Pokémon ex Boxes & Premium Collections Australia: Every Tier, Live Prices and What to Buy
Pokémon ex Boxes & Premium Collections Australia: Every Tier, Live Prices and What to Buy
Four packs or thirty? Here is what each tier of sealed Pokémon collection box actually holds, what it costs in Australia today, and which one gives you the best run at the chase.
Between a single booster pack and a full booster box sits the most under-rated shelf in the Pokémon TCG: the collection box. ex Boxes, Premium Collections and Ultra-Premium Collections all pair sealed packs with a promo card that is printed nowhere else, and moving one tier up takes the pack count from four to thirty.
This is every tier Grailborne has on the shelf right now, with live Australian prices, the exact contents of each box and the real secondary values of the cards inside them.
The tiers at a glance
What to buy
Four boxes, four different jobs. Prices below are live Grailborne stock.
What is actually in each tier
Exact contents, straight off the manufacturer listings. Nothing here is estimated.
ex Box — four packs and a display piece
- Black Kyurem ex Box (A$79): a foil Black Kyurem ex promo, a foil Zekrom promo, an oversize foil Black Kyurem ex card, 4 booster packs and a Pokémon TCG Live code card.
- Melmetal ex Box (A$69): a foil Melmetal ex promo, a foil Meltan promo, an oversize foil Melmetal ex card, 4 booster packs and a code card.
- Ascended Heroes Mega ex Box (A$129): a playable foil promo of Mega Meganium ex, Mega Emboar ex or Mega Feraligatr ex, an oversize lenticular promo of the same Pokémon, and 4 Ascended Heroes packs.
Premium Collection — eight to twelve packs
- Mega Greninja ex Premium Collection (A$99): a foil Mega Greninja ex promo, an oversize lenticular Mega Greninja ex jumbo, a reusable Mega Greninja tech sticker and 8 Chaos Rising packs.
- Mega Zygarde ex Premium Collection (A$99): the same shape — foil promo, lenticular jumbo, tech sticker and 8 booster packs.
- Unova Heavy Hitters Premium Collection (A$329): 4 foil promos (Zekrom ex, Reshiram ex, Victini, Zoroark), an oversize foil Kyurem ex, 6 Black Bolt packs, 6 White Flare packs and a code card.
Ultra-Premium Collection — eighteen to thirty packs
- Mega Charizard X ex Ultra-Premium Collection (A$429): etched-foil promos of Mega Charizard X ex and Oricorio ex, 18 packs (4 each of Phantasmal Flames, Mega Evolution, Destined Rivals and Journey Together, plus 2 Surging Sparks), a full-size playmat, 65 Charizard sleeves, a deck box, dice, a metal coin and a code card.
- 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection, Day & Night (A$1169, pre-order for its 6 November 2026 release): 30 packs — 29 30th Celebration plus 1 Classic Collection pack — a foil Pikachu ex promo, a foil Espeon ex or Umbreon ex promo, a playmat, 65 sleeves, a deck box, a metal coin and 6 damage-counter dice.
The full ladder, priced
The Greninja and Zygarde Premium Collections carry the most packs per dollar on this page at eight apiece for A$99. The ex Boxes trade pack depth for the lowest entry price and the cleanest single-Pokémon display piece, and the Ultra-Premium Collections bundle in accessories worth buying on their own.
| Box | Sealed packs | Box-exclusive cards and extras | Price (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melmetal ex Box | 4 | Melmetal ex + Meltan foils, oversize Melmetal ex | A$69 |
| Black Kyurem ex Box | 4 | Black Kyurem ex + Zekrom foils, oversize Black Kyurem ex | A$79 |
| Mega Greninja ex Premium Collection | 8 | Foil promo, lenticular jumbo, tech sticker | A$99 |
| Mega Zygarde ex Premium Collection | 8 | Foil promo, lenticular jumbo, tech sticker | A$99 |
| Ascended Heroes Mega ex Box | 4 | Johto starter Mega foil + lenticular jumbo | A$129 |
| Unova Heavy Hitters Premium Collection | 12 | 4 foil promos + oversize Kyurem ex | A$329 |
| Mega Charizard X ex Ultra-Premium Collection | 18 | 2 etched promos, playmat, 65 sleeves, deck box, coin, dice | A$429 |
| 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection | 30 | Pikachu ex + Espeon ex or Umbreon ex foils, playmat, sleeves, deck box | A$1169 pre-order |
Live Grailborne prices at the time of writing. Pack counts confirmed against Pokemon.com product listings. The 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection is a pre-order for its 6 November 2026 release; every other box on this table is sealed stock in Brisbane.
