Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze Expansion Availability Timeline

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The schedule below outlines the timeline for when the new Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze expansion will become available in the game.

 

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020

• 09:45 PDT (16:45 UTC) - Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze expansion cards, blister promo cards, Evolution Pack promo cards, theme deck packaging, and Elite Trainer Box sleeves and deck boxes become visible in the game.
  • If you are logged in when these items become visible in the game you may need to log out and back in to the client before they appear for you.
• 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC) - The time-lock on Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze booster packs and Evolution Packs expires, and these items can be opened. Code cards from Sword & Shield—Rebel Clash theme deck, blister, and Elite Trainer Box products can be redeemed. Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze cards can be used in Versus and Trainer Challenge.

 

Friday, Aug. 14, 2020

• 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC) - Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze booster packs and theme decks are available in the in-game Shop for Trainer Tokens.
• ~12:00 PDT (~19:00 UTC) - Sword & Shield—Rebel Clash booster pack rewards for finishing 1st-4th place a Tournament are replaced by Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze booster packs.

 

Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020

• 17:00 PDT (Aug. 28, 2020 00:00 UTC) - Sword & Shield—Darkness Ablaze cards can be used in Tournaments.

 

Monday, Aug. 31, 2020

• ~12:00 PDT (~19:00 UTC) - Booster pack rewards for finishing 1st-4th place in a Tournament revert to a combination of booster packs from the most recent, regular expansion and random boosters for 1st and 2nd place finishers, and random boosters only for 3rd and 4th place finishers.