The Pokemon GO Elite Trainer Box holds ten Pokémon GO booster packs and one foil promo card featuring Mewtwo V, according to its official pokemon.com product page, which prints “Launch: Q3 2022”. Bulbapedia gives the Japanese name of the expansion as 強化拡張パック Pokémon GO (S10b), which the official Japanese page dates to June 17, 2022.
The English expansion page prints “Release Date July 01, 2022” and states: “Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO booster packs will not be sold separately, so look for them in special collections.” The official Japanese page prices a pack at ¥260 (~$2) with tax and six cards inside.
We sell Japanese sealed product and graded singles from Tokyo. Store prices are listing prices as of October 5, 2026, at ¥154 to the dollar.
The official Elite Trainer Box page lists 10 Pokémon GO booster packs and a foil Mewtwo V promo. The official Japanese S10b page lists a pack, a card file set and a special set, and none of the three is an Elite Trainer Box. The Japanese S10b box is listed at ¥22,432 (~$146).
Box contents come from the official English Elite Trainer Box page and the official Japanese product page, Japanese card details from the official card database, and English card numbers and promo history from Limitless TCG and Bulbapedia.
What the Official Elite Trainer Box Page Lists
The product page is titled Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box. Its description calls the box “a great way to get started with this exciting new expansion thanks to the ten Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO booster packs included” and describes the promo: “This Legendary Pokémon’s Transfer Break attack will do 160 damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon while moving one Energy attached to Mewtwo V onto one of your Benched Pokémon.”
| Item | As printed on the official Elite Trainer Box page |
|---|---|
| Launch | Launch: Q3 2022 |
| Booster packs | 10 Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO booster packs |
| Promo card | 1 foil promo card featuring Mewtwo V |
| Sleeves | 65 card sleeves featuring Mewtwo |
| Energy cards | 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards |
| Guide | A player’s guide to the Pokémon GO expansion |
| Dice and die | 6 damage-counter dice and 1 competition-legal coin-flip die |
| Markers | 2 acrylic condition markers and 1 acrylic VSTAR marker |
| Storage | A collector’s box to hold everything, with 4 dividers to keep it organized |
| Digital | A code card usable in either the Pokémon TCG Online or Pokémon TCG Live |
The page closes with the line that the box “will be available Q3 2022 at the Pokémon Center and where Pokémon TCG products are sold.” It names a quarter rather than a date and prints no price.
Bulbapedia’s merchandise page for the Sword & Shield series states that the first wave of products carrying packs for the Pokémon GO expansion was officially released on July 1, 2022, and that the Elite Trainer Box was among them. Bulbapedia calls the promo a Full Art Mewtwo V and numbers it SWSH 229. The official page says only “foil promo card”, so “Full Art” and the number are Bulbapedia’s.
The Pokémon Center Box Plus and Other Pack-Carrying Products
Bulbapedia reports that the Pokémon Center sold an exclusive Pokémon GO Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box Plus from the same day. In its words, that version “featured a different box design and came packaged with metal damage counter dice and Special Condition markers instead of plastic ones, a metal Mewtwo coin instead of the coin-flip die, alternately-designed sleeves and dividers, a deck box, and two more Pokémon GO booster packs for a total of twelve.”
Bulbapedia adds that both boxes included a sheet of codes redeemable in the Pokémon GO game, with the number of codes matching the number of packs. The official Elite Trainer Box page lists a TCG code card and does not mention a sheet. Bulbapedia’s merchandise page lists these other 2022 Pokémon GO products.
