Pokemon Center ETB Print Runs

With the Discords that are able to access and display meta data - we are able to see preorder limits on specific items. I thought it would be interesting to compile these and make some inferences about likely print runs.

I don’t think this data can be used to tell us the exact print runs of a PC ETB, but it likely does give us information about the sets relative to each other.

Scarlet Violet Base - 95,000 (47,500 each)

Obsidian Flames - 70,000

Paldea Evolved - 49,500

151 - 70,000

Paradox Rift - 84,700 (42,350 each)

Paldean Fates - 135,000

Temporal Forces - 110,000 (55,000 each)

Twilight Masquerade - 85,000

Shrouded Fable - 110,000

Stellar Crown - 100,000

Surging Sparks - 145,000

Prismatic Evolutions - 165,000

Journey Together - 120,000

Obviously, these numbers are not definitively representative of the overall print run. These occasionally come back into stock and have additional runs.

But it is still interesting and useful data to make note of. We can see clearly that specialty sets get printed heavier, and there is an obvious uptrend over time.