Mysterious New English Promos Listed from Unidentified Product, Including Darkrai ex

[Water Pokémon Master]

Pokemon.com has updated their promo legality page with 11 new English promos that will become legal on April 26th. This includes a new Darkrai ex, Pikachu ex, and Armarouge ex.
If the promos come from a product, it would hit store shelves on April 12th, as promos become legal two weeks after a product releases.
However, there are currently no products releasing on April 12th. There also aren’t any known products releasing this quarter that could even contain these cards.



Card
Card Number
Legality Date


Armarouge ex
SVP 105
4/26/2024


Pikachu ex
SVP 106
4/26/2024


Mareep
SVP 107
4/26/2024


Flaaffy
SVP 108
4/26/2024


Ampharos
SVP 109
4/26/2024


Darkrai ex
SVP 110
4/26/2024


Pawniard
SVP 111
4/26/2024...

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[ReDeiGiochi]

Ah Yes,More Unplayable Slop,woohoo....

 

[Platinum Espresso]

Less filler clogging up main sets is always a good thing, but the fact there's no distribution method to tie them to is intriguing.

 

[PMJ]

Ava's Darkrai ex when?

 

[snoopy369]

The only thing making me a bit skeptical about this being Play Labs is the Armarouge ex, being both an evolution pokemon and being able to one shot the Pikachu ex. Feels like it would be somewhat overpowered in that matchup, while the current ones have a bit more of a neutral relationship that show off different mechanics instead (Greninja V can win with coin toss luck, Lucario showcases bench damage, and Umbreon showcases other attack effects; but all 3 importantly cannot one-shot each other. Otherwise, the games are way too fast, particularly as they're usually to 2 or 3 prizes.

 

[JoPKMN]

Ava's Darkrai ex when?

Asking the real questions

 

[jdubs4lief]

Another Kingambit to collect wahoo

 

[bunnelbyfeetsniffer]

Ah Yes,More Unplayable Slop,woohoo....

i really don’t understand why you people expect every single card to be playable. at least these are promos so they aren’t taking up space in sets.

 

[Frost]

Honestly the non-ex cards would be better off taking up space in sets imo; they'd all be common and uncommon bulk.

 

[ShinxieDim]

Honestly the non-ex cards would be better off taking up space in sets imo; they'd all be common and uncommon bulk.

In 2022 I would have agreed. But I feel like one of the strengths of the SV era is the high amount of genuinely decent "bulk", mostly due to international packs staying more faithful to the original japanese rarities for each card. Adding in battle academy cards would undo that.

 

[clairepods]

I wish I took a photo, but at my Pokémon Day event there were little three sided standee things outlining products with the 1/2/3 level system, and the level 1 had a battle academy with Pikachu, Armarouge, and Darkrai. Very likely they are all cards that will remain in that set in this case