Welcome to the land of Kitakami, where people and Pokémon live harmoniously with nature. Folktales abound, but not all is as it seems… Uncover the mystery of the masked Legendary Pokémon Ogerpon, appearing as four fearsome types of Tera Pokémon ex, and team up with more newly discovered Pokémon, like Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex and Sinistcha ex. Growing in power, Greninja, Dragapult, and Magcargo dazzle as Tera Pokémon ex, and more ACE SPEC cards round out the festivities in the Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade expansion!
Reveal Trailer
In a rare coordination between TPC/TPCI, both main versions of the Ogerpon set were revealed.
- It is reasonable to believe this coordinated announcement happened because it was intended for this year’s Pokemon Day Presents, but for whatever reason, it was canceled/postponed.
The image above which was part of the Pokemon Day Presents countdown displays many familiar cards as well as some new, previously unreleased cards including Ogerpon ex in the top left. We still haven’t seen the Tera Fighting Greninja or the Eevee special art yet at the time of posting this.
Release Dates
The TPCI version - Twilight Masqeurade (Eng) will release May 24th
The TPC equivalent to this reveal - Mask of Change (変幻の仮面 - JP) releases Apr 18th
- Twilight Masquerade will also include cards from the SV5a set - Crimson Haze (クリムゾンヘイズ - JP), which releases Mar 22nd
You can check out Koala’s thread to familiarize yourself with what has been revealed for Crimson Haze here
Twilight Masquerade (SV06 - TPCI)
Main Set (167 cards):
- 14 Pokemon ex including 7 Tera ex (4x Ogerpon, Greninja, Magcargo, and Dragapult)
- 6 Ace Specs
- “More than 30 Trainer cards”
Secret Rares:
- 21 IR
(Which means 3 are being used for promos elsewhere - one of which will be the ETB Promo Ogerpon IR) - 7 SIR Pokémon, 4 SIR Supporters
- 6 Gold Cards
it is unknown whether all SR Full Arts will be included. Sometimes some are taken out for promos
Products
Booster Boxes/Bundles/Packs
ETBs
Pokemon Center Exclusive:
- 11 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade booster packs
- Each booster pack contains 10 cards and 1 Basic Energy. Cards vary by pack.
- 1 full-art foil promo card featuring Teal Mask Ogerpon with a Pokémon Center logo
- 1 full-art foil promo card featuring Teal Mask Ogerpon
- 65 card sleeves featuring Ogerpon
- 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
- A player’s guide to the Scarlet & Violet—Twilight Masquerade expansion
- 6 damage-counter dice
- 1 competition-legal coin-flip die
- 2 plastic condition markers
- A collector’s box to hold everything, with 4 dividers to keep it organized
- A code card for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live
ETB Promo
Blisters:
Prerelease Kit
- Releases May 10th - two weeks before official release (as usual)
- Prerelease Promos:
Accessories
- UltraPro 4 Pocket Binder
- UltraPro 9 Pocket Binder
Mask of Change (SV6 - JP)
Some of this is not yet confirmed and is assumed based on previous set construction/deduction from information available elsewhereMain Set (101 Cards)
- 8 Pokemon ex including 5 tera ex (Ogerpon x4 plus Tera Dragon Dragapult)
- 4 Supporters
- 3 Ace Specs
Secret Rares
- 12 AR
- 12 SR
- 4 SAR Pokemon, 2 SAR Supporters
- 3 UR
Products
Booster Boxes/Packs
Accessories
Deck Box/Sleeves - Terastal Ogerpon
Deck Box/Sleeves, Playmat - Carmine & Kieran
Deck Box/Sleeves, 4 Pocket Binder - Sunflora, Heracross, Chimecho & Poliwag
Deck Box/Sleeves - Darumaka, Litwick, Swirlix, & Phantump
Premium Gloss Deck Sleeves - Terastal Dragapult
Crimson Haze (SV5a - JP)
Main Set (66 Cards)
- 6 Pokemon ex including 2 Tera ex
- 4 Supporters
- 3 Ace Specs
Secret Rares
- 12 AR
- 10 SR
- 3 SAR Pokemon, 2 SAR Supporters
- 3 UR
Products
Booster Boxes/Packs
Accessories
Deck Box/Sleeves - Bloodmoon Ursaluna
Deck Box/Sleeves - Perrin
Other Deck Sleeves - Lana, Pikachu & Sprigatito, Premium Gloss Tera Greninja
Notable Cards
- this is mostly for cards that either have strong potential, are set mascots, or are otherwise likely to be chase cards
Pokemon
TCG Debuts
- Ogerpon
- “Loyal 3”
(unofficial translations - in Pokedex order)
- Okidogi – Ability: Adrenaline Power
If this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached to it, it gets +100HP and its attacks do 100 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon.
- Munkidori - Ability: Adrenaline Brain
Once during your turn, if this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached to it, you may move up to 3 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.
- Fezandipiti - Ability: Adrenaline Pheromones
If this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached to it and if any damage is done to this Pokémon by attacks, flip a coin. If heads, prevent that damage.
- Bloodmoon Ursaluna -
Unlike regular Ursaluna, Bloodmoon does not evolve from Ursaring for whatever reason, making it a powerful Basic ex
Similar to Radiant Charizard, the ability allows BM Ursaluna ex to reduce its attack cost by one colorless energy for every prize your opponent has taken
- Polchageist and Sinischa -
Convergent forms of Sinistea and Polteageist (the names are flipped for the convergent forms for whatever reason)
plus an additional pair from SV6 that will also likely be in this set
- Dipplin -
Applin's newest evolution.
