Worlds 2026 in San Francisco barely wrapped up before the Pokemon Company dropped a wall of news. Pokemon Worlds 2027 now has a home, a brand new card rarity got its first tease, and a TCG movie was confirmed for the first time in seven years. If you collect or compete, there is a lot to unpack here, and honestly, this might be the busiest post-Worlds announcement window in years.
Here is everything confirmed so far:
- Pokemon Worlds 2027 will be held in Singapore, August 13 to 15
- A new "ex star" rarity was teased, likely starring Suicune, Raikou, and Entei
- Japan's next series, m7a, adds four Mega Attack Rare cards
- Aura Seeker and MEGA x MEGA Parade both got early teasers
- Pokemon: Wild Card, a new animated TCG movie, is coming in 2027
Pokemon Worlds 2027 lands in Singapore
The headline news: Pokemon Worlds 2027 is officially set for Singapore, running August 13 through 15. Ticket details, venue specifics, and the full schedule have not been announced yet, so treat the date as the only locked piece of information for now.
This matters more than it might look at first glance. Singapore will only be the fourth Worlds location outside the United States, following Vancouver in 2013, London in 2022, and Yokohama in 2023. Every other year, the tournament has stayed stateside. Here is the full run of past hosts, for context:
- 2004 Orlando, 2005 San Diego, 2006 Anaheim, 2007 Kona, 2008 Orlando
- 2009 San Diego, 2010 Kona, 2011 San Diego, 2012 Kona
- 2013 Vancouver, 2014 Washington D.C., 2015 Boston, 2016 San Francisco
- 2017 Anaheim, 2018 Nashville, 2019 Washington D.C.
- 2022 London, 2023 Yokohama, 2024 Honolulu, 2025 Anaheim, 2026 San Francisco
Worlds 2027 will be the 22nd World Championship run under TPCi, and the choice of Singapore signals a real push into Southeast Asia, where the Pokemon TCG player base has grown fast over the past few years. No PokemonXP convention was announced alongside it. Since PokemonXP reportedly only happens during select years, its absence in 2027 is not exactly a shock, but it does mean the Singapore trip will be a leaner, more tournament-focused event than San Francisco's combined weekend was.
A brand new ex star rarity is coming, and Johto's legendary beasts headline it
The bigger long-term story for collectors might be the tease of an entirely new card rarity: ex star. Pokemon confirmed the next TCG series will carry that name, presumably introducing a new take on the Pokemon ex mechanic that has anchored the format since Scarlet and Violet launched.
Suicune, Raikou, and Entei are expected to headline the series. These three have not had a dedicated spotlight moment in years, so pairing them with a brand new rarity tier is a smart way to reintroduce a fan-favorite trio to a generation of collectors who mostly know them from Pokemon GO raids rather than the games themselves.
No mechanic details, release date, or card count have leaked yet. What we do know: February's MEGA x MEGA Parade is expected to be a High Class Pack set and may close out the Mega Evolution block entirely, which would put ex star on track for a spring debut. If that timeline holds, collectors have roughly six months to plan a budget around what could be one of the more significant rarity introductions since Mega Attack Rares appeared in Ascended Heroes.
There is also a pattern worth watching here. Every major new rarity introduced since Scarlet and Violet, from ex to Special Illustration Rare to Mega Attack Rare, has followed the same curve: a quiet tease, a slow trickle of confirmed cards, then a launch week where secondary market prices spike hard before settling a few months later. Ex star is still in the "quiet tease" phase, which is honestly the best window to research pull rates and print runs before hype sets in. Suicune, Raikou, and Entei also carry a nostalgia premium that newer legendaries just do not have, so do not assume ex star pricing will mirror recent Mega Evolution releases. Legendary beast fans have waited a long time for a real spotlight, and TPCi knows it.
Japan's m7a series adds four new Mega Attack Rare cards
On the Japanese side, the next mainline series is called m7a, and it comes with a genuinely stacked reveal. Mega Lucario Z will get its first Mega Evolved form in the TCG, and four new Mega Attack Rare cards join it:
- Mega Darkrai ex (Abyss Eye) via Munikisu Zero
- Mega Zygarde ex (Perfect Balance / Delta Reign) via Munikisu Zero
- Mega Greninja ex (Chaos Ascendant) via Ninja Spinner
- Mega Rayquaza ex (Storm Emeralda) via Storm Emeralda's own attack
If that Mega Rayquaza ex name sounds familiar, it should. We already covered its full official reveal, including its split Stadium card mechanic, right here on the blog. What is new this time is confirmation that its Mega Attack Rare artwork ties directly into m7a, and that the artwork carries the English set name translated into Japanese text on the card itself, a small but neat continuity detail that collectors chasing both regional prints will want to know about.
