Pokemon TCG Pocket Adds High-Class Pack MEGA on September 30
The reprint slate resets the value of older four-diamond cards while a late-October update deletes Theme Deck Recipes, Rental Decks, and Deck Missions in favor of player-published decks and a new rental format.
Key Facts
- High-Class Pack MEGA launches in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket on September 30 at 10:00 and runs until October 29 at 9:59.
- Each High-Class Pack MEGA pack contains four cards, with one Pokemon ex guaranteed per pack.
- High-Class Pack MEGA reprints cards from the expansion packs Mega Rising through Sky's Conqueror and includes every card that appeared at the four-diamond rarity.
- A late-October update to Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket will delete Theme Deck Recipes and Rental Decks and abolish Deck Missions.
- A television commercial for Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket featuring Sairi Ito and Shunta Sono is scheduled to air from September 30.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Inside.
The Pokemon Company will add the expansion pack High-Class Pack MEGA to the smartphone card game Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket for a limited time, starting September 30 at 10:00 and running until October 29 at 9:59. Each pack holds four cards, and one Pokemon ex is guaranteed in every pack. The set reprints many cards released in expansion packs from Mega Rising through Sky's Conqueror, and it includes every card that has appeared at the four-diamond rarity. Some cards will carry new illustrations and mirror-spec holograms, and special designs are planned for certain Mega Evolution ex cards, among them Mega Charizard X ex, Mega Altaria ex, and Mega Lucario ex. Revealed cards also include Mega Venusaur ex, Mega Gardevoir ex, Meloetta, Eevee, Pawmi, Copycat Girl, Charmeleon, Chingling, and Roaring Moon. A content update is planned for late October, and a television commercial featuring Sairi Ito and Shunta Sono will air from September 30.
Cards shown with new illustrations include Mega Venusaur ex, Mega Gardevoir ex, Meloetta, Eevee, Pawmi, Mimikyu, Copycat, and Elesa. The pack is a limited-time release, and there are plans to offer it again after the period ends.
The late-October content update deletes currently owned Theme Deck Recipes and Rental Decks and abolishes Deck Missions. Two replacements arrive: Someone's Deck, where players search decks published by other players, see whether they can be built with cards on hand or how many more cards are needed, and copy them, and a new-spec Rental Deck that has no usage limit and works in Solo and With Someone modes. Step-Up Battle changes to a format where difficulty increases as stages progress, and the Elite Deck Present Mission ends October 27 at 14:59, one day earlier than originally planned.
Events run from late September through late October. A mirror-spec card event puts related cards into Rare Challenges and Free Challenges with Shop Ticket missions. Ranked Match Season B4b SP raises the consecutive-win bonus from 5 to a maximum of 10 wins, adds 4 to 36 points, sets the loss point decrease to 0 for all ranks, and removes rank-down. A Mega Garchomp ex Drop Event awards Promo Card Pack B Series Vol. 13 from special Solo battles, and a Get Challenge features Charmander and Drampa promo cards plus Promo Card Exchange Tickets. A new Collection File and Collection Board featuring Mega Charizard X appears October 1.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.