(Dipplin does evolve into another new Pokemon - Hydrapple, but it likely will be in SV07 instead of this set)
There is a second pair of these two from SV06.
[Moved to “Competitively Relevant” → “Festival Temperance” Archetype]
Meta Potential
- Tera Fighting Greninja ex -
Popular pokemon with two strong attacks and a vibrant SAR that will likely be a big chase for many
- Tera Dragon Dragapult ex
Dragapult’s second attack does 200 to the active plus 6 damage counters onto bench Pokemon in any way.
Its pre-ev, Drakloak, has an ability that allows you to look at the top two cards of your deck, pick one, and put the other at the bottom of your deck.
- this ability can stack
- Luxray ex -
Potential centerpiece for controlling type strategies
High HP Lightening type Pokemon who’s first attack lets you look at your opponent’s hand and discard one card.
- Tatsugiri
Similar to Mysterious Tail Mew and Stellar Wish Jirachi, the new Tatsugiri looks at the top X cards and allows you to grab some kind of Trainer (This time, a Supporter).
- There have also been similar abilities that look for a Pokemon, or an Energy on Manaphy and Celebi respectively, but those last two were not meta relevant
Tatsugiri is the first non-mythical to have an ability like this
Trainers
Supporters
- Carmine and Kieran debut -
the two main characters we interact with in both DLCs - both popular in their own way with strong personalities.
- Perrin debut and her Hisuian Growlithe -
one of the most beloved characters from the SV DLCs
the SAR also pairs with the H-Growlithe AR (her partner Pokemon), which you can also see in the reflection of the camera lens
- Lana -
Decently powerful effect (similar to Klara's text), plus a popular character
Ace Specs
From SV5a
(unofficial translations)
- Unfair Stamp - You can only play this card if your Pokemon was knocked out from damage - Each Player shuffles their hand into their deck, you draw 5, your opponent draws 2
- Hyper Aroma - Search your deck for up to three Stage 1 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
- Survival Cast - If the Pokemon this card is attached to has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out and its remaining HP becomes 10 instead. Then, discard this card
(equivalent to the video game's Focus Sash, but there is already an old card with that name and a different effect)
From SV6
- Secret Box - Discard 3 cards from your hand → Search your deck for an Item, Tool, Supporter, and Stadium
- Scoop Up Cyclone
(Reprint)- Put 1 of your Pokemon and all cards attached to it into your hand.
- Legacy Energy -As long as this card is attached to a Pokemon, it provides every type of Energy, but only provides 1 Energy at a time.
As long as this card is attached to a Pokemon, when it is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent’s Pokemon’s attack, your opponent takes 1 less Prize card. You can only use this effect once per game.
Other Trainers
- Enhanced Hammer
(Reprint)- Discard a Special Energy from one of your opponent’s Pokemon
- Love Ball
(One of the few remaining Apricorn balls that hadn't had a card yet)
- Boomerang Energy
(unofficial translation)- If this card is discarded by the effect of an attack of the Pokemon this card is attached to, attach this card from your discard pile to that Pokemon affer attacking.
- Walking Whistle - Look at the top 5 cards of your opponent’s deck. Put any number of Basic Pokemon you find there onto your opponent’s Bench. Your opponent shuffles the remaining cards back into their deck.
- Jamming Tower (Stadium) - Pokémon Tools attached to Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent’s) have no effect.
Misc.
Chase Cards
- Eevee AR +
Leafeon / Glaceon
- other AR/IRs:
NOTE: Twilight Masquerade is said to only have 33 IRs, which means 3 are being cut. It is currently unknown which 3, but there is speculation that it will be the loyal 3 trio
- Other Full Arts:
- Gold Cards:
Competitively Relevant
- More cards with the Paradox Mechanic:
- Palafin ex
(including the first card of "Zero Form" Palafin
Similar to the video game, you have to do some switching to get the Hero Form ex into play.
- ex - [Ability]: Hero’s Spirit
Put this Pokemon into play only with the effect of Palafin’s Zero to Hero Ability.
- non ex - [Ability]: Zero to Hero
Once during your turn, when this Pokemon moves from the Active Spot to the Bench, you may search your deck for Palafin ex and switch it with this Pokemon. Any attached cards, damage counters, Special Conditions, turns in play, and any other effects remain on the new Pokemon. If you switched a Pokemon in this way, shuffle this card into your deck.
This will be in its own promo box in the west, while in Japan and other Asian countries, it will be in SV6
- “Festival Land” Archetype
the following three have the Festival Land ability which allows you to attack twice if the stadium, “Festival Grounds” is in play.
- Dipplin
- Goldeen - Whirlpool: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
- Swirlix - Sneaky Placement: Put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon.
and these help make the Festival Temperance Archetype possiblie
- Thwacky - [Ability] If your Active Pokemon has the Ability “Festival Land,” you may use this Ability. Search your deck for a card and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
- Festival Grounds Stadium - All Pokemon in play that have any Energy attached to them can’t be affected by Special Conditions. Heal all Special Conditions from any Pokemon that have any Energy attached to them.
- Tech Attacks
Volbeat
- [C] If you go first, you can use this attack during your first turn. Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.
Illumise
- [C] You can use this attack only if you go second, and only during your first turn. Shuffle 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon and all attached cards into their deck.
Clefable
- [C][C] Metronome: Choose 1 of your opponent’s Active Pokémon’s attacks and use it as this attack.
