Pokémon Center collapsed under its own demand on 10 June 2026, locking thousands of fans out of preorders for Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution, Pitch Black before many had a chance to reach the checkout.
Pokémon Center opened preorders for Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution, Pitch Black on Wednesday, 10 June, sending enough traffic to the official store that the site became briefly inaccessible for tens of thousands of Trainers who rushed to lock in Elite Trainer Boxes, Booster Bundles and Booster Boxes. The fifth English expansion in The Pokémon Company's Mega Evolution series, it is set for a global release on 17 July 2026, and what should have been a straightforward preorder launch quickly became an hours-long ordeal for fans across the United States.
