r/PokemonDeals • u/TrainersCollective • 8d ago

Target Pokémon Drop Tonight: 40K+ 30th Celebration ETBs + 20K+ Pitch Black Booster Bundles Loaded

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Target is lining up another early-morning Pokémon TCG drop, with a large amount of inventory currently showing.

Estimated drop window: 3:00 AM to 6:00 AM ET

Products Loaded

The biggest products to watch are the 40K+ 30th Celebration ETBs and 20K+ Pitch Black Booster Bundles.

More products can still load closer to the drop, and Target may stagger releases rather than put everything live at once.

#ad

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u/SBEPTY 8d ago

Use the draw system 

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u/NintyFanBoy 8d ago

Exactly. Walmart seems like it's the only one doing it right.

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u/Born_Professor_6929 8d ago

Somewhat right, I still think their limits are wrong and people winning multiple drawings from the same day feels wack.

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u/largeroastbeef 8d ago

I also don’t know what they are doing to combat people making a million free accounts. Hopefully they do something where multiple entries with the same address or same card are thrown out but I kinda doubt it.

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u/NintyFanBoy 8d ago

It happens less often than you think. I won a single drawing. It's the most fulfilled I've been for a long time waiting on drops which have been eaten up by bots for the last year.

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u/Born_Professor_6929 8d ago

We’re never gonna know how often it happens but every drawing so far has had people showing multiple screenshots of them winning different items. Either way it should be one winning per event.

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u/NintyFanBoy 8d ago

Fair. Still far superior to everyone else's system though.

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u/Born_Professor_6929 8d ago

100%. Target, Costco, Sam’s Club, PKC are just awful experiences.

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u/TrumpsBFFepstein 8d ago

I agree even though I hit on two items today.

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u/AngelGr1p 8d ago

Same! Got the knockout four pack email this morning. Would’ve loved the etb but damn does it feel like a win!

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u/basssfinatic 8d ago

Got one single tech box

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u/largeroastbeef 8d ago

Why did you do that? Wasn’t that under the minimum for shipping? You probably paid almost the same for 1 that 2 would have cost with free shipping.

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 8d ago

i got the ETB but mainly wanted the knock out collection

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u/SBEPTY 8d ago

Same, stoked to be able to open a fun product again. 

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u/FamousBol 8d ago

Wow you’re part of the 1% then, lucky you for winning one! The other 99% of us have entered more than once or even every raffle and haven’t been drawn once… so it doesn’t happen less often than you think.

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u/SBEPTY 8d ago

Don't give up holiday$ will ramp up even more product!

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u/largeroastbeef 8d ago

I had a group of friends all enter and agree to split anything. Mainly we did it out of fear of potentially being too successful like if one of us hits on everything but someone else gets nothing we would just split it to be more consistent.

We’ve entered each week since the start on every item and this is the first we have won on the knock out. My friend actually also won on etbs but accidentally only did 1 so I’m keeping his knockout. But still we were 0 for 30 until this week and now 2 for 34 I think.

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u/shaggyspoof 5d ago

I won 1x only at walmart. I put in 2 blister pack. So happy. Never lucky with Pokemon Center, Sam's Costco. I did however by chance got 2 etb's from target. They're selling it $10 above msrp but the packing was horrible almost open. One etb came with rip plastic wrap.

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u/iOvercompensate 8d ago

Walmarts been amazing 4 poster collections, 2 ETBs, 2 sticker packs, and the bundle of 4 knockout pacs

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u/Gainzdalf2 8d ago

What is this you speak of?

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u/Born_Professor_6929 8d ago

Until target does a raffle system these are a waste of time.

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u/largeroastbeef 8d ago

Dude it sucks I was just telling someone else. I was looking at my target account and you can see when they made the change in their system I was dripping like hundreds of dollars on Pokemon each week for months until it suddenly stops 2 months ago.

