The Pokémon Company has revealed three promo cards and a fresh batch of merchandise for the Pokémon World Championships and PokémonXP, giving players and attendees their first look at the event-only items that will define August in San Francisco. The set includes Paradise Resort, Pikachu and a stamped Rayquaza card, along with the Welcome Kit and two themed Pikachu plush.

The reveal landed after the North America International Championships and lands now because the first PokémonXP is coming with the annual Pokémon World Championships. That timing matters: competitors can see what is tied to the tournament before they arrive, and fans can see what belongs to the new convention alongside it. The Pokémon Company says PokémonXP is an official fan convention running at the same time as the World Championships, which remain strictly competitive.

Paradise Resort is the most limited of the three cards. It will only go to players who compete at the event, while the Pikachu card will be available at the show and at local events run by Play! Pokémon. The stamped Rayquaza card has the broadest reach of all: every attendee of the Pokémon World Championships and PokémonXP will receive one. That split turns the reveal into more than a merch drop. It maps the event into tiers, with one card reserved for competitors, one shared across the wider Play! Pokémon circle, and one handed to everyone on site.

The Welcome Kit follows the same logic. It is for players who sign up to compete, and it includes a backpack, a playmat, sleeves, a t-shirt, a hat and other merchandise themed to the World Championships. The plush lineup also points to the two-track shape of the week: one World Championships Pikachu wears a crown and a cape, while the PokémonXP plush puts Pikachu in a space suit. The message is clear without needing more packaging around it. The competition is one event, the fan convention is another, and the giveaway table now reflects both.

What remains unresolved is the simple math of August. The championships are set for San Francisco from August 28-20, but the exact span is stated in that order, leaving the calendar detail awkwardly presented even as the promotional plan is now public. What is not awkward is the structure behind it: competitors, attendees and local participants will not be treated the same, and that is the point. The cards and merch tell you, before the doors open, who the event is built for.