A card with no set number reportedly surfaced on a livestream in late July, and the Pokemon TCG community spent over a month arguing about whether it’s real. PokeBeach settled the question on September 12, 2026 (updated September 15): the pull is real. Three secret-rare Mew cards — R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, outside the /103 numbering — have been pulled from early-opened 30th Celebration products and surfaced through an internal Pokémon TCG Live update. They sit outside the official card database and the compiled M6a list (165 numbered cards plus 8 Basic Energy, 173 in all; PokeBeach’s headline figure is 176); The Pokemon Company has not officially acknowledged them. Separately, and unaffected by any of this, the set’s two numbered secret Mew ex slots — the SAR at 129/103 and the FUR at 135/103 — have both now been seen, with release-day marketplace listings confirming 129 on September 16, 2026.
In late July 2026, an Australian seller known as PokeAus reportedly pulled a card on a Whatnot livestream unlike anything in the official 30th Celebration preview material: no card number, a “B/RGB” designation in the collector-number slot, and a Mew rendered entirely in a single ink colour. What’s now confirmed lines up with the shape of that original leak: three parallel cards, one red, one green, one blue, each illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN. No pull rate has been published for any of the three — PokeBeach calls them “expected to be exceptionally rare.” The Pokemon Company has not announced anything about them.
At the same time, checklist pages said to be from the upcoming Binder Collection product started circulating, apparently showing which 30 cards from Pokemon TCG history are getting the 30th Celebration reprint treatment — from the original Base Set Charizard to Shining Celebi to a Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND pairing.
The RGB Mew cards are confirmed pulled, though still not officially acknowledged by The Pokemon Company; the Binder Collection checklist below remains unverified. Below, we go through exactly what’s confirmed, what’s still leaked, what doesn’t add up in at least one of the circulating images, and why a set built around a 30-year anniversary tends to move the market for the original cards it’s paying tribute to — with real, current stock from our own shelves as the anchor.
Three secret-rare Mew cards — R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN — have been pulled from early-opened 30th Celebration products and surfaced through a Pokémon TCG Live update on September 15, per PokeBeach (report of September 12, updated September 15, 2026). They sit outside the /103 numbering and outside every official list; The Pokemon Company has not officially acknowledged them, and no pull rate has been published for any of the three (Dexerto’s earlier, pre-confirmation report of 1-in-20,000 remains unverified and is not PokeBeach’s figure). What is confirmed: 30th Celebration (JP: M6a) released worldwide on September 16, 2026, with 30 classic cards getting a special reprint treatment. If you want a piece of the last anniversary’s confirmed chase card while the RGB trio’s official status plays out, our PSA 10 Shining Celebi (old back, PRMF-3) is currently listed at ¥278,250 (~$1,807). Our own M6a 30th CELEBRATION Booster Box is currently listed as a pre-order at ¥25,000 (~$162); the No Shrink option is sold out at the time of this update.
30th CELEBRATION (M6a) released worldwide on September 16, 2026. Per PokeBeach (report of September 12, 2026, updated September 15), three secret-rare Mew cards — R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN — have been pulled from early-opened 30th Celebration products and surfaced through an internal Pokémon TCG Live update on September 15. They sit outside the /103 numbering and outside the official card database, the compiled 165-card list, and the Elite Trainer Box card-list booklet; The Pokemon Company has not officially acknowledged them, and PokeBeach expects that to remain the case for months. No pull rate has been published for any of the three. Separately and unaffected, the set’s two numbered secret Mew ex slots — the SAR at 129/103 and the FUR at 135/103 — have both now been seen; SAR 129 surfaced with release-day listings on SNKRDUNK (lowest ask ¥9,300, September 16, 2026). Store availability: the M6a booster box remains a pre-order — Sealed ¥25,000 (~$162); the No Shrink option is sold out at the time of this update. Two graded comparables below are currently listed at ¥278,250 (~$1,807) for the PSA 10 Shining Celebi and ¥62,480 (~$406) for the PSA 10 Mew ex 205/165 SAR.
Full card list: every card of the set with its official image, in number order — 30th CELEBRATION (M6a) card list (all 173 cards).
With the set out on September 16, 2026, here is how the pre-release reporting held up:
- Confirmed — set structure. The list PokeBeach compiled on September 9 (103 main-set cards, AR 104–123, SAR 124–133, FUR 134–135, Classic Collection 136–165, 8 Basic Energy) matched what release day showed; the AR/SAR/FUR block is still outside the official card database, but nothing has contradicted the numbering.
