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In order to teach beginning players how to play the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]], Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed {{TCG|half deck}}s have been released since the EX Series. After releasing the {{TCG|XY Trainer Kit}} in March 2014, the XY Series also brings the '''XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp vs Wigglytuff''', releasing in November to December 2014. This Trainer Kit features {{p|Bisharp}} and {{p|Wigglytuff}}. The Bisharp Half Deck contains {{ct|Metal}} Pokémon and the | In order to teach beginning players how to play the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]], Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed {{TCG|half deck}}s have been released since the EX Series. After releasing the {{TCG|XY Trainer Kit}} in March 2014, the XY Series also brings the '''XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp vs Wigglytuff''', releasing in November to December 2014. This Trainer Kit features {{p|Bisharp}} and {{p|Wigglytuff}}. The Bisharp Half Deck contains {{ct|Metal}} Pokémon and the Wigglytuff Half Deck features the {{ct|Fairy}}. It also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, a coin, an exclusive deck box, and a code card to unlock the cards in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]]. | ||
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The XY Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game starts off the collection of TCG merchandise centered around Pokémon X and Y, Generation VI, and the Kalos region. Starting in October 2013, a number of products, such as Collector's Tins and Value Boxes, are available for purchasing, containing various promotional cards, booster packs, and other merchandise. Below is a chronological list of all the items released during the XY Series of the Trading Card Game.
Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters
The first product of the XY Series is the Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters--three different Three Pack Blisters featuring each of the three Kalos region starter Pokémon: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. Released October 12, 2013, the same day as Pokémon X and Y, each Blister Pack contains 1 booster pack from the three Black & White Series expansions centered around Team Plasma (Plasma Storm, Plasma Freeze, and Plasma Blast). Each Blister also contains a commemorative collector's pin featuring one of the three starters.
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Kalos Starter Figure Boxes
In addition to the Template:Merch, a trio of Kalos Starter Figure Boxes made their debut on October 12, 2013. Individually named the Chespin Box, Fennekin Box, and Froakie Box, each box contained a commemorative figure and a Sheen Holofoil promotional card featuring their respective Pokémon and three Black & White Series booster packs.
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Kalos Starter Set Decks
Instead of Theme Decks centered around the main expansion, the Kalos Starter Set Decks (Chespin Deck, Fennekin Deck, Froakie Deck) were released alongside the Legendary Treasures expansion instead. Featuring the three Kalos region starter Pokémon, The Kalos Starter Set Decks are a trio of Theme Decks each with a regular version and a deluxe version. Released on November 8, 2013, each deck includes damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online. The Deluxe versions also contain a booster pack from the Black & White Series.
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Sylveon Collection
Another product released was the Sylveon Collection on November 15, 2013. This collection features the debut of the Intertwining Pokémon, Sylveon, in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Included in the box is a brand new Sylveon promotional card, a Sylveon figure, a single basic Fairy Energy, four booster packs from the Black & White Series, as well as Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards for Eevee, and each of the other 7 Eeveelutions. The eight reprints originate from a Japanese promotion in November 2012, in which the eight promotional cards were released in a special File Collection as part of the 2012 Pokémon Center Eevee Collection campaign. Eevee is a reprint from Plasma Freeze, while the 7 other Eeveelutions are reprints from Dark Explorers.
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- Sylveon (XY Promo 4; Sheen Holofoil)
- Leafeon (BW Promo 87; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Flareon (BW Promo 88; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Vaporeon (BW Promo 89; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Glaceon (BW Promo 90; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Jolteon (BW Promo 91; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Espeon (BW Promo 92; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Umbreon (BW Promo 93; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Eevee (BW Promo 94; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Kalos Starter Collection
Available starting in December 2013 were the Kalos Starter Collections. These collections were yet another option available to those looking for the Kalos Starter Set. Included in each Kalos Starter Collection is the 60 card Chespin Deck, Fennekin Deck, or Froakie Deck, a card checklist for the Kalos Starter Set, a coin featuring one of the three Kalos starter Pokémon, a 2-player playmat and rulesheet, 2 Black & White Series booster packs, a code card that unlocks the respective deck online, as well as one of the three Collector's Pins available in the Template:Merch. However, this variation of the Kalos Starter Set merchandise only has each Stage 2 Pokémon as a Sheen Holofoil card, instead of the entire evolutionary family of the Kalos starter Pokémon.
