The XY Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game began on October 12, 2013 in tandem with the launch of the Generation VI core titles Pokémon X and Y. An array of promotional boxes, play accessories, and other merchandise was made available to players and collectors alike. Below is a chronological list of TCG-related merchandise released during the Series.
Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters
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Among the first products of the XY Series were the Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters, which comprised three different clamshell blister packs focusing on the Kalos region first partner Pokémon Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie. Released October 12, 2013, each blister was packaged with a commemorative collector's pin featuring one of the first partner Pokémon, as well as one booster pack from each of the three Team Plasma-centric Black & White Series expansions: Plasma Storm, Plasma Freeze, and Plasma Blast.
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Chespin—Fennekin—Froakie Figure Boxes
In addition to the Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters, a trio of Figure Boxes made their debut on October 12, 2013. Each Chespin Box, Fennekin Box, and Froakie Box contained a commemorative figure of the titular Pokémon and a corresponding XY Black Star promotional card. Each box also came with three Black & White Series booster packs.
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Kalos Starter Set Decks
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The Kalos Starter Set was the first main release of the XY Series and was launched simultaneously on November 8, 2013 with its Japanese counterparts, the Beginning Set and Beginning Set for Girls. Cards from the set were available across three Kalos Starter Set Decks—the Chespin Deck, the Fennekin Deck, and the Froakie Deck—and comprised debuts of several Generation VI Pokémon, including a handful supporting the new Fairy type and the evolved forms of the Kalos first partner Pokémon. Each deck included a sheet of damage counters and status markers, a coin, a checklist and summary of changes in the XY Series, a 2-player playmat and rulesheet, a deck box, and a code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online that would unlock digital versions of the respective deck within the game. Deluxe versions of each deck were also made available from the same day, which featured exclusive Sheen Holofoil versions of the Basic and Stage 1 first partner Pokémon, as well as a bonus Black & White Series booster pack (typically Legendary Treasures).
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Sylveon Collection
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The Sylveon Collection was released on November 15, 2013 and featured the Pokémon Trading Card Game debut of the Intertwining Pokémon Sylveon. Each collection included a brand new Sylveon promotional card, a Sylveon figure, a single basic Fairy Energy, four Black & White Series booster packs, as well as alternate-art promotional cards depicting Eevee and each of the seven Eeveelutions available at the time. The eight reprints originated from a Japanese Collection File released as part of the Pokémon Center Eevee Collection campaign in November 2012; Eevee is a reprint from Plasma Freeze, while the Eeveelutions are reprints from Dark Explorers.
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Kalos Starter Collection
Available from December 2013 were the Kalos Starter Collections, which were another option to obtain cards from the Kalos Starter Set. Each collection was packaged with all the cards and accessories from one of the standard Kalos Starter Set Decks, a matching collector's pin initially released in the Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters, plus two Black & White Series booster packs.
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Ultra Pro Kalos accessories
A range of accessories manufactured by Ultra Pro was released shortly after the XY Series began, which collectively focused on the three first partner Pokémon of the Kalos region: Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie, as well as the Kalos Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal. Each product features key artwork as illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Deck boxes: Each deck box can hold a fully sleeved deck with space for things like extra sleeves or cards. Boxes could be secured shut with a self-locking cover and were also packaged with an organizational divider bearing the same design.
- Chespin Full View Deck Box
- Fennekin Full View Deck Box
- Froakie Full View Deck Box
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Playmat: Each Kalos Legends Playmat provided a suitable surface for a single player to conduct a game and retailed at a price of $20.00 in North America.
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Sleeves: Each pack contains 65 card protector sleeves.
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Binders: A trio of binder styles were available. Four-pocket portfolios could hold up to 80 cards double-loaded; nine-pocket portfolios could hold up to 180 cards double-loaded; and 3-Ring Binders could be used to store large quantities cards using three-ring punched storage pages.
