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Toyste Beach has 10 cards in the newest sets
Where Toyste Beach's work turns up across the most recent Japanese releases.RELEASE30th Celebration lands in 13 days
Every Japanese release confirmed inside the next 60 days.SET NEWSInside Start Deck 100 Battle Collection: 774 cards, 24 chase
What the catalog knows about Start Deck 100 Battle Collection, released 2025-12-19.DEEP DIVE5ban Graphics has 34 cards in the newest sets
Where 5ban Graphics's work turns up across the most recent Japanese releases.24 Pokémon and 6 Mega Evolutions to be added to Pokémon Champions in Regulation Set M-C
Pokémon GO Raid Hour for Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
Raid Hour (also referred to as Legendary Raid Hour) started as an experiment in March 2019. Initially called Legendary Lunch Hour, Niantic set aside one hour on Wednesdays for Trainers to find 5-Star…
Pokémon GO Showcase Tuesday for Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
During Pokémon GO’s Season of Memories in Motion a new feature was introduced – Daily Discoveries. Each day of the week would have different events and/or perks (but only happening Sunday through…
Koraidon & Miraidon! The Great Paldea Race!! - Pokémon Horizons Episode 148 Review - Pokémon (on) Motorcycles
Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Reveals New Illustration Rare and Special Illustration Rare Cards
The Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration expansion has revealed a large selection of new illustration rare and special illustration rare cards ahead of its Sept. 16, 2026 release, showcasing Pokémon in…
Pokémon GO Players Unlock Free Mega Finale Rewards With MEGACOMMUNITY Code
Pokémon GO players have unlocked a free reward code after the community surpassed 1 million check-ins during Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale. The code, MEGACOMMUNITY, can be redeemed through the…
Mega Chesnaught Makes Its Pokémon GO Debut During GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale
Mega Chesnaught has made its Pokémon GO debut during Pokémon GO Fest 2026: Mega Finale, adding the Grass- and Fighting-type Mega Evolution to the mobile game for the first time. The debut was…
Pokémon Masters EX Expands Pasio Towers to 40 Floors Alongside Roll Cake Challenge and Exclusive Sync Pair Scouts
Pokémon Masters EX has expanded Pasio Towers to 40 floors for every type, adding new special rules for more challenging battles and awarding a new title for completing Floor 40. Floor 31 is also a…
Pokémon Sleep Launches Pokémon Wake-up Series With Typhlosion as First Episode
Pokémon Sleep has launched the Pokémon Wake-up Series, a new weekly video series featuring Trainers spending their mornings with Pokémon. The first episode focuses on Typhlosion and is now available,…
Pokémon Sleep to undergo maintenance this week for Version 3.8.0 update — Future update to add new rewards for accumulating Friendship points
Pokémon Masters EX celebrates the expansion of Pasio Towers with multiple Guaranteed Tiered and Ticket Scouts featuring limited-time Sync Pairs
Over a dozen new full art Pokémon TCG cards from the upcoming 30th Celebration expansion revealed
Pokémon Worlds and XP 2026 - The Good, the Bad, and the Room For Improvement
What's GROWING on? A look at Bulbapedia's newest additions from August 2026
Pokémon TCG Pocket – September 2026 Community Week Guide
The Community Week event returns in Pokémon TCG Pocket this month! Centered around the idea of community, these missions will be about making friends, sending thanks, sharing and trading cards, and…
Slumber soundly to newly added tunes from Pokémon Sleep, available for free on Spotify
Morpeko joins Pokémon UNITE
The “hangry” Two-Sided Pokémon Morpeko has joined Pokémon UNITE as its latest playable character! It joins the game as a melee Speedster character that is highly mobile and can burst down fragile…
Glitchless Run of Pokémon TCG GB to feature in NoReset8 Pt.2 speedrunning marathon, raising money for the Virtual Guardians Foundation
Run of Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Stadium to feature in the SpeedDocsAThon Part Two 2026, benefiting Save the Children
Pokémon Centers in Japan prepare for Halloween with new “Pokémon Magic Hour Illusion!” merch collection
Morpeko joins the fray in Pokémon UNITE — Obtain its Unite License via the Research event till September 29th
Past Costume and Variety Sync Pairs return to Pokémon Masters EX in Presents! Limit 1! 5★-Select Scouts until September 12th