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Kalos Starter Sleeves
Released shortly after the XY Series began, the Kalos Starter Sleeves were a series of sleeves manufactured by Ultra Pro, featuring the three starters of the Kalos region: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. The sleeves came in packs of 65, and featured generic stock artwork by Ken Sugimori, the same artwork used for the Template:Merch released alongside the sleeves.
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Kalos Starter Sleeves
Alongside the Kalos Starter Sleeves were a set of matching deckboxes, the Kalos Starter Deckboxes. Also produced by Ultra Pro, they featured the three starters of the Kalos region: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. The deckboxes are able to fit a sleeved deck of cards with some additional space for things like extra sleeves or cards. Each deckbox contains a fitted divider to keep contains from mixing. They feature the same stock Ken Sugimori artwork as the Template:Merch.
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Kalos Binders
The Kalos-themed Binders were a trio of binders by Ultra Pro released near the start of the XY Series. There were three different types available: a 4-Pocket Portfolio, a 9-Pocket Portfolio, and a 3-Ring Binder. The 4-Pocket Portfolio and the 3-Ring Binder feature the Ken Sugimori artwork for the three Kalos starters Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie, while the 9-Pocket Portfolio features Sugimori artwork of the Kalos Legendary Pokémon {Xerneas and Yveltal.
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Kalos Legends Playmat
The Kalos Legends Playmat is a playmat by Ultra Pro released early on in the XY Series, at the same time as the Template:Merch, Template:Merch, and the Template:Merch. This playmat, retailing at a price of $20.00, features the Ken Sugimori artwork of Xerneas and Yveltal.
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XY Theme Decks
The second set of Theme Decks released during the XY Series are the two for the XY expansion. Made available starting February 5, 2014, the Resilient Life and Destruction Rush Theme Decks feature the two Legendary Pokémon of the Kalos region: the Life Pokémon Xerneas and the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal. Resilient Life features both Fairy-type and Psychic-type Pokémon, while Destruction Rush features Darkness-type and Fighting-type Pokémon. Each deck includes an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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XY Blisters
In addition to the Template:Merch, alongside the expansion on February 5, 2014, six different XY Blisters made their way to store shelves. The six different Blisters include pairs of Single Pack Blisters, Two Pack Blisters, and Three Pack Blisters, each featuring exclusive Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards and coin. The two Single Pack Blisters each feature one booster pack as well as a Cosmos Holofoil print of either Dragon Vault Salamence or Plasma Freeze Dragonite. The Two Pack Blisters, much like the Template:Merch, each feature a trio of exclusive Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards. The first features Dark Explorers Venusaur, Boundaries Crossed Charizard, and Plasma Blast Blastoise, while the second features Dragon Vault Dragonite, and Dragons Exalted Garchomp and Hydreigon. The two Three Pack Blisters feature Cosmos Holofoil prints of either Dragons Exalted Gyarados or Plasma Storm Gallade.
Upon first release, all the coins included within the Blister Packs were repackaged coins primarily from Noble Victories to Dark Explorers related merchandise. Included within shipments of later packages, however, were new coins exclusive to these Blister Packs. Included in the shipment of Template:Merches were Single Pack Blisters containing newer large-sized coins. A limited release of Black-backed versions of the Xerneas and Yveltal coins included in the Template:Merch were distributed exclusively to Target stores, while a large-sized Black-backed Pikachu coin was distributed to every store that sells these Blister Packs (including Target). The Two Pack Blisters also received an additional shipment, included this time with the Flashfire expansion products, that included a Large-sized, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil, Black-backed Deoxys Coin within the Kanto starter evolution Blister Pack and a Large-sized, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil, Black-backed Genesect Coin within the Dragon-type Blister Pack.
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- Salamence (Dragon Vault 8; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Dragonite (Plasma Freeze 83; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Venusaur (Dark Explorers 3; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Charizard (Boundaries Crossed 20; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Blastoise (Plasma Blast 16; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Dragonite (Dragon Vault 5; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Garchomp (Dragons Exalted 91; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Hydreigon (Dragons Exalted 98; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gyarados (Dragons Exalted 24; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gallade (Plasma Storm 61; Cosmos Holofoil)
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XY Elite Trainer Box
XY brings the third installment of the Elite Trainer Box. Released alongside the XY Theme Decks and Blisters, the Elite Trainer Box comes in two varieties: one featuring Xerneas and one featuring Yveltal. In addition to the same contents as the Template:Merch, the XY Elite Trainer Box adds Fairy Energy into the stock of basic Energy. Each Box also contains 65 themed card sleeves, 2 acrylic Special Condition markers, 6 dice as damage counters, 1 large die for coin flips, 4 dividers, the XY Player's Guide detailing the XY expansion, and a collector's box.
