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'''POP packs''' were special [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon TCG]] {{TCG|Booster pack|Booster packs}} that only contained two cards. Introduced in September 2004, the POP sets were released roughly once every six months until September 2009. There were nine POP sets in total: {{TCG|POP Series 1|Series 1}}, {{TCG|POP Series 2|Series 2}}, {{TCG|POP Series 3|Series 3}}, {{TCG|POP Series 4|Series 4}}, {{TCG|POP Series 5|Series 5}}, {{TCG|POP Series 6|Series 6}}, {{TCG|POP Series 7|Series 7}}, {{TCG|POP Series 8|Series 8}} and {{TCG|POP Series 9|Series 9}}, each with 17 cards, plus variants. They were created to bring useful cards that had been {{TCG|Rotation|rotated}} out of play back into the game, as well as exclusive cards. With an increasing number of alternate-art Promo cards in Japan, the latest POP sets also served as a means of releasing them in English. The usefulness of these sets had been the subject of debate within the Pokémon community; collectors praising PUSA for bringing these cards to the west, while they faced scrutiny by players, as many cards were the same as those in the current Modified format.

Initially, POP packs could only be acquired by participating in Pokémon Organized Play events, but after leagues no longer distributed them, they were often included in Value Packs, etc. sold in stores.