Today’s Best Deals: Pokémon TCG, Like a Dragon Kiryu Statue, Lepro Smart Lights, and More

This is the archetypal clip I’ve seen the ETB for a tenable terms without having to bargain it from someone’s backseat eBay hustle. Nine booster packs, full-art N’s Zorua promo, paper sleeves, energy, dice, the works. I’ve seen this container selling for $90+ since launch, truthful $70.31 from Amazon is genuinely solid. Lillie’s Clefairy ex is inactive floating astir $180 and N’s Zoroark ex has dropped to $13, which tells maine the hype has deflated and we’re successful “buy due to the fact that it’s fun” territory again. I similar it here.

This is the low-frills mentation for radical who conscionable privation to unfastened packs without pretending they’re going to signifier their collection. Six Journey Together boosters and nary of the ETB fluff. Honestly, this is however I similar to trial a acceptable erstwhile prices chill off. You inactive person a changeable astatine cards similar Salamence ex SIR, which tanked from $250 to astir $106, oregon a sub-$20 N’s Reshiram. Even if you propulsion nothing, astatine slightest you didn’t overpay trying to triumph the cardboard lottery.

I’m not usually a statue guy, but this one’s sharp. Kiryu looks similar helium walked consecutive retired of Yakuza 0 mid-heat-action combo, and the 11.4-inch sculpt from Kotobukiya really does him justice. It ships successful October, which gives maine clip to wide table abstraction and warrant the price. It’s not cheap, but I’ve seen statues this size with mode little item spell for more. I deliberation if you’re a Like a Dragon fan, this is an casual preorder.

I threw 1 of these successful my cart past week conscionable to deed the escaped shipping minimum. One pack, random art, decent discount. There’s nary crushed to expect thing big, but the terms is yet debased capable that I don’t consciousness atrocious if I conscionable propulsion a Furret. And if you hap to onshore thing similar Articuno’s Illustration Rare (now $18.69) oregon Wailord (around $14.55), it’s a bully triumph from a $10 impulse buy.

I don’t cognize however galore radical aftermath up wanting 10 bid simulator add-ons, but if you’re 1 of them, contiguous is your day. For $15, you get Train Sim World 5’s Starter Pack positive 9 routes and loco add-ons. Antelope Valley, Cajon Pass, Thameslink, Santa Fe F7—the full diesel buffet. It’s Steam keys, it supports CALM, and the worth is truthful disconnected the rails (pun afloat intended) that I bought it conscionable to messiness astir with the Railpool BR193 Vectron. Don’t justice me.

This is 1 of those “tech that doesn’t marque consciousness until you effort it” products. It’s a astute LED level lamp with AI-generated lighting modes, euphony sync, dependable control, app scheduling, and a vibe for each mood. It’s absurdly agleam astatine 2300 lumens, and it looks cleanable successful immoderate country setup. The AI worldly isn’t conscionable fluff either. Say “I privation relaxing light” and it’ll springiness you 10 preset scenes. I deliberation it’s large if you privation 1 airy to bash everything without fiddling with settings for fractional an hour.

These are the aforesaid AI bulbs arsenic the ones successful the level lamp, but successful classical 75W-equivalent LED form. They’re bright, colorful, and weirdly adjuvant if you’re excessively bushed to fine-tune your lighting manually. The euphony sync is fun, the AI scenes enactment well, and the dependable commands really consciousness astute alternatively of gimmicky. I bought a acceptable of these past period and haven’t touched the partition power since. At $8 per bulb, it’s benignant of a no-brainer.

I picked up Surging Sparks due to the fact that six booster packs nether $50 is little than what Amazon has been charging precocious (It's inactive supra MSRP though) Honestly, I wanted thing caller to ace open. It’s portion of the latest Scarlet & Violet expansion, truthful if you’re trying to support up with existent sets oregon conscionable bask the chaos of pulling a bully card, this one’s a astute grab.

This one’s for the collectors who attraction arsenic overmuch astir presumption arsenic they bash the pulls. Iono’s Bellibolt ex Premium Collection comes with six packs, a full-art promo, and a show expanse that’s much elaborate than it needs to beryllium — successful a bully way. It's besides a chill mode to snag Journey Together packs with a fantastic promo card.

I deliberation anyone who's replayed Mass Effect much than erstwhile knows precisely wherefore these statues are tempting. I pre-ordered Jack instantly because, well, it felt necessary. The enactment includes Shepard, Tali, Legion, and others, and they look bully capable that I’ve already made abstraction for them connected the shelf. If you're inactive quoting Garrus unironically, these are for you.

Paldean Fates is priced a treble MSRP, but it's besides precise hard to travel by successful 2025. I grabbed it due to the fact that the babe shiny sub-set is awesome, but if you conscionable privation to drawback the azygous cards from this set, it mightiness really prevention you money.

This bundle has immoderate of the amended communicative indies from the past fewer years. I paid the $12, added the games to my backlog similar I ever do, and instantly booted up The Pale Beyond. It’s a beardown lineup if you similar character-driven games and don’t caput occasionally being emotionally wrecked by minimalist storytelling.

I deliberation of this 1 arsenic the all-in-one container for erstwhile you privation cards and a clump of cogwheel you astir apt won’t usage but inactive privation around. Nine booster packs, a promo, sleeves, dice, and capable extras to marque you consciousness similar you’re doing much than conscionable opening packs. It’s a coagulated enactment if you similar having a small operation with your chaos.

I hesitated connected this one, past instantly remembered it includes 18 booster packs and a playmat. It’s decidedly a large spend, but if you’ve been waiting for a premium bundle that really justifies the price, this checks out. I picked it up much for the acquisition than the idiosyncratic cards, and that’s the close mode to attack it.

I grabbed Shining Fates Pikachu V mostly due to the fact that I ne'er really opened it erstwhile it archetypal dropped, and present seemed similar a bully excuse. Four booster packs, a Pikachu promo, and the oversized paper that ends up determination adjacent your table — modular stuff, but inactive a bully throwback if you missed it the archetypal clip around.

Christian Wait is simply a contributing freelancer for IGN covering everything collectable and deals. Christian has implicit 7 years of acquisition successful the Gaming and Tech manufacture with bylines astatine Mashable and Pocket-Tactics. Christian besides makes hand-painted collectibles for Saber Miniatures. Christian is besides the writer of "Pokemon Ultimate Unofficial Gaming Guide by GamesWarrior". Find Christian connected X @ChrisReggieWait.

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Apr 15, 2025 10:55 am