Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box

Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box

The Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box holds 10 booster packs plus card sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box, all themed to Pokémon GO.

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.

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

About Pokémon GO

A special crossover set with Pokémon GO and no booster box, best known for Radiant Charizard and Mewtwo VSTAR. Released on 1 July 2022, it belongs to the Sword & Shield era, when the collecting boom pushed print runs to record levels. It is past its main print window, so sealed stock is getting harder to find at retail.

Pokémon GO has 78 cards in its main numbering, plus 10 secret rares numbered beyond it.

The cards a Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box can hold

The Pokémon GO cards collectors most want to pull are Radiant Charizard and Mewtwo VSTAR. 10 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 10 Secret Rares, 3 Radiant Rares and 8 Ultra Rares. Prices for every card are on the Pokémon GO set page.

Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box price today

There are 61 matching listings on eBay at the moment (ebay.de from €142.58, ebay.co.uk from €178.94, ebay.com from €151.33). The lowest total with delivery to Germany is €142.58, against a typical asking price of €206.76.

Bear in mind these are asking prices rather than sold prices: sellers at the top of the range often accept offers or wait a long time to sell.

Price per pack

At the typical price, each of the 10 packs in a Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box works out at €20.68, compared with €34.29 in a Pokémon GO Booster Pack. That makes it the cheapest way to buy Pokémon GO packs sealed right now.

Is the Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box a good investment?

Pokémon GO is out of its main print run, the stage where sealed prices often start to move, but modern sets are printed in large numbers and can be reprinted. 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 Radiant Charizard, the set's headline card, since sealed Pokémon GO 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 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 Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box at around €206.76, 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. Compare the total with delivery, not just the price, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.