"Amazon Restocks Pokémon TCG: More Surging Sparks Tins Available"

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably also told yourself this would be the month you don’t buy more Pokémon cards. Same here. Yet, here we are, eyeing another lineup of Elite Trainer Boxes and tins, like they're life choices we already regret but will definitely make again.

### Pokémon TCG: Azure Legends Tin - 5 Packs

0$29.99 at Amazon### Pokémon TCG: Stacking Tin (Q1 2025) - 3 Packs, Stickers (Random Design)

0$19.99 at Amazon### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Paradox Rift: Elite Trainer Box - Roaring Moon

0$56.77 at Amazon### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Temporal Forces: Elite Trainer Box: Walking Wake

0$53.64 at Amazon### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Temporal Forces: Elite Trainer Box: Iron Leaves

0$55.24 at Amazon### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet Shrouded Fable Elite Trainer Box

0$57.98 at Amazon

Scarlet & Violet sets keep dropping bangers, both visually and competitively, and unfortunately for our wallets, some of these boxes are actually worth ripping open.

Pokémon TCG: Azure Legends Tin - 5 Packs

### Pokémon TCG: Azure Legends Tin - 5 Packs

0Contains 2 x Surging Spark Boosters$29.99 at Amazon

This tin is surprisingly solid. It comes with five booster packs from a great mix of sets — Surging Sparks, Stellar Crown, Temporal Forces, and Obsidian Flames — and one promo featuring either Kyogre, Dialga, or Xerneas. It’s essentially Pokémon’s version of a loot box, and yeah, I bought two. With the chase cards across the included sets (Pikachu ex, Terapagos, Raging Bolt, take your pick), the odds of hitting something fun are actually pretty good. I don’t even like tins, but I’d grab another one.

### Pikachu ex - 238/191

0$399.99 at TCG Player### Milotic ex - 237/191

0$140.00 at TCG Player### Pikachu ex - 247/191

0$95.97 at TCG Player### Hydreigon ex - 240/191

0$79.99 at TCG Player### Alolan Exeggutor ex - 242/191

0$55.99 at TCG Player

Pokémon TCG: Stacking Tin (Q1 2025) - 3 Packs, Stickers (Random Design)

### Pokémon TCG: Stacking Tin (Q1 2025) - 3 Packs, Stickers (Random Design)

0Contains 1 x Surging Sparks Booster$19.99 at Amazon

I didn’t expect much from this tin, but I bought it for the sticker sheets and the promise of a Surging Sparks pack. And it delivered. You get three packs, one of which might yield something like Pikachu ex or Latias ex, and a tin that I now use to store nothing. I can’t even be mad. There’s a slight chance you’ll pull a Milotic ex or Ceruledge ex if luck is on your side, and if you don’t? Well, you paid twenty bucks to roll the dice and got some vaguely useful storage in return. That’s more than I can say about half the cereal I’ve bought this year.

### Alolan Exeggutor ex - 242/191

0$55.99 at TCG Player### Lisia's Appeal - 246/191

0$54.99 at TCG Player### Jasmine's Gaze - 245/191

0$54.94 at TCG Player### Latios - 203/191

0$36.79 at TCG Player### Archaludon ex - 241/191

0$34.99 at TCG Player

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Paradox Rift: Elite Trainer Box - Roaring Moon

### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Paradox Rift: Elite Trainer Box - Roaring Moon

0$56.77 at Amazon

I got this box for the sleeves and stayed because Roaring Moon ex is what happens when a Pokémon decides it’s done playing fair. If your goal is to end games in one violent swing and look great doing it, this is your choice. Paradox Rift might not have as many chase cards, but the ones it does have — like Iron Valiant ex and Groudon — feel like they were drawn by someone who knows we’ll all stare at these like cave paintings in 30 years.

### Groudon - 199/182

0See it at TCG Player### Altaria ex - 253/182

0$65.99 at TCG Player### Roaring Moon ex - 251/182

0$59.99 at TCG Player### Garchomp ex - 245/182

0$39.49 at TCG Player### Steelix - 208/182

0$34.99 at TCG Player

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Temporal Forces: Elite Trainer Box: Walking Wake

### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Temporal Forces: Elite Trainer Box: Walking Wake

0$53.64 at Amazon

The Walking Wake Elite Trainer Box comes with a full-art Flutter Mane and nine more Temporal Forces packs to roll the dice again on the best art of the Scarlet & Violet era. This version leans into the ancient side of things, and I picked it up mostly to increase my odds of pulling Walking Wake ex. Is it playable? That's debatable. But it looks like it wandered out of a dream I had after eating too much sushi. With vibrant blues and prehistoric drama, the vibe alone was worth the price. Plus, the sleeves are clean, and I pretend I care about those.

### Raging Bolt ex - 208/162

0$112.94 at TCG Player### Iron Crown ex - 206/162

0$65.11 at TCG Player### Walking Wake ex - 205/162

0$149.95 at TCG Player### Gouging Fire ex - 204/162

0$56.88 at TCG Player### Gastly - 177/162

0$50.36 at TCG Player

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Temporal Forces: Elite Trainer Box: Iron Leaves

### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet: Temporal Forces: Elite Trainer Box: Iron Leaves

0$55.24 at Amazon

Iron Leaves ex pulls off the rare combo of being both playable and beautifully drawn. It looks like it’s mid-leap out of a sci-fi anime, which is exactly the kind of energy I want from my pulls. The other heavy hitters — like Iron Crown ex and Gouging Fire ex — either hit like a truck or look like they’re about to. Raging Bolt ex steals the show, though. It’s loud, dramatic, and perfectly balanced between “meta staple” and “thunder god cosplayer.”

### Morty's Conviction - 211/162

0$69.99 at TCG Player### Iron Leaves ex - 203/162

0$38.01 at TCG Player### Bianca's Devotion - 209/162

0$35.87 at TCG Player### Sawsbuck - 166/162

0$32.07 at TCG Player### Metagross - 178/162

0$29.95 at TCG Player

Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet Shrouded Fable Elite Trainer Box

### Pokémon TCG: Scarlet and Violet Shrouded Fable Elite Trainer Box

0$57.98 at Amazon

Shrouded Fable can quietly slip in cards like Houndoom, the kind of illustration that makes you lower your voice in reverence, and Persian, which looks like it’s plotting something appropriately cinematic. The promos and sleeves are nice, but I really wanted this box for the Illustration Rares that don’t just look cool — they tell a story. Fezandipiti ex, for example, is the Swiss Army knife of support attackers, and Cassiopeia is straight-up character drama in a foil rectangle. The art direction in this set is borderline pretentious, and I mean that as a compliment.

### Persian - 078/064 - SV: Shrouded Fable

1$67.61 at TCGPlayer### Cassiopeia - 094/064 - SV: Shrouded Fable

0$59.98 at TCGPlayer### Fezandipiti ex - 092/064 - SV: Shrouded Fable

0See it at TCGPlayer### Houndoom - 066/064 - SV: Shrouded Fable

2$49.99 at TCGPlayer### Duskull - 068/064 - SV: Shrouded Fable

0$49.88 at TCGPlayer