Pokémon TCG: Battle Styles Elite Trainer Box

🛡️ Sword & Shield—Battle Styles Elite Trainer Box (ETB)

Release Date: March 19, 2021
Series: Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield
Set Number: 5th main expansion in the Sword & Shield era
Theme: Introduction of the new Battle Styles gameplay mechanic — Single Strike and Rapid Strike.

This set is inspired by the fighting styles of Urshifu, the Legendary Pokémon from the Isle of Armor DLC in Pokémon Sword and Shield. The set and ETB are split into two variants:

🔴 Single Strike Urshifu ETB

🟦 Rapid Strike Urshifu ETB

Each version has different artwork and slightly different card sleeves and player guide, themed to the respective Urshifu form.

📦 Contents of Each Battle Styles Elite Trainer Box:

1. 8 Pokémon TCG: Sword & Shield—Battle Styles booster packs

2. 65 card sleeves featuring Single Strike or Rapid Strike Urshifu

3. 45 Pokémon TCG Energy cards

4. A player’s guide to the Battle Styles expansion

5. A Pokémon TCG rulebook

6. 6 damage-counter dice

7. 1 competition-legal coin-flip die

8. 2 acrylic condition markers

9. A collector’s box to hold everything, with 4 dividers

10. A code card for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online (now Pokémon TCG Live)