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Mega Evolution Delta Reign: Release Date, Chase Cards & Early Prices

Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Delta Reign arrives in English on November 6, 2026. You don’t have to guess what its chase cards are worth: Delta Reign is built on the Japanese set Storm Emeralda, which has been on sale in Japan since July 31, and PokéTT has tracked more than a thousand of its real sales. Here is what the market is already paying, and what that can (and can’t) tell you about the English cards.

English release
Nov 6, 2026
Japanese version
Storm Emeralda (M6)
Top JP card (raw)
$717

Release date, size and products

The Pokémon Company confirmed Delta Reign for a worldwide November 6, 2026 release, headlined by Mega Rayquaza ex alongside Mega Golurk ex, Mega Malamar ex and Mega Golisopod ex, with “over 135 cards” and more than 35 special-illustration cards (pokemon.com). Early set lists put the English set at about 140 cards — the Japanese original has 113 — with prerelease events reported for October 24 to November 1 (Bill’s Archive).

  • Booster pack $4.49 · Booster display (36 packs) $161.64
  • Elite Trainer Box $49.99 (Pokémon Center edition $59.99)
  • Booster Bundle (6 packs) $26.94 · Build & Battle Box $21.99

MSRPs as listed by PokeGuardian. Storm Emeralda itself launched in Japan on July 31, 2026 at ¥200 a pack, 5 cards per pack (Pokémon Japan).

What the chase cards sell for in Japan

These are the medians of real ungraded sales of the Japanese Storm Emeralda cards over the last 60 days, with the number of sales behind each price. Two cards carry almost the whole set:

Storm Emeralda (JP) — median ungraded sale, last 60 days
PokéTT data as of September 25, 2026 — median of recorded sales, never a single listing.

The Mega Rayquaza ex special art is the liquid chase card: 284 sales in two months at a $248 median. Graded copies already trade far higher — the PSA 10 median is about $987 on a still-small sample of 7 sales. The gold Mega Rayquaza ex is rarer and sells for roughly three times as much. After the two Rayquazas the drop is steep: Raikou ex is the only other special art near $40, and the other Mega special arts sit under $10.

Why Japanese prices are a signal, not a forecast
English and Japanese versions of the same card are different products with different print runs and buyers. English chase cards often sell for more than their Japanese twins, but the gap varies card by card — see Japanese vs English cards. What transfers reliably is the ranking: the Japanese market has already shown which cards collectors want most. Expect English prices to swing hard in the first weeks, as they did with 30th Celebration.

Is Delta Reign worth opening?

On the Japanese data, the value of a Delta Reign box rides almost entirely on pulling one of the two Mega Rayquaza ex cards. No official pull rates have been published yet, so any “expected value” number you see before release is a guess. We will publish English prices on the Rayquaza hub as soon as the first sales come in, and you can follow the full Japanese set, card by card, on the Storm Emeralda page.

Key takeaways
  • Delta Reign releases in English on November 6, 2026; it is the English version of Japan’s Storm Emeralda (July 31, 2026).
  • In Japan, the gold Mega Rayquaza ex sells for about $717 ungraded and the special-art Mega Rayquaza ex for about $248 (PSA 10 ≈ $987).
  • Raikou ex special art (~$39) is the only other card near $40 — the set’s value is concentrated in Rayquaza.
  • Japanese prices show which cards collectors want; English prices usually differ and are volatile at launch.
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