Summary
- The Pokemon TCG announces collaboration with Boss Coffee for an exclusive Team Rocket set.
- Fans can expect limited-edition releases of Boss EX Evolution Mild Sweet, a giveaway campaign, and new cards.
- The promotion is exclusive to Japan and begins on May 6, 2025.
The Pokemon Company has announced another collaboration between the Pokemon Trading Card Game and the Boss Coffee brand, celebrating a new Team Rocket set with the offer of unmissable, exclusive goodies. Boss Coffee is a brand of canned and plastic bottled coffee and coffee-flavored drinks in Japan distributed by Suntory, and the company has collaborated with the Pokemon TCG once before at the start of the year, offering nine different TCG-inspired pillows and an “evolving” Fuecoco jacket.
The Pokemon TCG has thrived since its 1996 debut in Japan and 1998 in the West, spanning over ten main series published originally by Magic: The Gathering distributor Wizards of the Coast before transferring to The Pokemon Company. The digital version of the trading card game Pokemon Pocket welcomed 2025 with a McDonalds collaboration. Fans could purchase a Happy Meal to earn TCG booster packs and redeemable Pocket-exclusive codes, which added to the IP’s long history of brand partnerships.
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Boss Coffee will release cans of the Boss EX Evolution Mild Sweet exclusively in Japan, featuring the Team Rocket trading cards from May 6, 2025. Pokemon fans can also enter a Giant Rocket’s Sakaki campaign for the chance to win a special Giovanni trading card and jacket. The Pokemon Company recently revealed the new Team Rocket-themed Pokemon TCG set, announcing Giovanni’s Pokemon cards Meowth, Persian, and Mewtwo alongside several new Trainer cards. The Japanese Glory of Team Rocket set will include 98 cards and debut on April 18, with a global release featured in the Destined Rivals expansion on May 30.
Second Pokemon TCG x Boss Coffee Collaboration Announced to Celebrate New Team Rocket Set
The Pokemon community was delighted to hear of another Boss Coffee collab, despite a large chunk of Western trainers being disappointed that the campaign was restricted to Japanese players. Fans will remember the OG Team Rocket set that served as the fifth expansion in the trading card game back in 2000, and Pokemon TCG players are still sharing incredible pulls from the vintage Team Rocket booster packs.
Circling back to the lucrative franchise’s rich history of partnerships, Pokemon has had a long list of collaborations during its fame. Singers Katy Perry and Post Malone helped celebrate the franchise’s 25th anniversary with the latter performing as a 3D model in a virtual concert. Pokemon also joined forces with Koei Tecmo’s turn-based strategy franchise Nobunaga’s Ambition, and since the games are based on Japan’s civil unrest during the Sengoku Period, it made for an interesting union.
