You can’t buy this pack. Not directly, anyway — there was never a retail shelf where “Promo Card Pack 25th ANNIVERSARY edition” sat on its own. The primary way to get one was a store campaign: buy four packs of the mainline S8a “25th Anniversary Collection” booster, and participating stores handed you one S8a-P pack free. It was also bundled five packs at a time inside the ¥17,600 25th Anniversary Golden Box accessory box, sealed at random from a 25-card pool.
S8a-P is the set code for that promo pack — a 25-card checklist built to mark the 25th anniversary of Japan’s first-ever Pokemon Card Game expansion, released back in 1996. It was never sold as its own product: collectors got it either through the four-packs-for-one store campaign tied to the mainline S8a booster, or bundled five packs at a time inside the 25th ANNIVERSARY GOLDEN BOX, one random card per pack. This guide covers what the pack actually is, the full 25-card list, and the graded S8a-P singles currently in our Tokyo inventory.
S8a-P is a 25-card promo checklist (001/025–025/025) that was never sold on its own — it was given away through a buy-4-S8a-packs store campaign and bundled five random packs per 25th Anniversary Golden Box. We currently carry five graded S8a-P singles, from a PSA 10 Claydol P, currently listed at ¥6,180 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), up to the set’s headline pull, a PSA 10 Charizard: PROMO, currently listed at ¥132,829 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order). Every listing is one-of-one graded stock — when it sells, it’s gone until we source another.
Prices below are our current listed prices in Tokyo-based inventory as of August 2026, not third-party market estimates. USD figures use ¥163/USD (July 2026 basis) for reference only.
S8a-P at a Glance
| Spec | Detail |
|---|---|
| Official name | Promo Card Pack 25th ANNIVERSARY edition |
| Set code | S8a-P |
| Card count | 25 (001/025–025/025) |
| Distribution | Store campaign (1 free pack per 4 S8a booster packs purchased) plus 5 packs bundled per 25th Anniversary Golden Box, 1 random card per pack |
| Standalone retail sale | Not documented in our research |
| Card marking | Red “25th” commemorative logo on every card |
| Tournament legality | Not legal for official play — collection use only |
What This Promo Pack Commemorates
S8a-P exists to mark one specific anniversary: 25 years since the “Pocket Monsters Card Game 1st Expansion Pack,” Japan’s original Pokemon Card Game expansion, released in 1996. Rather than a single new mascot card, the checklist reaches back across the franchise’s entire history and reprises characters and card concepts fans would recognize from across the decades — from the game’s original three starters’ evolutions through Sword & Shield-era Trainer cards.
Every card in the set carries a red “25th” commemorative logo, marking it visibly as a promotional anniversary print rather than a card pulled from a numbered mainline booster box.
How Collectors Actually Got One: Store Campaign + Golden Box Bundle
S8a-P was never sold as its own product. The main documented channel was a retail campaign tied to the mainline set: participating stores gave customers one S8a-P pack for every four packs of the S8a “25th Anniversary Collection” booster they purchased. The pack was also bundled inside the 25th ANNIVERSARY GOLDEN BOX, a Pokemon Center Online-exclusive accessory box originally scheduled for release on October 22, 2021, at a retail price of ¥17,600 (tax included). Each Golden Box included exactly five S8a-P packs, with one card sealed randomly inside each pack — meaning a single box holder pulled five of the 25 possible cards, never a guaranteed specific card beyond the box’s own separate S8a-G deck subset.
Both channels help explain why this pack is scarce: it was either a limited-time purchase incentive at participating stores or riding along inside a lottery-sold, limited-run accessory product, and it was never restocked as a standalone item through either route. For the full story of the Golden Box itself — its lottery sale, its 2022 backorder production run, and the separate S8a-G card subset built into its bundled Pikachu deck — see our 25th Anniversary Golden Box guide.
The Full S8a-P Checklist: All 25 Cards
Here’s the complete 25-card list, in printed order. Five of these are currently in our graded inventory, noted below; the rest are shown with their printed Japanese card names, since we haven’t independently confirmed official English titles for every entry in this pack.
| # | Card |
|---|---|
| 001/025 | Charizard — currently in our graded inventory |
| 002/025 | フシギバナ |
| 003/025 | カメックス |
| 004/025 | にせオーキドはかせ (Trainer) |
| 005/025 | わるいギャラドス |
| 006/025 | ロケット团参上！ (Trainer) |
| 007/025 | Special commemorative Pikachu promo — currently in our graded inventory (see note below) |
| 008/025 | R团のサンダー |
| 009/025 | ピィ |
| 010/025 | ひかるコイキング |
| 011/025 | マグマ团のグラードン |
| 012/025 | ブラッキー★ |
| 013/025 | ロケット团の干部 (Trainer) |
| 014/025 | ミュウex |
| 015/025 | サーナイトex (δ-デルタ種) |
| 016/025 | Claydol — currently in our graded inventory |
| 017/025 | レントラーGL LV.X |
| 018/025 | Garchomp C LV.X — currently in our graded inventory; confirmed pulled in a documented pack-opening |
| 019/025 | ドンファン |
| 020/025 | レシラム (Full Art) |
| 021/025 | Zekrom (Full Art) — currently in our graded inventory |
| 022/025 | ミュウツメEX |
| 023/025 | ゼルネアスEX |
| 024/025 | MレックウザEX |
| 025/025 | カプ・テテフGX |
Our own listing for 007/025 carries a partial title — “_’s Pikachu: PROMO” — where the leading name didn’t survive our source extraction cleanly. Rather than guess at the missing word, we’re describing it here as an unverified special Pikachu promo until we can re-confirm the full title against a primary listing.
