Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution Set Officially Announced, Closing Out The Scarlet and Violet Era (Updated)

Update: The Pokémon Company has officially announced its new series for its popular trading card game, Mega Evolution. Its first expansion will be titled "Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution." More information will be revealed on July 10, 2025.

It's expected to launch in September this year, while Japan's equivalents, "Mega Brave" and "Mega Symphonia", will launch in August. The original story continues below.

Just when you thought the Pokémon TCG had enough going on with Destined Rivals and Black Bolt and White Flare, in comes a brand new series altogether with the Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia sets (Update: Mega Evolution for English markets).

Originally announced at Japan's Championship tournament, as reported by PokeBeach and later confirmed by The Pokémon Company, the two new sets featuring Mega Lucario ex and Mega Gardevoir ex mark the popular trading card game stepping away from its Scarlet and Violet era.

Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia will release on August 1, 2025, in Japan, and in September for English markets as "Mega Evolution".

Instead of the long-running Scarlet and Violet block, it will now focus on the Mega Evolutions from the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A game.

Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia will contain 63 cards each, before secret rares are taken into account, and officially kick off the new Mega block of cards. Visually impressive full-art Pokémon and item cards were shown off as well. These include Rare Candy, Night Stretcher, Bulbasaur, Vulpix, and Inteleon.

Both sets have been reported to have a Pokémon Center Mega set, including 60 packs of cards amongst two boxes, a card storage box featuring the respective set’s cover Pokémon, four dividers, a deck box featuring Acerola or Lillie, and card sleeves featuring the same character. This has been priced at 12,800 yen (around $87 today), although the official US pricing hasn’t been revealed yet.

Better quality images of Bulbasaur, Vulpix & Inteleon AR's from Pokemon Mega Brave & Mega Symphonia pic.twitter.com/VTMqIui97d— Magic Madhouse (@magicmadhouse) June 23, 2025

There will also be a Premium Trainer Box releasing at 6,350 yen in Japan (around $47), with the official US pricing also currently unknown. This will contain 20 packs, 10 of Mega Brave & Mega Symphonia each, 51 unique cards, a storage box, a Poison/Burn marker, damage counters and case, and a damage storage box.

As also shared by PokeBeach in early June, The Pokémon Company informed tournament organisers at the time that pre-release allocations will be even lower than usual, adding to the TCG’s continued problem of stock shortages.

For when we have more concrete details on preorders for the Pokémon TCG’s English versions of Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia in the US and UK, we’ll update this article so you can try and get a jump on them right away.

For more on Pokémon TCG, check out IGN's full release schedule for 2025 expansions, our Black Bolt and White Flare preorder guide, and our full breakdown on the most valuable cards you can still find in packs right now.

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