The Pokémon Company has officially delayed the Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution – Ascended Heroes Erika/Larry two-pack blisters from its original release date of January 30, 2026, to February 20 in the US and Canada.
Ascended Heroes is the latest Pokémon TCG set from the new Mega Evolution series. But, with the latest delay, this means that just a single sealed product will now be available to fans during its release week.
— Pokémon TCG (@PokemonTCG) January 28, 2026
The new set is already getting a fairly staggered release, with the majority of products now releasing between February 20 and April 24. That includes some of the most popular items from a new Pokémon card set, such as the Elite Trainer Box, Booster Bundles, and more.
The delayed booster set features a promo card with either Erika’s Tangela or Larry’s Komala, a metallic coin featuring the chosen Gym Leader, and two booster packs from the Mega Evolution – Ascended Heroes expansion.
The only new booster set available in release week will be the Ascended Heroes Tech Sticker Collection, featuring Charmander and Ghastly as a foil promo card, plus a sheet of tech stickers featuring Mega Charizard Y and Mega Gengar, plus three Ascended Heroes boosters.
It’s already been hard to come by Ascended Heroes preorders, and undoubtedly this delay won’t make it any easier for fans after release day. Ascended Heroes ETBs, for example, are currently averaging around $115-120 on resale markets – around a 135% markup from its MSRP of $49.99.
Ascended Heroes’ Booster Bundles are also looking a little steep right now, and sit at $79.10 market price. That’s a fair lot more than its $26.94 list price, roughly a 194% markup, and almost triple the cost for what accounts for just six boosters.
It’s a similar story across the board, with fans likely to find it tough to find boosters from the new expansion outside of retailers like TCGplayer. That’s also consistent with the follow up expansion for Mega Evolution, Perfect Order.
Ascended Heroes being hard to come by won’t be surprising for most fans. The scarcity of the Mega Evolution series isn’t exactly an outlier for Pokémon TCG, with stock issues, lack of common availibility, and delays plaguing the world’s most popular trading card game for the past couple of years, at least, and stretches back through its Scarlet and Violet series as well.
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