Generations Elite Trainer Box

Generations Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Generations Elite Trainer Box

Inside a sealed Generations Elite Trainer Box you get 8 booster packs plus card sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box. The packs are all Generations.

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.

Generations is a special set with no regular booster box, so elite trainer boxes are one of the main ways to buy it sealed.

About Generations

The 20th anniversary set, with a Radiant Collection subset. It had no booster box and was sold only in Elite Trainer Boxes and collections. Released on 22 February 2016, it belongs to the Black & White and XY era. 10 years on, most of its sealed stock has long been opened, and unopened product mostly changes hands between collectors.

Generations has 83 cards in its main numbering, plus 34 secret rares numbered beyond it.

What collectors open Generations for

The Generations cards collectors most want to pull are Charizard-EX and M Charizard-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 21 Ultra Rares and 17 Rares. See every Generations card price for what each is worth.

Generations Elite Trainer Box price today

Right now the cheapest Generations Elite Trainer Box on eBay costs €3,560 including delivery to Germany, and the typical asking price across 13 listings is €4,184 (ebay.co.uk from €4,995, ebay.com from €3,560).

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 Generations Elite Trainer Box works out at €522.97, compared with €431.01 in a Generations Booster Pack. That makes it the most expensive way to buy Generations packs right now, partly because you also pay for the accessories and the box itself.

Generations Elite Trainer Box as an investment

After 10 years, sealed Generations 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. Much of its sealed value rests on demand for Charizard-EX and M Charizard-EX: if those cards rise, unopened product usually follows.

Only buy a Generations 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

Check the shrink wrap: factory wrap on elite trainer boxes has neat seams, often with Pokémon logos printed on it, and loose or glossy wrap can mean a resealed product. At €4,184 it is worth asking for photos of every side and buying from sellers with a long, positive history, since resealed and weighed product is common. 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.