To celebrate 20 years of the Pokémon card game, The Pokémon Company is issuing a 24 karat gold Pikachu card (not legal for tournament play). Orders for this ¥216,000 card (about $2,000) are being accepted through November 7th. Delivery will begin in December.

[via RocketNews24]

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The next set in the BREAK block for Pokémon TCG, BREAKpoint, will be hitting shelves on February 3rd, 2016. The set includes 120 new cards which includes 5 new BREAK cards, and 11 new EX cards. Some of the new BREAK cards include: Trevenant BREAK, Greninja BREAK, Luxray BREAK, while two announced EX cards are Mega Gyarados-EX and Mega Scizor-EX.

As usual you’ll be able to get the cards in Boosters, Elite Trainer boxes, and in two theme decks: Wave Slasher and Electric Eye.

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The the release of the Pokémon TCG: XY Ancient Origins set, the Nintendo Network is celebrating with a Shiny Rayquaza giveaway from August 12 until September 14, 2015. You can snag Rayquaza via in-game distribution for Pokemon: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire during that time period. Rayquaza can Mega Evolve without a Mega Stone, and comes with Dragon Ascent.

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