| Product (Bulbapedia) | Packs or promo as reported | Date as reported |
|---|---|---|
| Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box | 10 packs; Mewtwo V promo, SWSH 229 | July 1, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box Plus | 12 packs; metal dice, metal coin, deck box | July 1, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Mewtwo V and Melmetal V Battle Decks | Mewtwo V promo SWSH 223; Melmetal V promo SWSH 224 | July 1, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Premium Collection—Radiant Eevee | 8 packs; Radiant Eevee promo, SWSH 230 | — |
| Pokémon GO Special Collections (Team Instinct, Mystic, Valor) | 6 packs each; Spark 226, Blanche 227, Candela 228 | — |
| Pokémon GO Tins | Pikachu promo | July 15, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Mini Tins | — | August 5, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Pin Collections (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle) | SWSH 231, 232, 233 | August 5, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Poké Ball Tins | — | August 26, 2022 |
| Pokémon GO Premier Deck Holder Collection—Dragonite VSTAR | SWSH 235 and 236 | September 30, 2022 |
The Expansion and Its Japanese Subset
The official expansion page lists the series as Sword & Shield, the release date as July 01, 2022, the card count as “More than 75” and the Standard Legal Deck answer as “No”. Its contents list reads: “New Pokémon V, Pokémon VMAX, and Pokémon VSTAR”, “3 Radiant Pokémon” and “More than 75 cards”.
| Set detail | English Pokémon GO | Japanese S10b Pokémon GO |
|---|---|---|
| Release | July 01, 2022 (official expansion page) | June 17, 2022 (official Japanese page) |
| Cards | More than 75 (official); 88 on Limitless TCG | Database cards numbered over /071 |
| Printed denominator | /078 on card infoboxes (Bulbapedia) | /071 (official database) |
| Product role | Special expansion sold in collections (official, Bulbapedia) | Enhanced expansion pack, 強化拡張パック |
Bulbapedia’s set page says Pokémon GO (Japanese: 強化拡張パック Pokémon GO) “is a special expansion released during the Sword & Shield Series” and that in Japan it was released as the eleventh subset of the Sword & Shield Era, with a release of June 17, 2022. The English expansion page date, July 01, 2022, falls two weeks after that Japanese release.
The full Japanese pool is covered in the S10b card list, the S10b booster box buying guide and the Pokémon GO chase cards article.
What the Official Japanese S10b Page Lists
The official Japanese S10b page prints three products in its specification images. None of them is an Elite Trainer Box.
| Product (official Japanese page) | Official price, tax included | Contents as printed |
|---|---|---|
| 強化拡張パック Pokémon GO (pack) | ¥260 (~$2) | 6 cards per pack, with a promotion code usable in Pokémon GO |
| Pokémon GO カードファイルセット | ¥1,760 (~$11) | Pikachu promo (foil) x1, card file x1, Pokémon GO packs x4 |
| Pokémon GO スペシャルセット | ¥1,760 (~$11) | Packs x6, Mewtwo V promo (foil) x1, card box, 7 stickers, display frame, deck case, Pokémon coin |
The special set is the Japanese product that carries a Mewtwo V promo. The page says the promo shows Mewtwo in a battle stance against a darkened city and has the same HP and attacks as the Mewtwo V in the expansion and can evolve into Mewtwo VSTAR. The page also notes that Mewtwo appears in the legendary raid battles of the Pokémon GO game, while the expansion carries a special art Mewtwo V inspired by raid battles.
Other lines printed on the Japanese page: all eight basic Energy types carry the Pokémon GO logo in a foil finish and first appear in this pack, and a card showing a Ditto mark where the regulation mark would be has a sticker face that reveals Ditto when peeled. The promotion code entry period is printed as June 17, 2022 to July 31, 2024.
Elite Trainer Box and S10b Box Compared
| Spec | Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box (English) | S10b Pokémon GO box (Japanese) |
|---|---|---|
| Launch | Launch: Q3 2022; expansion page: July 01, 2022 | June 17, 2022 (official) |
| Packs | 10 Pokémon GO booster packs (official) | Pack count per box is not printed on the official page |
| Cards per pack | Packs of the English expansion | 6 cards at ¥260 (~$2) (official) |
| Mewtwo V promo | 1 foil promo card featuring Mewtwo V (Bulbapedia: SWSH 229) | S-P 273 promo sits in the スペシャルセット, a separate ¥1,760 (~$11) product |
| Accessories | Sleeves, Energy cards, dice, markers, guide and collector’s box (official) | Card box, stickers, display frame, deck case and coin appear in the スペシャルセット |
| Packs sold separately | Packs will not be sold separately (official expansion page) | Yes, the official page lists the single pack |
| In-game code | Code card for TCG Online or Live (official); code sheet (Bulbapedia) | Promotion code in each pack, entry June 17, 2022 to July 31, 2024 |
The English product is an accessory box built around ten packs and one promo. The Japanese product is a box of packs. The Mewtwo V promo and the Mewtwo V cards in the packs connect the two, and that link runs through illustrator credits rather than through the box itself.
