koala
October 22, 2024, 7:00am
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According to Pokébeach, we have the following confirmed dates for sets in 2025:
January 24, 2025 - [SV9] Battle Partners
March 14, 2025 - [SV9a] Heat Wave Arena
April 18, 2025 - [SV10] The Glory of Team Rocket
Here’s the JP set schedule for 2021-2025 thus far. Judging by the timeline, the main takeaways are:
Heat Wave Arena should be the subset expansion & sealed battle set SV9aThe Glory of Team Rocket should be the main expansion SV10
This should correlate to a future main set SV10 for TPCi / English, meaning it will be released with booster boxes (i.e. it’s not a special set like 151)
The supposedly BW-themed dual sets Black Bolt & White Flare should also be main expansions, so they may be pushed back to SV11 in July
June’s subset expansion (SV10a?) either doesn’t exist or hasn’t had its trademark registered yet
https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/10/heat-wave-arena-and-the-glory-of-team-rocket-releasing-in-march-and-april
What do you think of the schedule?
Set Timeline
#
Release Date
Set
1
October 20, 1996
Expansion Pack
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 5, 1997
Pokémon Jungle
2
June 21, 1997
Mystery of the Fossils
3
November 21, 1997
Rocket Gang
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 23, 1998
Vending Series 1
2
June 17, 1998
Vending Series 2
3
October 24, 1998
Gym 1 Leaders’ Stadium
4
November 24, 1998
Vending Series 3
#
Release Date
Set
1
June 25, 1999
Gym 2 Challenge from the Darkness
#
Release Date
Set
1
February 4, 2000
Neo 1 Gold, Silver, to a New World…
2
July 7, 2000
Neo 2 Crossing the Ruins…
3
November 23, 2000
Neo 3 Awakening Legends
#
Release Date
Set
1
April 20, 2001
Neo 4 Darkness, and to Light…
2
July 19, 2001
Pokémon VS
3
October 30, 2001
Pokémon Web
4
December 1, 2001
E1 Expansion Pack
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 8, 2002
E2 The Town on No Map
2
May 24, 2002
E3 Wind from the Sea
3
August 23, 2002
E4 Split Earth
4
October 4, 2002
E5 Mysterious Mountains
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 31, 2003
ADV Expansion Pack
2
April 18, 2003
ADV Miracle of the Desert
3
June 25, 2003
ADV Rulers of the Heavens
4
October 24, 2003
ADV Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 16, 2004
ADV Undone Seal
2
April 9, 2004
PCG Flight of Legends
3
July 1, 2004
PCG Clash of the Blue Sky
4
October 15, 2004
PCG Rocket Gang Strikes Back
#
Release Date
Set
1
April 8, 2005
PCG Golden Sky, Silvery Ocean
2
June 30, 2005
PCG Mirage Forest
3
October 28, 2005
PCG Holon Research Tower
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 27, 2006
PCG Holon Phantom
2
March 10, 2006
PCG Miracle Crystal
3
June 29, 2006
PCG Offense and Defense of the Furthest Ends
4
November 30, 2006
DP1 Space-Time Creation: Diamond Collection
5
November 30, 2006
DP1 Space-Time Creation: Pearl Collection
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 2, 2007
DP2 Secret of the Lakes
2
July 5, 2007
DP3 Shining Darkness
3
July 5, 2007
PCG World Champions Pack
4
October 26, 2007
DP4 Moonlit Pursuit
5
October 26, 2007
DP4 Dawn Dash
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 14, 2008
DP5 Cry from the Mysterious
2
March 14, 2008
DP5 Temple of Anger
3
July 10, 2008
DP6 Intense Fight in the Destroyed Sky
4
October 10, 2008
Pt1 Galactic’s Conquest
5
December 26, 2008
Pt2 Bonds to the End of Time
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 6, 2009
Pt3 Beat of the Frontier
2
July 8, 2009
Pt4 Advent of Arceus
3
October 9, 2009
L1 HeartGold Collection
4
October 9, 2009
L1 SoulSilver Collection
#
Release Date
Set
1
February 11, 2010
L2 Reviving Legends
2
April 16, 2010
LL Lost Link
3
July 8, 2010
L3 Clash at the Summit
4
December 17, 2010
BW1 Black Collection
5
December 17, 2010
BW1 White Collection
#
Release Date
Set
1
July 15, 2011
BW2 Red Collection
2
September 16, 2011
BW3 Psycho Drive
3
September 16, 2011
BW3 Hail Blizzard
4
December 16, 2011
BW4 Dark Rush
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 27, 2012
DS Dragon Selection
2
March 16, 2012
BW5 Dragon Blast
3
March 16, 2012
BW5 Dragon Blade
4
July 13, 2012
BW6 Freeze Bolt
5