- Confirmed — the five never-pictured cards. Kommo-o AR 119, Ditto AR 121, Mewtwo ex SAR 128, Mew ex SAR 129 and Gengar ex SAR 131 had never been pictured before release; all five surfaced with release-day listings at exactly those numbers (SNKRDUNK, September 16, 2026). PokeBeach’s projected numbering was right.
- Confirmed — FUR by YOSHIROTTEN. Mewtwo ex 134/103 and Mew ex 135/103 are the two Futuristic Rare cards, as announced; no SR or MUR tier appeared.
- Confirmed — one Pikachu per pack. The pre-release box opening PokeBeach reported (20 Pikachu in a 20-pack box) matched the official pack structure.
- Confirmed — the “RGB Mew”. Three secret Mew cards in red, green and blue, illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN and numbered R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB outside the /103 run, were pulled from early-opened 30th Celebration products and surfaced in a Pokémon TCG Live update on September 15, per PokeBeach (September 12, updated September 15, 2026). They sit outside every official list, may stay officially unacknowledged for months, and their pull rate is unknown.
- Overshot — pre-release price forecasts. Japanese market sites forecast ¥105,000 and up for Mew ex FUR and ¥70,000 and up for Pikachu ex SAR (September 9); the lowest release-day asks on SNKRDUNK were ¥22,222 and ¥11,000–13,000 (asking prices, not sold prices). Sealed boxes followed the same path: ¥47,200 → ¥28,200 → ¥17,500 for the lowest M6a box ask.
- Still open — pull rates. The Pokémon Company has published none; the pre-release opening remains the only reported structure.
The RGB Mew: Confirmed Pulled, in Brief
30th Celebration is Pokemon TCG’s anniversary set for the franchise’s 30th year, released worldwide on September 16, 2026 under the international set code 30C and the Japanese expansion code M6a. In Japan it ships as a six-card, ¥360 pack with every card — including basic Energy — printed with a holo finish. Officially confirmed features, per Pokemon.com’s official announcement, include a new Futuristic Rare (FUR) rarity for Mew ex and Mewtwo ex, illustrated by graphic artist YOSHIROTTEN; 30 different Pikachu illustrations from 30 different artists, one per pack, alongside one YOSHIROTTEN-designed Energy card per pack; and 30 cards from across Pokemon TCG history brought back in a special anniversary treatment, with two already confirmed by name — the original Base Set-era Charizard and the Pikachu & Zekrom-GX card.
What’s now confirmed pulled — though still not officially acknowledged by The Pokemon Company — is the card at the centre of this article. First reported pulled from a 30C pack during a July 25 livestream, the single card nicknamed the “RGB Mew” carried no visible card number, an unusual “B/RGB” marking in its place, and a monochrome art style rendering Mew entirely in one ink colour. PokeBeach’s report (September 12, 2026, updated September 15) confirmed the shape of that leak: three secret-rare cards — R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN — have been pulled from early-opened 30th Celebration products, with the trio surfacing publicly through an internal Pokémon TCG Live update on September 15. The Pokemon Company has made no statement about them; they sit outside the official card database and the compiled 165-card list, and PokeBeach expects them to remain officially unacknowledged for months. A Dexerto report from the original July leak cited a rate of roughly 1 in 20,000 packs, but that predates PokeBeach’s confirmation and was never confirmed by The Pokemon Company; PokeBeach’s own report gives no pull rate for any of the three. Everything past this point that describes the specific card details (stat line, attack, flavor text) reflects what was originally reported before PokeBeach’s confirmation, and we’ll flag anything not independently verified beyond that original leak.
The picture around it has firmed up considerably since. The official card list for M6a — the full 103-card main set, 29 of the 30 Classic Collection reprints, and the 8 Basic Energy — was published September 9, 2026 in the official pokemon-card.com database, with Mew ex FUR at 135/103. The AR/SAR secret-rare block (104–135) is still not in that database, even though all 32 slots have now been seen — the last five, including the SAR Mew ex at 129, surfaced with release-day listings on SNKRDUNK (September 16, 2026); the SAR Mew ex 129’s lowest release-day ask was ¥9,300. The three RGB cards sit entirely outside this 32-card numbering and this database. On the retail side, the box configuration is official: 20 packs at ¥7,200 tax included per box.
For the fully confirmed set breakdown — base set size, product list, and official rarities — see our 30th Celebration card list and FUR chase card guide and our Futuristic Box guide.
