Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box

Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box

Inside a sealed Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box you get 9 booster packs plus card sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box. The packs are all Paldean Fates.

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.

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

About Paldean Fates

A special set with a large Shiny Treasure subset of shiny Pokémon, led by shiny Charizard ex. Released on 26 January 2024, it belongs to the Scarlet & Violet era. Shops have mostly moved on to newer sets, so sealed stock now comes mainly from resellers.

Paldean Fates has 91 cards in its main numbering, plus 154 secret rares numbered beyond it.

Chase cards to look for

The Paldean Fates cards collectors most want to pull are Charizard ex and Mew ex. 9 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 6 Hyper Rares, 8 Special Illustration Rares and 12 Shiny Ultra Rares. See every Paldean Fates card price for what each is worth.

Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box price today

Right now the cheapest Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box on eBay costs €325.19 including delivery to Germany, and the typical asking price across 60 listings is €492.72 (ebay.de from €325.19, ebay.co.uk from €512.78, ebay.com from €394.81).

Asking prices are what sellers hope to get, not what elite trainer boxes actually sell for, so treat the cheapest listing as the benchmark for a fair deal.

Price per pack

At the typical price, each of the 9 packs in a Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box works out at €54.75, compared with €38.86 in a Paldean Fates Booster Bundle and €54.77 in a Paldean Fates Booster Pack. That makes it mid-priced among Paldean Fates sealed products.

Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box as an investment

Paldean Fates 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. Much of its sealed value rests on demand for Charizard ex and Mew ex: if those cards rise, unopened product usually follows.

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

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 €492.72 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. Check whether delivery from ebay.de adds import fees, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.