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£71,000taken from two card shops
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Two English card shops burgled: Birmingham brothers jailed
The pair took Pokémon cards worth about £71,000 from shops in Warrington and Rugby in April. Both have now been sent to prison.
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Pitch Black: all 120 cards and six Mega ex in the July set
The fifth Mega Evolution expansion arrives on 17 July with 84 main-set cards and 36 secret rares, led by Mega Darkrai ex.
$320,000prize money in the AI Battle Challenge
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Pokémon is looking for the best card game AI – with about $320,000 in prize money
The AI Battle Challenge runs on Kaggle as two competitions. Cash goes only to the Strategy track and the round that follows it.
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NAIC 2026: James Kowalski wins with Lillie's Clefairy ex while nearly half the field played Dragapult
At the North America International Championships in New Orleans, Kowalski went 16-1-1 against 3,752 Masters and beat Czech player Neddy Kosek in the final.
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Turin 2026: Jose López wins the Special Championship with Hop's Trevenant
Only three players took Trevenant into the second phase – one of them won. Dragapult made up almost 40 percent of the decks but finished no higher than third.
$1,000cap per item at vendor booths
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No slabs, nothing over $1,000: new rules for vendors at official Pokémon events
Partner vendors at official events may no longer sell graded cards and hardly any Pokémon Center Japan goods. The rules first applied in Indianapolis.
85bnPokémon cards printed by March 2026
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85 billion Pokémon cards: about 10 billion added in the last fiscal year
The Pokémon Company has published its production figures up to March 2026. Annual output stays high but is no longer growing.
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Utrecht Regional 2026: Miloslav Posledni wins with Mega Lopunny ex as five Dragapult decks come up short
2,150 players came to the Jaarbeurs on 16 and 17 May. The Czech player went 15-1-2 in Swiss and then won the top cut.
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Abyss Eye: all 81 cards of the Japanese Mega Darkrai ex set confirmed
The Japanese set releases on 22 May; its English counterpart, Pitch Black, follows on 17 July. Mega Darkrai ex is built around Special Conditions.
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Chaos Rising: five Mega ex and 122 cards in the set out on 22 May
The fourth Mega Evolution expansion releases on 22 May 2026, with prerelease events running until 17 May.