The Original RGB Mew Pull, Line by Line
Here’s what the circulating images of the original pulled copy (the blue, B/RGB card) actually show. The card’s existence is now confirmed pulled per PokeBeach; these specific details below are still only as originally reported in July and haven’t been separately itemized by PokeBeach’s confirmation.
- No set number. Where a 30C card would normally carry a collector number, this card reportedly shows “B/RGB” instead, alongside a small tri-colour symbol in red, green, and white.
- Basic Pokemon, HP60, Psychic type. A deliberately old-school stat line that reads as a throwback to Mew’s earliest printings rather than a modern competitive card.
- Attack: 10+ damage plus energy. A simple, scaling attack in the style of Mew’s classic prints rather than anything from the modern rule set.
- Illustrator: YOSHIROTTEN. The same artist officially credited with the set’s confirmed Futuristic Rare Mew ex and Mewtwo ex — a detail the “this is real” camp leans on heavily.
- Regulation mark J — consistent with a 30C-era print, at least on its face.
- Flavor text reportedly reads: “So rare that it is still said to be a mirage by many experts…” — itself a nod to Mew’s original in-game rarity mythology.
Put together, the card reads less like a new character design and more like a deliberate homage — an anniversary-set callback to the single Pokemon most associated with the franchise’s mystery and rarity mythos since 1996.
Three Versions: Red, Green, and Blue
The “B/RGB” marking is short for “Blue, of Red/Green/Blue” — the pulled card is one of three parallel versions, not a single chase card, as PokeBeach’s report has since confirmed (numbered R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB). Images circulating alongside it show the red and green siblings as well.
The theory that’s taken hold in the community is additive colour mixing: overlay red, green, and blue light and you get white — the three primaries combining into a “true” card. It’s a tidy design idea, and it maps onto Pokemon history in an obvious way: the franchise’s original Japanese Game Boy releases were Red, Green, and Blue. A single Mew split into three colour-coded prints, each a fragment of a whole, is a fitting 30th-anniversary nod to the games that started everything — though whether a combined “white” or fourth card exists is still unconfirmed; PokeBeach’s report describes only the three RGB cards.
Worth noting: the RGB naming and the tri-colour concept are now confirmed via PokeBeach’s report, but a fourth “white” or combined version does not appear in that report or in any official 30th Celebration material.
The Official Precedent: 2025’s Monochrome Chase Cards
A single-colour concept card sounds unusual, but it wouldn’t be unprecedented. In 2025, the Japanese sets Black Bolt (sv11B) and White Flare (sv11W) officially shipped with exactly this kind of card: an all-black Zekrom ex (sv11B 174/086), an all-white Reshiram ex (sv11W 174/086), and an all-red Victini promo — each Pokemon rendered in a single dominant colour as a stand-alone chase concept, confirmed and distributed by The Pokemon Company itself.
That precedent is exactly why the RGB Mew leak was taken seriously rather than dismissed outright, and it fits the pattern that PokeBeach’s confirmation has since described: a three-way colour split for a 30th-anniversary Mew, illustrated by the set’s own FUR artist. The Pokemon Company has already shown, within the last year, that it’s willing to print single-colour concept chase cards as officially distributed rarities — though for the RGB trio specifically, that official distribution (a database listing, a rarity announcement) still hasn’t happened.
Confirmed Pulled — What’s Still Unofficial
A month and a half on from the July 25 pull, PokeBeach’s report (September 12, 2026, updated September 15) settled the core “is it real” question: yes, three of them.
What’s confirmed: per PokeBeach, multiple fans — not just the original livestream puller — have pulled copies of the three RGB cards from early-opened 30th Celebration products, and the trio surfaced publicly through an internal Pokémon TCG Live update on September 15. Both English and Japanese versions are pictured in PokeBeach’s report. The illustrator credit lines up with YOSHIROTTEN, who is officially confirmed as the FUR artist for this exact set, and as covered above, TPC has an established, recent precedent for exactly this kind of monochrome concept card.
What’s still unofficial: The Pokemon Company has said nothing publicly — no teaser, no rarity announcement, and the three cards are not in the official card database, the compiled 165-card list, or the Elite Trainer Box card-list booklet. PokeBeach expects that silence to continue for months, since Japan traditionally reveals a set’s secret rares only once the following set releases. No pull rate has been published for any of the three. None of this touches the set’s two numbered secret Mew ex slots — the SAR at 129/103 and the FUR at 135/103 — which sit entirely outside the RGB trio’s numbering and have both been seen through official and release-day channels. Until The Pokemon Company comments, treat the RGB Mew cards as confirmed pulled but not officially acknowledged.
