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

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Best Buy is offering Up to 40% on Select Pokemon Trading Card Games. Select curbside pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free with orders $35 or more.

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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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Best Buy is offering Up to 40% on Select Pokemon Trading Card Games. Select curbside pickup where available, otherwise shipping is free with orders $35 or more.

Thanks to Community Member lawst for sharing this deal
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

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • This offer is up to 40% savings from the list price.
    • Valid 9/10 only
  • About this Store:
    • Best Buy's Return Policy can be found here.

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ma2
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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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JimR2075
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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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syncc6
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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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Sep 10, 2022 6:08 PM
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FWFFanSep 10, 2022 6:08 PM
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Quote from macromicro View quoted comment :
Astral Radiance is not a popular set but the pull rates are pretty good for the rare cards. The Elite Trainer Box is part of this sale at $30 and gives you 8 packs plus a bunch of other goodies. A booster pack is typically $4 each so 8 packs in the elite trainer box alone is a good deal if you don't particularly want a specific set.

The packs in the ETBs are all Astral Radiance set cards. Some of the other items on sale here gives you a mix of packs from different sets.
Costco one is 12 packs plus misc for under $40. Isn't that a better deal unless the pull rates are better for elite trainer box?
Sep 10, 2022 6:19 PM
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Cmw7290Sep 10, 2022 6:19 PM
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Quote from FWFFan View quoted comment :
Costco one is 12 packs plus misc for under $40. Isn't that a better deal unless the pull rates are better for elite trainer box?
No there's a few in this deal for $3/pack, $2.85/pack.
Sep 10, 2022 6:21 PM
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Erwin210Sep 10, 2022 6:21 PM
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Which of these are worth buying?
Sep 10, 2022 6:25 PM
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JimR2075Sep 10, 2022 6:25 PM
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Quote from FWFFan View quoted comment :
I guess voice dictation mangled the sentence pretty badly... "Best hp and art"

That brings up another topic. I see cheaper prices on AliExpress. I assume those are definitely fakes?... Including the booster boxes for 15 or $20? Are these fakes pretty much indistinguishable from the real thing and requires a professional to make an assessment? Or any kid can take a 10-second glance and tell you to stay away? I'm wondering if this route is the way to go for the little one that just likes the pictures.

THe art quality and 'best' is pretty subjective and kids will like what they like. but generally speaking the better cards have neater effects like holograms and fancier images so rare cards are generally better looking too.

Yes almost anything on Alliexpress is gonna be a fake I'd assume.

Maybe you could try fakes for a very young kid (preschool) just to givem shiny pictures to look at, but I wouldn't risk much there. Once they get into school other kids will probably consider fakes to be a capital offense and ruin their life forever.. Smilie Kids trade cards so having fake in the mix would be a big no-no.

You could also just buy a mixed lot of common cards off ebay if its just for a young one. But of course ebay has scammers too but if its a high rating sell in US then risk is lower if you're buying like 50 cards for $1 or something.
Last edited by JimR2075 September 10, 2022 at 11:28 AM.
Sep 10, 2022 6:39 PM
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RyanS8307Sep 10, 2022 6:39 PM
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Quote from FWFFan View quoted comment :
I guess voice dictation mangled the sentence pretty badly... "Best hp and art"

