Santa Cruz x Pokémon TCG decks: 30 designs at $139.95 each
Blind-bag skateboard decks mark 30 years of the Pokémon TCG with 30 card-art designs and three glitter gold variants; the collection reportedly launched October 17.
Pokémon and Santa Cruz Skateboards have released blind-bag skateboard decks celebrating 30 years of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The collection reportedly launched on October 17 at an original retail price of $139.95 per deck (about €125), and it appears to have sold out at official online stores.
What is in the collection
Thirty designs make up the lineup, and every one of them is built around artwork from a different Pokémon card spanning the game's history.
Among the possible designs are the original Base Set Charizard, Lugia-EX from Black & White—Plasma Storm, and Umbreon VMAX from Sword & Shield—Evolving Skies. Other designs mentioned include cards featuring Blastoise, Venusaur, and Rayquaza.
Three glitter gold variants also exist, each showing a collage of 10 Pokémon TCG cards. Each gold variant is reportedly limited to 500 copies worldwide.
Format, size, and where it sold
The decks are sold in sealed blind packaging, so buyers do not know which design they get until they open it. Inside every deck, buyers find a collectible sticker and a booklet that pictures all 30 designs along with the gold variants.
According to reports, a single deck is 8 inches wide and 31.6 inches long, and it ships with no wheels or other hardware.
Buyers could pick the decks up through Pokémon Center, the Santa Cruz Skateboards online shop, or neighborhood skate shops. Stock seems to have run out on the Santa Cruz website and in the Pokémon Center store, although local shops also got their own supply.
Resale prices
An eBay listing reportedly offered one sealed mystery deck at $298.68 (about €266), with $55.05 (about €49.04) added for shipping from Australia. A Rayquaza design reportedly sold for $1,000 (about €891).
Context
A comparable mystery skateboard collection from Pokémon and Santa Cruz came out earlier, in 2023.
The decks are part of a wider run of 30th-anniversary activity. The official Pokémon Card Channel on YouTube scheduled a 24-hour stream of the game's history for October 20, which TCGKing covered in the 24-hour anniversary stream report.
What is still unknown
The odds of finding each design are not stated. Retail prices outside the original market are set by local distributors and usually differ from the converted figure.
What it means for collectors
- Each purchase is a blind pull from 30 designs, with three gold variants capped at a reported 500 copies each.
- Since the booklet shows all 30 designs and the gold variants, owners can tell exactly which ones they are still missing.
- The decks have no wheels or hardware, so a buyer would need to source those separately.
- The one reported eBay listing and the reported Rayquaza sale are far above the $139.95 original price.
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