- Kalos 4-Pocket Portfolio
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XY Theme Decks
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The first full expansion of the XY Series, XY, was accompanied by a pair of Theme Decks upon its official release on February 5, 2014. The Resilient Life and Destruction Rush Theme Decks feature two Kalos region Legendary Pokémon: the Life Pokémon Xerneas and the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal. Resilient Life comprised both Fairy-type and Psychic-type Pokémon, while Destruction Rush contained Darkness-type and Fighting-type Pokémon. Each deck included an exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil print of their featured Pokémon, a sheet of damage counters and status markers, a coin, a 2-player playamt and rulesheet, a card checklist and summary sheet, a deckbox, and a code card to unlock a digital version of it in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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XY Blisters
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In addition to the XY Theme Decks, six different XY Blisters made their way to store shelves for release on February 5, 2014. Single Pack Blisters included one XY booster pack, a coin, and an exclusive Cosmos Holofoil print of either Dragon Vault Salamence or Plasma Freeze Dragonite. Two Pack Blisters came with a coin, two XY booster packs, and, much like the Black & White Two Pack Blisters, featured a trio of exclusive Cosmos Holofoil variants. One included Dark Explorers Venusaur, Boundaries Crossed Charizard, and Plasma Blast Blastoise; the other included Dragon Vault Dragonite, and Dragons Exalted Garchomp and Hydreigon. The print of Blastoise erroneously lists the copyright as ©2012, even though the Plasma Blast expansion was released in 2013 and the blister packs in 2014. This was corrected when the six promotional cards were printed again eight months later in the XY Knock Out Collection.
In addition to three XY booster packs and a coin, the Three Pack Blisters featured Cosmos Holofoil prints of either Dragons Exalted Gyarados or Plasma Storm Gallade. These blisters used the plastic clamshell packaging first seen on varieties for the Black & White expansion and were not initially available in North America. It was not until their inclusion on the Pokémon Center online store in August 2014 that prompted their distribution in the North American market. Variations of these blisters with the more traditional paperboard packaging were also made available at a later date.
The coins included within the first release of these blisters were mostly repackaged from Noble Victories, Next Destinies, and Dark Explorers-related merchandise. Different coins were included in waves of Single Pack Blisters that shipped with Garchomp-EX Boxes for release in April 2014. These updated blisters came with Black-backed versions of the Xerneas and Yveltal coins from the XY Theme Decks, as well as Black-backed, Gold Mirror Holofoil Pikachu coins. The Xerneas and Yveltal coins were only available in shipments to Target stores, while the Pikachu coins were more widely available. Another wave of Two Pack Blisters was also shipped with Flashfire products: blisters featuring the evolved Kanto first partner Pokémon included a Large-sized, Black-backed, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil Deoxys coin; blisters featuring the three Dragon-type Pokémon included a Large-sized, Black-backed, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil Genesect coin.
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XY Elite Trainer Box
The XY expansion saw the release of the third installment of the Elite Trainer Box product line, and the first of the XY Series. The XY Elite Trainer Box came in two varieties: one featuring Xerneas and one featuring Yveltal. Compared to the previous iteration, these boxes added five copies of Fairy Energy to the stock of basic Energy for a total of 45 cards. Each box also contained eight XY booster packs, 65 themed card sleeves, two acrylic Special Condition markers, six damage counter dice, one large die for coin flips, four dividers, and an XY Player's Guide that provided an overview of the XY expansion. The boxes could also be used for storage.
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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 XY Theme Decks. 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 Collector Pin Three Pack Blisters
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A second set of pin blisters was released on February 19, 2014. Each of the XY Collector Pin Three Pack Blisters included an enamel collector's pin featuring either Xerneas or Yveltal plus three booster packs from the XY expansion.
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Xerneas Figure Collection
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A pair of Figure Collections focusing on the Legendary Kalos Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal was also released on February 19, 2014. The Xerneas Figure Collection included a collectible figure of the Life Pokémon, as well as an alternate-art Xerneas XY Black Star Promotional card and a selection of four booster packs (typically three from XY and one from Legendary Treasures). The equivalent Xerneas Jumbo Collection was made available outside North America.
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Yveltal Figure Collection
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Available alongside the Xerneas Figure Collection on February 19, 2014 was the Yveltal Figure Collection. This product featured the Legendary Destruction Pokémon Yveltal as both an alternate art XY Black Star Promotional card and a collectible figure. Each collection also included three XY booster packs and one Legendary Treasures booster pack.
