🔥 Overview:
Scarlet & Violet – Destined Rivals
- Release date: May 30, 2025, with prerelease events held earlier in May .
- Set ranking: This is the 10th main expansion in the Scarlet & Violet era .
- Theme: A game-changing set featuring 85+ Trainer’s Pokémon, including over 45 aligned with Team Rocket and iconic characters like Giovanni, Mewtwo ex, Cynthia, Ethan, Arven, Steven, Misty, and Marnie .
- Card count:
- 182 regular cards
- With secret, illustration‑rare, and Hyper Rares, the total swells to around 240–244 cards .
🎯 Standout Highlights
- Megas & ex Pokémon:
- Rocket’s Mewtwo ex (Team Rocket-themed)
- Cynthia’s Garchomp ex
- Ethan’s Ho-Oh ex
- Team Rocket’s Moltres ex
- Arven’s Mabosstiff ex
- Cetitan ex, Dondozo ex, Electivire ex, Regirock ex, Nidoking ex, Crobat ex .
- Illustration and secret rares:
Includes 11 Special Illustration Rares, 17 Pokémon ex, 23 Illustration Rares, and 6 Hyper Rares—all prized by collectors .
🎁 Product: Elite Trainer Box (ETB)
- Contents:
- 9 booster packs
- 1 promo full-art Team Rocket’s Wobbuffet card
- 65 themed card sleeves
- 45 energy cards
- Player’s guide for Deckbuilding
- 6 damage dice, 1 coin-flip die, 2 condition markers
- A collector’s box with dividers
- Online code card for Pokémon TCG Live .
- Pokémon Center exclusive ETB:
- Includes 11 booster packs and a stamped second promo Wobbuffet, making it more collectible and pricier than the standard ETB .
