“Mega Evolution” Booster Pack Configuration Changed, Includes One Less Junk Card!
The fine print on the booster box for Mega Evolution has revealed a change to booster packs: they will no longer include an Energy card and a code card in the same pack. Instead, you'll get one or the other. Presumably this is to reduce waste.
Last week, Pokemon TCG Live updated their in-game booster packs to now provide 10 cards instead of five. Thus, you'll now get double the cards. This means even with half the code cards, you'll still get the same number of digital cards.
Update (Thursday): Surprisingly, October's Mega Latias ex Box and Salamence ex & Reshiram ex Premium Collections make no mention of including code cards. It seems TPCi is reducing them elsewhere as well.
During today's Pokemon Presents, the Mega Evolution advertisement still showed you'll get both, but it was likely copied and pasted from previous ads.