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Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box Sells Out in About 3 Hours

Apparently the Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box has sold out in about 3 hours! I didn’t think this thing would sell! But I suppose it does make a good Christmas gift and you can can’t overestimate the popularity of Surging Sparks.

Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box on the PokemonCenter.com

Inside each Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks Build & Battle Box, you’ll find:

  • A 40-card ready-to-play deck, including 1 of 4 unique foil promo cards
  • 4 Pokémon TCG: Scarlet & Violet—Surging Sparks booster packs
    • Each booster pack contains 10 cards and 1 Basic Energy. Cards vary by pack.
  • A code card for Pokémon TCG Live

https://www.pokemoncenter.com/product/191-85957/pokemon-tcg-scarlet-and-violet-surging-sparks-build-and-battle-box

One thing you might not have noticed is that while the Pokemon trading cards are printed in the United States… the Card Sleeves, Dice, and Condition Markers are made in China.

Which means this product could suffer from the Trump Administrations upcoming tariffs. I’ve said it before and I will keep saying it, there is no way the future Trump Administration is going to give Toys & Games from China an exemption to tariffs. Tariffs are going to shoot up and Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lorcana… ANY product that contains Chinese made elements will have their price increase drastically.

That is not good news for anyone who enjoys toys and games which is you know, pretty much everyone. The saving grace here is that to my knowledge all of these trading card games print their actual cards inside the United States. So that’s good.

But anyway, if you got one of these Surging Sparks battle boxes good for you! At least these things weren’t bought up by scalpers!