The next English Pokémon TCG expansion is Delta Reign, out November 6, 2026. Prerelease tournaments start October 24, and the set brings over 135 cards led by Mega Rayquaza ex: it is the English version of Japan's Storm Emeralda, released July 31, 2026. The latest expansion was 30th Celebration, on September 16, 2026, the same day in English and in Japanese. As of September 24, 2026, Japan has announced no expansion after it.
Every date on this page was checked on September 24, 2026. For anything announced later, our release calendar lists the sets in the site's database month by month from 2018 on, One Piece, Lorcana and Dragon Ball Super Fusion World included, and picks up new sets as they are added.
Coming next, from September 24, 2026
| Date | Release | Market |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2026 | 30th Celebration Booster Bundle (6 packs) and Mini Tins (2 packs) | English |
| October 16, 2026 | 30th CELEBRATION Card Sets, nine versions: three holo promos of one region's first partners, 2 packs and a card stand, ¥1,200 | Japanese |
| October 24, 2026 | Delta Reign prerelease tournaments begin at participating stores | English |
| October 30, 2026 | 30th Celebration Battle Decks, Espeon ex and Umbreon ex (60-card decks, no packs) | English |
| November 5, 2026 | Delta Reign on Pokémon TCG Live | Digital |
| November 6, 2026 | Delta Reign expansion | English |
| November 6, 2026 | 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collections, Day and Night (29 packs plus a 3-card Classic Collection pack), Ditto Premium Collection (8 packs), Figure Collection, Mew or Mewtwo (5 packs) | English |
| December 4, 2026 | 30th Celebration Binder Collection (5 packs) | English |
Delta Reign is announced in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and other collections, with no detailed product list as of September 24, 2026. Its announced cards include four Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, six Pokémon ex, six Stadium cards that pair into three Legendary Stadiums, 14 illustration rares, 17 ultra rares and six special illustration rares. The series' earlier main sets, such as Pitch Black, each had a 36-pack booster display; what each product holds is in our guide to how many packs are in a booster box, and which sets give back the most per pack in the best Pokémon packs for rare cards.
In Japan, no card product after the October 16 card sets had been announced as of September 24, 2026. A new series, ex★ (ex Star), was teased at the close of the 2026 World Championships, with Mega Lucario Z ex among the cards shown and no date. Names and dates that circulate before an official announcement are left out of this page.
The 2026 expansions and their Japanese originals
| English release | English set (cards) | Japanese set (cards) | Japanese release | Japan's head start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30 | Ascended Heroes (295) | MEGA Dream ex (250) | November 28, 2025 | 9 weeks |
| March 27 | Perfect Order (124) | Nihil Zero (117) | January 23 | 9 weeks |
| May 22 | Chaos Rising (122) | Ninja Spinner (120) | March 13 | 10 weeks |
| July 17 | Pitch Black (120) | Abyss Eye (118) | May 22 | 8 weeks |
| September 16 | 30th Celebration (161, plus 30) | 30th CELEBRATION (165) | September 16 | Same day |
| November 6 | Delta Reign (over 135) | Storm Emeralda (113) | July 31 | 14 weeks |
Card counts include secret rares. The 30 extra 30th Celebration cards are the gold-bordered Classic Collection reprints, found in about one pack in ten in early openings. Delta Reign's count is the announced minimum.
Japan still gets almost every set first. In 2026, the English version of a Japanese set arrived 8 to 10 weeks later, Delta Reign will come 14 weeks after Storm Emeralda, and only 30th Celebration launched on one day in both languages. The gap has not closed. Measured from the latest Japanese expansion that each of the year's six English releases draws on, it was 8 weeks at the median in 2024, 6.5 weeks in 2025 and 9 weeks in 2026.
A shared release day does not mean shared cards. On May 22, 2026, Japan got Abyss Eye while the English market got Chaos Rising, which carries Ninja Spinner, released in Japan ten weeks earlier. Each 2026 English set is built on a single Japanese set, and Ascended Heroes and Delta Reign also take cards from Japanese starter decks; in 2024, an English set often combined two, as Temporal Forces did with Wild Force and Cyber Judge.
Ascended Heroes, at 295 cards, is the largest English set of the year. The others run 120 to 161 cards, within seven cards of their Japanese originals, except Delta Reign, which adds starter-set cards to Storm Emeralda's 113. How the two languages compare on price, card for card, is in our guide to Japanese Pokémon cards.
FAQ
When is the next Pokémon card set coming out?
Delta Reign, on November 6, 2026. Prerelease tournaments start October 24 at participating independent stores, and the set reaches Pokémon TCG Live on November 5.
When does Storm Emeralda come out in English?
As Delta Reign, on November 6, 2026, 14 weeks after its Japanese release of July 31, 2026. Its English card list adds cards from the 2026 Japanese starter sets.
When is the next Japanese Pokémon set?
No Japanese expansion after 30th CELEBRATION (September 16, 2026) had been announced as of September 24, 2026. The next dated Japanese products are the nine 30th CELEBRATION Card Sets of October 16, 2026.
How many Pokémon sets come out each year?
Six English expansions in 2026: four main sets (Perfect Order, Chaos Rising, Pitch Black and Delta Reign, due November 6) and two special sets, Ascended Heroes and 30th Celebration, which have no booster box. English sets also came out on six dates in 2024 and in 2025, and Japan released five expansions from January to September 2026.
Do French, German and Italian sets come out on the same day as English?
Yes. Every expansion from January 2024 to September 2026 came out on the English date in French, German and Italian, except Mega Evolution, which reached Europe, the Middle East and Africa on October 10, 2025, two weeks after the rest of the world. Delta Reign is dated November 6, 2026 in all four languages.
