Pokemon TCG Pocket Shining Revelry release date and details

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The Pokemon TCG Pocket Shining Revelry expansion booster set is out! It's officially live and part of the game as a free update, where players can now unlock Shiny cards in PTCGP, as well as many other cards that aren't Shinies. This new expansion has all the details laid out below, so you know what to expect from those packs and the way it works. Here's everything you need to know about the Shining Revelry expansion for Pokemon TCG Pocket.

Shining Revelry release date for Pokemon TCG Pocket

The Shining Revelry update for Pokemon TCG Pocket is live right now, having been made part of a public update on the following release dates and times:

11:00PM PDT, Thursday, March 26, 2025
2:00AM EDT, Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00AM GMT, Thursday, March 27, 2025

The update itself is free, though of course Booster Packs are limited in the usual manner, determined by a timer and then by your willingness to earn and spend the various Pokemon TCG Pocket currencies.

Shining Revelry details, cards and features

Here's the key details on what the PTCGP Shining Revelry update brought to the game:

Theme(s): Shinies / Gen 9 and Paldea
No. of new cards: 111+ (72 base cards + variants)
New Features/Mechanics: Shiny Pokemon, Starter Deck Missions and Deck Tickets, Ranked Matches

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We'll go through these in order and cover all the information we currently have about how each of these work below, though to start with the big selling point - the shiny cards - it's important to keep in mind that not every card in Shining Revelry is a Shiny - only some of them. We'll explain how to get Shiny Cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket in our attached guide, if you're interested.

There are also Starter Deck Missions going live the day after the Expansion. These are limited time missions that have to be completed within one month of Shining Revelry's launch, but will earn you a Deck Ticket. You can redeem this for any one of nine "Starter Decks", and earn every Card in that deck to be added to your collection. Considering every deck includes an ex card, this is definitely going to be worth doing.

Finally, we're seeing the addition of Ranked Matches and matchmaking, where players can battle against players of a similar skill level. These matches will be broken into Seasons, with players earning an emblem at the end depending on the rank they earn. If you want to ensure your success, you'd be well-advised to check out Pokemon TCG Pocket deck tier list.

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