Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket's next set is a Diamond and Pearl-themed booster called Space-Time Smackdown, and it launches next week.
The Pokémon Company revealed the set arrives January 29 in a trailer, below, but its website currently lists a January 30 date. Space-Time Smackdown includes the likes of Dialga ex and Palkia ex alongside the generation four starter Pokémon: Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup.
Despite being the second full set, unlike the expansion set that was Mythical Island, Space-Time Smackdown features between just 140 and 150 cards. This should make it significantly easier to complete compared to set one, Genetic Apex, which includes 286 cards. It's unclear if this 140 to 150 number includes the alternate art pieces, however, which could bump up that number by a few dozen.
? Are. You. Ready?.... LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEEE! ?
— Pokémon TCG Pocket (@PokemonTCGP) January 23, 2025
Making its way to your phones everywhere on January 30, #PokemonTCGPocket's NEWEST digital expansion. Space-Time Smackdown! ? ⏳ pic.twitter.com/t8qCurBB9i
"Are you ready to rumble? Discover a whole new expansion’s worth of cards in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket," The Pokémon Company said. "Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia from the Sinnoh region have bent time and space to rule the battlefield as dimension-altering Pokémon ex.
"The Space-Time Smackdown expansion features over 140 cards including exciting Pokémon ex cards, new Trainer cards, and gorgeous immersive cards ready to bring you into the wondrous world of Pokémon."
The widely panned trading feature was also confirmed to arrive alongside this set.
Pokémon TCG Pocket arrived in October and follows the standard mobile and free-to-play game model, flooding players with rewards in the first few days before soon drying up, with spending real-world money the only real way to re-experience that early thrill outside of the occasional set drop like this one.
Completing Genetic Apex without spending money, for example, will take players around two years according to one estimate, while those looking to make it rain can wrap up the collection after dropping around $1,500.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.
