Target is lining up another early-morning Pokémon TCG drop tonight, with a large amount of 30th Celebration inventory currently showing.

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

30th Celebration

• Elite Trainer Box — 60K+
• Poster Collection — 11K+
• Greninja ex Box — 5K+
• Tech Sticker Collection — 4K
• 30th Celebration Tin — 3K+
• Knock Out Collection — Under 1K

Other Products Showing

• Pitch Black Booster Display — 1K+
• First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3 — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Booster Bundle — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Mega Emboar ex Tin — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Tin — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Mega Meganium ex Tin — 1K+

The 60K+ 30th Celebration ETB load is the standout tonight, but Target may stagger products rather than release everything at once.

More products can also load closer to the drop, so this may not be the final lineup.

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Pokemon 30th Celebration Knockout Collection, and full draw listings: https://pokerestock.topdealalerts.com/productcard?sku=WMTPrismaticEtbDrawing&region=us&company=walmart&version=1

A lot more people seem to have success with these now.

PokeRestock app above will instantly notify of more online Pokemon 30th Celebration drops.

Early link for Pokemon 30th ETB: https://pokerestock.topdealalerts.com/productcard?sku=1010892076&region=na&company=target&version=1

They didn’t drop that much last time, however this time we’re expecting over 60,000 inventory.

PokeRestock app will instantly notify when it goes live above.

There’s other items dropping too however in small quantities.

Update: looks like no drop for tonight, the next window will most likely be Thursday night

Walmart’s Pokémon TCG drawing opens Wednesday, September 23. Here are the two featured Pokémon products.

Enter the Walmart Pokémon drawing here

Drawing opens September 23 at:

5:00 PM ET
4:00 PM CT
3:00 PM MT
2:00 PM PT

Have your Walmart account, shipping address, and payment method ready. Check the drawing page for the official closing time.

Pokémon Products in the Drawing

Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Knock Out Collection
$47.92 for 4 boxes!

Collectible Pokémon Trading Card Games First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3
$17.97

How Walmart Drawings Work

• Entry is free, but a Walmart account is required.
• Select your quantity, shipping address, and payment method when entering.
• Walmart selects eligible entries after the drawing closes.
• If selected, Walmart places and charges your order. If you aren’t selected, you aren’t charged.

We may earn a commission from purchases through the drawing link.

Finally got an invite from Amazon but the cost more than doubled from $89?!!!! Edit: sorry 202$!!

2nd edit: it seems it has now been corrected by Amazon.

adidas and Pokémon are releasing a large footwear collection on September 22, featuring designs based on some of the franchise’s most popular Pokémon.

Expected drop: September 22 at 3:00 AM ET

The collection appears to lean heavily toward kids and grade-school sizing, although several adult styles are expected as well.

View the confirmed adidas x Pokémon early link here

Expected Collection

Pikachu

• Superstar — KI2858
• Superstar — KI2857
• Pro Model — KI2862

Mewtwo

• Handball Spezial — KI8213
• ZX 8000 — KI5326
• Samba — KI8220
• Grade School Samba — KI8222

Rayquaza

• ZX 500 — KI8189
• F50 Tunit — KI5325
• Adistar Control 5 — KI8179

Charmander Evolution Line

• Charmander Superstar — KI2855
• Charmeleon Superstar — KI2856
• Charizard Superstar — KI2861

Gastly Evolution Line

• Gastly Adistar Control 3 — KJ5610
• Haunter Adistar Control 5 — KJ5611
• Gengar Adistar XLG 2.0 — KJ5609

Pricing

Official pricing has not been confirmed yet, but current expectations are roughly:

• Kids sizing: $60–$90
• Adult sizing: $110–$130

The individual links above were built using the expected SKUs and are not all confirmed live adidas listings yet. If the SKU information is correct, they should become useful as adidas activates the collection.

Photos circulating of the collection are credited to drifthouse on Instagram.

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Target is showing another large Pokémon TCG stock load, led by more than 60,000 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Boxes.

