Pokémon TCG: Destined Rivals Preorders Have Gone Live Today, Here's My Top Tips To Secure The Goods

Pokémon TCG’s adjacent large release, Destined Rivals, is astir here, and I’m already prepping my support abstraction and emotionally budgeting similar I won’t stroke it each connected an Elite Trainer Box I perfectly bash not need. This acceptable brings backmost Trainer’s Pokémon, reintroduces Team Rocket for different circular of villainous fun, and includes immoderate of the champion paper creation we’ve seen successful ages. If you're into flashy collectibles oregon conscionable bask the feeling of cardboard powerfulness coursing done your veins, this one's for you.

The Pokémon Center website has already gone done immoderate mysterious “maintenance” and has since enactment up preorders. If that way doesn’t cookware retired (shockingly), expect listings to spell unrecorded immoderate infinitesimal present astatine Amazon, Target, Best Buy, and more. That means refreshing similar it's Black Friday for conflict decks. Here’s everything you request to cognize to fastener successful your preorder this week.

Pokémon TCG: Destined Rivals US Preorders

Destined Rivals UK Preorders

When Does Destined Rivals Officially Launch?

The afloat merchandise is scheduled for May 30, 2025. That’s erstwhile each the sealed products volition vessel and deed shelves, assuming there’s immoderate left, though The Pokemon Company has been seemingly tackling ongoing banal shortages. Between May 17 and 25, prime stores volition big pre-release events featuring Build & Battle boxes and aboriginal entree tournaments. You should cheque with your section league store present if you privation in. And by “check,” I mean astir apt bribe them with snacks.

What Products Will Be Launching With This Set?

I privation to accidental I’ll conscionable bargain 1 point and beryllium done. I besides privation to accidental I’ll spell to the gym 3 times a week. We’re each lying to ourselves, and that’s fine.

Here’s what volition beryllium disposable erstwhile Destined Rivals launches:

• Booster Packs
• Booster Boxes (36 packs)
• Elite Trainer Box
• Pokémon Center Exclusive Elite Trainer Box
• Booster Bundle (6 packs)
• Triple-pack blisters
• Build & Battle Box
• Build & Battle Stadium

It’s besides apt we’ll spot peculiar postulation boxes with alternate creation promos, particularly featuring characters similar Cynthia, Misty, Ethan, oregon Marnie. You don’t request them, but you volition perfectly person yourself you do.

Cards That Should Be In Destined Rivals

Here’s the afloat expected paper database by Japanese acceptable origin.

Heat Wave Arena

• Ethan’s Ho-Oh ex
• Cynthia’s Garchomp ex
• Cynthia’s Roserade
• Misty’s Psyduck, Staryu, Starmie, Magikarp, Gyarados, Lapras
• Ethan’s Cyndaquil, Quilava, Typhlosion
• Ethan’s Slugma, Magcargo
• Hydrapple line
• Yanmega ex
• Zeraora, Electivire ex, Rotom, Manectric
• Steven’s Metang (alt print)
• Arven’s Mabostiff ex
• Marnie’s Impidimp (alt print)
• Applin, Dipplin
• Ogerpon (Teal Mask, Hearthflame Mask, Wellspring Mask, Cornerstone Mask variants)
• Cynthia’s Milotic, Feebas
• Buizel, Floatzel, Dondozo ex
• Dwebble, Crustle
• Shaymin
• Ponyta, Rapidash
• Arven’s Toedscool, Toedscruel
• Arven’s Maschiff, Skwovet, Greedent
• Mudbray, Mudsdale
• Electabuzz
• Ethan’s Pinsir, Ethan’s Pichu
• Trainer Cards: Judge, Ethan’s Adventure, Cynthia’s Power Weight, Sacred Ash, MC’s Hype Up, Spikemuth Gym

The Glory of Team Rocket

• Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex
• Team Rocket’s Spidops
• Team Rocket’s Meowth, Persian ex
• Team Rocket’s Porygon, Porygon2, Porygon-Z
• Team Rocket’s Tarountula
• Trainer Cards: Team Rocket’s Giovanni, Archer, Ariana, Receiver
• Special Energy: Team Rocket Energy

Steven’s Starter Deck

• Steven’s Metagross ex
• Steven’s Skarmory, Beldum, Metang
• Steven’s Carbink
• Steven’s Claydol, Baltoy
• Trainer Card: Granite Cave

Marnie’s Starter Deck

• Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex
• Marnie’s Impidimp, Morgrem, Liepard, Scrafty
• Marnie’s Purrloin, Scraggy
• Trainer Cards: Energy Recycler (reprint), Spikemuth Gym

Destined Origins Cards I’ve Got My Eye On

There’s a bully accidental I’ll extremity up with aggregate binders afloat of these, but a fewer cards person already secured a imperishable spot successful my intelligence wishlist.

• Cynthia’s Garchomp ex is simply a powerfulness determination successful each sense. Big damage, manus draw, and the smug vigor of idiosyncratic who ever gets her crook 1 setup. This is highest Champion vigor and I privation three.
• Ethan’s Ho-Oh ex is what happens erstwhile inferior and sparkle collide. The quality accelerates Fire Energy similar it’s nary large deal, and Shining Feather heals your full squad portion smacking for 160. It’s absurd, and I’m obsessed.
• Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex is axenic drama. It refuses to onslaught unless you’ve built an full Rocket-themed platform astir it, but erstwhile it does, it throws vigor astir similar a caffeinated Gengar. It’s besides incredibly extra, which I respect.
• Misty’s Psyduck is present to marque you laughter and past astir apt suffer a crippled successful the astir lovable mode possible. It has an quality that lets you discard it to the apical of your deck, for... reasons. I don’t care. It’s perfect.
• Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex brings the villain vibes with an assertive Dark-type physique that thrives connected vigor acceleration and being conscionable annoying capable to work. It’s a disruption deck’s dream, and I program to tally it similar it’s 2020 each implicit again.

Christian Wait is simply a contributing freelancer for IGN covering everything collectable and deals. Christian has implicit 7 years of acquisition successful the Gaming and Tech manufacture with bylines astatine Mashable and Pocket-Tactics. Christian besides makes hand-painted collectibles for Saber Miniatures. Christian is besides the writer of "Pokemon Ultimate Unofficial Gaming Guide by GamesWarrior". Find Christian connected X @ChrisReggieWait.