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Team Up Sealed Products: Prices, Chase Cards & Where to Buy

Feb 2019SM096 sealed products

Team Up is the February 2019 expansion that introduced TAG TEAM GX cards, and its sealed booster box has become the most expensive main-set product of the entire Sun & Moon era. A Team Up booster box that cost $144 at release now trades in the five-figure range, driven by the full-art Gengar & Mimikyu-GX, Pikachu & Zekrom-GX and a Trainer checklist collectors keep chasing. This page covers each sealed product, the August 2026 market, and what to check before paying that kind of money.

Quick facts

Release dateFebruary 1, 2019
Set codeSM09 (main expansion)
Card count181 main set, 196 including secret rares
Chase cardsGengar & Mimikyu-GX (53/181, full art 164/181), Pikachu & Zekrom-GX (33/181, full art 162/181, rainbow 184/181), Erika's Hospitality full art, Eevee & Snorlax-GX, Latias & Latios-GX, Celebi & Venusaur-GX, Magikarp & Wailord-GX
Sealed productsBooster Box, Elite Trainer Box, 3-Pack and 1-Pack Blisters, Build & Battle Box, Theme Decks, Collector's Album, Mini Packs
Standard booster boxYes, 36 packs
Booster box price range (Aug 2026)$10,000-$14,000

Sealed products for Team Up

Booster Box

The 36-pack Team Up booster box is a serious purchase in 2026. Recent sales run from roughly $9,750 to $15,000, with most English boxes settling between $11,500 and $13,500; boxes in acrylic cases and with unbroken factory shrink take the top of that range. Non-English boxes are a fraction of that price, so confirm the language on the box before bidding. Volume is about one box a week, and most change hands through auction houses or high-feedback eBay sellers.

Elite Trainer Box

The Team Up ETB includes eight booster packs, a Pikachu & Zekrom-GX promo art on the box, sleeves, dice, markers, energy cards and a guide, at $39.99 MSRP. Sealed ETBs sold for $2,550-$6,000 across the summer of 2026, with the typical clean box in the $3,500-$4,200 range. At eight packs the ETB is priced almost entirely on scarcity and display value.

Blisters

Three-pack blisters shipped with an era promo card and a coin, while single-pack checklane blisters had none. A sealed three-pack blister now brings $700-$950 and a single-pack blister $250-$330, roughly in line with loose packs at $240-$300 each. Blisters are the most practical way to own one sealed Team Up pack.

Build & Battle Box

The prerelease Build & Battle Box contains four Team Up packs, a 23-card evolution pack with one of four stamped promos and a code card. It was $19.99 at launch and now sells for $900-$1,200 sealed. Because the outer box is a simple tuck box with no shrink on some print runs, condition and provenance matter more here than with the booster box.

Theme Decks, Collector's Album and Mini Packs

The Torrential Cannon (Blastoise) and Relentless Flame (Charizard) theme decks contain no packs and sell for $60-$120 sealed, with the Charizard deck at the top. The Collector's Album (binder plus one pack) sits around $260-$330 because of the included pack, and three-card Mini Packs trade for $20-$40.

Chase cards and pull rates

The full-art Gengar & Mimikyu-GX (164/181) is the card that made Team Up famous, trading at $450-$700 raw and multiples of that in PSA 10. Pikachu & Zekrom-GX full art (162/181) and rainbow (184/181) sit at $150-$300 raw, with the regular art (33/181) around $40-$70. Erika's Hospitality full art remains one of the most valuable Trainer cards of the era at $180-$280. Eevee & Snorlax-GX full art, Latias & Latios-GX full art and Celebi & Venusaur-GX full art all trade between $80 and $200, and the regular-art versions are cheap.

TAG TEAM cards occupy the GX slot, so a box typically produces roughly six to nine GX cards of which one to three are full arts. A specific full art like Gengar & Mimikyu shows up in a minority of boxes, and community reports suggest fewer than one box in three contains it. Anyone opening a $12,000 box is paying far more than the expected card value, which is the whole reason these boxes stay sealed.

Is Team Up worth buying sealed?

Team Up is the blue-chip sealed product of Sun & Moon, and it is priced like one. Upside from here depends on continued growth in high-end sealed demand, and the entry ticket is large enough that a single bad purchase can be a five-figure mistake. If you want exposure to the set, an ETB or a Build & Battle Box gives you the same scarcity story at a lower price and with much better liquidity. For boxes, consider having the purchase authenticated and cased, which is increasingly what buyers at this level expect.

How to spot fakes and resealed products

At these prices, assume any Team Up box could be tampered with until proven otherwise. A genuine box has one continuous clear shrink with a single side seam and a slight overlap at the ends; a wrap with two seams or a visibly thicker plastic has been replaced. The bottom of the box carries the factory lot code, and the lid should show no signs of having been lifted under the wrap. Inside, Team Up boxes hold four rows of nine packs with Pikachu & Zekrom, Gengar & Mimikyu, Latias & Latios and Celebi & Venusaur artworks. Loose packs should each contain a code card and weigh consistently; light packs are a classic sign of resealing. A photo of the shrink seam and the lot code should be a normal request when buying online, and any seller who refuses is a seller to skip.

Where to buy Team Up sealed

Very few shops still have Team Up boxes, but some hold them as display pieces and will sell to a serious buyer. Use the card shop directory to find stores with a sealed vintage focus. Major card shows are the best venue for a box of this value because you can examine it and pay in person. For online purchases, these eBay searches keep the results clean:

Frequently asked questions

How much is a Team Up booster box worth in 2026?

Factory-sealed English boxes sell for $10,000-$14,000 as of August 2026, with cased or exceptional examples above that and non-English boxes well below.

Does Team Up have a booster box?

Yes. Team Up is a main expansion with a standard 36-pack booster box.

What is the most valuable card in Team Up?

The full-art Gengar & Mimikyu-GX (164/181) at $450-$700 raw, followed by Erika's Hospitality full art and Pikachu & Zekrom-GX full art and rainbow versions.

How many packs are in a Team Up Elite Trainer Box?

Eight booster packs, plus sleeves, dice, markers, energy cards and a player's guide.

Why is Team Up so expensive?

It introduced TAG TEAM GX cards, has several of the most collected full arts of the era, and Sun & Moon sets have not been reprinted since the era ended, so the sealed supply only shrinks.

Is the Team Up Build & Battle Box worth buying?

At $900-$1,200 sealed it gives you four Team Up packs and a stamped promo at a lower price than an ETB, making it the most accessible sealed product with packs.

Prices in this guide were last reviewed 2026-08. Live eBay listings above update daily.