Platinum Booster Box

Platinum Booster Box guide

What's inside the Platinum Booster Box

Each Platinum Booster Box is a factory-sealed display of 36 sealed booster packs, every one of them from Platinum.

About Platinum

Opened the Platinum series with Giratina and introduced Pokémon SP, the special Pokémon of Team Galactic. Released on 11 February 2009, it belongs to the EX, Diamond & Pearl and HeartGold SoulSilver years, whose sealed product is now scarce. 17 years on, most of its sealed stock has long been opened, and unopened product mostly changes hands between collectors.

Platinum has 127 cards in its main numbering, plus 6 secret rares numbered beyond it.

The cards a Platinum Booster Box can hold

The Platinum cards collectors most want to pull are Weavile G, Slaking, Shaymin, Rampardos and Palkia G. With 36 packs, a box gives you the most chances at them of any sealed product, though no box is guaranteed to hold any one card.

Our catalogue lists the set's rarest tiers as 6 LV.X, 17 Holo Rares and 29 Rares. See every Platinum card price for what each is worth.

Platinum Booster Box as an investment

After 17 years, sealed Platinum booster boxes rarely come up, and prices tend to rise as boxes are opened and supply shrinks. Booster boxes are the sealed product most collectors hold long term, as they are easy to store and to value. Much of its sealed value rests on demand for Weavile G and Slaking: if those cards rise, unopened product usually follows.

Only buy a Platinum Booster 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 booster boxes has neat seams, often with Pokémon logos printed on it, and loose or glossy wrap can mean a resealed product. A full box gives better odds than loose packs, and its value as a sealed item is easier to judge (how to value a sealed booster box). For product this old, ask whether it has been checked by an authenticator: fakes and resealed vintage boxes are made to fool buyers. Always compare totals with delivery included, and keep sealed product away from sunlight, heat and damp once it arrives.