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Fan-shared images of Pokemon’s Abyss Eye secret rare cards surfaced Wednesday, days ahead of the Japanese release Friday and Pitch Black’s July rollout.
Secret rares from the upcoming Abyss Eye Pokemon trading card set started leaking onto social media this week, two days before the Japanese set’s Friday release and roughly two months before the English equivalent, Pitch Black, lands stateside.
Abyss Eye is the fourth Japanese Mega Evolution set, anchored by Mega Darkrai ex, the card making its TCG debut as the set’s mascot. The Pokemon TCG news site PokeBeach posted the first wave of fan-leaked images Wednesday morning, with site founder Jon updating the page as more cards surface.
The set runs to 117 cards: 81 in the base numbering plus 36 art rare, special art rare and ultra rare cards above the regulation mark. Pokemon Japan officially confirmed the full list on May 15. The Bill’s Archive collector site published the complete card-by-card breakdown with type, rarity and number the same day.
Mega Excadrill ex and Rampardos ex anchor a fossil sub-theme inside the set. The Darkness core leans on Mega Darkrai ex, Inkay, Malamar, Zarude and Chi-Yu. A heavy Ghost-type lineup is led by Mega Chandelure ex, with Banette, Spiritomb, Marshadow and the Sinistea evolution line rounding out the type.
Other ex cards include Lurantis ex in Grass, Wailord ex in Water, Tapu Koko ex in Lightning, Rampardos ex in Fighting and Morpeko ex in Darkness. Gym leader Gwynn gets a card. Silvally and Gladion appear as connected-art partners.
The mechanical news is Shadow Energy. The new card type shields Benched Darkness Pokemon from all damage, giving the format’s Darkness archetype a hard pivot toward survivability. Bolt Lightning Energy and Dark Bell round out the support cards.
Abyss Eye launches in Japan on Friday with a booster box and individual five-card packs at ¥200 retail. Pitch Black, the English release, arrives July 17 with a card list expected to mirror Abyss Eye almost exactly. The collector community is tracking the secret-rare reveals in real time on r/PokeInvesting as new images post.
The set sits inside a busy Mega Evolution arc for the TCG. Pokemon Japan deliberately delayed its official Abyss Eye trailer by four hours to align the reveal with a real-world new moon in Japan, per Bill’s Archive. That coordination signals how much marketing weight is on this drop.
Whether the secondary market holds through Pitch Black’s English print run is the question collectors and resellers will price into eBay throughout July.
Friday’s Japanese drop is the early price-setting moment. The English print run in July will decide whether it holds.