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XY Portfolios
Also released with the XY expansion on February 5, 2014 were the expansion's 9-Pocket and 4-Pocket Portfolios, the second pair released for the XY Series. Both binders feature the expansion's 5ban Graphics promotional artwork of Xerneas and Yveltal; however, the 4-Pocket Portfolio features the booster pack versions while the 9-Pocket Portfolio features the artworks from the Template:Merch. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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XY Three Pack Pin Blisters
Continuing a trend started early in the XY Series are the XY Three Pack Pin Blisters released on February 19, 2014. Featured in each Blister Pack will be an exclusive pin featuring either Xerneas or Yveltal, in addition to three booster packs from the XY expansion.
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Xerneas Figure Collection
Also released on February 19, 2014 was the first of two promotional boxes featuring the Life Pokémon Xerneas. The Xerneas Figure Collection (not to be confused with the Template:Merch) is a promotional box featuring the Legendary Pokémon as a XY Black Star Promotional card, a collectible figure, and four booster packs, 3 from the XY expansion and 1 from Legendary Treasures.
The Xerneas Figure Collection was not available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Yveltal Figure Collection
Alongside the Template:Merch on February 19, 2014 was the Yveltal Figure Collection (not to be confused with the Template:Merch). The first of two boxes featuring the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal, this promotional box features the Legendary Pokémon as a XY Black Star Promotional card, a collectible figure, and four booster packs, 3 from the XY expansion and 1 from Legendary Treasures.
The Yveltal Figure Collection was not available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Xerneas Jumbo Collection
Alongside Template:Merch on February 19, 2014 was the Xerneas Jumbo Collection, a promotional box featuring the Life Pokémon, Xerneas. Each Xerneas Jumbo Collection includes a XY Black Star Promotional Xerneas card as both a regular sized card and a Jumbo sized card, as well as three XY booster packs.
The Xerneas Jumbo Collection was not available in North America, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Yveltal Jumbo Collection
To compliment the Template:Merch on February 19, 2014, there was the Yveltal Jumbo Collection, a promotional box featuring the Destruction Pokémon, Yveltal. Each Yveltal Jumbo Collection includes a XY Black Star Promotional Yveltal card as both a regular sized card and a Jumbo sized card, as well as three XY booster packs.
The Yveltal Jumbo Collection was not available in North America, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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Legends of Kalos Tins
In the month following the release of the XY expansion, specifically on March 12, 2014, a pair of tins named the Legends of Kalos Tins were released. Featuring the Kalos region's mortality duo, the Legends of Kalos Tins include special XY Black Star Promotional reprints with new artwork of the Xerneas-EX and Yveltal-EX Pokémon-EX cards from the XY expansion. Also included in each tin were 4 booster packs as well as a code card for unlocking the promo card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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- Xerneas-EX (XY Promo 7)
- Yveltal-EX (XY Promo 8)
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XY Trainer Kit
- Main article: XY Trainer Kit (TCG)
In order to teach beginning players how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed half decks have been released since the EX Series. The XY Series brings the XY Trainer Kit, released on March 12, 2014. The XY Trainer Kit features Sylveon and Noivern. The Sylveon Half Deck contains Fairy-type Pokémon and the Noivern Half Deck features the Darkness-type and the Psychic-type. It also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, a coin, an exclusive deck box, and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Garchomp-EX Box
Released April 1, 2014 was the Garchomp-EX Box. This promotional box contained the promotional Garchomp-EX card, as both a standard sized and Jumbo Promotional card, in additional to four booster packs: 3 from the XY expansion, and 1 from the Black & White Series.
