Pokémon 151 Ultra-Premium Collection vs Japanese SV2a

The Pokémon 151 Ultra-Premium Collection is an English boxed product from the Scarlet & Violet-151 expansion, with 16 booster packs and a hyper rare metal Mew ex card. The Japanese set behind the same 151 Pokémon is SV2a, Enhanced Expansion Pack «Pokémon Card 151», and its official page names no such box.

Updated November 12, 2026

What is the Pokémon 151 Ultra-Premium Collection?

The Pokémon 151 Ultra-Premium Collection is a boxed product of the English Scarlet & Violet-151 expansion, made up of booster packs, promo cards and accessories. It is one of eight products shown on the English 151 expansion page, next to the Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, Elite Trainer Box, Booster Bundle, Binder Collection, Poster Collection, Collection-Alakazam ex and Collection-Zapdos ex.

The product’s name on the English page and in the Pokémon press release is Ultra-Premium Collection. The press release gives the launch date as October 6, 2023, two weeks after the English expansion itself reached participating retailers worldwide on September 22, 2023. The digital side started on the same day as the expansion: Pokémon TCG Live play began on September 22, 2023.

The press release describes the English expansion as all original 151 Kanto Pokémon reimagined in Paldea, in Pokédex order, with illustration rare and special illustration rare alternate art. The Japanese set also follows Pokédex order: the official SV2a page says the set lists all 151 Pokémon from Bulbasaur to Mew.

The English page is titled «Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet-151», while the Japanese product is named Enhanced Expansion Pack «Pokémon Card 151» (read Ichigo-Ichi). The two names point at the same 151-Pokémon idea but belong to two separate editions with their own release dates and product lineups.

For the Japanese edition, start with our SV2a card list page, which lists the cards of the set. A single card to hold against the English Mewtwo promo is the Japanese Mewtwo card numbered 150/165, which we list as PSA10 Mewtwo R [SV2a 150/165] at ¥9,350 on November 12, 2026.

What is inside the Ultra-Premium Collection?

The Ultra-Premium Collection contains 16 booster packs, a hyper rare metal Mew ex card, two promo cards, a playmat, a deck box, a coin and gameplay accessories. The Pokémon press release gives the full list, summarized below.

Two points matter for comparison. First, the collection is built around Mew and Mewtwo, so its named card items are a metal card and two promos. Second, the box mixes cards and non-card items: the playmat, deck box and coin sit beside the packs and promos.

The English expansion page links the Mewtwo and Mew ex promos to the Ultra-Premium Collection and features Mew ex, Alakazam ex and Jynx ex as cards of the set.

A stitched-edge Mew playmat, a deck box and a Mew coin are play and display items, not cards. A collector who only wants cards will focus on the metal Mew ex and the two promos, while a player or gift buyer may value the playmat and deck box as well.

The 16-pack count is higher than the 11 packs in the Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box, the largest pack count among the other English products listed in the press release. The remaining products hold nine packs (Elite Trainer Box), six packs (Booster Bundle), four packs (Binder Collection and the two ex Collections), three packs (Poster Collection) or two packs (Mini Tins).

Does the Japanese SV2a set have a Premium Collection?

The official Japanese SV2a page names a booster pack and two Card File Sets as its products, and it does not name a box like the Ultra-Premium Collection. The official SV2a page lists these items:

• A booster pack with 7 cards, priced at 290 yen including tax.
• Card File Set «Monster Ball» at 2,200 yen including tax.
• Card File Set «Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise» at 2,200 yen including tax.

Each Card File Set includes one promo each of Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle, one card file, 5 expansion packs and one catalog poster. The promos in both sets are deluxe mirror-finish cards with a Monster Ball pattern.

The two Card File Sets differ in name: one carries the Monster Ball name and the other the names Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise. The official page gives both the same price, the same three promos, the same 5 packs and the same card file and catalog poster.

Five packs at the single-pack price of 290 yen add up to 1,450 yen, so the 2,200 yen price of a Card File Set also covers the three promos, the card file and the catalog poster.

