You can buy Pokémon cards from AMAZINGTOYS® either online, shipped from our Swiss warehouse, or in person at the AMAZINGTOYS® Store in Zurich. Here you will find sealed products for getting started and for your collection: Boosters, Displays, Elite Trainer Boxes and Box Collection Sets.
On top of that there are single cards for anyone who wants one specific card rather than opening a pack, as well as PSA Graded Cards for authenticated collector's pieces. If you are not sure which product suits you, the overview just below will help. Shipping within Switzerland is free from CHF 149.-.
The product types at a glance
Sealed products
For anyone who loves the opening itself. The contents are random, but you get the thrill and a chance at the rare cards.
Boosters, Displays, Elite Trainer Boxes and Box Collection Sets
Single cards
For anyone looking for one specific card. You buy exactly the missing piece, in the language version and condition you choose, instead of leaving it to chance.
Graded cards and accessories
For your collection: authenticated cards in a sealed holder, plus everything that keeps your own cards in top condition.
How to find the right Pokémon card for you
Open or own?
If the appeal lies in the opening, Boosters, Displays and Elite Trainer Boxes are the right choice. If you want one specific card, buy it as a single. This one question saves you most bad purchases.
A set or a Pokémon?
If you are completing a set, you work with set lists and fill the gaps with single cards. If you follow one particular Pokémon, you search across sets and come across big price differences between the illustrations.
Play or keep?
For playing, the card text matters, not the condition: played copies are perfectly fine and much cheaper. For collecting, condition matters, and above a certain value grading becomes worth considering.
Buy Pokémon cards online or pick them up at the AMAZINGTOYS® Store in Zurich
When you buy Pokémon cards, you first choose between two routes. Online, you can order around the clock and have your items delivered from our Swiss warehouse, with free shipping from CHF 149.-. At the AMAZINGTOYS® Store in Zurich, you see the products in front of you, can get advice and take everything home straight away. Both draw on the same stock, so you do not have to commit to one channel and start your search all over again.
The advantage of a Swiss warehouse really shows with new releases. Orders from abroad go through customs, which can mean waiting time and extra costs. Within Switzerland, that step disappears. Especially when a set sells out soon after release, delivery time decides whether you still get the cards at the regular price.
If you collect regularly, it is worth looking at the subcategories rather than the full overview. They are sorted by product type, so you do not have to jump back and forth between sealed boxes and single cards.
Which Pokémon products you will find at AMAZINGTOYS®
The Pokémon Trading Card Game releases several sets every year, and each of them comes in a range of packaging formats. These formats differ not only in price but also in what they are meant for. If you are after one specific card, a sealed box will not serve you well, and if you see opening packs as part of the hobby, you will not buy a single card. The following overview sorts the product types by what you actually do with them.
Boosters, Displays and Elite Trainer Boxes
The Booster is the smallest unit and contains a fixed number of random cards from one set. It is the usual way in, because you get the thrill of opening for little money. Bear in mind, though, that Boosters are hardly the way to fulfil specific collecting wishes: chance plays too big a part.
A Display bundles several Boosters from the same set in one box. The number varies by set and language version, so it is worth checking the product details before you compare prices. Displays are the choice if you want to open a set across its full breadth, for example to have several chances at the rare cards or to open packs together with friends.
The Elite Trainer Box, ETB for short, combines Boosters with accessories. It typically includes card sleeves, dice, condition markers and a storage box in the design of the set in question. For beginners, the ETB is often the most sensible package, because you would otherwise have to buy the accessories separately. Collectors also value it because the box itself is part of the set's design.
The Box Collection Sets take a different approach: alongside Boosters, they usually contain one or more fixed Promo cards and sometimes a figure. The appeal is that you know exactly what you are getting. If you are looking for a specific Promo card, you will find it here more reliably than in a Display.
When comparing prices between these formats, a simple calculation helps: divide the price by the number of Boosters included. Displays usually come in below the single pack price per pack, while ETBs cost more per Booster but come with accessories. Whether that is worth it depends on whether you need the accessories anyway. If you already have Sleeves and boxes at home, the Display is the cheaper option.
Single cards for focused collectors
As soon as you are looking for one specific card, sealed products are the expensive detour. With single cards you buy exactly the card your collection is missing, in the language version and condition you want. That is especially relevant if you want to complete a set or are looking for a particular illustration.
Three things determine the price of single cards:
- Rarity shown by the symbol at the bottom of the card and by the numbering.
- Condition from practically as new to heavily played, judged by edges, surface and centring.
- Demand for the Pokémon in question, which can fluctuate considerably.
Popular Pokémon such as Charizard sit permanently above the price level of comparably rare cards, simply because more people are looking for them.
If you want to know what your own cards are worth, the article What is my Pokémon card worth gives you a detailed guide to price lists, scanner apps and the factors that determine value.
Rarities and what they tell you about the price
The rarity appears as a symbol at the bottom of the card, and if the card number is higher than the total number in the set, the card belongs to the additional versions. When buying, a rule of thumb is usually enough: rarity alone does not set the price, and demand for the artwork often carries more weight. You will find the complete overview of all rarities in the article Pokémon rarities.
PSA Graded Cards and authenticated collector's pieces
A graded card has been examined and graded by an independent service provider and then sealed in a tamper-evident holder. PSA awards a grade from 1 to 10, with 10 standing for a virtually flawless condition. The holder keeps the grade verifiable for good and protects the card from further wear at the same time.
For you as a buyer, this solves a real problem: the stated condition of ungraded cards is based on an opinion, whereas a PSA Graded Card carries a verified grade. This matters most with high-value cards, where even a small difference in condition shifts the price noticeably. If you would like to submit cards yourself, you will find the process under PSA Grading.
