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Lab Booster Box Index

The average day-over-day price move of every English booster box on TCGplayer that has been on the market at least 90 days and has sold in the last quarter, chained together and set to 100 on September 1, 2025. Equal weight, 36-pack boxes only, Sword & Shield era onward. Recomputed every night; data through September 29, 2026.

Index level
131.8
-0.4% this week
1 month
-0.1%
3 months
+0.8%
Year over year
+17.8%
From peak
-0.8%
Breadth
53%
of boxes above their level 90 days ago
050100150no dataSeptember 1 2025 = 100Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26
Lab Booster Box Index, 52 member boxes today, TCGplayer market price, June 29, 2024 to September 29, 2026. Weekly samples; peak 132.8 on September 10, 2026; deepest drawdown -11.7%.

The hatched window is a stretch with no price snapshots (pipeline outage). Each box is interpolated across it. Read the full method and the launch analysis in Is the sealed Pokemon market correcting?

Sub-indices

Same rules applied to other formats and to boxes by era. All lines are 100 on September 1, 2025.

80100120140160180no data9/110/2012/81/263/165/46/228/109/289/29
By format: 95 ETBs, 29 bundles, 153 booster packs, against the box index.Booster boxes (LBBI)Elite Trainer BoxesBooster bundlesBooster packs
6080100120140160no data9/110/2012/81/263/165/46/228/109/289/29
Box index split by era.Sword & Shield boxesScarlet & Violet boxesMega Evolution boxes
Elite Trainer Boxes
149.4
+32.7% YoY · -0.3% 1w
Booster bundles
164.4
+48.9% YoY · -0.4% 1w
Booster packs
156.2
+48.2% YoY · +0.3% 1w
Booster boxes, dollar-volume weighted
119.7
+3.9% YoY · -0.4% 1w

Every box in the universe

52 of 56 boxes are index members today (the rest are still seasoning or illiquid)
Vivid Voltage, Vivid VoltageBuy on TCGplayer
Vivid Voltage
Vivid Voltage
$314 · +23% YoY
price history
Temporal Forces, Temporal ForcesBuy on TCGplayer
Temporal Forces
Temporal Forces
$311 · +21% YoY
price history
Rebel Clash, Rebel ClashBuy on TCGplayer
Rebel Clash
Rebel Clash
$484 · +21% YoY
price history
Paradox Rift, Paradox RiftBuy on TCGplayer
Paradox Rift
Paradox Rift
$282 · -13% YoY
price history
Journey Together, Journey TogetherBuy on TCGplayer
Journey Together
Journey Together
$204 · -19% YoY
price history
Mega Evolution Enhanced, Mega EvolutionBuy on TCGplayer
Mega Evolution Enhanced
Mega Evolution
$286 · -25% YoY
price history

Left three: biggest gainers over the last year. Right three: weakest. Disclosure: product images and Buy links go to TCGplayer through our affiliate link; it does not change your price and supports this work.