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- Garchomp-EX (XY Promo 9)
- Garchomp-EX (XY Promo 9; Jumbo)
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Flashfire Theme Decks
The next installment of Theme Decks were for the Flashfire expansion. These two Theme Decks, featuring the Generator Pokémon Heliolisk and the Constraint Pokémon Meowstic, were released alongside the main expansion May 7, 2014. The Brilliant Thunder Heliolisk Theme Deck featured Fire-type and Lightning-type Pokémon, while the Mystic Typhoon Meowstic Theme Deck featured Water-type and Psychic-type Pokémon. As with other Theme Decks, these also included exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil prints of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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Flashfire Blisters
The Flashfire expansion featured its own set of Blister Packs set released alongside the expansion on May 7, 2014. Four different Blister Packs were available: 2 Three Pack Blisters and 2 single Pack Checklane Blisters. The Three Pack Blisters, available in North America for the first time since Boundaries Crossed, featured the original cardboard packaging in favor over the plastic packaging first utilized halfway through the release of the Template:Merch. As the name suggests, three Flashfire booster packs were available in each Blister, along with a coin and either a promotional Plasma Blast Haxorus or a promotional Plasma Blast Machamp. The Single Pack Blisters featured 1 Flashfire pack, 1 coin, and either a Skiddo or Honedge Cosmos Holofoil XY Black Star Promotional card. The coins in these four Blisters were primarily large-sized, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil, Black-backed Xerneas or Yveltal Coins, though some included repackaged coins from earlier Theme Decks.
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- Skiddo (XY Promo 11; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Honedge (XY Promo 12; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Haxorus (Plasma Blast 69; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Machamp (Plasma Blast 49; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Flashfire Portfolios
The third enstallment of Portfolios were released with the Flashfire expansion on May 7, 2014. The 9-Pocket Portfolio feature the promotional 5ban Graphics artwork of both Mega Charizard X and Y, with the 4-Pocket Portfolio featuring the promotional pack artwork of Mega Kangaskhan and Pyroar. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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Charizard-EX Box
Available the same day as the Flashfire expansion, the Charizard-EX Box was released May 7, 2014. This promotional box, similar to the Template:Merch contained a promotional Pokémon-EX, this time Charizard-EX card, as both a standard sized and Jumbo Promotional card, in addition to four booster packs with at least two coming from the Flashfire expansion.
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- Charizard-EX (XY Promo 17)
- Charizard-EX (XY Promo 17; Jumbo)
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Kalos Power Tins
The next trio of tins to be released centered around Pokémon-EX versions of the Kalos region's final starter evolutions: Chesnaught, Delphox, and Greninja. Released June 12, 2014, the Kalos Power Tins contained an exclusive Holofoil promotional print of each Pokémon-EX, four additional booster packs(1 Flashfire, 1 XY, 1 Plasma Blast and 1 Plasma Freeze), and a code card for the online TCG simulator.
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- Chesnaught-EX (XY Promo 18)
- Delphox-EX (XY Promo 19)
- Greninja-EX (XY Promo 20)
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Pyroar Box
The Royal Pokémon Pyroar was the feature of June's Pyroar Box. This box, released on June 25, contains an exclusive Holofoil promotional Pyroar card, as well as 3 booster packs from the XY Series, Holofoil prints of the Flashfire Trainer cards Fiery Torch and Blacksmith, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, and a Quick Guide for players to utilize in making a Fire-type centric deck.
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- Pyroar (XY Promo 26; Sheen Holofoil)
- Blacksmith (Flashfire 88; Sheen Holofoil)
- Fiery Torch (Flashfire 89; Sheen Holofoil)
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Krookodile-EX Box
Following the trend set by the Template:Merch and the Template:Merch, the Krookodile-EX Box was released July 2014. This promotional box conatins a promotional Krookodile Pokémon-EX as both a standard sized and Jumbo Promotional card in addition to four booster packs, two from Flashfire and two from XY.
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- Krookodile-EX (XY Promo 25)
- Krookodile-EX (XY Promo 25; Jumbo)
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Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Blisters
Being skipped for the Flashfire expansion, a trio of Mega Evolution themed Pin Blisters were released in July 2014 to celebrate Mega Charizard and Mega Lucario, the featured Pokémon for the two nearby sets, Flashfire and Furious Fists. Originally planned for August 2014, the Blisters were originally going to contain three booster packs from each of the three XY expansions, but with the release date pushed forward to July, Furious Fists was not yet released, causing two Flashfire packs to be included instead. As the name suggests, three different Three Pack Blisters were released including a pin of either Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, or Mega Lucario.
