First Look at Pokémon TCG's Delta Reign ETB Has Everyone Saying the Same Thing

Delta Reign is the sixth acceptable successful the Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution line, acceptable to beryllium released connected November 6, 2026. This enlargement marks the instrumentality of Mega Rayquaza for the archetypal clip since XY—Ancient Origins and XY—Roaring Skies expansions were released successful 2015.

I, personally, can’t hold for this one. In my opinion, this is 1 of the astir beauteous ETBs enactment retired for a agelong time, and I'm not the lone 1 who thinks it! I emotion its heavy bluish colour, the sparkling details which look similar a starry sky, and its eye-catching emerald green, on with an fantabulous cutout of Rayquaza. Just person a look astatine it yourself!

Pokémon TCG - Mega Evolution - Delta Reign ETB - Credit: The Pokémon Company

Pre-release events volition tally from October 24th to November 1st. Considering the timing of the 2 erstwhile sets, we tin expect preorders for Delta Reign, apt successful the archetypal oregon 2nd week of September.

If you privation to basal a accidental of adding this ETB to your collection, marque definite to support an oculus connected the authoritative Pokémon Center website and crook alerts connected for IGNFinds connected X/Twitter, since supplies for highly demanded sets tin merchantability retired precise quickly. Good luck successful your matches against the bots!

Plus, if you're superior astir lone paying MSRP and thing else, I suggest pursuing immoderate of the pursuing connected X/Twitter. All of these accounts are reasonably connected it, and thin to station worldly arsenic soon arsenic it becomes available. Stick notifications on, and you're good away.

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According to Pokébeach, the Elite Trainer Box for this acceptable volition see the Kyogre Illustration Rare, which came from Storm Emeralda and volition beryllium removed from the acceptable to beryllium turned into an ETB promo.

The Pokemon Mega Evolution Delta Reign ETB PROMO is KYOGRE!!!!! pic.twitter.com/WfhM53YK18

— Magic Madhouse (@magicmadhouse) August 20, 2026

But that’s not each from Delta Reign! We’ve besides got our archetypal look astatine the Booster Pack artworks by Delta Reign, including cutouts of the different 3 Mega Evolution ex cards successful the acceptable - Mega Golisopod ex, Mega Golurk ex and my person Mega Malamar ex.

First look astatine Delta Reign Booster Pack Artwork featuring Mega Rayquaza, Malamar, Golisopod & Golurk! 💫#Pokemon #PokemonTCG https://t.co/mQJOjBOBHG pic.twitter.com/z79CQU8518

— Pokemon TCG Restocks & News (@PokemonRestocks) August 20, 2026

Delta Reign features implicit 135 cards, which includes 4 Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, Six Pokémon ex, 14 illustration uncommon Pokémon and 17 Ultra Rare Pokémon and Trainer cards. I dread to deliberation however overmuch a Mega Ultra Rare Mega Rayquaza ex is going to fetch connected secondary markets.

​This is besides a precise breathtaking clip to beryllium a instrumentality of the existent crippled - Delta Reign is the archetypal to present the series' divided Legendary Stadium cards, namely Legendary Ocean Trench, Legendary Summit, and Legendary Lava Lake, for a full of six caller cards. Legendary Stadium cards are made by combining 2 Stadium cards that are played unneurotic and nutrient an extended artwork erstwhile placed broadside by side. These cards volition articulation forces to present almighty passive effects to the field, which volition beryllium absorbing to spot however it shakes up the meta.

​Pokémon TCG fans tin get Mega Evolution—Delta Reign successful booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and assorted collections astatine participating retailers astir the world. Although determination is presently nary accusation connected erstwhile preorders volition begin, we'll marque definite to fto you cognize arsenic soon arsenic there’s an update connected this.

In different news, The Pokémon Company is cancelling orders of Pokémon Cards pursuing a "cyber incident" that perchance near lawsuit details exposed.

That's according to emails shared online by fans impacted by the incident, who antecedently pre-ordered Pokémon trading cards purchased via the Pokémon Center website.

The breach appears to beryllium isolated to European orders, which the Pokémon Company planned to fulfil utilizing section logistics steadfast CEVA. If that sanction sounds familiar, it's due to the fact that this is the aforesaid steadfast that Valve precocious warned customers had been deed by information theft, likewise impacting those who had precocious bought Steam hardware.

— Parvy (@Parvytcg) August 14, 2026

Sara Heritage is simply a freelance writer for IGN, specialising successful Pokémon TCG. When she's not gaming, you’ll astir apt find her gathering yet different LEGO acceptable she perfectly did not need, oregon chaining ranked matches successful Pokémon Champions.

This nonfiction contains contributions from Robert Anderson.