Accessories, Sleeves and Binders
Cards lose value as soon as edges go blunt or the surface picks up scratches. That is exactly what accessories prevent. Sleeves are the first layer of protection and belong around every card that means something to you. Toploaders and sturdy plastic holders come on top when a card is stored or shipped on its own.
A Binder is the answer for everything you want to keep in order. Look for pages with side-loading pockets rather than pockets that are open at the top, so that cards cannot slip out when you turn the pages. If you are collecting a whole set, one Binder per set works better than one big folder for everything.
Plush and more Pokémon merchandise
Not everything Pokémon is cards. Among the plush toys you will find the characters in huggable form, which make great gifts in particular and work without any knowledge of the rules. For anyone who only loves the characters from the game, this is a more direct way in than a pack of random cards.
How to store cards properly in the long term, so that colours and edges do not suffer, is covered in the article Storing Pokémon cards.
German, English and Japanese Pokémon cards
The same card is released in several language versions, and the differences go beyond the language:
- German is generally released a little later than English, but card texts and attack names can be read straight away. If you play with friends or are introducing children to the game, this is the most straightforward option.
- English is released earlier and has the larger international market behind it. That affects availability and pricing. For collectors who want to complete sets in full, it is often the more practical choice.
- Japanese follows its own release schedule. Sets come out there first and are later reassembled, so Japanese sets cannot be mapped one to one onto the Western ones. When buying, it is worth checking the set code, which makes the match unambiguous.
No version is fundamentally better. What counts is what you are collecting for.
Order Pokémon cards in Switzerland
Orders ship from our Swiss warehouse, with free shipping from CHF 149.-. The full AMAZINGTOYS® range comprises around 100'000 products that are in stock and available immediately, and besides Pokémon it also covers Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Magic and Dragon Ball.
Behind the online shop there is a real shop in Zurich. That is more than a detail: products are actually sold there, cards pass through the hands of people who collect themselves, and questions can be settled in conversation. If you would rather collect an order yourself than have it delivered, that is possible too.
If you are unsure about a particular product, the AMAZINGTOYS® Store in Zurich is the quickest route to an answer. Holding cards in your hand settles questions about condition and size more reliably than any description.
When ordering from Switzerland, it pays to check where the goods come from. An offer from abroad often looks cheaper in a direct price comparison, until shipping, customs duties and import tax are added. Factor in these items before you put prices side by side, otherwise you are comparing two different things. There is also a practical point: if something goes wrong with an order, a contact in the same country is far less hassle than sending a return abroad.
New sets are announced well in advance and often sell out quickly on release day. If you want to be sure of getting a particular set, it is worth checking Pre-order before the date arrives. For sets in high demand, pre-ordering is frequently the only way to get the products at the regular price.
You can order online from AMAZINGTOYS® or drop by the AMAZINGTOYS® Store in Zurich. Orders ship from our Swiss warehouse, and shipping within Switzerland is free from CHF 149.-. The advantage over ordering from abroad is that there are no customs duties or import tax and the delivery has a shorter way to travel. At the AMAZINGTOYS® Store you can look at the products and take them home straight away.
A Booster is a single pack of random cards from one set. A Display bundles several Boosters from the same set in one box, and the number varies from set to set. An Elite Trainer Box combines Boosters with accessories such as card sleeves, dice and a storage box. For getting started, the Elite Trainer Box is usually the most practical option, because you would otherwise have to buy the accessories separately.
The range is wide: single cards from current sets start at a few francs, sought-after artwork in good condition costs considerably more, and there is no upper limit. A Booster costs a few francs, a Display many times that. What a specific card is worth depends on rarity, condition and current demand. You will find the price on every item in the shop.
The value comes down to rarity, condition and current demand. For a first estimate, look at recent sale prices for the same card in comparable condition. Make sure you are looking at prices that were actually achieved, not just asking prices. You will find a detailed guide to price lists, scanner apps and the individual valuation factors in the article What is my Pokémon card worth.
That depends on what you are collecting for. German cards can be read straight away, which makes them the most straightforward choice for playing. English cards are released earlier and have the larger international market behind them, which is handy for completing sets. Japanese cards follow their own release schedule and are valued for their print quality and exclusive versions. No version is fundamentally superior to another.
PSA is an independent service provider that examines and grades trading cards and then seals them in a tamper-evident holder. Grades run from 1 to 10, with 10 standing for a virtually flawless condition. The advantage for you as a buyer: the stated condition is not based on the seller's opinion but on a verified grade. That makes all the difference with high-value cards in particular.
If you are looking for one specific card, yes. With sealed products you only ever land a particular card by chance, which works out far more expensive overall than buying it directly. Boosters, Displays and Elite Trainer Boxes are worth it if the opening itself matters to you or if you want to get to know a set across its full breadth. For completing a set, single cards are the cheaper route.
Yes, you can pre-order new sets ahead of their release date. This makes particular sense for sets in high demand, because they often sell out shortly after release and then trade above the original price. You will find the products currently available to pre-order in the Pre-order overview. We ship as soon as the set has been officially released and has arrived with us.
We see ourselves as a retailer, not an investment adviser, so we make no promises about returns. What can be observed: trading card prices fluctuate, sometimes sharply, and depend on demand, print run and condition. If you collect because you like the cards, you are making a safer decision than someone betting purely on rising values. Good condition and proper storage preserve the value in any case.
- Free shipping from CHF 149.-Within Switzerland, with no minimum order quantity.
- From our Swiss warehouseNo customs duties, no import tax, no waiting at the border.
- AMAZINGTOYS® Store in ZurichBehind the online shop there is a real shop where you can look at the products.
- Around 100'000 productsIn stock and available immediately across the whole shop, spanning every trading card world.
































