65 cards
Pokémon Centers have given out or sold 60 numbered cards made for one of their shops, 57 of them for an opening, a move or an anniversary: from the "Pokémon Center" and "Lucky Stadium" of New York's opening in November 2001 to the three city Pikachu sold by lottery in 2025. Six unnumbered cards, five of them jumbos, complete the list. New York's four are English, Taipei's 2023 Pikachu is Traditional Chinese and the rest are Japanese. The best known are the city Pikachu: fifteen cards named after nine shops since December 2014.
The latest openings brought none: Kagawa (October 2025) and the Yokohama Satellite (April 2026) had no card, and the company has said Bangkok (December 2026) will have none. In the United States, a "Pokémon Center promo" usually means the online store's own: the copy of the promo printed with a Pokémon Center logo in each Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, and gift-with-purchase cards, covered at the end.
Prices below are medians of real completed sales, in US dollars, as of September 24, 2026; "est." marks a median resting on one or two sales. Not counted: promos handed out with purchases or at shop battles that neither name a shop nor mark an opening or anniversary (such as Shopping Pikachu 079/L-P, a Pokémon Center giveaway of August 2010), and the Trainer cards named after the games' healing spot, such as Base Set's "Pokémon Center" and "Pokémon Center Lady".
Every Pokémon Center card, shop by shop
From Mega Tokyo's Pikachu in 2014, most of these cards went out at every Pokémon Center in Japan, and from 2016 at every Pokémon Store too, not only at the shop they celebrate: the name gives the shop, not the counter. The tables say where a card was given at one shop only.
2001 to 2013
| Card | Shop and occasion | How it came | Raw | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 "Pokémon Center" (Wizards promo) | New York opening, November 16, 2001 | for visitors who brought the invitation postcard (a book was the alternative) | $2,086 est. (1 sale) | $3,454 est. (1 sale) |
| 41 "Lucky Stadium" (Wizards promo) | New York opening, November 16, 2001 | released for the opening; how it was handed out is not documented | $1,487 (10 sales) | $6,091 est. (2 sales) |
| 019/P "Pokémon Center Tokyo" | Tokyo, for the New York opening, January 3 to 5, 2002 | first come, 3,000 a day, one per person, at the Tokyo shop only | no sale | no sale |
| 020/P "Pokémon Center Osaka" | Osaka, for the New York opening, January 3 to 5, 2002 | same, at the Osaka shop only | no sale | no sale |
| 51 Rapidash with a "Pokémon Center NY" line | New York, November 2002 | given at the shop | no sale | no sale |
| 52 Ho-Oh with a "Pokémon Center NY" line | New York, November 2002 | given at the shop | no sale | no sale |
| 025/PCG-P LaRousse's Munchlax | Tokyo reopening, August 24, 2004 | first 3,000 buyers a day at every Center, and 5,000 online buyers, to August 29 | $68.73 (6 sales) | no sale |
| 037/PCG-P Treecko | Yokohama opening, March 5, 2005 | free to the first 10,000 visitors, at all five Centers | $173 (11 sales) | $1,648 est. (1 sale) |
| 098/DP-P Pikachu, photographed at Tokyo | 10th anniversary, May 30 to June 15, 2008 | any purchase, one per person; a different photograph at each shop | $396 (7 sales) | $4,476 est. (1 sale) |
