Dragons Exalted Elite Trainer Box

Dragons Exalted Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Dragons Exalted Elite Trainer Box

The Dragons Exalted Elite Trainer Box holds 8 booster packs plus card sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box, all themed to Dragons Exalted.

Pokémon Center exclusive ETBs come with extra packs and a stamped promo and sell for more, so they are left out of the prices here.

About Dragons Exalted

Introduced the Dragon type to the card game, with Rayquaza-EX at the top. Released on 15 August 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.

Dragons Exalted has 124 cards in its main numbering, plus 4 secret rares numbered beyond it.

The cards a Dragons Exalted Elite Trainer Box can hold

The Dragons Exalted cards collectors most want to pull are Rayquaza-EX. 8 packs is a modest number of tries, so most ETBs are bought to collect or keep sealed rather than to chase one card.

Our catalogue lists the set's rarest tiers as 4 Secret Rares, 6 Ultra Rares and 43 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Dragons Exalted set page.

Is the Dragons Exalted Elite Trainer Box a good investment?

After 14 years, sealed Dragons Exalted elite trainer boxes rarely come up, and prices tend to rise as boxes are opened and supply shrinks. ETBs are popular to keep sealed because of their box art, but they take more space than they hold in packs. Watch the price of Rayquaza-EX, the set's headline card, since sealed Dragons Exalted tends to move with it.

Past prices do not guarantee future ones, and this is not financial advice. Read should you buy sealed Pokémon products? for the pros and cons.

Before you buy

Look closely at the wrapping in the photos. Factory wrap on elite trainer boxes has neat seams, often with Pokémon logos printed on it; baggy, shiny or uneven wrap is a common sign of a reseal. Check the listing photos show the ETB itself and not only the packs, and that it is the standard version rather than a Pokémon Center one if you are comparing prices. Check whether delivery from abroad adds import fees, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.