ball Tin
The sixth wave of Poké Ball Tins began to be released on March 5, 2021, which among the designs available in prior waves, included a new Level Ball design. Each tin in this wave came with three booster packs and a coin. Possible booster pack combinations included: two Sun & Moon and one Sword & Shield; one Fates Collide, one Sun & Moon, and one Sword & Shield; or one BREAKpoint, one Fates Collide, and one Sun & Moon. Each display included one Poké Ball Tin, one Great Ball Tin, one Ultra Ball Tin, one Premier Ball Tin, and two Level Ball Tins.
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First Partner Packs
As part of the year-long Pokémon 25th Anniversary celebrations, First Partner Packs were released periodically throughout 2021 that included special Jumbo versions of cards featuring regional starter Pokémon from different TCG Series. Each of these cards retain the original layout of their initial release and feature a foil 25th Anniversary logo in the bottom right corner of their artwork. Each First Partner Pack includes two booster packs and three Jumbo cards from a specific Generation, which could be used with the First Partner Collector's Binder released at the start of the campaign.
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Battle Styles Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Battle Styles Build & Battle Box (TCG)
Approved locations in the Prerelease Program began to sell Battle Styles Build & Battle Boxes from March 6, 2021 ahead of the official March 19 Battle Styles release date. Each of these boxes contained four Battle Styles booster packs plus a 23-card Evolution pack, which included one of four possible promotional cards with alternate artwork.
Promotional cards:
- Cherrim (SWSH Promo 088)
- Octillery (SWSH Promo 089)
- Houndoom (SWSH Promo 090)
- Bronzong (SWSH Promo 091)
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Battle Styles Blisters
Several blister pack varieties were released in conjunction with the Battle Styles expansion on March 19, 2021. Three Pack Blisters included either Eevee or Jolteon SWSH Black Star promotional cards and a collectible Shaymin coin. Single Pack Blisters came packaged with either Charmander or Arrokuda SWSH Black Star promotional cards. Premium Checklane Blisters included the evolutionary families of either Tyranitar or Corviknight from Darkness Ablaze. Stage 1 Blisters, available later in March, similarly included either the Golisopod line or Toxtricity line from Darkness Ablaze. The Single Pack, Premium Checklane, and Stage 1 Blisters were all packaged with a Volcanion coin. The highest Stage Evolution cards in each of the Premium Checklane and Stage 1 Blisters also feature the standard in-set Line Holofoil treatment and are no different to those found in booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Charmander (SWSH Promo 092)
- Arrokuda (SWSH Promo 093)
- Jolteon (SWSH Promo 094)
- Eevee (SWSH Promo 095)
- Larvitar (Darkness Ablaze 086)
- Pupitar (Darkness Ablaze 087)
- Tyranitar (Darkness Ablaze 088)
- Rookidee (Darkness Ablaze 154)
- Corvisquire (Darkness Ablaze 155)
- Corviknight (Darkness Ablaze 156)
- Wimpod (Darkness Ablaze 017)
- Golisopod (Darkness Ablaze 018)
- Toxel (Darkness Ablaze 062)
- Toxtricity (Darkness Ablaze 063)
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Battle Styles Elite Trainer Box
A pair of Elite Trainer Boxes were released for the Battle Styles expansion on March 19, 2021, featuring Gigantamax Urshifu in its two styles. Each box contained eight Battle Styles booster packs, 65 card sleeves and four dividers decorated with the featured Pokémon, six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, a stock of basic Energy cards, a Battle Styles Player's Guide, and a TCGO code card.
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Battle Styles Collector's Album
The Battle Styles Collector's Album was released together with the Battle Styles expansion on March 19, 2021. The album includes 30 fixed single-pocket pages, allowing up to 60 cards to be displayed, and features both forms of Gigantamax Urshifu. Each album also came with one Battle Styles booster pack.
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Battle Styles Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Battle Styles expansion on March 19, 2021. The four-pocket binders feature Rapid Strike Urshifu on the front and Empoleon on the reverse; each binder can display up to 80 standard-sized cards and up to four Jumbo-sized cards. Nine-pocket binders feature Single Strike Urshifu on the front and Tyranitar on the reverse; each of these binders can display up to 252 double-loaded cards.
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Spring 2021 Collector Chest
The third Collector Chest of the Sword & Shield Series was available from March 19, 2021 alongside the Battle Styles expansion. The tin features both styles of Gigantamax Urshifu and contained Cosmos Holofoil variants of Tepig and Shinx from Battle Styles, a code card to unlock them in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, two extra-large coins, and five booster packs. The tin's other items comprised a notepad, four sheets of stickers, and a mini portfolio.
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Single Strike Urshifu V Box
Two boxed products focusing on Urshifu's two styles were released together with the Battle Styles expansion on March 19, 2021. One of these was the Single Strike Urshifu V Box, which included regular and Jumbo-sized promotional versions of Single Strike Urshifu V, a Parallel Holofoil copy of Single Strike Energy, four booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Single Strike Urshifu V (SWSH Promo 106)
- Single Strike Urshifu V (SWSH Promo 106; Jumbo)
- Single Strike Energy (Battle Styles 141)
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Rapid Strike Urshifu V Box
The other Urshifu-centric box released on March 19, 2021 was the Rapid Strike Urshifu V Box. Like its counterpart, it featured an alternate art promotional Rapid Strike Urshifu V card in regular and Jumbo sizes, a Parallel Holofoil copy of Rapid Strike Energy, a code card to unlock them in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and four booster packs (two Battle Styles, one Darkness Ablaze, and one Crimson Invasion).
Promotional cards:
- Rapid Strike Urshifu V (SWSH Promo 106)
- Rapid Strike Urshifu V (SWSH Promo 106; Jumbo)
- Rapid Strike Energy (Battle Styles 140)
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Venusaur VMAX Battle Box
Two other boxed products were also available alongside the Battle Styles expansion from March 19, 2021. One of these was the Venusaur VMAX Battle Box, which featured the Seed Pokémon Venusaur as a regular and oversized Pokémon VMAX card, a set of 65 Gigantamax Venusaur card sleeves, a TCGO code card, and four booster packs (two Battle Styles, one Darkness Ablaze, and one Sun & Moon).