| 099/DP-P Pikachu, Yokohama | 10th anniversary, May 30 to June 15, 2008 | same | $348 (5 sales) | $4,980 (3 sales) |
| 100/DP-P Pikachu, Osaka | 10th anniversary, May 30 to June 15, 2008 | same | $618 (5 sales) | $5,087 est. (2 sales) |
| 101/DP-P Pikachu, Nagoya | 10th anniversary, May 30 to June 15, 2008 | same | $647 (5 sales) | $4,468 (3 sales) |
| 102/DP-P Pikachu, Fukuoka | 10th anniversary, May 30 to June 15, 2008 | same | $1,254 (3 sales) | no sale |
| 124/DP-P Charmander | 10th anniversary, August 22 to September 7, 2008 | any purchase | $109 (11 sales) | no sale |
| Captain Pikachu, jumbo (no number) | Yokohama move, October 10, 2008 | free to visitors of the Yokohama shop, one per person | no sale | no sale |
| 009/DPt-P Squirtle | 10th anniversary, November 14 to 28, 2008 | any purchase, one per person; picked by a customer vote over Meowth | $200 (5 sales) | $3,889 est. (1 sale) |
| 030/DPt-P Bulbasaur | 10th anniversary, April 4 to 17, 2009 | any purchase, one per person; any two cards of the series also earned a Charmander coin | $183 (5 sales) | $2,952 (3 sales) |
| Tepig, jumbo (no number) | Osaka move, November 26, 2010 | any purchase at the Osaka shop, first 10,000 a day, to November 28 | not tracked | not tracked |
| Oshawott, jumbo (no number) | Fukuoka move, March 3, 2011 | any purchase at the Fukuoka shop, first 5,000 a day, to March 6 | not tracked | not tracked |
| 120/BW-P Pikachu | Tohoku opening, December 4, 2011 | any purchase at all seven Centers, to December 9; again at Tohoku, March 23 to April 8, 2012 | $297 (5 sales) | $4,542 est. (1 sale) |
| Pikachu, jumbo (no number) | Nagoya move, March 20, 2013 | any purchase at the Nagoya shop, to May 6, 2013 | not tracked | not tracked |
| 229/BW-P Pikachu | 15th anniversary, June 8, 2013 | the only card in the Card Premium Set, 2,500 yen including tax | $1,836 (4 sales) | $14,960 (5 sales) |
| Inkay, jumbo (no number) | Tokyo-Bay opening, November 22, 2013 | any purchase at the Tokyo-Bay shop, with a shopper bag, to December 15 | not tracked | not tracked |
2014 to 2016
| Card | Shop and occasion | How it came | Raw | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 098/XY-P Mega Tokyo's Pikachu | Mega Tokyo opening, December 12, 2014 | any purchase, one per person, to January 16, 2015 | $468 (12 sales) | $2,616 (11 sales) |
| 150/XY-P Pretend Magikarp Pikachu | Hiroshima opening, June 26, 2015 | Special Box, 2,500 yen before tax, at every Center, with 5 packs | $2,472 (3 sales) | $12,772 (3 sales) |
| 151/XY-P Pretend Gyarados Pikachu | Hiroshima opening, June 26, 2015 | same box | $4,944 (3 sales) | $12,971 (8 sales) |
| Gyarados, full art (no number) | Hiroshima opening, a battle on August 22 and 23, 2015 | participation prize at every Center | no sale | no sale |
| 204/XY-P Mega Tokyo's Pikachu | a battle event at every Center, January 16 and 17, 2016 | participation prize | $6,582 est. (2 sales) | $49,092 est. (1 sale) |
| 221/XY-P Okuge-sama and Maiko-han Pikachu | Kyoto opening, March 16, 2016 | one for every 5 packs bought | $487 (4 sales) | $1,913 est. (1 sale) |
| 222/XY-P Chikorita, with a Pokémon Center logo | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | Special Set Ho-Oh + Lugia, 1,800 yen before tax | $49.97 (3 sales) | $259 est. (1 sale) |
| 223/XY-P Cyndaquil, logo | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | same set | $119 (5 sales) | $761 est. (1 sale) |
