{"product_id":"pitch-black-pokemon-center-etb","title":"Pokémon Pitch Black Elite Trainer Box — Pokémon Center Exclusive","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ePokémon Pitch Black Elite Trainer Box — Pokémon Center Exclusive\u003c\/strong\u003e is the collector's edition of the Mega Evolution era's darkest set. The Pokémon Center version carries \u003cstrong\u003e11 booster packs\u003c\/strong\u003e — two more than the nine-pack retail ETB — plus \u003cstrong\u003etwo Zarude foil promos — one stamped with the Pokémon Center logo\u003c\/strong\u003e — the detail that separates this box from every standard copy on a shelf. Built around \u003cstrong\u003eMega Darkrai ex\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pitch Black leans fully into the nightmare aesthetic, and this is its definitive sealed format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat's Inside\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e11 Pokémon Pitch Black booster packs\u003c\/strong\u003e — 10 cards per pack, two more packs than the retail Elite Trainer Box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo Zarude full-art foil promo cards\u003c\/strong\u003e — the Illustration Rare artwork by IKEDA Saki, one stamped with the Pokémon Center logo above the attacks and one unstamped; the stamped print exists only in this box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e65 card sleeves\u003c\/strong\u003e featuring Mega Darkrai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e40 Pokémon TCG Energy cards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e6 damage-counter dice\u003c\/strong\u003e and a \u003cstrong\u003ecompetition-legal coin-flip die\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1 player's guide\u003c\/strong\u003e to the Mega Evolution — Pitch Black expansion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's box with 6 card dividers\u003c\/strong\u003e for sleeved-card storage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e1 plastic coin\u003c\/strong\u003e and a \u003cstrong\u003ePokémon TCG Live code card\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEleven packs means 110 cards from the set before you count the promos — the deepest single-box opening Pitch Black offers short of a full booster box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Set: Mega Evolution — Pitch Black\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePitch Black is the fifth English expansion of the Mega Evolution era and the first to draw its Mega roster from Mega Dimension. The English set runs an 84-card main list plus secret rares — more than 115 cards in total — including \u003cstrong\u003e6 Mega Evolution Pokémon ex\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e4 Pokémon ex\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e11 Illustration Rares\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e18 Ultra Rares\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e6 Special Illustration Rares\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eMega Darkrai ex\u003c\/strong\u003e headlines as the set mascot, backed by \u003cstrong\u003eMega Zeraora ex\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMega Chandelure ex\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMega Excadrill ex\u003c\/strong\u003e. It localises Japan's Abyss Eye expansion, whose secret-rare lineup has already set the early market hierarchy for the English print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy the Pokémon Center Version\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePokémon Center exclusives sit in their own tier of the sealed market. The logo-stamped promo is the marker collectors index on — it is the difference between a Pitch Black ETB and \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e Pitch Black ETB, and it never appears in retail distribution. The two extra packs push the box's opening past the hundred-card mark, which matters if you intend to open it; the stamp matters if you don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distinction runs deeper than the unboxing. Stamped Pokémon Center promos are catalogued and graded as their own prints — a stamped Zarude is a different entry in the population reports from its retail twin — so the box that contains one is permanently identifiable as the exclusive version. That is what keeps Pokémon Center ETBs distinct in the sealed market years after a set rotates out: the stamp can't be added later, and it can't be faked into a retail box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllocation is the other half of the story. Pokémon Center's own preorder window for this set drew queues within the hour, and its listings were showing sold out the same day. Exclusives like this are produced once, allocated once, and not reprinted — availability, not price, is what defines them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery unit we carry is purchased directly from Pokémon Center, with order records retained for every unit, and each box is personally inspected by Alice before dispatch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also forces a pleasant decision. Opened, this is the strongest single-box opening in the Pitch Black line — eleven packs, the accessories, and the stamped promo straight into a sleeve. Kept sealed, it is the version of the set's collector box that was hardest to obtain on day one. There is no wrong answer, but it's worth deciding before the shrink wrap comes off, because only one of those choices is reversible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Cards to Chase in Pitch Black\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chase pyramid is unusually top-heavy. The \u003cstrong\u003eMega Darkrai ex Mega Hyper Rare\u003c\/strong\u003e rules the set — Japanese Abyss Eye copies trade around \u003cstrong\u003e$1,000–1,100 ungraded\u003c\/strong\u003e (PriceCharting, June 2026), and Mega-era gold cards have pulled at roughly 1 in 1,260 packs, the rarest hyper-rare odds the TCG has printed. The \u003cstrong\u003eMega Darkrai ex Special Illustration Rare\u003c\/strong\u003e by Akira Egawa — widely called the set's best piece of art — trades around \u003cstrong\u003e$500–550\u003c\/strong\u003e in its Japanese print. Behind those two sit \u003cstrong\u003eGwynn\u003c\/strong\u003e, the set's new Supporter SIR (~$95–110), then \u003cstrong\u003eMorpeko ex\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMega Zeraora ex\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMega Chandelure ex\u003c\/strong\u003e SIRs, with the full-art \u003cstrong\u003eMisty's Spirit\u003c\/strong\u003e outpricing some of them on character premium alone. English singles aren't priced yet, so read these as the Japanese market's view of the hierarchy rather than settled English values. Across the Mega era, Special Illustration Rares have landed near \u003cstrong\u003e1 in 100 packs\u003c\/strong\u003e — eleven packs is a genuine shot at the mid-tier, not a promise of the top. The full visual rundown sits below this listing, and every sealed Pitch Black format shares the same odds per pack — compare them on the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pitch-black\"\u003ePitch Black collection page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWant raw pack volume instead? The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pitch-black-booster-box\"\u003ePitch Black Booster Box\u003c\/a\u003e runs 36 packs of the same set, and the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pitch-black-booster-bundle\"\u003esix-pack Booster Bundle\u003c\/a\u003e is the lightest way in. 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