Dark Explorers Booster Box

Dark Explorers Booster Box guide

What's inside the Dark Explorers Booster Box

A sealed Dark Explorers Booster Box holds 36 sealed booster packs from Dark Explorers, the full display a shop would open to sell packs one by one.

About Dark Explorers

A Darkness-themed Black & White set with Darkrai-EX and Tyranitar-EX. Released on 9 May 2012, it belongs to the Black & White and XY era. It came out 14 years ago, so most sealed stock has been opened and what is left sits with collectors.

Dark Explorers has 108 cards in its main numbering, plus 3 secret rares numbered beyond it.

The cards a Dark Explorers Booster Box can hold

The Dark Explorers cards collectors most want to pull are Darkrai-EX and Tyranitar-EX. With 36 packs, a box gives you the most chances at them of any sealed product, though no box is guaranteed to hold any one card.

Our catalogue lists the set's rarest tiers as 3 Secret Rares, 6 Ultra Rares and 34 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Dark Explorers set page.

Is the Dark Explorers Booster Box a good investment?

After 14 years, sealed Dark Explorers booster boxes rarely come up, and prices tend to rise as boxes are opened and supply shrinks. Booster boxes are the sealed product most collectors hold long term, as they are easy to store and to value. Watch the price of Darkrai-EX, the set's headline card, since sealed Dark Explorers tends to move with it.

None of this is financial advice: sealed prices can fall as well as rise. Our guide should you buy sealed Pokémon products? weighs up both sides.

Before you buy

Look closely at the wrapping in the photos. Factory wrap on booster boxes has neat seams, often with Pokémon logos printed on it; baggy, shiny or uneven wrap is a common sign of a reseal. A full box gives better odds than loose packs, and its value as a sealed item is easier to judge (how to value a sealed booster box). Compare the total with delivery, not just the price, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.