| 224/XY-P Ho-Oh | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | same set | $55.54 est. (1 sale) | $423 est. (1 sale) |
| 225/XY-P Ho-Oh BREAK | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | same set | $19.23 est. (1 sale) | $597 est. (2 sales) |
| 226/XY-P Totodile, logo | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | same set | $49.39 (5 sales) | $464 est. (1 sale) |
| 227/XY-P Smeargle, logo | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | same set | $157 (5 sales) | $1,131 est. (1 sale) |
| 228/XY-P Lugia | Kyoto opening, set released April 23, 2016 | same set | $49.52 est. (2 sales) | $1,001 est. (1 sale) |
| 230/XY-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu (Rayquaza poncho) | Skytree Town opening, July 6, 2016 | Special Box, 2,500 yen before tax | $2,726 est. (2 sales) | $13,111 (12 sales) |
| 231/XY-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu (black Rayquaza poncho) | Skytree Town opening, July 6, 2016 | same box | $4,321 (12 sales) | $14,342 (11 sales) |
| 232/XY-P Rayquaza, shiny | Skytree Town opening, July 6, 2016 | one for every 5 packs bought | $351 (5 sales) | $2,992 (6 sales) |
| 005/SM-P Sapporo's Pikachu | Sapporo move, December 1, 2016 | one for every 5 packs bought | $510 (5 sales) | $1,879 (7 sales) |
2017 to 2020
| Card | Shop and occasion | How it came | Raw | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 037/SM-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu (Alolan Vulpix poncho) | Sapporo move, box released February 1, 2017 | Special Box, 1,800 yen before tax, at every Center | $500 (5 sales) | $3,756 (5 sales) |
| 038/SM-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu (Vulpix poncho) | Sapporo move, box released February 1, 2017 | same box | $541 est. (1 sale) | $2,955 (7 sales) |
| 088/SM-P Tohoku's Pikachu | Tohoku move, June 30, 2017 | one for every 5 packs bought | $354 (5 sales) | $1,916 (17 sales) |
| 089/SM-P Jirachi | Tohoku move, from August 1, 2017 | one for every 5 packs bought, at the Tohoku shop only | $147 (6 sales) | $768 est. (1 sale) |
| 208/SM-P Hakama Pikachu | Tokyo DX opening, March 14, 2018 | Special Box, 2,600 yen before tax | $600 (3 sales) | $2,740 est. (2 sales) |
| 209/SM-P Firefighter Pikachu | Tokyo DX opening, March 14, 2018 | same box | $1,065 (3 sales) | $3,193 est. (2 sales) |
| 210/SM-P Gentlemanly Pikachu | Tokyo DX opening, March 14, 2018 | any purchase, at the Tokyo DX shop only | $516 (4 sales) | $2,212 (3 sales) |
| 211/SM-P Cherry Blossom Afro Pikachu | Tokyo DX opening, March 14, 2018 | one for every 5 packs bought | $390 (7 sales) | $2,161 (9 sales) |
| 224/SM-P Pikachu | 20th anniversary, from April 25, 2018 | one for every 5 packs bought | $211 (8 sales) | $997 (6 sales) |
| 225/SM-P Shaymin | 20th anniversary, from April 25, 2018 | for saying a password to staff, one per person | $29.39 (6 sales) | $445 est. (1 sale) |
| 270/SM-P Red's Pikachu | 20th anniversary, from August 25, 2018 | one for every 5 packs bought, again from December 7 | $460 (19 sales) | $1,244 (15 sales) |
| 280/SM-P Yokohama's Pikachu | Yokohama move, November 9, 2018 | Special Box, 2,850 yen before tax, sold at the Yokohama shop and online | $737 est. (2 sales) | $2,285 (4 sales) |
| 281/SM-P Yokohama's Pikachu | Yokohama move, November 9, 2018 | same box | $982 (3 sales) | $1,490 (3 sales) |