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Xerneas Jumbo Collection
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During the XY Series, collectible figures were not included in products made for sale outside North America, resulting in equivalent lines containing different items. Instead of the Xerneas Figure Collection, the Xerneas Jumbo Collection was made available in other regions overseen by The Pokémon Company International from February 19, 2014. Each of these collections included a copy of the same alternate-art Xerneas XY Black Star Promo card and same quantity of XY booster packs but came with an oversized version of the Xerneas card instead of the figure.
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Yveltal Jumbo Collection
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Complimenting the Xerneas Jumbo Collection on February 19, 2014 in Western regions outside North America was the Yveltal Jumbo Collection. This promotional box featured the Destruction Pokémon Yveltal as both a regular-sized and a Jumbo-sized XY Black Star Promo card. Each collection also included three XY booster packs.
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Legends of Kalos Tins
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In the month following the release of the XY expansion, specifically on March 12, 2014, a pair of Legends of Kalos Tins was released. Featuring two members of the Kalos region's aura trio, these tins included alternate-art reprints of the Xerneas-EX and Yveltal-EX cards from the XY expansion. Also included in each tin were four booster packs as well as a code card for unlocking the promos in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online.
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XY Trainer Kit
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Trainer Kits were first conceived in the EX Series as a way to introduce prospective players to the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The XY Trainer Kit was the first iteration of the XY Series and was released on March 12, 2014. Each kit was packaged with two pre-constructed Half Decks featuring Sylveon and Noivern, with the Sylveon Half Deck focusing on Fairy-type Pokémon and the Noivern Half Deck focusing on Darkness and Psychic-types. None of the cards have rarity symbols and each feature a collection number and set symbol exclusive to the kit. The cards are numbered in such a way to allow them to be played in the kit's example battle; cards could also be easily reset if the decks were accidentally shuffled prior to conducting an example battle.
In addition to the Half Decks, the XY Trainer Kit also contained two booklets to guide players through the game, an exclusive deck box, a rulebook, damage counters, status counters, a coin featuring the Kalos first partner Pokémon, a playmat, and a code card to unlock the cards in the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online. Redeeming the code card also unlocked the digital Mindbind Theme Deck, a combination of both Half Decks into a full 60-card deck.
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Garchomp-EX Box
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Released April 1, 2014 was the Garchomp-EX Box. This promotional box came with standard-sized and Jumbo-sized Garchomp-EX cards as well as a selection of four booster packs: three from the XY expansion, and one sourced from the Black & White Series.
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Flashfire Theme Decks
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The next installment of Theme Decks was released alongside the Flashfire expansion on May 7, 2014. Brilliant Thunder featured Fire-type and Lightning-type Pokémon, focusing on the Generator Pokémon Heliolisk, while Mystic Typhoon featured Water-type and Psychic-type Pokémon, centering on the Constraint Pokémon Meowstic. The decks included exclusive Cracked Ice Holofoil prints of their central Pokémon, in addition to a sheet of damage counters and status markers, a coin, a 2-player playamt and rulesheet, a card checklist and summary sheet, a deckbox, and a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online code card.
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Flashfire Blisters
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Flashfire featured its own set of blister packs, which were released alongside the expansion on May 7, 2014. Four different blister packs were available: a pair of Three Pack Blisters and a pair of Single Pack Checklane Blisters. The Three Pack Blisters, available in North America for the first time since Boundaries Crossed, featured the original paperboard-backed packaging instead of the plastic clamshell first utilized in the range of Black & White Blisters. As the name suggests, three Flashfire booster packs were available in each blister, along with a coin and either a Haxorus or a Machamp Cosmos Holofoil variant sourced from the Plasma Blast expansion.
The Single Pack Blisters featured one Flashfire pack, a coin, and either a Skiddo or Honedge Cosmos Holofoil XY Black Star Promotional card. The coin designs typically packaged in these blisters were large-sized, Black-backed, Silver Cracked Ice Holofoil ones featuring either Xerneas or Yveltal, though some included repackaged coins from earlier Theme Decks.
