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The only merchandise set to promote the {{TCG|Legendary Treasures}} expansion are the '''Legendary Treasures Blisters''' releasing November 8, 2013. There were four Blister Packs total: two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. Each Three Pack Blister comes with three Legendary Treasures booster packs, a custom coin, and an exclusive Holofoil {{TCG|BW Black Star Promos|BW Black Star Promotional card}}, either {{TCG ID|BW-P Promo|Mew|220}} or | The only merchandise set to promote the {{TCG|Legendary Treasures}} expansion are the '''Legendary Treasures Blisters''' releasing November 8, 2013. There were four Blister Packs total: two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. Each Three Pack Blister comes with three Legendary Treasures booster packs, a custom coin, and an exclusive Holofoil {{TCG|BW Black Star Promos|BW Black Star Promotional card}}, either {{TCG ID|BW-P Promo|Mew|220}} or (?). Each Single Pack Blister comes with one Legendary Treasures booster pack, a currently unknown custom coin, and an exclusive Holofoil promotional card, either of {{TCG|Dragons Exalted}} {{TCG ID|Dragons Exalted|Aggron|80}} or another currently unknown Promotional card. | ||
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With the release of each series in the Pokémon Trading Card Game comes a plethora of collectible merchandise, and the Black & White Series is no exception. In order to release special promotional cards, booster packs, and other merchandise, promotional items such as Collector's Tins and Value Boxes are distributed. The following is a list of the merchandise released during the BW era of the trading card game.
Sneak-Peek Tins
To start off the Black & White Series for the English trading card game is the release of the Sneak-Peek Tins. Released on March 9, 2011, these tins introduce the first Generation V Pokémon to the TCG. Each tin features one of the three starters—Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott—in the form of both a promotional card and a figure, as well as a preview pack of five other Generation V Pokémon. The three cards featured in the tin feature new artwork than when released in Japan in the Journey Partners collection. Each tin also contains four booster packs from the Platinum Series, HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, and Call of Legends.
Promotional cards:
- Snivy (BW Promo 1; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Tepig (BW Promo 2; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Oshawott (BW Promo 3; Tinsel Holofoil)
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Black & White Theme Decks
Theme Decks are an integral part of the trading card game, being released with just about every one of the main expansions. Furthering the release of the Generation V Pokémon, the three theme decks for the Black & White expansion feature the final evolutions for Unova's starter Pokémon: Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott. The Green Tornado, Red Frenzy, and Blue Assault theme decks were released on April 6, 2011: roughly three weeks before the main expansion. These three theme decks each contain a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to use these theme decks while battling in the game.
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Black & White Blisters
The release of Black & White brought the addition of both Three Pack Blisters and Two Pack Blisters. Released April 25, 2011, the Three Pack Blisters came in three varieties: each one featuring one of the three Unova starters as a promotional card, three Black & White booster packs, a Black & White preview pack containing three Common cards from the set, and a coin featuring the starters. The Two Pack Blisters contain one Black & White booster pack, one preview pack, and one of four promotional cards. The three starter Pokémon were the same as those in the Three Pack Blisters, but the Ducklett promotional card could only be found in two pack blisters.
Promotional cards:
- Snivy (BW Promo 6; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Tepig (BW Promo 7; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Oshawott (BW Promo 8; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Ducklett (BW Promo 17; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Victini Box
In addition to the set release on April 25, 2011, a promotional box set named the Victini Box was released. The Victini Box continues the trend of releasing a figure with the trading card promotional merchandise, and includes a new figure of the Victory Pokémon. Also included in this box are five Black & White booster packs, as well as a Cosmos Holofoil promotional card featuring Zoroark.
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Black & White Collector's Album Box
Alongside the Victini Box on April 25, 2011 came another promotional box set, the Black & White Collector's Album Box. This box set brings a sixty card Black & White mini-collector's album, as well as two additional booster packs from the Black & White expansion. Also, a promotional card featuring Axew was included.
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Black & White booster two-packs
In conjunction with the Mystery Egg event, available exclusively at Toys "R" Us starting April 27, 2011 were the Black & White booster two-packs. These two pack boosters included two boosters from the Black & White expansion, as well as one of three secret promotional cards featuring one of the three Pokémon that may hatch from the Pokémon Eggs distributed at the event. These Pokémon are Pansage, Pidove, and Axew.
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New Legends Tins
Continuing the tradition of releasing tins featuring reprints with alternate artwork brings the addition of the New Legends Tins. Released on May 2, 2011, these tins feature Reshiram and Zekrom, the mascots for Pokémon Black and White. These tins come with either a Reshiram or a Zekrom Tinsel Holofoil promotional card, in addition to four booster packs from the Black & White expansion.
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Black & White Trainer Kit
- Main article: Black & White 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 are released. The Black & White Series brings the Black & White Trainer Kit. This kit was originally due for release August 3, 2011, but was held back for unknown reasons. The Black & White Trainer Kit features Zoroark and Excadrill as holographic cards with artwork exclusive to the Trainer Kit. It also contains two booklets to guide players through the game, a coin, an exclusive deck box, a Black & White Series booster pack, and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Emerging Powers Theme Decks
As with almost every expansion, the Emerging Powers expansion features two theme decks, which are named Toxic Tricks and Power Play. These two theme decks feature the Pokémon Scolipede and Krookodile, respectively, whose cards were, at the time, English exclusive. Much like with Black & White, the theme decks were released earlier than the main expansion: being released on August 17, 2011. These theme decks each contain a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to use these theme decks while battling in the game.
