Scarlet & Violet · SV10 · Released May 30, 2025

Destined Rivals

Warm

Craze score · August 14, 2026

Team Rocket + Gen I nostalgia, without being a 151 clone. Booster boxes that opened near $220 were trading around $400 into 2026.

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Why now

August 2026 ETB restock chatter is real. Restocks are when you buy sealed — not the week after a TikTok squeeze.

The play

If ETBs reprint at retail, buy those. Leave $400 boxes for people who missed 2025.

The risk

Restock fills the channel and boxes can give back $40–80 fast. Singles of the Rocket chases are the stabler hold.

Chase cards

Special Illustration RareDestined Rivals

Raw $180 · PSA 10 $360 · 2.0× slab · editorial snapshot

The Rocket wrapper is doing the work. Art quality holds even if sealed cools.

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Special Illustration RareDestined Rivals

Raw $95 · PSA 10 $200 · 2.1× slab · editorial snapshot

Character cards from this set have outlived weaker Pokémon SIRs.

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Special Illustration RareDestined Rivals

Raw $120 · PSA 10 $240 · 2.0× slab · editorial snapshot

Ho-Oh plus Ethan. The non-Rocket chase that still moves.

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restock9 packs

~~$50~~$64 · +$14 over MSRP

August restock is the reason this is on the board.

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live36 packs

~~$144~~$400 · +$256 over MSRP

Up ~80% from the $220 open. Great if you bought then. Late now.

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Starter EV snapshot

Using estimated pull rates and a $11.00 street pack, this set is a starting point — not a promise. Edit it on the EV calculator.