Pokemon ex★ 2027 Sets: Magma Heartbeat, Lightning Impact, Aurora Ripples and Battle Start Deck Trademarks Explained

What Is Official About ex★ So Far

ex★ is a series logo shown on August 31, 2026; the only official content so far is the reveal video (Mega Lucario Z ex, four MA rarity cards, Entei / Raikou / Suicune on screen). No release date, product, price or set code is announced. That sentence is the whole official record, and it is worth listing exactly what sits behind it.

• The logo news. On August 31, 2026 pokemon-card.com published 「ex★（イーエックススター）」と描かれた、新シリーズのロゴが公開！ The logo appeared in the Pokémon TCG video played at the closing ceremony of Pokémon World Championships 2026 in San Francisco. The page names one card, メガルカリオZex, and ends with 「今後の続報をお待ちください」 (please wait for further news). Our ex★ announcement article covers the day it was shown.
• The video. The official Pokémon YouTube channel carries the video under the title 【公式】ポケモンカードゲーム「ex★」. Dengeki Online and GAME Watch reported its contents on August 31, 2026: new cards including メガルカリオZex, and four MA cards. They also reported that Suicune, Entei and Raikou appear at the end, with the ex★ logo. Our own article identified the four MA cards from the video as Mega Darkrai ex, Mega Greninja ex, Mega Rayquaza ex and Mega Zygarde ex.
• The official pointer to the beasts. The official X account @Pokemon_cojp posted on August 31, 2026 that viewers should note 「ライコウたち」 (Raikou and the others) who appeared alongside the ex★ logo. This is the strongest official link between the three Pokémon and ex★. It still names no product.

One point is easy to get wrong. MA (メガアタックレア, Mega Attack Rare) is an existing official rarity introduced with MEGA Dream ex (Friday, November 28, 2025); the ex★ video showed four new MA cards. It did not create the rarity, so MA is no evidence that the four trademarks belong to ex★.

Two further negatives belong in the record. The official product site (pokemon-card.com/products) carries no entry for any of the four names, for MEGA×MEGAパレード, or for any ex★ product, as checked on October 29, 2026. And „ex Star“ is an unofficial romanization: no English-language official announcement exists, and English coverage so far comes from third-party outlets.

Here is the official video as published, for readers who want to judge the on-screen order for themselves:

The Entei / Raikou / Suicune Reading and the „Three Packs at Once“ Theory

Everything in this section is speculation, and it is labelled that way on purpose. The reading goes: マグマ (magma) suggests Entei, イナズマ (lightning) suggests Raikou, and オーロラ (aurora) suggests Suicune. That is a community reading of the three names, strengthened by the three Pokémon appearing in the official ex★ video of August 31, 2026 — not confirmed. PokeBeach’s reading is that the names „obviously reference Entei, Suicune, and Raikou“ and will headline the ex★ series. premium.gamepedia.jp speculates the same, citing the video and the three words as its basis.

What supports the reading is real but thin: the video shows the three Pokémon, and the official X post points to 「ライコウたち」. What is missing is any official sentence connecting a trademark, a product or a pack to those Pokémon. The post names no product, and the official site lists none.

premium.gamepedia.jp adds a second theory: that the three packs could be released simultaneously. This is speculation from that site alone. The verified precedents give no basis either way, because the table above is made of individual releases (one row pairs ブラックボルト and ホワイトフレア, which shared a date), and nothing in the facts we hold says whether three sets would arrive together or staggered. Whether the three names are expansion packs, deluxe packs or something else is unknown.

If the reading is right, collectors of each beast would compare the new cards with the prints they already know. The prints we have verified from the official card database include:

Two details matter for the speculation. Among the prints verified, the only ex-type Entei is エンテイEX from BW4 (2012), so a modern Entei ex would be new ground. And the Suicune ex we have verified is a new card in the ポケモンカードゲーム Classic deck set, which is a different kind of product from an expansion pack. For the card-by-card view, each beast has its own article linked above, and the legendary beasts guide keeps the broader value context.

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What 2027 Looks Like From the Official Side

Of the items this article covers, the only official product date belongs to ハドウシーカー (Hadou Seeker, M7): Friday, November 27, 2026, on its official product page. It is also the one case in the precedent table where the trademark filing (March 2, 2026), the fan-site report (March 10, 2026) and the official date can be read side by side.

None of the four names and nothing for ex★ has a reported day. The nearest reported 2027 date is MEGA×MEGAパレード, a High Class Pack: Friday, February 19, 2027, reported by PokeBeach on August 25, 2026; not on the official site as of October 29, 2026. It stays a report until an official page prints it. The official side has published no date for any ex★ product, for any of the four names, or for an English counterpart; other 2027 dates and their status are tracked article by article. Our 2027 release schedule tracker carries every row with a status word, and the Aura Seeker release date guide keeps the running record for the November date.

That leaves a simple picture. premium.gamepedia.jp discusses January 2027 or April 2027 for the packs; on the precedent evidence, a more likely window runs from late March to the summer of 2027.

Where to Buy Current Mega-Era Boxes and Legendary-Beast Cards

None of the four names is a product yet, so there is nothing to list. What we currently list are released products from the same product lines and the cards the three beasts already have. For the Mega-era card-list hub, see the Mega-era card list. Individual lists include the M6 Storm Emeralda card list (Raikou ex 024/076 is in this set), the M6a 30th CELEBRATION card list and the S12a VSTAR Universe card list (the Entei, Raikou and Suicune V SAR prints).

Sealed boxes

• M6 Storm Emeralda Booster Box — currently listed as Sealed ¥8,926 (~$58) or No Shrink ¥8,853 (~$57). The set holds the Raikou ex print from the table above.
• M6a 30th CELEBRATION Booster Box — shown in the product card above.

Starter products

For readers watching the Battle Start Deck name, the released starter products we currently list are the MEGA Start Deck 100 Battle Collection at ¥1,097 (~$7), the Starter Set ex Zorua & Zoroark ex at ¥1,584 (~$10) and the Starter Set ex Sprigatito & Meowscarada ex at ¥1,796 (~$12). The Eevee ex starter set has no price on its listing at the time of writing; sourcing requests for it go through Schnellbestellung.

Graded Entei, Raikou and Suicune

The PSA 10 Entei XY 011/171 from the High Class Pack „The Best of XY“ is currently listed at ¥41,088 (~$267). From VSTAR Universe, the Entei V SAR 213/172 is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥15,525 (~$101), the Raikou V SAR 218/172 is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥18,574 (~$121) and the Suicune V SAR 215/172 is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥18,620 (~$121); each is sourced to order, and the product page shows the current terms.

For a specific card or set that is not listed, sourcing requests go through Schnellbestellung. To follow each name in depth, read the single articles on Magma Heartbeat, Lightning Impact, Aurora Ripples and Battle Start Deck.