Pokémon TCG on 4 December 2026: Binder Collection, ex Tins and Unova Heavy Hitters

If you're hoping to grab a 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box on 4 December, sorry. The ETB came out on 16 September and has been one of the most overpriced products of the year ever since. What actually hits shelves on 4 December 2026 is three other things: the Binder Collection with five 30th Celebration packs, two ex Tins (Sylveon ex and Greninja ex) and, in the US for now, the Unova Heavy Hitters Premium Collection. And those might be the most sensible way to get anniversary cards under the tree.

At a glance

• 4 December 2026: 30th Celebration Binder Collection plus the Sylveon and Greninja ex Tins
• Unova Heavy Hitters: US retail release on 4 December, English only, no new UK date
• 30th Celebration ETB: on sale since 16 September, no December wave in the schedule
• UK price: £37.99 RRP for the Binder Collection according to the UK distributor, nothing official for the tins yet

Binder Collection: the cheapest proper way to 30th Celebration packs

The Binder Collection is a 9-pocket binder in the anniversary design plus 5 30th Celebration booster packs. It's $31.99 in the US (ICv2) and £37.99 RRP in the UK, according to the distributor. That works out at about £7.60 a pack here.

On paper the ETB is cheaper: $49.99 for 9 packs, or $5.55 each. The trouble is nobody sells it at that price any more. On TCGplayer it goes for around $178, close to $20 a pack. We covered how November played out in our November releases piece.

The binder has another thing going for it: it's new, so it should be around at normal prices for the first few days. If you just want to rip a few packs and chase one of the 30 Pikachu, this is the one.

ex Tins: Sylveon or Greninja

Each tin has a promo card (Sylveon ex or Greninja ex) plus 30th Celebration packs. How many packs exactly, retailers can't agree: some say four, others five. There's no official UK price yet either. Before you pre-order, check the listing for the pack count, because with secondary-market listings at $60 to $100 a tin, one pack more or less matters.

Unova Heavy Hitters: lots of packs, none from 30th Celebration

Unova Heavy Hitters is 12 Scarlet & Violet packs (6 Black Bolt, 6 White Flare), Zekrom ex, Reshiram ex, Victini and Zoroark promos and an oversize Kyurem ex. It's $59.99 in the US, $5 a pack, the lowest of the three.

Two catches. There isn't a single 30th Celebration pack inside. And this box isn't new to the UK: it launched here as a Costco exclusive in January 2026, at around £39.99 to £44.99 according to Bill's Archive. As of 9 November there's no sign of a wider UK retail release.

Where to buy with cashback

None of these stores has confirmed the December products yet, so treat this as a watch list (rates checked 9 November 2026):

Store	Cashback	Note
Zavvi	1.5%	stocks Pokémon TCG regularly
The Game Collection Collectables	1.5%	collectables arm of The Game Collection
Chaos Cards	0.5%	specialist card shop, usually runs pre-orders

The rates are low, but with cards the real saving is not overpaying on pre-orders. If you buy through Soleback, activate cashback before you go to the store and don't use codes that aren't listed on Soleback.

What to do before 4 December

Buying for a kid: the Binder Collection. A binder, anniversary packs and probably the lowest price of anything you can actually get. Collecting: don't pre-order a binder above £37.99 RRP, and wait for an official price on the tins. Just want lots of packs: Unova Heavy Hitters, but only if it turns up at a normal price, not at double through resellers.

Updated 9 November 2026. Contents and dates: Pokémon (pokemon.com), ICv2, Rare Candy, pokezentrum.de, Bill's Archive. The £37.99 price comes from the UK distributor. Pack count in the ex Tins and tin prices not yet confirmed.