| 282/SM-P Yokohama's Pikachu, three Pikachu | Yokohama move, November 9, 2018 | free to visitors of the Yokohama shop, to December 2 | $300 (9 sales) | $1,546 (5 sales) |
| 283/SM-P Yokohama's Pikachu | Yokohama move, November 9, 2018 | any purchase | $226 (7 sales) | $987 (5 sales) |
| 325/SM-P Pretend Tea Ceremony Pikachu | Kyoto move, March 16, 2019 | any purchase | $221 (10 sales) | $1,340 est. (2 sales) |
| 407/SM-P Pretend Comedian Pikachu | Osaka DX opening, September 20, 2019 | any purchase | $190 (19 sales) | $970 (5 sales) |
| 002/S-P Shibuya's Pikachu | Shibuya opening, November 22, 2019 | free to visitors | $109 (7 sales) | $883 (9 sales) |
| 144/S-P Kanazawa's Pikachu | Kanazawa opening, November 20, 2020 | free to visitors, one per person, to December 20 | $106 (12 sales) | $385 (18 sales) |
| 145/S-P Milotic | Kanazawa opening, November 20, 2020 | Special Box, 5,104 yen including tax | $84.48 (10 sales) | $227 (6 sales) |
| 146/S-P Sobble | Kanazawa opening, November 20, 2020 | same box | $39.30 (7 sales) | $88.02 (5 sales) |
| 147/S-P Kanazawa's Pikachu | Kanazawa opening, November 20, 2020 | same box | $269 (5 sales) | $1,109 (5 sales) |
2023 to 2025
| Card | Shop and occasion | How it came | Raw | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 057/SV-P Taipei's Pikachu, in Traditional Chinese | Taipei opening, December 8, 2023 | any purchase at the shop | no sale | no sale |
| 260/SV-P Tohoku's Pikachu | Tohoku move, March 14, 2025 | Special Box, 2,090 yen including tax, by lottery on Pokémon Center Online from June 13, 2025 | $78.94 (11 sales) | $247 (14 sales) |
| 261/SV-P Hiroshima's Pikachu | Hiroshima move, April 11, 2025 | same, one box per person | $93.19 (5 sales) | $281 (20 sales) |
| 289/SV-P Fukuoka's Pikachu | Fukuoka move, June 27, 2025 | same | $86.44 (10 sales) | $146 (7 sales) |
Prices of the language each card was printed in, as of September 24, 2026. "No sale": no sale recorded; "not tracked": not in the site's database. Gifts ran while stocks lasted.
The city Pikachu, and the costumed ones
Mega Tokyo's Pikachu 098/XY-P, given when the Tokyo shop moved to Ikebukuro as MEGA TOKYO in December 2014, was the first card to name a Pokémon after its shop. Fifteen city Pikachu now carry a shop's name, for nine shops: Mega Tokyo (098/XY-P, and the 2016 event prize 204/XY-P), Sapporo, Tohoku (2017 and 2025), Yokohama (four), Shibuya, Kanazawa (two), Taipei, Hiroshima and Fukuoka. Several shops got Pikachu named after a costume instead, or as well: Hiroshima in 2015, Kyoto, Skytree Town, Sapporo in its 2017 box, Tokyo DX and Osaka DX. Tohoku's first shop card, in 2011, was simply called Pikachu (120/BW-P).
Many of them announce the occasion in their first attack: "Mega Open!" on the two Mega Tokyo cards, "New Open" for the new shops (Shibuya, Kanazawa, Tokyo DX's Gentlemanly Pikachu, Osaka DX), "Renewal Open!" for the moved ones (Sapporo, Tohoku, Yokohama's 282, Hiroshima, Fukuoka) and 新開幕, "grand opening", on Taipei's. The art went from costume to street: ponchos at first (Mega Charizard for Mega Tokyo in 2014, Rowlet for Tohoku in 2017), then sailors for Yokohama, a kimono with a temari-ball pattern for Kanazawa and graffiti for Shibuya, and since 2023 a local scene: Taipei's night market, Tanabata streamers for Tohoku, maple leaves for Hiroshima, food stalls for Fukuoka.
