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Battledome TCG "Champions of Meridell" Expansion Released + New Avatar

Posted by Kenny on June 19, 2025, 12:25 pm NST

Yesterday, the latest expansion in the Battledome TCG was released. This expansion is called "Champions of Meridell" based partly on the 2002 plot of the same name.

The expansion brings 472 new cards available through booster packs and a starter deck. You can find these at your local game store and several other chain retailers, as well as online through the Neopets Shop and Upper Deck site.

Notably, this release comes with a new King Skarl Hero avatar available from redeeming a code in the starter deck.

Additionally, there is a new set of exclusive Rare Item Code prizes, which you can read more about on our guide. About 1 in 8 booster packs include a code card.

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Oh a new square avvie, cool! Although Skarl looks... considerably unsober.

by remy on June 19, 2025 12:36 PM NST

^Hopefully he’ll be more receptive to our jokes, now.

by 1jediboy on June 19, 2025 12:45 PM NST

Raise your hand if you no longer care about avies because we can no longer collect them because they are all exclusive to Paywalls.

by safty_pit on June 19, 2025 12:45 PM NST

The new TCG art is so well done, please TNT, make them available internationally!

by spongegrundo on June 19, 2025 12:51 PM NST

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the prize pool for the battledome card game, has no battledome weapons?

by chuckeroo777 on June 19, 2025 1:02 PM NST

i consider myself a stamp collector but not one of the top ones. imagine being a top stamp collector and then you basically have to buy the stamp with cash. rough!!

by snudycaisu on June 19, 2025 1:07 PM NST

Raise your hand if you no longer care about avies because we can no longer collect them because they are all exclusive to Paywalls.

THIS. Sad and disappointed for another pay-to-win and locked-behind-geographical-advantage avatar. :/
Please, ambassadors, tell TNT *most* users are NOT okay with this!

by silvia on June 19, 2025 1:28 PM NST

For over two decades collecting avatars was THE THING that kept me playing. At this point I don't even care about avatars anymore because of how many they keep pumping out to entice people to buy subpar products. The only reason I'm still around at this point is because of the community I'm a part of.

by obaraten on June 19, 2025 1:35 PM NST

the avatar is so ugly compared to the starry acara/fire uni one... i know so many ppl who don't collect trading cards but bought the packs just for the pretty avatar... can't see many ppl doing that for this one... and i'll admit i myself am disappointed. i was expecting a cool kass/lord darigan/jeran/meridell castle avatar but no... we got a... doofy skarl.

outside of that though... i have to say...
that lord darigan card is peak art. quality stuff

by inkpot on June 19, 2025 1:42 PM NST

"i know so many ppl who don't collect trading cards but bought the packs just for the pretty avatar..."

While I agree, I think it should be in reverse; people buy merch if they like, and the warehouse code is just a little bonus. Of course, in reality it's the completely opposite and TNT is fomenting the FOMO. Not a very healthy relationship with the brand.

by spongegrundo on June 19, 2025 1:56 PM NST

tired of avatars tied to USA merch

by christos on June 19, 2025 2:03 PM NST

oh yay, another P2W avatar with an ugly skeith on it

by sailormoon on June 19, 2025 2:10 PM NST

the skeith hate is real

I personally love the avatar and bought the starter deck for it alone lmao
Love the TCG and the art is amazing! Can't wait to get my order!

by gothaunt on June 19, 2025 2:21 PM NST

if anyone non-US is interested in the cards, I've been informed individual packs are available to order online through Hot Topic and they ship globally. not sure about shipping cost, though.
haven't yet found anywhere that ships the starter decks internationally.

by kenny on June 19, 2025 3:31 PM NST JN Staff

there's already so many avatars with skeiths on them though, likeeeee why

by sailormoon on June 19, 2025 3:34 PM NST

i jus don't like this whole 1 in 8 stuff... if i'm spending real money i should be guaranteed a code. i don't see why that's such an issue other than wanting more money which is... idk

by 1026am on June 19, 2025 4:07 PM NST

Raise your hand if you no longer care about avies because we can no longer collect them because they are all exclusive to Paywalls.