Promotional cards:
- Venusaur VMAX (SWSH Promo 102)
- Venusaur VMAX (SWSH Promo 102; Jumbo)
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Blastoise VMAX Battle Box
The Blastoise VMAX Battle Box was released to complement the Venusaur VMAX Battle Box on March 19, 2021 and featured the Shellfish Pokémon Blastoise as a promotional Pokémon VMAX card—its prerequisite Pokémon V card was previously released in the Blastoise V Battle Deck. Each box contained a regular and Jumbo-sized version of the promotional card, a code card to unlock a digital version of it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, a set of 65 sleeves featuring Gigantamax Blastoise, and four booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Blastoise VMAX (SWSH Promo 103)
- Blastoise VMAX (SWSH Promo 103; Jumbo)
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Ultra Pro Master Ball accessories
Ultra Pro released a fourth wave of Poké Ball-themed products on March 26, 2021, all of which featured a Master Ball design.
Deck box: Each Master Ball Full View Deck Box is designed with a self-locking lid and can hold up to 80 cards in sleeves. A bonus deck divider was included for organization.
Playmat: Each single-player Master Ball Playmat provides a sufficient area to set cards ready for a match.
Sleeves: Each pack of Master Ball Sleeves contains 65 card protector sleeves.
Binders: Four types of binder were available offering different card storage solutions.
- Master Ball 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Master Ball 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Master Ball 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Master Ball 2" Album
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Pokémon Celebration accessories
A handful of TCG accessories were sold on the Pokémon Center website from March 26, 2021 as part of the Pokémon 25th Anniversary celebrations. All of these items featured images of the starter Pokémon from the first eight main series regions as well as the 25th Anniversary logo. These items included:
Deck box: The double deck box contains two deck boxes that can each hold a fully-sleeved 60-card deck plus three dividers to help organize cards, which are colored red, green, and blue in homage to the Generation I games. The inside flap includes a name tag and is secured shut with a magnet.
- Pokémon Celebration Double Deck Box
Playmats: Each neoprene playmat provides a durable surface for one player.
- Pokémon Celebration Black & Gray Playmat
- Pokémon Celebration Gray Playmat
Sleeves: Each pack contains 65 card sleeves.
- Pokémon Celebration Black Card Sleeves
- Pokémon Celebration White Card Sleeves
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Premium Ultra Pro Mewtwo accessories
Following on from the merchandise available in October the previous year, Ultra Pro produced two more Mewtwo products for release in April 2021. These items are lined with a leatherette material and feature a debossed outline of the Genetic Pokémon over a purple foil silhouette.
Deck box: Each Mewtwo Alcove Flip Box has a flip lid secured with embedded magnets and can hold up to 100 double-sleeved cards. It also has thumb notches on opposite sides for easy card access.
Binder: Each Mewtwo Premium 9-Pocket Pro-Binder can hold up to 360 cards and has side-loading pockets on each page with a black web backing.
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Two Mini Pack Blisters
Dollar General began selling Two Mini Pack Blisters from around mid-April 2021 that contained two 3-card Mini Packs from a range of older expansions. The blisters also contained exclusive Cosmos Holofoil versions of either Dragonite or Machamp from the Sun & Moon Series, as well as a Lycanroc coin. Possible Mini Pack expansions included Sun & Moon, Guardians Rising, Lost Thunder, and Team Up.
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- Dragonite (Sun & Moon 96; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Machamp (Guardians Rising 65; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Galarian Rapidash V Box
Released May 7, 2021 was the Galarian Rapidash V Box, which included the Unique Horn Pokémon as both standard and Jumbo-sized promotional cards. Each box also came with four booster packs and a code card to unlock Galarian Rapidash V in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Galarian Rapidash V (SWSH Promo 111)
- Galarian Rapidash V (SWSH Promo 111; Jumbo)
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Victini & Gardevoir V Battle Decks
- Main article: V Battle Deck—Victini vs Gardevoir (TCG)
The second set of V Battle Decks were released on May 7, 2021 and consisted of the Victini V Battle Deck and the Gardevoir V Battle Deck. As with the first set of decks, the titular Pokémon V were included as Black Star Promotional cards, albeit as reprints with alternate artwork instead of new cards. Each deck included damage counters, a single-player playmat, a deck box, a rules booklet, a Quick Guide, reference cards, a collectible coin, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Victini V (SWSH Promo 104)
- Gardevoir V (SWSH Promo 105)
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V Battle Deck—Victini vs Gardevoir
- Main article: V Battle Deck—Victini vs Gardevoir (TCG)
The V Battle Deck—Victini vs Gardevoir was also released on May 7, 2021 and served as a platform for two beginners to experience play, including a copy of both the Victini and Gardevoir V Battle Deck. As well as comprising the cards and accessories from the individual decks, this product included eight more Trainer cards, a guide to using them in decks, and another TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Victini V (SWSH Promo 104)
- Gardevoir V (SWSH Promo 105)
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May 2021 Pokémon Center accessories
Three new playmats with exclusive designs could be purchased from the Pokémon Center website from May 8, 2021. These included:
- The Ball Guy Playmat, which features the Ball Guy accompanied by two-color outlines of various Poké Ball designs.
- The Sirfetch'd Strike Playmat, which features a limited-color design depicting the Wild Duck Pokémon Sirfetch'd running forward with its leek stalk.
- The Eevee Prismatic Playmat, which features Eevee and its evolutions accompanied by a diamond pattern that bears different type motifs.
