Diancie, Mega Shiny Gengar, XY – Phantom Forces, Oh My!


The Pokémon Company has released a lot of details about stuff coming out this fall besides Pokemon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire.

Shiny Gengar

Shiny Mega Gengar

Shiny Mega Gengar

First, Pokémon X and Pokémon Y players can snag a Shiny Gengar holding a Gengarite Mega Stone when they pick up a special code card from participating GameStop stores between October 13 and October 26. This Shiny Gengar can Mega Evolve into Shiny Mega Gengar during battles! Also available at participating GameStop locations starting October 13 is a Pokémon TCG: Gengar Spirit Link 2-pack. It includes two booster packs from the Pokémon TCG: XY—Furious Fists expansion, as well as the Gengar Spirit Link Pokémon Trainer card that debuts in the next Pokémon TCG expansion, XY—Phantom Forces.

Mythical Pokémon Diancie

Mega Diancie Illustration

Mega Diancie

Return to GameStop between October 27 and November 16 for a code card to receive the Mythical Pokémon Diancie in Pokémon X or Pokémon Y! After receiving Diancie, it can be transferred into Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire when those games launch on November 21 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. Once the Diancite Mega Stone has been obtained in the new games, players can Mega Evolve Diancie during battles!

Pokemon Trading Card Game: XY — Phantom Forces

Pok_mon_TCG_XY_Phantom_Forces_logoAlso coming this autumn is the Pokémon TCG: XY—Phantom Forces expansion, featuring a host of new and powerful Pokémon cards, including Diancie! The XY—Phantom Forces expansion includes well over 100 awesome cards with which to build your new winning deck. It launches on November 5.

Key features of Pokémon TCG: XY – Phantom Forces include:

  • Two new Mega Pokémon-EX cards—The expansion features the incredibly powerful Mega Gengar-EX and Mega Manectric-EX.
  • Seven new Pokémon-EX cards and four new full-art Pokémon-EX Rare Ultra cards—New Pokémon-EX cards include Gengar-EX, Manectric-EX, Malamar-EX, Florges-EX, Dialga-EX, and Aegislash-EX.
  • New “Full Metal” Dialga-EX—Special card features etched artwork and solid “metal” color.
  • Diancie’s Pokémon TCG debut—The Mythical Pokémon Diancie appears in the Pokémon TCG for the very first time.
  • Seven “Team Flare” Trainer cards and two special “Team Flare Hyper Gear” Pokémon Tool cards—Seven Trainer cards feature Team Flare members like Lysandre and Xerosic. The two Team Flare Hyper Gear Pokémon Tool cards can be used to hinder opponent’s Pokémon, the first such cards in the Pokémon TCG.