Next Pokémon Set After Delta Reign: Aura Seeker and the 2027 Dates

There is no official Aura Seeker card list with secret rares yet, so we are not printing a leaked one. What the official site has shown is enough to size it: on November 6 it revealed a Special Art Rare of the gym leader Crasher Wake (マキシ, Maxi, in Japanese) numbered 113/078, drawn by Tetsuo Hara, the artist of Fist of the North Star, together with an interview with him. That number means at least 35 cards sit above the 78-card main set.

Three Mega Evolution cards carry a "Z" in their names, a group the official page calls out on its own: Mega Lucario Z ex (057/078), Mega Garchomp Z ex (067/078) and Mega Absol Z ex (030/078).

Mega Lucario Z ex: the card, release date and price

It is card 057/078, rarity RR: a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 330 HP that evolves from Riolu. Its Ability shares the set's name, Aura Seeker (ハドウシーカー): once per turn, while it is your Active Pokémon, you search your deck for a Supporter card and put it into your hand. Its attack, Dancing Fist, does 120 damage plus 120 more if the Defending Pokémon is a Pokémon ex. As with every Mega Evolution ex, your opponent takes three Prize cards when it is Knocked Out. The illustrator is takuyoa.

The card was first shown on August 31, 2026, at the closing ceremony of the World Championships in San Francisco, alongside a teaser for the next card series, ex★ (ex Star), featuring Suicune, Entei and Raikou (Nintendo Insider, PokeGuardian). No dates were given for ex★.

Release date: November 27, 2026 in Japanese; no English date is official. Price: none yet, because the card has not been released yet. Do not confuse it with Mega Lucario ex from 2025–2026, a different card without the Z: the Mega Evolution set has it as 077, 160, 179 and the gold 188, and Ascended Heroes has it as 113.

Japan raises booster pack prices to ¥230 from May 2027

The notice, titled 一部商品価格改定のお知らせ, went up on pokemon-card.com on November 6, 2026. It covers some new products released from May 2027 and gives rising raw material costs as the reason; some packs may be priced differently, and other price lines will be set product by product. It is the second rise in a year, after the January 30, 2026 notice that took packs from ¥180 to ¥200. A 30-pack box at the new price works out at ¥6,900 instead of ¥6,000 (ScreenRant, Nov 10). Aura Seeker still launches at ¥200.

The Pokémon Company International has announced no change to English-language pack prices (ScreenRant, Nov 10).

What has an official English date

After Delta Reign, pokemon.com dates only two more English products: the Mega Greninja ex League Battle Deck (November 13, 2026) and the 30th Celebration Binder Collection, a 9-pocket binder with five 30th Celebration packs (December 4, 2026). No 2027 expansion is listed there yet.

For reference, this is how the English Mega Evolution sets have landed so far:

Delta Reign itself is built on Storm Emeralda, released in Japan on July 31, 2026: fourteen weeks passed between the Japanese and the English launch.

Reported: Valentine's Box and Pokémon Day 2027 Collection

Both carry a US price of $14.99, and both are so far known only from trade press: as of November 13 neither has a page on pokemon.com.

• Valentine's Box, January 15, 2027. ICv2 (Oct 30) reports it as announced by The Pokémon Company International: 20 "Collect & Share" booster packs, To/From labels to hand them out as valentines, a box that folds into a mailbox, and stickers to decorate it. PokeGuardian and PokéZentrum (both Oct 29) list the same contents. The number of cards per pack and the card list have not been announced, and neither has a release in the UK, Canada, Australia or Europe; PokéZentrum says it is unknown whether the box will be sold outside the US. In early October, PokéBeach had reported January 27 instead (ScreenRant, Oct 6).
• Pokémon Day 2027 Collection, January 29, 2027. ICv2 (Nov 12): a foil Pikachu promo with a Pokémon Day stamp, a plastic coin, three booster packs and a Pokémon TCG Live code card. CBR (Nov 13), citing PokéBeach, adds that the packs are Delta Reign and the Pikachu is from Ascended Heroes. Pokémon Day itself is February 27.

Rumours: the February 2027 sets

• "Flowing Fists" in English. PokéBeach reported on October 20, 2026 that the next English set is Flowing Fists (code ME07), built on Aura Seeker with Mega Lucario Z ex on the cover, releasing February 5, 2027 with prereleases from January 23 to 31. Bill's Archive (Nov 10) and Cardrake (Nov 8) carry the same details and both note that The Pokémon Company International has not announced it.
• "MEGA x MEGA Parade" is Japanese, not English. According to PokéBeach (Aug 25, via Samurai Sword Tokyo on Oct 2), that is the name of a Japanese high-class pack, M7a, due February 19, 2027 and led by Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y. The name was filed as a trademark (card-binder, Aug 26). Four Mega Attack Rares stamped "m7a" (Mega Greninja ex, Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Darkrai ex and Mega Rayquaza ex) were shown on August 31, but they have not been officially tied to a set.

We will rewrite this section when The Pokémon Company confirms or denies either report.

Track the Mega Evolution sets on ColleX

Delta Reign is in the catalogue with its 141 entries, numbers and rarities, next to the earlier sets of the era. We will open the 2027 English set once The Pokémon Company publishes its list. Also out this autumn: the 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collections, our 30th Celebration set guide and Pitch Black.

Frequently asked questions

What is the next Pokémon set after Delta Reign?
Officially, Japan's Aura Seeker (ハドウシーカー, M7) on November 27, 2026, led by Mega Lucario Z ex. As of November 13, The Pokémon Company International has not announced the next English expansion; for January 2027 trade press reports the Valentine's Box (Jan 15) and the Pokémon Day 2027 Collection (Jan 29).

When does Aura Seeker come out in English?
There is no official date. Not confirmed; PokéBeach reported on October 20, 2026 that it will be released as Flowing Fists on February 5, 2027.

How many cards are in Aura Seeker?
The main set has 78 cards, as the official card numbers (/078) show. The highest number revealed so far is 113/078, a Special Art Rare by Tetsuo Hara, so the full set has at least 113 cards. The complete list has not been published.

What is Mega Lucario Z ex?
Card 057/078 from Aura Seeker: 330 HP, Metal type, an Ability that searches your deck for a Supporter, and the Dancing Fist attack for 120 damage, plus 120 against a Pokémon ex. It is not the 2025 Mega Lucario ex from the Mega Evolution set.

Are Pokémon booster packs going up in price?
In Japan, yes: 5-card packs in products released from May 2027 will cost ¥230 instead of ¥200 (pokemon-card.com, November 6, 2026). The Pokémon Company International has announced nothing about English-language pack prices.

Can I trade duplicate Pokémon cards on ColleX?
Yes, where the ColleX Market is open. Mark cards in the set checklist: a duplicate as Have with a quantity of 2 or more, missing cards as Want. ColleX shows you collectors who have what you need and are missing your duplicates; you agree on the trade in chat.

Sources: pokemon-card.com: ハドウシーカー set page (Oct 23, updated Nov 6 and Nov 13), Tetsuo Hara SAR (Nov 6), price notices (Jan 30 and Nov 6, 2026); pokemon.com product pages (Nov 13); PokeGuardian (Oct 23, Oct 29, Nov 6); Nintendo Insider (Aug 31); ScreenRant (Oct 6, Nov 10); ICv2 (Oct 30, Nov 12); CBR (Nov 13); PokéZentrum (Oct 29); PokéBeach (Aug 25, Oct 20, via Bill's Archive Nov 10, Cardrake Nov 8, Samurai Sword Tokyo Oct 2); card-binder (Aug 26). Images © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.