Forgot password
Enter the email address you used when you joined and we'll send you instructions to reset your password.
If you used Apple or Google to create your account, this process will create a password for your existing account.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reset password instructions sent. If you have an account with us, you will receive an email within a few minutes.
Something went wrong. Try again or contact support if the problem persists.
Image via Pokémon

Everything we know about the Cosmic Eclipse Pokémon TCG Collection

More details about the newly-confirmed TCG set have been released.
This article is over 5 years old and may contain outdated information

The final Pokémon Sun and Moon set for the Pokémon TCG is called Cosmic Eclipse. It’ll introduce over 200 cards to the game when the current meta is sunsetted for the incoming Sword and Shield sets.

Recommended Videos

This is a combination set that will bring over every card from the Japanese Remix Bout subset box and Alter Genesis set releases.

The 12th Sun and Moon expansion will feature several new Tag Team cards, including a trio of starter combinations. All three fully-evolved Kanto starters are partnering up with various other starter Pokémon in the form of Venusaur & Snivy-GX, Braixen & Charizard-GX, Blastoise & Piplup-GX.

There’s also a fourth Tag Team card, Solgaleo & Lunala-GX, that will be coming over.

One of the main cards from this set will be the Tag Team trio, Dialga & Palkia & Arceus-GX, which will be a big theme card for Cosmic Eclipse. Based on the designs for the Alter Genesis booster packs and boxes, Cosmic Eclipse will also likely use the Dialga & Palkia & Arceus-GX card as a design.

This set should feature around 230 cards in total, but that number hasn’t been confirmed yet. That total includes nine new Tag Team Pokémon-GX, seven new regular Pokémon-GX, the first Tag Team Supporter cards, 20 new regular Trainer cards, and a new type of energy.

One of the Tag Team Supporter cards will be based on the Red and Blue characters from the original Pokémon games and will carry effects similar to a Tag Team Pokémon’s GX attack.

Image via Pokémon

Tag Team Supporter cards will have a regular effect and a stronger secondary effect if additional conditions are met at the time of activation. There will also probably be a hard limit for how many of these you can use per game, just like GX attacks.

An announcement about the first Sword and Shield series could come pretty soon after Cosmic Eclipse releases in the West on Nov. 1. And that could mean that Japan will have another new set before the end of the year.

Since this is the final set of the Pokémon Sun and Moon card series, this also means Cosmic Eclipse features the final Pokémon GX and Tag Team GX cards.

All of this information is based on what we’ve learned from retailers, trailers, and translations regarding the newest set. Any new information will be added as the Western release date approaches and updates come following the Japanese release on Sept. 6.


Dot Esports is supported by our audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission. Learn more about our Affiliate Policy
Author
Image of Cale Michael
Cale Michael
Lead Staff Writer for Dota 2, the FGC, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and more who has been writing for Dot Esports since 2018. Graduated with a degree in Journalism from Oklahoma Christian University and also previously covered the NBA. You can usually find him writing, reading, or watching an FGC tournament.