Maschiff, Mega Staraptor and more in September Pokémon GO events
September holds some exciting debuts and events for Pokémon GO players; Maschiff, as well as its evolution Mabosstiff, and Mega Staraptor will make their debuts and a special Pokémon Horizons anime…
Pokémon 24-movie Blu-ray collection comes in a Poké Ball-shaped box for $400
Amazon has listed a massive new Pokémon Blu-ray collection, with every feature film from the anime franchise encased in a big Poké Ball. Priced at $399.99 and exclusive to Amazon, there are a total…
Full version of Masayoshi Ōishi's music project, Pokémon All-Stars 1025, now available on the Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel
Pokémon UNITE's newest update, “Drive to Victory”, brings balance adjustments to a variety of Pokémon
Pokémon fans can soon sleep inside a giant Poké Ball in Japan
The Pokémon Company has announced an upcoming collaboration between its wellness mobile app Pokémon Sleep and designer vacation-home brand Not a Hotel. Not a Hotel offers shared ownership of unique…
Cynthia & Milotic return for the Pokémon 30-Year Celebration in Pokémon Masters EX, plus Brendan, Ethan, and Leaf debut new Variety Sync Pairs
Pokémon Bank to finally close down for good on February 25th, 2027
Crazy Feels! This is a Pokémon Contest, Dearie!! - Pokémon Horizons Episode 147 Review - Hit the Feels, Dearie
Trailer aired during PokémonXP Closing Ceremony previews upcoming new Pokémon TCG cards, and teases the next ex★ series of expansions
2027’s Pokémon World Championships will be held in Singapore
With the conclusion of the 2026 Pokémon World Championships yesterday, The Pokémon Company has revealed where next year’s competition will take place. Taking place from August 13-15, 2027,…
All the Pokémon reveals from the Worlds Closing Ceremony
A number of reveals were shared during the closing ceremony of the Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco. They include updates for Pokémon Champions, Pokémon GO and the Pokémon TCG and the…
Four new Pokémon are joining Pokémon UNITE soon
Four new playable Pokémon have been announced for addition in Pokémon UNITE later this year: Morpeko, Toxtricity, Jolteon and Flareon. You can watch some of each Pokémon’s gameplay in the new trailer…
Dual-type cards coming this fall to Pokémon TCG Pocket
New dual-type cards have been teased for mobile game Pokémon TCG Pocket and will debut in October. A Psychic and Fighting-type Mega Mewtwo X ex card was shown off as an example. In addition, upcoming…
Pawniard, Bisharp and Kingambit featured in new Pokémon Scarlet & Violet events
It’s the fourth week of the special four-week Paldea Power Play event and 7-Star Kingambit Tera Raid Battles are here, along with new mass outbreaks, in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet. These…
Final wave of Pokémon Pokopia rewards is now available to redeem
This is the last chance chance for fans to snag Pokémon Pokopia characters, backgrounds and frames from the Nintendo Switch Online app on the Nintendo Switch or Switch 2! These include characters…
Pokémon GO reveals Twilight Trails season
The next season in Pokémon GO has been announced as Twilight Trails and will run from September 8 at 10:00 a.m. to December 1, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. local time. It adds new Pokémon to the game,…
Pokémon GO Spotlight Hour for Thursday, August 27th, 2026
Initially announced on January 31st, 2020, Niantic announced it would begin testing new types of events during February 2020 – Pokémon Spotlight Hour and Mystery Bonus Hour. After testing and user…
Former Pokémon artist James Turner returns to franchise as new Creative Director of Art and Design
James Turner, a former artist for the Pokémon brand and the first Westerner to design a Pokémon, has returned to the franchise after a four-year hiatus. He will be rejoining The Pokémon Company as…
Mew snapshot missions return and Mewtwo event previewed for Pokémon Sleep
Mewtwo will be making its debut in Pokémon Sleep and Mew will be especially helpful its upcoming event. To make sure all players are prepared, Mini Snapshot Surprise Missions will be coming in which…
Farigiraf and Girafarig star in the current Pokémon Scarlet & Violet events
The third week of the special four-week Paldea Power Play event and Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet players can now challenge Farigiraf in 7-Star Tera Raid Battles and find Girafarig and Farigiraf…