Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box

Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box guide

What's inside the Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box

Inside a sealed Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box you get 9 booster packs plus card sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box. The packs are all Scarlet & Violet 151.

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.

Scarlet & Violet 151 is a special set with no regular booster box, so elite trainer boxes are one of the main ways to buy it sealed.

About Scarlet & Violet 151

A special set covering the original 151 Kanto Pokémon, with no booster box in English. Its Charizard ex and Mew ex are among the most valued modern cards. Released on 22 September 2023, it belongs to the Scarlet & Violet era. Shops have mostly moved on to newer sets, so sealed stock now comes mainly from resellers.

Scarlet & Violet 151 has 165 cards in its main numbering, plus 42 secret rares numbered beyond it.

Chase cards to look for

The Scarlet & Violet 151 cards collectors most want to pull are Charizard ex, Mew ex, Erika's Invitation, Venusaur ex and Blastoise 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 3 Hyper Rares, 7 Special Illustration Rares and 16 Illustration Rares. See every Scarlet & Violet 151 card price for what each is worth.

Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box price today

Right now the cheapest Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box on eBay costs €396.11 including delivery to Germany, and the typical asking price across 100 listings is €588.17 (ebay.de from €398.98, ebay.co.uk from €396.11, ebay.com from €445.08).

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 Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box works out at €65.35, compared with €33.73 in a Scarlet & Violet 151 Booster Bundle and €50.15 in a Scarlet & Violet 151 Booster Pack. That makes it the most expensive way to buy Scarlet & Violet 151 packs right now, partly because you also pay for the accessories and the box itself.

Scarlet & Violet 151 Elite Trainer Box as an investment

Scarlet & Violet 151 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 €588.17 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.co.uk adds import fees, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.