Pokémon TCG Pitch Black ETBs and Booster Sets Are Back in Stock at Amazon

Pokémon TCG's adjacent Mega Evolution expansion, Pitch Black, is officially present available. That's large news, but what is adjacent amended is that Amazon has erstwhile again restocked Pitch Black Booster Bundles, and they're present down to conscionable $49.94 if you fastener successful your bid today.

You tin besides present prime up Pitch Black Booster Display sets, featuring 36 boosters from the caller Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution expansion, for $229.95, $40 disconnected the $279.99 database price. Finally, you tin besides prime up the Pitch Black Elite Trainer Box for $94.86, implicit $25 disconnected the $119.99 database price.

Pokémon TCG: Best Deal for ETBs and Sealed Boosters

I judge the ETB is astir apt the astir notable of these restocks astatine Amazon close now. While it's astir $10 supra marketplace terms compared to trusted sites similar TCGplayer, it's inactive a large enactment for those who similar to bargain new, from a modular retailer, not resale, and with the enactment for accelerated transportation with Amazon Prime. Still, if you similar to bargain with TCGplayer to prevention that small spot other (not accounting for delivery), past it's a large enactment arsenic well.

Here's what it includes:

• 9 Pokémon booster packs
• 65 paper sleeves
• 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
• A player's usher to the expansion
• 6 damage-counter dice
• 1 competition-legal coin-flip die
• 2 integrative information markers
• A collector's container to clasp everything, with 4 dividers to support it organized
• A codification paper for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live

If you're opting for the booster bundles, that includes six Pitch Black packs to unfastened astatine $49.94, which works retired astatine astir $8.32 per pack. If you're going for the booster show set, astatine $229.95, that works retired astatine astir $6.38 per pack, which is simply a importantly amended deal, astatine slightest if you person the currency to buy!

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 $50, that's astir $20 much than the archetypal $30 MSRP. 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

Pitch Black Chase Cards

This caller enlargement focuses connected spooky Pokémon, led by Mega Darkrai. This enlargement is each astir Ghost and Dark-types, eerie cityscapes, and mixing things up with almighty caller Mega Evolutions and never-before-seen Trainer cards.

Early information from TCGPlayer shows Pitch Black is already generating a batch of buzz among collectors and players, with respective cards rapidly rising successful worth and hunt volume.

Highlights see the Mega Darkrai ex Mega Hyper Rare taking the apical spot. Now that is 1 scary terms tag astatine $996.69, but remember, we are lone successful week 1 and the secondary marketplace volition apt settee down a spot arsenic much packs are opened.

Not everyone is simply a instrumentality of these Mega Hyper Rare golden cards, but nary substance your sentiment connected the aesthetic, if you propulsion this aureate nightmare, congratulations! You conscionable won the merchandise week lottery.

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.