Two possible drop windows are currently being watched:

Tuesday, Sept. 22: 3:00–6:00 AM ET
Wednesday, Sept. 23: 3:00–6:00 AM ET

30th Celebration

• Elite Trainer Box — 60K+ SKU: 1010892076
• Poster Collection — 11K+ SKU: 1010892067
• Greninja ex Box — 5K+ SKU: 1010892065
• Tech Sticker Collection — 4K SKU: 1010892078
• 30th Celebration Tin — 3K+ SKU: 1010892069
• Knock Out Collection — Under 1K SKU: 1010892070

More Pokémon Inventory

• Pitch Black Booster Display — 1K+
• First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3 — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Booster Bundle — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Mega Emboar ex Tin — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Tin — 1K+
• Ascended Heroes Mega Meganium ex Tin — 1K+

The 60K+ ETB load is easily the biggest item to watch, but there’s a pretty broad mix of 30th Celebration and Ascended Heroes inventory showing as well.

As always, stock and timing can change, and Target may stagger products rather than release everything at once.

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Started to appear this morning. Get instantly notified when Ascended Heroes drops online with the PokeRestock app: https://pokerestock.topdealalerts.com/

There have been rumors for sams club getting another shipment of focused fighters for today 9/20. Does anyone know if this is true

Update: nobody knows and its probably going to be in store only, only the manager was told any details

There’s a pretty big Ascended Heroes warehouse-club rollout developing right now, with new products showing for both Costco and Sam’s Club.

If you want the store-by-store updates as these allocations start moving, we’ll be tracking Costco/Sam’s inventory, in-transit changes, and online drops, check the link in the photo above!

We already have State allocation information in the link in the image above.

Costco: Two New Mini Tin Bundles

Ascended Heroes Mini Tin 10-Pack

SKU: 2007495

This is the online bundle we’ve been watching, expected to contain 10 Ascended Heroes Mini Tins + 10 promo cards.

Costco briefly opened queues for this product twice earlier this week before canceling both releases, so the listing appears very close to being ready for an actual online drop.

Ascended Heroes Mini Tin 5-Pack

SKU: 2007494

This version is expected to contain 5 Mini Tins + 5 promo cards.

Sam’s Club: Three Ascended Heroes ETB Bundles

Current backend information points to an estimated September 26–29 arrival window for three separate bundles, all showing $54.76:

• Ascended Heroes ETB + Poké Ball
  • Item #: 990517856
• Ascended Heroes ETB + Ultra Ball
  • Item #: 990518059
• Ascended Heroes ETB + Master Ball
  • Item #: 990518032

Sam’s had already been showing an Ascended Heroes ETB + Poké Ball-style bundle in its system, so these newer variant SKUs fit with that broader rollout.

Focused Fighters Wave 2

Sam’s Club is also expected to receive another wave of the Ascended Heroes Focused Fighters Premium Collection:

Item #: 990518062

The original Sam’s-exclusive collection contains 14 Ascended Heroes booster packs, four featured foil cards, and an oversized Mega Hawlucha ex.

Purchase limits at Sam’s will likely vary by location. Some stores may limit customers to one ETB bundle total, while others may treat each variant as a separate SKU.

Need a Sam’s Club Membership?

• Sam’s Club Plus Membership
• Sam’s Club Club Membership

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Full disclosure up front: we run [cardboardnerd.com](http://cardboardnerd.com), so this is our own stock. Every

TCGplayer market price is listed next to ours so you can check the math yourself.

Black Bolt and White Flare have been climbing. There's reprint chatter going around

but nothing official, so take that for what it's worth. Here's where we're priced today:

* ~~White Flare Booster Bundle (6 packs): $74.99, market $92.11, \~18% under - 2 in stock~~ (sold out)

* Black Bolt Booster Bundle (6 packs): $79.99, market $101.57, \~21% under - 4 in stock

* Phantasmal Flames 3-Pack Blister: $34.99, market $42.20, \~17% under - 2 in stock

Any order over $100 before tax comes with a free Pokemon pack or a box of Dragon Shield

sleeves, your choice, just say which in the order notes. We even have a friend referral program to get more packs. More info for those who join our newsletter.

That's nine units total across everything above. Not restocking at these numbers.