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Emerging Powers Blisters
The Emerging Powers expansion brings an additional Three Pack Blisters and Two Pack Blisters. Released with the set on August 31, 2011, three different promotional cards were made available within the products. The Three Pack Blisters have two varieties: one with a Pansage promotional card, and one with a Zorua promotional card. These Blisters also include three Emerging Powers booster packs, an Emerging Powers preview pack containing three Common cards from the set, and a coin featuring both Reshiram and Zekrom. The Two Pack Blisters feature a Minccino promotional card, in either a Cracked Ice Holofoil print or a Cosmos Holofoil print, one Emerging Powers booster pack, and one Emerging Powers preview pack.
Promotional cards:
- Pansage (BW Promo 11; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Zorua (BW Promo 12; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Minccino (BW Promo 13; Cosmos Holofoil or Cracked Ice Holofoil)
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Emerging Powers Collector's Album Box
Much like the Black & White expansion, Emerging Powers also featured a Collector's Album Box. The Emerging Powers Collector's Album Box, released on August 31, 2011, the same day as the set, contained a sixty card Black & White mini-collector's album, as well as two additional booster packs from the Emerging Powers expansion. The promotional card included in this box is a Cosmos Holofoil Darumaka card.
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Starter Figure Boxes
Released September 2011 were the Starter Figure Boxes. Featuring the Unova Region Starter Pokémon, these boxes were appropriately named the Super Snivy Box, the Terrific Tepig Box, and the Outstanding Oshawott Box. Each box contained a Cosmos Holofoil reprint of either Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, and a 3D Jumbo promotional card featuring the starters' evolutionary families: _____'s Snivy, _____'s Tepig, or _____'s Oshawott, respectively. Each box also included one of the three starter figures previously released in the Sneak-Peek Tins, as well as three booster packs from the Emerging Powers expansion and a code card to unlock these items in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Snivy (Black & White 1; Cosmos Holofoil)
- _____'s Snivy (Miscellaneous Promotional cards; Jumbo)
- Tepig (Black & White 15; Cosmos Holofoil)
- _____'s Tepig (Miscellaneous Promotional cards; Jumbo)
- Oshawott (Black & White 27; Cosmos Holofoil)
- _____'s Oshawott (Miscellaneous Promotional cards; Jumbo)
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Zoroark-Illusions Collection
Released October 5, 2011, the Zoroark-Illusions Collection was a promotional box featuring the Illusion Fox Pokémon, Zoroark. Each Zoroark-Illusions Collection includes a Zoroark promotional card as both a regular-sized Cosmos Holofoil print and a 3D Jumbo print, three booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. This code card unlocks one booster pack online, the promotional card, and a Zoroark themed Item online. This is the first promotional item since the release of Black & White to include booster packs from expansions before Generation V.
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Reshiram Box
Similar to the Template:Merch released in April, a box dedicated to Reshiram was also released. On October 19, 2011, the Reshiram Box included four Emerging Powers Series booster packs, a Reshiram figure, a new promotional reprint of the Reshiram card from Black & White, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Zekrom Box
Also released October 19, 2011 is the Zekrom Box. It has the same contents as the Reshiram Box, but contains a Zekrom figure and a new promotional reprint of the Zekrom card from Black & White instead of the Reshiram themed merchandise.
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2011 World Championships Decks
Released in October 2011, shortly after the 2011 World Championships, were the 2011 World Championships Decks. These four decks (The Truth, Megazone, Reshiphlosion, Twinboar) were the decks used by the three champions in each of the three divisions of Juniors, Seniors, and Masters, as well as the Masters finalist. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2011 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, and a non tournament legal print of the sixty card deck.
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Evolved Battle Action Tins
Released November 2, 2011 were the Evolved Battle Action Tins. Each tin features one of the three final evolutions of the Unova Region Starter Pokémon, the Grass Pokémon Serperior, the Fire Pokémon Emboar, and the Water Pokémon Samurott, in the form of both a promotional reprint and a figure. The tins also include a special code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, as well as five booster packs: two from Emerging Powers, one from Black & White, one from Call of Legends, and one from Triumphant.
Promotional cards:
- Serperior (BW Promo 20; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Emboar (BW Promo 21; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Samurott (BW Promo 22; Tinsel Holofoil)
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Noble Victories Theme Decks
The release of the Noble Victories expansion brought with it the release of the additional Theme Decks: Fast Daze and Furious Knights, featuring Accelgor and Escavalier, respectively. These theme decks were the last to be released earlier than the main expansion: being released on November 2, 2011. Fast Daze features Grass-type and Fire-type Pokémon, while Furious Knights features Metal-type and Lightning-type Pokémon. These theme decks each contain a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to use them while battling in the game.