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Furious Fists Theme Decks
The Furious Fists expansion, released on August 13, 2014, featured its own pair of Theme Decks. The Pangoro Dark Hammer Theme Deck featured this Daunting Pokémon and the Fighting-type and Darkness-types, and the Sylveon Enchanted Echo Theme Deck featured the Intertwining Pokémon and the Grass-type and Fairy-types. As with other Theme Decks, these also included exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil prints of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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Furious Fists Blisters
Released alongside the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014 were several sets of different Blister Packs including two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. The two different Three Pack Blisters were released with either a Trevenant or a Slurpuff Cosmos Holofoil XY Promo, three Furious Fists booster packs, and one large-sized coin. The two Checklane Single Pack Blisters contained either a Cosmos Holofoil Gogoat XY Promo or a Cosmos Holofoil print of Zoroark from Legendary Treasures as the promotional card, a repackaged large-sized coin, and one booster pack from the expansion.
At the beginning of September 2014, a pair of Two Pack Blisters were released, each containing two packs from the expansion, a repackaged coin, and three different Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards each, all originally released in Boundaries Crossed. The Packs contained either Electivire, Dusknoir, and Scizor, or Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott. All the cards are exclusive to this product except for the Dusknoir, which was also released in the Template:Merch.
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- Trevenant (XY Promo 14; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Slurpuff (XY Promo 15; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Gogoat (XY Promo 16; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Zoroark (Legendary Treasures 90; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Serperior (Boundaries Crossed 13; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Emboar (Boundaries Crossed 26; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Samurott (Boundaries Crossed 41; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Electivire (Boundaries Crossed 54; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Dusknoir (Boundaries Crossed 63; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Scizor (Boundaries Crossed 94; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Furious Fists Elite Trainer Box
The fourth Elite Trainer Box was released with the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014. It featured Mega Lucario and had the same contents as the Template:Merch: stock of the 9 basic Energy, 65 themed card sleeves, 2 acrylic Special Condition markers, 6 dice as damage counters, 1 large die for coin flips, 4 dividers, the Furious Fists Player's Guide detailing the expansion, and a collector's box.
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Furious Fists Launch Kit
A brand new product that debuted with the Furious Fists expansion went by the name of Furious Fists Launch Kit. This kit contained 2 booster boxes worth of cards (72 booster packs), 4 of each of the Template:Merch, and 16 promotional cards: 8 each of Trevenant and Slurpuff. The Furious Fists Launch Kit costs significantly more than most products due to the sheer volume of product included, and is intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase.
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Furious Fists Portfolios
The Furious Fists expansion released on August 13, 2014 also brought with it a pair of Portfolios featuring the expansion's promotional artwork created by 5ban Graphics. Mega Lucario and Mega Heracross are respectively featured on the front and back of the 9-Pocket Portfolio, while Hawlucha and Tyrantrum are printed on the front and back of the expansion's 4-Pocket Portfolio. Each binder includes 10 pages with either 9 pockets or 4 pockets for cards.
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Mega Charizard Collection
In a similar vein to the earlier released Template:Merch and Template:Merch, an additional pair of figure boxes were released featuring the two different Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this 4 booster pack box contained a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and a figure depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y. It was not available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, just like the Mortality duo figure boxes, with the Template:Merch taking its place.
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- Charizard (Legendary Treasures 19; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Mega Charizard Box
In a similar vein to the earlier released Template:Merch and Template:Merch, an additional pair of Jumbo boxes were released featuring the two different Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this 3 booster pack box contained a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and a Jumbo card depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y from the Flashfire expansion. It was only be available outside of North America due to safety concerns with the promotional figure, just like the Mortality duo Jumbo boxes, with the Template:Merch taking its place in North America.
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- Charizard (Legendary Treasures 19; Cosmos Holofoil)
- M-Charizard-EX (Flashfire 13; Jumbo)
- M-Charizard-EX (Flashfire 69; Jumbo)
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Elite Trainer Deck Shields
In response to a survey held on The PokéGym, The Pokémon Company International designed a product named the Elite Trainer Deck Shields. These installments to the Elite Trainer Series of products, available late August 2014, were metal tins for carrying around a deck plus a storage compartment in the lid to hold dice and damage counters. The product also was packaged with 2 booster packs. The first of two variants featured Xerneas and Yveltal while the second features Mega Charizard X and Y.
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Ancient Power Box
At the start of September 2014, the Ancient Power Box was released. Featuring several Pokémon first introduced in the Furious Fists expansion, this promotional box contained special Cosmos Holofoil promotional prints of Fossil Pokémon related cards: Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, and Aurorus, in addition to the new Supporter card, Fossil Researcher. The box came with 3 booster packs (2 Furious Fists and 1 Flashfire), and a Quick Guide to help players with the Restored Pokémon mechanic.