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V Strikers Tins
A pair of V Strikers Tins were first released in Europe on May 21, 2021 and included alternate-art promotional Pokémon V cards depicting either Tyranitar or Empoleon, which respectively support the Single Strike and Rapid Strike mechanics, and code cards to unlock them in the TCGO. The tins available in Europe were octagonal in shape and were packaged with four booster packs. They were later available in North America and Canada from June 18, 2021. These versions were hexagonal in shape and came packaged with five booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Empoleon V (SWSH Promo 108)
- Tyranitar V (SWSH Promo 109)
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Shining Fates Collection—Shiny Eldegoss V
Similarly to the Hidden Fates expansion towards the end of 2019, a set of three boxed collections featuring cards previously available in the Shining Fates Tins were released in Walmart stores starting May 21, 2021. One of these was the Shining Fates Collection—Shiny Eldegoss V, which included a regular and Jumbo-sized version of the Cotton Bloom Pokémon, five Shining Fates booster packs, and a code card for the TCGO.
Promotional cards:
- Eldegoss V (SWSH Promo 084)
- Eldegoss V (SWSH Promo 084; Jumbo)
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Shining Fates Collection—Shiny Boltund V
The Shining Fates Collection—Shiny Boltund V was another of the three collections available from May 21, 2021. It featured a Shiny version of the Dog Pokémon as both a regular and Jumbo-sized Black Star Promotional card, and came with five Shining Fates booster packs plus a TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Boltund V (SWSH Promo 085)
- Boltund V (SWSH Promo 085; Jumbo)
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Shining Fates Collection—Shiny Cramorant V
The third collection released on May 21, 2021 was the Shining Fates Collection—Shiny Cramorant V, which like its counterparts, included a regular copy and an exclusive Jumbo-sized copy of the showcased Pokémon. Each box also came with a code card to unlock a digital version of Shiny Cramorant V in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online and five Shining Fates booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Cramorant V (SWSH Promo 086)
- Cramorant V (SWSH Promo 086; Jumbo)
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Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck
- Main article: Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck (TCG)
The Inteleon VMAX League Battle Deck was released on May 21, 2021 and, as with previous products in the League Battle Deck line, focused on combinations of cards that have or were expected to perform well in competitive play. Each deck included a fixed selection of 60 cards, a deck box, two acrylic condition markers, six damage-counter dice, a competition-legal coin-flip die, a rulebook, a TCGO code card, and a Quick Guide with reference to possible card integrations.
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Trainer's Legendary Box
Two repackaged products became available exclusively at BJ's Wholesale Club in late May 2021 focusing on Legendary Pokémon Lugia and Ho-Oh. Each Trainer's Legendary Box came with a copy of either the Lugia or Ho-Oh Legendary Battle Deck originally released in 2017 plus six booster packs from past series. Booster pack selections typically included one Fates Collide, two Sun & Moon, two Guardians Rising, and one Celestial Storm.
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Chilling Reign Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Chilling Reign Build & Battle Box (TCG)
Eligible Prerelease Program locations began to sell Chilling Reign Build & Battle Boxes starting June 5, 2021 in lieu of Prerelease Tournaments. The boxes provided an opportunity to acquire Chilling Reign cards before their general release on June 18—each one came with four Chilling Reign booster packs and a 23-card Evolution pack that included one of four possible promotional cards.
Promotional cards:
- Cinderace (SWSH Promo 112)
- Inteleon (SWSH Promo 113)
- Cresselia (SWSH Promo 114)
- Passimian (SWSH Promo 115)
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Poké Ball & Mini Tin 3-Pack
Sam's Club outlets began selling a three-pack bundles in mid-June 2021 containing one random Poké Ball Tin from five possible designs and two of the five Kanto Power Mini Tins at random. Possible tin designs included Poké Balls, Great Balls, Premier Balls, Ultra Balls, and Dusk Balls.
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Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Box
A pair of Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Boxes were released with the Chilling Reign expansion on June 18, 2021, featuring either Ice Rider Calyrex or Shadow Rider Calyrex. Each box included eight Chilling Reign booster packs, 65 sleeves and four dividers decorated with the appropriate Calyrex form, six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, 45 basic Energy cards, a rulebook, a Chilling Reign Player's Guide, and a code card for the TCGO.
Starting with this expansion, enhanced Chilling Reign Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Boxes were also available to purchase exclusively from the Pokémon Center website. These boxes featured analogous designs to the standard versions and contained similar accessories, substituting the polyresin damage counter dice for metal ones and the coin-flip die for a collectible Calyrex coin. These boxes were also intended to include two more Chilling Reign booster packs for a total of ten but due to a manufacturing error, all were packaged with eight. Customers pre-ordering any boxes from the website were informed of the error by email on June 16, 2021 and if they opted to keep their order, the Pokémon Center Team would credit their account $10 plus applicable taxes per box within two weeks. As an apology, the Pokémon Center Team also sent a blister pack to affected customers for each box they had ordered by the end of July 2021 at no extra charge. This blister included two Chilling Reign booster packs, a Raikou coin, and three Pokémon V cards: Galarian Articuno V, Galarian Zapdos V, and Galarian Moltres V.
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Chilling Reign Blisters
An assortment of blister packs was released in conjunction with the Chilling Reign expansion on June 18, 2021. Single Pack Blisters included either Morpeko or Phanpy promotional cards and one of four possible collectible coin designs: Genesect, Rayquaza, Volcanion, or Raichu. Three Pack Blisters could include either Eevee or Snorlax promotional cards and one of three possible coins: Genesect, Rayquaza, or Lucario—the Mew coin used on retailer images was ultimately not one of the designs available. Premium Checklane Blisters included the evolutionary lines of either Blaziken or Decidueye from Darkness Ablaze plus a collectible coin featuring Genesect. Another pair of blisters featuring either the Milotic line from Darkness Ablaze or the Wailord line from Vivid Voltage was released in late June. These blisters could come packaged with a Genesect, Rayquaza, Lugia, or Shaymin coin. The highest Stage Evolution cards in each of the Premium Checklane and Stage 1 Blisters featured the standard in-set Line Holofoil treatment and were no different to those that could be found in booster packs.