The Mewtwo V Promo and Its Japanese Twin
Limitless TCG lists two Mewtwo V promos in the Sword & Shield promo set, SP 223 and SP 229. Bulbapedia explains where each came from in its card page for the Pokémon GO Mewtwo V: “the Full Art print was released as a SWSH Black Star Promo with the collection number SWSH229. This print was available in two of the launch products for the Pokémon GO expansion on July 1, 2022: the Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box and the Pokémon GO Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box Plus.”
The same Bulbapedia page credits the SWSH229 print to PLANETA Mochizuki, and its infobox pairs SWSH229 with the Japanese Pokémon GO 073/071 SR. The official card database credits S10b 073/071 to PLANETA Mochizuki as well, so the two prints share an illustrator credit and Bulbapedia’s pairing. Bulbapedia also lists a second promo: “Another SWSH Black Star Promo print with different artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki was also available from July 1 in two other products”, the Mewtwo V Battle Deck and the Mewtwo vs. Melmetal V Battle Deck, numbered SWSH223 and available in Japan as an S-P promo in the Pokémon GO Special Set from June 17, 2022.
| English print | Illustrator | Japanese print (official database) | Illustrator (database) | Basis of the pairing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PGO 30, Double Rare (Limitless TCG) | Nurikabe | S10b 030/071 RR | Nurikabe | Same credit; Bulbapedia pairs them |
| PGO 72, Ultra Rare (Limitless TCG) | N-DESIGN Inc. | S10b 074/071 SR | N-DESIGN Inc. | Same credit; Bulbapedia pairs them |
| SWSH 229, Elite Trainer Box promo (Bulbapedia) | PLANETA Mochizuki (Bulbapedia) | S10b 073/071 SR | PLANETA Mochizuki | Same credit; Bulbapedia pairs them |
| SWSH 223, Battle Deck promo (Bulbapedia) | PLANETA Mochizuki (Bulbapedia) | S-P 273/S-P | PLANETA Mochizuki | Same credit; Bulbapedia names the Japanese Special Set |
Bulbapedia describes the Japanese side this way: the Regular print is credited to Nurikabe, the Full Art print to PLANETA Mochizuki and the Special Full Art print to N-DESIGN Inc., and the Regular and Special Full Art prints were the ones included in the special expansion outside Asia. By that account the English set carries PGO 30 and PGO 72, the counterparts of 030 and 074, the Elite Trainer Box carries a promo with the 073 credit, and the S10b box holds all three Japanese prints.
The Japanese Mewtwo V reaches further than S10b: Bulbapedia notes that the Regular print was printed again in the Japanese VSTAR Universe subset, and the database lists it there as S12a 050/172 RR with the Nurikabe credit. The card has its own wider treatment in the top Mewtwo cards ranking.
Mewtwo V and Mewtwo VSTAR in the Japanese Box
The database prints the same text across every Japanese Mewtwo V: 220 HP, a Basic Psychic Pokémon, the attack ちょうねんりき (Psychic Force, rendering) at 50, and トランスブレイク at 160, which the official English page names Transfer Break. The attack moves one attached Energy to a Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness, resistance is Fighting at minus 30, and the retreat cost is 2.
Mewtwo V 073/071 SR
This is the print whose credit matches the Elite Trainer Box promo. The database shows the SR icon and PLANETA Mochizuki as the illustrator.
Mewtwo V 074/071 SR
The second SR is credited to N-DESIGN Inc. and pairs with PGO 72, the English Ultra Rare. The store and SNKRDUNK listing titles label it SA, and that label belongs to the listings rather than the database.
Mewtwo V 030/071 RR
The regular RR is credited to Nurikabe and pairs with PGO 30, the English Double Rare.