Mega Tokyo's Pikachu#98/XY-P
Mega Tokyo's Pikachu#204/XY-P
Sapporo's Pikachu#5/SM-P
Tohoku's Pikachu#88/SM-P
Yokohama's Pikachu#280/SM-P
Yokohama's Pikachu#281/SM-P
Yokohama's Pikachu#282/SM-P
Yokohama's Pikachu#283/SM-P
Shibuya's Pikachu#2/S-P
Kanazawa's Pikachu#144/S-P
Kanazawa's Pikachu#147/S-P
Taipei's Pikachu#057/SV-P
Tohoku's Pikachu#260/SV-P
Hiroshima's Pikachu#261/SV-P
Fukuoka's Pikachu#289/SV-P
Okuge-sama and Maiko-han Pikachu#221/XY-P
Chikorita#222/XY-P
Cyndaquil#223/XY-P
Ho-Oh#224/XY-P
Ho-Oh BREAK#225/XY-P
Totodile#226/XY-P
Smeargle#227/XY-P
Lugia#228/XY-P
Poncho-wearing Pikachu#230/XY-P
Poncho-wearing Pikachu#231/XY-P
Rayquaza#232/XY-P
Pretend Magikarp Pikachu#150/XY-P
Pretend Gyarados Pikachu#151/XY-P
Gyarados (Pokemon Center Hiroshima Gyarados Battle 2015)
Poncho-wearing Pikachu#37/SM-P
Poncho-wearing Pikachu#38/SM-P
Jirachi#89/SM-P
Hakama Pikachu#208/SM-P
Firefighter Pikachu#209/SM-P
Gentlemanly Pikachu#210/SM-P
Cherry Blossom Afro Pikachu#211/SM-P
Pretend Tea Ceremony Pikachu#325/SM-P
Pretend Comedian Pikachu#407/SM-P
Milotic#145/S-P
Sobble#146/S-PBox or gift: the badge tells them apart
Many shop cards print a round badge at the edge of the art: the shop's logo, with its name and its emblem Pokémon, such as Dragonite for Taipei or Milotic for Kanazawa. Five campaigns had both gift cards and a Special Box, and in all five the badge is on the gift cards only: Sapporo (2016 and 2017), Skytree Town (2016), Tokyo DX (2018), Yokohama (2018) and Kanazawa (2020), where 144/S-P and 147/S-P share Fuzichoco's art and only the free 144 carries it. Two sold products break the pattern: four of the seven cards in Kyoto's 2016 Ho-Oh + Lugia set bear the plain Pokémon Center logo, without a shop name, and the 2025 box cards, which had no gift twin, carry their shop's badge.
In four of the five the box cards sell for more raw; at Sapporo the box and gift cards sell for about the same raw ($500 and $541 est. against $510), and the box cards for far more in PSA 10. The likeliest reason is supply: the gift cards went to buyers or visitors for weeks, the box cards only to box buyers, and the graded counts point the same way, most of all at Kanazawa.
| Campaign | Card | How it came | Raw | PSA 10 | Graded by CGC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapporo, 2016 and 2017 | 037/SM-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu | box, no badge | $500 (5 sales) | $3,756 (5 sales) | 78 |
| 038/SM-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu | box, no badge | $541 est. (1 sale) | $2,955 (7 sales) | 88 | |
| 005/SM-P Sapporo's Pikachu | gift, badge | $510 (5 sales) | $1,879 (7 sales) | 185 | |
| Skytree Town, 2016 | 230/XY-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu | box, no badge | $2,726 est. (2 sales) | $13,111 (12 sales) | 193 |
| 231/XY-P Poncho-wearing Pikachu | box, no badge | $4,321 (12 sales) | $14,342 (11 sales) | 197 | |
| 232/XY-P Rayquaza | gift, badge | $351 (5 sales) | $2,992 (6 sales) | 206 | |
| Tokyo DX, 2018 | 208/SM-P Hakama Pikachu | box, no badge | $600 (3 sales) | $2,740 est. (2 sales) | 58 |
| 209/SM-P Firefighter Pikachu | box, no badge | $1,065 (3 sales) | $3,193 est. (2 sales) | 44 | |
| 210/SM-P Gentlemanly Pikachu | gift, badge | $516 (4 sales) | $2,212 (3 sales) | 115 | |
| 211/SM-P Cherry Blossom Afro Pikachu | gift, badge | $390 (7 sales) | $2,161 (9 sales) | 347 | |
| Yokohama, 2018 | 280/SM-P | box, no badge | $737 est. (2 sales) | $2,285 (4 sales) | 102 |
| 281/SM-P | box, no badge | $982 (3 sales) | $1,490 (3 sales) | 85 | |
| 282/SM-P | gift, badge | $300 (9 sales) | $1,546 (5 sales) | 147 | |
| 283/SM-P | gift, badge | $226 (7 sales) | $987 (5 sales) | 294 | |
| Kanazawa, 2020 | 147/S-P | box, no badge | $269 (5 sales) | $1,109 (5 sales) | 276 |
| 144/S-P | gift, badge | $106 (12 sales) | $385 (18 sales) | 3,202 |
Prices as of September 24, 2026; CGC population counts of September 1, 2026.
