Next Destinies Elite Trainer Box

Next Destinies Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Next Destinies Elite Trainer Box

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

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 Next Destinies

Introduced Pokémon-EX, with Mewtwo-EX the card everyone wanted at the time. Released on 8 February 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.

Next Destinies has 99 cards in its main numbering, plus 4 secret rares numbered beyond it.

Chase cards to look for

The Next Destinies cards collectors most want to pull are Mewtwo-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 37 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Next Destinies set page.

Is the Next Destinies Elite Trainer Box a good investment?

After 14 years, sealed Next Destinies 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 Mewtwo-EX, the set's headline card, since sealed Next Destinies tends to move with it.

Only buy a Next Destinies 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. 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.