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Pokemon Trading Card Game: Trainers Toolkit 2022 $18, Collector Chest Expired

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The Pokémon Trading Card Game: Collector Chest includes:
  • 5 Pokémon TCG booster packs
  • 3 foil promo cards featuring Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott!
  • A cool Pokémon coin
  • 4 colorful sticker sheets
  • A mini portfolio to store your favorite cards
  • A Pokémon notebook
  • A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

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Hopefully I did not typo in my excel, I sorted by price per pack (did not include most of the battle decks):
Not accounting for extra items, only if you care for is packs.

Collector Bundle (Price $19.99)(Packs 7)(Per/Pack $2.86)
Collector Chest (Price $14.99)(Packs 5)(Per/Pack $3.00)
Boltund V Box (Price $12.99)(Packs 4)(Per/Pack $3.25)
Poké Ball Tin - Styles May Vary (Price $10.99)(Packs 3)(Per/Pack $3.66)
Pikachu V Box (Price $14.99)(Packs 4)(Per/Pack $3.75)
Astral Radiance Elite Trainer Box (Price $29.99)(Packs 8)(Per/Pack $3.75)
Back to School Pencil Case (Price $7.99)(Packs 2)(Per/Pack $4.00)
VSTAR Special Collection - Styles May Vary (Leafeon/Glaceon) (Price $19.99)(Packs 5)(Per/Pack $4.00)
V Heroes Tin - Styles May Vary (Price $19.99)(Packs 5)(Per/Pack $4.00)
Darkness Ablaze Elite Trainer Box (Price $31.99)(Packs 8)(Per/Pack $4.00)
Professor Juniper Premium Tournament Collection (Price $29.99)(Packs 7)(Per/Pack $4.28)
Trainers Toolkit 2022 (Price $17.99)(Packs 4)(Per/Pack $4.50)
Lucario VSTAR Premium Collection (Price $29.99)(Packs 6)(Per/Pack $5.00)
Kleavor VSTAR Premium Collection (Price $29.99)(Packs 6)(Per/Pack $5.00)
Pokémon GO Premium Collection - Radiant Eevee (Price $39.99)(Packs 8)(Per/Pack $5.00)
Morpeko V-Union Special Collection (Price $22.99)(Packs 4)(Per/Pack $5.75)
Pokémon GO V Battle Deck - Mewtwo vs. Melmetal (Price $24.99)(Packs 2)(Per/Pack $12.50)

I am going with the Boltund V Box and Radiant Eevee just for the play mat.
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are you buying as a gift for someone else then ?

If its a gift then how old is the person you'd give to ?


Broadly speaking younger kids are just happy with a pile of cards and so the more packs the better. Chances of getting a high end card is always there and really they usually just look for high HP cards without consideration of real play strategy. What I've seen is the elementary school age kids don't even know how to play the game and just trade cards based on highest HP or play a version of war with them (draw and higher HP wins). This age kid might talk a lot about how this card is good or better etc, but they typicaly just look at HP which isn't really the best or only measure of card use. Theres exceptions, some kids under 10 know how to play but if they do they are unlikely to grasp strategy too much.

If the kids are middle age or older then they might play the game for real. If they are active players of the actual game and build actual decks then they may care more about specific kinds of cards. that case would probably require input from a serious Pokemon player to say whats up with current card offerings.

YMMV, just what I've observed from my kids and others around here.
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Let me break this down for all the people who aren't knowledgeable with the Pokemon TCG scene. If you're trying to determine which sets (or packs) are best....

Based on average value of each set's top 10 cards (Lost Origin excluded due to the set being very new):

Evolving Skies (Avg: $140, Median: $101, Top card: $428)
Chilling Reign (Avg: $53, Median: $43, Top card: $102)
Fusion Strike (Avg: $51, Median: $33, Top card: $130)
Brilliant Stars (Avg: $49, Median: $30, Top card: $172)
Astral Radiance (Avg: $43, Median: $34, Top card: $108)
Pokemon GO (Avg: $26, Median: $22, Top card: $49)
Battle Styles (Avg: $25, Median: $16, Top card: $71)
Vivid Voltage (Avg: $24, Median: $10, Top card: $147)
Darkness Ablaze (Avg: $10, Median: $9, Top card: $38)


Based on newest to oldest sets:

Lost Origins (Released: 9/9/2022)
Pokemon GO (Released: 7/1/2022)
Astral Radiance (Released: 5/27/2022)
Brilliant Stars (Released: 2/25/2022)
Fusion Strike (Released: 11/12/2021)
Evolving Skies (Released: 8/27/2021)
Chilling Reign (Released: 6/18/2021)
Battle Styles (Released: 3/19/2021)
Vivid Voltage (Released: 11/13/2020)
Darkness Ablaze (Released: 8/14/2020)