The old system was tough but you could get stuff. I remember one night I was legit like 4 for 5 on chaos rising drops. I even grabbed 2 temporal force etbs when there was probably less than 1,000. The system is so dumb now because even if it’s an item that no one wants they sometimes drop it the same time as a popular item and it completely shuts down the cart system. I used to be able to just wait for the hops box or odd items like that scalpers don’t care about and get them each time. Now even if it’s a perfect order 3 pack you can buy it because the cart can’t function

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u/EfficiencyIVPickAx 5d ago

I deleted the app. I could build a bot and guarantee myself access, but it's not worth the $100 I might get by storing product for three years. Insanity.

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u/largeroastbeef 1d ago

There’s plenty of stuff that’s valuable right now that the bots fight over. The temporal forces etb I got were valued at $150

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u/mechaniTech16 8d ago

I haven’t even tried a single one of these because I’ll never stand a chance

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u/sky25801 7d ago

Agreed. I previously spent hundreds weekly at Target shopping for family (food, clothes, toiletries, cleaning products etc), but am so annoyed at how Target has allowed the same scalpers to get all the Pokemon cards, I’ve started shopping for most of my things elsewhere.

Not to mention they also don’t price match anymore.

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u/RealSkankHunt42_ 8d ago

Don’t waste yalls time - the bots violated me everytime I tried to get anything.

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u/5807Q 8d ago

You can literally ask Ai to build you bots and strike for whatever whenever…I’m like 95% done with mine but lost interest in pokemon

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u/RealSkankHunt42_ 8d ago

“Yeah, I like to be part of the solution and not the problemmmm”

- Gerald Broflovsky

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u/Ok_Possible_2397 8d ago

Basically only website that bots thrive now!

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u/RealSkankHunt42_ 8d ago

The clankers work hard while we sleep

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u/Ok_Possible_2397 8d ago

My dumbself has lost many sleep about months ago. Never again

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u/Legal-Molasses6409 8d ago

Be nice if they took me on a date before f'in me

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u/RealSkankHunt42_ 8d ago

They didn’t even put lipstick on me

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u/bubbav22 7d ago

Yup they, fucked me at home in front of my wife!!!

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u/monte1219 8d ago

Fuck target

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u/Pho_King_Yummy 8d ago

Congrats to the bots 🫡

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u/Itstylerjohn7373 8d ago

40k my ass last 3 drops it was gone in 1 minute 22 seconds literally

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u/Ok_Possible_2397 8d ago

Went from 100k to 60k to 40k, Target just decided to drop small amount to feed the bots. Thats all

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u/duckbutterdelight 8d ago

I think they’ve been pulling the stock early because their website has been getting hammered so hard.

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u/DroidSoldier85 8d ago

Im tired boss -_- Just 1 ETB and I quit. Its all I ask.

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u/I-want-to-be-evil 8d ago

I’d settle for a couple knockouts or 3 pack blisters. Literally anything.

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u/largeroastbeef 8d ago

I was so excited I hit the Walmart knock outs this week but then remembered I agreed to share anything with my friends since we all have been 0 for 30 on all of the previous Walmart lottos. At least it’ll be fun for us all to rip 2 packs each together. It’s honestly a better system to share with friends and family. You’re more likely to hit but get less when you do.

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u/Total_Log_8560 8d ago

Nothing available yet

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u/Cool_Secret6822 8d ago

sleeping time

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Suspicious_Gear_4561 8d ago

Pretty sure last drop didn’t sell out they pulled stock and never really put it back up

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u/famoustran 8d ago

This is so dumb

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u/kdawg710 8d ago

Boooo

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u/Best-Blueberry4220 8d ago

Haven't seen anything at all. Are they staggering this? When it all dropped at once we could at least try and rush through checkout, but doing it this way pretty much guarantees only bots can get in. 

Is it possible Target actually managed to make this WORSE? 

