[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-walmart-drops-pokemon-tcg-30th-celebration-bundle-price-to-88":10,"sections":40},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":35,"feedback":39,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":39,"total_tokens":39},10150,"walmart-drops-pokemon-tcg-30th-celebration-bundle-price-to-88","Walmart Drops Pokemon TCG 30th Celebration Bundle Price to 88","Walmart's $88 price on the six-pack 30th Celebration Booster Bundle undercuts Amazon, though TCGplayer still beats both for single-pack value.","Walmart just knocked $11 off the Pokemon TCG's 30th Celebration Booster Bundle, now $88.\n\nMarketplace seller PhTCG is handling the listing, which includes free shipping and an estimated arrival of October 10. The six-pack bundle now works out to about $14.67 per pack, covering an expansion stacked with ex cards for Mewtwo, Mew, Umbreon, Salamence, and Greninja. Every pack also guarantees one of 30 different rare Pikachu cards. That puts Walmart $5.88 below Amazon's current low of $93.88 through third-party seller AIGDistributionLLC.\n\nThe 30th Celebration set has been bouncing around in price since launch, and this is just the latest round in a retailer price war rather than a permanent markdown. For buyers chasing a guaranteed Pikachu pull without hunting singles, this is one of the better big-box prices going. But the bigger picture is that bundle pricing still lags the open secondary market, where the real savings show up.\n\nTCGplayer remains the better bet for value hunters: the bundle's estimated market price sits at $75.09, with listings as low as $73.99. Proof that the biggest retailer isn't always where the biggest discount lives.","[\"pokemon tcg\",\"deals\",\"trading cards\",\"walmart\"]","2026-10-05T08:55:12.000Z","2026-10-06T02:49:01.464Z","2026-10-06T02:49:07.128Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Fix the closing line's internal contradiction: the article states each pack already contains one of 30 rare Pikachu cards, so describing the 6-pack bundle as 'five packs of filler to get one hit' misrepresents the odds you just described — rework or cut that closer.","resolved","deals",[32,30,33,34],"pokemon tcg","trading cards","walmart",[36],{"name":37,"url":38},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Flife\u002Foct-5-early-prime-day-pokemon-tcg-30th-celebration-booster-bundle-deal",0,{"sections":41},[42,47,52,57,61,66,70,75,80,85,90,95,100,105],{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"AI","ai",6323,"2026-10-05T12:38:10.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"Security","security",871,"2026-10-05T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy","policy",446,"2026-10-05T10:25:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":30,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Deals",347,"2026-10-05T13:01:00.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Hardware","hardware",206,"2026-10-05T11:35:00.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":51},"Science","science",179,{"name":71,"slug":72,"count":73,"latest_published_at":74},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",160,"2026-10-05T10:23:15.000Z",{"name":76,"slug":77,"count":78,"latest_published_at":79},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",99,"2026-10-05T10:47:06.000Z",{"name":81,"slug":82,"count":83,"latest_published_at":84},"Software","software",97,"2026-10-04T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":86,"slug":87,"count":88,"latest_published_at":89},"Startups","startups",93,"2026-10-05T11:13:51.000Z",{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":94},"Gaming","gaming",53,"2026-10-02T02:50:39.000Z",{"name":96,"slug":97,"count":98,"latest_published_at":99},"General","general",51,"2026-10-05T02:35:01.000Z",{"name":101,"slug":102,"count":103,"latest_published_at":104},"Reviews","reviews",33,"2026-10-05T11:57:17.000Z",{"name":106,"slug":107,"count":108,"latest_published_at":109},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]