Based on fun factor of opening packs (*SUBJECTIVE):

Lost Origins (being the newest set)
Brilliant Stars/Astral Radiance (introduced a new subset called Trainer Galleries and Radiant cards)
Pokemon GO (ties in with the mobile game Pokemon GO)
Evolving Skies/Chilling Reign/Fusion Strike (for the potential hits on valuable cards - but pull rates are not ideal)
Battles Styles/Vivid Voltage/Darkness Ablaze


I did not include special sets in Celebrations and Champions Path due to them not being readily available anymore.
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09-10-2022 at 02:20 AM.
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For those of us who don't know anything about Pokemon Are these better than the Costco deals? Which ones are the best ones to get amongst the best buy choices?
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09-10-2022 at 08:21 AM.
09-10-2022 at 08:21 AM.
Quote from FWFFan :
For those of us who don't know anything about Pokemon Are these better than the Costco deals? Which ones are the best ones to get amongst the best buy choices?
Just figure out the price per booster and buy the cheapest option for most cards if you're just collecting. Smilie
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09-10-2022 at 08:34 AM.
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Quote from Cmw7290 :
Just figure out the price per booster and buy the cheapest option for most cards if you're just collecting. Smilie
I was looking for deeper insight... ie, Someone in the Costco thread mention getting a specific type because there are better chances of getting cards. Something additional more to get the kids excited?
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I was looking for deeper insight... ie, Someone in the Costco thread mention getting a specific type because there are better chances of getting cards. Something additional more to get the kids excited?
If you're trying to gamble then go spend money at Costco, there's a $400 card possibly. But still its a huge gamble. Or get $3/pack here and still have a chance for rare cards and more packs to open.
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09-10-2022 at 09:19 AM.
Quote from FWFFan :
For those of us who don't know anything about Pokemon Are these better than the Costco deals? Which ones are the best ones to get amongst the best buy choices?
are you buying as a gift for someone else then ?

If its a gift then how old is the person you'd give to ?


Broadly speaking younger kids are just happy with a pile of cards and so the more packs the better. Chances of getting a high end card is always there and really they usually just look for high HP cards without consideration of real play strategy. What I've seen is the elementary school age kids don't even know how to play the game and just trade cards based on highest HP or play a version of war with them (draw and higher HP wins). This age kid might talk a lot about how this card is good or better etc, but they typicaly just look at HP which isn't really the best or only measure of card use. Theres exceptions, some kids under 10 know how to play but if they do they are unlikely to grasp strategy too much.

If the kids are middle age or older then they might play the game for real. If they are active players of the actual game and build actual decks then they may care more about specific kinds of cards. that case would probably require input from a serious Pokemon player to say whats up with current card offerings.

YMMV, just what I've observed from my kids and others around here.
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If you're trying to gamble then go spend money at Costco, there's a $400 card possibly. But still its a huge gamble. Or get $3/pack here and still have a chance for rare cards and more packs to open.
What's the 400$ card from Costco out of curiosity?

I'm not necessarily looking to gamble but finding the most value (price) for the money. I know at the end of the day it's pretty much like lottery.
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What's the 400$ card from Costco out of curiosity?

I'm not necessarily looking to gamble but finding the most value (price) for the money. I know at the end of the day it's pretty much like lottery.
Moon Umbreon. Imo go with bestbuy deal.
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What's the 400$ card from Costco out of curiosity?

I'm not necessarily looking to gamble but finding the most value (price) for the money. I know at the end of the day it's pretty much like lottery.
The Costco deal is for a set called Evolving Skies, which has a bunch of Eveelution cards, including an Umbreon card that is an alternate full art card (called the Moonbreon) card. That set has pretty poor pull rates for the sought-after cards but is among the most popular set for collectors.


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The Costco deal is for a set called Evolving Skies, which has a bunch of Eveelution cards, including an Umbreon card that is an alternate full art card (called the Moonbreon) card. That set has pretty poor pull rates for the sought-after cards but is among the most popular set for collectors.
Thanks for the info... What are the sets a booster packs that gives the best pull rate? Is there a website that explains all this for the dummies? Which few amongst the Best buy product is "the best" (I've got mixed kids so the best men's and the most valuable card and also the coolest looking card with the most hit points)
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What's the best set to get here if you are going after rare cards?
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... (I've got mixed kids so the best men's and the most valuable card and also the coolest looking card with the most hit points)
What did you mean by "best men's" ? typo maybe?
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09-10-2022 at 10:51 AM.
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Looks like I missed this deal already, bummer
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What's the best set to get here if you are going after rare cards?
Evolving Skies. By far the most popular set right now with some of the highest cost rare/chase cards.
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