Walmart is selling the Pokemon TCG 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box for $144.96, no invite required.
The box normally lists for $237.98, so Walmart's price cuts $93.02 off the sticker. That lands just $6.20 above the $138.76 going rate on TCGplayer, the specialist marketplace where resellers are currently matching that market price. It's also $15.03 cheaper than the $159.99 Amazon charges for the same box - if you can get the invitation email required to buy one. Each ETB holds nine 30th Celebration booster packs, a foil Nidorina promo, 16 foil Basic Energy cards, 65 sleeves, dice, a coin, dividers, a player's guide, and a Pokemon TCG Live code.
Amazon's invite gate has effectively created artificial scarcity, pushing buyers who just want the box toward reseller markups. Walmart's listing removes that friction without charging a premium for the privilege. That's unusual for a 30th-anniversary product, where limited print runs typically mean collectors pay whatever price gets set.
Chase cards like the RGB Rare Mew, priced north of $3,500 on TCGplayer, aren't inside this box - you're paying for the baseline Pikachu set and the anniversary packaging, not a lottery ticket.