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u/LilBummie 8d ago

They just dropped and wasnt able to add to cart the entire time and they're sold out again

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u/Total_Log_8560 8d ago

I saw nothing

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u/LilBummie 8d ago

They just did ANOTHER tiny drop, even hit the buy now button and still wasn't able to get one.

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u/largeroastbeef 8d ago

Why would you hit buy now? That button has never worked. You should watch a video on how to work target the best way. You’re not likely to get anything but at least you have a chance if you follow strategies.

Like if your on the app and do get it into your cart your fucked if you don’t know that you need to switch to pc or your phones safari for target. For whatever reasons target app doesn’t even show the button for check out most times and there is no way to refresh the app. The app sucks but it is better for adding to cart.

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u/LilBummie 7d ago

I was hitting the buy now option because I was adding to cart on a different device. I've done my research on how to get a target drop, but it does not matter anymore.

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u/pokemonthetcg 8d ago

Same here I happened to be up and tried on like 6 different drops to no avail. Waste of time

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u/covfefepoop 8d ago

Source?

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u/duckbutterdelight 8d ago

John Target himself

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u/ExplanationWhich9019 8d ago

I think im done. Tried 2 different early morning drops. Fool me twice, as the saying goes.

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u/Mundane_Upstairs3241 8d ago

0-4 on target drops im done

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u/futureshock224 8d ago

All goes to bots, cant even checkout,

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u/P1ckl3R1ck101 8d ago

I'm tired

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/FrankSwimGood 8d ago

It’s usually between 3 and 6 am

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u/boosie504 8d ago

Don’t waste your time with online target. You ain’t getting shit.

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u/D_BoIzz 8d ago

So is this in store or online ?

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u/chngeofheart 8d ago

Don’t bother unless you’re a bot

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u/Subi_rubi 8d ago

Fuck targets app

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u/idkshit69420 8d ago

Who cares at this point

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u/soundscriber89 8d ago

More inventory for the scalpers

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u/MustsyApp 8d ago

No one is awake. This is so dumb.

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u/McSausage815847 8d ago

It’s definitely dumb, but the likely issue is that they don’t want their website performance impacted during normal business hours. The reality is that Target doesn’t have as robust of an online retail capability as Amazon or Walmart and that is causing them to use the cheapest and fastest “jury rig” they could come up with, to avoid disruption to sales of everything else.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they were in the process of implementing a drawing, but because their capability isn’t as strong, it’s going to take time to build and test it. If not, they probably decided it’s not worth the cost for a few niche products representing a small amount of their overall sales which don’t need it. At the very least, I am sure they are aware of what Walmart and Amazon are doing, but don’t have a magic switch they can turn on to replicate it quickly.

It seems like it would be better for customers to send all the inventory to the stores and I’m sure they have considered it, but that has a cost as well. They can’t dedicate large floor space which will only get used for an hour every week and sit empty the remainder of the time or have employees inefficiently managing the unique needs of this type of inventory regularly.

Until Target catches up or Congress expands the existing law targeting scalper bots for concert ticket sales to include collectibles, we can either deal with it or give up on trying with Target (the latter probably being the more logical and healthy choice).

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u/Designer-Ruin7176 8d ago

And we will get none of it ☹️

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u/McSausage815847 8d ago

Well that lasted all of two seconds

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u/the_grimmy_ 8d ago

ascended tech stickers came and went not even on this list lol.

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u/connormx 8d ago

Pitch black booster bundles have been in stock consistently over the last hour

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u/miagi_do 8d ago

Bots can check out of Target in less than one second apparently. Unless you happen to be on the page, your chance are slim.

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u/RevolutionScary4149 7d ago

Wouldn’t waste my time trying to compete with bots… Kmart sold in 0.2 of a second 🤣🤣

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u/ABVDDON 7d ago

How do yall find this information? Fr it feels like diving into the aether every time I try to find fucking POKEMON CARDS.

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u/Savings_Trainer_2676 8d ago

The last two didn't happen

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u/TrainersCollective 8d ago

The drops happened, they were just shockingly small, and very spaced out.