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Pokémon USA has produced a press release for the new trading card game expansion:

'''Press Release: POKÉMON TCG: DIAMOND & PEARL'''

'''NEW POKÉMON, NEW ADVENTURES — POKÉMON TRADING CARD GAME EXPANSION ADDS DOZENS OF NEW CHARACTERS!''' [[Image:N07_0319_dpcard001lg.jpg‎|thumb|right|Dialga card; image from PE2K.com]]

''Eagerly'' Awaited Diamond & Pearl ''Expansion Has All-New Look!'' 

Pokémon today announced the latest '''Pokémon''' Trading Card Game expansion, ''Diamond & Pearl'', to be released on May 23. The expansion features more than 120 cards, including more than 50 brand-new Pokémon for players to collect for the very first time. 

[[Image:N07_0319_dppack2.jpg‎|thumb|left|Palkia booster pack; image from PE2K.com]]
In ''Diamond & Pearl'', players will explore the never-before-seen [[bp:Sinnoh|Sinnoh]] region in search of all-new Pokémon like the legendary {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}}. With new gameplay— including the exciting Pokémon LV.X that make Pokémon more powerful—new attacks, and even a new look that incorporates [[bp:Pokédex|Pokédex]] information for each Pokémon, Diamond & Pearl will take every player to the next level. 

The Pokémon TCG: ''Diamond & Pearl'' expansion will be available in three 60-card theme decks— Terra Firma, Inferno Zone and Royal Frost —and in booster packs. Theme decks and booster packs go on sale in stores May 23, priced at $11.99 for the theme decks and $3.79 for the booster packs. Each booster pack features 10 randomly inserted game cards. Theme decks include a unique coin, an updated rulebook, card list, a one-player playmat and damage counters.

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The set is planned for release one month after the new games, Pokémon [[bp:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|Diamond and Pearl]] are released.