{"id":137290,"date":"2026-05-22T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201510"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:30:00","slug":"pokemon-tcg-pocket-gets-paradoxical-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/22\/pokemon-tcg-pocket-gets-paradoxical-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket Gets Paradoxical Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5002967eb967\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5002967eb967\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b5002967eb967\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"j-XIlS8uO9c\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-XIlS8uO9c?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>We&#8217;re getting to the end of the month, so The Pok\u00e9mon Company is on hand to showcase what&#8217;s next for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_trading_card_game_pocket\">Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It feels like just yesterday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/04\/pokemon-tcg-pockets-next-expansion-sees-a-fan-favourite-mon-take-the-spotlight\">Pulsing Aura<\/a> set arrived on the scene, but the next expansion, Paradox Drive, is right around the corner. This one will launch on <strong>28th May<\/strong> at <strong>2am BST \/ 3am CEST \/ 6pm PT (27th)<\/strong> and, as the name suggests, it&#8217;s all about the Paradox Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n<p>The set will see TCGP debuts for the likes of Koraidon ex and Miraidon ex, and the Future and Ancient categories will also begin to crop up in the game, so you can start to build decks with whatever attack\/speed strategies you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a closer look at a handful of the expansion&#8217;s 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 monthly expansions continue to feel a little breakneck in their release pace for those of us who are still playing daily (hello to the handful of other daily players out there!), but there&#8217;s no denying TPC&#8217;s commitment to making catching &#8217;em all as challenging as possible.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:201467,200849,200290 @ 1779467761 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be checking out the Paradox Drive expansion next week? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] We&#8217;re getting to the end of the month, so The Pok\u00e9mon Company is on hand to showcase what&#8217;s next for Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket. It feels like just yesterday that the Pulsing Aura set arrived on the scene, but the next expansion, Paradox Drive, is right around the corner. This one will [&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-137290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137290","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=137290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}