New Pokémon Trading Card Game: Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together Expansion Coming Soon, Reintroducing Trainer’s Pokémon

LONDON, U.K. — Jan. 9, 2025 — Today, The Pokémon Company International announced that the new expansion for the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together, will launch March 28, 2025, at participating retailers worldwide, including Pokémon Center, the premier online destination for official Pokémon merchandise. First introduced in the Pokémon TCG: Gym Heroes expansion, Trainer’s Pokémon will return to the Pokémon TCG in Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together, as initially revealed during the 2024 Pokémon World Championships.

Trainer’s Pokémon cards will showcase the special bond shared between a powerful Pokémon Trainer and their Pokémon, with each card displaying the Trainer’s name. Players can also discover unique artwork featuring various Trainers in illustration rare, ultra rare, special illustration rare, and hyper rare cards. In Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together, players can look forward to collecting and playing with new Trainer’s Pokémon cards, including N’s Zoroark ex, Lillie’s Clefairy ex, Iono’s Bellibolt ex and Hop’s Zacian ex.

Noteworthy cards from Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together include:

  • Four Trainer’s Pokémon ex
  • 16 Pokémon ex
  • 11 illustration rare Pokémon
  • Six special illustration rare Pokémon
  • Three hyper rare gold etched cards

Players can find Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and various collections at Pokémon Center and participating retailers worldwide. Select products from the expansion are now available for preorder at Pokémon Center in the U.S.Canada and the U.K., including the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box and the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together Enhanced Booster Display Box, which includes a bonus illustration rare-style card featuring N’s Reshiram with the Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together logo.

Pokémon TCG players will have the opportunity to play with Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together before launch by attending one of the many Prerelease tournaments held as part of the Play! Pokémon program, taking place beginning March 15 at participating independent retailers.

In addition, ahead of the release of the tabletop version, Trainers will be able to play with Scarlet & Violet—Journey Together digitally starting March 27, 2025, via the Pokémon TCG Live app for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows devices. Players can collect and battle with new Trainer’s Pokémon cards and receive in-game bonuses when logging in to the app.

To learn more about the Pokémon TCG, please visit Pokemon.com/TCG.

Vic

Editor / Writer / Producer For Drop the Spotlight

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