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With the upcoming CoroCoro featuring more of Gaia Volcano/Tidal Storm, the official site updated with a large amount of new cards, both in-set and promotional, being released in December. The update provides a look at the Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre Pokémon-EX cards coming out in the next expansion, as well as a plethora of Pikachu promotional cards and new Ancient Trait Pokémon.

Gaia Volcano/Tidal Storm

Revealed for Gaia Volcano/Tidal Storm are Primal Groudon-EX, Primal Kyogre-EX, and both a second Swampert and Sceptile. All four of the cards feature Ancient Traits, new card features with additional Ability-like effects. Primal Groudon-EX and Sceptile have Ω Barrier which states Whenever your opponent plays a Trainer card (excluding Pokémon Tools and Stadium Cards) prevent all effects of that card done to this Pokémon. Primal Kyogre-EX and Swampert have α Growth: When you attach an Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon (except with an attack, Ability, or Trainer card), you may attach 2 Energy cards.. The remainder of their text can be viewed below.

Additionally revealed was a new Item card, Acro Bike, included in Gaia Volcano.

Primal Groudon-EX Primal Groudon-EX

ゲンシグラードンEX Primal GroudonEX Hit Points: 240 Gaia Volcano

ガイアボルケーノ 100+ If there is any Stadium card in play, this attack does 100 more damage. Discard that Stadium card. weakness

×2 resistance

None retreat cost





Sceptile Sceptile

ジュカイン Jukain Hit Points: 140 Leaf Blade

リーフブレード 30+ Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Power Poison

パワーポイズン 120 Discard 1 Energy attached to this Pokémon. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. weakness

×2 resistance

None retreat cost



Primal Kyogre-EX Primal Kyogre-EX

ゲンシカイオーガEX Primal KaiorgaEX Hit Points: 240 Tidal Storm

タイダルストーム 150 Move 2 Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. This attack 30 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon-EX. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) weakness

×2 resistance

None retreat cost





Swampert Swampert

ラグラージ Laglarge Hit Points: 140 Diving Search

ダイビングサーチ Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for any card, shuffle your deck, and put that card on top of your deck. Hydro Pump

ハイドロポンプ 40+ This attack does 30 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. weakness

×2 resistance

None retreat cost









Acro Bike

All prints You can only have 1 Ace Spec Trainer card in your deck. {{{ruletext}}} Look at the top 2 cards of your deck. Put 1 of them into your hand and discard the other. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).







New sleeves

A pair of new sleeves will be released in the upcoming months. The first ones, named the Where's Jirachi? sleeves, will be awarded at Gym Challenges during the months of December and January to those who do well. The Mega Gardevoir sleeves will be available for purchase alongside the main expansion on December 13.





Mega Metagross Blister

Also releasing on the same day as the expansion is the Special Pack: Silver M Metagross-EX, a special promotional pack including Metagross-EX, M Metagross-EX, and a new Ancient Trait Torchic promotional card. Torchic has the Ancient Trait Ω Multi Strike, allowing it to attack twice per turn.

Metagross-EX Metagross-EX

メタグロスEX MetagrossEX Hit Points: 180 Magnetic Laser

じりょくレーザー 20 You may move a Energy from 1 of your Benched Pokémon to this Pokémon. Squared Attack

グランドクロス 50x Flip 4 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. weakness

×2 resistance

-20 retreat cost





M Metagross-EX M Metagross-EX

MメタグロスEX M MetagrossEX Hit Points: 220 Gatling Slug

ガトリングスラッグ 130+ This attack does 10 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. weakness

×2 resistance

-20 retreat cost





Torchic Torchic

アチャモ Achamo Hit Points: 50 Flare Bonus

フレアボーナス Discard a Energy card from your hand. Then, draw 2 cards. Claw

かぎづめ 20 Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. weakness

×2 resistance

None retreat cost





Promotional Pikachu

Quite a few new promotional Pikachu card will be released in the upcoming weeks. Available now is a promotional Jumbo Pikachu awarded to the first 100,000 patrons who spend 3000円 or more in products at Japanese Toys R Us. Secondly, in commemoration of the Pokémon Center Tokyo moving and reopening as Mega Tokyo, a Mega Tokyo Pikachu promotional card will be available. Lastly, four new promotional Pikachu named Warm Pikachu will be made available as part of a clothing campaign held with UNIQLO. Those who purchase one of six different shirts at 990円 + tax this December at participating Uniqlo stores will receive one of the four promos.



