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Pokémon TCG x Santa Cruz Skateboards Collab Drops October 17

Nine Pokémon TCG x Santa Cruz skateboards with card art of Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise, Flareon, Dark Espeon, Mewtwo ex, Jolteon ex, Rayquaza and Flygon
Image: ©2026 Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

Pokémon TCG and Santa Cruz Skateboards are teaming up 🛹 A new Pokémon TCG x Santa Cruz collaboration celebrating 30 years of the Pokémon Trading Card Game drops on October 17 at skate shops worldwide.

This is the first time Pokémon TCG card artwork has been featured on a skateboard.

Release date and time

The collab drops on Saturday, October 17:

  • 6am Pacific Time (PT)
  • 9am Eastern Time (ET)
  • 2pm in the UK and 3pm in Central Europe

It releases at skate shops worldwide, so check with your local skate shop before release day if you want one.

The cards on the boards

Every board features the full artwork of a classic Pokémon card. The image above shows nine of them, and that is not even the full lineup. Boards revealed so far include:

  • Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise from Base Set
  • Flareon from Jungle
  • Dark Espeon from Neo Destiny, in its 1st Edition version
  • Rocket's Mewtwo ex from EX Team Rocket Returns
  • Jolteon ex from EX Delta Species
  • Rayquaza ★ (Gold Star) from EX Deoxys
  • Flygon δ (Delta Species) from EX Holon Phantoms
  • Gardevoir from Secret Wonders
  • Lucario LV.X from Mysterious Treasures
  • Leafeon LV.X from Majestic Dawn

Even more designs are dropping as part of the collab, so expect more classic cards to show up on boards.

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30 years of the Pokémon TCG

The Pokémon Trading Card Game first launched in Japan in 1996, and this collab is part of its 30th anniversary.

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