The next Pokémon TCG expansion, Sword & Shield – Lost Origin, will get its wide release this Friday, September 9th, 2022. However, if you have a tournament-official game store nearby, the wait is over. In order to combat big box stores that release products as they come in, the Pokémon TCG allows these small businesses to release new sets on the Monday of their release. That means that you can now go to local game stores to purchase Sword & Shield – Lost Origin products including booster packs, booster boxes (of 36 packs), Elite Trainer Boxes (of 8 packs), and the new Booster Bundle product (of 6 packs).

Here's how the Pokémon TCG describes Sword & Shield – Lost Origin:

As the boundary between dimensions tears apart, Giratina VSTAR plunges the world into the abyssal shadow of the Lost Zone! Be wary of the Lost Zone's power—unlike the discard pile, cards that are sent here cannot be recovered. While Aerodactyl VSTAR harnesses this distorted power, Magnezone, Drapion, Hisuian Goodra, and Hisuian Zoroark also appear as Pokémon VSTAR to show off their own astonishing skills, joined by Kyurem VMAX. Above the shadows, Enamorus V and Radiant Gardevoir conjure up dazzling magic in the Sword & Shield—Lost Origin expansion!

3 brand-new Radiant Pokémon

6 awesome Pokémon VSTAR

14 powerful Pokémon V and 1 enormous Pokémon VMAX

30 cards with special art in the Trainer Gallery subset

This set also includes Alternate Arts, with the big one being the Giratina VSTAR Alternate Art. This is a beautifully illustrated card that has what it takes to become the chase card of the set.

In addition to this news, here is the upcoming slate of Pokémon TCG releases for the fourth quarter of 2022:

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