July 13, 2012
BW6 Cold Flare
6
September 14, 2012
BW7 Plasma Gale
7
December 14, 2012
BW8 Spiral Force
8
December 14, 2012
BW8 Thunder Knuckle
#
Release Date
Set
1
February 1, 2013
SC Shiny Collection
2
March 15
BW9 Megalo Cannon
3
July 13, 2013
EX Battle Boost
4
December 13, 2013
XY1 Collection X
5
December 13, 2013
XY1 Collection Y
#
Release Date
Set
1
March 15, 2014
XY2 Wild Blaze
2
June 14, 2014
XY3 Rising Fist
3
September 13, 2014
XY4 Phantom Gate
4
December 13, 2014
XY5 Gaia Volcano
5
December 13, 2014
XY5 Tidal Storm
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 30, 2015
CP1 Magma Gang VS Aqua Gang: Double Crisis
2
March 14, 2015
XY6 Emerald Break
3
June 20, 2015
XY7 Bandit Ring
4
July 18, 2015
CP2 Legendary Shine Collection
5
September 26, 2015
XY8 Blue Shock
6
September 26, 2015
XY8 Red Flash
7
December 11, 2015
XY9 Rage of the Broken Heavens
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 29, 2016
CP3 PokéKyun Collection
2
March 18, 2016
XY10 Awakening Psychic King
3
April 16, 2016
CP4 Premium Champions Pack
4
June 17, 2016
XY11 Fever-Burst Fighter
5
June 17, 2016
XY11 Cruel Traitor
6
July 16, 2016
CP5 Mythical & Legendary Dream Shine Collection
7
September 16, 2016
CP6 Expansion Pack 20th Anniversary
8
December 9, 2016
SM1S Collection Sun
9
December 9, 2016
SM1M Collection Moon
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 27, 2017
SM1+ Sun & Moon
2
March 17, 2017
SM2K Islands Await You
3
March 17, 2017
SM2L Alolan Moonlight
4
April 21, 2017
SM2+ Facing a New Trial
5
April 21, 2017
The Best of XY
6
June 16, 2017
SM3H To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow
7
June 16, 2017
SM3N Darkness That Consumes Light
8
July 15, 2017
SM3+ Shining Legends
9
September 15, 2017
SM4S Awakened Heroes
10
September 15, 2017
SM4A Ultradimensional Beasts
11
October 20, 2017
SM4+ GX Battle Boost
12
December 8, 2017
SM5S Ultra Sun
13
December 8, 2017
SM5M Ultra Moon
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 19, 2018
SM5+ Ultra Force
2
March 2, 2018
SM6 Forbidden Light
3
April 6, 2018
SM6a Dragon Storm
4
May 3, 2018
SM6b Champion Road
5
June 1, 2018
SM7 Sky-Splitting Charisma
6
July 6, 2018
SM7a Thunderclap Spark
7
August 3, 2018
SM7b Fairy Rise
8
September 7, 2018
SM8 Super-Burst Impact
9
October 5, 2018
SM8a Dark Order
10
November 2, 2018
SM8b GX Ultra Shiny
11
December 7, 2018
SM9 Tag Bolt
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 11, 2019
SM9a Night Unison
2
February 2, 2019
SM9b Full Metal Wall
3
March 1, 2019
SM10 Double Blaze
4
April 5, 2019
SM10a GG End
5
April 26, 2019
SM10b Sky Legend
6
April 26, 2019
SMP2 Great Detective Pikachu
7
May 31, 2019
SM11 Miracle Twin
8
July 5, 2019
SM11a Remix Bout
9
August 2, 2019
SM11b Dream League
10
September 6, 2019
SM12 Alter Genesis
11
October 4, 2019
SM12a TAG TEAM GX: Tag All Stars
12
December 6, 2019
S1W Sword
13
December 6, 2019
S1H Shield
#
Release Date
Set
1
February 7, 2020
S1a VMAX Rising
2
March 6, 2020
S2 Rebellion Crash
3
April 24, 2020
S2a Explosive Walker
4
June 5, 2020
S3 Infinity Zone
5
July 10, 2020
S3a Legendary Heartbeat
6
September 18, 2020
S4 Shocking Volt Tackle
7
November 20, 2020
S4a Shiny Star V
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 22, 2021
S5I Single Strike Master
2
January 22, 2021
S5R Rapid Strike Master
3
March 19, 2021
S5a Matchless Fighters
4
April 23, 2021
S6H Silver Lance
5
April 23, 2021
S6K Jet-Black Poltergeist
6
May 28, 2021
S6a Eevee Heroes
7
July 9, 2021
S7D Towering Perfection
8
July 9, 2021
S7R Blue Sky Stream
9
September 24, 2021
S8 Fusion Arts
10
October 22, 2021
S8a 25th Anniversary Collection
11
December 3, 2021
S8b VMAX Climax
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 14, 2022
S9 Star Birth
2
February 25, 2022
S9a Battle Region
3
April 8, 2022
S10D Time Gazer
4
April 8, 2022
S10P Space Juggler
5
May 13, 2022
S10a Dark Phantasma
6
June 17, 2022
S10b Pokémon GO
7
July 15, 2022
S11 Lost Abyss
8
September 2, 2022
S11a Incandescent Arcana
9
October 21, 2022
S12 Paradigm Trigger
10
December 2, 2022
S12a VSTAR Universe
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 20, 2023
SV1S Scarlet ex
2
January 20, 2023
SV1V Violet ex
3
March 10, 2023
SV1a Triplet Beat