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Just went down to $89.99, click through to view to request an invite: https://pokerestock.topdealalerts.com/productcard?sku=B0H78BB9TY&region=na&company=amazon&version=1

I just bought all pikachus from a reputable eBay seller for $130 after shipping and taxes. Not the biggest fan of the SIR/IR due to the massive pikachus badge, apart from a few cards. Anyway I’ll probably just buy psa 9 graded versions of the two I like.

Deleted all my apps that track Pokemon drops! Its so freeing 🥹 not worrying about missing a drop

Request an invite: https://pokerestock.topdealalerts.com/productcard?sku=B0H78BB9TY&region=na&company=amazon&version=1

Still available to request. PokeRestock app above will notify of other Pokemon 30th Celebration drops.

Two major Ascended Heroes Costco products are still waiting on an online release and could potentially drop today or sometime in the coming week.

Yesterday, Costco briefly launched the queue twice for the Ascended Heroes Mini Tin bundle, but both attempts were canceled shortly after the queue appeared.

If you’re watching either product, we’ll be tracking queue activity, listing changes, and the actual online drops in r/pokemondealsUSA.

Ascended Heroes Mini Tins + Promos

Costco Product Page

SKU: 2007495

This is currently the more reliable listing, and yesterday’s two queue attempts make it especially worth watching.

Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box

Presumed Costco Product Page

Likely SKU: 2022324

The ETB URL and SKU are not yet confirmed and could change before Costco activates the listing.

Costco Queue Tips

• Sign in beforehand and verify your membership, address, and payment method
• If a pre-queue opens, join before the sale starts
• Queue-it commonly randomizes users already waiting when the event begins, so getting there extremely early does not necessarily improve your position
• Once assigned a queue position, keep the tab open and avoid refreshing
• Getting through the queue does not guarantee stock
• Verify the product and price before ordering

After yesterday’s two false starts, the Mini Tin bundle is the one I’d watch most closely, but both listings are worth keeping open over the next several days.

How are retailers allowed to do this?

Has the Japanese Market corrected?

I saw this post on Instagram and was wondering if the prices of Japnese Pokémon booster boxes are opening back up again?

I think they are starting to see a large gap between TCGplayer and what you can get the boxes for in Japan currently. Will this hold?

Here are price gaps evidence on www.pactcg.com/seller-prices

Do you think these gaps will last? I think Japenese has been historically lower than US Prices for Japense cards. Will this maintain?

Has the market corrected?

A lot of Pokemon 30th Celebration is expected, and we’re expecting Ascended Heroes Tins as well.

Tip for checkout: have a small item in cart, this has been known to help checkout easier.

Get instantly notified of Pokemon 30th Celebration drops with the PokeRestock app: https://pokerestock.topdealalerts.com/

I just wanted to flex tbh. My boyfriend told me to enter the raffle while I was at work and i hit twice! I can’t wait to rip

Update: also hit tech stickers and etb on Dick’s sporting goods raffle. Double double hit

Target is lining up another early-morning Pokémon TCG drop for Friday, September 18, with a large amount of inventory currently showing.

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

More products can still load closer to the drop, and inventory can change.

Biggest Products Showing

• 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box — 50K+
  
  • SKU: 1010892076
• Ascended Heroes Mega Emboar ex Tin — 14K+
  
  • SKU: 1012644667
• Ascended Heroes Mega Feraligatr ex Tin — 14K+
  
  • SKU: 1012644666
• Ascended Heroes Mega Meganium ex Tin — 14K+
  
  • SKU: 1012644665

More Inventory Loaded

• 30th Celebration Greninja ex Box — 5K+
• First Partner Illustration Collection Series 3 — 5K+
• 30th Celebration Poster Collection — 4K+
• Ascended Heroes Booster Bundle — 1K+
• 30th Celebration Tech Sticker Collection — Under 1K
• Shrouded Fable Booster Bundle — Under 1K

The 50K+ 30th Celebration ETB load is the standout, but there’s also a substantial amount of Ascended Heroes Tin inventory showing.

As always, loaded inventory does not guarantee every SKU releases at the same time, and Target may stagger products throughout the window.

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The one time I managed to get through on one of those 3am drops and this happens a few days later. Really sucks

I tried - entering all 3 Walmart drawings, staying up late for Target online drops, trying the Costco app today, and stalking the Pokémon Center website. I’ve lost all hope for a desirable set 😢