Sword & Shield Build & Battle Box (TCG)

Sword & Shield Build & Battle Box
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The Sword & Shield Build & Battle Box is a special product given to participants at the start of Prerelease Tournaments for the Sword & Shield expansion. These tournaments were held on the two weekends prior to the release of the expansion: January 25-26, and February 1-2, 2020. The boxes were later made available to purchase at retail stores on February 21, 2020. Each box contains a random set of predetermined cards designed to enhance the experience of the Limited format events in which they were initially distributed.

Included in each Build & Battle Box is a 23-card Evolution pack that includes one of four specially stamped Prerelease cards for the expansion, as well as four booster packs. The Prerelease cards for the Sword & Shield expansion are Rillaboom, Frosmoth, Galarian Perrserker, and Cinccino, with each containing a group of Pokémon cards that are focused around the following types respectively: Grass-type, Water-type, Metal-type, and Darkness-type.

The Sword & Shield Build & Battle Boxes provided exclusive Non Holofoil versions of cards only available as Holofoil in Sword & Shield booster packs: Rillaboom, Inteleon, Galarian Obstagoon, Marnie, and Professor's Research. Marnie & Professor's Research would later become more available in various preconstructed Theme Decks, League Battle Decks and Trainer Toolkits. Inteleon would later become available in the Inteleon V League Battle Deck.

Box structure

Section 1

Each Build & Battle Box included two of the following four different groups of Pokémon cards, with one group always coinciding with the included Prerelease promo.

Rillaboom group No. Mark Card Type Quantity 11/202 Grookey 3× 13/202 Thwackey 2× 14/202 Rillaboom 1× 140/202 Snorlax 1× 163/202 Evolution Incense I 1× 167/202 Lucky Egg I 1× Frosmoth group No. Mark Card Type Quantity 55/202 Sobble 2× 57/202 Drizzile 2× 58/202 Inteleon 2× 63/202 Snom 1× 163/202 Evolution Incense I 1× 164/202 Great Ball I 1×

Galarian Perrserker group No. Mark Card Type Quantity 127/202 Galarian Meowth 1× 133/202 Pawniard 3× 134/202 Bisharp 3× 179/202 Quick Ball I 1× 181/202 Rotom Bike I 1× Cinccino group No. Mark Card Type Quantity 145/202 Minccino 1× 117/202 Galarian Zigzagoon 3× 118/202 Galarian Linoone 2× 119/202 Galarian Obstagoon 2× 179/202 Quick Ball I 1×

Section 2

Each Build & Battle Box also included an additional random group of 4 of the following Supporter cards, with no more than 2 copies of a particular Supporter.

Supporter cards
No.	Mark	Card	Type	Quantity
165/202		Hop	Su	0-2×
169/202		Marnie	Su	0-2×
173/202		Poké Kid	Su	0-2×
178/202		Professor's Research	Su	0-2×

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