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The Sun & Moon Era (Japanese: ポケモンカードゲーム サン&ムーン Pokémon Card Game Sun & Moon) is series of Pokémon Trading Card Game sets and products released by The Pokémon Company (TPC), Pokémon Korea and Pokémon Shanghai in asian markets. It is the first Era where sets have been released Thai, Indonesian, Traditional Chinese & Simplified Chinese, however as these markets were behind they received different releases as the Japanese and Korean releases in an effort to catch up to those markets.
Series chronology
The Pokémon Company oversees Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian and Thai releases, Pokémon Korea oversees Korean releases and Pokémon Shanghai oversees Simplified Chinese releases. Each of these companies may order sets released in their markets differently, or even tweak the cards in their releases as Pokémon Korea gives their cards the same yellow borders found in the Sun & Moon Series sets released by The Pokémon Company International, but they broadly all contain the same cards in the same releases.
Set characteristics
Card design and layout
Card rarities
Gameplay and card mechanic changes
As with any series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the Sun & Moon Era introduced a number of new card types, and changes to existing card types which introduce new mechanics into the game. This section will go over all the new types of cards introduced in the Sun & Moon Era. All cards from the Sun & Moon Era have and can be distinguished by a regulation mark of 
, 
, or 
.
Pokémon-GX
Ultra Beast
TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX
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Shining Pokémon
Prism Star
TAG TEAM Supporter
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Releases
Japanese & Korean Releases
These releases were all initially released in the Japanese Market by The Pokémon Company, they all have release numbers that start with prefix "SM". Korean-Exclusive releases aren't given a set prefix.
Traditional Chinese, Indonesian & Thai Releases
These releases were all initially released in the Non-Japanese markets controlled by The Pokémon Company in an effort to catch up to the Japanese sets. "AS" (Asian Set) Series sets typically combine cards from 2 Main Set "SM" Series releases and all have release numbers that start with prefix "AS". "AC" (Asian Collection) Series sets typically combine cards from 4 Main Set "SM" Series releases and all have release numbers that start with prefix "AC".
Simplified Chinese Releases
These releases were all initially released in the Simplified Chinese market by Pokémon Shanghai in an effort to catch up to the Japanese sets. They combine cards from multiple Main Set "SM" Series releases and all have release numbers that start with prefix "CSM".
Merchandise
- Main article: Sword & Shield TCG Era merchandise
Merchandise released during the Sword & Shield Era varied wildly between different markets, as the different companies distributing the TCG released vastly different products and accessories. Broadly speaking, In Japan, the Pokémon Center stores continued their longstanding tradition of releasing a set of Picture frames, deck boxes, card sleeves, playmats and other accessories on a near-monthly basis largely timing in with every main expansion and subset release.
In Korea, Pokémon Korea typically releases the same deck boxes and sleeves as are available in Japan, in addition to occasionally releasing their own merchandise not available in other markets. Trainer boxes are released more sporadically.
In Mainland China, Pokémon Shanghai typically releases a set of Deck boxes, sleeves, playmats and card binders with every main expansion release featuring artwork from the main expansion booster packs that is unique to this market. Most merchandise from other markets is not available in Mainland China.
Gallery
Logos
Japanese Series logo
Korean Series logo
In other languages
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Resources
- Japanese Trainers site
- Taiwanese Trainers site
- Indonesian Trainers site
- Thai Trainers site
- Simplified Chinese Trainers site
- Korean Trainers site
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This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. |