Amazon Has Restocked Pokémon TCG: Black Bolt Elite Trainer Boxes, If You're Willing to Pay the Price

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We don't expect this to past long.

Following the combined motorboat of some Pokémon TCG expansions past week, the caller Black Bolt and White Flare Elite Trainer Boxes (ETBs) person been hotly sought after, with prices skyrocketing good supra MSRP.

However, Amazon has precocious dropped the terms of the Black Bolt ETB to $78.75, down from the retailer's inflated database terms of $109.99. That's a 28% simplification if you're looking for marketplace price, but inactive implicit $28 much than the modular $50 MSRP.

Pokemon TCG Scarlet & Violet Black Bolt Elite Trainer Box

Just similar with caller restocks for Destined Rivals, the main retailers listing Black Bolt & White Flare ETBs astatine supra retail are Walmart and Amazon. Walmart continues to database some astatine astir $99, and Amazon inactive lists the White Flare ETB for astir $105, but Black Bolt's terms chopped is an unexpected bargain successful contrast.

However, this is inactive mode supra what these would usually beryllium priced at. The best-priced among large stores listing Black Bolt & White Flare astatine their existent worth is Best Buy, astatine $49.99 for each ETB, but some are sold retired astatine the clip of writing.

It’s the aforesaid lawsuit for the Pokemon Center, which was listed some for a somewhat much costly $59.00. Whichever retailer you bargain from, though, each Black Bolt & White Flare ETB contains:

Nine respective booster packs
Full-art promo paper — Thundurus with Black Bolt, Tornadus with White Flare
- The Pokémon Center mentation besides comes with an other full-art promo with the website’s logo
65 sleeves for your cards
45 Energy Cards
A player’s enlargement guide
Damage antagonistic dice, coin flip-die, and information markers
Collectable container with dividers
Pokémon Trading Card Game Live codification card

The assumed crushed for these inflated prices is to some scare disconnected scalpers and bots, since these automatically trim reseller nett margins, whilst inactive making the wealth from those who are inactive consenting to pay.

Amazon UK had implemented its ain fairer mode of controlling the banal shortage of Pokémon cards by implementing the invite-only system, allowing immoderate with an invitation to bargain ETBs astatine their RRP value.

Sadly, the US equivalent doesn’t look to privation to travel suit. Still, Amazon and Walmart person technically followed the marketplace worth of Pokémon paper products similar these, adjacent if they are inactive going a just magnitude higher.

On dedicated selling level TCG Player, for instance, the marketplace terms for the Black Bolt ETB is astir $91 whilst White Flare’s is astir $92 astatine the clip of writing. eBay besides person listings that are a small spot cheaper, showing Black Bolt ETBs going for astatine slightest $86 and White Flare for $85.

Even going by the astir costly cards from the Japanese mentation of the set, Black Bolt and White Flare person plentifulness of invaluable imaginable pulls to marque the higher concern worthy it, but we cognize it’s inactive a large sting knowing you’re paying good supra what you should be.

Whichever way, though, paying astir 50% mark-up astatine minimum for an ETB appears to conscionable beryllium the sanction of the crippled successful the Pokemon TCG marketplace these days. If you privation to get immoderate of these caller cards astatine the champion terms available, drawback this Amazon woody whilst you tin earlier you person to wage astatine slightest $10 much from an eBay seller.

Ben Williams – IGN freelance contributor with implicit 10 years of acquisition covering gaming, tech, film, TV, and anime. Follow him connected Twitter/X @BenLevelTen.

Originally posted:

Jul 21, 2025 1:59 pm