However, also keep in mind your local COVD restrictions. You may need to 'shop around' and check multiple McDonalds to see if they have any in stock before buying your Happy Meal. However, with Pokémon cards being so immensely popular, both scalpers and hardcore collectors have already strained the supply, meaning the chances of finding the cards is drastically reduced.

McDonalds nor the Pokémon Company have given an end date for the promotion. If you were curious, here in the UK we have delightful wildlife-themed Top Trumps cards as our current promotion, which I suppose is essentially what Pokémon is? Currently, the promotion is limited to The United States, though a Canadian equivalent is rumored. In theory, the pack of four cards should be given away with each Happy Meal, just like the usual free toy.

Those cards will be released in monthly batches, starting with the Sword and Shield starters in March, and ending with the Red and Blue starters in October. It's worth noting that these cards aren't the same as the jumbo-sized First Partners series cards that are also being released to celebrate the 25 th Anniversary. The full list of cards (with all both available in normal and foil prints) are:

Pokemon ex in every pack