25th Anniversary Pokémon Pack: What Collectors Should Know

The Japanese 25th Anniversary Pokémon pack is the Sword & Shield expansion pack 25th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (S8a), released in Japan on October 22, 2021. Each pack holds 5 holo cards, including a basic Energy card, and the set has 28 card types. This guide covers the contents, featured cards, the Special Set and PSA 10 cards.

Updated November 13, 2026

Key facts about the 25th Anniversary Pokémon pack

The table below gives the product name, date, price and contents from the official product page, and the set code S8a from the official card page of a card in the set.

The full card-by-card list lives on our 25th Anniversary Collection card list page, so this guide stays on the pack itself. For a graded Pikachu from the set, see the PSA10 Pikachu [s8a 001/028], ¥8,225 on November 13, 2026.

What is the Japanese 25th Anniversary Pokémon pack (S8a)?

It is the Sword & Shield expansion pack 25th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, sold in Japan under the set code S8a.

The official product page describes a compact set: 28 card types, every one of them a holo card.

The official page names Pikachu in several forms, Mew with the Ability Mysterious Tail, and a new-design Professor’s Research showing Professor Oak. If you are comparing it with the English-language anniversary release, our guide to Celebrations ETB vs the Japanese 25th Anniversary Collection sets the two products side by side.

When was the 25th Anniversary Collection released and what did a pack cost?

The pack was released in Japan on Friday, October 22, 2021, and one pack cost ¥297 with tax included. Both figures come from the official 25th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION product page.

The Pokémon Company also posted a separate notice. In that official announcement, it says that because of many requests for the pack released on October 22, made-to-order production was arranged at the Amazon Pokémon Store, with the order period running until November 30 at 5 p.m. The notice is titled as being about made-to-order production of the expansion pack, so it concerns this exact product and not a different release.

Our S8a Basic Energy Cards guide covers the Energy card that comes in each pack.

What is inside a 25th Anniversary Collection pack?

One pack contains 5 cards, and one of them is a basic Energy card. The official page states, in Japanese, that each pack holds five holo cards, so the Energy card is holo as well.

• Pack size: 5 cards per pack.
• Energy: a basic Energy card is included in the 5.
• Finish: every card in the set is a holo card.
• Set size: 28 card types in total.

The pack price of ¥297 and the 5-card count are both on the official page. Simple arithmetic shows what that means for a buyer: four packs hold 20 cards and cost ¥1,188 at the official price. Because a basic Energy card takes one of the 5 slots, a pack gives four cards that are not the Energy card. For single cards, the card list page on our site shows each one.

Which cards are featured in the 25th Anniversary Collection?

The official page features Mew, a new-design Professor’s Research, Lugia, Groudon, Dialga, Reshiram, Xerneas, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Lunala and Zacian V, plus a group of Pikachu cards. The list below follows that page.

• Mew with the Ability Mysterious Tail.
• Professor’s Research in a new design featuring Professor Oak.
• Other featured names: Lugia, Groudon, Dialga, Reshiram, Xerneas, Lunala and Zacian V.
• The Cosmog line: Cosmog and Cosmoem.
• Pikachu cards: Pikachu, Pikachu V, Surfing Pikachu V and VMAX, Flying Pikachu V and VMAX, and Pikachu V-UNION.

We have written a short guide for several of these cards. The Zacian V guide, Lunala guide, Cosmoem guide and Cosmog guide each stay on one card. The set also has guides for Zamazenta V, Solgaleo, Xerneas and Yveltal.

What are the Special Set and the promo card pack?

The Special Set is a convenience-store product that bundles 4 expansion packs, 1 promo card pack and 1 Pokémon Coin for ¥1,188 (tax included). It is listed on the same official 25th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION page as the expansion pack.

The Special Set price of ¥1,188 equals four expansion packs at ¥297 each. The promo card pack and the Pokémon Coin therefore come with the four packs at that bundle price.

The promo card pack inside the Special Set holds one random card that reproduces a past card. The official page notes that these promo cards cannot be used in official tournaments.

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Our PSA 10 product pages name the promo cards as Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition cards with S8a-P numbers, while the expansion pack cards use plain S8a numbers. Keeping the two prefixes straight helps when you search for a particular card: a number such as 006/028 belongs to the expansion pack, and a number such as S8a-P 001/025 belongs to the promo line.

Which S8a cards do collectors look for in PSA 10?

Our PSA 10 product pages for S8a include Pikachu, Pikachu V-UNION, Mew, Groudon, Kyogre, Ho-Oh and four promo cards. Each row below links to its product page.

PSA 10 means the card was graded Gem Mint by Professional Sports Authenticator. The prices below were read on November 13, 2026.

Within the ten cards in this table, the prices run from ¥5,286 for the Ho-Oh: Mirror to ¥85,050 for the Charizard promo. The promo line spans a wide range on its own, from ¥5,456 for Xerneas ex P to ¥85,050 for Charizard. In the expansion pack line, the Pikachu V-UNION at ¥36,929 and the Mew Mysterious Tail at ¥68,525 sit well above Groudon, Kyogre and Ho-Oh, which are each under ¥7,000. These are our product-page prices on one date, not a statement about market value.

How do the Pikachu and Mew cards differ?

The Pikachu cards are a family of several forms rather than one card. The official page names Pikachu, Pikachu V, Surfing Pikachu V and VMAX, Flying Pikachu V and VMAX, and Pikachu V-UNION. Each form has its own card, so a “Pikachu” search can lead to different cards.

Our listing for Pikachu V-UNION carries the combined number 025-028/028. Read the Pikachu V-UNION guide for more on that card.

Mew is the other headline name. The official page singles out its Ability, Mysterious Tail, and the Mew in our listing uses that name.

Groudon is on the official feature list. Kyogre and Ho-Oh appear in our PSA 10 listings under the same expansion pack name.

What about the promo cards?

The promo cards in our listings are Charizard, M Rayquaza EX, Tapu Lele and Xerneas ex, all named under Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary Edition. Their numbers are S8a-P 001/025 for Charizard, S8a-P 024/025 for M Rayquaza EX, S8a-P 025 for Tapu Lele and S8a-P 023 for Xerneas ex, as the table above shows.

Where can I buy 25th Anniversary Collection cards from Japan?

Samurai Sword Tokyo has product pages for the S8a PSA 10 cards in the table above, and the S8a card list page shows the full set.

Start with the cards from this set, such as the PSA10 Pikachu [s8a 001/028] at ¥8,225 on November 13, 2026 or the PSA10 Mew Mysterious Tail [S8a 030/028] at ¥68,525 on November 13, 2026. If you also like the Basic Energy side of the set, our Energy guide is the next read.

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