Scope guide to the official Japanese November 6 notice, rechecked November 13. Some new products released from May 2027 are covered; no exact May day, named future product, worldwide price change, stock, retailer checkout or demand was verified.
WHY IT MATTERS
Use the announced ¥230 figure with its Japanese five-card product scope, release boundary and exceptions. It is a dated MSRP reference, not a global pack-price rule or a delivered offer.
The change follows the product’s release, not simply the purchase date
The Pokémon Card Game’s Japanese official site announced a manufacturer suggested retail price revision on November 6. Its notice covers some new products released from May 2027 onward and attributes the revision to rising raw-material costs and other factors. For the listed five-card expansion-pack category, it shows ¥200 including tax for products released through April 2027 and ¥230 including tax for products released from May 2027.
Keep the original release and product identity with the price reference. A purchase made in May does not, by itself, identify a product as one of the newly priced releases. The statement is not evidence that every existing Japanese pack, every later restock or every Pokémon product worldwide changes to ¥230. It supplies no named English equivalent or currency conversion.
The notice includes explicit pricing exceptions
The publisher warns that some expansion packs may have different prices and says products in other price ranges will be priced individually. The five-card count is therefore part of the relevant specification, not a rule that a premium, special or differently configured product must share that MSRP. A box, retailer bundle or imported offer needs its own contents and price record.
The difference between the two stated amounts is ¥30 per pack, or 15% of the earlier ¥200 figure. That arithmetic compares published tax-inclusive MSRPs only. It does not measure a retailer’s margin, delivered import cost, resale value or the chance of opening a particular card. No change to card quality, contents or pull odds should be inferred from the price table.
Use a dated reference rather than one permanent pack price
For a collecting record, save the Japanese product name, original release, stated card count, official MSRP and source date together. For an actual offer, separately record the seller’s quantity, regional edition, tax and delivery terms. The manufacturer reference can help identify a mismatch, but it is not a verified checkout quote or a promise of local availability.
The announcement does not identify all affected future products or an exact day within May. Leave those fields unresolved until each relevant product is named and its specification can be checked. This report has not placed an order, tested a retailer price or established any market-demand or investment outcome.
