Welcome back MEGA - M1L Mega Brave & M1S Mega Symphony (August 1, 2025)

[koala]

Annotations

• Mega Pokémon ex is RR rarity
• Mega Pokémon ex may evolve from a Common/Uncommon (i.e. Stage 1, 2)
• Pokémon receiving a Mega ex card will not have a regular ex card in the set
• Item cards now have an SR full art
  • Uncertain whether they can still receive UR
• Card format carries over from SV era (same holo, Pokémon ex, etc)
• AR rarity will continue, SAR rarity will likely continue
• TPC’s site indicates there will be 5 Pokémon ex per set

M1L Mega Brave

• Expansion Pack / Main Expansion
• Set mascot: Mega Lucario
• L stands for ルカリオ Lucario / Lucario
• Cards: 63 main set + AR/SR/SAR/UR
• Cards per pack: 5
• MSRP: 180 yen / pack
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

Main Set

M1L 001/063 Bulbasaur (illus. HYOGONOSUKE)
M1L 002/063 Ivysaur (illus. Takumi Wada)
M1L 003/063 Mega Venusaur ex (illus. 5ban Graphics)

• Throwback to Mega Venusaur-EX in the first XY sets, XY1 Collection X

M1L 010/063 Vulpix (illus. Naoyo Kimura)
M1L 011/063 Ninetales (illus. satoma)

M1L 024/064 Makuhita (illus. Jerky)
M1L 025/064 Hariyama (illus. GOSSAN)

M1L 028/063 Riolu (illus. hncl)
M1L 029/063 Mega Lucario ex (illus. 5ban Graphics)

M1L 058/063 Premium Power Pro (illus. Toyste Beach)
M1L 062/063 Lillie’s Determination (illus. Atsushi Furusawa)

• Furusawa drew Immersive Rare Lillie for TCG Pocket
• Lillie’s Determination “Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw 6 cards. If you have 6 Prize cards remaining, draw 8 cards instead.” is a throwback to Lillie’s original card in SM1M Collection Moon

Art Rare

M1L 064/063 AR Bulbasaur (illus. mashu)

M1L 067/063 AR Vulpix (illus. saino misaki)

Super Rare (SR)

M1L 083/063 SR Night Stretcher (illus. Toyste Beach)

• Reprint of Night Stretcher from S6a Night Wanderer

M1S Mega Symphonia

• Expansion Pack / Main Expansion
• Set mascot: Mega Gardevoir
• S stands for サーナイト Sirnight / Gardevoir
• Cards: 63 main set + AR/SR/SAR/UR
• Cards per pack: 5
• MSRP: 180 yen / pack
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

Main Set

M1S 021/063 Sobble (illus. Taira Akitsu)
M1S 022/063 Drizzile (illus. Souichirou Gunjima)
M1S 023/063 Inteleon (illus. akagi)

• Goal of completing starters from all 9 generations continues

M1S 033/063 Pachirisu (illus. tono)

M1S 040/063 Ralts (illus. Terada Tera)
M1S 041/063 Kirlia (illus. satoma)
M1S 042/063 Mega Gardevoir ex (illus. takuyoa)

M1S 049/063 Mega Latias ex (illus. 5ban Graphics)
M1S 050/063 Latios (illus. Uninori)

• 1 Pokémon ex per type is suspected to be the reason why pairs cannot both have a Pokémon ex
• Mega Latios-EX was in XY6 Emerald Break, but Mega Latias was skipped

M1S 058/063 Mega Signal (illus. inose yukie)
M1S 060/063 Wally’s Compassion (illus. Iori Suzuki)
M1S 063/063 Mystery Garden (illus. AYUMI ODASHIMA)

• Wally’s first card since XY6 Emerald Break

Art Rare

M1S 069/063 AR Inteleon (illus. Ligton)

Super Rare (SR)

M1S 082/063 SR Rare Candy (illus. Studio Bora Inc.)