4
April 14, 2023
SV2D Clay Burst
5
April 14, 2023
SV2P Snow Hazard
6
June 16, 2023
SV2a Pokémon 151
7
July 28, 2023
SV3 Ruler of the Black Flame
8
September 22, 2023
SV3a Raging Surf
9
October 27, 2023
SV4K Ancient Roar
10
October 27, 2023
SV4M Future Flash
11
December 1, 2023
SV4a Shiny Treasure ex
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 26, 2024
SV5K Wild Force
2
January 26, 2024
SV5M Cyber Judge
3
March 22, 2024
SV5a Crimson Haze
4
April 26, 2024
SV6 Mask of Change
5
June 7, 2024
SV6a Night Wanderer
6
July 19, 2024
SV7 Stellar Miracle
7
September 13, 2024
SV7a Paradise Dragona
8
October 18, 2024
SV8 Super Electric Breaker
9
December 6, 2024
SV8a Terastal Festival ex
#
Release Date
Set
1
January 24, 2025
SV9 Battle Partners
2
March 14, 2025
SV9a Heat Wave Arena
3
April 18, 2025
SV10 Glory of the Rocket Gang
4
June 6, 2025
SV11B Black Bolt
5
June 6, 2025
SV11W White Flare
6
August 1, 2025
M1L Mega Brave
7
August 1, 2025
M1S Mega Symphonia
8
September 26, 2025
M2 Inferno X
#
Release Date
Set
-
November 28, 2025
M2a Mega Dream ex
-
January 23, 2026
M3 Munikis Zero
-
March 13, 2026
Ninja Spinner
-
Storm Emeralda
-
Abyss Eye
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The fact the rocket and the trainer set appear to be one giant set here in English I think is huge!!!
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i know i’m in the minority, but i’m not looking forward to this upcoming year of chr/csr style special arts
i’m guessing something will be announced for May/June that hasn’t been revealed yet. maybe a high class deck style product or just another mini set. even if sv10 is late april (likely), it’s hard to imagine that big of a gap until the next set
koala
October 22, 2024, 12:19pm
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I agree, there should at least be a subset expansion for June that TPCi can use as their August special set. If it’s SV10a and a subset expansion of SV10 Glory of Team Rocket, they may play around with the Rocket theme (Rocket Elite, Johto) or other villain theme (Ghetsis)
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Excited for battle partners and team rocket - especially since they have clear and relatable identities as opposed to “fusion arts” or “super electric breaker”. Idek what those names are supposed to mean
koala
October 22, 2024, 1:17pm
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Fusion Arts is about the Fusion Strike mechanic (literally the English set name)
Super Electric Breaker is just Stellar Pikachu, they like to make the set name dramatic when it comes to franchise mascots e.g. Ruler of the Black Flame = Dark tera Charizard, Shocking Volt Tackle = Pikachu VMAX
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Drew12
October 22, 2024, 2:25pm
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Seeing this schedule makes me think of what will come after SV in 2026. It would be a shame if they did away with the full art cards before getting around to some of my favourites
koala
February 7, 2025, 11:36am
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Two possible timelines for 2025:
Steven & Marnie decks, Heat Wave Arena and Glory of Team Rocket set combine for EN SV10, following previous years’ mid-year main sets
Loss of set identity for Team Rocket
Black Bolt & White Flare are half-n-half subset expansions like 151, featuring all 156 Unova Pokémon
Ideal for a holiday special set in July
BW sets will be available to all players before Worlds
Mega Brave and Mega Symphony become SV11
Steven & Marnie decks and Heat Wave Arena combine to form the holiday special set SV10.5
Late release for EN
Separation from the Owner’s Pokémon continuity with Journey Together
SV10 Team Rocket set maintains a clean set identity at the cost of a smaller set size and fewer chase cards (for EN main set standards)
Black Bolt & White Flare are dual sets, which is normal for main expansions
EN BW set won’t be available before Worlds i.e. BW set cards won’t be used at Worlds
Mega Brave and Mega Symphony become SV12
There will be an unusual 4 month gap between SV11 and SV12 with no subset expansion in between (for now)
What do you think?
