Celebrations - Everything We Know
set size: 25 cards (Main Set), 25 Cards (Special Subset)
Set Abbreviation: CEL
Below is a list of cards that will comprise our 25th TCG Anniversary Mini set, Celebrations, when it releases 8 October 2021. The set’s new cards will be legal in the Standard format on 22 October 2021. Cards from the Classic Collection will not be legal in the Standard format.
Celebrations will celebrate past Pokémon Trading Card Game mechanics in two ways: one, by bringing new Pokémon to old mechanics and two, by printing close remakes of classic cards in a special subset.
Main Set
- Ho-oh (S8a)
- Reshiram (S8a)
- Kyogre (S8a)
- Palkia (S8a)
- Pikachu (S8a)
- Flying Pikachu V (S8a)
- Flying Pikachu VMAX (S8a)
- Surfing Pikachu V (S8a)
- Surfing Pikachu VMAX (S8a)
- Zekrom (S8a)
- Mew (S8a)
- Xerneas (S8a)
- Cosmog (S8a)
- Cosmoem (S8a)
- Lunala (S8a)
- Zacian V (S8a)
- Groudon (S8a)
- Zamazenta V (S8a)
- Yveltal (S8a)
- Dialga (S8a)
- Solgaleo (S8a)
- Lugia (S8a)
- Professor's Research {Professor Oak} (S8a)
- FA Professor's Research {Professor Oak} (S8a)
- GOLD Mew (S8a)
Main Set Card Images
Special Subset - “Classic Collection”
Celebrations’ special subset is made up of special holofoil reprints of major cards from the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s past. The special reprint of these cards in Celebrations does not bring any of these cards back into the Standard format. To quote pokemon.com, “The Celebrations expansion includes a subset called the Classic Collection, which features cards from the entire history of the Pokémon TCG—all the way back to the Base Set. These cards are considered reprints of the original cards, meaning that they're only legal in formats where the original cards would be legal.”
- Venusaur (Base Set)
- Charizard (Base Set)
- Gardevoir ex δ (EX Dragon Frontiers)
- Reshiram (Black & White Base Set)
- Blastoise (Base Set)
- Shining Magikarp (Neo Revelation)
- Dark Gyarados (Rocket)
- _____'s Pikachu (Wizards Black Star Promos)
- Rocket's Zapdos (Gym Challenge)
- Luxray GL LV.X (Platinum—Rising Rivals)
- Zekrom (Black & White)
- Mewtwo-EX (Black & White—Next Destinies)
- Mew ex (EX Legend Maker)
- Tapu Lele-GX (Sun & Moon—Guardians Rising)
- Donphan (HeartGold & SoulSilver)
- Claydol (Diamond & Pearl—Great Encounters)
- Team Magma's Groudon (EX Team Magma vs. Team Aqua)
- Umbreon ☆ (POP Series 5)
- Xerneas-EX (XY Base Set)
- Cleffa (Neo Genesis)
- M Rayquaza-EX (XY—Roaring Skies)
- Garchomp C LV.X (Platinum—Supreme Victors)
- Here Comes Team Rocket (Rocket)
- Imposter Professor Oak (Base Set)
- Rocket's Admin. (EX Team Rocket Returns)
Classic Collection Card Images
Related Promo Cards
Promo Card Images
Keep an eye out for the text “This card cannot be used at official tournaments” on the bottom of these promo cards as many of these cards (though not all of them) are not tournament legal cards.
Related Promo Products
Product descriptions accompany each product image.
