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Nouvelles extensions, tournois et évolutions du marché autour du JCC Pokémon.
Before launch: eBay removes 30th Celebration listings at Pokémon's request
Three weeks before the worldwide release, the first cards from the anniversary set surfaced on eBay. The platform took them down as suspected stolen property.
¥550per ten-card booster, as reported
Report: Japan's next High Class Pack, MEGA x MEGA Parade, set for February 2027
PokeBeach gives 19 February 2027 as the date. Pokémon has not announced the set yet, but the trademark is registered.
27 yearsfilb.de has gone offline
filb.de goes offline after 27 years
One of the oldest German-language Pokémon sites shut down in August 2026. PokéWiki, which grew out of it, carries on.
10events in Europe in the 2027 season
2027 season: ten events in Europe, more points for the wider field, no more Pokémon UNITE
Pokémon has published the calendar and rules of the 2027 Championship Series. For the card game, the main change is how points are awarded.
1 ticketper person per day at the pop-up stores
ID cards and face scans: how Pokémon is fighting scalpers in Japan
Since this summer Pokémon checks identities in Japan – online with the My Number Card, in pop-up stores with a face scan. Buyers from abroad are not entirely shut out.
Storm Emeralda: the 76 cards of the Japanese Rayquaza set, and how Legendary Stadiums work
The Japanese set releases on 31 July; its cards reach English-language markets as Delta Reign on 6 November. New are Stadiums made of two cards.
$24,200value of the stolen Pikachu card
Poncho Pikachu worth $24,200 taken with fake crypto payment – in a police exchange zone
A New Jersey seller met his buyer in a police safe exchange zone. The crypto payment was worthless, and the suspect is in custody.
£71,000taken from two card shops
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.