This card was included in the Scarlet & Violet expansion, first released in the Japanese Scarlet ex expansion. Three Parallel Holofoil versions of this card with different stamps in the bottom right corner of the artwork were given away with eligible Pokémon Trading Card Game purchases at participating stores in various countries starting March 31, 2023. Variants featuring a red GameStop logo were available at GameStop stores in the United States and Canada with a $15 minimum purchase.[1]
Variants featuring the Scarlet & Violet expansion logo were available at retailers WHSmith, Smyths, Waterstones, or Toymaster in the United Kingdom,[2] as well as specific local game stores such as Toys & Games Of Worcester[3] and Tigeroo Toys[4] with a purchase of £15 or more; and at Eason stores or Smyths stores in Ireland with at least a €15 purchase.[2] Game Mania stores in the Netherlands; retailers Game Mania, DreamLand, Jactal, and MediaMarkt in Belgium;[5] King Jouet stores in France;[6] and select locations in Germany[7] all gave away a copy of this variant with purchases worth at least €20. In Italy, it was available with purchases worth at least €25 at retailers GameStop, Games Academy, Cidiverte/GameLife, Finiper, Coop Italia, Iper La grande i, Aspiag, Mornati Paglia, SME, or Il Gigante,[8][5] as well as local stores such as Funside Campania.[9]
In Switzerland, the Scarlet & Violet logo variant was available from Card Maniac with at least a CHF 20 purchase.[10] It was also available at several retailers in Nordic territories, including BR Toys stores in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden; XS Toys stores in Finland and Sweden; Ringo stores in Norway; and Lekia stores in Norway and Sweden.[5] The distribution method in these territories varied, with some stores giving away this variant to the first number of customers to make a TCG purchase rather than of a specific value.[11][12] Participating stores in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, as well as those in Hong Kong selling English localizations of the TCG, gave away this variant with the purchase of more than two Scarlet & Violet booster packs.[13][14][15][16]
Another variant featuring an EB Games logo was later distributed in Australia and New Zealand with at least a $20 purchase at participating EB Games stores or through their online shop. Its original announcement[2] suggested that it would feature the Scarlet & Violet expansion logo, available between April 6 to April 20, 2023, and given away with at least a $15 purchase.
A Cosmos Holofoil version of this card was included in the Oinkologne ex Box, released on November 3, 2023.