The anniversaries: 2008, 2013 and 2018
The first Pokémon Center opened in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on April 25, 1998, and the chain marked its tenth, fifteenth and twentieth years with cards.
For the tenth, the chain gave "Pokémon Center 10th anniversary original cards" with any purchase, in four waves: in 2008 a Pikachu photographed in each of the five shops then open (098 to 102/DP-P: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka, from May 30 to June 15), then a Charmander (August 22 to September 7, 2008), a Squirtle picked by a customer vote over Meowth (November 14 to 28, 2008) and a Bulbasaur (April 4 to 17, 2009); shoppers who brought any two of them also got a Charmander coin. All eight are photographs of clay figures by Yuka Morii, and their first attacks all have to do with shopping (おかいもの, "shopping", on the Pikachu). The five Pikachu differ only by their photograph, yet Fukuoka's sells for $1,254 raw (3 sales) against $348 for Yokohama's (5 sales); CGC had graded 7 Fukuoka copies against 16 to 26 of each of the others.
The fifteenth brought a single card: Pikachu 229/BW-P, a 3D image by 5ban Graphics and the only card of the Pokémon Center 15th Anniversary Card Premium Set (2,500 yen, June 8, 2013), now the most valuable anniversary card at $1,836 raw (4 sales) and $14,960 in PSA 10 (5 sales). The twentieth, from April 25, 2018, brought three: Pikachu 224/SM-P for every five packs bought, a Shaymin 225/SM-P drawn by Shoko Nakagawa for anyone who gave staff the password "Pokénchiwa!" (one per person), and Ken Sugimori's Red's Pikachu 270/SM-P for every five packs from August 25, 2018.
Pikachu#98/DP-P
Pikachu#99/DP-P
Pikachu#100/DP-P
Pikachu#101/DP-P
Pikachu#102/DP-P
Charmander#124/DP-P
Squirtle#9/DPt-P
Bulbasaur#30/DPt-P
Pikachu#229/BW-P
Pikachu#224/SM-P
Shaymin#225/SM-P
Red's Pikachu#270/SM-PNew York: the four English cards
Pokémon Center New York, at 10 Rockefeller Plaza, was the first Pokémon Center outside Japan: it opened on November 16, 2001, closed in January 2005, and remains the only permanent Pokémon Center the United States has had. For the opening, visitors who brought the invitation postcard received the "Pokémon Center" promo, 40, or a book made for the event, and a "Lucky Stadium" promo, 41, came out too, both drawn by "Big Mama" Tagawa. In November 2002 the shop handed out Rapidash 51 and Ho-Oh 52 with the words "Pokémon Center NY" printed under the art; the same two cards without them came in the November 2002 issue of Nintendo Power.
In Japan, the Tokyo and Osaka shops marked the New York opening from January 3 to 5, 2002 with Trainer cards of their own, 019/P and 020/P, whose art shows each shop: 3,000 a day went to the first visitors, one each, with a coin. Fakes of 40 and 41 exist: one known pair had printed fronts glued onto modern cards, which made them almost twice as thick as a genuine card. Our guide to spotting fake cards explains how to check a copy.