How to Spot a Dubious Leak: The Jirachi Example
The RGB Mew isn’t the only 30th Celebration image circulating right now, and not all of them hold up to scrutiny. A widely-shared high-resolution image reportedly showing a Jirachi ex from the set is a useful case study in why source-checking matters before treating any leaked card as real.
Look closely at the printed details on this particular image and the problem is right there: it carries the set code “S46”, a card number of 236/236, and a copyright year of ©2024. None of those match 30th Celebration, which is set code 30C internationally (M6a in Japan) and released in 2026. A card genuinely printed for this set wouldn’t carry a 2024 copyright line or an unrelated set code. That combination of red flags points toward this specific image being a fan-made render rather than a genuine leaked card — a good reminder to check the fine print on any leak before treating it as fact, even one that, like the RGB Mew, eventually turns out to be accurate.
The Leaked Binder Collection Checklist
Separately from the RGB Mew, checklist-style pages attributed to the account @PokeTCGAlerts began circulating and appear to show the contents of the upcoming Binder Collection product — one of the confirmed 30th Celebration SKUs, officially scheduled for release on December 4, 2026 per the current English product calendar. We haven’t independently verified these pages; what follows is a description of what the circulating images appear to show.
The classic-reprint pages appear to show gold-framed cards carrying a 30th-anniversary Pikachu stamp, reportedly including: the original Base Set-era Charizard (#4), the original Pikachu (#58), Misty (#18), Erika’s Jigglypuff (#69), Sneasel (#25), Shining Celebi, Lugia (#149), Delcatty, Dark Tyranitar, Scizor ex, Metagross δ, Palkia LV.X, Uxie, Crobat, Gengar, a two-card Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND pairing, and N. Combined with the two names TPC has already confirmed officially (Charizard and Pikachu & Zekrom-GX), this is consistent with the “30 classic cards reprinted” figure that is officially confirmed for the set — though the exact list and numbering shouldn’t be treated as final until TPC publishes it, since image resolution makes some names hard to confirm with certainty.
The same leaked pages reportedly show a secret-rare block running from #153 to #158: Sylveon ex, Gengar ex, Jirachi ex, Salamence ex, and the two confirmed FUR chase cards, Mewtwo ex and Mew ex. For what it’s worth, Bulbapedia’s unofficial listing currently places the English Mew ex FUR at 158/128 (and the Japanese copy at 135/103), which lines up with the top of that leaked block — consistent, but still a wiki entry rather than an official checklist.
A separate leaked spread, reportedly covering the set’s AR (Art Rare) slots, shows a long run of Pokemon including Alolan Exeggutor, Moltres, Lapras, Articuno, Zapdos, Toxtricity, Morpeko, Drifloon, Chandelure, Lycanroc, Alolan Meowth, Scraggy, Galarian Meowth, Gholdengo, Kommo-o, Meowth, Hisuian Zorua, Maushold, Fuecoco, Gimmighoul, and Pikachu ex and Mewtwo ex among others.
None of the specific numbering above is official. If it holds up once Binder Collection actually ships in December, it points to a checklist deliberately weighted toward fan-favourite Eeveelutions, Ghost-types, and legendary birds — exactly the mix that tends to drive secondary-market demand.
What This Means for Collectors
Whatever The Pokemon Company eventually says officially about the RGB Mew trio, the broader pattern is not in question: anniversary sets reliably drive renewed demand for the original printings they’re paying tribute to. When a set reprints Shining Celebi, Palkia LV.X, or a Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND pairing in a special anniversary treatment, it puts those characters back in front of a new wave of buyers — and historically, that attention flows back to the original, non-reprint copies of those same cards as much as it does to the new prints.
We saw this pattern around the 25th Anniversary set, and it’s a reasonable expectation again here. A few examples from our own current stock, in the same spirit as the cards reportedly appearing in the leaked checklist:
- A PSA 10 Shining Celebi, old-back print (PRMF-3), is currently listed at ¥278,250 (~$1,807) — directly relevant given Shining Celebi reportedly appears in the leaked Binder Collection classic-reprint page.
- The PSA 10 25th Anniversary Charizard promo (S8a-P 001/025) — last anniversary’s confirmed chase card — is sold out at the time of this update (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order); restock requests go through Quick Order.
- A PSA 10 Mew ex 205/165 SAR is currently listed at ¥62,480 (~$406) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), for buyers who want a confirmed, graded Mew card while the RGB Mew trio’s official status plays out.