Mewtwo VSTAR evolves from Mewtwo V and has 280 HP. The database lists the attack サイコパージ (Psychic Purge, rendering) at 90 times the number of Psychic Energy discarded, up to three, and the VSTAR Power attack スターレイド (Star Raid, rendering), which deals 120 damage to each of the opponent’s Pokémon V without applying weakness or resistance. Bulbapedia credits all three English Mewtwo VSTAR prints, Regular, Rainbow Rare and Secret Rare, to PLANETA Mochizuki, and the database gives the same credit to the Japanese prints.
| English print (Limitless TCG) | Japanese print (official database) | Illustrator (database) |
|---|---|---|
| PGO 31, Triple Rare | S10b 031/071 RRR | PLANETA Mochizuki |
| PGO 79, Rainbow Rare | S10b 084/071 HR | PLANETA Mochizuki |
| PGO 86, Secret Rare | S10b 091/071 UR | PLANETA Mochizuki |
| Crown Zenith GG44 (Bulbapedia) | 221/172 SAR (S12a) | GOSSAN |
Crown Zenith GG44 and the 221/172 print from S12a lie outside S10b: Bulbapedia says the Galarian Gallery ultra rare print, credited to GOSSAN, first appeared in the Japanese VSTAR Universe subset and was released outside Asia in the Crown Zenith expansion. The store offers the SAR 221/172 from S12a as a PSA 10 back order at ¥27,540 (~$179) — sourced to order; the product page shows the current terms. The back-order process is described in the PSA 10 back order guide.
Mewtwo VSTAR 084/071 HR and 091/071 UR
Both carry the PLANETA Mochizuki credit and sit beyond the /071 denominator, as the HR and UR numbers 084 and 091 show. The RRR 031/071 is the regular-frame print of the same card.
Dated Asking Prices on SNKRDUNK
Each ask is the lowest ask on SNKRDUNK, October 2, 2026, taken from the product page’s per-condition grid. An entry of ¥1,000 marks SNKRDUNK’s display floor, and every figure is an asking price rather than a completed sale.
| Card | Raw lowest ask | PSA 10 lowest ask |
|---|---|---|
| Mewtwo V RR 030/071 | ¥1,000 (display floor) | ¥6,900 (~$45) |
| Mewtwo V SR 073/071 | ¥2,980 (~$19) | ¥9,700 (~$63) |
| Mewtwo V SR (listed as SA) 074/071 | ¥7,000 (~$45) | ¥22,500 (~$146) |
| Mewtwo V promo S-P 273 | ¥3,000 (~$19) | ¥8,680 (~$56) |
| Mewtwo VSTAR RRR 031/071 | ¥1,000 (display floor) | ¥6,000 (~$39) |
| Mewtwo VSTAR HR 084/071 | ¥5,000 (~$32) | ¥13,999 (~$91) |
| Mewtwo VSTAR UR 091/071 | ¥4,000 (~$26) | ¥11,600 (~$75) |
The 074/071 SR carries the highest dated ask among the S10b cards checked in both columns, and its raw ask is more than twice that of the 073/071 SR. The regular-frame RR and RRR rows sit at the display floor in the raw column. Among the two SR prints, the one that shares a credit with the Elite Trainer Box promo has the lower ask on both counts.
PSA 10 Back Orders for the S10b Mewtwo Cards
The Mewtwo V SR 073/071, the print that shares the Elite Trainer Box promo’s credit, is offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥11,624 (~$75).
| Card | Lowest PSA 10 ask on SNKRDUNK, October 2, 2026 | PSA 10 back order in the store |
|---|---|---|
| Mewtwo V SR 073/071 | ¥9,700 (~$63) | ¥11,624 (~$75) |
| Mewtwo V SR (listed as SA) 074/071 | ¥22,500 (~$146) | ¥25,431 (~$165) |
| Mewtwo V promo S-P 273 | ¥8,680 (~$56) | ¥9,348 (~$61) |
| Mewtwo VSTAR UR 091/071 | ¥11,600 (~$75) | ¥11,403 (~$74) |
| Mewtwo VSTAR HR 084/071 | ¥13,999 (~$91) | ¥14,450 (~$94) |
The back order for 091/071 is the only one priced lower than its PSA 10 ask; the other four are priced higher. S-P 273 is the Japanese special set promo, which Bulbapedia ties to the English SWSH 223 rather than to the Elite Trainer Box promo. Graded Radiant Charizard and other S10b cards are in the Radiant Charizard guide, and the PSA 10 Mew and Mewtwo buying guide covers graded Mew and Mewtwo cards.
