Sure, the holiday season seems to start earlier every year, but the official countdown doesn’t start until December 1st. How do I know? Well, because that’s when we open the first door of our Advent calendar. If you want chocolate today, there’s a lot more than just chocolate waiting behind those doors. Advent calendars contain everything from Funko Pops to miniature Lego sets. There are even official Advent calendars with Pokemon cards inside, and right now you can snag a holiday-ready calendar for less on Amazon.

The calendar is part of Amazon’s Labor Day sale, which is already in full swing even though the holiday doesn’t start until the weekend. Of course, advent calendars with Pokemon cards inside cost significantly more than the usual chocolate calendars, with the TCG calendar normally costing $49.99. But if you pick up your calendar now from Amazon, you can get it and everything hidden behind its 25 doors for $10 less.

There’s more than just a single card behind each door, too. While eight doors contain a foil promo card with a festive stamp – making them exclusive to the calendar – five of the 25 surprises contain entire booster packs containing who knows what. Elsewhere in the calendar, you’ll find fun packs containing three cards, coins, and stickers. As you count down to Christmas, a different TCG surprise awaits you every day, including something to ring in your Christmas Day when you open door number 25.

25 little Pokemon gifts are waiting for you throughout December

Holiday calendar for the Pokemon Trading Card Game

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In the Pokémon Trading Card Game calendar, a Pokémon card surprise awaits behind each of the 25 doors. Countdown to December 25th, when not only normal Pokémon cards, but also foil promo cards and booster packs await you.

You might have noticed that this is the Pokémon Trading Card Game calendar for 2023, which probably explains why it’s on sale. Unlike a regular calendar, which becomes practically useless once the year it was made for is over, with an Advent calendar it doesn’t matter what year you use it in. Unless you stick with a chocolate calendar, of course. I wouldn’t recommend eating what’s behind those doors a year late. Thankfully, Pokémon cards don’t expire, so if you didn’t have this calendar last Christmas, there’s no reason it shouldn’t work this December.

If you had that 2023 Advent Calendar or want to double the Pokémon TCG surprises you get every day in December, the 2024 version of the calendar is already available. It’s not on sale, but pre-orders for the calendar are open and it will ship in September. Very similar to the 2023 calendar that’s on sale, and some newer Pokémon TCG surprises await you.