McDonald's Collection 2016
Collectors use Pokemon pages to answer three questions fast: what matters in this set, what the chase cards are doing, and what they still need for completion.
A tradeable basket for the whole set.
Coverage is live on 0% of the set right now, which is enough to show the market center even before the long tail fully fills in.
Unspecified is the dominant rarity band in this release, while Fire is the strongest card-family signal on the page today.
Collectors use Pokemon pages to answer three questions fast: what matters in this set, what the chase cards are doing, and what they still need for completion.
Real activity where we have it, honest signals where we do not.
Where the card count is concentrated.
The best current storefronts touching this lane.
Continue the chronology.
Heat signal across the full set.
The strongest gainers right now.
Cards losing momentum in the current window.
Built for real set goals, not generic wishlists.
VaultStore completion tracking is designed for any-copy, any-variant, grade-specific, and language-specific goals. This page already knows the full card map; the collector layer sits on top of it.
Sign in to import a collection CSV, auto-claim VaultStore purchases, or manually mark cards as owned.
Why this set matters right now.
Modern chases, WotC grails, Japanese print runs, and sealed product all hang off the same spine so a collector can move from context to card to listing without changing mental model.
Evolving Skies still behaves like the benchmark modern chase set.
151 keeps pulling casual nostalgia collectors into serious completion tracking.
A destination page, not just a listing grid.
# McDonald's Collection 2016 The McDonald's Collection 2016 represents a promotional release distributed through McDonald's restaurants during 2026, ten years after the original 2016 campaign. This twelve-card set serves as a retrospective celebration of the earlier promotion, making it a secondary-market release rather than a contemporary tie-in product. The limited card count and retail distribution channel restrict supply compared to standard booster releases, contributing to collector interest despite the modest size. As a promotional set tied to a major fast-food partnership, these cards typically feature alternate artwork and special branding distinguishing them from their standard counterparts. The ten-year gap between the original 2016 campaign and this 2026 reissue creates a unique position within Pokemon's promotional hierarchy. Collectors value McDonald's releases for their accessibility during distribution periods and subsequent scarcity, though the specific notable cards from this set would determine its significance within the broader Pokemon TCG market. The set's modest twelve-card composition limits deck-building applications but enhances collectibility for completionists.
Pokemon set pages should explain the release context, show which art and rarity layers matter, and surface where the money and demand are concentrating.
McDonald's Collection 2016 sits inside the live pokemon set library. and matters because it combines set identity, chase hierarchy, and live market behavior in one place.
VaultStore currently tracks 12 cards on this page, with 1 distinct variant treatments represented across the set.
The set page uses append-only price observations to estimate both a full-set basket and a chase-card basket, with coverage percentages shown whenever the underlying market is still thin.
