Every Delta Reign Illustration Rare and SIR

Delta Reign is Storm Emeralda's English-language release, and it's already made waves in Japan without technically existing over here yet. This post covers all 21 Illustration Rares and Special Illustration Rares in the set, 15 IRs and 6 SIRs, spanning everything from a Groudon and Kyogre still fighting the same fight they started in Hoenn to a quietly excellent Inkay tucked earlier in the print run. Since Delta Reign hasn't hit Western shelves yet, treat this as your complete preview of the set's full-art lineup before it ever reaches a shop shelf.

A note on the images: Delta Reign hasn't localized yet, so most of the artwork shown throughout this post is pulled from the Japanese Storm Emeralda prints. Eevee, Zorua, and Sprigatito are the exceptions, already confirmed on real English and French Delta Reign scans. The illustrations are otherwise identical, just not yet released with English text everywhere. We'll swap in the remaining official English scans once Delta Reign actually lists.

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Illustration Rares

1. Masquerain (?/103)

Masquerain drifts through backlit leaves, wings so thin the light comes straight through them. It looks less like a battling Pokémon and more like something pinned in an old field guide, which tracks for a bug whose whole design is two different insects stitched together and daring you to notice.

2. Growlithe (?/103)

Growlithe grins from a sunlit doorway, tail curled up like it just heard the mail arrive. Every other Growlithe print in memory puts it out in a field somewhere looking fierce. This one is just happy you're home! It's great to see the original form finally get a good IR after it's Hisuian counterpart received the same treatment in Twilight Masquerade.

3. Magmortar (?/103)

Magmortar erupts in sheets of fire and volcanic rock, all elbows and heat. It's been paired with Electivire since the day both of them showed up in Sinnoh, two rejected trade evolutions that turned into an inseparable duo, and this print leans into that history without ever saying so out loud.

4. Kyogre (?/103)

Kyogre tears through a wave big enough to nearly swallow the card whole, churning blue and white foam everywhere. Groudon gets fire below, Kyogre gets water above, and Hoenn has been arguing over which one actually won their fight for twenty years now.

5. Electivire (?/103)

Electivire crackles against a storm it looks like it started on purpose, all jagged purple light. Magmortar already had its moment a few entries back. This is the other half of that same overdue trade, finally sharing a page again.

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6. Pincurchin (?/103)

Pincurchin barely reads as a Pokémon here, more like a photograph of tide-pool spines nobody bothered to develop properly. It's the kind of card you have to be told what you're looking at, and that's clearly the whole point.

7. Enamorus (?/103)

Enamorus drifts through a snowy mountain pass trailing hearts and soft pink light, somehow the gentlest member of a family that spent an entire generation being anything but. Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus never got a card this soft.

8. Groudon (?/103)

Groudon rises out of cracked earth and rolling lava, molten red instead of the usual continent-splitting scale artists reach for. Kyogre gets its own moment elsewhere in this set, and the two of them have been locked in the same fight since Hoenn first put them across from each other on the Ruby & Sapphire covers.

9. Inkay (?/103)

Inkay glows like something scooped off the ocean floor at midnight, all deep blue and drifting light. Flip it upside down and it becomes an entirely different Pokémon, still one of the strangest gimmicks evolution has ever pulled off.

10. Azurill (?/103)

Azurill floats through a garden in soft daylight, round and blue and about as harmless as a Pokémon card gets. Baby Pokémon almost never get treatment this gentle, usually they're background noise next to whatever they eventually become.

11. Altaria (?/103)

Altaria soars through a sky so soft the clouds barely look solid, not a shred of danger anywhere in the frame. Three generations running, collectors have described this cloud dragon as cozy before fierce, and nothing here argues the point.

12. Kecleon (?/103)

Kecleon nearly disappears into a wall of hand-painted flowers, illustrator Tomokazu Komiya turning its whole color-shifting gimmick into literal camouflage against a busy, almost folk-art background. It might be the single best use of Kecleon's identity crisis a card has ever managed.

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13. Eevee (114/103)

Eevee pokes its head out of an open backpack mid-picnic, a thermos and a half-unfolded map spilling out beside it. No Pokémon carries more branching potential than this one, and here it is just along for a walk, not a single evolution in sight.

14. Zorua (?/103)

Zorua drifts high above a lantern-lit town at dusk, illustrator GOSSAN shrinking the whole rooftop skyline down to storybook scale below it. Fitting, since this is a Pokémon whose entire identity runs on never quite looking like what it actually is.

15. Sprigatito (105/103)

Sprigatito leans out over a windowsill packed with orange flowers, sunlight doing most of the work. It was the first Grass starter to ever show up as a cat, and years later it's still the one people bring up first whenever the starter debates start.

Special Illustration Rares

16. Aarune (?/103)

Aarune poses mid-celebration against a full mountain backdrop, all the boy-scout energy you'd expect from the guy who spends an entire storyline cheering new trainers on through the Isle of Armor. He's never once been the strongest character in the room and somehow always the most memorable.