*raises hand*

by contessa on June 19, 2025 4:15 PM NST

This is a $25 avatar. I hate this.

by bspiral on June 19, 2025 5:17 PM NST

::responding to @contessa::

*raises hand*

by myriamele on June 19, 2025 5:52 PM NST

I think Hot Topic doesn't ship the cards specifically globally. Someone mentioned earlier that you can call UpperDeck and do a special order outside of the US/Canada, though.

by dillpickles on June 19, 2025 6:14 PM NST

I wish they released content for the site instead of prizes for various things that are unobtainable to most.

by infernodragon02 on June 19, 2025 6:43 PM NST

For real, they're doing more damage to the site by gatekeeping with paywalls. It makes people not care about one of the few remaining things left.

by infernodragon02 on June 19, 2025 6:44 PM NST

I'll admit it, I just bought the starter deck for the avatar. I'll never play the TCG game; probably give it to my daughter. I'm getting sick of these paywall avatars.

by doggetts_back on June 19, 2025 6:58 PM NST

Oh my, that Jeran full art is amazing

by nimbus_2222 on June 19, 2025 7:17 PM NST

OH MY THE STAINED GLASS LORD KASS

by nimbus_2222 on June 19, 2025 7:21 PM NST

Ugh. Another avatar I’ll never get. Thanks TNT for another great job well done. /s

by alltimemarr on June 19, 2025 8:02 PM NST

Another paying avatar! Won't ship to Japan even IF I thought about buying. So garbage.

by zenopeltis on June 19, 2025 9:27 PM NST

Anyone know when the kickstarter roleplaying game and the Monopoly are going to ship? I'm still waiting on both of those. Not interested in another game when the existing ones haven't even arrived yet.

by morganjoisle on June 19, 2025 10:13 PM NST

I have no investment in these cards (the art is lovely but the layout/design of the cards is nowhere near as nice as the old tcg) but a 1:8 chance of a code is scummy. If you're spending this much money on something that - let's be real - not many people are gonna play ("Neopets still exists?!" is a common thing I hear when it comes up) it should be a guaranteed prize code. Though the fact that things are becoming extremely pay to win is a concern in and of itself. (the codes should be a fun bonus for buying merch you like, not the main reason to buy merch)

by goldennightfox on June 19, 2025 11:52 PM NST

I really don’t know why TNT hates Europe so freaking much?!? Always the same, either we don’t get anything or we have to pay our soul for shipping.

by emrah on June 20, 2025 12:41 AM NST

See, this is the type of merch/on-site rewards I'm perfectly cool with.

by bacon on June 20, 2025 12:48 AM NST

Wait, a prize code isn't fully guaranteed? Nevermind, I hate this!

by bacon on June 20, 2025 12:50 AM NST

I am VERY relieved that I don't like any of the code prizes!

by purplebin on June 20, 2025 3:25 PM NST

wish i could buy these in germany, the art and holographic cards look soooo sick
but even then there probably wouldn't be a big enough community to actually play the game

once again tough being an international fan

by iloveeevee on June 21, 2025 6:34 AM NST

@silvia it's not about what users want. The new TN(F)T only listens to the paying customers, and it's selling, so they'll keep on releasing stuff like this. We aren't their audience anymore, the few people who drop thousands of dollars every year are.

by ferinsy on June 21, 2025 8:58 AM NST

They really don't care at all about international users...

by ensopado on June 21, 2025 2:39 PM NST

wonderful. Another US/CA p2w avatar. At this point there's no reason to even bother trying to collect avatars anymore... It used to be such a nice aspect of the game but meanwhile it just sucks.

by godzilla1 on June 22, 2025 3:18 AM NST

Yeah, I get it. A year or so ago I felt very proud because I got all the game avatars I was missing and got my avatar collector avatar with that... now, I don't care. I can't care for an aspect of the site I loved and strived towards, and many more will follow and lose interest. In my opinion tnt will get some money, but lose many users... and when paying customers will tire, too, of the small community left, broken and scammy gacha mechanic or will realize there are way better, healthier alternatives in other games, tnt will scratch their heads and wonder what they did wrong.

by silvia on June 22, 2025 10:24 AM NST

Aside from being a P2W avatar, I'm not interested whatsoever playing a TCG, so I would be wasting money on a product I don't want. TNT, please consider making merchandise worth having.

by sailormoon on June 22, 2025 9:26 PM NST

I just got my starter deck. Did they forget to put in the codes again? I didn't get one.

by tahirah on June 24, 2025 9:05 AM NST

Nevermind, I am dumb

it is one of the cards

by tahirah on June 24, 2025 9:14 AM NST

FYI I purchased the TCG Starter Packer and it did NOT come with any codes. I have submitted a ticket to Neopets to at least get the avatar. SMH.

by 1776 on June 26, 2025 5:21 PM NST

Wait! It was found! Confusing that it is IN the card deck, but I also spilled the cards when I opened the pack and the code card was under a bed. The cat found it

by 1776 on June 26, 2025 5:36 PM NST