It's a great value considering what's included in the package. It comes with just about everything you'd need to actually play the Pokemon Trading Card Game, including damage counters, die, even sleeves for your cards. It also comes with 8 packs from the newest expansion (at the time of writing this review). However, as with any Trading Card Game, the true satisfaction with this product will be the cards that you get from these packs. Considering the contents of the packs are random, there's always a chance you'll be disappointed by the outcome. It's a gamble, but if you're looking to buy Pokemon Trading Cards, it's hard to beat the value in this package.

This set was a pretty solid set. This was the set that introduced Buzzwole for the first time and it made a huge impact in standard play. I remember playing at card shops with a Buzzwole deck and it was a fun deck to play. There were multiple variations but the one that I usually played was Buzzrock. If you want a good starter set I usually always suggest getting a Elite trainer box. You get a GX coin, some sleeves, dice, booster packs, energy, burn and poison markers, and a booklet that shows you all of the cards in the deck.

I got a few Ultra rares and Rainbow rares from the packs in this set. That isn't guaranteed for everyone, but I was happy. The sleeves for your cards are nice and the energy packs are cool if you are just getting into the game.

The draw from the booster packs seemed to be good, but my favorite part is the acrylic GX and status markers. The box is also super helpful for card storage.

pretty good amount of booster packs. and all the other items are nice like the sleves. im not a player so the dice and coins were not much of use to me but good to have either way.