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Flashfire Portfolios
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The third enstallment of portfolios were released with the Flashfire expansion on May 7, 2014. The 9-Pocket Portfolios feature the promotional 5ban Graphics artwork of both Mega Charizard forms; the 4-Pocket Portfolios feature the promotional pack artwork of Mega Kangaskhan and Pyroar. Each binder has 10 fixed pages, allowing up to 180 cards to be displayed in the 9-Pocket Portfolio and up to 80 cards in the 4-Pocket Portfolio.
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Charizard-EX Box
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- Not to be confused with the Charizard-EX Box—Fire Blast.
The Charizard-EX Box was available from May 7, 2014, the same day as the Flashfire expansion. Like the Garchomp-EX Box, this product contained a promotional Pokémon-EX card in both standard and Jumbo sizes, this time Charizard-EX, in addition to a TCGO code card and four booster packs, at least two of which were of the Flashfire expansion.
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Kalos Power Tins
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The next set of tins to be released centered around Pokémon-EX versions of the Kalos region's final first partner Pokémon evolutions: Chesnaught, Delphox, and Greninja. Released June 12, 2014, the Kalos Power Tins contained an exclusive promotional print of each Pokémon-EX, four booster packs (one Flashfire, one XY, one Plasma Blast, and one Plasma Freeze), and a code card for the online TCG game.
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Pyroar Box
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The Royal Pokémon Pyroar was the feature of June's Pyroar Box. This box, released on June 25, 2014, contained an exclusive Holofoil Pyroar XY Black Star Promo, as well as three booster packs from the XY Series, Holofoil variant 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 when incorporating Fire-types in a deck. Retailer images of the box displayed Flashfire Pyroar instead of the actual XY Promo.
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Pikachu 1" D-Ring Binder
The online Pokémon Center released an assortment of stationery on July 9, 2014 that featured a basic design with corporate art of Pikachu in different poses. Among these was a Pikachu 1" D-Ring Binder that could hold 3-ring pocket pages for TCG card display.
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Krookodile-EX Box
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Following the trend set by the Garchomp-EX Box and the Charizard-EX Box, the Krookodile-EX Box was released July 2014. This product featured the Intimidation Pokémon Krookodile as both a standard-sized and a oversized promotional Pokémon-EX card and included four booster packs and a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online code card. Typical booster pack selections comprised two Flashfire and two XY.
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Mega Evolution Collector Pin Three Pack Blisters
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- Not to be confused with the Mega Evolution Collector's Pin Three Pack Blisters.
Being skipped for the Flashfire expansion, a trio of Mega Evolution-themed Pin Blisters was released in July 2014 to celebrate Mega Charizard and Mega Lucario, featured Pokémon for the two nearby sets, Flashfire and Furious Fists. According to retailer material, the blisters were originally planned for an August 2014 release, presumably to coincide with the launch of Furious Fists, and were set to contain three booster packs from each of the first three XY Series expansions. The earlier release resulted in the blisters including one XY pack and two Flashfire packs. The blisters were packaged with one of three possible pin designs: Mega Charizard X, Mega Charizard Y, or Mega Lucario.
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Furious Fists Theme Decks
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The Furious Fists expansion, released on August 13, 2014, featured its own pair of Theme Decks. The Dark Hammer Theme Deck focused on the Daunting Pokémon Pangoro plus an assortment of Fighting and Darkness-types; the Enchanted Echo Theme Deck featured the Intertwining Pokémon Sylveon and numerous Grass and Fairy-types. These decks included a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online code card, a coin, a 2-player playamt and rulesheet, a card checklist and summary sheet, a deckbox, and a paperboard sheet containing damage counters and status markers.
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Furious Fists Blisters
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Several sets of blister packs were released alongside the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014. The Three Pack Blisters were packaged with either a Trevenant or a Slurpuff Cosmos Holofoil XY Promo, three Furious Fists booster packs, and one large-sized coin. The Checklane Single Pack Blisters contained either a Cosmos Holofoil Gogoat XY Promo or a Cosmos Holofoil variant of Zoroark from Legendary Treasures, a repackaged large-sized coin, and one booster pack from the expansion.
