Gem Pack Vol. 1 - Everything You Need To Know

Everything you need to know about “Gem Pack Vol. 1”

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Gem Pack Vol.1 was released on the 17th of January 2025 in Mainland China. Pokémon China described the set as a first of its kind collection experience for trainers who love to collect Pokémon cards. Note: This is you in case you weren’t sure.

Release Details:

1. Name: “Gem Pack Vol. 1” 宝石包
2. Release date of set: 17 January 2025
3. Location: Mainland China
4. Language of cards: Simplified Chinese
5. Print quality: Printed in Japan

Booster Box details:
- 4x cards in a pack
- 15x packs in a box

Exclusive Cards

To celebrate this set, Pokémon China released 4 Simplified Chinese exclusive cards. Each of these 4 cards illustrate a fan-favourite trainer from Pokémon Horizons: The Series, along with their respective Pokémon.

The cards also include a Pokémon Horizons stamp on either the bottom left or bottom right of the cards.

Reverse Holos, Foils and Stamps

To make this set even more flashy aka collectible, most of the cards each have 4 new Holo and Foil Patterns, as well as a Gem Pack Stamp.

Energy Holo
Poké Ball Holo
Glitter Foil
Prismatic Foil
Master Ball Holo
Gem Pack Stamp

What cards can you find in this set?

Typical to Simplified Chinese Pokémon sets, they’ve combined cards from multiple sets already released in the Scarlet & Violet era.

You’ll find “shinies” from Paldean Fates, illustrations rares from Paldea Evolved, the promo card from the Paldea Adventure chest and card artwork from Scarlet & Violet Base set.

New Rarity

For the first time for Simplified Chinese Pokémon products, they have launched a new rarity marking in the Gem Pack Vol 1 set.

Namely:

Common ●
Uncommon ◆
Rare ★
Double Rare ★★
Triple Rare ★★★

Of the 4 cards in each pack, 3 are either ● or ◆ rarity and the remainder card is either ★, ★★, or ★★★ rarity.

Promo Pack

These packs were given out in Mainland China to trainers who either bought 30 packs or 2 full boxes of this set. The pack only contains one card, which you would find in the Paldea Evolved Elite Trainer Box (in English).