Pokémon Center#40
Lucky Stadium#41
Rapidash (Pokémon Center NY)#51
Ho-oh (Pokémon Center NY)#52
Pokémon Center Tokyo#19/P
Pokémon Center Osaka#20/P
LaRousse's Munchlax#25/PCG-P
Treecko#37/PCG-P
Captain Pikachu (Yokohama Pokemon Center relocation 2008)
Pikachu#120/BW-PTaipei, and the Centers abroad with no card
Of the Pokémon Centers open outside Japan, only Taipei has had a card: Taipei's Pikachu 057/SV-P, in Traditional Chinese and drawn by REOspikee, given with any purchase when Pokémon Center TAIPEI opened on December 8, 2023, and at counters of the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store around it to shoppers with the store's app or a same-day receipt. Its first attack reads 新開幕, "grand opening", and its badge shows Dragonite. It is not the Japanese 057/SV-P, which is a Penny Supporter card.
Pokémon Center SINGAPORE, the first permanent Center in Asia outside Japan, opened on April 17, 2019 and reopened after a refit on July 1, 2026; the announcements of neither opening mention a card. Pokémon Center BANGKOK opens in December 2026, and the company has said there will be no card for the opening. No card is on record for the temporary Pokémon Centers of Paris (June 2014) and London (October 2019) either.
Since 2021: openings without cards, and the lottery boxes
Kanazawa's Pikachu, in November 2020, was the last card given away for an opening in Japan. Since then the openings have come without one: OKINAWA (August 11, 2022, a Pokémon Store promoted to a Center), the refitted TOKYO-BAY (April 12, 2024, a clear file for purchases of 3,000 yen or more), NAGOYA in its new PARCO shop (October 12, 2024, a Celebi coaster with any purchase), KAGAWA (October 24, 2025, the first Center on Shikoku, a Slowpoke code for Pokémon Legends: Z-A) and the YOKOHAMA Satellite (April 9, 2026). MEGA TOKYO reopened on August 24, 2026, after a closure that began in March, without one either.
The city Pikachu came back in 2025, but in a box. The TOHOKU, HIROSHIMA and FUKUOKA shops moved that year with no opening card; instead, from June 13, 2025, Pokémon Center Online sold a Special Box for each by lottery, one per person, at 2,090 yen including tax: a holo city Pikachu (260, 261 and 289/SV-P), 64 sleeves, a deck case and a card box, delivered from mid-August to late September 2025. More were made: a second lottery ran in September 2025 and a third in March 2026, when the company said further runs would follow. At $78.94 to $93.19 raw they are the cheapest city Pikachu, and CGC had graded 851 to 1,037 copies of each, more than of any other city Pikachu except Kanazawa's free 144 and Shibuya's 002.
Pokémon Center promos in the United States
In the United States the Pokémon Center is an online store, and a "Pokémon Center promo" there is one of two things, as of September 24, 2026.
The logo promo in a Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box. Since the Scarlet & Violet base set of March 2023, the Pokémon Center version of an expansion's Elite Trainer Box, sold only by the store, has held 11 booster packs instead of 9 and two copies of the box's full-art promo, one of them with a Pokémon Center logo: two Koraidon or two Miraidon in 2023, two Eevee in Prismatic Evolutions (January 2025), two Zarude in Pitch Black (July 2026).
