Collectors in Pokémon TCG Pocket finally have the details that the producer letter left open. The new series has a name and a date and a pair of packs to chase. Dual Fusion is the first expansion of the C series and it arrives worldwide on October 29, which is October 28 in the evening in United States time zones. For players the headline is simple. The first dual type cards in Pocket are real, they lead the set, and the collecting around them runs on a slower and more deliberate clock than a normal pack launch.
Two packs and nine cards shown so far
Dual Fusion comes in two booster packs. One pack carries Pikachu and the other carries Mega Mewtwo X, and both packs carry the C1 code shown in the official trailer. Pokémon has shown nine cards so far and has not published a full card list or a total card count yet. The ex cards shown are Mega Mewtwo X ex and Mega Greninja ex and Mega Dragonite ex and Pikachu ex and Fuecoco ex and Mew ex. New cards for Venusaur and Charizard and Blastoise round out the preview, with new illustrations promised for fan favorites across the set.
Mega Mewtwo X ex is the card doing the new work. It carries Psychic and Fighting at the same time. Mega Greninja ex carries Water and Darkness at the same time. Pocket has given every card a single type until now, so a card that can lean on two types at once changes how players read weakness and how they plan the cards around it. GameNewsPlus notes that official material has not yet spelled out the complete rules for how dual types interact with every effect, and that open question is the one competitive players should watch most closely in launch week.
The slow chase built around the starters
Two days after the packs arrive, a second kind of pack joins them. Special Pack First Partners runs from October 31 to December 26 and it features cards picturing the first partner Pokémon from each of the nine regions. Special packs are new to Pocket. They open with special pack stamina that recovers once a week instead of on the normal pack clock, and each pack is guaranteed to contain one star card. TheGamer reports that the designs shown so far match the real life First Partners collection released earlier this year, which would make this the digital arrival of art that physical collectors already know.
Our take is that the weekly clock is the point. A window of about eight weeks with one open a week turns First Partners into a ritual rather than a binge, and it protects the chase from being finished on day one. It also means a missed week cannot be bought back with extra opens, so steady players get rewarded over fast spenders. That is a very different kind of scarcity from a limited print run, and it suits a set built entirely around the Pokémon that started every region.
A year of Pikachu and a free two star pack
The Pikachu celebration is already running. Pika Pika! Pikachu Missions run from October 20, 2026 to October 20, 2027 to mark 30 years of the Pokémon TCG. Players who log in for 10 days can earn a special Pikachu ex immersive card that is only available during this event, plus Pika Pika! Pikachu Packs and new accessories. The official Pokémon site adds that the immersive card is illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN. An immersive card earned through logins rather than pulled from packs is worth planning for now, because the requirement is time in the app and not luck in a pack.
Launch week also hands every player a head start. The Second Anniversary Celebration Campaign runs from October 29 to December 14 and gifts a ticket that can be exchanged for a booster pack guaranteed to include a two star card. Six Dual Fusion rental decks will be available from launch until December 15, including decks built around the new dual type cards, so players can test the mechanic before they commit their own pulls to a build. A new elite deck will also be sent to Gifts, built around Mega Rayquaza ex and Dragonair and Gouging Fire.
What to watch next
Watch for the full Dual Fusion card list first, because the nine cards shown are a preview and not the set. Watch for a clear official explanation of dual type rules next, because the value of Mega Mewtwo X ex and Mega Greninja ex in real decks depends on details that have not been published yet. And watch your login streak from this week, because the Pikachu immersive card rewards the players who start early and stay consistent. Pocket is about to feel bigger and slower at the same time, and Dual Fusion is where that new rhythm begins.