The tin-and-movie era.

Distribution ran through three Collector's Tin waves over three years, paced to the anime movie release schedule. Each tin shipped four boosters plus one LV.X reprint with alternate framing.

• 2008 Spring: Dialga, Palkia, Darkrai LV.X (Great Encounters reprints)
• 2009 Spring: Shaymin, Dialga, Giratina LV.X (Sky Warrior tie-in)
• 2009 Fall: Charizard, Rayquaza, Garchomp LV.X (Supreme Victors alt-art)
• Movies 11-13 (Darkrai, Sky Warrior, Arceus) anchored multi-card distributions
• Last generation of single-Pokemon LV.X holos before B&W rewrote the visual rulebook