A Pokémon Card announcement says Enhanced Expansion Pack «Pokémon Card 151» would be sold by made-to-order production at Pokémon Center Online.

For a collector who wants a premium experience from Japan, the products are what the official page lists: packs in the 7-card format, Card File Sets with the starter promos, and graded singles for specific cards. Our guide to the Japanese 151 booster box covers the box side, and the Master Ball complete set guide covers card counts.

How do the English 151 set and Japanese SV2a differ?

The English 151 set and Japanese SV2a differ in release date, release scope, the way rarities are worded and the names given to the fossil cards, while both cover the 151 original Kanto Pokémon in Pokédex order. The table lists the differences that the official pages support.

The Japanese set came out 98 days before the English one, counting from June 16 to September 22, 2023. The English expansion arrived with its own product lineup around it, including the Ultra-Premium Collection two weeks later.

The fossil row shows how names change between editions. The Japanese page lists Old Helix Fossil, Old Shell Fossil and Old Amber as cards that can be played as Basic Pokémon and evolve into Omanyte, Kabuto and Aerodactyl. The English page lists Antique Dome Fossil, Antique Helix Fossil and Antique Old Amber with the same play rule, and names Kabuto, Omanyte and Aerodactyl as the evolutions.

Rarity wording also differs on the surface. The Japanese page lists AR, SAR and SR, while the English press release talks about illustration rare and special illustration rare alternate art. Both wordings describe illustration-focused cards, and this article repeats only the label each source uses.

The Japanese page names Giovanni’s Charisma, Erika’s Invitation, Safety Goggles, Snatch Arm, Leftovers, Masaki’s Transfer and Inflatable Balloon as trainer and item cards. It also names ex cards such as Venusaur ex, Charizard ex, Blastoise ex, Arbok ex, Ninetales ex, Wigglytuff ex, Alakazam ex, Golem ex, Kangaskhan ex, Jynx ex, Zapdos ex and Mew ex.

The English expansion page features Mew ex, Alakazam ex and Jynx ex, and the English press release names Alakazam ex and Zapdos ex as the subjects of two Collection boxes. Alakazam ex, Jynx ex, Zapdos ex and Mew ex therefore appear on both sides of the comparison.

For a deeper look at the Chinese version against the Japanese one, see Chinese 151 vs Japanese Pokemon 151 (SV2a).

How do the English 151 products compare with Japanese SV2a products?

The English lineup has eight products and the Japanese official page names three, so the English side lists more product types around the same 151 Pokémon. The table matches the closest items using only what the official pages state.

The nearest structural match to the Poster Collection is the Japanese Card File Set, because both pair booster packs with the three Kanto starter promos (Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle) and a paper extra. The poster in the English product is two-sided, while the Japanese sets include a catalog poster.

The Binder Collection and the Card File Sets both give you somewhere to keep cards. The English binder is a nine-pocket album for up to 360 cards, and the Japanese item is a card file with 5 packs.

The Elite Trainer Box rows show a split inside the English lineup itself. The Pokémon Center version holds 11 booster packs and two Snorlax promos, one of them with the Pokémon Center logo, while the standard version holds nine packs and one Snorlax promo. Neither box has a named Japanese counterpart on the official SV2a page.

The press release also describes Mini Tins with two booster packs, one coin and an art card. The two Collection boxes pair a Pokémon ex promo with smaller supporting promos: Kadabra and Abra for Alakazam ex, and an Electabuzz promo plus an oversize card for Zapdos ex.

Its 16 packs, metal card, playmat, deck box and coin are all described on the English side alone.

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For the buying logic between English retail bundles and a Japanese box, the Booster Bundle and ETB vs the Japanese 151 Box guide goes through the pack counts one by one.

Which Mew and Mewtwo cards come with the English collection?

The English collection comes with a hyper rare metal Mew ex card, a special illustration rare-style Mew ex promo and an illustration rare-style Mewtwo promo. The press release names all three.

The Mew ex and Mewtwo promos are linked to the Ultra-Premium Collection on the English expansion page. The Japanese Card File Sets list Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle promos instead.

