Pokémon TCG: Full Release Schedule for 2026 and Beyond

We’ve had Series 1 of the First Partner Illustration Collection merchandise astatine the commencement of 2026, and Series 2 is confirmed for June 19, 2026. You mightiness beryllium asking yourself, "What astir a Series 3?" Well, large news!

First Partner Illustration Collection (Series 3) has officially been announced, focusing connected the Starter Pokemon from Hoenn, Kalos, and Paldea. It volition merchandise connected August 7th for $14.99. Could a concealed Series 4 occurrence diagnostic the Generation 10 starters afterwards? Only clip volition tell.

Moving connected from May 22! Mega Greninja isn’t conscionable getting its flowers successful Chaos Rising - it’s besides getting its ain premium postulation connected 3rd July, 2026.

If you privation to implicit your Mega Greninja collection, this is simply a must-have. ​Its Mortal Shuriken Ability lets you discard a Basic Water Energy from your manus to spot six harm counters connected 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon, past woody up to 200 harm with a devastating Ninja Spinner attack.

Say it with maine now. The Pokémon TCG: Mega Greninja ex Premium Collection includes:

• 1 foil promo paper featuring Mega Greninja ex
• 1 oversize lenticular promo paper featuring Mega Greninja ex
• 1 tech sticker featuring Mega Greninja
• 8 Pokémon TCG booster packs

MSRP is $39.99 USD / £39.99 GBP. Considering Greninja’s popularity, we tin expect this 1 to merchantability retired quickly.

Series 1 of First Partner Illustration Collection celebrated Pokémon’s 30th day successful style, offering illustration rare-style promo cards featuring starters from Kanto, Sinnoh, and Alola. These cards item nostalgic adventures with fashionable First Partners.

Now, we’ve got Series 2 to look guardant to! This postulation releases connected June 19, 2026, featuring 3 of 9 illustration rare-style promo cards of beloved starters from Johto, Unova, oregon Galar.

Inside, you tin find:

• 1 Pokémon TCG battalion containing 3 of 9 promo cards
• 2 Pokémon TCG booster packs
• 1 sticker sheet

Note: You can’t bargain a acceptable for a azygous region. The cards are random, truthful ticker out!

Series 1 of the First Partner Illustration Collection flew disconnected the shelves acknowledgment to the Kanto hype. Only clip volition archer if Series 2 volition person the aforesaid impact. But for $14.99 USD / £14.99 GBP, you can’t truly spell wrong.

Greninja isn’t the lone Pokémon getting its crook successful the spotlight. Zygarde was the look of Perfect Order, and is present getting its ain premium collection! The Mega Zygarde ex Premium Collection besides dropped connected May 22, 2026 - a engaged time for Pokémon fans!

The Mega Zygarde ex Premium Collection spotlights Zygarde's aggregate Formes and legendary status.

The Pokémon TCG: Mega Zygarde ex Premium Collection includes:

• 1 foil promo paper featuring Mega Zygarde ex
• 1 oversize lenticular promo paper featuring Mega Zygarde ex
• 1 tech sticker featuring Mega Zygarde ex
• 8 Pokémon TCG booster packs

Zygarde tin go a Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, susceptible of dealing devastating harm to your opponents. Plus, the 8 booster packs, apt to beryllium from Perfect Order, marque this a decent deal. MSRP is £39.99 astatine each section paper shops and participating retailers.

​The Mega Lucario ex League Battle Deck is perfect for experienced Trainers. Released connected May 22, 2026, it features Mega Lucario ex and competitory cards similar Secret Box and Fezandipiti ex, supporting precocious strategies.

The Pokémon TCG: Mega Lucario ex League Battle Deck includes:

• 1 ready-to-play 60-card deck
• 6 damage-counter dice
• 1 coin-flip die
• 2 coin information markers
• 1 platform box
• 1 strategy sheet
• 1 codification paper to play this platform connected Pokémon TCG Live

Mega Evolution: Chaos Rising - May. 22

Chaos Rising released connected May 22, 2026, with Mega Greninja ex arsenic the prima of the show! This Kalos First Partner Pokémon is 1 of the astir fashionable Pokémon of each time, with its all-new Mega signifier being introduced successful Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

But Mega Greninja ex is conscionable 1 of the caller Mega Evolution Pokémon ex that tin beryllium recovered successful this expansion. You’ve got awesome cards similar Mega Pyroar ex and Mega Dragalge ex to hunt down, alongside Mega Floette. MSRP for the Standard Elite Trainer Box (ETB) is $119.99 USD / £49.99 GBP, but you tin cheque retired the champion Chaos Rising deals disposable conscionable above.

The International mentation is designed arsenic a solemnisation of the bonds betwixt Trainers and their First Partner. Each postulation includes 1 Promo Booster Pack, wherever you tin propulsion 3 of 9 illustration rare-style promo cards.

Each of these cards diagnostic stunning illustrations of beloved archetypal spouse Pokémon. You’ve got your classical Kanto friends - Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander. Then, we leap guardant a fewer generations to Sinnoh, with Turtwig, Pipulp and Chimchar. Last, but surely not least, we find ourselves successful Alola with Rowlet, Popplio and Litten.

Available imagery seems to amusement the packs being a substance of 1 Phantasmal Flames and 2 Mega Evolution, but we similar to pass that the contents whitethorn ever disagree from portion to unit.

The Pokémon Day 2026 Collection tin beryllium bought present astatine Amazon for astir $39, oregon from astir $25-30 connected TCGplayer astatine existent marketplace rates.

Mega Evolution: Ascended Heroes – Jan. 30

The 2026 TCG twelvemonth officially kicked disconnected with Ascended Heroes, the 2nd English Mega Evolution enlargement of the caller epoch since the basal acceptable launched successful September past year.

Ascended Heroes leans heavy into classical Mega Pokémon, caller Tera cards, Team Rocket Pokémon, and adjacent a Stadium card, with 290 cards coming to the acceptable altogether.

The caller acceptable is already getting a reasonably staggered release, with the bulk of products present releasing betwixt February 20 and April 24. That includes immoderate of the astir fashionable items from a caller Pokémon paper set, specified arsenic the Elite Trainer Box, Booster Bundles, and more.

The precocious delayed booster acceptable features a promo paper with either Erika’s Tangela oregon Larry’s Komala, a metallic coin featuring the chosen Gym Leader, and 2 booster packs from the Mega Evolution - Ascended Heroes expansion.

Mega Evolution’s Ascended Heroes enlargement has besides rapidly go yet different collector-driven Pokémon TCG release, with request greatly outweighing the proviso and maxing retired the worth of definite cards.

It's already been hard to travel by Ascended Heroes preorders, and undoubtedly this hold won't marque it immoderate easier for fans aft merchandise day. Ascended Heroes ETBs, for example, are presently averaging astir $115-120 connected resale markets - astir a 135% markup from its MSRP of $49.99.

With Mega Evolutions returning successful unit and Special Illustration Rares pushing presumption to extravagant caller heights, the acceptable has created different crisp disagreement betwixt playable staples and existent luxury pursuit cards arsenic well.

While not each premium propulsion is destined for competitory dominance, each of the apical 10 astir costly cards truthful acold has earned a lofty marketplace terms with jaw-dropping artwork, gameplay relevance, axenic scarcity, oregon a operation of the three.

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.