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- Amaura (Furious Fists 25; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Aurorus (Furious Fists 26; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Tyrunt (Furious Fists 61; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Tyrantrum (Furious Fists 62; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Fossil Researcher (Furious Fists 92; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Gym Collector Packs
Released within the shipment of Template:Merches was a new series of Blister Packs exclusive to Target stores called the Gym Collector Packs. Each Gym Collector Pack came with one pack of Flashfire and 20 cards of the featured type, two of which were exclusive Cosmos Holofoil prints of previously released cards. Only four different types are available: Grass-type, Water-type, Lightning-type, and Psychic-type, with the exclusive cards being XY Meadow Vivillon, Gogoat and Raichu, Boundaries Crossed Dusknoir, Dragons Exalted Sigilyph and Milotic, Next Destinies Luxray and Emerging Powers Beartic.
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Play! Pokémon Professor merchandise
With the start of the 2015 Play! Pokémon tournament season, the Pokémon.com's Professor Store for Play! Pokémon reopened on September 23, 2014, providing Professors with exclusive merchandise available to purchase with Professor Points earned from judging Organized Tournaments. The merchandise includes both new merchandise from 2014, as well as older merchandise from previous years that are still relevant to Play! Pokémon. The merchandise available for early in the 2015 tournament season are as follow:
- Energy Pack, available for 15 Professor Points, containing 10 of each basic Energy card (Unnumbered ©2013 print)
- Judge Shirt, available for 50 Professor Points, is the uniform used for National Championships from 2012 onward. It was initially added to the Professor Store March 30, 2012.
- Card Carrying Case, available for 35 Professor Points, is a heavy duty plastic case with 3 dividors for carrying things around. It was initially added to the Professor Store March 30, 2012.
- Professor Coins (×4), available for 15 Professor Points, is a set of the exclusive Professor Coins originally handed out at the 2014 National Championships' Professor Cups.
- Professor Deckbox, available for 25 Professor Points, is an exclusive smoke-colored deckbox with a single card divider. It was initially added to the Professor Store July 18, 2013.
- Professor Dice (×5), available for 20 Professor Points, is a set of translucent six sided dice with the Professor logo on the 1. It was initially added to the Professor Store September 4, 2011.
- Professor Lab Coat, available for 75 Professor Points, is a white lab coat with the Professor logo embroidered on the breast and back. It was initially added September 1, 2009.
- Professor Journal, available for 30 Professor Points, is a 7x10 inch Professor themed notebook with 100 pages. It was initially added January 3, 2013.
- Professor Sleeves, available for 25 Professor Points, are the 2013 set of 65 Titanium tournament sleeves with black Professor logos. It was initially added July 18, 2013.
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Mega Lucario Collection
Originally announced for October 2014, the Mega Lucario Collection was a figure box that came out in mid to late September 2014. This collection featured the Aura Pokémon as both a Mega Evolution figure and a special Cosmos Holofoil Lucario promotional card from the Legendary Treasures expansion. Four booster packs from the XY Series were also included.
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- Lucario (Legendary Treasures 80; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Autumn 2014 Regional Championships merchandise
As the first large-scale event of the 2015 Play! Pokémon tournament season, the Autumn 2014 Regional Championships featured its own run of exclusive merchandise awarded to participants, winners, and staff of the events. Starting the weekend of October 4, 2014, there were six Regional Championships held across North America for three weekends until the weekend of October 18th. Due to the upcoming releases of both Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, and the Phantom Forces expansion, the merchandise featured the Hoenn starters Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip as well as Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric.
Available by means of raffles, side-events, and more, a new playmat featuring the Mega Gengar Phantom Forces artwork by 5ban Graphics was released. Awarded to the Top 8 finishers of each age division was an exclusive Top 8 playmat featuring the 5ban Graphics artwork of Mega Manectric. This playmat has a Top 8 stamp in the bottom left corner. Staff of the event were given a Staff stamped print of the same Mega Manectric playmat. Top finishers were also awarded packs of 65 exclusive Mega Gengar Play! Pokémon sleeves, as well as a Play! Pokémon deckbox featuring the artwork of the two Mega Pokémon. Additionally, a trio of hats were made available in raffles, side-events, etc. These hats featured artwork of either Treecko, Torchic, or Mudkip. Each player was given an exclusive Crosshatch Holofoil print of Honedge from the XY expansion, with staff given a Staff stamped print of the card for their services.
