Pokémon TCG: Pitch Black Booster Bundle Preorders Are Back in Stock, and Under Market Price

That's implicit $10 successful savings compared to buying connected the resale market. Booster Bundles see six Pitch Black packs to open, and astatine $57.92, that works retired astatine astir $9.65 per pack.

It's not the top woody we've ever seen for a Booster Bundle, but it's a full batch amended than before. I besides privation to stress that this is "sold and shipped" straight from Amazon itself, and not via immoderate third-party sellers.

But let's besides not hide that this is inactive wildly beyond the archetypal MSRP. At $58, that's astir $28 much than the archetypal $30 MSRP, a beauteous sizable 93.33% markup, and astir treble the archetypal price. Yet, that's conscionable what we expect with Pokémon TCG these days.

Yet, nary substance however unfortunate it is, this is often the terms you person to wage now, adjacent from large retailers similar Amazon. But is it worthy it? Only you tin beryllium the justice of that.

The marketplace terms is often dictated by what the bulk of radical are consenting to pay, but lone you tin determine if this if truely worthy your money. If you bash determine to preorder, it mightiness beryllium champion to prime up 2 oregon 3 conscionable successful lawsuit this sells retired betwixt present and merchandise day.

Moreover, with Amazon's preorder terms guarantee, you won't wage immoderate much than the terms from erstwhile you archetypal ordered, and you'll adjacent get immoderate further discounts retroactively applied to your bid arsenic well. Final reminder, Amazon won't really complaint you for these until it ships, a bully payment for those who privation to wage for a preorder erstwhile it's really connected its mode to them.

What is Pokémon TCG Pitch Black?

Pokemon TCG's adjacent English Mega Evolution enlargement to merchandise is Pitch Black. At implicit 115 cards, Pitch Black is simply a overmuch leaner, much manageable enlargement compared to the Coalossal 295-card checklist of Ascended Heroes.

We presently cognize 4 of the 6 Mega Evolution Pokémon - Mega Darkrai ex, Mega Zeraora ex, Mega Chandelure ex, and Mega Excadrill ex. Could we beryllium astir to get a viable Lightning benignant attacker? Only clip volition tell.

It's already looking similar the dark, brooding sibling to the agleam Ascended Heroes cards we’ve been chasing each summer.

Here’s what you tin expect:

• 6 Mega Evolution Pokémon ex
• 4 Pokémon ex
• 11 Illustration Rare Pokémon
• 18 Ultra Rare Pokémon and Trainer cards
• 6 Special Illustration Rares (Pokémon and Supporters)
• Over 20 Trainer cards
• 35+ full cards with peculiar illustrations

Expected Chase Cards

Is thing much spooky than the existent authorities of the Pokémon TCG market? Apparently yes - the terrifying debut of Mega Darkrai ex. Plucked consecutive from the Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC, this mythical powerhouse is acceptable to crook the TCG competitory country into a surviving nightmare.

In Abyss Eye - the Japanese equivalent of this acceptable - Mega Darkrai ex has the "Abyss Eye" attack. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, it is Knocked Out, nary substance its remaining HP. Yikes. So agelong to the high-HP vessel meta - this volition beryllium a amusive paper to play. Plus, it looks chill arsenic heck, truthful there’s thing for each fan.

While Darkrai gets the container art, it isn’t warring alone. The enlargement confirms 3 different heavy-hitters. The set's Elite Trainer Box promo volition beryllium a caller Zarude Illustration Rare, which is definite to fetch a handsome sum connected third-party resell sites.

Pokémon TCG: Best Deals Today

If you're looking for adjacent much Pokémon TCG deals, past look nary further. The biggest caller offers astatine Amazon, successful presumption of restocks and discounts, are connected the Chaos Rising ETB for $79.99, astatine marketplace price, and the Prismatic Evolution ETB, astatine $178, mode beneath marketplace price.

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.