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UkPokemon Trading Card Game debuts new Mega Charizard Ex card and a brand-new rarity
The Pokémon Company has debuted Mega Attack Rares, a brand-new rarity coming to the Pokémon Trading Card Game, alongside the return of Mega Charizard.
Announced during the closing ceremony of the Pokémon World Championships in Anaheim, California, the new Mega Attack Rares will feature a new art style, and include Japanese text.
This is a reference to the original Mega Evolution cards, which featured Japanese text. The Japanese versions of the cards will feature English text.
Lucario, Gardevoir, and Mega Charizard X have been confirmed to receive these cards.
The announcement video concludes with confirmation that Mega Dragonite is coming to the Pokemon TCG soon. It is likely that Mega Charizard X will debut alongside Mega Dragonite in the second English TCG set of the Mega era.
Japan is set to receive Inferno X, starring Mega Charizard in September, and Mega Dream, starring Mega Dragonite. The English equivalent of these sets will likely see both Inferno X and Mega Dream combined.
As reported by PokeBeach, Mega Dream Ex will serve as this year’s high-class set, however, its theming is currently unknown. The debut of Mega Dragonite could suggest that it will be themed around Pokémon Legends Z-A, the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch title, which will mark the return of Mega Pokémon.
While it’s not expected that any new Pokémon species will debut in the game, hints in the game’s marketing suggest that more new Mega Evolutions will be added, which could make their TCG debuts alongside Dragonite.
The set will debut in Japan on November 28. This will likely result in an early 2026 release in the West. It’s possible that the set will be combined with the Charizard-themed Inferno X set, which will hit Japan in September.
In the West, Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution is due to be released on September 26. Pre-orders for the set have already gone live on The Pokémon Center, where they quickly sold out. The set is the first of the new Mega Evolution era of Pokémon TCG, following the end of the Scarlet and Violet era.
Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution will also debut new ‘Mega Ultra Rare’ cards.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket will newly add Mega Evolution cards this Fall
The Pokemon Company has published a new teaser trailer for another content update coming to Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket. This one teases that Mega Evolution cards will be newly added in the upcoming Fall season.
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Unlike the prior trailers that revealed new booster packs—the most recent one being the Johto-based Wisdom of Sea and Sky, this one does not reveal any new booster pack title in particular as it only focuses on revealing 3 Mega Evolution ex cards based on Mega Altaria, Mega Gyarados, and Mega Blaziken. And unlike the mainline games but just like the original TCG, players will place the Mega Evolved Pokemon cards on top of prior stages like Swablu, Magikarp, and Combusken.
The trailer also reveals that Mega Evolution ex cards in this mobile game will have a similar rule to the original TCG: Defeating them will let players take 3 points. But while the original TCG rules need 6 points to win, only 3 points are needed in TCG Pocket. That means defeating an ex Mega Evolved Pokemon firsthand will be enough for players to immediately win the match with the current ruleset in the mobile game as of this writing.
You can find the new teaser trailer right below. Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket is available worldwide on Android and iOS.
Get excited for the ever-fluffy Mega Altaria, the ghastly Mega Gyarados, and Mega Blaziken as they make their Pokémon TCG Pocket debut as powerful Mega Evolution Pokémon ex.