Black Friday is coming early for Walmart shoppers who like to play or collect the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The retailer is stocking a few TCG products beginning on Thursday, Nov. 12, including the hard-to-find Pokémon 30th Anniversary set. The retailer will also continue the discounted festivities later in Nov. with an additional Pokémon TCG drop.
The products are door busters meant to get foot traffic into Walmart stores. The first offering is a Cynthia's Garchomp ex Premium Collection box that contains six booster packs for $49.97. The additional goodies are two foil cards, one full-art Garchomp card, and acrylic standees for Cynthia and other monsters. Though this product has been available at Walmart before, the Black Friday restock version contains three Chaos Rising packs and three Pitch Black booster packs. Previously, the box had a combination of packs from sets such as Paradox Rift, Destined Rivals, and Journey Together.
The Cynthia box isn't a particularly great deal, with each pack costing a little over $8. TCG fans may still want to check out their local stores since many locations are stocking two Pokémon 30th Anniversary TCG products. The Sylveon and Greninja ex Boxes each include four packs for $34.97, or just under $8 per pack, while the Greninja and Sylveon 30th Anniversary tins contain five packs for $34.97, or less than $6 per pack.
Social media posts report that store inventory is plentiful enough that locations aren't selling out of the 30th Anniversary products immediately after opening. If you did miss out, though, you'll get one other chance to get more Pokémon TCG at Walmart.
When is Walmart's next Pokémon TCG Black Friday Event?
Walmart is planning an "event 2" for Nov. 23, just a few days before Black Friday proper. In this drop, the retailer will put out Iono's Bellibolt ex Premium Collection with six booster packs for $49.97. This product will include packs for sets such as Chaos Rising and Pitch Black. Extras in this variant offer two promo cards (one of which is a full art card), a sticker sheet, and character standees.
A word of warning, however: According to social media reports, some Walmart stores have already put out the Iono boxes ahead of schedule. In other cases, stores have signage for the Bellibolt box but are actually selling the Garchomp box. If you visit your local Walmart, don't be surprised if things are a little amiss.
You can find participating stores by using Walmart's Near Me tracker here.
Walmart also just concluded a raffle for Pokémon products online on Nov 12. These drawings are arguably Walmart's best deal on Pokémon 30th Anniversary products this week. They included:
Pokémon TCG: 30TH Celebration Figure Collection — Mew and Mewtwo, 5 packs — $39.97
Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Poster Collection, 3 packs — $19.97
Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Knock Out Collection, 2 packs / 4 boxes — $47.92
Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection (Day and Night), 30 packs — $224.07
The UPC's price is especially notable considering that Target lists the same product for $249.99 while GameStop has it for $399.99. The only caveat is that customers will receive a Day or Night variant at random.
Walmart has already begun notifying participants who expressed interest on Wednesday, but winners will continue rolling out for the next 48 hours. Raffle winners will automatically be charged for the products they selected. Given that Walmart does weekly drops, I'm sure there will be more Black Friday opportunities via the retailer's Collectible drawings.
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