“Pokemon Scarlet and Voilet 151 Elite Trainer Box comes with beautiful packaging, the chance to pull gorgeous illustration rares from the original 151 Pokemon while delivering good value, but doesn’t quite pack the kind of nostalgic punch we had hoped for.”

— Pokemon 151 Verdict

We were lucky enough to pick up our first Pokemon 151 ETB a day early today. Here’s what’s inside, and the rarest cards that we pulled.

Pokemon 151 ETB gets 4/5 stars

★ ★ ★ ★

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The Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 Elite Trainer Box includes:

9 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—151 booster packs
1 full-art foil promo card featuring Snorlax
65 card sleeves
45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards
A player’s guide to the Scarlet & Violet—151 expansion
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

Did We Get Any Rare Cards?

In case you missed it in the pictures above, these were the rarest pulls we got.

Scarlet & Violet Pokemon–151 Elite Trainer Box – Is it Worth It?

We’ve been incredibly excited for this Elite Trainer Box to come out, so we couldn’t wait to open up the packs inside. Our impression of the Elite Trainer Box was that the packaging did not disappoint. The inclusion of nine packs makes the ETB pretty much market value, so we would definitely say it is worth it.

However, we weren’t as thrilled with the cards themselves as we had hoped to be. The idea of collecting all 151 Pokemon again seemed like a fantastic idea. However, the Pokemon themselves look and feel so different than what the originals looked and felt like that it doesn’t deliver on the nostalgic appeal as strongly as did the Celebrations special set just about two years ago.

That being said, this is still a fantastic special expansion, and our favorite so far from the Scarlet and Violet era of Pokemon TCG.

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