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Stage 1 Blisters
Quietly released to stores like Toys "R" Us during the month of November 2011 were the Stage 1 Blisters. Featuring Stage 1 evolutionary families, the packs contained either a Ninetales line, a Xatu line, or a Gliscor line, with the final evolutions each given the Cracked Ice Holofoil treatment. Each pack contained one Emerging Powers booster pack, and one Emerging Powers preview pack. The Vulpix and Ninetales from HeartGold & SoulSilver, interestingly, were printed with the incorrect Set Symbol: the Set Symbol of the Undaunted expansion.
Promotional cards:
- Ninetales (HeartGold & SoulSilver 7; Cracked Ice Holofoil; error)
- Vulpix (HeartGold & SoulSilver 87; error)
- Xatu (Unleashed 11; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Natu (Unleashed 55)
- Gliscor (Undaunted 4; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Gligar (Undaunted 49)
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Prime Challenge Boxes
Released on November 15, 2011, the Prime Challenge Boxes feature reprints of older cards from the HeartGold & SoulSilver series with particular focus on popular Pokémon Prime cards at the time. Collectively, the four boxes focus on the last two HeartGold & SoulSilver series expansions: two for Undaunted and two for Triumphant. Each of the variants include one Theme Deck that accompanied the expansion: Daybreak or Nightfall for the Undaunted boxes, Verdant Frost or Royal Guard for the Triumphant boxes, as well as two booster packs from that expansion, and a three-card evolutionary chain from that expansion. Each box also includes a code card to unlock these items in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Espeon (Undaunted 81; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Oddish (Undaunted 60; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Gloom (Undaunted 27; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Bellossom (Undaunted 1; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Umbreon (Undaunted 86; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Beldum (Undaunted 43; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Metang (Undaunted 30; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Metagross (Undaunted 18; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Machamp (Triumphant 95; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Nidoran♂ (Triumphant 70; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Nidorino (Triumphant 46; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Nidoking (Triumphant 6; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Yanmega (Triumphant 98; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Swinub (Triumphant 79; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Piloswine (Triumphant 48; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Mamoswine (Triumphant 5; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
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Noble Victories Blisters
Accompanying the Noble Victories expansion on November 16, 2011 were Three Pack Blisters and Two Pack Blisters, with three different promotional cards available to collect. The Three Pack Blisters, now adopting the new package design phased in with the release of Emerging Powers have two varieties: one with an Axew promotional card, and one with a Litwick promotional card. These Blisters also include three Noble Victories booster packs, one Noble Victories preview pack containing three Common cards from the set, and a coin featuring Victini. The Two Pack Blisters feature a Scraggy promotional card, in either a Cracked Ice Holofoil print or a Cosmos Holofoil print, one Noble Victories booster pack, and one Noble Victories preview pack.
Promotional cards:
- Scraggy (BW Promo 25; Cosmos Holofoil or Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Axew (BW Promo 26; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Litwick (BW Promo 27; Cosmos Holofoil)
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V for Victini Tin
On December 5, 2011, the V for Victini Tin was released. This tin, as the name suggests, features the Victory Pokémon Victini. Included was the Victini figure previously released in the Template:Merch, a promotional reprint of the Victini numbered 14/101 from Noble Victories, five Noble Victories booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Next Destinies Theme Decks
The Next Destinies expansion brought with it two Theme Decks: Explosive Edge and Voltage Vortex. They featured the two main legendary Pokémon of Unova, Reshiram and Zekrom, respectively. Unlike the first three expansions of the Black & White Series, these Theme Decks were released the day of the set, instead of weeks prior. In addition, their featured cards, Reshiram and Zekrom, used the Tinsel Holofoil, instead of the Cracked Ice Holofoil typically used in Theme Decks. Each included a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online code that allows the deck to be unlocked online.
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Next Destinies Blisters
Released together with the Next Destinies expansion, various Blister Packs hit store shelves on February 8, 2012. In an unprecedented move by The Pokémon Company International, the Blister Packs for North America began to include different assortments of products compared to the international blisters. The familiar Three Pack Blisters, released internationally, came in two varieties: one with an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil Riolu promotional card, and one with an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil Luxio promotional card. These Blisters included three Next Destinies booster packs, and a coin featuring Munna.
The North American Blister Packs, on the other hand, came in four varieties: two different Two Pack Blisters containing either one of two Stage 2 evolutionary families, and two Single Pack Blisters containing either one of two Stage 1 evolutionary families. The Stage 2 Blisters contained either the Klinklang family or the Gigalith family, all Cracked Ice Holofoil. The Stage 1 Blisters contained either the Zoroark family or the Beartic family, with the final stage as a Cracked Ice Holofoil, and also contained a Next Destinies 3-card sampling pack and a code card to unlock either family in the online game.
Promotional cards:
- Riolu (BW Promo 33; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Luxio (BW Promo 34; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Roggenrola (Emerging Powers 49; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Boldore (Emerging Powers 51; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Gigalith (Emerging Powers 53; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Klink (Black & White 74; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Klang (Black & White 75; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Klinklang (Black & White 76; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Cubchoo (Emerging Powers 28)
- Beartic (Emerging Powers 30; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Zorua (Black & White 70)
- Zoroark (Black & White 71; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
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Mewtwo Collection
Alongside Next Destinies on February 8, 2012 came the Mewtwo Collection, a promotional box featuring the Genetic Pokémon, Mewtwo. Each Mewtwo Collection includes a Jumbo Mewtwo-EX card, a Battle City promotional card featuring Mewtwo and Kyurem, a Mewtwo figure, three Next Destinies booster packs, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. This code card unlocks Battle City online, a jumbo Mewtwo avatar item, and Mewtwo figure avatar item online.
