Scarlet & Violet - Spoilers for the Rest of 2024!

Buckle up, because we already have a lot of information and speculation on what the rest of 2024 has for us. Yes, we're talking about the rest of the Scarlet & Violet block and new Japanese sets; we even know the names of a few of them because they've already been trademarked. Additionally, the Night Wanderer set was released in Japan on June 7th, 2024. It will be released in the west as Shrouded Fable around August 2nd, 2024.

In this article, we'll go through a few confirmed trademarks, like Stellar Miracle, Paradise Dragona, Super Electric Breaker, Glory of Rocket, and Terastal Festival. We'll also show you a few products already available in the east, like ”Battle Master Deck: Charizard ex Terastal & Chien-Pao ex”, as they all might be released in the west. Finally, we'll explore a few spoilers of new Chinese artworks from Pokémon GO, which will also be released soon.

Night Wanderer / Shrouded Fable

Night Wanderer focuses on the Loyal Three, the Kitakami guardian "warriors". This is the Paldea region where the events of The Teal Mask DLC are set. In reality, these warriors were villains led by Pecharunt, and only a few know their real identity. Most of the island considers them the heroes, and Ogerpon the villain.

They'll be the main stars of the new set.

Trademark:

The Loyal Three and Pecharunt

Okidogi ex

Basic Pokémon.

Poison Muscles (C): look in your deck for two basic Darkness Energy CRZ 158 and attach them to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. If you attach these energies to this Pokémon this way, Okidogi ex will be Poisoned.

Crazy Chain (D)(D)(C): deals 130 base damage + 130 extra damage if Okidogi ex is Poisoned.

Munkidori ex

Basic Pokémon.

Ability - Anticlimax: if you have a Pecharunt ex in play, and this Pokémon (Munkidori ex) is knocked out by your opponent, your opponent will draw one Prize card less.

Dirty Headbutt (D)(D)(C): deals 190 base damage. You can't use Dirty Headbutt next turn.

Fezandipiti ex

Basic Pokémon.

Ability - Turning the Tables: if one of your Pokémon was knocked out on the previous turn by damage from an attack from your opponent's Pokémon, you may draw 3 cards. You can't use this ability more than once each turn.

Cruel Arrow (C)(C)(C): deals 100 base damage to any enemy Pokémon (don't apply weakness or resistance to your opponent's bench).

Pecharunt ex

Basic Pokémon.

Ability - Subjugating Chains: on your turn, you may switch your active Pokémon for a Darkness Pokémon on your bench, except for Pecharunt ex. This new active Pokémon is Poisoned. You can't use Subjugating Chains more than once per turn.

Irritating Burst (D)(D): deals 60 damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken.

ACE SPECS in This Set

From left to right:

1) Item - Dangerous Laser: your opponent's active Pokémon is now Burned and Confused.

2) Item - Poké-Vital A: heal 150 damage from any of your Pokémon. If this card is in your discard pile, you can't return it to your hand or your deck.

3) Stadium - Neutral Center: prevent all damage done to Pokémon in play that don't have a Rule Box from attacks used by Pokémon ex and Pokémon V. Rule Box Pokémon are Pokémon V, VStar, VMax, ex, and Radiant Pokémon (in Expanded: GX, TAG TEAM-GX, EX, VUnion). If this card is in your discard pile, you can't return it to your hand or your deck.

This is the first ACE SPEC Stadium in the history of Pokémon TCG.

Stellar Miracle / Stellar Crown

We already know a bit about the Stellar Miracle set because of a "trademark" found on January 8, 2024. I even mentioned it in this article as an honorable mention.

Trademark

We now have a few more details regarding this product. It will be released in Japan soon, on July 19th, 2024, and in the West on 09/13/2024, so we'll have a better look at it then. What we know now is that it will focus on Terapagos ex's Terastal form.

Here are a few "leaks", posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), of some cards with this mechanic:

Now, I'll show you what we know about Teraspagos ex Terastal and the ACE SPEC tool that will support the Terastal archetype.

Terapagos ex

Basic Pokémon.

Union Beat (C)(C): If you go second, you can't use this attack during your first turn. This attack does 30 damage for each of your Benched Pokémon.