The cards you are actually chasing
Every value below is a raw ungraded sale, tied to the specific box whose packs can produce it.
| Card | Which box’s packs | Ungraded market (AUD est.) | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu ex 276/217 Special Illustration Rare | Ascended Heroes packs | ~A$1,580 | Set headline |
| Mega Gengar ex 284/217 Special Illustration Rare | Ascended Heroes packs | ~A$1,500 | Set headline |
| Mega Charizard X ex 125/094 Special Illustration Rare | Phantasmal Flames packs (Charizard X UPC) | ~A$1,060 to A$1,150 | Flagship |
| Mega Dragonite ex 290/217 Special Illustration Rare | Ascended Heroes packs | ~A$1,000 | Deep chase |
| Zekrom ex 172/086 Black White Rare | Black Bolt packs (Unova Heavy Hitters) | ~A$840 | Set-exclusive rarity |
| Reshiram ex 173/086 Black White Rare | White Flare packs (Unova Heavy Hitters) | ~A$695 | Set-exclusive rarity |
| Mega Greninja ex 116/086 Special Illustration Rare | Chaos Rising packs (Greninja Premium Collection) | ~A$300 | Most reachable |
| Mega Greninja ex 122/086 Mega Hyper Rare | Chaos Rising packs (Greninja Premium Collection) | ~A$275 | Set closer |
Secondary-market estimates for raw, ungraded copies, converted from PriceCharting USD sales at 1 USD = 1.4204 AUD (7 August 2026). Card values move with condition, grading and time.
What the market is telling us
Ascended Heroes is the cleanest demonstration of how these boxes are priced by the market. The set runs to 295 cards with 22 Special Illustration Rares, so pull difficulty is close to identical across all 22 — and yet Pikachu ex and Mega Gengar ex clear A$1,500 ungraded while Mega Dragonite ex sits near A$1,000. Same set, same rarity band, same odds. The entire spread is character demand.
That is the whole framework in one set: value = pull difficulty × character popularity. Chaos Rising shows the other half of it. Its top two cards, the Mega Greninja ex Special Illustration Rare and the Mega Hyper Rare that closes the 122-card set, land near A$300 — reachable numbers on a A$99 box that gives you eight cracks at them, which is the friendliest chase-to-cost ratio on this page.
Black Bolt and White Flare add a third lever: rarity that exists in one place only. The Black White Rare treatment, a vertical black-and-white split, was introduced with those two sets and appears nowhere else in the Pokémon TCG. Zekrom ex 172/086 at roughly A$840 and Reshiram ex 173/086 at roughly A$695 are carrying a scarcity premium that later sets cannot dilute, and the Unova Heavy Hitters Premium Collection is the only box on this page that puts twelve packs of both sets in one carton.
🏆 The Grailborne Take
Practically: these are single-wave products. Collection boxes are built for one release window and rarely come back at retail once the wave moves on, so the shelf in front of you is the opportunity. Store them upright in a cool, dry spot out of direct sun to keep the shrink tight and the lenticular jumbos flat. Australian allocation arrives per wave rather than as a rolling restock, which is exactly why the boxes listed on this page today are the ones worth acting on — every one ships sealed from Brisbane in 1 to 2 business days.
Grailborne’s mission: as always, Grailborne strives to get modern Pokémon sets into the hands of collectors, investors and rippers — securing inventory in high volumes from the secondary market so there’s always something available for everyone.
Grailborne Index is our own editorial rating, not financial advice. Figures cite indicative sealed-market prices; collectibles can fall as well as rise. Do your own research and buy what you enjoy.
Frequently asked questions
What actually separates an ex Box, a Premium Collection and an Ultra-Premium Collection?
Which box in stock gives the best run at a four-figure card?
Are the box-exclusive promos worth keeping sealed?
Open them or hold them sealed?
When does the 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium Collection land in Australia?
Sources: Pokemon.com product gallery, the 30th Celebration Ultra-Premium listing, PokeBeach, TCGplayer and PriceCharting for secondary values, and Beckett for the Ascended Heroes checklist. Prices verified live on 10 August 2026.