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Two shoes, two monsters: A’ja Wilson’s Halloween A’Two splits blood splatter and honeycomb across a mismatched pair, landing at Nike dealers in Japan on October 23.
Nobody will mistake the left shoe for the right. A’ja Wilson‘s second sig model, the Nike A’Two, is getting a Halloween colorway called “Potion No. 22,” and the pair splits into two separate horror stories. One shoe sets crimson splatter and rows of small black dots against a pale green base; the other turns to honeycomb, rough black graphics and flashes of bright yellow. The number in the name is Wilson’s own, the 22 she wears for the Las Vegas Aces, who drafted her first overall in 2018.
Signal. What happened: Nike has dressed A’ja Wilson’s A’Two in a mismatched Halloween colorway, “Potion No. 22,” with a Japan release scheduled for October 23, 2026. Exact object: Nike A’Two “Potion No. 22,” listed globally as IZ2457-100 in Light Orewood Brown/Pine Green/Bright Crimson/Black, priced at ¥18,150 including tax in Japan. When and where: October 23, 2026 at Nike dealers across Japan; pairs have already surfaced at select international retailers, while Nike had not confirmed a US date or price at the time of writing. Source: the Japanese date and yen price come from a Japan market rel notice, and the shoe’s construction is confirmed by Nike’s own A’Two announcement from March. Why it matters: it is by far the most involved Halloween design Wilson’s line has had, a year after a simple candy corn gradient, and its left-right split extends an asymmetry Wilson has already made part of her signature look.
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Start with the lateral side of the first shoe, where blood-red splashes are scattered across pale green and a neat line of small black circles runs through the graphic. The dots read like the breathing holes on Jason Voorhees’ hockey mask, while the honeycomb on the medial side, blending red into yellow, has been widely taken as a nod to the bees of Candyman. Nike hasn’t spelled out either reference, and early coverage has tied the mismatch to Wilson’s favorite Halloween costumes rather than to a single film. The Swoosh changes character too, metallic on the outside and black on the inside, and the splatter carries down across the midsole.
The second shoe keeps the same pale green foundation but swaps the script. A rough black graphic covers its medial side, and the heel picks up a bright yellow honeycomb trimmed in blue.
Seen from above, the split is just as obvious. One shoe pairs a bright blue tongue with white laces, while the other sets a pale tongue against orange laces finished with green aglets. Around the back, both heel clips carry a flame-edged pattern, one in an iridescent, rainbow-shifting metallic and the other in yellow, so the contrast holds even from behind. The outsoles divide between pale green and a reddish purple, leaving no surface of the pair untouched by the theme.
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Under the costume sits the shoe Nike introduced in March. The A’Two debuted in Paris during Wilson’s first global tour with Nike Basketball and reached stores worldwide on May 2, 2026, at $145, following the A’One that Wilson wore through a historic 2025. That season she became the first player to win a championship, Finals MVP, league MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and the scoring title in a single year.
Nike pitched the second model as a performance upgrade. An articulated Air Zoom unit in the forefoot adds a sharper, springier response off the first step, while the Cushlon 3.0 midsole carries over from the A’One for soft landings. A midfoot shank helps control twisting through the arch, and a reinforced external heel counter supports the hard plants and pivots of a post player who now spends more time facing up on the perimeter. The molded upper borrows from Wilson’s signature pearl motif, a high-grip traction pattern handles lateral cuts, and an embroidered star sits at the toe opposite her logo on the tongue.
The asymmetry is not new territory for her line. Nike’s second Wilson apparel drop centered on the A’Sym reversible single-leg tight, built around the one-legged look she made her own on court. A pair that refuses to match is a natural Halloween extension of that idea. At launch, Wilson described the A’Two as “bigger, bolder and even more me,” and “Potion No. 22” takes her at her word, turning the shoe’s one-off personality up as far as a performance model allows.
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Wilson’s first Halloween shoe went for sweetness over scares. Last year’s A’One “Candy Corn Queen” ran a white, yellow and orange gradient inspired by her favorite seasonal treat, and it released on October 22, 2025, as part of Nike Basketball’s Halloween pack. “Potion No. 22” trades the candy bowl for something considerably gorier.
She also has more company this year. Sabrina Ionescu‘s Sabrina 4 is going vampire, in black and deep red with blood dripping off the point of the Swoosh, silver lace hardware shaped like fangs and a cartoon vampire Sabrina on the insoles. Caitlin Clark‘s Caitlin 1, which launched on October 1, picks up its first Halloween colorway as well, a mostly black pair whose outsoles and layered-Swoosh “CC” branding glow in the dark, first shown in a Nike “what’s in your bag” clip. Clark became the third WNBA player with a Nike signature shoe when the Caitlin 1 arrived, joining Ionescu and Wilson, which means that for the first time all three of Nike’s women’s basketball signature lines have a Halloween pair in the same October.
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In Japan, the A’Two “Potion No. 22” arrives at Nike dealers on October 23, 2026, priced at ¥18,150 including tax. Global listings carry the style code IZ2457-100, while the Japanese release notice gives IZ2458-100, a difference that had not been reconciled at the time of writing. Nike has yet to post a US launch date or price, even as early pairs have already begun appearing at select retailers outside Japan.
