Destined Rivals

Prospective Set List

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Approximate set size: 180 cards (before Secret Rares)

Below is a list of cards believed to comprise our second main set of 2025, Destined Rivals, when it releases on 30 May 2025. As this is largely educated guesswork, there will inevitably be differences between what appears below and the actual set list. Check back regularly as this list will continue to grow and be updated as new information comes out about cards that are likely to be included in the set. The set will be legal for tournament play on 13 June 2025.

  1. Cynthia's Roselia (Heat Wave Arena)
  2. Cynthia's Roserade (Heat Wave Arena)
  3. Ethan's Cyndaquil (Heat Wave Arena)
  4. Ethan's Quilava (Heat Wave Arena)
  5. Ethan's Typhlosion (Heat Wave Arena)
  6. Ethan's Slugma (Heat Wave Arena)
  7. Ethan's Magcargo (Heat Wave Arena)
  8. Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (Heat Wave Arena)
  9. Misty's Psyduck (Heat Wave Arena)
  10. Misty's Magikarp (Heat Wave Arena)
  11. Misty's Gyarados (Heat Wave Arena)
  12. Ethan's Pichu (Heat Wave Arena)
  13. Rotom (Heat Wave Arena)
  14. Steven's Baltoy (Steven's Starter Deck)
  15. Steven's Claydol (Steven's Starter Deck)
  16. Steven's Carbink (Steven's Starter Deck)
  17. Cynthia's Gible (Heat Wave Arena)
  18. Cynthia's Gabite (Heat Wave Arena)
  19. Cynthia's Garchomp (Heat Wave Arena)
  20. Cynthia's Spiritomb (Heat Wave Arena)
  21. Marnie's Purrloin (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  22. Marnie's Liepard (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  23. Marnie's Scraggy (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  24. Marnie's Scrafty (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  25. Marnie's Impidimp (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  26. Marnie's Morgrem (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  27. Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  28. Marnie's Morpeko (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  29. Steven's Skarmory (Steven's Starter Deck)
  30. Steven's Beldum (Steven's Starter Deck)
  31. Steven's Metang (Steven's Starter Deck)
  32. Steven's Metagross ex (Steven's Starter Deck)
  33. Cynthia's Power Weight (Heat Wave Arena)
  34. Energy Recycler (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  35. Ethan's Adventure (Heat Wave Arena)
  36. Granite Cave (Steven's Starter Deck)
  37. Sacred Ash (Heat Wave Arena)
  38. Spikemuth Gym (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  39. IR Cynthia's Roserade (Heat Wave Arena)
  40. IR Marnie's Morpeko (Marnie's Starter Deck)
  41. IR Steven's Beldum (Steven's Starter Deck)
  42. SIR Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (Heat Wave Arena)

Other set details

Destined Rivals is expected to be comprised of any new cards from a pair of Japanese decks featuring Marnie and Steven (21 February 2025), from the Japanese set Heat Wave Arena (14 March 2025), and from the Japanese set The Glory of Team Rocket (18 April 2025).

Card Counts

  • Estimated Cards: 180, before secret rares

  • Chase Card Pokémon: ?

  • Trainer Cards: ?

  • Special Energy: ~?

Chase Pokémon

  1. Ethan’s Ho-Oh ex

  2. Cynthia’s Garchomp

  3. Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex

  4. Steven’s Metagross ex

Trainer Cards

  1. Cynthia’s Power Weight

  2. Energy Recycler

  3. Ethan’s Adventure

  4. Granite Cave

  5. Sacred Ash

  6. Spikemuth Gym

Special Energy

  1. ?