Couple things.
We do know
1. We getting set first week of September.
2. Normally by now they would of hinted at a holiday set. If the set would start releasing like most recent years did.
3. Normally we get last set of year start of November.
4. New block set, aka Japan's double set , we get at start of feb.
5. Japan double set is Normally released in Dec. But this year it is not. Instead it's towards end of January.
6. Rotation is Normally August for us, and Jan for Japan . Which we know now ours has changed to sometime in q1 of 2023.
With that this is what I think is going on.
And have been discussing it woth group of players. Pokemon is doing a global sync In 2023. Not only with sets but also with Rotation.
Looking at the evidence over last year. Its been more n more easy to see. I even called Rotation being changed to Feb a month ago. I could still be wrong but def knew not happen this year but first couple months of 2023.
With that all being said indo think we getting a holiday set but I don't think it start til late Nov n last throu holidays n most of Jan.
What I'm still debating is of my sync ideal is right. That means our prerelease will start the day Japan set drops. Putting bus 2 weeks def in legal status. So could it mean our base set be released end of Jan instead. N if do then we won't get a holiday set. Making Nov set huge.
I don't think so. I think holiday set will ve end Nov throu Jan. N our base set be Feb. So not a full sync yet. But pretty damn close
Last thing we do know we are getting pop packs back for leagues . We could get cards we missing in those packs