Pokémon Card Game Premium Trainer Box MEGA

• 10 packs M1L Mega Brave
• 10 packs M1S Mega Symphonia
• [Total cards] - 172 cards (51 types in total) 13 Pokémon cards / 59 trainers / 4 special energy cards / 96 basic energy cards
• 1 card box
• 1 Pokémon coin
• 1 acrylic damage case
• Premium markers
• Contains SV era reprints
• MSRP: 6,350 yen
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

Mega Brave Pokémon Center Set

• 2 booster boxes - M1L Mega Brave
• Lillie deck shields (64)
• Lillie deck case (with dividers)
• Card box dividers
• MSRP: 12,800 yen
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

Mega Symphonia Pokémon Center Set

• 2 booster boxes - M1S Mega Symphonia
• Acerola deck shields (64)
• Acerola deck case (with dividers)
• Card box dividers
• MSRP: 12,800 yen
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

[anthony_CCG]

IM SO EXCITED!

[DeekBoy]

Its nice to see Megas back! Really enjoyed the look of them.

[biirdbots]

It’s nice to see that it’s not just going to be megas introduced in Kalos since Mega Latias is there. I was wondering if it was going to gravitate closely to PLZA.

I’m eargerly hoping there’s an announcement for Mega Glalie…

(Thank you for the continued coverage as always koala )

[koala]

@biirdbots

It’s nice to see that it’s not just going to be megas introduced in Kalos since Mega Latias is there. I was wondering if it was going to gravitate closely to PLZA

I believe that will be saved for after PLZA is released on October 16. Sets before will just focus on bringing back existing Mega Pokémon

Mega Spinner should release after, assuming Greninja will get a new Mega [ex]

[koala]

RR Mega Pokémon ex appears to have similar prismatic texture and glitter to RR tera Pokémon ex

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Mega Brave Pokémon Center Set

• 2 booster boxes - M1L Mega Brave
• Lillie deck shields (64)
• Lillie deck case (with dividers)
• Card box dividers
• MSRP: 12,800 yen
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

Mega Symphonia Pokémon Center Set

• 2 booster boxes - M1S Mega Symphonia
• Acerola deck shields (64)
• Acerola deck case (with dividers)
• Card box dividers
• MSRP: 12,800 yen
• Release Date: August 1, 2025

[Drew12]

Damn, this is going to be much better than I thought it would. Guess hype will not be dying down!

[fourthstartcg]

What a bonkers set straight off the rip. I am so hyped for Mega ex to come back! Feels like we’re back in XY after 10 years!!

[lamplamp]

Dang, excited for that IR Bulbasaur and for the rest of the set to be revealed

[pokecollectoramy]

Bulba is trippy I really like it

[Vertemes]

Is M Rayquaza confirmed?

[koala]

Rayquaza is a set mascot Pokémon like Umbreon/Charizard/Pikachu, if anything it might have a set of its own in the future (maybe next year)

[Kijamon]

While i’ve decided not to collect every set after SV is done as that was a slog and a half. This one looks very tempting to be one of the ones I do.

[melchior]

Is it just me or do those yellow letters with black outlines on the Megas look super amazing? Is this a first or have we had yellow lettered Pokémon names before?

Either way we’re really looking forward to the debut of this new era for the TCG!

[oorah]

Was going to discount this set until I remembered that Mawile has a mega, now I have no choice but to wait for every new post in anticipation for the two horned cave dweller.

[professorstephen]

Any other players here excited to finally have proper full art Item cards? It will make searching them out in the deck so much easier with the nice backgrounds unlike all the gold cards which look the same.

Only slightly disappointed they just copy and pasted the art across. I really miss these “alt art” style promos we got a while back.

[slowqueen]

Praying for the return of Mega Slowbro thank you for this post @koala !

[bk2021]

The art should have been alt art like the one you posted.

This plague of CGI model on non-existent background has to end.

[koala]

Higher res from today’s YouTube short

M1L 064/063 AR Bulbasaur (illus. mashu)

M1L 067/063 AR Vulpix (illus. saino misaki)

M1S 069/063 AR Inteleon (illus. Ligton)

[koala]

@professorstephen

It will make searching them out in the deck so much easier with the nice backgrounds unlike all the gold cards which look the same.

I speculate that in doing so they will end UR/gold cards and have a new highest tier rarity focus solely on the set mascot Pokémon. VSTAR Universe introduced Art Rares and Special Art Rares so Scarlet & Violet continue them, perhaps Black Bolt & White Flare’s BWR rarity might indicate something similar for the MEGA era e.g. MEGA Rare (MR Mega Lucario ex, MR Mega Gardevoir ex)