Booster Packs

The amount of Pokémon Cards in a Booster Pack is different for the Language of the Booster Packs.

For English Pokémon Booster Packs its usual to have 10 Pokémon cards, an energy card and a code card for the TCG live game inside. Promotional packs may have less amount of cards, for example the celebrations set only has 4 cards inside.

For Japanese packs there are 4 types of Booster Packs.

• Regular Japanese Booster Packs with 5 Pokémon Cards. 30 Booster Packs in a Booster Box.
• Special Sets contain 20 Booster Packs per Booster box and 6 or 7 Pokémon Cards per Booster Pack.
• High Class Set Booster Boxes contain 10 Booster Packs with 10 Pokémon cards in each Booster Pack.
• Deluxe Set Booster boxes contain 4 Deluxe Booster Packs with 35 Pokémon cards in each Booster Pack.

English Pokémon Booster Packs are the go to choice for English speaking countries. It is the biggest market of Pokémon Cards and therefore the prices are higher due to higher demand.

Japanese Pokémon Booster Packs are from the 2nd biggest language in the Pokémon TCG. The Japanese Pokémon card quality is amazing and superior to all other languages.

Chinese Pokémon Booster Packs are fairly new compared to other languages. Only since 2023 they started printing Pokémon cards for Mainland china. It's called Simplified Chinese Pokémon TCG and recognised by the small Pokémon debossed stamp in the lower left corner of Pokémon Cards.

The 2nd and older Chinese Pokémon Booster Packs are called: Traditional Chinese. These Booster Packs are produced for Hong Kong & Taiwan. Pokémon has started production for these countries in 2019.

Both Simplified and Traditional Chinese Pokémon Booster Packs are produced in Japan. You can expect great card quality.

Korean Pokémon Booster Packs are similar to the Japanese sets. The Korean Pokémon cards are printed in South-Korea and distributed in the country.

The Korean Pokémon TCG product are less popular and therefore a lot cheaper than Chinese, Japanese and English Pokémon TCG products.

Pokémon Sleeved Booster Packs are a retail version of Booster Packs. The difference is that the Packs are encased in a carton Sleeve. The Sleeved Booster Packs are better protected and therefore have a greater chance at being in a better state than regular Booster Packs.