Gift-with-purchase promos. Around some events, the store adds a promo card to orders, while supplies last:
| Promo | How | When |
|---|---|---|
| Pikachu with Grey Felt Hat, SVP 085, from the Van Gogh Museum collaboration | with any item of the Pokémon Center × Van Gogh Museum collection; later with orders of $30 or more of Pokémon TCG products, one per order | from September 28, 2023; the second offer from October 17, 2023 |
| Ceruledge with a Pokémon Day 2024 stamp | any eligible order, with the code pday2024 | February 23 to March 23, 2024 |
| Worlds 2024 Pikachu, SVP 190 | with purchases, at the store and at other card retailers | from August 2, 2024 |
| The Illustration Contest 2024 winners: Pikachu, Feraligatr (SVP 213) and Toxtricity ex | any order shipped to a US address, code draw2024us | February 21 to December 31, 2025 |
| Worlds 2025 Pikachu, SVP 225 | any order, code worldscard25us (codes for Canada and the UK too) | from August 8, 2025, while supplies last |
| Worlds 2026: no card | a Pikachu coin for orders of $50 or more, code coin26us; the Worlds Pikachu card went to Worlds Celebration events at Play! Pokémon stores | from August 26, 2026 |
All but the Ceruledge, a Paldean Fates card with a Pokémon Day stamp, are English Black Star promos, traded like any other. As of September 24, 2026, the Van Gogh Pikachu sells for $930 raw (14 sales) and $2,530 in PSA 10 (18 sales), the Worlds 2024 Pikachu for $13.27 raw (11 sales) and $213 in PSA 10 (8 sales).
How to get them today
None of the Japanese shop cards is handed out any more. Only the 2025 boxes have been sold again, in Pokémon Center Online lotteries (the latest in March 2026), and that store delivers in Japan only. The rest trade second-hand, including through Japanese card shops and auction sites, which buyers abroad reach through a proxy service, as our guide to buying Japanese cards from abroad explains. Sealed Special Boxes sell too: as of September 24, 2026, the 2025 Tohoku and Fukuoka boxes for $88.21 (5 sales) and $83.96 (8 sales), Hiroshima's for $177 (7 sales), and the 2020 Kanazawa box, with its 19 packs, for $1,229 (5 sales).
Check the number, not only the art: several shop cards exist in two prints (144 and 147/S-P), Yokohama's Pikachu comes in four (280 to 283/SM-P), and the Traditional Chinese 057/SV-P is not the Japanese one. Our guide to Pokémon Centers around the world lists the shops open today, and our Tokyo guide covers the four in the capital.
FAQ
What are Pokémon Center promo cards?
Cards made for one of the Pokémon Center shops, usually for its opening, move or anniversary: 60 numbered cards from 2001 to 2025, most of them Japanese, the city Pikachu among them. In the United States, the phrase usually means the Pokémon Center-logo promo in a Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, or a gift-with-purchase card from the online store.
What is the most expensive Pokémon Center promo card?
In the site's sales data, Mega Tokyo's Pikachu 204/XY-P, the participation prize of a January 2016 battle event held at every Pokémon Center: $6,582 est. raw (2 sales) and $49,092 est. in PSA 10 (1 sale). Among cards made for an opening or an anniversary, the Skytree Town box Pikachu (230 and 231/XY-P), the Hiroshima box Pikachu (150 and 151/XY-P) and the 2013 anniversary Pikachu 229/BW-P all exceed $12,000 in PSA 10, as of September 24, 2026.
How many city Pikachu cards are there?
Fifteen, named after nine shops, from Mega Tokyo's Pikachu (December 2014) to Fukuoka's Pikachu (2025). Hiroshima (in 2015), Kyoto, Skytree Town, Tokyo DX and Osaka DX got costumed Pikachu instead.
Will Pokémon Center Bangkok have a promo card?
No. The company said in September 2026 that there will be no Pokémon card for the opening, due in December 2026.
What is a Pokémon Center stamped promo?
The second copy of the full-art promo in a Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, printed with a Pokémon Center logo and sold only by the store. These boxes have held 11 packs instead of 9 since March 2023.
Can you still get a Pokémon Center promo card?
The Japanese shop cards trade second-hand, and the 2025 city Pikachu boxes have been reissued in Pokémon Center Online lotteries, the latest in March 2026, with more runs promised. In the US, the online store adds gift-with-purchase promos around some events; its 2026 Worlds gift was a coin, not a card.
More promo series from places and events: PokéPark, Pokémon Wonderland, the Pokémon Museum, the World Championships, Celebratory Fanfare and, for a konbini, 7-Eleven.
