The Pokémon Company International unveiled the newest expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, Sword & Shield Darkness Ablaze on May 29th, 2020 and it was released around the world on August 14th, 2020. High resolution press release images have been added to an Imageboard thread.

Charizard and Eternatus Make Their Pokémon VMAX Debut in the New Pokémon Trading Card Game: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Expansion

​​​​​​​Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze introduces highly collectible cards including Charizard VMAX, as the fan favorite Charizard makes its Gigantamax form debut in the Pokémon TCG—just like in the Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield video games. In addition, Trainers will be able to pull more Pokémon from the Galar region as Pokémon VMAX, such as Centiskorch VMAX and Grimmsnarl VMAX in their Gigantamax forms, and the Legendary Pokémon Eternatus VMAX in its unique Eternamax form.


The full expansion includes the following:

• Seven Pokémon VMAX
• 14 powerful Pokémon V—plus nine full-art Pokémon V
• 17 Trainer cards and four full-art Supporter cards
• Three new Special Energy cards

Fans interested in playing with cards from the expansion before launch can do so by picking up the Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box, available through their local participating Pokémon TCG retailer starting August 1. Each box contains four Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze 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.

Darkness Ablaze Elite Trainer Box

Get ready for all new V and V-MAX Pokemon to join your roster! This all new set from The Pokemon Company introduces new cards such as Eternatus V and the highly anticipated Charizard V-MAX!

Each Elite Trainer Box comes with:

• 8 Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze booster packs
• 65 card sleeves
• 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
• A player’s guide to the Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Expansion
• A Pokémon TCG rulebook

Source: https://press.pokemon.com/en/releases/MEDIA-ALERT-Charizard-and-Eternatus-Make-Their-Pokemon-VMAX-Debut-in-t

Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box

The Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box was available in the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold starting on August 28th, 2020.

If you’re burning to play a quick Pokémon TCG battle, then the Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box will get you started. Each box contains a selection of cards to let you easily build a playable deck in the fast-paced Prerelease format, where each player has a 40-card deck and sets aside four Prize cards at the start of play. The Build & Battle Box contains a 23-card Evolution pack, which includes a red-hot alternative-art promo card. This selection of cards is designed to give you a strong foundation for building a new deck. To fill out the rest of your deck, there are also four 10-card booster packs from the Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze expansion.

The Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Build & Battle Box includes:

• A 23-card Evolution pack featuring key cards from current and prior sets, including 1 of 4 alternate-art promo cards
• 4 Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze booster packs
• 1 deck-building tip sheet

Source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/sword-shield-darkness-ablaze-build-battle-box

Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield-Darkness Ablaze Galarian Darmanitan and Galarian Sirfetch'd Theme Deck

Galarian Darmanitan Puts Foes on Ice! Cold as the north wind—or blazing with fiery determination—Galarian Darmanitan shows off deep composure and immense strength in battle! Professor’s Research keeps your hand full of options, and Pelipper keeps an eye out from the sky. Suicune, Kangaskhan, and Beartic add strong offense to keep the Galarian Darmanitan theme deck extra frosty!

The Smashing Power of Galarian Sirfetch’d! Brave and strong, the chivalrous Galarian Sirfetch’d fights fair and fights hard! With Stonjourner throwing rocky kicks and Professor’s Research keeping your options open, you can follow the knight’s path to an honorable victory. Hippowdon and Passimian add extra muscle to keep the Galarian Sirfetch’d theme deck steadfast and ready to strike!

The Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Galarian Darmanitan and Galarian Sirfetch'd Theme Decks include:

• 60-card deck
• 1 metallic coin
• Single-player playmat
• 1 deck box
• Damage counters
• 1 rules booklet
• 3 reference cards
• 1 code card to play this deck online