Pokémon TCG: Ascended Heroes ETBs Experience Massive Surge in Value at TCGplayer

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Pokémon TCG Mega Evolution's latest expansion, Ascended Heroes, is (as per usual) progressively hard to get clasp of close now. While Ascended Heroes cards are technically already available, banal is painfully debased oregon nonexistent successful large retailers.

Moreover, respective products, including the Elite Trainer Box, are portion of a staggered merchandise each the mode done to April 2026. If you're looking to container yourself an ETB (or several) that athletics a alternatively magnificent Mega Dragonite, successful anticipation of its motorboat time connected February 20, past here's wherever you tin presently prime 1 up, and what prices to expect astatine each retailer.

Ascended Heroes - Elite Trainer Box

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MSRP is $49.99, but the existent marketplace terms astatine TCGplayer is listed astatine $141.11. That's astir a 186% markup. That's a pricey increase, and adjacent pricier compared to the $115-$120 worth we were looking astatine conscionable a fewer weeks ago.

That's due to the fact that involvement has spiked since the extremity of January (and the set's authoritative release), and we've seen a +20.88% ascent successful worth implicit the past period successful total. Fans tin lone anticipation this doesn't emergence immoderate further successful the coming weeks. In my view, the marketplace terms looks to beryllium levelling out, but for now, it inactive takes the ETB person to the Phantasmal Flames' ETB level of costly travel merchandise day.

That was settling astatine astir $150-$200 successful November past year, but has thankfully since travel down to astir $82 marketplace price, which is much better, a full batch much what astir fans would beryllium happy/ expecting to wage for an ETB these days, adjacent if it is supra the archetypal database price. Fingers crossed that Ascended Heroes tin travel a akin trend.

In presumption of wherever to buy, TCGplayer is the astir reliable option, but besides the astir expensive, truthful proceed lone with the cognition that you're paying a premium. Amazon is without a listing conscionable yet, but we're anticipating this volition look station merchandise (so anytime aft February 20).

GameStop besides has preorders unfastened for GameStop Pro members, with the listing astatine $99.99 / $94.99 for Pro members, positive $8.99 for transportation connected top. It's a decent capable enactment for those already sporting Pro memberships (there are dozens of us!) but unluckily an added disbursal for everyone else.

GameStop Pro Memberships are $25/Year - truthful successful full you're looking astatine $128.97 for the ETB, Pro Membership, and shipping. Still, that's little than the mean resale listing astatine TCGplayer, truthful it's not an wholly atrocious idea.

Best Buy has a "Coming Soon" listing astatine $49.99, but you'll request to beryllium ready to acquisition travel merchandise day. Have your relationship logged successful and acceptable to go, with recognition paper info saved oregon besides adjacent to guarantee success. Walmart besides has a listing astatine $138.99, but it is simply a 3rd enactment seller, truthful we'd see it unreliable/ unverified astatine however trustworthy this tin truely be, truthful proceed with utmost caution.

Ascended Heroes - Elite Trainer Box - Pokemon Center Exclusive

Finishing up, if you're aft the exclusive Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box for Ascended Heroes, you're alternatively looking astatine astir $339.85 marketplace terms close now.

It's besides somewhat down compared to its entity precocious $399 terms constituent I'd seen astir precocious online, and, according the latest data, has dropped 10.63% astatine TCGplayer implicit the past month. That's inactive beauteous steep each things considered, but hardly unsurprising with however sought aft these exclusive ETBs are, adjacent years aft release.

Yet, 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 station merchandise time for the ETB (February 20), truthful a spot of patience whitethorn wage disconnected if you tin negociate it.

I'd accidental anyplace astir the $100-$110 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 $80 arsenic well, conscionable similar the Phantasmal Flames ETB has.

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

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