Pokémon Rising Rivals Booster Box

One card that defined an entire format—Luxray GL LV.X from the Pokémon Platinum Rising Rivals Booster Box was immediately hailed as the best card in the format upon its release in May 2009. Its Bright Look Poké-Power, which forced an opponent’s Pokémon into the Active position, fit into virtually every competitive deck and made Luxray GL LV.X a card that players and collectors worldwide were scrambling to get their hands on. With only two LV.X pulls per booster box and nine different LV.X cards in the set, the odds of drawing this specific card were extremely low.

Rising Rivals is the second expansion in the Platinum series and centers on the rivalry between Gym Leaders and Elite Four members in Sinnoh. This theme is reflected in an extensive lineup of more than thirty Pokémon SP cards, now supplemented with GL (Gym Leader) variants and E4 (Elite Four) variants such as Gallade 4 LV.X and Infernape 4 LV.X. The set contains 120 cards, including five Rotom form variants as their own subset and three Secret Rare Pikachu cards—Flying Pikachu, Surfing Pikachu, and a Classic Pikachu—which add a playful touch to the set. Snorlax LV.X has since become the most expensive card in the set. Each booster box contains 36 packs of 10 cards. For those who want to capture the competitive highlight of the Platinum era in sealed format, this box is the ideal choice.