Two Pack Blisters were subsequently released in mid-July 2021, which included Cosmos Holofoil variants of Snorlax from Sword & Shield and Applin from Rebel Clash, plus a straight reprint of SWSH Black Star Promo Morpeko previously available in the Morpeko Pin Collection. The blister also included a Darkness Ablaze booster pack, a Battle Styles booster pack, and an Alolan Raichu coin.
Promotional cards:
- Morpeko (SWSH Promo 116)
- Phanpy (SWSH Promo 117)
- Eevee (SWSH Promo 118)
- Snorlax (SWSH Promo 119)
- Rowlet (Darkness Ablaze 011)
- Dartrix (Darkness Ablaze 012)
- Decidueye (Darkness Ablaze 013)
- Torchic (Darkness Ablaze 022)
- Combusken (Darkness Ablaze 023)
- Blaziken (Darkness Ablaze 024)
- Feebas (Darkness Ablaze 038)
- Milotic (Darkness Ablaze 039)
- Wailmer (Vivid Voltage 031)
- Wailord (Vivid Voltage 032)
- Snorlax (Sword & Shield 140; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Morpeko (SWSH Promo 031)
- Applin (Rebel Clash 020; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Chilling Reign Collector's Album
The Chilling Reign Collector's Album was released in tandem with the expansion on June 18, 2021. The album covers feature Calyrex in its two merged forms and each one has a maximum capacity of 60 cards. Each album also came packaged with one Chilling Reign booster pack.
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Chilling Reign Portfolios
Ultra Pro released a pair of card binders for the Chilling Reign expansion on June 18, 2021. The four-pocket binders feature Calyrex respectively in its Ice Rider and Shadow Rider forms on the front and reverse. The 12 fixed pages of this binder can display up to 80 standard-sized cards and up to four Jumbo-sized cards. Nine-pocket binders feature Galarian forms of Articuno on the front and Zapdos and Moltres on the reverse. Each of these binders has 14 fixed pages that allow up to 252 cards to be displayed.
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Kanto Power Mini Tin 5-Pack
Costco outlets in Canada began selling repackaged Kanto Power Mini Tin 5-Packs in late June 2021, which contained one each of the five Kanto Power Mini Tins originally available in 2019. These items also included four exclusive Cosmos Holofoil variants of cards from across the Sun & Moon Series depicting Pokémon featured on the tins.
Promotional cards:
- Pikachu (Shining Legends 28; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Charizard (Team Up 14; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Mewtwo (Unbroken Bonds 74; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Dragonite (Unified Minds 151; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Ultra Pro Charmander accessories
Another series of TCG accessories manufactured by Ultra Pro were released on June 25, 2021 focusing on Charmander and completing the set of Ultra Pro Kanto starter accessories. They feature similar designs to prior products, including stock Ken Sugimori images with a single-color offset silhouette.
Deck box: Each Charmander Full View Deck Box has a self-locking cover and can carry a fully-sleeved 60-card deck plus extras. The box comes with a card divider for organization.
Playmat: Each Charmander Playmat provides a suitable surface for one player to play a game.
Sleeves: Each pack of Charmander Sleeves contains 65 card sleeves.
Binders: Four types of binder were made, each able to hold a different amount of cards.
- Charmander 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Charmander 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Charmander 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Charmander 2" Album
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July 2021 Pokémon Center accessories
The Pokémon Center website offered more TCG accessories with exclusive designs starting July 1, 2021.
Deck boxes: Each double deck box includes two card holders capable of holding 60 fully-sleeved cards apiece and three dividers for organization. The two deck boxes released in this wave of merchandise feature designs used on playmats available in May 2021.
- Ball Guy Double Deck Box
- Eevee Prismatic Double Deck Box
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Playmats: The two playmats available as part of this wave celebrate Bidoof Day and have designs that focus solely on the Plump Mouse Pokémon.
- The Bidoof Brown Playmat features an emblem comprising a single Bidoof, two logs, and its name. The brown background features more logs alongside outlines of Poké Balls.
- The Bidoof Black Playmat features three Bidoof, each of them cast in different shades of gold and brown on a black background.
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Sleeves: Each pack contains 65 card sleeves.
- The Ball Guy Sleeves feature the Ball Guy on a background that resembles a standard Poké Ball.
- The Sirfetch'd Strike Sleeves feature the Wild Duck Pokémon on a pale green background accompanied by a three-color band of offset silhouettes.
- The Eevee Prismatic Sleeves feature elemental motifs representing Eevee and its evolutions.
- The Morpeko Moods Sleeves feature the Two-Sided Pokémon in both its Full Belly and Hangry Modes.
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Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu Box
The Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu Box was a repackaged product that began appearing in select stores around early July 2021. It included one copy of the Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu and three Crimson Invasion booster packs, both of which were first released in 2017.
