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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet 9a Announced - Enhanced Expansion Pack Hot Air Arena will release in March 2025!

Published Feb 7 2025 - 11:43am Updated Mar 17 2025 0 Comments 88 Images
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Pokemon News
by AJ Fraser
Total Cards Senior Editor
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet 9a Announced - Enhanced Expansion Pack Hot Air Arena will release in March 2025!

Hot on the heels of Prismatic Evolutions, and a month before Journey Together arrives in the West - Pokemon have announced their 9th set for Scarlet & Violet! The Enhanced Expansion Pack Hot Air Arena (強化拡張パック 熱風のアリーナ also translates to Heat Wave Arena or Hot Wind Arena) will continue the theme of Trainer Pokemon with Cynthia, Misty, Arven and Ethan at the helm!

We've already got some card reveals featuring Pokemon such as Misty's Gyarados, Magikarp & Psyduck as well as Ethan's Ho-Oh ex, Typhlosion, Quilava, Cyndaquil, Magcargo, Slugma & Pichu! That last Pokemon should be a big deal, as this is the first printing of Pichu for TPCi territories since HeartGold & SoulSilver Base Set in 2010. Ethan and Sacred Ash are the Trainer Cards that have been revealed thus far, and we'll translate them down below.

On the Cynthia and Arven sides of things, neither of these have had any reveals thus far, but we know that Cynthia's Garchomp and Arven's Mabosstiff will get a feature due to the pack artwork.

We expect our May set to be comprised of Hot Air Arena and the Glory of Team Rocket, so keep an eye out for reveals about that! As always, be sure to check out our array of Pokemon items, as well as any upcoming pre-orders we may have. Check back to this blog regularly to keep up with any updates!

 

Ethan's Ho-Oh ex – – HP230

Basic Pokemon

Ability Golden Flame
Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Fire Energy from your hand to 1 of your Benched Ethan’s Pokémon.

  Shining Feather 160 damage. Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokemon.
 

Ethan's Typhlosion –  – HP170

Stage 2 (Evolves from Ethan's Quilava)

Buddy Blast: 40+ damage. This attack does 60 more damage for each Ethan's Adventure card in your discard pile.

Steam Artillery: 160 damage.
 

Ethan's Magcargo – – HP130

Stage 1 (Evolves from Ethan's Slugma)

Ability  Melt and Flow
If this Pokemon has no Energy attached, it has no Retreat Cost.

Lava Burst: 70x damage. Discard up to 5 Fire Energy from this Pokemon. This attack does 70 damage for each card you discarded in this way.
 

Misty's Gyarados – – HP180

Stage 1 (Evolves from Misty's Magikarp)

Splashing Panic: 70x damage. Discard the top 7 cards of your deck. This attack does 70 damage times the amount of Misty's Pokemon you find there..

Waterfall: 120 damage.
 

Misty's Magikarp –  – HP30

Basic Pokemon

Ability  Incredible Dive
As long as this Pokemon is on your Bench, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks from your opponent's Pokemon done to this Pokemon.

Splash: 10 damage.
 

Misty's Psyduck –  – HP700

Basic Pokemon

Ability  Slapstick Jump
Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is on your Bench, you may discard the bottom card of your deck. If you do, discard all cards attached to this Pokémon and put it on top of your deck.

Sprinkle Water: 30 damage.
 

Ethan's Pichu –  – HP30

Basic Pokemon

Sparking Draw: 30 damage. Draw a card.
 

Ethan's Adventure – Trainer

Supporter

Search your deck for up to 3 in any combination of Ethan's Pokémon and Basic Energy, reveal them, and put them in your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
 

Sacred Ash – Trainer

Item

Reveal up to 5 Pokémon from your discard pile and shuffle them into your deck