# When did Celebrations come out?

> Celebrations was released on 8 October 2021, in the Sword & Shield series.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/when-did-celebrations-come-out — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/cel25-25) — Rare Holo (~$74.20)
- [Flying Pikachu VMAX (#7)](/card/cel25-7) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$8.74)
- [Surfing Pikachu VMAX (#9)](/card/cel25-9) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$8.70)
- [Pikachu (#5)](/card/cel25-5) — Rare Holo (~$8.21)
- [Surfing Pikachu V (#8)](/card/cel25-8) — 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.