What is the Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box?
There are two versions of the Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box, both featuring new Paradox Pokémon, Iron Valiant and Roaring Moon. Both boxes released on 3rd November 2023. They will be the fifth and sixth Elite Trainer Boxes of the Scarlet and Violet Generation IX series. There are also Pokémon Center versions of each box. The regular Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box has a recommended retail price of £49.99 in the UK and $49.99 in the US, while the Pokémon Center versions are £49.99 in the UK and $59.99 in the US.
The Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box (ETB), like other Elite Trainer Boxes, is a special set of cards and accessories that includes everything necessary to play the Pokémon Trading Card game. The box featuring Iron Valiant has the Pokémon character in pink with green outline against a background of pink, white and green.
The artwork for the box featuring Roaring Moon sees the Pokémon depicted in yellow and outlined with red against a blue and yellow background.
The boxes measure 16.5 x 19 x 8.9 cm (6.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 inches).
What is in each Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box?
After carefully removing the plastic shrink wrap covering, the outer sleeve can be slid off to reveal a Player’s Guide and an inner box.
The inner box holds the main contents and is designed to function as a card holder once the products inside have been removed.
The contents of each Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box are:
9 Pokémon TCG: Paradox Rift booster packs
65 card sleeves with image of the featured character
45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
A player’s guide
6 damage-counter dice
1 competition-legal coin-flip die
2 plastic condition markers
A collector’s box to hold everything, with 4 dividers to keep it organized
A code card for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live
Pokémon Center Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box
As with the regular Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Boxes, there are the same two designs for the Pokémon Center boxes. The only difference in design is that each Pokémon Center Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box features the Poké Ball Pokémon Center logo at the bottom of the box. Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Boxes are generally £10 / $10 more expensive than their regular counterparts but the UK Pokémon Center is selling the boxes for the same price as the regular versions.
The content of each Pokémon Center Paradox Rift Elite Trainer box are the same as the regular boxes with the addition of 2 extra booster boxes.
The complete list of Pokémon Center Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box contents:
11 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Paradox Rift booster packs
65 card sleeves
45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
A player’s guide
6 damage-counter dice
1 competition-legal coin-flip die
2 plastic condition markers
A box to hold everything, with 4 dividers to keep it organized
A code card for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live
