Plasma Freeze Elite Trainer Box

Plasma Freeze Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Plasma Freeze Elite Trainer Box

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

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 Plasma Freeze

The second Team Plasma set, adding more Plasma Pokémon and ACE SPECs. Released on 8 May 2013, it belongs to the Black & White and XY era. It came out 13 years ago, so most sealed stock has been opened and what is left sits with collectors.

Plasma Freeze has 116 cards in its main numbering, plus 6 secret rares numbered beyond it.

Chase cards to look for

The Plasma Freeze cards collectors most want to pull are Ultra Ball, Max Potion, Garchomp, Garbodor and Sigilyph. 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 6 Secret Rares, 8 Ultra Rares and 44 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Plasma Freeze set page.

Is the Plasma Freeze Elite Trainer Box a good investment?

After 13 years, sealed Plasma Freeze 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 Ultra Ball, the set's headline card, since sealed Plasma Freeze tends to move with it.

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

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. Check whether delivery from abroad adds import fees, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.