Celebrations was released on 8 October 2021, in the Sword & Shield series.
Celebrations release date
Celebrations launched on 8 October 2021 as a Sword & Shield-series expansion. It carries 25 main-set cards, or 25 counting its 0 secret rares — the #38 largest set Nomekop tracks by printed count, with 0 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares in the pool and marquee Pokémon like .
What the 2021 set brought
The standout cards that arrived with Celebrations:
- Mew (#25) — Rare Holo (~$74.20)
- Flying Pikachu VMAX (#7) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$8.74)
- Surfing Pikachu VMAX (#9) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$8.70)
- Pikachu (#5) — Rare Holo (~$8.21)
- Surfing Pikachu V (#8) — Rare Holo V (~$5.17)
Its top card on the secondary market is Mew (#25), around $74.20.
Star Pokémon from the Celebrations release
The marquee Pokémon that debuted (or returned) in Celebrations, with their prints:
Where Celebrations sits in the lineup
Among the sets Nomekop tracks, Celebrations is the #38 largest set Nomekop tracks. With no reverse holos or ball-pattern variants, a complete Celebrations is its 25-card checklist — the 8 October 2021 release still gives collectors a tidy, self-contained set to finish.
Figures from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.