There’s more fun coming up for Pokémon trainers!

The new expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Scarlet and Violet: Destined Rivals, will bring back the popular Trainer’s Pokémon cards. With this update, characters from the Pokémon series have their special partner Pokémon brought into the TCG as playable and collectible cards.

The nefarious Team Rocket will also join the roster, with 83 cards in the series coming from the villain team. The set includes 17 Pokémon ex, 23 illustration rare Pokémon, six hyper rare gold-etched cards, and more. Kids can find and use cards in their decks that feature Sinnoh Champion Cynthia and her Garchomp, Johto Trainer Ethan and his Ho-Oh, or use cards like Mewtwo under Team Rocket Leader Giovanni’s control!

The expansion will be available at retailers as individual booster packs and as a special elite trainer box containing multiple booster packs. Families can find the sets on May 30. There will also be a digital release of the full expansion on the Pokémon TCG Live app, where kids can battle with the new cards and get in-game bonuses when logging in on May 29.

If your little Trainer can’t wait, they can attend a Prerelease tournament — which is part of the Play! Pokémon program — beginning May 17 at select retailers.

Visit the official Pokémon website for more details on the launch and upcoming events. While you wait, check out these other fun Pokémon products below!


POKÉMON TCG: PALDEA ADVENTURE CHEST

Kids can gear up for battle with ready-to-play promo cards featuring cute yet feisty Pokémon. The set includes six booster packs, seven foil promo cards, a Pikachu squishy toy, a mini portfolio, a deck box, and a sheet of tech stickers.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $50
  • Age:
  • 6+

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ESPEON COMFY FRIENDS PLUSH

This plush, part of the Comfy Friends Plush collection, is made with extra soft materials and is weighted with microbeads, making it a very huggable friend for your Pokémon adventures!

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $44.99
  • Age:
  • 2+

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POKÉMON TRAINER GUESS CHAMPIONS EDITION

Using speech recognition — no buttons or reading involved — this Poké Ball will guess which Pokémon you're thinking of by asking elimination questions. It can guess 136 Pokémon, each associated with a Gym Leader, Elite Four member, or Champion.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $24.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME: SCARLET & VIOLET ELITE TRAINER BOX

The latest expansion in the Pokémon Trading Card Game takes Trainers on a journey in the all-new Paldea region. Each box contains everything they need to play and collect, including nine booster packs, a full-art foil promo card, gameplay accessories, and more.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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EEVEE SQUISHMALLOWS PLUSH

This 12-inch Eevee Squishmallows plush is available to preorder now. | Source: Jazwares

This new Squishmallows plush features Eevee's fluffy tail. | Source: Jazwares

Exclusive to the Pokémon Center, this 12-inch Evee Squishmallow is soft, squishable, and ready to cuddle. Evee is poised for battle or a snuggle. This Squishmallow is perfect for cuddling, traveling, or acting out your favorite Pokémon scenes.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $29.99
  • Age:
  • 3+

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POKÉMON TCG: SCARLET & VIOLET-TWILIGHT MASQUERADE POKÉMON CENTER ElITE TRAINER BOX

This expansion includes 11 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet — Twilight Masquerade booster packs, a full-art foil promo card featuring Teal Mask Ogerpon with a Pokémon Center logo, a full-art foil promo card featuring Teal Mask Ogerpon, 65 card sleeves featuring Ogerpon, 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards, a player's guide, 6 damage-counter dice, a competition-legal coin-flip…

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $59.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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POKÉMON TCG SCARLET & VIOLET — STELLAR CROWN EXPANSION

This Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) expansion pack includes Stellar Tera Pokémon ex, each with a special stellar attack with names inspired by gemstones. Each card features crystalline illustration and qualities! The pack also introduced Archaludon, Hydrapple, and Legendary Pokémon Terapagos.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $4.49-161.64
  • Age:
  • 6+

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POKÉMON TCG: STELLAR CROWN ELITE TRAINER BOX

In the newest Pokémon TCG expansion, trainers will meet the Legendary Pokémon Terapagos and other fan-favorites in their Tera Stellar ex forms.

Product Facts

  • MSRP:
  • $49.99
  • Age:
  • 6+

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Steph Szulborski

Steph Szulborski

Steph is an editorial assistant for The Toy Book, The Toy Insider, and The Pop Insider. She has a master's in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism from The New School, and is passionate about the importance of play and having fun! When she's not at the office, you can find her tending to her window sill garden of carnivorous plants, hosting craft nights with friends, shiny hunting Pokemon, or showing off goofy pictures of her dog, Chips.

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