Black Friday Pokemon card deals 2024: The best early deals

Japanese 151 Booster Box | $205.99 $94.99 at Walmart
Save $111 - Walmart is demonstrating that it's the one to watch ahead of this year's Black Friday Pokemon deals. This Japenese booster box for the 151 collection has dropped by over 100 bucks, which is faintly absurd if you ask me.

Buy it if:
✅ You love Japanese cards
✅ You want as many of 'em as possible

Don't buy it if:
❌ The idea is a novelty

Price check:
💲 Amazon | $109
💲 Miniature Market | Unavailable

⭐ UK price: £104.99 £94.99 at Zatu

Shrouded Fable Elite Trainer Box | $49.99 $33.25 at Walmart
Save $16 - This newer set feels like a good fit for the darker, spookier season, and it's now what may just be its lowest ever price. Walmart hasn't listed the MSRP here, but it's supposed to be $50 as far as I can tell.

Buy it if:
✅ You're adding to a deck
✅ You don't need loads of boosters

Don't buy it if:
❌ You want a premade deck

Price check:
💲 Amazon | $35.76
💲 Miniature Market | $49.99

⭐ UK price: £49.99 £36.45 at Magic Madhouse

Twilight Masquerade Elite Trainer Box | $49.99 $39.94 at Walmart
Save $10 - That isn't a lowest-ever price, but hey, beggar's can't be choosers. It's still a solid $10 off the sticker price, so I'll take it.

Buy it if:
✅ You want boosters
✅ You're making a new deck

Don't buy it if:
❌ You're a new player

Price check:
💲 Best Buy | $49.99
💲 Amazon | $39.94

⭐ UK price: £54.99 £39.99 at Argos

🎁 Elite Trainer boxes will lead the charge
It's a fair bet that Elite Trainer Boxes (which feature a handful of booster packs, a special card, card sleeves, and more) will get the lion's share of reductions. They enjoy price cuts up to and during the annual Black Friday Pokemon card deals, so I don't expect that pattern to change. It certainly didn't last year.

🃏 Booster boxes should get the biggest reductions
You know those massive booster boxes, featuring hundreds of cards? They get the most tempting price cuts in terms of actual money off. That's largely because they're the most expensive to begin with, but that means Black Friday is your best chance to dive in if your budget is able to stretch that far.

➕ Giftware and accessories will get good (if modest) savings
Battle Decks with premade sets, limited packs such as the Charizard EX Collection, fun gift sets (the kind with pins or exclusive cards), and third-party accessories are contenders for a saving too. Indeed, I saw plenty of them go on offer last year, and accessories in particular fill the listing pages on the likes of Amazon.

❌ There's going to be a lot of third-party roundups
Black Friday seems like an opportunity for third-party sellers to come out of the woodwork. A lot of card bundles and roundups will appear to be on sale, but I'd suggest proceeding with caution - there's no way to tell what you're getting, or if it's legit.

🏫 Battle Academy always goes on offer
If you're a newcomer, you should definitely check out the Pokemon Battle Academy box this Black Friday. It's a super effective introduction (apologies, it was too tempting) to the game itself and gives you everything you need to play right away. Because it often gets a price cut and has been reduced during Black Friday before, I'd say to keep an eye on it as we enter the November sales season.

Obsidian Flames Booster Bundle | $27.99 $20.95 at Walmart
Save $7 - That's a lowest-ever price to bring last year's Black Friday Pokemon card deals up a notch. You got six boosters with this pack.

151 Elite Trainer Box | $54.99 $47.49 at Amazon
Save $7 - This was one of the cheapest 151 Elite Trainer Boxes we'd seen during the Black Friday Pokemon card deals, and because it was from such a hyped release, that wasn't an opportunity to miss.

Paradox Rift Display Booster Box | $160.99 $105 at Walmart
Save $55 - Here was a massive saving to kick off the Black Friday Pokemon deals last year. We'd seen it $5 cheaper before, but these are the sorts of discounts that can disappear quicker than a Jolteon holding a Salac Berry.

151 Ultra Premium Collection | $119.99 $95.99 at Amazon
Save $24 - This was very close to the lowest price we'd seen this set fall to, making it a very notable saving worth considering.

151 Poster Collection | $29.96 $15.98 at Amazon
Save $14 - This cute giftset had only ever been a dollar or so cheaper, and because that's the lowest we were seeing it anywhere, it was a solid offer.

Obsidian Flames Build & Battle Box | $34.95 $20.49 at Amazon
Save $7 - It's hard to tell what the MSRP was for this because it was hidden, but from our research, it'd fallen around $15 from its highest point.

Scarlet & Violet Elite Trainer Box (Miraidon) | $49.99 $39.99 at Walmart
Save $10 - This was a single cent off the box's lowest ever price, so last November was a good time to strike if you wanted to get a good deal.

Scarlet & Violet Booster Box | $124.95 $98.84 at Walmart
Save $26 - This bundle pack hadn't ever been cheaper, so we'd chalk that up as one of the better Black Friday Pokemon card deals.

Obsidian Flames Booster Box | $160.99 $115 at Amazon
Save $45 - This isn't the lowest price we'd seen this bundle drop to, but it was still a good saving on lots of boosters if you were on the hunt for the Obsidian Flames set.

Scarlet & Violet Elite Trainer Box (Koraidon) | $49.99 $34.99 at Walmart
Save $17 - Here's another new box set that also dipped in price, despite having recently removed the MSRP on Walmart so you couldn't see the saving. It was just a dollar off its lowest ever price, and the Black Friday Pokemon card deals hadn't even started yet.

Paldea Partners tin | $26.64 $19.75 at Amazon
Save $7 - So far as we've been able to tell, this pack had never been cheaper. A good start to the early Black Friday Pokemon card deals, in other words.

Obsidian Flames Booster Box | £154.44 £106.99 at Zatu
Save £47 - If you wanted lots of boosters for as little as possible, this deal was one to watch out for. It'd never been cheaper before, a saving of almost £50/30% off.

Paradox Rift Elite Trainer Box | £49.99 £39.95 at Magic Madhouse
Save £10 - That was one pence off this pack's lowest ever price, making for a very good start to the early Black Friday Pokemon card deals.

Pokemon Paldea Evolved Elite Trainer Box | £44.99 £35.99 at Amazon
Save £8 - We don't usually get many Pokemon card deals, so this Black Friday offer was a great place to start, especially because it was just a few pence off its lowest price.

Obsidian Flames Elite Trainer Box | £49.99 £38.99 at Zatu
Save £11 - This new box set hadn't ever been cheaper, and was an example of why you should always keep an eye on smaller retailers as well as the classics.