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As of 31 October 2026. Pokémon cards are back in McDonald's Happy Meals, with a collection of 15 cards and 15 toys. The Pokémon Company lists France among the first countries, in November 2026. The exact date in France: nothing confirmed.
What's inside the Happy Meal
Each Pokémon Happy Meal comes in a box featuring Pikachu, Umbreon or Torchic. Inside:
- a pack of promo cards, drawn from a collection of 15 cards;
- a toy shaped like a mini Happy Meal box, featuring a Pokémon such as Pikachu, Rowlet or Sprigatito. There are 15 toys to collect.
Sources differ on the number of cards per pack: two for some, four including one holo for others. Nothing confirmed for the French version.
The 15 cards of 2026
This year's collection features Pikachu, Decidueye, Jirachi, Tyranitar, Mimikyu, Absol, Hawlucha, Palafin, Lucario, Snorlax, Eevee, Metagross, Chandelure, Wooloo and Zoroark. Several of these Pokémon also have recent cards, such as Jirachi ex or Dark Tyranitar in the Japanese 30th CELEBRATION set.
The 2027 set revealed by mistake
While announcing the promotion, The Pokémon Company published the images of another set of 15 cards, planned for the next McDonald's promotion in 2027: Bulbasaur, Rowlet, Sprigatito, Charmander, Torchic, Squirtle, Piplup, Pikachu, Raichu, Clefairy, Slowpoke, Marill, Gengar, Eevee and Snorlax.
These cards reuse artwork from earlier sets, with their own numbering. Only one is new: Squirtle, with an illustration that has not been released anywhere yet, not even in Japan.
When in France?
- The Pokémon Company places France in the first wave, in November 2026, with the United States, Canada, Spain and Australia.
- Dates from 4 December 2026 to 21 January 2027 are going around for France, with no announcement from McDonald's France so far: nothing confirmed.
- Other countries follow until February 2027: December for Belgium, Switzerland and Germany, January for Italy, February for the United Kingdom.
As with previous promotions, quantities are limited in each restaurant.