Crown Opal (G)(W)(L): this attack deals 180 damage and prevents all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks from Basic non-colorless Pokémon.

ACE SPECS in This Set

Here's the essential ACE SPEC tool we'll play with Terapagos:

Sparkling Crystal: its effect states, "attacks of the Tera Pokémon this card is attached to cost 1 less of any type of Energy (but only 1 Energy at a time). This means it will be easier for you to set up Terapagos ex if you can't find a specific type of energy.

And, of course, we also have a Stadium that buffs its first attack because it gives you one extra bench slot:

- Stadium - Area Zero Underdepths: if you have a Terastal Pokémon in play (this applies to both players), you can have up to 8 bench slots instead of 5. When this card leaves play or when a player doesn't have a Terastal Pokémon anymore, they'll have to discard their extra slots until they have 5 Pokémon on their bench.

The other one that was revealed is this stadium:

- Stadium - Great Big Tree: valid for both players -- if there is a basic Pokémon already on the field, this player can look for its “stage 1” evolution card and place it on that Pokémon as an instant evolution step. But, if this player did this action, they can also look for a “stage 2” evolution card of that Pokémon (if there is the correct line) and evolve it again (players will not be able to do this on the first turn when placing their basic Pokémon or from the moment they put that basic Pokémon into play).

This card is nothing less than the rescue (as a “reprint”, but conditioned as an ACE SPEC) of the old “staple” card from the Diamond/Pearl era, the stadium Broken Time-Space PL 104, very strong at the time of the block.

Paradise Dragona

This set focuses on Dragons, and might even bring us a few Pokémon from Paldea's Pokédex we still haven't seen in Pokémon TCG, like Archadulon and Hydrapple.

Trademark

The community speculates that this will be a special set for this archetype, similar to what Dragon Vault was in Black/White and Dragon Majesty was in Sun/Moon.

Super Electric Breaker

Known as "Supercharged Breaker", this set also popped up with Paradise Dragona. It will probably focus on Electric staples, apparently.

Trademark

The Glory of Rocket

This set first appeared as "ロケット団の栄光" in Japan, and will focus on the return of Team Rocket, similar to what happened with Ruby/Sapphire in the past.

The question is whether this set will bring Pokémon with hybrid types, like the Darkness archetype (as it was before), and whether it'll bring back Pokémon that have been "corrupted" by Team Rocket, with a "Dark" title and cards that focus on these mechanics. These can be "Team Rocket"-inspired Poké-Balls, Stadiums, other Technical Machines, and much more.

Most fans speculate it will be released in Japan in late 2024.

Terastal Festival

This set also got a name in Japan first, テラスタルフェス, and will be a High Class Pack set. As a result, there are a few theories about it floating around:

> It might be similar to the Japanese set All Stars TAG TEAM, but for Terastal Pokémon.

> Or similar to what was Crown Zenith in Sword/Shield.

And it was leaked on 06/27/2024, spoilers that the collection will focus on Eeveelutions with Terastal mechanics:

We'll have to wait and see.

Trademark

Its release in Japan is predicted to late 2024, maybe around December 6th..

Battle Arena Charizard Terastal ex VS Chien Pao ex

This product was released in Japan on May 17th, 2024, so we'll likely see an adapted version of it in the west with new promo artworks.

It cost around ¥3000 yen, which would be around $18.

Product Details

Starter Decks - Generations

The Pokémon Company will also release new themed decks for beginners. Each one honors a Pokémon generation:

Kanto: Pikachu ex & Snorlax ex.

Johto: Lugia ex & Tyranitar ex.

Hoenn: Kyogre ex & Blaziken ex.

Sinnoh: Dialga ex & Lucario ex.

Unova: Reshiram ex & Amoongus ex.

Kalos: Xerneas ex & Noivern ex.

Alola: Tapu Koko ex & Mimikyu ex.

Galar: Zacian ex & Alcremie ex.

Paldea: Koraidon ex & Paldean Clodsire ex.

Soon, they'll also release the ”ex Starter Deck: Generations Special Battle Set”, on the same date as the starter decks above. But it will cost around ¥4,650 yen, which is around $30.

What do you think of all these new sets? Which will you get?

See you next time!