Scarlet & Violet is the first expansion in the Scarlet & Violet  series, first introduced during the 2022 Pokémon World Championships, and celebrates the return of the Pokémon-ex gameplay mechanics, which can appear at any stage of development and feature high HP and powerful attacks and abilities feature. Inspired by the phenomenon of Teracrystallization from the video games Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, the expansion introduces Teracrystal Pokémon-ex with unique embossed illustrations highlighting its Tera-types. These new cards follow the same rules as Pokémon-ex, but do not take damage from attacks while on the Bench.