Amazon Has Discounted Pokémon TCG: Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Boxes Today, But is It the Best Deal Going?

The existent marketplace terms astatine TCGplayer is listed astatine astir $104 (not including shipping). That's a reasonably important driblet from what we were seeing adjacent the opening of the twelvemonth ($140-$165), and adjacent amended than the $120 mean we were seeing crossed February.

Fans tin lone anticipation this doesn't reverse successful the coming weeks, and possibly adjacent continues to driblet further. In the past 3 months, we've seen a 41.47% driblet successful price, with a 28.61% driblet successful conscionable the past period alone.

Amazon is listing the ETB for $109.88, $10 disconnected its Pokémon Day pricing of $119.99. If you see transportation costs, it's beauteous cervix and cervix with TCGplayer close now. All things considered, I'd accidental some retailers are offering reasonably bully prices close present (if you disregard the evident markup from MSRP).

Compare this to Phantasmal Flames, arsenic that was settling astatine astir $150-$200 successful November past year, but gone done thing of a rollarcoaster of pricing. Dropping to astir $75 earlier this year, the ETB is rapidly connected the emergence again and present sits person to $96 aft a 23.75% spike successful worth successful conscionable 30 days. It's inactive acold from its $175 high, but trending upwards again, nevertheless.

Unlike Phantasmal Flames, but much akin to Ascended Heroes, the latest upcoming set, Perfect Order, is besides going done thing of a terms clang successful caller weeks. Not lone are Perfect Order Booster Bundles present disposable to preorder astatine nether marketplace complaint astatine Amazon, but ETBs person besides rapidly dropped to astir $95.28, conscionable a fewer weeks retired from merchandise - a 26.04% driblet successful conscionable 30 days.

But that's the terms of cards connected the resale marketplace these days! I'm definite astir of america are already rather utilized to it, adjacent if it's inactive a mega pricey.

That being said, successful my opinion, you whitethorn beryllium amended disconnected waiting for prices to travel backmost down a spot a fewer months down the line, truthful a spot of patience whitethorn wage disconnected if you tin negociate it.

I'd accidental anyplace astir the $100 people is simply a bully clip to bargain the modular ETB, but if you tin hold a fewer months longer, hopefully we tin spot these falling to astir $70-$80 for Ascended Heroes arsenic well.

Robert Anderson is IGN's Senior Commerce Editor and nonmigratory deals adept connected games, collectibles, trading paper games, and more. You tin travel him @robertliam21 connected Bluesky.