If you are willing to pay the price
Blog Andrew Joseph 22 Jul , 2025 0
Follow the combined emission of both Pokémon TCG Expanded The new black bolt and white flare elite training box (ETB) was sought after last week, with prices soaring well above MSRP.
However, Amazon has recently lowered Black Bolt ETB to $78.75Below the retailer's exaggerated price of $109.99. If you are looking for market prices, that will be a 28% reduction, but still $28 more than the standard $50 MSRP.
Pokemon TCG Scarlet and Purple Black Bolt Elite Training Box
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Just like the recent doomed competitor restocking, retail stores list the major retailers of Black Bolt & White Flare ETB are Walmart and Amazon. Walmart Continue to list at around $99, Amazon still lists white flare ETB About $105, but the price reduction of the Black Bolt is an unexpected bargain.
However, this is still beyond the usual price. The most expensive ones in the big shop listing the actual value of black bolts and white flares are Best Buyeach ETB is $49.99, but both are sold out at the time of writing.
This is the same situation Pokemon Centerboth are listed at $59.00. But no matter which retailer you buy from, every black bolt and white flare ETB contains:
- Nine booster packs
- All Art Promotion Card – Thundurus with black bolts, tornado with white flares
- Pokémon Center version also comes with additional full art promotions
- 65 sleeves
- 45 energy cards
- Players' Extension Guide
- Damage counter dice, coin flip and status mark
- Collectable box with separator
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Real-time Code Card
The assumption of these exaggerated prices is to scare scarters offacter and bots, as they automatically reduce the profit margins of resellers while still making money from those who are still willing to pay.
Amazon UK implements its own fairer way to control Pokémon’s stock shortages, by implementing Invitation system onlyallowing any invitee to purchase ETB with its RRP value.
Sadly, American equivalent products don't seem to want to follow suit. Still, Amazon and Walmart technically follow the market value of such Pokémon products, even if they are still higher.
For example, on a dedicated sales platform TCG player Black Bolt ETB About $91 White flare It's almost $92 when writing. eBay also offers a cheaper list, showing Black Bolt ETB at least $86 and White Flare, $85.
Even the most expensive cards in the Japanese version, Black Bolt and White Flare have many valuable potential appeals to make the higher investment worth it, but we know that it is still a major sting because you know your salary is more than you deserve.
Either way, nowadays, paying for at least 50% of the tagged ETB seems just the name of the game in the Pokemon TCG market. If you want to get any of these new cards at the best price, pick up this Amazon deal before you have to pay at least $10 from your eBay seller.
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