The Japanese side has its own Mew and Mewtwo material:

• Mew ex is named on the official SV2a page among the set’s ex cards and among the illustration cards in the AR, SAR and SR group.
• Mewtwo appears in the set as card number 150/165, shown on our product PSA10 Mewtwo R [SV2a 150/165] at ¥9,350 on November 12, 2026.

The SV2a Mew ex is a card of the Japanese set, while the English Mew ex promos belong to the English Ultra-Premium Collection. Treat them as different cards with different box origins.

The English metal card is described as hyper rare and the Mew ex promo as special illustration rare-style, which are the press release’s own labels. The Japanese official page uses AR, SAR and SR instead, so a label from one edition should not be copied onto a card from the other.

If your goal is the English Mew ex metal card, the English Ultra-Premium Collection is the product that contains it. If your goal is Mew or Mewtwo in Japanese 151 art, the Japanese set is the route, and the card list page shows what the set includes.

Which Japanese SV2a cards should collectors look at instead?

Collectors who want the 151 look from Japan can start with Charizard ex, Alakazam ex, Pikachu and the starter lines, all of which the official SV2a page names. The page’s text names Pikachu, Nidoking, Omanyte, the Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle lines, Mew ex, Erika’s Invitation and Giovanni’s Charisma as AR, SAR and SR illustration cards.

These are Japanese SV2a cards from our listings, with card numbers as they appear in the product names:

• PSA10 Charizard ex SAR [SV2a 201/165] at ¥108,160 on November 12, 2026.
• PSA10 Alakazam ex SAR [SV2a 203/165] at ¥26,545 on November 12, 2026.
• PSA10 Pikachu AR [SV2a 173/165] at ¥15,400 on November 12, 2026.
• PSA10 Poliwhirl AR [SV2a 176/165] at ¥9,496 on November 12, 2026.

The first three match names on the official page: Charizard ex and Alakazam ex are listed among its ex cards, and Pikachu among its illustration cards. Poliwhirl 176/165 is a further card from the same set.

Alakazam ex also links to the English lineup at the product level, since the English range includes a Collection-Alakazam ex. A collector who knows that English product can find the Alakazam ex card in the Japanese set.

Commons are an option when you want the starter lines in a graded case. The Japanese Bulbasaur 001/165 appears as PSA10 Bulbasaur C [SV2a 001/165] and as PSA10 Bulbasaur C [SV2a 001/165] (psa10 page) (actualización: agotado — pide reposición vía Quick Order), and Squirtle 007/165 appears as PSA10 Squirtle C [SV2a 007/165]. Magikarp 129/165 has PSA10 Magikarp C [SV2a 129/165] and PSA10 Magikarp C [SV2a 129/165] (psa10 page) (actualización: agotado — pide reposición vía Quick Order). For the mirror-finish side, there is PSA10 Gengar R: Monster Ball Mirror [SV2a 094/165] (actualización: agotado — pide reposición vía Quick Order).

The English Ultra-Premium Collection puts Mew and Mewtwo first. Mewtwo 150/165 is the closest Japanese single to that pairing, while the starter commons echo the three starter promos that the Japanese Card File Sets and the English Poster Collection both include.

For rarity detail, read the SV2A Secret Rare Guide, and for a pick-by-pick approach see How to Choose Pokémon Card 151 Cards. The Charizard ex PSA 10 guide goes deeper on the Charizard prints, and the SV2A Pokémon 151 PSA 10 Cards guide covers the graded SAR, AR and mirror cards.

Where can you buy Japanese SV2a cards from Tokyo?

You can buy Japanese SV2a cards from Samurai Sword Tokyo through the product pages linked above, and the SV2a card list page shows the set.

The shipping policy says orders go by FedEx with a tracking number, with the shipping cost calculated at checkout from your delivery address. After an order is handed to FedEx, customs processing is handled by the carrier and destination-country authorities. The payment methods page says all payments are made in Japanese yen through Wise bank transfer, PayPal, or credit and debit cards via PayPal.

Prices on this page were read on November 12, 2026. For the ordering side of the same set, the SV2A release date and how-to-buy guide goes through the steps.

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