Promotional cards:
- Mewtwo-EX (Next Destinies 54; Jumbo)
- Battle City (BW Promo 39; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
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EX Tins
Shortly after the release of the Next Destinies expansion, on March 21, 2012, the EX Tins were released. These tins featured three of the newest Pokémon-EX: Reshiram-EX, Kyurem-EX, and Zekrom-EX. Included in the tins were one Emerging Powers booster pack, one Noble Victories booster pack, two Next Destinies booster packs, and an online code card to unlock the promotional card online. For the first time in several Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the tin promos neither were exclusive cards, nor given alternate artwork. They were exactly the same as their in set prints, with the exception of their set number.
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Forces of Nature Collection
Bringing the English community reprints of the Forces of Nature cards previously released in the Emerging Powers and Noble Victories expansions, the Forces of Nature Collection was a promotional box released April 18, 2012. Each Forces of Nature Collection includes a Full Art Landorus, promotional reprints of both Thundurus and Tornadus, three booster packs—two from the Emerging Powers expansion, and one from the Call of Legends expansion.
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- Thundurus (BW Promo 41; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Tornadus (BW Promo 42; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Landorus (BW Promo 43)
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Dark Explorers Theme Decks
Much like many other expansions, Dark Explorers brought with it two more Theme Decks: Raiders and Shadows, on May 9, 2012. Raiders features the Coffin Pokémon, Cofagrigus, while Shadows features the Illusion Fox Pokémon, Zoroark. Their featured cards, Cofagrigus and Zoroark, return to the Cracked Ice Holofoil, after the Next Destinies Theme Decks featured the Tinsel Holofoil. Each Theme Deck included a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online code that allows the deck to be unlocked online.
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Dark Explorers Blisters
Accompanying the Dark Explorers expansion on May 9, 2012, various Blister Packs were released in stores to promote the expansion. Continuing the pattern set by Next Destinies, the Blister Packs for North America include different assortments of products compared to the international Blisters. The international Three Pack Blisters came in two varieties: one with a Cracked Ice Holofoil Luxray promotional card, and one with a Cracked Ice Holofoil Krookodile promotional card. These Blisters included three Dark Explorers booster packs, and a coin featuring Zekrom and Reshiram first released in the Next Destinies Theme Decks.
The North American Blister Packs came in four varieties: two different Two Pack Blisters containing either one of two Stage 2 evolutionary families, and two single pack Blisters containing either one of two Stage 1 evolutionary families. The Stage 2 Blisters contained either the Luxray family or the Krookodile family, all Cracked Ice Holofoil. The Stage 1 Blisters contained either the Persian family or the Lucario family, with the final stage as a Cosmos Holofoil, and also contained a Dark Explorers 3-card sampling pack. These Blisters contain the promotional cards—Luxio and Riolu—that previously weren't released in North America in the international Next Destinies Blisters; however, the two promos are not given the Cosmos Holofoil treatment, making both releases contain exclusive cards.
The Stage 2 Blisters were eventually discontinued in favor for the old, international style of Three Pack Blisters. Dark Explorers is the last set to have them.
Promotional cards:
- Sandile (Black & White 63; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Krokorok (Black & White 64; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Krookodile (Black & White 65; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Shinx (Next Destinies 43; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Luxio (BW Promo 34; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Luxray (Next Destinies 46; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Riolu (BW Promo 33)
- Lucario (Next Destinies 64; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Meowth (BW Promo 35)
- Persian (Next Destinies 81; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Kyurem Box
To finish off the Tao trio's collection of promotional boxes, the Kyurem Box was made available starting June 2012. Similar to the Template:Merch and Template:Merch released in October 2011, the Kyurem Box included four booster packs, a Kyurem figure, a new promotional reprint of the Kyurem card from Noble Victories, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online that unlocks the exclusive promotional card. Unlike the Reshiram and Zekrom Boxes, however, the booster packs included in this box were one Black & White booster pack, two Emerging Powers booster packs, and one Next Destinies booster pack.
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Evolved Starter Boxes
Released July 2012 were the Evolved Starter Boxes. Featuring the Unova Region Starter Pokémon's final evolutions, these boxes are appropriately named the Superb Serperior Box, the Excellent Emboar Box, and the Spectacular Samurott Box. Each box contains a Cracked Ice Holofoil reprint of either Servine, Pignite, or Dewott, and one of the three Template:Merch. Each box also includes one of the three evolved starter figures previously released in the Template:Merch, as well as two booster packs: one from the Call of Legends expansion and another from the Emerging Powers expansion.
Promotional cards:
- Servine (Black & White 3; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Pignite (Black & White 17; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Dewott (Black & White 29; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
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Dragons Exalted Theme Decks
The Dragons Exalted expansion features two theme decks, which are named DragonSnarl and DragonSpeed, that were released August 15, 2012. These two theme decks feature the Dragon-type, and contain the Brutal Pokémon Hydreigon and the Mach Pokémon Garchomp, respectively, as exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoils. Each Theme Deck includes a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online code that allows the deck to be unlocked online.
