Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box

Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box

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

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 Forbidden Light

Built around Ultra Necrozma-GX and Kalos Pokémon. Released on 4 May 2018, it belongs to the Sun & Moon era. It came out 8 years ago, so most sealed stock has been opened and what is left sits with collectors.

Forbidden Light has 131 cards in its main numbering, plus 15 secret rares numbered beyond it.

What collectors open Forbidden Light for

The Forbidden Light cards collectors most want to pull are Ultra Necrozma-GX. 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 15 Secret Rares, 21 Ultra Rares and 41 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Forbidden Light set page.

Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box price today

There are 3 matching listings on eBay at the moment (ebay.co.uk from €1,540, ebay.com from €725.29). The lowest total with delivery to Germany is €725.29, against a typical asking price of €1,020.

These are live asking prices, not completed sales, so a good offer is usually close to the cheapest listing rather than the typical one.

Price per pack

At the typical price, each of the 8 packs in a Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box works out at €127.50, compared with €48.06 in a Forbidden Light Booster Box and €59.40 in a Forbidden Light Booster Pack. That makes it the most expensive way to buy Forbidden Light packs right now, partly because you also pay for the accessories and the box itself.

Is the Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box a good investment?

Older sealed product tends to rise as boxes are opened and supply shrinks, and Forbidden Light is now 8 years past release. Its price still depends on demand for its chase cards and on any reprints. 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 Ultra Necrozma-GX, the set's headline card, since sealed Forbidden Light tends to move with it.

Only buy a Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box to hold if you are happy to keep it either way, as prices can fall too. This is not financial advice; see should you buy sealed Pokémon products?

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. For a Forbidden Light Elite Trainer Box at around €1,020, ask the seller for photos of all sides and stick to accounts with plenty of positive feedback. 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. Always compare totals with delivery included, and keep sealed product away from sunlight, heat and damp once it arrives.