Four legendary Pokémon joined the 30th Celebration reveal train this week. Kyogre, Groudon, Zacian and Zamazenta all showed up with full Japanese card text: HP, attacks, weaknesses and illustrators. PokeBeach reported it first. The Japanese scans that followed back up every number. What is still missing is the one thing collectors actually price around: an English card number.
That gap matters more than it sounds. Lugia and Ho-Oh already carry English numbers, 121 and 12, because Pokémon's own preview named them. These four only exist right now as M6a cards out of Japan, printed 013, 068, 085 and 086 out of 103. The English 30th Celebration set runs to at least 128 cards before secret rares, so expect different numbers once the U.S. preview lands. Until then, anyone quoting a specific slot for Kyogre or Groudon is guessing.
Kyogre and Groudon come back as the primal pair
Kyogre is a Water Basic with 140 HP, illustrated by Tonji Matsuno. Hydro Pump costs four Energy and does 60 damage, plus 30 more for every Water Energy attached to Kyogre. Stack three or four Water Energy on it and that attack clears 150 in one swing. The card is weak to Lightning, the same trade every big Water attacker in this game makes, and it retreats for four, which is steep for a card built to sit still and charge up.
Groudon is a Fighting Basic, also 140 HP, illustrated by Takumi Wada. Groundbreak costs five Energy and hits for 250, then puts 20 damage on every one of your own Benched Pokémon, and the card text specifically says the Bench ignores weakness and resistance for that part. That is a real cost, not a formality. Run a full bench of fragile attackers and Groundbreak knocks two of them into range for the next hit. It plays like a card built for a deck that keeps its bench thin on purpose.
250 damage keeps showing up on these anniversary Basics. Lugia's Elemental Blast hit the same number back in the first wave of reveals, and it also charged a real cost for it, discarding three Energy types at once. Big numbers with a catch look like the running theme for 30th Celebration's headline Legendaries.
Zacian and Zamazenta arrive as a sword and a shield
Zacian is a Metal Basic with 130 HP, weak to Fire, resistant to Grass, and a two-Energy retreat. AKIRA EGAWA illustrated it. Its cheap attack costs one Energy for 20 damage, jumping to 60 if Zacian is holding a Pokémon Tool. Its expensive attack costs three Energy for 120 damage, translated roughly as Slash Down in the Japanese text, but it locks out the following turn: you cannot use it twice in a row. Read that as a deck built around Tools doing double duty, damage boost and deckbuilding constraint at once.
Zamazenta shares Zacian's HP, weakness, resistance and retreat cost, illustrated instead by Tsuyoshi Nagano. Its cheap attack, close to Fend Off in the Japanese text, discards a Pokémon Tool from the opponent's Active Pokémon before doing 20 damage. That is disruption first, damage second. Its bigger attack costs three Energy for 100 damage and cuts the damage Zamazenta takes on the following turn by 50. Where Zacian pushes damage up, Zamazenta survives the swing back. The games gave the sword and the shield different jobs, and the cards actually follow through on it.
What actually matters for buyers right now
None of this is priced yet, and it should not be. These four only exist through the Japanese printing so far, and 30th Celebration does not release anywhere, English included, until September 16. Anyone selling a graded Kyogre or a locked-in Zacian price today is selling a guess. If you are planning to buy or sell around this set, our buying guide for sellers covers what actually holds up before a set has real sales data behind it.
Condition will matter here the way it always does on cards with wide, even color fields. Kyogre's water and Groudon's lava both fill most of the frame with a single tone, and that is exactly where print lines and surface scuffs show up first under a loupe. Judge the actual scan, not the art alone, once real listings appear.
What is confirmed and what is still open
Confirmed: the artwork, HP, attacks, weaknesses, resistances, retreat costs and illustrators for all four, straight from the Japanese cards. Also confirmed: 30th Celebration releases worldwide on September 16, 2026, the first time Pokémon has launched English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese versions of a set on the same day. Not confirmed: English card numbers, pull rates, secret rare versions, and anything resembling a market price. Our full product guide tracks every box and release date as they get announced.
Frequently asked questions
- What are Kyogre and Groudon's HP and attacks in 30th Celebration?
Kyogre has 140 HP and a four-Energy attack for 60 damage plus 30 more per Water Energy attached to it. Groudon has 140 HP and a five-Energy attack for 250 damage that also puts 20 damage on each of your own Benched Pokémon.
- What type are Zacian and Zamazenta in 30th Celebration?
Both are Metal-type Basic Pokémon with 130 HP, a Fire weakness, a Grass resistance and a two-Energy retreat cost.
- When does Pokémon TCG 30th Celebration release?
The set releases worldwide, in English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese, on September 16, 2026.
