Raging Surf (Japanese:強化拡張パック レイジングサーフEnhanced Expansion Pack: Raging Surf) is the name given to the third Japanese subset released during thePokémon Trading Card Game's Scarlet & Violet Era. This subset, which is designed for use inSealed format tournaments, features a variety ofLegendary andMythical Pokémon, as well as rare Pokémon such asGholdengo.
Enhanced Expansion Pack: Raging Surf continued to introduce type-shiftedTeraPokémon ex after their introduction in the previousRuler of the Black Flame set. It also reintroducedTechnical Machine cards, which were last seen in theRising Rivals expansion — Technical Machine cards as of this set are categorized asPokémon Tool cards. Each booster pack of Raging Surf contains five cards.
Raging Surf is designed for use inSealed format tournaments, in which participants are provided with sealed TCG products and have to build and battle their decks using only cards pulled from those products, along with any other cards provided by the tournament staff. To this end, certain cards such asSwitch andRare Candy see reprints in this subset.
Raging Surf was released in Japanese on September 22, 2023, followed by localized releases in Traditional Chinese on September 29, 2023, in Korean on October 13, 2023, and in Thai on October 27, 2023.
The majority of cards that debuted in Raging Surf were introduced inParadox Rift, the rest were introduced inPaldean Fates.
