Pokemon Hop’s Zacian ex Box vs the Japanese Battle Partners (SV9) Box

What Is Inside the Hop’s Zacian ex Box

The official page is titled Pokémon TCG: Hop’s Zacian ex Box and opens with “Two of Galar’s greatest team up!” Its description says Hop’s Zacian ex attacks the opponent’s Active Pokémon plus one on the Bench with Insta-Strike, while Brave Slash “closes in for huge damage”, and that “Hop’s Wooloo and Hop’s Dubwool” round out the set.

Bulbapedia’s merchandise page, as of October 2, 2026, says the box was released on March 28, 2025 with regular-sized and Jumbo-sized versions of Hop’s Zacian ex that “featured different artwork to the card available in the Journey Together expansion.” It adds that the Wooloo and Dubwool foils are Cosmos Holofoil variants from Journey Together, and that boxes were “typically two Journey Together, one Surging Sparks, and one Obsidian Flames” in pack mix. It describes the photo sticker as designed like a Polaroid photograph. The Jumbo size, the holofoil name and the pack mix are Bulbapedia’s statements; the official page says “oversize foil card” and prints no card number, no price and no expansion names for the four packs.

Where the Promo’s Japanese Twin Is Printed

The Japanese card with the same illustrator credit as the promo is M2a 123/193, a Double Rare (RR) from the high class pack MEGA Dream ex, credited to PLANETA Mochizuki in the official database. None of the three SV9 prints is credited to PLANETA Mochizuki.

A shared credit identifies the illustrator and does not establish that two prints are the same image; Bulbapedia’s infobox reports the SVP 193 and M2a 123/193 pairing. The M2a print sits in a different product line from the SV9 box: it belongs to the MEGA Dream ex expansion covered in the MEGA Dream ex complete guide, the Mega Dream ex card list article and the Mega Dream ex card list, and its box is covered in the MEGA Dream ex booster box buying guide.

The SV9 box holds the Battle Partners prints of Hop’s Zacian ex, and the one with its own illustrator credit is the SAR, credited to DOM. Limitless TCG lists Journey Together 186 as the Special Art Rare print credited to DOM, so the SAR 128/100 is the Japanese twin of that English card by credit. The Zacian family across eras is covered in the Zacian and Zamazenta card guide.

English Box and Japanese Box Side by Side

The two products are built for different purposes: the English box is a promo set with four packs, and the Japanese box is a sealed box of expansion packs.

The official list names a foil promo card and an oversize foil card of Hop’s Zacian ex; Bulbapedia reports both as SVP 193 in regular and Jumbo size. The Japanese box delivers an expansion, and the three Hop’s Zacian ex prints are among its cards. How English and Japanese cards differ in print and packaging is covered in the Japanese versus English Pokemon cards comparison.

Every Japanese Print of Hop’s Zacian ex

The official Japanese database lists five cards named ホップのザシアンex as of October 2, 2026: three in SV9, one in M2a and one in the Starter Decks 100 Battle Collection. Limitless TCG lists three English set prints. The pairs rest on illustrator credits.

Bulbapedia’s infobox pairs 111/159 with Battle Partners 069/100, 176/159 with 118/100 and 186/159 with 128/100, and its captions credit aky CG Works for the Regular and Full Art ultra rare prints and DOM for the special illustration rare print. The same page says the Hop artwork on the Full Art ultra rare print “was illustrated by DOM, who is uncredited on the card”; the official database credits the Japanese SR to aky CG Works for the Pokémon and DOM for the trainer. Rarity labels differ by source: Limitless TCG’s Japanese entry labels 118 “Secret Rare”, while the official database prints the SR icon.

Hop’s Zacian ex RR 069/100

The RR is the regular print, credited to aky CG Works, and it pairs with Journey Together 111. The Starter Decks 100 Battle Collection reprint, MC 527/742, carries the same credit.

Hop’s Zacian ex SR 118/100

The SR pairs with Journey Together 176, which Bulbapedia calls the Full Art ultra rare print. The database prints two credits, aky CG Works for the Pokémon and DOM for the trainer.

Hop’s Zacian ex SAR 128/100

The SAR is credited to DOM, and it is the print that pairs with Journey Together 186. The English box lists the SVP 193 promo, not this print. The card has its own write-up in the PSA 10 Hop’s Zacian ex SAR card guide.

Hop’s Zacian ex RR 123/193 (M2a)

The M2a print is the one that carries the promo’s credit, PLANETA Mochizuki. It sits in the MEGA Dream ex pack and not in the SV9 box.

PSA 10 Hop’s Zacian ex SAR Back Order

PSA 10 designates Gem Mint condition per PSA’s published grading standards. The SAR is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥7,746 (~$50) — sourced to order; the product page shows the current terms. Back order mechanics are set out on the PSA 10 back orders hub.

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PSA10 Zacian ex SAR [SV9 128/100]

The SR, the RR and the M2a print have no PSA 10 back order on the store. The store title of the back order reads “Zacian ex SAR”, while the card name printed in the official database is ホップのザシアンex, which is Hop’s Zacian ex.

Buying Checklist: English Box or Japanese Box

• Contents. The English page lists one promo, two foil cards, one oversize foil card, a photo sticker, four booster packs and a code card. The Japanese box is a sealed box of 5-card Battle Partners packs, 30 packs per the official campaign line.
• The promo. SVP 193 is credited to PLANETA Mochizuki, and the Japanese card with that credit is M2a 123/193 RR, a MEGA Dream ex print and not an SV9 card.
• The SV9 prints. RR 069/100 and SR 118/100 carry the aky CG Works credit, and SAR 128/100 carries the DOM credit that pairs with Journey Together 186.
• Numbers. The Japanese prints are numbered out of 100 and the English set prints out of 159, so the pairs rest on illustrator credit and not on number.
• Condition. The Damaged Box is a product of its own, and the product page describes the box condition.
• Dates. SNKRDUNK asks carry the date October 2, 2026 and store prices the date October 5, 2026, and asks are sellers’ prices, not sales.