Pokémon TCG Pocket Gets Shiny Pokémon, Ranked Matches, and More in Update Next Week

It's clip for a caller booster acceptable successful Pokémon TCG Pocket, and it's introducing rather a spot to the crippled erstwhile it arrives. Shining Revelry, the adjacent themed booster battalion for Pokémon TCG Pocket, arrives connected March 27, 2025, introducing Shiny Pokémon, ranked matches, and the Paldea region's trainers and Pokémon.

As portion of the caller booster, Shining Revelry volition present Shiny variants of fashionable Pokémon, including Charizard ex, Lucario ex, and Pachirisu. You tin spot a preview of what they'll look similar successful the latest Pokémon TCG Pocket teaser below:

The Shiny variants not lone adhd immoderate other sparkle and radiance to these Pokémon, but besides alteration their colour schemes. For Pokémon TCG Pocket, the Shiny Pokémon cards volition sparkle erstwhile tilted, adding to the effect. Fans of the Shiny look tin besides get a Shiny Charizard show committee and binder starting connected April 1.

Themed booster sets, similar Mythical Island oregon Triumphant Light, are typically smaller sets with less cards compared to larger sets similar Genetic Apex oregon Space-Time Smackdown. That doesn't mean they aren't making immoderate absorbing additions to the sets, though. Shining Revelry volition bring the Paldea portion from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet to Pokémon TCG Pocket, introducing the likes of Tatsugiri and Sprigatito, arsenic good arsenic the trainer Iono.

Ranked matches are besides launching connected March 27, letting players conflict and gain emblems based connected their end-of-season fertile to show connected their profile. The archetypal play volition tally from March 27 to April 26.

Recently, the Pokemon TCG Pocket squad confirmed it would beryllium changing the trading system, which has earned the ire of players looking to speech cards and circular retired their collections. The existent changes volition beryllium rolling retired gradually though, truthful we'll spot if the suprisingly robust driblet for Shining Revelry mollifies the assemblage oregon not.

Eric is simply a freelance writer for IGN.