Booster boxA year agoTodayYoYFrom peakUnits, 12 moMemberBuy
Vivid Voltage Booster Box
Vivid Voltage
$255.99$314.00+23%-9%374yesTCGplayer
Temporal Forces Booster Box
Temporal Forces
$256.52$310.88+21%-5%681yesTCGplayer
Rebel Clash Booster Box
Rebel Clash
$399.45$483.63+21%-3%35yesTCGplayer
Scarlet & Violet Booster Box
Scarlet & Violet Base Set
$247.93$296.19+20%-6%1,182yesTCGplayer
Stellar Crown Booster Box
Stellar Crown
$263.22$308.92+17%-13%589yesTCGplayer
Darkness Ablaze Booster Box
Darkness Ablaze
$310.45$363.94+17%-2%147yesTCGplayer
Phantasmal Flames Booster Box
Phantasmal Flames
$334.39$390.79+17%-12%10,404yesTCGplayer
Obsidian Flames Booster Box
Obsidian Flames
$327.51$375.78+15%-6%596yesTCGplayer
Twilight Masquerade Booster Box
Twilight Masquerade
$322.61$351.31+9%-5%579yesTCGplayer
Silver Tempest Booster Box
Silver Tempest
$486.88$522.64+7%-3%439yesTCGplayer
Astral Radiance Booster Box
Astral Radiance
$394.93$411.39+4%-3%214yesTCGplayer
Battle Styles Booster Box
Battle Styles
$288.18$290.99+1%-2%588yesTCGplayer
Journey Together Enhanced Booster Box
Journey Together
$252.31$252.260%-42%923yesTCGplayer
Destined Rivals Booster Box
Destined Rivals
$416.31$413.62-1%-24%2,738yesTCGplayer
Surging Sparks Booster Box
Surging Sparks
$303.96$301.90-1%-3%2,873yesTCGplayer
Paldea Evolved Booster Box
Paldea Evolved
$476.05$472.37-1%-5%837yesTCGplayer
Mega Evolution Booster Box
Mega Evolution
$329.72$308.32-7%-13%1,988yesTCGplayer
Paradox Rift Booster Box
Paradox Rift
$325.34$281.76-13%-13%978yesTCGplayer
Journey Together Booster Box
Journey Together
$250.47$204.01-19%-32%698yesTCGplayer
Mega Evolution Enhanced Booster Box
Mega Evolution
$382.03$286.37-25%-25%6,525yesTCGplayer
Clay Burst Booster Box
Clay Burst
--$106.69n/a-3%121yesTCGplayer
Fusion Strike Booster Box
Fusion Strike
--$971.09n/a-8%237yesTCGplayer
Snow Hazard Booster Box
Snow Hazard
--$103.58n/a0%157yesTCGplayer
Stellar Miracle Booster Box
Stellar Miracle
--$88.14n/a0%345yesTCGplayer
Brilliant Stars Booster Box
Brilliant Stars
--$572.69n/a-9%348yesTCGplayer
Battle Partners Booster Box
Battle Partners
--$87.15n/a0%723yesTCGplayer
Lost Origin Booster Box
Lost Origin
--$730.93n/a-2%356yesTCGplayer
White Flare Booster Box
White Flare
--$124.42n/a-16%1,279yesTCGplayer
Perfect Order Booster Box
Perfect Order
--$174.12n/a-30%8,583yesTCGplayer
Crimson Haze Booster Box
SV5a: Crimson Haze
--$121.91n/a-1%310yesTCGplayer
White Flare Deluxe Booster Box
White Flare
--$138.68n/a0%71yesTCGplayer
Transformation Mask Booster Box
Transformation Mask
--$96.96n/a-0%274yesTCGplayer
Black Bolt Deluxe Booster Box
Black Bolt
--$208.00n/a0%77yesTCGplayer
Shiny Treasure ex High Class Booster Box
SV4a: Shiny Treasure ex
--$117.73n/a-15%1,507yesTCGplayer
Chaos Rising Booster Box
Chaos Rising
--$191.56n/a-17%8,788seasoningTCGplayer
Night Wanderer Booster Box
SV6a: Night Wanderer
--$89.08n/a-0%245yesTCGplayer
Sword & Shield Booster Box
Sword & Shield Base Set
--$688.99n/a-1%34yesTCGplayer
Chilling Reign Booster Box
Chilling Reign
--$477.91n/a-5%310yesTCGplayer
Future Flash Booster Box
Future Flash
--$88.66n/a0%322yesTCGplayer
Paradise Dragona Booster Box
SV7a: Paradise Dragona
--$116.16n/a-2%193yesTCGplayer
Pokemon Card 151 Booster Box
SV2a: Pokemon Card 151
--$297.02n/a-1%1,098yesTCGplayer
Wild Force Booster Box
Wild Force
--$103.11n/a0%243yesTCGplayer
Raging Surf Booster Box
SV3a: Raging Surf
--$112.65n/a0%180yesTCGplayer
Ancient Roar Booster Box
Ancient Roar
--$99.40n/a0%339yesTCGplayer
Pitch Black Booster Box
Pitch Black
--$189.39n/a-32%9,648seasoningTCGplayer
Violet ex Booster Box
Violet ex
--$87.36n/a-2%212yesTCGplayer
Scarlet ex Booster Box
Scarlet ex
--$99.31n/a0%208yesTCGplayer
Super Electric Breaker Booster Box
Super Electric Breaker
--$146.18n/a0%342yesTCGplayer
Black Bolt Booster Box
Black Bolt
--$154.38n/a-3%1,121yesTCGplayer
Heat Wave Arena Booster Box
SV9a: Heat Wave Arena
--$128.12n/a-1%403yesTCGplayer
Ruler of the Black Flame Booster Box
Ruler of the Black Flame
--$153.28n/a0%308yesTCGplayer
Delta Reign Booster Box
Delta Reign
--$262.56n/a-30%626seasoningTCGplayer
Glory of Team Rocket Booster Box
The Glory of Team Rocket
--$171.15n/a-0%829yesTCGplayer
Evolving Skies Booster Box
Evolving Skies
--$2,310.75n/a-11%234seasoningTCGplayer
Cyber Judge Booster Box
Cyber Judge
--$85.95n/a-1%328yesTCGplayer
Triple Beat Booster Box
SV1a: Triplet Beat
--$152.49n/a0%121yesTCGplayer
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Method

  • Universe: every English product TCGplayer names a Booster Box, Sword & Shield era onward. Cases, displays, and 18-pack half boxes are excluded. 56 boxes qualify today.
  • Seasoning: a box joins 90 days after its first price snapshot, so launch-week pricing and the decay that follows it stay out of the index.
  • Liquidity: a box counts on a day only if it has a price that day (forward-filled at most 7 days) and at least one unopened sale on TCGplayer in the trailing 13 weeks.
  • Return, not price: each day the members' percentage moves are averaged equally and the index is multiplied by that average. Boxes can enter or leave without moving the level.
  • Data: TCGplayer market price captured nightly since June 29, 2024; TCGplayer sales history since September 8, 2025. Recomputed in full every night at 07:15 UTC.
  • Not financial advice. Sealed product is volatile and illiquid at the box level; the index describes the market, it does not predict it.