Pokémon TCG fans, mark the calendar. The 30th Celebration set, the centrepiece of Pokémon's worldwide 30th anniversary push, launches on 16 September 2026 in Japan and 18 September across the rest of the world, in what The Pokémon Company is billing as the first ever simultaneous worldwide release in the game's history. The pull factor is wild: every card in every booster pack is foil.
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Set up your group for freeEach pack contains six cards instead of the usual five, and every one of them is foiled. Japan's RRP is set at ¥360 a pack (up from ¥200), with 20-pack boxes at ¥7,200. Europe-watchers at TCGRadar are estimating €7-9 per pack and €140-170 per box for English-language equivalents, though Pokémon Center UK has not yet posted official prices. The set also debuts a brand-new rarity with an opalescent, iridescent finish that shifts colour depending on the angle. Pikachu, Mewtwo and Mew are the first three Pokémon confirmed with the new treatment.
Alongside the booster boxes there is a 30th Celebration Premium Deck Set: Espeon & Umbreon launching on the same day, and Japan will see nine "30th Celebration Card Sets" themed around each generation's starter trios from October. The set also bundles a Classics Collection with cards like Pikachu & Zekrom GX, Solgaleo GX and a fresh Lugia, scratching the same nostalgia itch the 2021 Celebrations set did.
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Find events near youPokémon's 30th anniversary year has already lit up the secondary market. A PSA 10 Umbreon from the 2010 Undaunted set recently sold for $25,000, so expect long queues, scalper drama and exactly the kind of release chaos that hit the Mega Festa in Seoul earlier this year. If your group plays casual, hosting a 30th Celebration draft night on launch weekend would not be a bad shout.
Sources: Pokemon.com | TCGRadar | Gamer Rant