Choosing Between the Elite Trainer Box and the S10b Box
The Damaged Box is a separate product from the S10b box, with its own price, and the SNKRDUNK ask is for the sealed box.
| Japanese S10b box | Store listing (as of October 5, 2026) | Lowest ask on SNKRDUNK, October 2, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| S10b box | ¥22,432 (~$146) | ¥21,000 (~$136) |
| S10b Damaged Box (separate product) | ¥21,529 (~$140) | No dated figure |
The two products differ on these points.
- Contents. The Elite Trainer Box holds ten packs plus sleeves, Energy cards, dice, markers and a guide; the Japanese box holds packs only.
- Pack size. A Japanese pack has six cards at ¥260 (~$2).
- Mewtwo V. The English box carries the promo Bulbapedia numbers SWSH 229, and S10b holds the 073/071 SR with the same illustrator credit.
- Legality. The official expansion page answers “No” to Standard Legal Deck.
- Numbering. Bulbapedia’s infoboxes print English cards over /078, and the database prints Japanese cards over /071 with Japanese text.
- Box condition. The Damaged Box is a separate product from the sealed box.
Where to Buy the S10b Box from Japan
The Japanese products tied to the Pokémon GO Mewtwo cards ship from Tokyo, priced as listed on October 5, 2026:
- S10b box: listed at ¥22,432 (~$146), and the Damaged Box at ¥21,529 (~$140).
- PSA 10 Mewtwo V SR 073/071: offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥11,624 (~$75).
- PSA 10 Mewtwo V SR (SA) 074/071: offered as a PSA 10 back order at ¥25,431 (~$165).
The S10b card list page lists the Japanese set, the PSA 10 collection and the PSA 10 card list collect graded cards, the S10b best cards article explains how the set’s cards rank, and requests for unlisted boxes or cards go through Quick Order.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many booster packs are in the Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box?
The official pokemon.com page lists “10 Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO booster packs” along with a foil Mewtwo V promo, 65 sleeves and 45 Energy cards. Bulbapedia reports that the Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box Plus carried twelve packs, two more than the standard box.
When did the Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box launch?
The official product page prints “Launch: Q3 2022” and the expansion page prints “Release Date July 01, 2022”. Bulbapedia gives July 1, 2022 for the box. The Japanese S10b release was dated June 17, 2022 on the official Japanese page.
Can Pokémon GO booster packs be bought separately in English?
The official expansion page says: “Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO booster packs will not be sold separately, so look for them in special collections.” The Elite Trainer Box carries ten of those packs. In Japan the official page lists a pack at ¥260 (~$2), tax included.
Is there a Japanese Pokémon GO Elite Trainer Box?
The official Japanese S10b page prints a pack at ¥260 (~$2), a card file set at ¥1,760 (~$11) and a special set at ¥1,760 (~$11). None of the three is an Elite Trainer Box. The special set holds six packs and a Mewtwo V promo.
Which Japanese card matches the Elite Trainer Box Mewtwo V promo?
Bulbapedia pairs the SWSH 229 promo with the Japanese Pokémon GO 073/071 SR, and the official database credits that card to PLANETA Mochizuki, the credit Bulbapedia gives the promo. The S10b box therefore holds the print that shares the promo’s illustrator credit.
How much does the Japanese Pokémon GO S10b box cost?
The official Japanese page prices one S10b pack at ¥260 (~$2), tax included. The store lists the S10b box at ¥22,432 (~$146) as of October 5, 2026. The Damaged Box is a separate product with its own listing and its own price, shown on its product page.
Do the English Pokémon GO set and the S10b box hold the same cards?
The English set is not a copy of S10b. The official page lists more than 75 cards and Limitless TCG lists 88, and Bulbapedia reports Regular and Special Full Art Mewtwo V prints in the English packs. Pairs run card by card, by print number and illustrator credit.
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