{"id":1968071,"date":"2026-06-02T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1968071"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:54:15","slug":"pokemon-tcg-announces-30th-anniversary-set-with-all-foil-cards-30-new-unique-pikachu-illustrations-and-the-return-of-classic-charizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1968071","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG announces 30th anniversary set with &#8220;all foil cards&#8221;, 30 new unique Pikachu illustrations, and the return of classic Charizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tabletop-games\/pokemon-trading-card-game\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG announces 30th anniversary set with &#8220;all foil cards&#8221;, 30 new unique Pikachu illustrations, and the return of classic Charizard<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Scalper&#8217;s paradise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-TCG-30th-Celebration_Pikachus.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG 30th Celebration set - Pikachu designs\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Pokemon-TCG-30th-Celebration_Pikachus.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-02T13:54:15+00:00\">June 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"742b4027-bb74-452e-b7e8-7a1b70c17ec0\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Trading Card Game\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Trading Card Game\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Trading Card Game\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Trading Card Game\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Trading Card Game\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has revealed &#8220;a commemorative expansion&#8221; for Pok\u00e9mon TCG which celebrates the Pok\u00e9mon series&#8217; 30th anniversary. It&#8217;ll hit stores worldwide on 16th September this year, and I&#8217;ll bet we&#8217;re going to see fights over these boosters.<\/p>\n<p>As teased in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=05w9UVH6zoQ\">newly released trailer<\/a>, the 30th Celebration set &#8211; which is currently just for the physical card game, rather than the digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket\">Pocket<\/a> version &#8211; has a number of eye-catching additions. First, an all-new card rarity, Futuristic, is being introduced, featuring cool new visuals painted by <a href=\"https:\/\/yoshirotten.com\/\">Japanese artist YOSHIROTTEN<\/a>. Two cards with the striking art style have been revealed so far, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/card\/dex\/artist\/yoshirotten.shtml\">Mewtwo and Mew ex<\/a>, but expect more to pop up in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the entire set is foil (terrible news for your wallet if you love shiny cards), with each booster pack containing five foils and one foil basic energy. Additionally, each pack includes (as part of the five regular cards) &#8220;one of 30 unique foil cards featuring Pikachu, each illustrated by a different artist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG: 30th Celebration \ud83c\udf89 | Available September 16\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05w9UVH6zoQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/05w9UVH6zoQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG: 30th Celebration \ud83c\udf89 | Available September 16<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pok\u00e9mon TCG: 30th Celebration | Available September 16<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=05w9UVH6zoQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, 30 additional &#8220;classic Pok\u00e9mon cards from across the game&#8217;s decades-long history&#8221; are making a return, including the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/card\/classiccharizard\/003.shtml\">classic Charizard<\/a> by Mitsuhiro Arita. Despite the mix of old and new, veteran Pok\u00e9mon fans will be especially satisfied by this set, it seems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PokemonTCG\/comments\/1ttxbo5\/more_30th_anniversary_celebration_card_reveals\/\">many players are already fearing<\/a> how hard it&#8217;ll be to <em>actually obtain <\/em>boosters from this celebratory set when taking the hype and scalping issues into account. May the odds be ever in your favour. And let&#8217;s hope The Pok\u00e9mon Company has similar anniversary plans for the digital version of TCG, which has some synergy with its physical counterpart but receives tailor-made sets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Company has revealed &#8220;a commemorative expansion&#8221; for Pok\u00e9mon TCG which celebrates the Pok\u00e9mon series&#8217; 30th anniversary. It&#8217;ll hit stores worldwide on 16th September this year, and I&#8217;ll bet we&#8217;re going to see fights over these boosters.<\/p>\n<p>As teased in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=05w9UVH6zoQ\">newly released trailer<\/a>, the 30th Celebration set &#8211; which is currently just for the physical card game, rather than the digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-trading-card-game-pocket\">Pocket<\/a> version &#8211; has a number of eye-catching additions. First, an all-new card rarity, Futuristic, is being introduced, featuring cool new visuals painted by <a href=\"https:\/\/yoshirotten.com\/\">Japanese artist YOSHIROTTEN<\/a>. Two cards with the striking art style have been revealed so far, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/card\/dex\/artist\/yoshirotten.shtml\">Mewtwo and Mew ex<\/a>, but expect more to pop up in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the entire set is foil (terrible news for your wallet if you love shiny cards), with each booster pack containing five foils and one foil basic energy. Additionally, each pack includes (as part of the five regular cards) &#8220;one of 30 unique foil cards featuring Pikachu, each illustrated by a different artist&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG: 30th Celebration \ud83c\udf89 | Available September 16\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/05w9UVH6zoQ?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/05w9UVH6zoQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Pok\u00e9mon TCG: 30th Celebration \ud83c\udf89 | Available September 16<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Pok\u00e9mon TCG: 30th Celebration | Available September 16<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=05w9UVH6zoQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, 30 additional &#8220;classic Pok\u00e9mon cards from across the game&#8217;s decades-long history&#8221; are making a return, including the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serebii.net\/card\/classiccharizard\/003.shtml\">classic Charizard<\/a> by Mitsuhiro Arita. Despite the mix of old and new, veteran Pok\u00e9mon fans will be especially satisfied by this set, it seems.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PokemonTCG\/comments\/1ttxbo5\/more_30th_anniversary_celebration_card_reveals\/\">many players are already fearing<\/a> how hard it&#8217;ll be to <em>actually obtain <\/em>boosters from this celebratory set when taking the hype and scalping issues into account. May the odds be ever in your favour. And let&#8217;s hope The Pok\u00e9mon Company has similar anniversary plans for the digital version of TCG, which has some synergy with its physical counterpart but receives tailor-made sets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pok\u00e9mon TCG announces 30th anniversary set with &#8220;all foil cards&#8221;, 30 new unique Pikachu illustrations, and the return of classic Charizard Scalper&#8217;s paradise. 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