Early product images featured the incorrect card in the image. As there are two different Hydreigon and Garchomp featured in the Dragons Exalted expansion, the early images featured the alternate Hydreigon and Garchomp cards, instead of the ones actually present in the deck.
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Dragons Exalted Blisters
Released with the Dragons Exalted expansion on August 15, 2012, four different Blister Packs appeared in stores, because the Stage 2 Blisters were discontinued in between the release of Dark Explorers and Dragons Exalted. The Three Pack Blisters came in two varieties: one with a Cracked Ice Holofoil Chandelure promotional card and one with a Cracked Ice Holofoil Scolipede card. These Blisters included 3 Dragons Exalted booster packs, and a coin featuring Reshiram and Zekrom, originally included in the Next Destinies Theme Decks. Also released were the Stage 1 Blisters, each containing either the Excadrill family or the Lilligant family, with the final stage as an exclusive Holofoil, as well as one booster pack, and one preview pack of three Commons.
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- Chandelure (Next Destinies 20; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Scolipede (Black & White 54; Cracked Ice Holofoil)
- Drilbur (Emerging Powers 54)
- Excadrill (Emerging Powers 56; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Petilil (Emerging Powers 13)
- Lilligant (BW Promo 49; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Double Album Box
The month of August 2012 brings another promotional box set, the Double Album Box. This box set includes two sixty card Black & White Series mini-collector's albums, as well as five booster packs from the HeartGold & SoulSilver Series, the Call of Legends Series, and the Black & White Series, and three exclusive holo promotional cards, Pansage, Pansear, Panpour, all done in the Energy Reverse Holofoil introduced in the Emerging Powers expansion.
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- Pansage (Black & White 7; Energy Reverse Holofoil)
- Pansear (Black & White 21; Energy Reverse Holofoil)
- Panpour (Black & White 33; Energy Reverse Holofoil)
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Legendary EX Tins
Shortly after the release of the Dragons Exalted expansion, the Legendary EX Tins were released on September 12, 2012. In some international countries, the tins were released as early as August 15th, the release date of Dragons Exalted. These tins featured three of the most powerful Pokémon-EX at the time: Mewtwo-EX, Darkrai-EX, and Rayquaza-EX. Included in the tins were four Black & White Series booster packs—2 from Dragons Exalted, 1 from Emerging Powers, and 1 from Black & White—and an online code card to unlock the promotional card online.
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- Mewtwo-EX (BW Promo 45)
- Darkrai-EX (BW Promo 46)
- Rayquaza-EX (BW Promo 47)
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Emerging Challenges Box
Released September 18, 2012, was the Emerging Challenges Box, a box that seemingly repackaged older material in order to make room for newer merchandise. Much like the Template:Merch, the Emerging Challenges Box contained 1 Theme Deck and 2 booster packs, as well as exclusive promotional cards. Differing from the previous boxes, however, the Emerging Challenges Box contained 3 Holofoil cards instead of 1 Holofoil card and a figure. One of the four Theme Decks from the Emerging Powers and Noble Victories expansions—Power Play, Toxic Tricks, Fast Daze, or Furious Knights—was available in the box, as well as 1 booster pack from Black & White, and another from either Emerging Powers or Noble Victories. The promotional cards included were a Mirror Reverse Holofoil Stoutland evolutionary line. The Herdier and Stoutland were from the Black & White expansion, while the Lillipup was one of the BW Black Star Promos: BW52.
The Lillipup promotional card originates from the Cobalion Strength Deck, a deck released in Japan 19 months earlier. The other Pokémon cards from the deck were included in the English Emerging Powers expansion 13 months earlier. It is unknown why the card was withheld for such a long time before finally being released September 2012. Ironically, the card features a 2011 copyright instead of a 2012 copyright.
Promotional card:
- Lillipup (BW Promo 52; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Herdier (Black & White 82; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Stoutland (Black & White 83; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
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Black & White Variety Blisters
Along with the Emerging Challenges Box, the Black & White Variety Blisters were also released in stores September 18, 2012. These Blister Packs contained 3 random booster packs from the first three Black & White Series expansions—Black & White, Emerging Powers, and Noble Victories—as well as an exclusive Holofoil Promotional card. There are two exclusive promotional cards available: a Mirror Reverse Holofoil Meowth and a Mirror Reverse Holofoil Scraggy.
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- Meowth (Next Destinies 80; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
- Scraggy (Dark Explorers 67; Mirror Reverse Holofoil)
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Dragon Vault Blisters
In order to promote the mini set releasing October 5, 2012, various Blister Packs will be released to promote Dragon Vault, a 20 card mini expansion containing all Holofoil cards. Each Blister Pack will contain 3 booster packs, each containing only 5 cards, an code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, as well as one of five unique promotional cards. The promotional cards each have an exclusive Dragon Vault stamp on the image, similar to current Prerelease cards. The promotional cards are Latias, Latios, Rayquaza, Haxorus, and Druddigon.
