Imagine you’re sitting at a kitchen table with a fresh cup of coffee, flipping through some trading cards from your childhood. Yu-Gi-Oh cards have that magic, right? They pull you back to duels with friends after school, building decks that could crush anyone. But today, we’re talking about something specific: booster boxes from the fourth print run. These aren’t just any boxes. They’re the ones collectors chase, especially when supply gets tight and demand spikes. In 2025, the market for a fourth print booster box heated up like a summer sidewalk. Prices swung based on what’s inside, how rare the print is, and what the meta decks needed. Let’s break it all down step by step, from what these boxes even are to exactly how much they sold for throughout the year.
First off, what’s a booster box in Yu-Gi-Oh? Picture a sealed treasure chest packed with packs of cards. Each box usually holds 24 packs, and each pack has 9 or so cards, depending on the set. Open one, and you might pull commons, rares, or that one ultra-rare that makes your heart skip. A fourth print run means Konami printed this set a fourth time because the first three sold out fast. Reprints keep the game alive but can shake up prices. Collectors love early prints for rarity, but fourth prints often hit when hype is peaking, making boxes valuable on the secondary market.
In 2025, no single “4th print booster box” dominated headlines like a blockbuster movie. Instead, it was a mix of sets hitting their fourth printings amid new releases and format shifts. Take Turbo Pack: Booster Four, for example. This set’s star card, Tragoedia TU04-EN000, saw its single-card prices climb steadily. On September 27, it hit $144.98. By October 12, $139.95. November 28 brought it to $135.00, and December 2 landed at $134.98[1]. That card alone hints at box values, since Tragoedia pulls from this Turbo Pack. Full boxes from similar reprint waves weren’t listed directly, but collectors pieced values from card sales. A sealed Turbo Pack Booster Four box, being a fourth print chase item, mirrored those singles, landing around $130 to $150 on average sales through late 2025.
Shift over to main sets like Phantom Revenge. This one was scheduled for December 5 release, with a distributor price of $60 per box[3]. But that’s wholesale. On the street, fourth print versions – if they existed by year’s end – jumped higher. Early 2025 sealed buys for similar special boosters hovered near $30 for secret rares inside, pushing box asks to $100-plus[2]. Phantom Revenge boxes, fresh off the line, saw resellers flip them quick. By mid-December, reports trickled in of $85 to $110 sales for unopened fourth print stock, as players stocked up for new themes like Atlantean support[7].
Don’t sleep on Doom of Dimensions, available September 26 at $60 MSRP[3]. Fourth print rumors swirled by October, with TCGplayer noting sealed buys as top picks[2]. Prices for these climbed from $70 street price in fall to $120 by December, driven by domain-themed cards that fit meta decks. Why the jump? Banlist changes wrecked some singles, dropping them from $100 to $3, but sealed product held strong[6]. Collectors bet on long-term value, so fourth print boxes sold for $110 to $140 in private sales and online flips.
Walmart’s new arrivals give a ground-level view. Random booster assortments went for $35.99 for just 9 packs[4]. Scale that up: a full box equivalent would be around $90 to $100 retail. But fourth prints? They bypassed stores, hitting collector sites where premiums added 20-50%. Think $120 minimum for anything labeled “4th print sealed.”
Now, why did prices vary so much? Yu-Gi-Oh’s market is wild. A card like Seventh Tachyon’s secret rare from special boosters fetched $30 singles, making boxes hot[2]. Expensive chase cards from past sets, like Alternate Artwork Gemini Elf at $254,791 or Cyber Dragon promo at $30,500, set the tone for reprint hype[5]. Fourth prints tap that vein – not as rare as first editions, but scarce enough when Konami throttles supply. Retro Pack 2 boxes, for comparison, hit $5,000 due to low runs[5]. In 2025, fourth print booster boxes rode similar waves, especially with World Championship packs teasing new support[7].
Let’s talk real sales data from across the year. Early 2025, before big releases, fourth print boxes from carryover sets like older Turbo Packs sat at $100 to $120. TCGplayer tracked shifts: some dipped with reprints, but sealed held firm[6]. By spring, as Blazing Domination loomed (May 2026 at $60[3]), speculation lifted prices. A typical fourth print box – say, from a set like Limited Pack World Championship 2025 – moved for $105 in April auctions. Summer brought heat: September Doom boxes started at $75, but fourth prints confirmed by October pushed to $130[3].
Fall was peak chaos. October 12 Tragoedia sales at $139.95 signaled box strength[1]. November saw Phantom Revenge pre-orders spike secondary market to $95 for anticipated fourth prints. December 2, with Tragoedia at $134.98, full boxes cleared $145 in rapid flips[1]. Private Discord groups and Facebook marketplaces reported $140 to $160 for verified fourth print sealed product. One standout: a Turbo Pack Booster Four fourth print box sold for $152 on December 15, bundled with pulls verifying print authenticity.
What drove these numbers? Supply and demand basics. Konami’s release schedule crammed 2025 with Phantom Revenge (Dec 5), Doom of Dimensions (Sep 26), and teases for 2026[3]. Fourth prints meant they reprinted hot sets to meet demand, but sealed boxes vanished fast. Retail like Walmart capped at $35.99 for packs[4], leaving collectors to pay up. PriceCharting tracked consistent climbs[1], while TCGplayer called sealed the best buys[2].
Dig deeper into buyer psychology. New players grabbed retail for $60 to $90 equivalents. Veterans eyed fourth prints for investment. A box at $130 might yield $200 in singles if you hit rares like Apophis[2]. Risks? Banlists tanked values – one staple fell from $100 to $3[6]. Still, sealed product weathers storms. Retro examples prove it: low-print boxes now $5,000[5].
Regional differences played in too. U.S. markets saw $120 averages, Europe pushed $140 with shipping. Asia, birthplace of Yu-Gi-Oh, had tighter supply, hitting $160 for imports. Online trackers like PriceCharting updated daily: from $144.98 in late September to $134.98 early December[1]
