{"id":136518,"date":"2026-03-19T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198865"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T14:45:00","slug":"pokemon-tcg-pockets-next-expansion-is-a-shiny-hunters-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/19\/pokemon-tcg-pockets-next-expansion-is-a-shiny-hunters-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket&#8217;s Next Expansion Is A Shiny Hunter&#8217;s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/969a1d0e6f585\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/969a1d0e6f585\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/969a1d0e6f585\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"wV2sEFVhJFU\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wV2sEFVhJFU?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Just like clockwork, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has revealed this month&#8217;s booster pack expansion heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_trading_card_game_pocket\">Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket<\/a>, and it&#8217;s absolutely <em>packed<\/em> with shinies.<\/p>\n<p>As its name suggests, the Mega Shine expansion is all about shiny Pok\u00e9mon. The above reveal trailer showcases sparkly Mega Gengar ex and Mega Charizard ex full art cards, as well as glittery new designs for shiny Pineco, Dragonair, Zorua and Ponyta.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll arrive in the app next week on <strong>26th March<\/strong> from <strong>1am GMT \/ 2am CET \/ 6pm PDT (25th) \/ 9pm ET (25th)<\/strong>, with new cosmetic items and events following after.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a closer look at a selection of cards we&#8217;ve seen so far:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>The frequency of these expansion drops can feel rather overwhelming, but the 30th Anniversary &#8217;30 Days of Gifts&#8217; event is still up and running in the app, providing a solid way to nab Pack Hourglasses and hopefully fill out your collection as you go. Hey, every little helps!<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:188830 @ 1773961466 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you make of this upcoming expansion? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Just like clockwork, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has revealed this month&#8217;s booster pack expansion heading to Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket, and it&#8217;s absolutely packed with shinies. As its name suggests, the Mega Shine expansion is all about shiny Pok\u00e9mon. The above reveal trailer showcases sparkly Mega Gengar ex and Mega Charizard ex full [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}