Promotional cards:
- Latias (Dragon Vault 9; Stamped Holofoil)
- Latios (Dragon Vault 10; Stamped Holofoil)
- Rayquaza (Dragon Vault 11; Stamped Holofoil)
- Haxorus (Dragon Vault 16; Stamped Holofoil)
- Druddigon (Dragon Vault 17; Stamped Holofoil)
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Keldeo Box
During the month of October 2012, specifically on October 8, a promotional box named the Keldeo Box was released. This product features the newly released Colt Pokémon, Keldeo, as both a new promotional card, Jumbo card, and figure of Keldeo's Resolution Forme. The Keldeo Box included these three promotional items, as well as three booster packs from the Black & White Series expansions of the Pokémon Trading Card Game—specifically, 2 from Dragons Exalted and 1 from Noble Victories. It did not include an online code card for the online game.
Promotional cards:
- Keldeo (BW Promo 60)
- Keldeo-EX (Boundaries Crossed 49; Jumbo)
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Boundaries Crossed Theme Decks
With the Boundaries Crossed expansion's release on November 7, 2012 came the release of two Theme Decks, Ice Shock and Cold Fire. The two Theme Decks featured Kyurem in both its newer formes: Black Kyurem and White Kyurem. Additionally, much like the Emerging Powers expansion, the two feature cards were English exclusive at the time the Theme Decks were released. These Theme Decks each contain a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to use these Theme Decks while battling in the online game.
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Boundaries Crossed Blisters
Released alongside the Boundaries Crossed expansion on November 7, 2012, were a collection of Blister Packs to promote the expansion. Included in the Three Pack Blisters were a Black Star Promotional Empoleon as well as the Black Star Promotional Haxorus. These Blister Packs included 3 packs from the Boundaries Crossed expansion, and a coin. Also released were the Stage 1 Blisters, each containing either the Raichu family or the Beheeyem family, with the final stage as an exclusive Holofoil, one booster pack, and one preview pack. Both the Pikachu and the Elgyem included in the Stage 1 Blisters were exclusive BW Black Star Promotional cards.
Promotional cards:
- Pikachu (BW Promo 54)
- Raichu (Next Destinies 40; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Elgyem (BW Promo 55)
- Beheeyem (Next Destinies 62; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Empoleon (BW Promo 56; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Haxorus (BW Promo 57; Cosmos Holofoil)
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2012 World Championships Decks
Released in November 2012, a few months after the 2012 World Championships, were the 2012 World Championships Decks. These four decks (Pesadelo Prism, Eeltwo, Terraki-Mewtwo, CMT) were the decks used by the three champions in each of the three divisions of Juniors, Seniors, and Masters, as well as the Juniors 4th place finisher. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2012 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a non tournament legal print of the sixty card deck, and for the first time, a special World Championships Pin.
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Plasma Storm Theme Decks
The Plasma Storm expansion features two Theme Decks, named Plasma Shadow and Plasma Claw, which were released on February 6, 2013. Plasma Shadow features Giratina, while Plasma Claw features Druddigon, both as an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil. Each Theme Deck contains a code for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, allowing players to unlock the deck online, as well as damage counters, a custom coin, a rule sheet, and a deckbox featuring their respective Pokémon.
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Plasma Storm Blisters
Accompanying the Plasma Storm expansion on February 6, 2013 were two different Three Pack Blisters and two different Stage 1 Blisters. The Three Pack Blisters feature either a Ninetales or an Ampharos Cosmos Holofoil Black Star Promotional card and include 3 Plasma Storm booster packs, and one of the two coins included in the Boundaries Crossed Theme Decks. Also released were the Stage 1 Blisters, featuring either the Drifblim evolutionary family or the Wigglytuff evolutionary family. Both the Drifblim and Jigglypuff promotional cards were exclusive Black Star Promos, while the Wigglytuff was an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil from the Next Destinies expansion, and the Drifloon was from Dragons Exalted. Both varieties also include one booster pack, and one preview pack.
Promotional cards:
- Drifloon (Dragons Exalted 49)
- Drifblim (BW Promo 64; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Jigglypuff (BW Promo 65)
- Wigglytuff (Next Destinies 79; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Ninetales (BW Promo 66; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Ampharos (BW Promo 67; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Legends of Justice Box
Two weeks after the release of the Plasma Storm expansion on February 20, 2013, the Legends of Justice Box was released. This Box featured the three main members of the Swords of Justice: Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion. The box included the three Pokémon as Cracked Ice Holofoil cards, and also included three Black & White Series booster packs: 1 Plasma Storm pack, 1 Boundaries Crossed pack, and 1 pack from either Black & White, Emerging Powers, or Noble Victories.
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Plasma Storm Elite Trainer Box
During the month of February 2013, a special product like no other was released: the Plasma Storm Elite Trainer Box. Contained in this Elite Trainer Box were seven booster packs from the Plasma Storm expansion, as well as 5 basic Energy cards from each of the 8 types, an acrylic Poison marker and Burn marker, 6 blue Plasma Storm themed dice, 1 transparent Plasma Storm themed dice for flipping, and a player's guide with tips about all the newly released cards in the Plasma Storm expansion.
