Amazon Just Restocked This Elusive Pokémon Set Back Again, and I Still Think the Price Is a Joke

That said, Amazon isn’t your lone option. TCGPlayer presently has it valued astatine astir $197.31 connected the secondary market, which isn’t a monolithic quality but inactive saves you 10 bucks oregon more, and astatine this terms point, each dollar helps. That's a -56.74% driblet successful worth implicit the past fewer months, and -6.28% successful the past 30 days.

If you're chiefly funny successful the booster packs, it's worthy noting that the Prismatic Evolutions Super Premium Collection offers a compelling worth astatine the moment.

While the Booster Bundles (listed below) supply much packs if buying aggregate astatine a clip ($68.50 a pop), they deficiency the exclusive promos and collector's items included successful the SPC, specified arsenic the full-art foil promo paper featuring Eevee ex, a platform box, a playmat, and 65 paper sleeves. Therefore, the SPC stands retired arsenic a cost-effective prime for collectors seeking some quantity and quality.

Alternatively, you could skip the sealed merchandise altogether. Singles from this acceptable are trending down, and if there’s a circumstantial pursuit paper you’ve been eyeing, present mightiness beryllium the time. Sylveon ex SIR, for example, has dropped from $562 successful May to astir $400 for a near-mint copy.

Pulling 1 from a premium container is simply a agelong shot, particularly with Prismatic’s pugnacious propulsion rates and reverse holos soaking up the uncommon slots, truthful buying outright whitethorn beryllium the smarter move.

Or skip the gamble altogether. With Prismatic Evolutions singles trending downward, this mightiness beryllium the cleanable infinitesimal to snag circumstantial cards you privation without rolling the dice.

Prismatic Evolutions Single Cards: What to Buy?

While a fewer top-tier pulls similar Roaring Moon ex SIR and Vaporeon ex SIR are holding steady, oregon adjacent creeping upward, a clump of Prismatic Evolutions heavy-hitters are perfectly tanking successful worth close now. And that’s your opportunity.

Yes, suggesting that Pokémon cards priced implicit $200 are a woody mightiness dependable unhinged. But here’s the thing: pulling a Special Illustration Rare from this acceptable is brutal. Thanks to those Pokéball and Masterball reverse holos clogging the uncommon slots, your likelihood are garbage. Booster packs are moving implicit $10 a pop, and astir radical volition pain done a upland of them with thing to amusement for it.

Take Sylveon ex SIR: easy 1 of the astir striking cards successful the set. It’s dropped 28% successful conscionable a mates weeks, from $562.60 successful aboriginal May to astir $400 for a near-mint transcript close now. If you’ve been eyeing it, this mightiness beryllium the saccharine spot earlier prices rebound, and you’re decidedly not pulling it from a azygous $260 Super Premium Collection box.

Stock Alert: Amazon vs. Market Price

It’s inactive chaotic to spot Pokémon sets climbing past $200 conscionable months aft launch, but if you’re looking for value, comparing Amazon and TCGPlayer is worthy your time. In immoderate cases, Amazon's terms isn’t acold disconnected marketplace value, but successful others, similar Cynthia’s Garchomp ex Premium Collection, TCGPlayer is astir 50% cheaper vs Amazon.

We’ve rounded up the champion unrecorded prices successful the carousel above, but don’t hide to cheque eBay too, sometimes the existent deals are hiding conscionable disconnected the main drag.

Looking for much TCG treatment and marketplace watch? Check retired the afloat Pokemon TCG merchandise docket for 2025, the astir costly 151 cards going close present for Pokemon trainers, and past week's MTG terms movers and shakers, alongside each the large terms changes for Pokemon cards this week.

Should You Wait For Amazon Prime Day?

Yes and no. It's improbable Amazon volition driblet the terms of the Prismatic Evolutions SPC immoderate further for Prime members, but that doesn't mean we won't spot any Pokémon paper deals oregon restocks implicit the 4 time buying event.

It's besides worthy noting that Walmart, Best Buy, and Target are besides moving discount income done July 4th and beyond to vie with Amazon, truthful support an oculus connected those arsenic good for much apical deals.

But, if you're 24 and under, Amazon is the apical prime close present for freebies, arsenic you tin presently get six months of Prime, 3 months of Audible, and 3 months of Kindle Unlimited, each for zero cost.

To beryllium fair, the last 2 are for everyone, but getting six months of Prime for escaped is worthy the biggest telephone out, truthful instrumentality enactment Gen Z readers.

When it comes to actually shopping the large income though, Amazon Prime Day inactive wins connected variety, but Walmart often matches prices connected big-ticket items similar AirPods, iPads, and consoles.

Where Walmart stands retired is with its exclusive brands, deliberation Vizio TVs oregon fund cogwheel you won’t find connected Amazon. It’s besides been stronger precocious for Nintendo Switch deals, which Amazon seldom stocks straight anymore.

The astute move? Compare some during the sale. Prices often match, but not always, and Walmart+ members get aboriginal entree to immoderate of the champion deals (but a rank besides isn't required to shop). Target’s Circle Week merchantability is besides running, but astir shoppers volition find the biggest wins astatine either Amazon oregon Walmart successful 2025.

Christian Wait is simply a contributing freelancer for IGN covering everything collectable and deals. Christian has implicit 7 years of acquisition successful the Gaming and Tech manufacture with bylines astatine Mashable and Pocket-Tactics. Christian besides makes hand-painted collectibles for Saber Miniatures. Christian is besides the writer of "Pokemon Ultimate Unofficial Gaming Guide by GamesWarrior". Find Christian connected X @ChrisReggieWait.

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Jul 2, 2025 4:00 pm