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The 115-plus-card set launches July 17 with Mega Darkrai ex as its Mega Hyper Rare; Walmart preorders span ETBs, 36-pack booster boxes, bundles, blisters and Build & Battle boxes.
The $10.99 blister includes three cosmos holo cards, two booster packs and a coin; the $5.49 portfolio includes one Pitch Black pack. Both arrive October 2.
The October blister includes three foil reprints, a plastic coin and two booster packs, with an expected US MSRP of $10.99; an exact release date remains unconfirmed.
A Walmart shopper found Pitch Black three-pack blisters and an ETB, then returned to a Honda Civic damaged alongside four other cars; the opened packs yielded several Illustration Rares.
Dhelmise’s 170-damage Hide & Sneak attack, the draw Supporter Gwynn, and Gladion’s Final Battle rank among the set’s competitive standouts ahead of Worlds.
Five cards from the 115-plus-card expansion are previewed, including Mega Chandelure ex, Mega Delphox ex, and Mega Darkrai ex, ahead of its July 17, 2026 release.
Five cards are previewed ahead of the July 17 launch, including Mega Chandelure ex, Mega Delphox ex and Mega Darkrai ex; the expansion contains more than 115 cards.
The complete digital card list is available ahead of the set’s July 17, 2026 launch.
Existing preorders will automatically receive the lower final price, matching Pitch Black, while cancelled policy-violating orders will fund one last allocation in the coming weeks.
Pitch Black arrives July 17, led by an AKIRA EGAWA-illustrated Darkrai SIR; the set also gives Bastiodon and Goldeen their first full-art cards.
The ETB contains nine booster packs, a Zarude promo and Mega Darkrai accessories; the 120-card set enters wide release July 17 after prerelease began July 4.
Pitch Black arrives July 17, with packs preselling at $10.40 and 36-pack booster boxes at $281.24, or $7.81 per pack—the guide’s best current value.
Mega Excadrill ex uses Undermine for 90 damage and mills two cards, while Maximum Drilling can reach 330 damage. The expansion releases July 17, 2026.
Five cards are previewed ahead of the 115-plus-card set’s July 17, 2026 release, including Mega Excadrill ex and the first Darkness-type Chi-Yu in the TCG.
The 115-plus-card set arrives July 17, with prereleases from July 4 and six Mega Evolution Pokémon ex; Mega Darkrai ex’s gold and Special Illustration Rare cards lead the chase lineup.
Gladion’s Showdown boosts the next attack by a non-Rule Box Pokémon by 80 damage when played as your final hand card; its SIR connects with Silvally artwork in Abyss Eye.
Yuka Morii’s clay-art Mankey will appear in Pitch Black, releasing July 17 with prerelease events from July 4; the expansion includes 11 illustration rares and six special illustration rares.
The first Abyss Eye secret rares include Fomantis #082, Armarouge #083, Mega Chandelure ex #113 and two Mega Darkrai ex cards; the Japanese set launches May 22.
The three Illustration Rares are numbered 082, 083 and 084 in Japan’s May 22 set; their artwork will reach English collectors in Pitch Black on July 17.
All 81 main-set cards are now known ahead of Pitch Black’s English release on July 17, 2026, though its secret rares remain mostly unrevealed.