My brother and I are thinking about purchasing a booster box around Christmas...

umbreon101

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Which one should we purchase? It should be around $70-100 USD.

We are thinking about:
Rising Rivals
Supreme Victors
Platinum Arceus
HS Undaunted
HS Triumphant
 
I agree with Azelf Master. Plus, HS: Triumphant will probably contain Lost World/Gengar Prime/Mew Prime. Even if you aren't interested in building the deck, it's hype may attract a high price on what you get out of your box.
 
I also recommend HS Triumphant. You're probably going to get at least one of the hyped Primes (Mew, Gengar, Machamp), and many of the hyped UC in this set (Lost World, Hunter, Twins, etc).

If he wants Gengar X, just save up like $15 and buy one. The chances of finding a Gengar X in a box are small, since each box has like 2-3 Lv Xs, it may not be in there, and short of Expert Belt and Spiritomb, there's not much else in that set.
 
HS: Triumphant, definitely. Just trade the cards you get from the box for whatever you need. Chances are the cards you get in the box will be worth quite a bit for a few months.
 
Whatever you do, I would NOT buy Supreme Victors or Arceus. They have tons of bad rares and are definitely not box worthy. If you are looking for staple cards, buy HS. If you really, really, really want Luxray GL LV.X or Flygon LV.X (not that there's much chance anyway...), buy RR. If you want some really great cards, like Gengar Prime, buy Triumphant. I am personally going to buy Triumphant, because of all the great Primes and other cards with potential.

Hope I helped!
~A+G
 
Dont get Arceus all the good cards are being reprinted as league promos such as spiritomb and expert belt. Definitely invest in a triumphant box. It seems pretty good.
 
HS Triumphant.

that set is going to be worth alot. so many hyped up cards and potentially metagame dominating stuff like lost link cards.

if you want a gengar x. just trade for it. tons of people here have it on their trade threads, including myself ^_^\
deff not worth the risk of buying a booster box and not getting the lv x you want
 
I agree with everyone else.....Triumphant!!

Rising Rivals-Has very rare cards, but they are too rare! Chances are you buy a box and get tons of trash.

Surpreme Victors-Really???

Arceus- Has good cards and if it wasnt for the two best cards coming out as league promos I would consider this, but no...

Undaunted-Is just as bad as Surpreme victors. Only thing playable is vileplume.

Heart Gold Soul Silver- even tho this wasnt an option it can still be found pretty cheap and even tho it has a hand full of weak primes it makes up for it with great trainers and supporters.

Platinum-If you can find a box of this for under $100 then I'd definately buy this!
 
I would say Undaunted.

I feel Truimphant is overhyped, barely any cards whatsoever, I find are any good. Not many good trainer cards. Lost World may be cut from the set since the amount is trimmed down to 102 (possible ~106 depending on the shines). DPL and DCL will see little to no play and at most 3 of the primes will see any play. Golduck and Bronzong are the only non-primes I know that can be good enough for a deck. Many of the cards are unimpressive and some rares (like Magmortar and Wailord) are just horrible.

Undaunted on the other has:

Espeon Prime (the Japanese version is overly expensive)
Umbreon Prime (the Japanese version is overly expensive)
Slowking Prime (the Japanese version is overly expensive)
Scizor Prime
Kyohre/Groudon LEGEND
Umbreon
Legend Box
Energy Exchange Unit
Weavile
Driftblim (see the card of the week, this card is getting rave reviews)
Espeon
Gliscor
Foretress (Holo)
Togekiss
Dodrio
Special Darkness
Special Metal
Leafeon
Mismagius
Skarmory
Combee/Vespiquen
Vileplume (Very popular now)
Raichu
NG Sneasel Reprint
Scyther (w/ epic art)
A USEFUL Alph Lithograph

Much better than Triumphant.
 
Triuphant is WAY better. It has Hunter, Mew Prime, Gengar Prime, and Machamp Prime, and LOST WORLD!!!!! It will be in the set, it said stadiums. There is only 2 lost world and Indigo Plateao.Mew Prime will be worth like $100.00, Genagr Prime will be worth like$75.00. Ans lost world will get banned right away, so it will be worth like $20.00. Hunter will be worth like $10.00-$20.00. Triumphant is WAY BETTER!!!!!!
 
Most cards listed from Undaunted are either not useful, or just collector's items. It's probably the worst, or 2nd worst Legend set.

The only cards worth it from UD are:
Scizor Prime
Vileplume
Drifblim
Energy Exchanger

No other cards you listed are actively seen in major decks (outside of energies)

dragon: Your values are completely off. The way Primes work in boxes is that you get 5-6 primes per box, so the chances of getting a Mew or a Gengar (or multiple) are very high. If I can get a box for less than $100, why would I pay $100 or even $75 for such an easy to get card?

For a card to be expensive, it either needs to be extremely rare, or both rare and good. It's good, but not rare. They'll be worth a max of $25 each.
 
dragonpulse20 said:
Triuphant is WAY better. It has Hunter, Mew Prime, Gengar Prime, and Machamp Prime, and LOST WORLD!! It will be in the set, it said stadiums. There is only 2 lost world and Indigo Plateao.Mew Prime will be worth like $15-20, Genagr Prime will be worth like $15-20. Ans lost world will get banned right away, so it will be worth like $5-10. Hunter will be worth like $5-10. Triumphant is WAY BETTER!!
You're kidding me, right!? THEY'RE PRIMES. The pull rate is 1 in 4. Not so rare is it?

Oh, and fixed.
 
From what I've heard on the boards, people usually get 6 primes per box, making the ratio like 1:6. But still, much better than Lv X
 
most likely I'm prob gonna get a triumphet or undaunted or possibly platinum (if i can find a box under 100$) help me decide
 
DO NOT GET UNDAUNTED.
the primes are not worth anything at all
wait for triumphant. trust me and the many others who posted above
 
Trumphant over Platinum is my opinion.

No way to Undaunted. Only 1 prime is good and the rest are awful. Triumphant has at least 2 very playable primes, as well as others that will probably see some use, like Machamp. And Hunter!

Platinum's not a bad choice either if you want the trainers/stadiums it offers. But I rather have the new stuff personally.
 
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