None of this is a prediction about where any individual card’s price goes next. It’s simply the pattern that anniversary sets have followed before: renewed spotlight on a character tends to pull buyers toward both the new print and the older ones it’s referencing.
For more on how this set compares with the last two Pokemon anniversaries, see our 25th vs. 20th anniversary guide.
What’s Releasing Next for 30th Celebration
Here’s the English-language product timeline for 30th Celebration — the September 16 row has now released; the rest remain on schedule:
| Date | Product |
|---|---|
| Sept 16, 2026 | Elite Trainer Box (9 packs), Pokemon Center-exclusive ETB (11 packs), Blister packs, Poster Collection, Stickers, Sylveon ex & Greninja ex Box |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Booster Bundle, Mini Tins |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Battle Decks (Espeon / Umbreon) |
| Nov 6, 2026 | Ditto Premium Collection, Ultra Premium Collection (Day/Night), Mew & Mewtwo Figure Collections |
| Dec 4, 2026 | Binder Collection |
On the Japanese side, the equivalent M6a expansion released the same day, September 16, as a ¥360, six-card holo pack. Our M6a 30th CELEBRATION Booster Box (Japanese) is currently listed as a pre-order — Sealed ¥25,000 (~$162); the No Shrink option is sold out at the time of this update — orders ship from Tokyo after release; see the product page for the current dispatch date. On SNKRDUNK, the lowest asking price for a sealed M6a box went from ¥47,200 on September 1 to ¥28,200 on September 10 and ¥17,500 on release day, September 16, 2026 — still about 2.4× the ¥7,200 MSRP. In Japan, first-wave retail supply went through lotteries — Pokemon Center Online sold the box by lottery only — matching the usual anniversary-set scramble on release day. If you want a current Mega Evolution box in hand sooner than a pre-order ships, the M6 Storm Emeralda Booster Box (Japanese) is currently listed at ¥11,040 (~$71).
If you already collect the original printings that the leaked checklist points to — classic-era Charizard, Celebi, Palkia, Darkrai, and the rest — now is a reasonable time to review what you’re missing, now that the September 16 release has brought a wave of renewed attention to those characters. Browse our current graded stock at PSA 10 collection or the full PSA 10 card list, or send a mixed want-list through Quick Order.
For the full confirmed rarity structure and set contents, our 30th Celebration card list and FUR chase card guide is the reference to bookmark now that the set has released.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the RGB Mew card officially confirmed by The Pokemon Company?
Not officially. Per PokeBeach (report of September 12, 2026, updated September 15), three secret-rare Mew cards — R/RGB, G/RGB and B/RGB, illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN — have been pulled from early-opened 30th Celebration products and surfaced through a Pokemon TCG Live update on September 15. They are not in the official card database, the compiled 165-card list, or the Elite Trainer Box card-list booklet, and The Pokemon Company has made no public statement about them; PokeBeach expects that to remain the case for months. This is separate from the set’s two numbered secret Mew ex slots — the SAR at 129/103 and the FUR at 135/103 — both now seen, with SAR 129 surfacing in release-day listings on September 16, 2026.
What is the reported pull rate for the RGB Mew?
Dexerto’s original report from the July leak cited a rate of roughly 1 in 20,000 packs, but that figure was never confirmed by The Pokemon Company. PokeBeach’s later confirmation of the three RGB cards doesn’t include a pull rate either — PokeBeach calls them “expected to be exceptionally rare,” with no number attached.
How many versions of the RGB Mew are there?
Three, per PokeBeach’s September 2026 report: one red (R/RGB), one green (G/RGB), and one blue (B/RGB), each illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN. A combined or fourth version has not been reported.
Has Pokemon released a single-colour concept card before?
Yes. In 2025, Black Bolt (sv11B) and White Flare (sv11W) officially included an all-black Zekrom ex, an all-white Reshiram ex, and an all-red Victini promo — a confirmed precedent for single-colour concept chase cards.
When did 30th Celebration release?
It released worldwide on September 16, 2026. The Japanese expansion is M6a, sold as a ¥360 six-card pack with every card holo; the international set code is 30C. Additional 30th Celebration products release in stages through December 4, 2026, when the Binder Collection arrives.
What is the leaked Binder Collection checklist?
Checklist-style images attributed to @PokeTCGAlerts that appear to show the contents of the officially scheduled December 4, 2026 Binder Collection product, including classic-card reprints and a run of secret-rare ex cards. These pages are unverified and the exact numbering may change before release.
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