Sandstorm Booster Box

Sandstorm Booster Box guide

What's inside the Sandstorm Booster Box

A sealed Sandstorm Booster Box holds 36 sealed booster packs from Sandstorm, the full display a shop would open to sell packs one by one.

1st Edition and Unlimited booster boxes are both listed here, and 1st Edition sells for far more, so check the listing title before comparing prices.

About Sandstorm

The second EX series set, themed around Hoenn's deserts and fossils. Released on 18 September 2003, it belongs to the Wizards of the Coast era, when Pokémon cards first took off and print runs were far smaller than today. It came out 23 years ago, so most sealed stock has been opened and what is left sits with collectors.

Sandstorm has 100 cards in its main numbering.

Chase cards to look for

The Sandstorm cards collectors most want to pull are Zangoose, Solrock, Shiftry, Seviper and Sableye. 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 14 Holo Rares and 20 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Sandstorm set page.

Sandstorm Booster Box price today

There is 1 matching listing on eBay at the moment (ebay.de from €58.00). The lowest total with delivery to Germany is €58.00, against a typical asking price of €58.00.

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 of €58.00, each of the 36 packs works out at €1.61.

Is the Sandstorm Booster Box a good investment?

Sealed Sandstorm is now a collector's item: very few unopened booster boxes survive, and each one opened makes the rest rarer. Condition and authenticity matter more than anything else at this age. Booster boxes are the sealed product most collectors hold long term, as they are easy to store and to value. Watch the price of Zangoose, the set's headline card, since sealed Sandstorm 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 booster boxes has neat seams, often with Pokémon logos printed on it; baggy, shiny or uneven wrap is a common sign of a reseal. 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. Compare the total with delivery, not just the price, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.