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Pokémon booster box vs ETB vs booster bundle

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All three are sealed products from a single set. What separates them is how many packs you get (36, 9 and 6), what comes with the packs, and what each pack ends up costing. Here’s how they compare, with today’s prices from Canadian stores.

What’s inside each

  • 36packs
    Booster box
    A booster box (or booster display) is a sealed case of 36 booster packs from one set — the cheapest way to buy packs in bulk and the product most collectors keep sealed.
  • 9packs
    Elite Trainer Box
    An Elite Trainer Box holds 8–9 booster packs plus sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box, and usually a set-exclusive promo card. It’s 9 packs in Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution sets, 8 in Sword & Shield, Sun & Moon and XY sets.
  • 6packs
    Booster bundle
    A booster bundle is six booster packs from one set in a single sleeve — a lower-cost step between loose packs and an ETB.

Pack counts from the publisher’s product listings, as recorded in our data. The full list is in how many packs are in each product.

What a pack costs in each, today

For the 4 newest sets out, here’s the cheapest booster box, Elite Trainer Box and booster bundle in stock at Canadian stores right now, and what each works out to per pack. In each set, the cheapest per pack is marked.

Today in CanadaPrices checked

30th Celebration

Released
30th Celebration: booster box, Elite Trainer Box and booster bundle in Canada today, with the price per pack
Booster Box PriceSold without a booster boxPer pack—In stock at—
Elite Trainer Box 30th Celebration Elite Trainer BoxPriceC$219.95Per packC$24.44In stock at18 stores
Booster Bundle Cheapest per pack30th Celebration Booster BundlePriceC$99.99Per packC$16.67In stock at19 stores

Pitch Black

Released
Pitch Black: booster box, Elite Trainer Box and booster bundle in Canada today, with the price per pack
Booster Box Cheapest per packPitch Black Booster BoxPriceC$249.95Per packC$6.94In stock at43 stores
Elite Trainer Box Pitch Black Elite Trainer BoxPriceC$89.99Per packC$10.00In stock at29 stores
Booster Bundle Pitch Black Booster BundlePriceC$46.70Per packC$7.78In stock at37 stores

Chaos Rising

Released
Chaos Rising: booster box, Elite Trainer Box and booster bundle in Canada today, with the price per pack
Booster Box Cheapest per packChaos Rising Booster BoxPriceC$229.99Per packC$6.39In stock at48 stores
Elite Trainer Box Chaos Rising Elite Trainer BoxPriceC$89.99Per packC$10.00In stock at37 stores
Booster Bundle Chaos Rising Booster BundlePriceC$44.99Per packC$7.50In stock at35 stores

Perfect Order

Released
Perfect Order: booster box, Elite Trainer Box and booster bundle in Canada today, with the price per pack
Booster Box Cheapest per packPerfect Order Booster BoxPriceC$224.99Per packC$6.25In stock at43 stores
Elite Trainer Box Perfect Order Elite Trainer BoxPriceC$88.00Per packC$9.78In stock at30 stores
Booster Bundle Perfect Order Booster BundlePriceC$47.95Per packC$7.99In stock at31 stores

Each store’s listed price, excluding shipping. An ETB’s extras aren’t priced in: its per-pack price is the whole box divided by its packs. Every set, by price per pack →

Which one suits you?

There’s no single right answer: it depends on how many packs you want, whether you’ll play, and how much you want to spend at once.

You want lots of packs from one set
A booster box: 36 packs in one go. Compare its price per pack with the others above before you buy.
You’re starting to play, or buying a gift
An Elite Trainer Box. Alongside its 9 packs come sleeves, energy cards, dice, condition markers and a storage box, and usually a set-exclusive promo card.
You want to try a set without a big spend
A booster bundle: 6 packs, the fewest of the three.
Price per pack matters most
Check the tables above, set by set: the cheapest per pack is marked, and it depends on what stores charge today.

Sets sold without a booster box

These 16 sets were never sold as a 36-pack booster box: their packs come in other products, such as Elite Trainer Boxes, bundles and collections. A “booster box” of one of them is a lot a store has made up itself, so we don’t list it.

Where to buy

DexCompare puts Canadian stores side by side: each one’s own listed price in CAD, excluding shipping, ranked by price and stock. Stores pay nothing to be listed, and commissions never change the order.

Buying from a store you haven’t used before? Check its contact details, delivery costs and returns policy first, and check the shrink-wrap and seals when your order arrives.

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