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Ice Rider Calyrex V Box
Following their debut in the Chilling Reign expansion, boxed products focusing on Calyrex's merged forms with Glastrier and Spectrier were released on August 6, 2021. One of these was the Ice Rider Calyrex V Box, which included standard and oversized promotional versions of Ice Rider Calyrex V, four booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Ice Rider Calyrex V (SWSH Promo 130)
- Ice Rider Calyrex V (SWSH Promo 130; Jumbo)
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Shadow Rider Calyrex V Box
The other Calyrex-centric product available from August 6, 2021 was the Shadow Rider Calyrex V Box. The promotional Shadow Rider Calyrex V card included in this box—as well as its Ice Rider counterpart—originate from the Japanese Silver Lance & Jet-Black Spirit Jumbo Pack Set, and came in standard and Jumbo sizes. Each box was also packaged with four booster packs and a code card to unlock Shadow Rider Calyrex V in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Shadow Rider Calyrex V (SWSH Promo 131)
- Shadow Rider Calyrex V (SWSH Promo 131; Jumbo)
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Marnie Premium Tournament Collection
The Marnie Premium Tournament Collection was a new type of product released on August 6, 2021. It included a number of useful TCG accessories, such as a deck box, a pack of 65 card protector sleeves, six damage counter dice, two Special Condition markers, and a coin. The deck box and sleeves feature Pokémon Trainer Marnie and her Morpeko practising smiling, derived from an illustration originally used in the Japanese Marnie's Practice Trainer Card Collection. This illustration is also used on a promotional Supporter card that bears Marnie's signature. Three copies of this card were included in the collection, as was one copy of a Full Art Marnie card that depicts her in full Gym Challenge uniform. Each box also came with seven Sword & Shield Series booster packs and a TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Marnie (SWSH Promo 120)
- Marnie (SWSH Promo 121)
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Trainer's Toolkit 2021
Following the popularity of its first iteration in 2020, a second Trainer's Toolkit was officially released on August 6, 2021. Designed to provide cards useful to an array of deck archetypes, it contained two copies each of numerous Item, Supporter, and Special Energy cards. It also contained two copies of a promotional Crobat V originating from the Japanese High-Class Decks and one copy each of Mismagius and Sabrina & Brycen promotional cards, which were previously released in Japan to replace two cards banned in the Standard format. More than 100 basic Energy cards accompanied this card selection, in addition to four Sword & Shield Series booster packs, 65 card sleeves, seven tournament-legal dice, two Special Condition markers, a rulebook, a Deck Builder's Guide, and a TCGO code card.
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Mighty Mysterious Tins
The Mighty Mysterious Tins were released unannounced on August 6, 2021 at stores such as Hobby Lobby and Dollar General. Three designs were available: Snorlax, Mimikyu, and Darkrai. Each one carried an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil variant of the showcased Pokémon, a code card to unlock it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and three Sword & Shield Series booster packs (typically one each of Rebel Clash, Darkness Ablaze, and Vivid Voltage).
Promotional cards:
- Snorlax (Rebel Clash 141; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Mimikyu (Darkness Ablaze 081; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Darkrai (Darkness Ablaze 105; Cosmos Holofoil)
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August 2021 Pokémon Center accessories
August 6, 2021 also saw the Pokémon Center website offer a range of TCG accessories to purchase with two distinct themes.
Pokémon Cool Friends merchandise: Each of these items feature Ice Pokémon Snom, Eiscue, Bergmite, and Snorunt atop various glacial structures.
- Pokémon Cool Friends Double Deck Box
- Pokémon Cool Friends Playmat
- Pokémon Cool Friends Sleeves
Wooloo Fluffy Flock merchandise: These items all feature a gathering of Wooloo and a lone Pikachu waving amid the herd.
- Wooloo Fluffy Flock Double Deck Box
- Wooloo Fluffy Flock Playmat
- Wooloo Fluffy Flock Sleeves
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Ultra Pro Mew accessories
Another series of TCG accessories manufactured by Ultra Pro were released in August 2021 focusing on Mew. They feature a stock Ken Sugimori image of the New Species Pokémon superimposed on a pink silhouette and set against a black background.
Deck box: Each Mew Full View Deck Box has a self-locking cover and can carry a fully-sleeved 60-card deck plus extras. Each box also came packaged with one card divider.
Playmat: Each single-player Mew Playmat has a fabric-lined top and a non-slip rubber backing.
Sleeves: Each pack of Mew Sleeves contains 65 card protectors.
Binders: Four binder varieties were available, each able to hold a different amount of cards.
- Mew 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Mew 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Mew 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Mew 2" Album
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Evolving Skies Build & Battle Box
- Main article: Evolving Skies Build & Battle Box (TCG)
Prerelease Tournaments were able to be held for the first time in over a year at some locations following the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These events, which served as an advanced preview for the Evolving Skies expansion, took place on the weekends of August 14-15 and 21-22, 2021. Evolving Skies Build & Battle Boxes were given to attendees after paying their entry fee; locations unable to host events could still sell boxes to customers. Each box came with an Evolution pack that included, among a selection of other cards, an exclusive SWSH Black Star Promo as well as four Evolving Skies booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Flaaffy (SWSH Promo 122)
- Galarian Articuno (SWSH Promo 123)
- Galarian Zapdos (SWSH Promo 124)
- Galarian Moltres (SWSH Promo 125)
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Eevee 2021 Collector Chest
Another Collector Chest for the Sword & Shield series was released in France exclusive to Carrefour stores on August 23 2021, later released in USA exclusive to Costco stores on Sept 22, 2021. It included Cosmos Holofoil variants of Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon from Vivid Voltage, an extra-large coin featuring Eevee, a notepad, a mini portfolio, four sticker sheets, five booster packs, and a TCGO code card for the three promotional cards included.
Promotional cards:
- Vaporeon (Vivid Voltage 030; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Jolteon (Vivid Voltage 047; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Flareon (Vivid Voltage 026; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Evolving Skies Elite Trainer Box
A pair of Evolving Skies Elite Trainer Boxes were released concurrently with the Evolving Skies expansion on August 27, 2021, each of which featured four Eeveelutions: Jolteon, Flareon, Umbreon, and Leafeon on one; Vaporeon, Espeon, Glaceon, and Sylveon on the other. A single box came packaged with eight Evolving Skies booster packs, 65 card sleeves, four dividers, six damage counter dice, a coin-flip die, two acrylic Special Condition markers, 45 basic Energy cards, a rulebook, an Evolving Skies Player's Guide, and a code card for the TCGO. Premium Evolving Skies Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Boxes were also available to purchase exclusively from the Pokémon Center website for release on the same day. These boxes featured slightly different designs and came packaged with largely the same contents, including sleeves with alternative artwork, as well as a coin, an enamel Eevee pin, and two more Evolving Skies booster packs for a total of ten.
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Evolving Skies Blisters
Two waves of blisters were released to complement the Evolving Skies expansion, the first of which was released alongside the set on August 27, 2021. This wave comprised Single Pack Blisters that included either Galarian Slowpoke or Eevee promotional cards, Three Pack Blisters that included either Eiscue or Umbreon promotional cards, and Premium Checklane Blisters that included the evolutionary lines of either Emboar or Luxray from Battle Styles. Each Blister also came packaged with a collectible coin.
