Pokemon TCG: Chaos Rising prerelease starts today with Build & Battle boxes

Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution - Chaos Rising prerelease begins today, giving players early access to Build & Battle Boxes before the May 22 retail release.

Pokemon TCG: Mega Evolution - Chaos Rising enters prerelease today, May 9, 2026 , giving players an early sealed-play route into the next Pokemon TCG expansion before the wider May 22, 2026 retail release. What starts today Pokemon's official prerelease page says participating Play! Pokemon stores can sell Chaos Rising

Build & Battle Boxes early from May 9. Each box is built for the prerelease format, with four Chaos Rising booster packs and a ready-to-play 40-card deck that includes one of four foil promo cards: Delphox, Ampharos, Crobat, or Goodra. Prerelease events also use a smaller game structure than a standard match: 40-card

decks and four Prize cards. That makes the weekend less about tuned meta lists and more about reading the sealed pool quickly, finding clean evolution lines, and testing how the new Mega Evolution cards play under pressure. Why Chaos Rising matters before May 22 The May 22 wide release is still the bigger retail

moment, but prerelease weekend is when the expansion starts becoming real for players. Store events surface early card impressions, limited-format standouts, and the first hints about which cards might move from sealed play into constructed decks. For collectors, the Build & Battle Box also gives a defined early

product before booster bundles, Elite Trainer Boxes, and other May releases hit the wider schedule. For players, it is the cleanest first stop: sit down, open the box, build around what you pull, and see how Chaos Rising actually feels at the table. Read Pokemon's UK prerelease guide Read Pokemon's May 2026 product

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