The Destined Rivals Build & Battle Box was released as a prelude to the Destined Rivals expansion and offered people the opportunity to experience the cards before their general release on May 30, 2025. Tournaments were typically held on the weekends of May 17-18 and May 24-25, 2025. Boxes could also be purchased from stores in the Prerelease Program from May 17, 2025.
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Each box included a ready-to-play 40-card deck plus four Destined Rivals booster packs to potentially integrate useful cards into it. Decks comprised two of four possible groups of cards, including a promotional card, as well as 17 basic Energy cards and an assortment of Trainer cards. The possible promotional cards included Ethan's Typhlosion, Misty's Gyarados, Team Rocket's Mimikyu, and Team Rocket's Tyranitar. Destined Rivals Build & Battle Boxes were categorized as Play Level 2.
The boxes could provide exclusive Non Holofoil versions of cards only available as Holofoil in Destined Rivals booster packs: Ethan's Typhlosion, Misty's Gyarados, and Team Rocket's Tyranitar.
