Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from May, 2025

Inferno X Set Release Details Announced! Featuring Mega Charizard X

According to a recent article from PokeBeach , the Inferno X set will be releasing on September 26th in Japan. This set is set to feature Mega Charizard X, and follows the Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia sets, which showcases Mega Lucario ex and Mega Gardevoir ex (releasing August 1st).  The current timeline for the Japanese sets is the following: June 6th: Black Bolt and White Flare August 1st: Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia September 5th: Starter Set Mega Genger ex and Starter Set Mega Diancie ex September 26th: Inferno X The last time we saw Mega Charizard ex was back in 2016, so I'm expecting the hype for this set to be quite something, especially as collectors and PokeInvestor bros sit out in the sweltering heat in front of GameStops for a chance to cop a single item.  I am also expecting the Pokemon Center website to be swarmed as well, so the momentum will definitely be there as we move on from the Scarlet and Violet TCG series to revisiting Mega Evolutions once again, whi...

Pokemon Center Implementing New Bot Prevention Measures

Pokemon Center has been making Pokemon drops pretty regularly these last few weeks - usually spanning once or twice a week. Although, that doesn't come without challenges. Bots continue to overrun the queue and get through without many issues, as a lot of these bot providers continue to try their best with engineering any prevention updates Pokemon Center throws their way. However, this past Friday, something rather interesting happened... Pokemon Center queue had gone up a few times during the day, causing many people to rush to the site in the hopes of securing whatever drop was happening. As the minutes past, it became obvious nothing was dropping and rather a false alarm? I mean, it can happen! A lot of these monitor bots these Pokemon restock servers implement tend to look out for backend changes that happen to the site, alerting people of the queue going up.  The track record for that has been pretty impressive, but this past Friday, nothing came of it. What was interesting, ...