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EX Power Tins
A month after the release of the Plasma Storm expansion on March 6, 2013, the EX Power Tins were released. These tins featured reprints of three Pokémon-EX from the Boundaries Crossed expansion: Keldeo-EX, Black Kyurem-EX, and White Kyurem-EX. Included in the tins were four Black & White series booster packs (1 Plasma Storm, 1 Boundaries Crossed, and 2 packs in any combination from either Emerging Powers, Dragons Exalted, or Next Destinies), 1 of 2 special cards featuring the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional cards:
- Keldeo-EX (BW Promo 61)
- Black Kyurem-EX (BW Promo 62)
- White Kyurem-EX (BW Promo 63)
- Meloetta (BW Promo 68)
- Meloetta (BW Promo 69)
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Black Kyurem Box
Similar to the Template:Merch released in October 2011, a box dedicated to Black Kyurem was also released. On April 24, 2013, the Black Kyurem Box included four Black & White Series booster packs: 1 from Plasma Storm, 1 from Boundaries Crossed, 1 from Dragons Exalted, and 1 from Emerging Powers, a Black Kyurem figure, a new promotional reprint of the Black Kyurem card from Boundaries Crossed, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
Promotional card:
- Black Kyurem (BW Promo 58)
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White Kyurem Box
Also released April 24, 2013 is the White Kyurem Box. It has the same contents as the Black Kyurem Box, but contains a White Kyurem figure and a new promotional reprint of the White Kyurem card from Boundaries Crossed instead of the Black Kyurem themed merchandise.
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- White Kyurem (BW Promo 59)
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Plasma Freeze Theme Decks
The Plasma Freeze expansion features two Theme Decks, released May 8, 2013. The Theme Decks featured Leafeon and Glaceon, which were the features of the Template:Merch. Both cards are given an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil. Each Theme Deck also contains 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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Plasma Freeze Blisters
Released with the Plasma Freeze expansion on May 8, 2013 were multiple Blister Packs promoting the expansion. The Three Pack Blisters feature a Team Plasma Landorus promotional card and a Team Plasma Druddigon promotional card, later released again in the Template:Merch. Each of these Blisters contains three booster packs from the Plasma Freeze expansion, as well as the promotional card and a Team Plasma coin. Also released were two different Single Pack Blisters, or Checklane Blisters, featuring either Electrode or Moltres. These Blister Packs differ from similar Blister Packs from previous expansion in that they only contain one card instead of a typical Stage 1 Pokémon evolutionary line, as well as a back stock coin. The possible coins for this Blister Pack are either Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile, all of which were included in the Template:Merch.
Promotional cards:
- Moltres (Next Destinies 14; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Electrode (BW Promo 76; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Landorus (BW Promo 79; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Druddigon (BW Promo 80; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Team Plasma Box
Released May 29, 2013 was the Team Plasma Box, a special promotional box featuring Darkrai and Giratina. Within this promotional product came 3 Black & White Series booster packs, 2 Full Art promotional cards, a Jumbo Darkrai Promotional card, and a Team Plasma coin. The two Full Art cards originate from the Japanese Team Plasma Battle Gift Set, whose other cards were released in the English Plasma Freeze expansion.
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Black & White Knock Out Collection
Much like the two previous Knock Out Collections, the Black & White Knock Out Collection was a repackaged box released exclusively at Rite Aid pharmacies. Released May 2013, this Knock Out Collection featured either Groudon or Kyogre, and contained a promotional card in addition to three booster packs. The two promotional cards are the Cosmos Holofoil Groudon and Kyogre from the Call of Legends expansion, without any differences from the original prints. The boxes contain one pack from Supreme Victors, one from Undaunted, and one from Emerging Powers.
Promotional cards:
- Groudon (Call of Legends 6; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Kyogre (Call of Legends 12; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Mewtwo Figure Blister
The Mewtwo Figure Blister was released in July 2013. It comes with two random packs from the Black & White Series, and also provides another opportunity to collect the Mewtwo Figure previously released in the Template:Merch. The Figure included in this product, however, utilizes different bases than those previously released in the Mewtwo Collection: they lack the "Mewtwo" written on the side of the base.
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Deoxys Box
Initially announced for August 2013, but then released in July 2013, is a promotional box named the Deoxys Box. The Deoxys Box features the DNA Pokémon as both a new Jumbo promotional card of its recently released Plasma Freeze Deoxys-EX card, and a figure of Deoxys's Attack Forme. Also included is an alternate Holofoil print of the recently released Druddigon BW Black Star Promo, as well as three booster packs from the Black & White Series expansions of the Pokémon Trading Card Game—specifically, 1 from Plasma Freeze, and either 2 Plasma Storm packs, or 1 Plasma Storm pack and 1 Boundaries Crossed pack.
Promotional cards:
- Druddigon (BW Promo 80; Tinsel Holofoil)
- Deoxys-EX (Plasma Freeze 53; Jumbo)
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Plasma Blast Theme Decks
With the Plasma Blast expansion on August 14, 2013 came the Plasma Blast Theme Decks, Mind Wipe and Solar Strike. Mind wipe features the Paleozoic Pokémon Genesect, in a Grass-type and Psychic-type focused Theme Deck. Solar Strike, on the other hand, features the Sun Pokémon Volcarona, as well as the fire-type and Water-types. Each deck features the titular Pokémon as a Cracked Ice Holofoil exclusive to the deck, 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. The two exclusive custom coins also feature Genesect, and are of the larger size introduced in the Template:Merch.