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Collection—Dragapult Prime
Product Contents: One foil promo card and one foil oversize card featuring Dragapult Prime, two Celebrations four-card booster packs, one additional Pokémon TCG booster pack, a four-pocket binder to hold your cards, and one anniversary-themed coin
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021
Promos: Dragapult SWSH132
Price: $14.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Collections—Dark Sylveon V
Product Contents: One foil promo card and one foil oversize card featuring Dark Sylveon V, four Celebrations four-card booster packs, and two additional Pokémon TCG booster packs
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021 (Potentially Delayed)
Promos: Dark Sylveon V SWSH134
Price: $19.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Collections—Lance’s Charizard V
Product Contents: One foil promo card and one foil oversize card featuring Lance’s Charizard V, four Celebrations four-card booster packs, and two additional Pokémon TCG booster packs
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021 (Potentially Delayed)
Promos: Lance’s Charizard V SWSH133
Price: $19.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Deluxe Pin Collection
Product Contents: One foil promo card featuring Zacian LV.X, an enamel pin featuring Flying and Surfing Pikachu, four Celebrations four-card booster packs, and two additional Pokémon TCG booster packs
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021
Promos: Zacian V LV.X SWSH135
Price: $19.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Elite Trainer Box
Product Contents: 10 Celebrations four-card booster packs, five additional Pokémon TCG booster packs, one special foil card featuring Greninja ☆, 65 anniversary-themed card sleeves, 45 Energy cards, a player’s guide to the Celebrations expansion, a Pokémon TCG rulebook, six damage-counter dice, one competition-legal coin-flip die, and two acrylic condition markers
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021
Promos: Greninja ☆ SWSH144
Price: $49.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Mini Tins
Product Contents: Two Celebrations four-card booster packs, one additional Pokémon TCG booster pack, one anniversary-themed coin, and one Pokémon art card showing the art from the Mini Tin (collect and combine all eight versions)
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021
Price: $8.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Special Collection—Pikachu V-UNION
Product Contents: Four foil promo cards that make up a single Pikachu V-UNION, one oversize card featuring Pikachu V-UNION, one Supporter card featuring Professor Burnet, four Celebrations four-card boosters, and two additional Pokémon TCG boosters
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021 (Potentially Delayed)
Promos: Pikachu V-UNION SWSH139, SWSH140, SWSH141, and SWSH142
Price: $29.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Premium Figure Collection—Pikachu VMAX
Product Contents: One etched foil promo card featuring Pikachu VMAX, one foil promo card featuring Pikachu V, a supersize figure of Gigantamax Pikachu, eight Celebrations four-card booster packs, and three additional Pokémon TCG booster packs Release
Date: Oct. 22, 2021
Promos: Pikachu VMAX SWSH062, Pikachu V SWSH143
Price: $49.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Ultra-Premium Collection
Product Contents: Two commemorative metal cards featuring Base Set Pikachu and Base Set Charizard, one special gold version of Pikachu V, one special gold version of Poké Ball, a Charizard and Pikachu enamel pin, one anniversary-themed metal coin, 17 Celebrations four-card booster packs, eight additional Pokémon TCG booster packs, and player’s guide
There is also a Pokémon Center Version of this product.
Release Date: Oct. 22, 2021
Promos: GOLD Pikachu V SWSH145, GOLD Poké Ball SWSH146
Price: $119.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Collector Chest
Product Contents: Six Celebrations four-card booster packs, two additional Pokémon TCG booster packs, three foil promo cards featuring Mimikyu δ (Delta Species), Light Toxtricity, and Hydreigon C; four colorful sticker sheets, a mini portfolio to store cards, a Pokémon coin, and a Pokémon notepad
Release Date: October 2021
Promos: Mimikyu δ (Delta Species) SWSH136, Light Toxtricity SWSH137, and Hydreigon C SWSH138
Price: $24.99 USD
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Special Collection—V Memories
Product Contents: Six Celebrations four-card booster packs, two foil promo cards featuring Lance’s Charizard V and Dark Sylveon V, two additional Pokémon TCG Booster packs, a collector’s pin featuring Sylveon, a metallic coin featuring Charizard, and a foil oversize card featuring Lance’s Charizard V
Release Date: Oct. 8, 2021 - GameStop Exclusive
Promos: Lance’s Charizard V SWSH133, Dark Sylveon V SWSH134
Price: $39.99
Pokémon TCG: Lance’s Charizard V Tin
Product Contents: Four Celebrations four-card booster packs, a foil promo card featuring Lance’s Charizard V, and two additional Pokémon TCG Booster packs
Release Date: Unknown - Unknown Exclusivity
Promos: Promos: Lance’s Charizard V SWSH133
Price: Unknown
Pokémon TCG: Dark Sylveon V Tin
Product Contents: Four Celebrations four-card booster packs, a foil promo card featuring Dark Sylveon V, and two additional Pokémon TCG Booster packs
Release Date: Unknown - Unknown Exclusivity
Promos: Dark Sylveon V SWSH134
Price: Unknown
Pokémon TCG: Celebrations Prime Collection
Product Contents: Four oversize cards of Light Toxtricity, Hydreigon C, Mimikyu δ, and Dragapult Prime, a foil promo card featuring Dragapult Prime, a Pokémon 25 logo Collector Chest, three Celebrations four-card booster packs, two additional Pokémon TCG booster packs, a 4-pocket Pokémon TCG binder, an oversize card binder, and a metallic coin
Release Date: Q4 2021 - Amazon Exclusive
Promos: Dragapult SWSH132, Mimikyu δ (Delta Species) SWSH136, Light Toxtricity SWSH137, and Hydreigon C SWSH138
Price: Unknown
Other set details
Celebrations is comprised of the Japanese set S8a, 25th Anniversary Collection, which releases October 22nd in Japan—two weeks after it releases internationally.
Card Counts
Cards: 25 in the main set, 25+ in the Classic Collection
Pokémon V: 4
Pokémon VMAX: 2
Trainer Cards: 1, plus its full art
Special Energy: 0
Pokémon V
Surfing Pikachu V
Flying Pikachu V
Zacian V
Zamazenta V
Pokémon VMAX
Surfing Pikachu VMAX
Flying Pikachu VMAX
Trainer Cards
Professor’s Research {Professor Oak}