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Alakazam/Dusknoir took both finalist spots at Frankfurt Regionals after Mateusz Łaszkiewicz's Worlds Top 8 run. The build uses three Strange Timepiece, but Dragapult remains a tough matchup.
Isaiah Bradner revisits his Mega Excadrill ex list after Baltimore Regionals, where his group faced no Alakazam/Dudunsparce decks across 36 combined rounds.
The three-player team tournament will host up to 2,000 entrants in Seoul on January 23–24, 2027, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2027 World Championships.
Mega Excadrill ex took just over 4% of the Worlds field and earned no Top 32 finishes despite its 340 HP, 330-damage attack and favorable Dragapult ex matchup.
Andrew Hedrick won the 2026 World Championships with Dragapult ex after a 2-2 start, while Crustle posted a 40% Day 2 conversion rate and Alakazam placed eight decks in the Top 32.
Pokémon: Wild Card, directed by Katsuhiko Kitada and produced by CloverWorks and Story Inc., follows a TCG player and Mimikyu in a cyberpunk setting and is planned for 2027 or later.
Alakazam placed second and earned multiple Top 32 finishes at Worlds, while Henry Chao’s Dusknoir-based Dragapult ex deck reached the Top 4 ahead of upcoming Regionals.
Champions League 2027 will award Worlds 2027 invitations to the top eight Masters players, up from four; Junior, Senior, and Open qualification remains top four.
Andrew Hedrick’s Dragapult ex defeated Diego Cassiraga’s Alakazam in the 2026 Worlds final after Dragapult represented 43% of the field.
Andrew Hedrick won the 2026 World Championships with Dragapult ex, while Raging Bolt ex reached the Masters Top 8 and Seniors finals.
Gabriel Smart ranks Slowking fifth among his best decks entering the 2026–2027 season after his Worlds run ended in the win-and-in round in San Francisco.
Pokémon ex★ was unveiled at the 2026 World Championships in San Francisco, with the 2027 series promising a new mechanic built around Pokémon ex cards.
Pokémon: Wild Card will follow an unnamed TCG competitor partnered with Mimikyu, with CloverWorks animating for a 2027 Japanese theatrical release through Toho.
Singapore will host Worlds from Aug. 13–15, 2027, with TCG, VGC and Pokémon GO competition at Singapore Expo and grand finals at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Pokémon teased the ex★ series at the Worlds 2026 closing ceremony, featuring Raikou, Entei and Suicune; at least three more Mega Evolution sets are expected first, with no ex★ release date confirmed.
Worlds 2026 unveiled Mega Lucario Z ex and the new ex★ card series, confirmed Singapore as the 2027 host, and dated Pokémon Champions’ Z Mega Evolutions for September 9.
Pokémon: Wild Card follows a TCG player and his partner Mimikyu, was produced with CloverWorks, and is scheduled to premiere in 2027.
The animated feature follows a TCG player and partner Mimikyu, with Story Inc. and CloverWorks producing for a 2027 release after its San Francisco Worlds announcement.
The closing ceremony unveiled the ex★ TCG series and Mega Lucario Z, confirmed Singapore for Worlds 2027, and announced the Pokémon Wild Card movie for 2027 alongside several game updates.
The CloverWorks-animated film follows a Pokémon TCG player pursuing a championship, with Mimikyu and its card featured in the 39-second teaser; release begins in 2027.
