Paradox Pokémon coming to Pokémon TCG, return of Ace Spec cards teased

The Pokémon Company has announced some of the Pokémon that will be coming to The Pokémon Trading Card game in its next expansion.

Revealed during the Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama Japan,  a trailer for the next expansion, titled Paradox Rift, was shown.

During the trailer, it revealed that Paradox Pokémon, the future and past variants of Pokémon that can be found in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, would be fully integrated into the trading card game.

These cards will feature new designs which will highlight if they’re an Ancient or Future Pokémon, and these different classes will also be complemented with new trainer cards that will only affect Ancient or Future Pokémon.

It’s also been confirmed that in 2024, the Pokémon Trading Card Game will reintroduce Ace Spec cards. These special trainer cards first debuted in 2011 and were extremely powerful variants of item cards that could only be used once per game.

No specific cards were announced. It’s likely that these cards will debut in the expansion following Paradox Rift.

The Pokémon Company has revealed the location of the 2024 Pokémon World Championships.

The event, which will see the World Championship tournament finals for Pokémon VGC, Pokémon TCG, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon Unite, returns to the United States after two years.

During the finals of the 2023 Pokémon World Championships, The Pokémon Company debuted a new trailer confirming several returning Pokémon.