{"id":274193,"date":"2026-01-08T14:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/274193\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:24:06","slug":"media-alert-pokemon-trading-card-game-mega-evolution-perfect-order-launching-soon-featuring-debut-of-new-mega-evolution-pokemon-ex-in-the-pokemon-tcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/274193\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ALERT: Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game: Mega Evolution\u2014Perfect Order Launching Soon, Featuring Debut of New Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9mon ex in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{ed6a584d-96e4-419e-bc4f-b8b3775eeb43}{9}\" paraid=\"1265636147\"><strong>Jan. 8, 2026<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> The Pok\u00e9mon Company International announced today that a new expansion for the bestselling Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card game (TCG), Mega Evolution\u2014Perfect Order, will be available at participating retailers around the world beginning March 27, 2026.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPok\u00e9mon TCG: Mega Evolution\u2014Perfect Order will introduce more Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9mon, as first discovered in the Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A video game, to the Pok\u00e9mon TCG. In addition, this will be the first Pok\u00e9mon TCG expansion from the Mega Evolution Series to be set in Lumiose City, where the Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A video game intrigue takes place.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn Mega Evolution\u2014Perfect Order, players can look forward to discovering four powerful Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9mon ex appearing in the Pok\u00e9mon TCG for the first time: Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Starmie ex, Mega Clefable ex and Mega Skarmory ex. Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9mon ex are powerful Pok\u00e9mon cards equipped with high HP and attack damage, but they give up three Prize cards when Knocked Out.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNoteworthy cards from the expansion include:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Four Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9mon ex<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>11 illustration rare Pok\u00e9mon<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>18 ultra rare Pok\u00e9mon and Trainer cards\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Six special illustration rare Pok\u00e9mon and Supporter cards<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p paraeid=\"{ed6a584d-96e4-419e-bc4f-b8b3775eeb43}{203}\" paraid=\"1132744671\">\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPlayers can find Mega Evolution\u2014Perfect Order\u00a0in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and various collections at participating retailers worldwide.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPok\u00e9mon TCG players will have the opportunity to play with Mega Evolution\u2014Perfect Order\u00a0before launch by attending one of the many\u00a0<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/us\/play-pokemon\/pokemon-events\/pre-release-tournaments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prerelease tournaments<\/a>\u00a0held as part of the\u00a0<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/us\/play-pokemon\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play! Pok\u00e9mon<\/a>\u00a0program, taking place beginning March 14, 2026, at participating independent\u00a0<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/locator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">retailers<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAhead of the release of the tabletop version, players will be able to play with\u00a0Mega Evolution\u2014 Perfect Order\u00a0digitally starting March 26, 2026, via the\u00a0<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/tcg.pokemon.com\/en-us\/tcgl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG Live<\/a>\u00a0app for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows devices. Players can collect and battle with new Mega Evolution Pok\u00e9mon ex and receive in-game bonuses when logging in to the app.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTo learn more about the Pok\u00e9mon TCG, please visit\u202f<a class=\"gp-autolink\" href=\"https:\/\/tcg.pokemon.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pokemon.com\/TCG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Jan. 8, 2026 \u2014 The Pok\u00e9mon Company International announced today that a new expansion for the bestselling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-274193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115859938583989902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}