Promotional cards:
- Galarian Slowpoke (SWSH Promo 116)
- Eevee (SWSH Promo 117)
- Eiscue (SWSH Promo 118)
- Umbreon (SWSH Promo 119)
- Tepig (Battle Styles 023)
- Pignite (Battle Styles 024)
- Emboar (Battle Styles 025)
- Shinx (Battle Styles 046)
- Luxio (Battle Styles 047)
- Luxray (Battle Styles 048)
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Evolving Skies Collector's Album
The Evolving Skies Collector's Album accompanied the launch of the Evolving Skies expansion on August 27, 2021. Each album can display up to 60 cards and has a cover featuring Dynamax Rayquaza and Gigantamax Duraludon. Each album also came packaged with one Evolving Skies booster pack.
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Evolving Skies Portfolios
Ultra Pro released two types of binder in time for the release of Evolving Skies on August 27, 2021. Four-pocket binders, which feature Umbreon and Sylveon, are able to display up to 80 standard-sized cards and up to four Jumbo-sized cards. Nine-pocket binders, which feature Dynamax Rayquaza and Gigantamax Duraludon, are able to display up to 252 cards double-loaded.
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Eevee Evolutions Tins
Three tins were released on September 3, 2021 focusing on the Generation I evolutions of Eevee: Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon. Each Eevee Evolutions Tin included a promotional Pokémon V card depicting one of the showcased Pokémon, a code card to unlock a digital version of it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and four Sword & Shield Series booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Flareon V (SWSH Promo 149)
- Vaporeon V (SWSH Promo 150)
- Jolteon V (SWSH Promo 150)
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Evolving Skies Build & Battle Stadium
Available to purchase from September 10, 2021, the Evolving Skies Build & Battle Stadium was conceived as a way for two players to experience a Limited format-style battle from home by including two Evolving Skies Build & Battle Boxes and a handful of extras. These included 121 basic Energy cards, six damage-counter dice, a competition-legal coin-flip die, and acrylic condition markers. The Build & Battle Stadium also came with four additional Evolving Skies booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Flaaffy (SWSH Promo 122)
- Galarian Articuno (SWSH Promo 123)
- Galarian Zapdos (SWSH Promo 124)
- Galarian Moltres (SWSH Promo 125)
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Greninja V-UNION Special Collection
Three boxed collections became available on September 24, 2021 to mark the debut of the Pokémon V-UNION mechanic, mimicking the release model of the equivalent Japanese V-UNION Special Card Sets. One of these was the Greninja V-UNION Special Collection, which included the four component Greninja cards necessary to play it, an oversized card featuring the combined artwork, a Professor Burnet card designed to get Pokémon V-UNION into play, and a code card to unlock them all in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. The collection also included four Sword & Shield Series booster packs.
Promotional cards:
- Greninja V-UNION (SWSH Promo 155)
- Greninja V-UNION (SWSH Promo 156)
- Greninja V-UNION (SWSH Promo 157)
- Greninja V-UNION (SWSH Promo 158)
- Greninja V-UNION (Composite; Jumbo)
- Professor Burnet (SWSH Promo 167)
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Mewtwo V-UNION Special Collection
The second V-UNION product to be released on September 24, 2021 was the Mewtwo V-UNION Special Collection. It included four promotional cards that make up a single Mewtwo V-UNION, a Jumbo version of the four cards combined, another promotional card featuring Professor Burnet, four Sword & Shield Series booster packs, and a TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Promo 159)
- Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Promo 160)
- Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Promo 161)
- Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Promo 162)
- Mewtwo V-UNION (Composite; Jumbo)
- Professor Burnet (SWSH Promo 167)
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Zacian V-UNION Special Collection
The Zacian V-UNION Special Collection was the third of three V-UNION products released on September 24, 2021. It included four cards that together made a powerful version of the Warrior Pokémon Zacian, a Professor Burnet card that could aid players to set it up, four Sword & Shield Series booster packs, a TCGO code card, and a Jumbo card featuring a composite of the four Zacian V-UNION cards.
Promotional cards:
- Zacian V-UNION (SWSH Promo 163)
- Zacian V-UNION (SWSH Promo 164)
- Zacian V-UNION (SWSH Promo 165)
- Zacian V-UNION (SWSH Promo 166)
- Zacian V-UNION (Composite; Jumbo)
- Professor Burnet (SWSH Promo 167)
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Dragonite V Box
The Dragonite V Box, released on November 12, 2021, included a regular and a Jumbo version of the Dragon Pokémon cut from the Evolving Skies expansion. Each box also included four booster packs and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Dragonite V (SWSH Promo 154)
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Ultra Pro Gallery Series: Seaside accessories
Another new Ultra Pro product line was launched on September 24, 2021: the Gallery Series. The first entry in the Gallery Series was Seaside; items feature a beachside scene with palm trees and wooden decking, accompanied by stock Ken Sugimori images of Lapras, Gyarados, and Magikarp.
Deck boxes: Two types of deck box were available as part of this line, each able to hold a different amount of cards.
- The Gallery Series: Seaside Full View Deck Box is made of card and can hold approximately 80 cards placed in sleeves. The box can be secured shut with a self-locking cover and also comes with a divider for organization.
- The Gallery Series: Seaside Alcove Flip Box is made of a more durable padded leatherette and can hold up to 100 double-sleeved cards. This box can be secured shut with its embedded magnets.
Playmats: Each Gallery Series: Seaside Playmat provides a playing surface for one person to conduct a match.
Sleeves: A pack of Gallery Series: Seaside Sleeves contains 65 copies of card protectors.
Binders: A total of four binder varieties were available in this line, offering different card storage solutions.