Note the mix in the list above: alongside Pokemon, the checklist includes at least three Trainer-category entries (004, 006 and 013), tied to classic Team Rocket-era card concepts rather than a Pokemon species.
Five S8a-P Promos Currently in Our Inventory
Of the 25 possible S8a-P cards, we currently carry five as graded PSA 10 singles, spanning the set’s full price range:
| Card | Number | Grade | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard: PROMO (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 001/025 | PSA 10 | ¥132,829 (~$815) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) |
| Pikachu (special promo) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 007/025 | PSA 10 | ¥93,157 (~$571) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) |
| Zekrom (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 021/025 | PSA 10 | ¥24,535 (~$151) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) |
| Garchomp C LV.X (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 018/025 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | PSA 10 | ¥10,463 (~$64) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) |
| Claydol (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) | 016/025 | PSA 10 | ¥6,180 (~$38) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) |
The Charizard: PROMO [S8a-P 001/025] is the set’s clear headline — the number-one printed slot in the checklist, and by a wide margin our highest-priced S8a-P graded single.
View Card → (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
We weren’t able to independently verify a card-scan image source specific to these S8a-P promo prints, so we’re not displaying stand-in artwork for them here. For visual reference on the same 25th-anniversary Pikachu-and-legendary cast this pack draws from, here’s a look at the mainline S8a “25th Anniversary Collection” set released the same season — a separate set code and separate card pool from S8a-P, shown for era context only:
Each of our five S8a-P singles is a single certified copy — when it sells, it’s gone until we source another from a separately opened Golden Box.
Why These Cards Aren’t Tournament Legal
Every S8a-P card carries a red “25th” commemorative logo printed directly on the card face. That marking is what takes the set out of official tournament play — these are collection-only promos, not cards you can run in a Play! Pokemon-sanctioned deck. If you’re building toward a competitive collection alongside a display one, that’s worth knowing before you plan a deck around any S8a-P card, including the LV.X and ex-era reprints on this checklist.
S8a-P vs the Mainline S8a Set
It’s easy to conflate S8a-P with S8a itself, since both share the 25th-anniversary branding and released in the same window. They’re separate products with separate card pools:
- S8a “25th Anniversary Collection” is the standard mainline booster expansion, sold at retail through normal pack distribution, built around Pikachu-family cards and other 25th-anniversary favorites.
- S8a-P “Promo Card Pack 25th ANNIVERSARY edition” is the 25-card promo checklist covered in this guide, bundled exclusively inside the Golden Box and never sold as its own retail product.
For the mainline set’s own pull rates and chase cards, see our S8a 25th Anniversary pull rates & best cards guide.
Where to Buy S8a-P Promo Cards from Japan
We ship graded Japanese singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. Our current S8a-P lineup:
- PSA 10 Charizard: PROMO [S8a-P 001/025] (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) — ¥132,829
- PSA 10 Pikachu (special promo) [S8a-P 007/025] (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) — ¥93,157
- PSA 10 Zekrom [S8a-P 021/025] (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) — ¥24,535
- PSA 10 Garchomp C LV.X [S8a-P 018/025] (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) — ¥10,463
- PSA 10 Claydol [S8a-P 016/025] (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) — ¥6,180
Browse the wider graded lineup in our PSA 10 collection, or for a broader tour of Japan-only promotional cards beyond this one pack, see our PSA 10 Pokemon promo cards Japan guide. Looking for a specific S8a-P number not listed above, or want to build a mixed order across singles and sealed product? Our Quick Order page is the fastest way to get everything into one cart.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the S8a-P Promo Card Pack 25th Anniversary edition?
A 25-card Japanese promo checklist (set code S8a-P, numbered 001/025–025/025) created to mark the 25th anniversary of Japan’s original 1996 Pokemon Card Game expansion. It was never sold on its own — it was given away through a store campaign (one free pack per four S8a booster packs purchased) and bundled five packs at a time, one random card per pack, inside the 25th Anniversary Golden Box.
Can I buy S8a-P promo packs by themselves?
Not as a standalone retail product, based on our research — the documented channels are the buy-4-S8a-packs store campaign and the bundled five-pack allotment inside the 25th Anniversary Golden Box. Individual pulled cards, like the ones in our inventory, are collectible on their own once opened.
Are S8a-P cards legal for tournament play?
No. Every card carries a red “25th” commemorative logo, which marks the set as collection-only and excludes it from official Play! Pokemon-sanctioned events.
What is the most valuable S8a-P card?
Charizard: PROMO [S8a-P 001/025], the number-one slot in the checklist. Our PSA 10 copy is currently listed at ¥132,829, well above the other S8a-P singles in our inventory.
Is S8a-P the same thing as the mainline S8a “25th Anniversary Collection” set?
No. They share 25th-anniversary branding and a release window, but S8a is a standard retail booster expansion with its own card pool, while S8a-P is the separate 25-card promo checklist bundled only inside the Golden Box.
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