$302

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Booster box · Pokémon

Temporal Forces

Nothing to do yet · 2/10

The Prof’s take

Temporal Forces has been pretty steady lately, and the number for sale hasn't changed much. Nothing for me to do here right now.

— the Prof

What would change my mind

Listings shrinking 10% in two months while the price holds, or the price settling near its low while the cards inside stay valuableRight now about 170 are for sale on eBay, up 3.0% from two months ago.

Open it or keep it sealed?

Open it. For the price, the cards inside are a better deal than usual for Pokémon. The value is spread across lots of cards, so there are fewer big swings.

Set value$1,274

Box price$302

Show me the numbers

Price since we started tracking it

Market price, in dollars.

Forecast bands are Pro. Where I expect the price over the next two months, drawn right on this chart.

See the back room

Price today$302

1-year high$334

Last 90 daysDown 7.2%

Last 30 daysDown 4.0%

This weekDown 1.0%

eBay listings~172 live, up 3.0% in 60 days

Set value$1,274, 4.2× the box (typical Pokémon 2.9×)

Vs. retail1.9× the ~$162 original price

Data confidenceA

eBay listings over time

How many are for sale. Fewer usually means harder to find.

The long version

This box trades at $302, 10% below its 1-year high of $334. It's been sliding: down 7.2% over 90 days and still soft. It sits mid-range for the period tracked. It typically swings about ±3.0% in a month. Worst tracked stretch: a 11% drawdown from peak; it sits 10% below that peak now.

eBay supply is growing: active listings are up 3% over the last 60 days, more sellers than buyers for now. The set's cards are worth about $1,274, 4.2× the box price, vs a typical 2.9× for Pokemon. That rich multiple adds +1 to the score. Across Pokemon boxes the median 30-day move is -1.2% (32% of boxes up), and this one is running 2.8 points behind that pace.

No supply contraction and no price momentum, nothing actionable right now. Two ways it earns a “Good time to buy” rating: a 60-day supply drop past 10% while the price holds, or a value pattern, a price near the bottom of its range that stabilizes while the set's card value stays rich vs the box.

What this is based on: 123 price reads over 198 days, 30 supply reads.