Option 2 sounds more reasonable, it seems both Heat Wave Arena/Team Rocket have great selection of cards which would make english version almost too stacked.
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the issue is it would be too small of a set for typical english main sets imo. i think option 1 is most likely and would follow previous year’s examples. the only way i could see it being a standalone eng set is if jp releases a bunch of decks that end up as filler similar to SV03 and to a lesser degree, SV07
JP
Year 1
ENG
JP
Year 2
ENG
JP
Year 3
ENG
sv1S + sv1V
→
SV01
sv5K + sv5M
→
SV05
sv9
→
SV09
sv1a + sv2D + sv2P
→
SV02
sv5a + sv6
→
SV06
sv9a + sv10**
→ **
SV10**
sv2a (151)
SV03*
sv6a
→
sv06.5
sv10blackbolt** + sv10whiteflare** (BW ver of 151)
→ **
sv10.5**
W
o
r
l
d
s
sv3 (type change tera)
151
sv7 (stellar tera)
→
SV07
sv11brave** + sv11symphony** (megas)
→ **
SV11**
sv3a + sv4K + sv4M
→
sv04
sv7a +sv8
→
SV08
sv11a(?)** + sv12**
→ **
SV12**
sv4a
→
SV04.5
sv8a
→
SV08.5
sv12a**
→ **
SV12.5**
* released too late to be legal for worlds** unconfirmed
the only outlier this gen so far is 151 which was switched with SV03 in eng. There are many possibilities for why, but i suspect TPCI felt it would be a better fall release before the holiday shopping period.
bk2021
February 7, 2025, 1:43pm
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English doesn’t care about set identity, so Option 1 is most likely.
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koala
February 8, 2025, 4:23am
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I should also mention that TPC tends to make on average 10 JP sets per year (both main expansion and subset expansion)
The current tally of trademarked sets is 7, not including this year’s high class pack; which should mean that Mega Brave and Mega Symphony cannot be the final SV12 expansions of 2025
koala
February 11, 2025, 4:25am
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koala:
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After the reveal of EN SV10’s set name Destined Rivals, this route is now looking more realistic
JP SV12 (October?) and JP SV12a (December?) set trademarks have not been registered yet
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koala
May 21, 2025, 12:17am
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Set date for Inferno X is confirmed September 26
This makes it likely to be the set used for sealed battle tournaments in September
Potentially a smaller subset expansion coded to M1a
Potentially will be combined with October’s M2 for the EN main set typically in November
https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/05/inferno-x-set-to-release-in-september-indeed-features-mega-charizard
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koala
June 5, 2025, 1:32am
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New trademark “Ninja Spinner”
Potential Mega Greninja set mascot
Potentially slated for late October / early November
Potentially combined with Inferno X for the final EN main set of the year (November?)
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koala
June 8, 2025, 12:27pm
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Potentially one more set trademark for December
Unsure whether it will be a SV-era High Class Pack or a continuation of the Mega sets (M2a enhanced expansion pack)
This should be the one that TPCi converts into their annual January special set
Speculation that High Class sets ended with Terastal Festival ex
Because of how much of each set after is being printed, there might not be a need for EoY reprint sets anymore
Biggest factor is SV11B Black Bolt & SV11W White Flare being main expansions, not subset expansions
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koala
June 23, 2025, 5:03pm
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