At the beginning of September 2014, a pair of Two Pack Blisters was released, each containing two packs from the expansion, a repackaged coin, and three different Cosmos Holofoil promotional cards sourced from Boundaries Crossed. The blisters contained either Electivire, Dusknoir, and Scizor or Serperior, Emboar, and Samurott. All these cards remain exclusive to this product except for the Dusknoir, which was also available in the Psychic Gym Collector Pack.
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Furious Fists Elite Trainer Box
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The fourth Elite Trainer Box was released with the Furious Fists expansion on August 13, 2014. It featured Mega Lucario and included the same type of contents as the XY Elite Trainer Box: a stock of 45 basic Energy cards, 65 themed card sleeves, two acrylic Special Condition markers, six damage counter dice, one large die for coin flips, four themed dividers, a Furious Fists Player's Guide, and eight Furious Fists booster packs.
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Furious Fists Launch Kit
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A brand-new product that debuted with the Furious Fists expansion went by the name of Furious Fists Launch Kit. This kit contained two booster boxes worth of booster packs (72 in total), four copies of each Furious Fists Theme Deck, and a sealed pack of 16 promotional cards: eight each of Trevenant and Slurpuff available in the Furious Fists Blisters. The Furious Fists Launch Kit cost significantly more than most products due to the volume of items included and was intended more for places like card shops instead of for personal purchase.
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Furious Fists Portfolios
The Furious Fists expansion 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 fixed pages to display cards.
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Mega Charizard Collections
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In a similar vein to the earlier released Xerneas Figure Collection and Yveltal Figure Collection, a pair of figure boxes was released featuring the two different forms of Mega Charizard. In August 2014, this four-booster pack box contained a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and a figure depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y.
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Mega Charizard Box
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In August 2014, a pair of boxes was made available in Western regions outside North America in place of the Mega Charizard Collection due to safety concerns with the promotional figures. These boxes contained a Cosmos Holofoil Legendary Treasures Charizard card and an oversized card depicting either Mega Charizard X or Mega Charizard Y from the Flashfire expansion. The boxes also included one less booster pack compared to the North American version for a total of three.
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Elite Trainer Deck Shields
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In response to a survey held on The PokéGym, The Pokémon Company International designed a product named the Elite Trainer Deck Shields. These additions to the Elite Trainer Series of products were metal tins suitable for carrying around a deck, which incorporated a storage compartment in the lid to hold small accessories such as dice and damage counters. The Deck Shields became available to purchase in late August 2014 and came in two designs: one featured Xerneas and Yveltal; the other featured Mega Charizard X and Y. Each Deck Shield was also packaged with two XY Series booster packs.
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Ancient Power Box
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The Ancient Power Box was released at the start of September 2014. Featuring several Pokémon first introduced in the Furious Fists expansion, this promotional box contained special Cosmos Holofoil variant prints of cards relating to Fossil Pokémon: Tyrunt, Tyrantrum, Amaura, and Aurorus, in addition to the new Supporter card, Fossil Researcher. Each box came with three booster packs (two Furious Fists and one Flashfire), and a Quick Guide to help players with the Restored Pokémon mechanic.
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Gym Collector Packs
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Released within the shipment of Ancient Power Boxes 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 a particular type, two of which were exclusive Cosmos Holofoil prints of previously-released cards. Four types were represented: 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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September 2014 Professor Store merchandise
With the start of the 2014-2015 Play! Pokémon tournament season, Pokémon.com's Professor Store reopened on September 23, 2014, providing Professors the opportunity to purchase exclusive merchandise with Professor Points earned from judging Organized Tournaments. The merchandise included both new items for 2014, as well as older ones from previous years that were still relevant to Play! Pokémon:
- An Energy Pack containing 10 copies of each basic Energy card (Unnumbered ©2013 print). It was available for 15 Professor Points.
- A Judge Shirt, the uniform used for National Championships from 2012 until 2015. It was initially added to the Professor Store on March 30, 2012. It could be purchased for 50 Professor Points.
- A heavy-duty plastic Professor Carrying Case with three dividers designed to carry cards around. It was initially added to the Professor Store on March 30, 2012. It cost 35 Professor Points.
