What is a Pokémon Ultra-Premium Collection (UPC)?

An Ultra-Premium Collection (UPC) is the biggest, most premium box in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Where an Elite Trainer Box is built for opening a set, a UPC is built for collectors: lots of booster packs, special promo cards and display-worthy extras in a large presentation box.

What's inside a UPC

Contents vary from one UPC to the next, but most include:

• Booster packs, usually far more than an Elite Trainer Box
• Foil promo cards, often full-art cards of the Pokémon on the box
• A metal card in many UPCs, one of the main reasons collectors buy them
• Accessories: playmat, card sleeves, deck box, dice, coin and similar extras

Each product page lists the box, and the full contents are printed on the box itself.

The most collected UPCs

Some UPCs became collector favourites because of the Pokémon on the box, the promo cards inside, or because they're long out of print:

• **Sword & Shield Charizard UPC**: Charizard is the most collected Pokémon in the game.
• **Celebrations UPC**: the 25th-anniversary collection, long out of print.
• **Scarlet & Violet—151 UPC**: the original 151 Pokémon.
• **Arceus VSTAR UPC**: a Sword & Shield-era favourite.
• **30th Celebration UPC — Day and Night**: the 30th-anniversary pair.
• **Mega Charizard X ex UPC**: the Mega Evolution era's Charizard.

The Prismatic Evolutions Super-Premium Collection is a similar top-tier box for the Eevee special set.

Open it or keep it sealed?

Both are popular. Opening a UPC gives you a lot of packs and the promos in one go. Keeping it sealed is a bet on the future: once a UPC goes out of print, sealed copies tend to become scarcer and are sought after by collectors. Many buyers do both: one to open, one to keep.

Buying UPCs in bulk

Every UPC we sell is English and factory sealed, with lower prices from 4 boxes. For a whole sealed case, see the 30th Celebration UPC case. All of them are on Pokémon Ultra-Premium Collections.

Questions

What does UPC stand for in Pokémon?

Ultra-Premium Collection: the largest and most premium Pokémon TCG collection box.

What's the difference between a UPC and an Elite Trainer Box?

An Elite Trainer Box is built for playing a set: booster packs plus sleeves, Energy cards and dice. A UPC is built for collectors, with more packs, special promo cards and premium extras, at a higher price.

Are your Ultra-Premium Collections English?

Yes. Every UPC we sell is the English edition, factory sealed.

Do you ship UPCs worldwide?

Yes, worldwide from Japan with tracking.