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EX Power Trio Tins
Early October 2014 brought to the Pokémon Trading Card Game a new trio of Pokémon-EX Tins, this time named the EX Power Trio Tins. This group of tins featured the Kanto starter Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise as a reprinted Pokémon-EX originally released in the XY or Flashfire expansions. Each print features new artwork done by the original artist, Eske Yoshinob, and is an alternate artwork to the prints of the cards originating from Collection X (Venusaur-EX), Collection Y (Blastoise-EX), and Wild Blaze (Charizard-EX) in Japan. Each tin contained 2 Furious Fists packs, 1 Flashfire pack, and 1 Plasma Blast pack.
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- Venusaur-EX (XY Promo 28)
- Charizard-EX (XY Promo 29)
- Blastoise-EX (XY Promo 30)
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Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack
Exclusive to GameStop stores starting October 13, 2014 will be the Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack, a product coinciding with a Shiny Gengar distribution starting on the same day. The Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack will feature a Sheen Holofoil of the Gengar Spirit Link Trainer card from the Phantom Forces expansion as well as two booster packs, one from Flashfire and one from Furious Fists.
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- Gengar Spirit Link (Phantom Forces 95; Sheen Holofoil)
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Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs Yveltal
October 2014 also brings with it a new type of product, named the Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs Yveltal. This pair of decks are themed around the mortality duo as two 60-card Theme Decks that each contain a never before seen promotional card of their respectively featured Pokémon, Xerneas or Yveltal. Twenty of the cards will be Holofoil. The product also comes with, 2 metallic coins, a 2-player playmat and rulesheet, 1 code card to play these decks on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, 2 deckboxes, 2 sets of damage counters, and 1 Quick Guide to help players bolster their strategies.
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2014 World Championships Decks
The 2014 World Championships Decks will be released in late October 2014, a few months after the 2014 World Championships. These four decks will be chosen from the 12 Quarter-Finalists split between the 3 age groups from the Championships, each representing a different winning deck archetype used in the tournament. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2014 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a non-tournament-legal print of the sixty card deck, and the 2014 World Championships Pin.
Three of the decks are currently known, being Junior Champion Haruto Kobayashi's Team Plasma deck, Senior Champion Trent Orndorff's Trevenant/Accelgor deck, and Masters Champion Andrew Estrada's Virizion/Genesect deck. The fourth player included within the release is still not yet known.
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Phantom Forces Theme Decks
The fourth expansion of the XY Series, Phantom Forces, will release with two new Theme Decks for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Available starting November 5, 2014, the Talonflame Theme Deck Burning Winds and the Galvantula Theme Deck Bolt Twister feature these two Pokémon, the Fire-type and Lightning-type respectively, as well as the Grass-type and Psychic-types respectively. Each deck includes an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, in addition to damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon, and a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online.
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Phantom Forces Blisters
In addition to the Template:Merch, alongside the expansion on November 5, 2014, various Phantom Forces Blisters will make their debut. Currently, only the two Three Pack Blisters, and one of the two Single Pack Blisters are known. The pair of Three Pack Blisters will contain three booster packs from Phantom Forces, a coin, and either XY Black Star Promotional Shiftry, a card originating as a Japanese promotional card released within the May 2014-July 2014 Pokémon Card Gym pack, or Darkrai, another card originating as an XY-P Promo in Japan, available to those who preordered tickets to see the seventeenth movie in theaters. More Blisters will be revealed closer to the release date of the expansion. The currently known Single Pack Blister will contain an exclusive Holofoil print of Talonflame from the XY expansion
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Phantom Forces Elite Trainer Box
Because of a successful reception among fans, Phantom Forces brings the fifth installment of the Elite Trainer Box, the first to be released in a consectutive set as the previous installment. Released alongside the Phantom Forces Theme Decks and Blisters, this Elite Trainer Box features the Mega Evolution of Gengar. In addition to the same contents as the Template:Merch, the Phantom Forces Elite Trainer Box includes stock of each basic Energy, 65 Mega Gengar themed card sleeves, 2 acrylic Special Condition markers, 6 dice as damage counters, 1 large die for coin flips, 4 dividers, the Phantom Forces Player's Guide detailing the Phantom Forces expansion, and a collector's box.