- A set of four Professor Coins bearing the Professor Program stylized Poké Ball design. These coins were originally handed out at the 2014 National Championships' Professor Cups but were available in the store for 15 Professor Points.
- A Professor Deckbox, an exclusive smoke-colored deckbox with a single card divider. It was initially added to the Professor Store on July 18, 2013. It was available for 25 Professor Points.
- A set of five Professor Dice, translucent six-sided dice with the Professor logo on the 1. It was initially added to the Professor Store on September 4, 2011. Each pack cost 20 Professor Points.
- A white Professor Lab Coat with the Professor Program logo embroidered on the breast and back. It was initially added on September 1, 2009. It was available for 75 Professor Points.
- A 7×10 inch ring-bound Professor Journal with 100 pages. It was initially added on January 3, 2013. It could be purchased for 30 Professor Points.
- A pack of 65 Titanium tournament Professor Sleeves featuring black Professor Program logos. It was initially added July 18, 2013. Packs were available for 25 Professor Points.
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Mega Lucario Collection
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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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Autumn 2014 Regional Championships merchandise
The Autumn 2014 Regional Championships were the first large-scale events of the 2014-2015 Play! Pokémon tournament season. Six Regional Championships were held across North America over three consecutive weekends, beginning the weekend of October 4, 2014 and concluding on the weekend of October 18. These events offered exclusive merchandise to participants, winners, and staff. With the upcoming releases of both Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and the Phantom Forces expansion, the merchandise featured the Hoenn first partner Pokémon 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 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
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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. These products featured prints of the Kanto first partner Pokémon Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise with alternate artwork to those originating from the Japanese Collection X (Venusaur-EX), Collection Y (Blastoise-EX), and Wild Blaze expansion (Charizard-EX). Each tin contained two Furious Fists booster packs, one Flashfire booster pack, one Plasma Blast booster pack, and a Pokémon TCG Online code card.
These tins received a re-release near the end of the XY Series during the holiday season. While the promotional cards remained the same, the pack selections were updated to include two Evolutions, one Fates Collide, and one BREAKpoint. The TCGO code cards similarly remained the same, providing only the promotional Pokémon-EX card and no additional special deck, unlike other tin code cards available at the time.
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Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack
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Exclusive to GameStop stores starting October 13, 2014 was the Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack, a product that coincided with the beginning of a Shiny Gengar distribution for Pokémon X and Y. Each pack included a Sheen Holofoil variant print of the Gengar Spirit Link Trainer card from the Phantom Forces expansion plus two booster packs, one from Flashfire and one from Furious Fists.
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Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs. Yveltal
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- Main article: Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs. Yveltal (TCG)
The Battle Arena Decks: Xerneas vs. Yveltal were the first entry in a new product line that launched on October 22, 2014. Each box contained two 60-card decks themed around aura trio members Xerneas or Yveltal, both of which were featured on never-before-seen promotional cards. The decks collectively contained 20 Sheen Holofoil cards. The product also came with two metallic coins, a 2-player playmat and rulesheet, a code card to play these decks on the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online, two deckboxes, two sets of damage counters, and a Quick Guide to help players bolster their strategies.
Of the two coins, only the Blue Confetti Holofoil Xerneas coin was exclusive to the product. Additionally, included were multiple copies of six exclusive cards: XY Promo Xerneas, Yveltal, and Trevor, Holofoil versions of the Unnumbered ©2013 prints of both Fairy Energy and Darkness Energy, and an exclusive Non Holofoil print of Flashfire Carbink.
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XY Knock Out Collection
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Initially released in Canadian Wal-Marts, and then to Rite-Aids in the United States, the XY Knock Out Collection promotional boxes each contained two booster packs, a coin, and three Cosmos Holofoil variant cards. The cards were the same as February 2014's XY Two Pack Blisters: 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 booster packs came from XY and Flashfire, and the included coin was repackaged. The Blastoise, however, was printed with the correct copyright date of ©2013, while the original Cosmos Holofoil print listed ©2012.
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Kanto First Partner Evolutions
Knock Out Collection
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Knock Out Collection
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