The Pokémon Company International unveiled the next expansion for the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign on March 31st, 2021 and it launched around the world on June 18th, 2021. High resolution images from the press release have been added to an Imageboard thread.

New Pokémon Trading Card Game: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign Expansion Introduces More Battle Styles Cards—Plus Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos, and Galarian Moltres

Inspired by The Crown Tundra expansion for the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield video games, Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign introduces over 70 new Battle Styles cards for Trainers to improve their Single Strike or Rapid Strike deck.


Calyrex will make its Pokémon TCG debut as a Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX in both Ice Rider and Shadow Rider forms, allowing players to bolster their decks, or create new ones, centered around this powerful Pokémon that will deliver exciting gameplay strategies. In addition, Trainers can look forward to playing with many new Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX, including cards featuring Galarian Articuno, Galarian Zapdos, and Galarian Moltres.

Trainers interested in playing with the expansion before it launches can do so by grabbing the Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign Build & Battle Box, available through their local participating Pokémon TCG retailer starting June 5. Each box contains four Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign booster packs; a 23-card Evolution pack featuring key cards from current and prior sets, including one of four alternate-art promo cards; and a deck-building tip sheet.

Available in booster packs, special collections, and two versions of the Elite Trainer Box featuring Ice Rider Calyrex and Shadow Rider Calyrex, the full Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign expansion includes the following:

• Eight Pokémon VMAX
• 15 Pokémon V and 26 full-art Pokémon V
• 28 Trainer cards and 13 full-art Supporter cards
• Three new Special Energy cards

Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Box

Channel the power of some of the Galar region's most powerful Pokémon with the Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Box. The mighty Calyrex might have a reputation for showing mercy, but Ice Rider Calyrex and Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX remain formidable foes that no Pokémon Trainer would wish to encounter in battle. Combine that strength with the Legendary Pokémon Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres in their Galarian forms to engage any Trainer in battle with confidence and versatility. For the Trainer who's determined to deliver crushing defeat, the Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Box is a good place to start.

The Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign Elite Trainer Box includes:

• 8 Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign booster packs
• 65 card sleeves featuring Ice Rider Calyrex or Shadow Rider Calyrex
• 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
• A player's guide to the Sword & Shield—Chilling Reign expansion
• A Pokémon TCG rulebook
• 6 damage-counter dice
• 1 competition-legal coin-flip die
• 2 acrylic condition markers
• A collector's box to hold everything, with 4 dividers to keep it organized
• A code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online