- Gallery Series: Seaside 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Gallery Series: Seaside 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Gallery Series: Seaside 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Gallery Series: Seaside 2" Album
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Rayquaza & Noivern V Battle Decks
- Main article: V Battle Deck—Rayquaza vs Noivern (TCG)
The third set of V Battle Decks were released on October 8, 2021 and focused on Dragon-type Pokémon following their reintroduction to the TCG in the Evolving Skies expansion. The Rayquaza V Battle Deck and Noivern V Battle Deck each featured the titular Pokémon V as alternate-art Black Star Promotional cards and, as Play Level 1 products, acted as a base for prospective players. Each deck included damage counters, a single-player playmat, a deck box, a rules booklet, a Quick Guide, reference cards, a large collectible coin, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Rayquaza V (SWSH Promo 147)
- Noivern V (SWSH Promo 148)
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V Battle Deck—Rayquaza vs Noivern
- Main article: V Battle Deck—Rayquaza vs Noivern (TCG)
Also released on October 8, 2021 was the V Battle Deck—Rayquaza vs Noivern, which included a copy of both the Rayquaza and Noivern V Battle Deck. This product included the accessories that could be found in the decks individually, as well as a further eight Trainer cards, a guide to integrating them into decks, and another TCGO code card.
Promotional cards:
- Rayquaza V (SWSH Promo 147)
- Noivern V (SWSH Promo 148)
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Celebrations Elite Trainer Box
The special Celebrations expansion also became officially available on October 8, 2021 with the release of its first wave of merchandise. One of these items was the Celebrations Elite Trainer Box, which included ten Celebrations booster packs, five other Sword & Shield Series booster packs, 65 anniversary-themed card sleeves, 45 basic Energy cards, a Celebrations Player's Guide, a Pokémon TCG rulebook, six damage-counter dice, one competition-legal coin-flip die, and two acrylic Special Condition markers. Many of the promotional cards included in Celebrations products revisited mechanics from the TCG's 25-year history and used them with Pokémon designed after their cessation. This box contained a Greninja promotional card supporting the Pokémon ☆ mechanic, which was last seen in POP Series 5 of the EX Series. A deluxe Celebrations Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box was also available to purchase from the Pokémon Center website.
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Celebrations Collection—Dragapult Prime
Amongst the Celebrations merchandise available from October 8, 2021 was the Celebrations Collection—Dragapult Prime, which featured the Stealth Pokémon as a Pokémon Prime card, a mechanic last seen in the Triumphant expansion of the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series. The collection included standard and oversized versions of Dragapult Prime, two Celebrations booster packs, one other Sword & Shield Series booster pack, a four-pocket binder, an anniversary-themed coin, an information sheet, and a TCGO code card.
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- Dragapult (SWSH Promo 132)
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Celebrations Collection—Lance's Charizard V
Two other Celebrations Collections with similar contents were released on October 8, 2021. One of these was the Celebrations Collection—Lance's Charizard V, revisiting the Owner's Pokémon mechanic largely featured in the Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge expansions of the Original Series, as well as the Japanese Pokémon VS set, which included a Lance's Charizard card. The Lance's Charizard in this collection supported the more modern Pokémon V mechanic and came in both standard and Jumbo sizes. Each box also included four Celebrations booster packs, two other Sword & Shield Series booster packs, an information sheet, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Celebrations Collection—Dark Sylveon V
Another Celebrations Collection available from October 8, 2021 was the Celebrations Collection—Dark Sylveon V. This product included regular and Jumbo-sized cards featuring the Intertwining Pokémon as a Dark Pokémon V. Dark Pokémon were featured in a number of expansions—notably Team Rocket, Neo Destiny, and EX Team Rocket Returns—all the Eeveelutions as at the EX Series were featured as Dark Pokémon, except for Umbreon. Each collection also came packaged with four Celebrations booster packs, two other Sword & Shield Series booster packs, an information sheet, and a TCGO code card.
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- Dark Sylveon V (SWSH Promo 134)
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Celebrations Deluxe Pin Collection
The Celebrations Deluxe Pin Collection was a product available with the first wave of Celebrations merchandise on October 8, 2021. Its two main selling points were a promotional card featuring Zacian as a Pokémon LV.X, a mechanic last seen in the Arceus expansion of the Platinum Series, and an enamel pin featuring Flying and Surfing Pikachu. Each pin collection also came with four Celebrations booster packs, two other Sword & Shield Series booster packs, an information sheet, and a TCGO code card.
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- Zacian LV.X (SWSH Promo 135)
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Celebrations Special Collection—Pikachu V-UNION
Available to purchase from October 8, 2021 together with other Celebrations merchandise was the Celebrations Special Collection—Pikachu V-UNION. The collection included all four parts of Pikachu V-UNION as well as a Jumbo card featuring a composite of their artwork, which depicts 25 Pikachu illustrated by 25 different TCG artists. It also included a Professor Burnet promotional card, four Celebrations booster packs, two other Sword & Shield Series booster packs, an information sheet, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Pikachu V-UNION (SWSH Promo 139)
- Pikachu V-UNION (SWSH Promo 140)
- Pikachu V-UNION (SWSH Promo 141)
- Pikachu V-UNION (SWSH Promo 142)
- Pikachu V-UNION (Composite; Jumbo)
- Professor Burnet (SWSH Promo 167)
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Celebrations Mini Tins
A set of eight Celebrations Mini Tins were among the Celebrations products released on October 8, 2021, each of which feature a starter trio from the first eight core series games. A single tin contained two Celebrations booster packs, one additional Sword & Shield Series booster pack, an anniversary-themed coin, and an art card detailing the Pokémon on the tin cover. Four tins and art cards form a continuous image when put in order of Generation I to IV; the other four form a continuous image when put in order of Generation VIII to V.
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Pokémon 25th Celebration Deck Box
As part of the continued Pokémon 25th Anniversary celebrations, Ultra Pro released the Pokémon 25th Celebration Deck Box in October 2021. The box is made of a dark wood with a smooth finish and features a laser-etched 25th anniversary logo on the lid. The lid can swing open and is secured shut with magnets. The box also has a rollout side compartment that can be used to store smaller accessories. Each box can store at least 100 double-sleeved cards.
