Destined Rivals has been officially revealed as our tenth Scarlet & Violet set! This is following last week’s reveal of Japan’s The Glory of Team Rocket.
As posted before, Destined Rivals will release on May 30th. Prereleases will take place from May 17th to May 25th.
There will be no Enhanced Booster Box for Destined Rivals.
The Elite Trainer Box promo will be Team Rocket’s Wobbuffet, which is obviously a reference to Jessie and James. As usual, the Pokemon Center version will come with both a stamped and regular copy, whereas the regular Elite Trainer Box will only contain the latter.
Our Destined Rivals set will include:
- Over 240 cards
- Over 85 Trainer’s Pokémon, including over 45 Team Rocket’s Pokémon
- 17 Pokémon ex, including 10 Trainer’s Pokémon ex
- More than 20 Trainer cards
- More than 45 Pokémon and Trainer cards with special illustrations
- 83 new cards tagged as Team Rocket’s
- 23 illustration rare Pokémon
- 11 special illustration rare Pokémon
- 6 hyper rare gold-etched cards
The prerelease promos reveal Team Rocket’s Tyranitar and Team Rocket’s Mimikyu. They haven’t been revealed in Japan yet, but will obviously come from The Glory of Team Rocket.
Strangely, the promos are stamped cards straight from the set. They don’t have promo numbering or feature alternate artwork. Perhaps this is the case because we’re starting the Mega Evolution block later this year (instead of January) and Japan won’t release a High Class Pack set from which our English promos can draw from. This is speculation, of course.
Our Destined Rivals set will source its cards from Japan’s The Glory of Team Rocket (releasing April 18th, 130ish cards), Heat Wave Arena (released March 14th, 93 cards), and the Marnie and Steven decks (released February 21st, 18 cards).
Thus, our English set will feature Owner’s Pokemon for Misty and Team Rocket (Gen 1), Ethan (Gen 2), Steven (Gen 3), Cynthia (Gen 4), Marnie (Gen 8), and Arven (Gen 9).
Previously, Journey Together featured N (Gen 5), Lillie (Gen 7), Hop (Gen 8), and Iono (Gen 9). This only leaves X and Y unrepresented — probably because of Z-A.
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Destined Rivals set will source its cards from Heat Wave Arena, the Steven’s Metagross ex and Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex decks, and The Glory of Team Rocket featuring Rocket’s Mewtwo ex.
