Whereas not (but) formally introduced, new leaks point out that McDonald’s is as soon as once more teaming up with The Pokémon Firm to supply followers a contemporary assortment of 15 Pokémon playing cards to grab up and flip on eBay for tons of of {dollars}, or get pleasure from quietly at dwelling. However in all probability eBay.
Since 2001, The Pokémon Firm has, almost yearly, created promotional Pokémon playing cards that folks should buy at native taking part McDonald’s places. These playing cards, which have been solely obtainable in Japan till the 2011 promotion, have usually featured distinctive symbols and are extremely desired by collectors. In 2021, the McDonald’s X Pokémon promotional playing cards bought out rapidly as collectors snatched up packing containers at a time from the eating places and bought them for tons of apiece on eBay. And it appears potential that these newly leaked 2023 Pokémon McDonald’s playing cards may also promote out quick, too.
As PokéBeach reported on July 26, a reader despatched the positioning pictures of the 15 playing cards from the upcoming (not formally introduced) promotion, which apparently got here out prematurely in Germany. PokéBeach claims these are all of the playing cards that can be obtainable through the yearly Pokémon occasion at McDonald’s. That is smart, as up to now the variety of promo playing cards was usually round 12 to fifteen.
Right here’s the complete listing by way of PokéBeach:
- Sprigatito
- Fuecoco
- Quaxly
- Cetoddle
- Cetitan
- Pikachu
- Pawmi
- Kilowattrel
- Flittle
- Sandaconda
- Klawf
- Blissey
- Tandemaus
- Cyclizar
- Kirlia
The entire Pokémon featured, except for Pikachu, come from Scarlet & Violet. It appears simply six of the 15 playing cards can be holo, these being Sprigatito, Fuecoco, Quaxly, Cetitan, Pikachu, and Klawf.
Once you’ll be capable of purchase these new Pokémon playing cards
As earlier than, these playing cards can be obtainable in four-card booster packs that can include Comfortable Meals. The playing cards can even include a “Match & Battle” toy that appears to be based mostly on an analogous toy that was a part of final 12 months’s McDonald’s X Pokémon promotional occasion.
As for when to count on these playing cards to indicate up in america, PokéBeach says that the playing cards can be obtainable in Germany and Austria on July 27 and within the UK on August 23.
No date has leaked for the U.S., although based mostly on previous occasions and this 12 months’s identified dates, it’s believed that the playing cards can even come to america someday in August.