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Phantom Forces Launch Kit
The second installment of the Launch Kit comes with the Phantom Forces expansion. This kit will contain 2 booster boxes worth of cards (72 booster packs), 4 of each of the Template:Merch, and 16 promotional cards, presumably the two promotional cards released in the Template:Merch due to the contents of the Template:Merch. The Launch Kit is intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase.
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Phantom Forces Collector's Album
The Phantom Forces expansion will also include the release of a themed 60-card Collector's Album. The cover features both Mega Lucario and Mega Gengar, and it will be packaged with one pack from the expansion.
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Phantom Forces Portfolios
Being released with the Phantom Forces expansion on November 5, 2014 will also be the set's 9-Pocket and 4-Pocket Portfolio. The 9-Pocket Portfolio features 5ban Graphics's booster pack artwork of Mega Gengar and Mega Manectric, while the 4-Pocket Portfolio utilizes the Galvantula and Talonflame artwork created for the Template:Merch. Each binder has 10 pages, allowing for the storage of 180 cards in the 9-Pocket and 80 cards in the 4-Pocket.
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XY Nine-Pocket Pro-Binders
November 2014 will bring the release of two new Nine-Pocket Pro-Binders by Ultra-Pro, the first to be themed specifically around Pokémon. Much like their more generic solid color binders, these two binders are made out of black web material, have side-loading pockets, and an elastic strap to keep the binder shut. Coming in two designs, one will exclusively feature Pikachu and the other will feature many different type and Pokémon silhouettes.
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XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff
- Main article: XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp & Wigglytuff (TCG)
In order to teach beginning players how to play the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Trainer Kits with two pre-constructed half decks have been released since the EX Series. After releasing the XY Trainer Kit in March 2014, the XY Series also brings the XY Trainer Kit: Bisharp vs Wigglytuff, releasing in November to December 2014. This Trainer Kit features Bisharp and Wigglytuff. The Bisharp Half Deck contains Metal-type Pokémon and the Wigglytuff Half Deck features the Fairy-type. It also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, a coin, an exclusive deck box, and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Collector Chest
Adding to the products being released in November is the Collector Chest (also known as the Treasure Tin). The Collector Chest will contain a variety of new merchandise not released before in TCG merchandise. The first product to feature Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Collector Chest features Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre on the front, and will contain 5 booster packs, 3 foil preview cards featuring Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip, a coin, 2 sticker sheets including Legendary Pokémon, a mini album to store cards, a Pokémon notepad, 4 pencils with a unique Pokémon design, and a bonus code card for the Pokémon TCG Online.
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Hoenn Collection
The second product to feature Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Hoenn Collection will also be released in November 2014. The Hoenn Collection will feature Jumbo prints of either Primal Groudon-EX or Primal Kyogre-EX, 3 promotional cards of Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip, a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, 3 booster packs from XY Series expansions, and a collector's pin of the Hoenn starters.
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- Primal Groudon-EX (Jumbo)
- Primal Kyogre-EX (Jumbo)
- Treecko (XY Promo)
- Torchic (XY Promo)
- Mudkip (XY Promo)
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Mega Metagross-EX Premium Collection
Featuring Shiny Mega Metagross, the Mega Metagross-EX Premium Collection, being released on November 19 2014, will feature a comparatively large number of contents than any other TCG product before. This Collection will contain both a Shiny Metagross-EX and a Mega Metagross-EX promotional card, a jumbo Mega Metagross-EX promo, a Shiny Mega Metagross playmat, a Metagross coin, 8 booster packs, and a code card to unlock the promos online.
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Gallade-EX Box
Following in the footsteps left by the Template:Merch, the Gallade-EX Box will be released in January 2015. This box will contain the Gallade-EX promotional card from Japan's third Pokémon Card Gym XY-P Promotional pack and will release it as both a regular sized card and Jumbo card. The box will also contain 4 booster packs from recent XY Series expansions, and a bonus code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Mega Diancie Box
To be released January 14, 2015 will be the Mega Diancie Box. Featuring the Jewel Pokémon Diancie, the Mega Diancie Box will contain an exclusive Mega Diancie-EX promotional card as both a regular sized and Jumbo card, a Diancie playmat, pin and 5 booster packs from recent expansions.
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XY Pikachu Sleeves
To be available in late January 2015, a new pair of sleeves by Ultra Pro will feature the Ken Sugimori artwork of Pikachu. Much like the Template:Merch, they will be available in packs of 65.
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