That brings up another topic. I see cheaper prices on AliExpress. I assume those are definitely fakes?... Including the booster boxes for 15 or $20? Are these fakes pretty much indistinguishable from the real thing and requires a professional to make an assessment? Or any kid can take a 10-second glance and tell you to stay away? I'm wondering if this route is the way to go for the little one that just likes the pictures.
If you just want to get a lot and don't care about rarity, search ebay or Facebook marketplace for "bulk" pokemon. People sell their common cards for 5-10cents each, so you can get hundreds for the price of one of these Costco/best buy sets.
Sep 10, 2022 6:46 PM
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Cmw7290Sep 10, 2022 6:46 PM
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Quote from RyanS8307 View quoted comment :
If you just want to get a lot and don't care about rarity, search ebay or Facebook marketplace for "bulk" pokemon. People sell their common cards for 5-10cents each, so you can get hundreds for the price of one of these Costco/best buy sets.
The excitement comes from opening the packs. Soon enough you'll have bulk anyways.
Sep 10, 2022 7:13 PM
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ma2Sep 10, 2022 7:13 PM
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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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Sep 10, 2022 7:44 PM
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jaarongSep 10, 2022 7:44 PM
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Quote from Cmw7290 View quoted comment :
The excitement comes from opening the packs. Soon enough you'll have bulk anyways.
I have to agree with this based on my observations. The kids just enjoy opening the packs and will trade away cards just to get new packs. So I've went just for price per pack. Although I do encourage them to build a play deck to promote that side of the game. For that, the elite trainer boxes or toolkits are a good start.
Sep 10, 2022 8:15 PM
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QueenMegzSep 10, 2022 8:15 PM
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Maybe if I buy my kids collector chests, I will stop finding Pokémon cards all over my house and car? They will have a "cool" Pokemon storage box...
Sep 10, 2022 9:03 PM
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stanhouseSep 10, 2022 9:03 PM
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Quote from FWFFan View quoted comment :
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?
Price per pack this is better, BUT and this is a huge but. The Costco ones have a choice of evolving skies ETB's. While these ones tend to have a mixed bag that will include less popular sets.

So if your just a card collector for fun. Go with these. If its about collecting valuable cards go with Costco but make sure to get the evolving skies one(chilling reign is less good) .

While getting moon umbreon alt art is next to impossible there are 7 other cards that are $80 + where as most sets only have one or two.

For these boxes you can get
Fusion Strike (2 $80+ cards both very hard to pull)
Brilliant Stars (2 but has a lot of Charizard's and kids love Charizard's)
Astral Radiance (1 but a lot of small "hits")
Battle Styles (none over 80 and mostly not a expensive set though I do like the art. )
Sep 10, 2022 9:43 PM
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JM6410Sep 10, 2022 9:43 PM
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Collector Bundle (Price $19.99)(Packs 7)(Per/Pack $2.86) is the best deal by price per pack and the actual packs it has.
Sep 10, 2022 10:13 PM
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syncc6Sep 10, 2022 10:13 PM
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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):
  1. Evolving Skies (Avg: $140, Median: $101, Top card: $428)
  2. Chilling Reign (Avg: $53, Median: $43, Top card: $102)
  3. Fusion Strike (Avg: $51, Median: $33, Top card: $130)
  4. Brilliant Stars (Avg: $49, Median: $30, Top card: $172)
  5. Astral Radiance (Avg: $43, Median: $34, Top card: $108)
  6. Pokemon GO (Avg: $26, Median: $22, Top card: $49)
  7. Battle Styles (Avg: $25, Median: $16, Top card: $71)
  8. Vivid Voltage (Avg: $24, Median: $10, Top card: $147)
  9. Darkness Ablaze (Avg: $10, Median: $9, Top card: $38)

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

Based on fun factor of opening packs (*SUBJECTIVE):
  1. Lost Origins (being the newest set)
  2. Brilliant Stars/Astral Radiance (introduced a new subset called Trainer Galleries and Radiant cards)
  3. Pokemon GO (ties in with the mobile game Pokemon GO)
  4. Evolving Skies/Chilling Reign/Fusion Strike (for the potential hits on valuable cards - but pull rates are not ideal)
  5. 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.
Last edited by syncc6 September 10, 2022 at 03:21 PM.
Sep 10, 2022 11:29 PM
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gqvisionzSep 10, 2022 11:29 PM
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Quote from ma2 View quoted comment :
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.
If you really only care about price per packs, can usually get some great booster box prices. Around $90 or so for a box of 36 packs... So $2.50 or less. And even better have been black Friday deals which end up around or under $2/pack.

Though for those who don't know, not all packs are valued the same.
Sep 11, 2022 3:53 AM
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GARRRSep 11, 2022 3:53 AM
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Quote from Cmw7290 View quoted comment :
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.
I pulled a ombrion alt art from the Costco bundle. Supper happy about that

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Sep 11, 2022 5:24 AM
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TolkorSep 11, 2022 5:24 AM
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Got a Trainer toolkit and a Collector box for my kids. Thanks OP!

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