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Celebrations Premium Figure Collection—Pikachu VMAX
The second wave of Celebrations products was released on October 22, 2021, among which included the Celebrations Premium Figure Collection—Pikachu VMAX. Each collection was packaged with Pikachu V and VMAX promotional cards, a large Gigantamax Pikachu figure, eight Celebrations booster packs, three additional Sword & Shield Series booster packs, an information sheet, and a TCGO code card.
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- Pikachu VMAX (SWSH Promo 062)
- Pikachu V (SWSH Promo 143)
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Celebrations Ultra-Premium Collection
The Celebrations Ultra-Premium Collection was the most expensive item of Celebrations merchandise to be released and was available to purchase from October 22, 2021. Its packaging and design was similar to that of the Sword & Shield Ultra-Premium Collection, in that it featured a foil-lined fold-out cover secured with magnets and an interior containing drawers for card and accessory storage. The collection included two gold-colored Full Art promotional cards and a code card to unlock them in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, two commemorative metal cards featuring Base Set Pikachu and Charizard, a Pikachu and Charizard enamel pin, an anniversary-themed metal coin, 17 Celebrations booster packs, eight additional Sword & Shield Series booster packs, an information sheet, and a player's guide.
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- Pikachu V
- Poké Ball
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Celebrations Collector Chest
The final item available in the Celebrations line-up for October 22, 2021 was the Celebrations Collector Chest. Each tin was packaged with six Celebrations booster packs, two other Sword & Shield Series booster packs, four sticker sheets, a notepad, an anniversary-themed coin, and a mini portfolio capable of displaying up to 60 cards. The chest also featured three "remixed" Pokémon cards: Toxtricity was included as a Light Pokémon, last seen in the Neo Destiny expansion of the Neo Series; Mimikyu was included as a δ Delta Species, last seen in POP Series 5 of the EX Series; and Hydreigon was included as a Pokémon SP, last seen in the Arceus expansion of the Platinum Series.
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- Hydreigon C (SWSH Promo 134)
- Mimikyu δ (SWSH Promo 136)
- Light Toxtricity (SWSH Promo 137)
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Reshiram & Charizard-GX Premium Collection
The Reshiram & Charizard-GX Premium Collection was released on November 1, 2021 as a Walmart exclusive product, further continuing the support of Sun & Moon Series promotional cards. The Full Art Gold print of Reshiram & Charizard-GX was included as regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon-GX cards, as were ten Sword & Shield Series booster packs and a code card for the TCGO.
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- Reshiram & Charizard-GX (SM Promo 247)
- Reshiram & Charizard-GX (SM Promo 247; Jumbo)
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Pikachu & Zekrom-GX Premium Collection
The Pikachu & Zekrom-GX Premium Collection was also released on November 1, 2021 as a Gamestop exclusive product. The Full Art Gold print of Pikachu & Zekrom-GX was included as regular and Jumbo-sized Pokémon-GX cards, as were ten Sword & Shield Series booster packs and a code card for the TCGO.
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- Pikachu & Zekrom-GX (SM Promo 248)
- Pikachu & Zekrom-GX (SM Promo 248; Jumbo)
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Ultra Pro Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow accessories
The second entry in the Ultra Pro Gallery Series was Haunted Hollow, which saw release in late 2021. Items in this series feature bare trees against a largely purple background accompanied by stipples of contrasting and complimentary colors. Ken Sugimori images of Ghost-type Pokémon Gengar, Chandelure, Misdreavus, Sableye, and Mimikyu feature in the foreground.
Deck boxes: Two deck box varieties were available, offering different storage solutions.
- The Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow Full View Deck Box has a self-locking cover and can carry more than 60 fully-sleeved cards. Each box came packaged with a divider that could be used to organize cards.
- The Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow Alcove Flip Box can hold up to 100 double-sleeved cards and is secured shut with a number of magnets.
Playmat: Each single-player Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow Playmat has a fabric-lined top to help avoid card damage and a rubber backing to prevent it from shifting during use.
Sleeves: Each pack of Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow Sleeves contains 65 card protectors.
Binders: Four binder varieties were available to cater for different collection needs.
- Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow 4-Pocket Portfolio
- Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow 9-Pocket Portfolio
- Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow 9-Pocket Pro-Binder
- Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow 2" Album
Bag: A new item introduced with this series was the Gallery Series: Haunted Hollow Deluxe Gaming Trove, a fabric bag with five modular compartments designed to carry multiple deck boxes and a playmat. The bag has an adjustable padded shoulder strap and a briefcase handle option. It is secured shut with a zipper on one side and has two pull tabs featuring Psychic and Darkness Energy symbols.
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Ultra Pro Pikachu Deluxe Gaming Trove
Accompanying the same type of bag released as part of the Haunted Hollow Gallery Series was the Ultra Pro Pikachu Deluxe Gaming Trove. This product features a similar Pikachu design to the one used on a suite of items released in June 2019. The bag can be carried over the shoulder or by hand and is designed to hold multiple Ultra Pro accessories. It is secured shut with a zipper and the two pull tabs feature the Lightning Energy symbol.
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Ultra Pro Elite Series: Pikachu accessories
Another Ultra Pro product line saw release in late 2021—the Elite Series. The first entry in the series featured Pikachu and its items were similar to the Premium Mewtwo accessories produced by Ultra Pro in April 2021, featuring a debossed leatherette finish with foil detailing.
Deck box: Each Elite Series: Pikachu Alcove Flip Box has a magnetic closure flip lid and can securely hold up to 100 double-sleeved cards with its padded interior.
Binder: Two types of binder were released as part of this product line. Nine-pocket binders could hold up to 360 cards, while the twelve-pocket binders could hold up to 480 cards. The pages in each binder have side-loading pockets backed with a low-friction black material. Each binder is secured shut with a zipper and both have pull tabs bearing the Lightning-type symbol.
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