17. Zinnia's Trust (?/103)

Zinnia's Trust puts the Draconid archaeologist against a scene of collapsing ruins, her whole world quite literally falling apart behind her. She had exactly one major storyline in one generation, and collectors have been asking for her back in some form ever since.

18. Mega Golisopod ex (?/103)

Mega Golisopod ex crashes onto the card mid-strike, the battlefield dissolved into streaks of red and green until you can barely tell where the Pokémon ends and the motion begins. Golisopod has spent its whole existence described as shy. Nothing about this card agrees with that reputation.

19. Raikou ex (?/103)

Raikou ex crackles with pink and violet lightning, caught mid-leap like the photo was snapped half a second too early. It's one of three Legendary Beasts that have wandered the region ever since a lab fire in Johto the games still won't fully explain.

20. Mega Golurk ex (?/103)

Mega Golurk ex swings a glowing fist straight at the reader, cracked purple ruins lit up by its own molten knuckles. It's spent every generation since its debut looking like ancient machinery that woke up angry about being buried, and this is the angriest it's ever looked.

21. Mega Rayquaza ex (?/103)

Mega Rayquaza ex closes out the main lineup wrapped in a full wall of fire and green energy. It won't be the last Rayquaza on this page, either, the gold version is one section down, and between the two of them this Pokémon owns more real estate on this list than anything else here.

Bonus: Mega Hyper Rare

Mega Rayquaza ex (?/103), Illus. takuyoa

Every Mega Evolution era set eventually hands its own headline mascot the gold treatment, and Delta Reign is no exception. Illustrator takuyoa strips the color away entirely, letting etched, temple-carving linework do all the talking with no background needed at all.

Why Delta Reign Has Collectors Excited

• Several entries connect directly to each other: Groudon and Kyogre's rivalry, Magmortar and Electivire's paired history, and two separate Mega Rayquaza ex prints bookending opposite ends of the lineup

• Zinnia's Trust marks a real return for a character who's had exactly one major storyline appearance since her debut, precisely the kind of pull that gets collectors talking

• Eevee, Zorua, and Sprigatito rounding out the Illustration Rare count with genuine English and French confirmations means this lineup isn't purely speculative, three cards are already locked in

• The bonus gold Mega Rayquaza ex keeps a running Mega Evolution era tradition alive, and its own finishing attack literally shares the set's name

• With no Western market data live yet, this lineup is worth tracking early, before Delta Reign's English release sets a price baseline

Key Takeaways

• 21 total cards covered: 15 Illustration Rares and 6 Special Illustration Rares (English card numbers written as ?/103 until Delta Reign is fully listed)

• Three entries, Eevee, Zorua, and Sprigatito, are already confirmed on real English and French Delta Reign scans, revealing the set's actual code (DLR) and a 103-card base set

• Groudon and Kyogre's decades-old rivalry, Magmortar and Electivire's overdue reunion, and Zinnia's long-awaited return all show up across these 15 Illustration Rares

• A bonus Mega Hyper Rare closes things out: the gold Mega Rayquaza ex, continuing the Mega Evolution era's habit of handing every set's mascot a gold treatment

• Delta Reign is the English-language counterpart to Japan's Storm Emeralda, which released July 31, 2026

Final Thoughts

Twenty-one cards in, plus a bonus Mega Hyper Rare, and the through-line here isn't power level, it's connection. Groudon and Kyogre still fighting the fight they started in Hoenn. Magmortar and Electivire finally sharing a page again. Zinnia showing back up after one generation away. Storm Emeralda already proved this set delivers on both sides of the Pacific, and between a card whose own attack is named after the set itself and a lineup this stacked with callbacks, Delta Reign came by its name honestly. Once it actually lands on shelves, expect this exact roster to set the tone for how the whole set gets remembered. For a look at how many of these same illustrations are already performing overseas, see our full Best Pokémon Storm Emeralda Cards rundown.

FAQ

What is Delta Reign in the Pokémon TCG?

Delta Reign is the English-language release of Storm Emeralda, a Mega Evolution era set that released in Japan on July 31, 2026. It carries the same card lineup, just localized rarity names and text; exact English numbering is still TBD for most of the set, though a few cards (Eevee, Sprigatito) are already confirmed at 103 cards in the base set under the code DLR.

How many Illustration Rares and Special Illustration Rares are in Delta Reign?

Twenty-one total: 15 Illustration Rares and 6 Special Illustration Rares, plus one bonus Mega Hyper Rare (the gold Mega Rayquaza ex) covered separately outside that count. Exact English card numbers are still TBD for most entries since Delta Reign has not been fully listed yet; this post will get a numbering refresh once that information is confirmed.

What is the difference between Illustration Rare and Special Illustration Rare?

Illustration Rare (IR) is the standard full-art tier, while Special Illustration Rare (SIR) sits one tier above it with a more elaborate alternate illustration along with texture. In Storm Emeralda, Delta Reign's Japanese counterpart, these correspond to the Art Rare (AR) and Special Art Rare (SAR) tiers, terms specific to Japanese-language sets.

When does Delta Reign release?

Delta Reign is scheduled to be released on November 6, 2026 as the last main set of the year.