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Updated · pokebeach.com · Aug 20

Delta Reign Reveals 135-Plus Cards for Nov. 6 Release as Mega Rayquaza ex Headlines Set

Updated

Updated · pokebeach.com · Aug 20

Delta Reign Reveals 135-Plus Cards for Nov. 6 Release as Mega Rayquaza ex Headlines Set

Q: With Kyogre removed from booster packs, which hidden Illustration Rare will become Delta Reign's most expensive chase card?

The likeliest answer is **Kecleon**. With **Kyogre** confirmed as the Elite Trainer Box promo rather than a booster-pack Illustration Rare, the top “hidden” IR inside packs shifts to the remaining lower-profile art rares. Based on early coverage of **Storm Emeralda**, the Japanese counterpart to **Delta Reign**, Kecleon is repeatedly singled out as the standout non-legendary Illustration Rare and one of the set’s surprise collector favorites. Several previews describe it as a genuine chase despite Mega Rayquaza dominating the set. That matters because the obvious premium cards in Delta Reign are expected to be the **Mega Rayquaza ex Special Illustration Rare**, the **Mega Rayquaza Mega Hyper Rare**, and likely **Raikou ex SIR** and **Zinnia’s Trust SIR**. But the question is specifically about the **hidden Illustration Rare** that could become the most expensive after Kyogre’s removal from packs. On that narrower point, Kecleon has the strongest buzz. Other IR candidates such as **Groudon**, **Altaria**, **Inkay**, **Azurill**, and **Growlithe** have admirers, but the available market commentary most consistently points to Kecleon as the sleeper card with the best chance to command the highest price among standard Illustration Rares still left in booster packs. So unless English-set changes introduce a new surprise from the Japanese Mega Starter Decks, **Kecleon is the best bet to become Delta Reign’s priciest hidden Illustration Rare chase card**.

3 articles · Updated · pokebeach.com · Aug 20

More than 135 cards will make up Pokémon TCG’s Delta Reign, with the full English reveal confirming four Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, six Pokémon ex, 14 illustration rares and six special illustration rares.
November 6 is the retail launch date, with prerelease events set for October 24 to November 1 and Pokémon Center preorders expected to open in September based on recent set timing.
Kyogre’s Illustration Rare from Japan’s Storm Emeralda will be removed from the main set and repurposed as the Elite Trainer Box promo, one of several English-specific product changes.
The expansion also introduces split Legendary Stadium cards and appears to combine 110-plus cards from Japan’s Storm Emeralda with 30 cards from MEGA Starter Decks, making it the first English multi-source set since Phantasmal Flames.