Panini America has announced that the next expansion for its Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game will be releasing on October 30.  Dragon Ball Z:  Evolution will be available in both Starter Decks and Booster Packs.

The theme of the new set is villainous androids, which seek to take control of the DBZ TCG universe.  A new version of the hero Vegeta is also featured in this set.

To help new players get up to speed, Evolution will be available in six different pre-constructed and tournament legal Starter Decks.  Each 60-card deck will include 4 parallel and 6 Prizm cards.  The Prizm cards will include 4 Personality cards, a Mastery card, and a random parallel card.  Starter Decks will be sold in 10-deck display boxes.

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Booster Packs will include 12 random cards per pack taken from the total of 140 new cards.  The cards in this set will support both new deck types and current deck styles.  Foil versions of the starter deck Personality cards will also be randomly inserted in booster packs.  Booster packs come 24 per display, with 24 rares and 8 foil parallels in each booster box and 1 Ultra Rare card in every other box.

Panini America’s Brand Manager Aik Tongtharadol told ICv2 that Panini is finalizing plans for launch kits for this release. “We will be supporting at-launch events for this release (similar to previous launches), with the specifics on that kit to come in the near future.”

Panini just released the its latest DBZ TCG expansion, The Movie Collection (see “‘Dragon Ball Z:  The Movie Collection’ Booster”).