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Plasma Blast Blisters
In addition to the Template:Merch, alongside the expansion on August 14, 2013, the Plasma Blast Blisters were released in order to promote Plasma Blast. There were four Blister Packs total: two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. Each Three Pack Blister comes with three Plasma Blast booster packs, a custom coin (either a repackaged Gold Palkia coin or a repackaged Silver Dialga), and an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil BW Black Star Promotional card, either Lucario or Genesect. Each Single Pack Blister comes with one Plasma Blast booster pack, a repackaged custom coin from any of the Theme Decks of the first three Black & White Series expansions, and an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil promotional card, either of Dark Explorers Blaziken or Dark Explorers Krookodile.
Promotional cards:
- Blaziken (Dark Explorers 17; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Krookodile (Dark Explorers 66; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Lucario (BW Promo 85; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Genesect (BW Promo 86; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Plasma Blast Elite Trainer Box
After the success of the first Template:Merch, The Pokémon Company International believed that Elite Trainer Boxes should become an integral part of the TCG merchandise line up. Two sets later came the Plasma Blast Elite Trainer Box. It came with much of the same contents as the first, but featured a few improvements after official representatives asked for feedback from the community on The PokéGym. The box added Card Sleeves, as well as an additional booster pack, bring the total to eight. Also included are 5 basic Energy cards from each of the 8 types, an acrylic Poison marker and Burn marker, 6 orange Plasma Blast themed dice, 1 transparent Plasma Blast themed dice for flipping, and a player's guide with tips about all the newly released cards in the Plasma Blast expansion.
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Team Plasma Tins
About a month after the release of the Plasma Blast expansion on September 11, 2013, the Team Plasma Tins will be released. These tins will feature reprints of three Team Plasma Pokémon-EX from the Plasma Storm and Plasma Freeze expansions: Lugia-EX, Deoxys-EX, and Thundurus-EX. Included in the tins will be four Black & White Series booster packs, all of which are currently unknown, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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Red Genesect Collection
Featuring the Shiny Genesect from the sixteenth movie is the Red Genesect Collection. The Red Genesect Collection, released September 25, 2013, contains an all Reverse Holofoil Theme Deck centered around Genesect, a Genesect promotional card, 1 metallic Genesect coin, 2-player playmat/rulesheet, deckbox, damage counters, strategy sheet, a Genesect pin, and 2 Black & White Series booster packs. The Theme Deck contains many of the same Pokémon as the Mind Wipe Theme Deck from the Plasma Blast, but with a much improved Trainer card line up.
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Legendary Dragons of Unova Collection
The Legendary Dragons of Unova Collection was released on November 1, 2013. Featuring Reshiram, Zekrom, and Kyurem, the box contains 4 booster packs from Black & White Series expansions, as well as a promotional card and promotional figure of each of the three Pokémon. The three promotional cards are Cosmos Holofoils of Reshiram and Zekrom from Plasma Freeze, and Kyurem from Noble Victories. The three figures have been released previously in the Template:Merch, Template:Merch, and Template:Merch.
Promotional cards:
- Reshiram (Plasma Freeze 17; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Zekrom (Plasma Freeze 39; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Kyurem (Noble Victories 34; Cosmos Holofoil)
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2013 World Championships Decks
The 2013 World Championships Decks were released on November 4, 2013, a few months after the 2013 World Championships. These four decks (Jason Klaczynski's Darkrai Deck, Yugo Sato's Ultimate Team Plasma Deck, Clement Lamberton's Anguille Sous Roche Deck, and Ian Whiton's American Gothic Deck) were used by Jason Klaczynski, who won the Masters Division; Yugo Sato, who was second in the Junior Division; Clement Lamberton, who was second in the Senior Division; Ian Whiton, who made it to the Semifinals in the Senior Division. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2013 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a non-tournament-legal print of the sixty card deck, and the 2013 World Championships Pin.
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Legendary Treasures Blisters
The only merchandise set to promote the Legendary Treasures expansion are the Legendary Treasures Blisters releasing November 8, 2013. There were four Blister Packs total: two Three Pack Blisters and two Single Pack Blisters. Each Three Pack Blister comes with three Legendary Treasures booster packs, a custom coin, and an exclusive Holofoil BW Black Star Promotional card, either Mew or (?). Each Single Pack Blister comes with one Legendary Treasures booster pack, a currently unknown custom coin, and an exclusive Holofoil promotional card, either of Dragons Exalted Aggron or another currently unknown Promotional card.
Promotional cards:
- Ampharos (Dragons Exalted 40; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Aggron (Dragons Exalted 80; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Eevee (BW Promo 97; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Mew (BW Promo 98; Cosmos Holofoil)
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Black & White Two Pack Blister
Containing repackaged material from the Black & White Series, the Black & White Two Pack Blisters were released in December 2013. This Blister Pack contains two booster packs from the Black & White Series, a repackaged coin, and a trio of Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards. There are two sets of promotional cards available: Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres from Next Destinies, or Terrakion, Cobalion, and Virizion from Noble Victories.
Promotional cards:
- Moltres (Next Destinies 14; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Articuno (Next Destinies 27; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Zapdos (Next Destinies 41; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Virizion (Noble Victories 13; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Terrakion (Noble Victories 73; Cosmos Holofoil)
- Cobalion (Noble Victories 84; Cosmos Holofoil)
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