March 14, 2024 — The Pokémon Company International announced today that the next expansion in the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade, will launch beginning May 24, 2024, at participating retailers around the world.
In Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade, Pokémon originally discovered in The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero Part 1: The Teal Mask DLC for the Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet video games will make their debut in the Pokémon TCG, including Okidogi, Munkidori, Fezandipiti and more.
The Legendary Pokémon Ogerpon will also appear in Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade as four different Tera Pokémon ex — with Grass, Fire, Water and Fighting types — based on its four masks. Players can enjoy battling with various types of Ogerpon ex by using Ogre’s Mask, a new Item card that allows players to swap any Ogerpon ex in play with another Ogerpon ex from the discard pile. In honor of Ogerpon’s debut in the Pokémon TCG, six new cards from the expansion featuring Ogerpon have been unveiled: Teal Mask Ogerpon ex, Hearthflame Mask Ogerpon ex, Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex, Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex, Teal Mask Ogerpon and Ogre’s Mask.
Additional noteworthy cards from the expansion include:
- Six ACE SPEC rare Trainer and Special Energy cards
- Seven Pokémon ex and seven Tera Pokémon ex
- 21 illustration rare Pokémon
- 11 special illustration rare Pokémon and Supporter cards
- Six hyper rare gold etched cards
Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade will be available in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and special collections at Pokémon Center and participating retailers worldwide. Select products from the expansion are now available for preorder at Pokémon Center in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., including the Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, which comes with two additional booster packs and one additional illustration rare-style promo card featuring the Pokémon Center logo.
Pokémon TCG players will also have the opportunity to play with Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade before launch by attending one of the many Prerelease tournaments, held as part of the Play! Pokémon competitive program, taking place beginning May 11 at participating independent retailers.
In addition, ahead of the release of the tabletop version, Trainers will be able to play with Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade digitally starting May 23, 2024, via the Pokémon TCG Live app for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows devices. Trainers can collect and battle with new cards featuring Ogerpon ex and receive in-game bonuses when logging in to the app.
To learn more about the Pokémon TCG, please visit Pokemon.com/TCG.