Delta Reign gets an early start Oct 24 at select Play! Pokémon Stores, and PokéBeach reports a McDonald’s Pokémon TCG Happy Meal run for November.

How the market was

Day movers

• Pokémon — 30th Celebration ETB (standard): $150–170, unchanged, vs $49.99 MSRP (ICv2, Sep 17).
• Pokémon — RGB Mew: Red $6–7k / Green ~$8k / Blue ~$5k, unchanged (ICv2, Sep 17). Asks aren’t completed sales.

Hobby pulse

1. Official · Pokémon

   Delta Reign Build & Battle Boxes reach select Play! Pokémon Stores Oct 24, ahead of the Nov 6 release

   Mega Evolution—Delta Reign doesn’t come out until Nov 6, but select Play! Pokémon Stores in the US start selling its Build & Battle Box on Oct 24 for Prerelease play. Each box pairs four Delta Reign boosters with a 40-card ready-to-play deck and one of four foil promos: Masquerain, Magmortar, Enamorus or Kommo-o. Pokémon’s official card images number them MEP 111–114. Prerelease games are quicker than standard, with 40-card decks and four Prize cards. The boxes will also be sold at launch, Pokémon says, and the set has more than 135 cards.

   Source (Official): https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/play-at-a-pokemon-tcg-mega-evolution-delta-reign-prerelease-event

2. Reported by PokéBeach · Pokémon

   McDonald’s Pokémon TCG Happy Meal run reported for Nov 5–Dec 9 in the US

   PokéBeach reported Sunday that McDonald’s will run a Pokémon TCG Happy Meal promotion in the US from Nov 5 to Dec 9. According to the site, each Happy Meal includes a four-card booster (one holo, three non-holo) from a 15-card set with six confetti-holofoil cards. Customers will choose between a Pokémon toy and a “Pokémon Essential Handbook.” The card list hasn’t been revealed, PokéBeach cautions that details are preliminary, and neither company has commented publicly.

   Source (Reported): https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/09/mcdonalds-pokemon-tcg-promotion-to-launch-in-november-for-30th-anniversary

3. Official · One Piece

   OP-18 The Dominance of God set for Nov 20 at $4.99 a pack

   Bandai’s English One Piece Card Game site now lists OP-18, The Dominance of God, for Nov 20 at $4.99 per pack (MSRP per Bandai). The set has 127+1 card types built around Water Seven and the Holy Knights of God. Saint Gunko and Saint Shamrock make their card-game debuts.

   Source (Official): https://en.onepiece-cardgame.com/products/op18.html

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4. Official · Dragon Ball Fusion World

   FB12, two starter decks and a learn-to-play app

   Bandai lists the FB12 Reach the God booster for Dec 18 at $4.99 per 12-card pack (MSRP), with 123 card types. Two starter decks follow on Jan 22, 2027: FS13 The Saiyan Raised on Earth and FS14 The Prince of Saiyan. Each is a ready-to-play 51-card deck at $15.99 (MSRP). Bandai also revealed Combat Navigator, the game’s first official learn-to-play app, planned for December in Japanese and January in English.

   Sources (Official): https://www.dbs-cardgame.com/fw/en/products/01_477.html · https://www.dbs-cardgame.com/fw/en/products/01_478.html · https://www.dbs-cardgame.com/fw/en/products/01_479.html · https://www.dbs-cardgame.com/fw/en/news/01_514.html

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5. Official · Riftbound

   Last call for the Radiance Merch Store drawing

   Sign-ups for Riot’s Radiance Merch Store drawing close at 11 a.m. CT today, and first selections are emailed Oct 5. Riot’s FAQ gives Riot Merch Store prices of $119.99 for the Booster Display and $34.99 for the Evelynn vs. Seraphine Showdown Decks, plus shipping and handling. Radiance releases Oct 23.

   Source (Official): https://playriftbound.com/en-us/news/announcements/product-drawing-faq/

6. Reported by ICv2 (opinion) · Hobby retail

   A store owner says the 30th Celebration “glut” hasn’t reached his shop

   In his ICv2 column, Scott Thorne, owner of Castle Perilous Games & Books in Carbondale, Ill., writes that he hasn’t seen the “glut” others describe. He says one distributor sent his shop a single Elite Trainer Box. He believes The Pokémon Company is steering most product to mass retail. He also writes that his Magic: Reality Fracture prerelease kits arrived around 1 p.m. on prerelease Friday. (Thorne owns shares in Hasbro and Nintendo.)

   Source (Reported, column): https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/63479/rolling-initiative-glut-pokmon-tcg-30th-celebration-not-hobby-retail

7. Official · Pokémon

   Pokémon TCG Pocket (digital) — Deluxe Pack: Mega

   The set went live in the Pocket app Tuesday at 8 p.m. CT (6 p.m. PT), per Pokémon’s schedule. Pokémon also posted an Official “Is Now Available” note dated Sep. 29. Mega Charizard X covers and backdrops unlock Wednesday, Sep. 30. Each four-card pack is guaranteed to include one Pokémon ex. Reported: PokéBeach reports that datamined listings put the set at 429 cards, mostly reprints plus new alternate art and parallel foils.

   Sources: https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/pokemon-tcg-pocket-deluxe-pack-mega-coming-soon (Official) · https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/pokemon-tcg-pocket-deluxe-pack-mega-is-now-available (Official) · https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/09/all-429-deluxe-pack-mega-cards-revealed-for-pocket (Reported)

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8. Official · Pokémon

   Pokémon League — October prizes and a new Battle Box

   Starting in October, new League Kits at Play! Pokémon stores include acrylic standees of Mega Charizard X, Mega Gengar and Mega Kangaskhan, earned with monthly max League activity points. A new 80-card Battle Box spans Journey Together through Mega Evolution—Phantasmal Flames for 40-card draft decks.

   Source (Official): https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/check-out-new-pokemon-league-prizes-coming-this-october

Worth watching

• Riftbound Radiance: the drawing closes at 11 a.m. CT today, and the set releases Oct 23
• Mega Evolution—Delta Reign: Build & Battle Boxes from Oct 24, and the set releases Nov 6
• McDonald’s × Pokémon TCG: any official word before the reported Nov 5 start
• Disney Lorcana: the next Lorecast is Oct 1 at 10 a.m. PT (noon CT)