TPCi has been explicit that these cards are still in development and may differ from the final products, so treat the artwork and attack names as a strong indicator rather than a locked spec sheet.
Aura Seeker and MEGA x MEGA Parade get early teasers too
Beyond m7a, two more upcoming sets got a first look. November's Aura Seeker is set to introduce Mega Lucario Z ex and Sigilyph ex, while the yet-unreleased MEGA x MEGA Parade, presumably February's High Class Pack set in Japan, brings a fresh wave of Mega Attack Rares in the same comic-book illustration style first seen in Ascended Heroes.
Neither set has been officially revealed in full, so this is very much a "mark your calendar" situation rather than a buy list. Still, the pattern is clear: Mega Attack Rares are becoming a recurring chase category rather than a one-off gimmick, and that has real implications for how you plan pulls and budget across the next two to three releases.
Sigilyph ex is a slightly odd pick to headline part of Aura Seeker alongside Mega Lucario Z ex, since it has never been a heavy competitive presence. That probably means Aura Seeker leans more toward a support or utility role in the format rather than another straight attacker set. Worth watching if you build around tech cards rather than raw damage output. Meanwhile, MEGA x MEGA Parade closing out the Mega Evolution block would make sense from a rotation standpoint too, since the format has run on Mega Evolution mechanics for a while now and a fresh block usually follows a clean closing set.
If you are trying to keep track of which Mega Attack Rares you already own versus which ones are still teasers, this is exactly the kind of moment where a proper collection tracker earns its keep. Logging pulls as sets get revealed, rather than scrambling to remember what you have once a set actually drops, saves a lot of headache later. BindeX lets you scan and catalogue cards the moment you pull them, so when ex star or m7a finally hits, you already have your existing collection organized and ready to compare against.
Pokemon: Wild Card brings the TCG back to the big screen
The other major reveal from the Worlds 2026 news dump: Pokemon: Wild Card, a new animated movie centered on a Pokemon TCG player and Mimikyu, is coming in 2027. It will be the first animated Pokemon movie in seven years, and the short teaser trailer leaned hard into TCG visuals rather than the mainline anime's usual battle format.
Details are thin beyond the teaser. We do not have a release date more specific than "2027," a cast, or confirmation of tie-in promo cards, though history suggests a movie promo set is almost guaranteed once more footage drops. Given the timing next to Worlds 2027 in Singapore, do not be surprised if the two get bundled into a single marketing push later in the year.
What this means for the rest of the season
None of these reveals ship immediately, but together they sketch out the shape of Pokemon TCG through 2027. Ex star looks like the next big rarity swing after two years of Mega Evolution dominance. M7a, Aura Seeker, and MEGA x MEGA Parade suggest the Mega Attack Rare chase is far from over. And Worlds finally returning to Southeast Asia says something about where the competitive scene is growing fastest right now. If you collect competitively or just chase chase cards for the thrill of it, the smart move is the same either way: keep an eye on official channels for the ex star mechanic reveal, because whichever way TPCi takes it, this is shaping up to be the defining rarity conversation of the next year.
Frequently asked questions
Pokemon Worlds 2027 will be held in Singapore from August 13 to 15, 2027. It is only the fourth time the event leaves the United States after Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
Ex star is a brand new card rarity teased right after Worlds 2026, expected to headline Suicune, Raikou, and Entei. No release window or full mechanic details exist yet.
Yes, ex star introduces a rarity around three iconic legendary beasts, which historically drives strong secondary market demand from day one.
M7a is the next Japanese series announced at Worlds 2026, adding Mega Attack Rare cards for Mega Darkrai ex, Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Greninja ex, and Mega Rayquaza ex.
Pokemon: Wild Card is set to release in 2027 and follows a Pokemon TCG player alongside Mimikyu. It will be the first animated Pokemon movie in seven years.
No tandem PokemonXP convention was announced alongside Worlds 2027, and the event reportedly only runs during select years going forward.