Pokémon Drops This Week (Oct 22–28): Restocks & Where to Buy

Here's your roundup for October 22–28: the official releases dated this week, a look at October 30, what our team flagged store by store, and where restock sightings piled up over the past 7 days.

• Riftbound: Radiance is the official release dated this week (October 23); One Piece and Gundam follow on October 30.
• Target ran a big 30th Celebration and Ascended Heroes online drop on October 16, and a Walmart Prismatic Evolutions ETB drawing is on our team's watch list.
• Dollar General, Walgreens and Amazon logged the most restock sightings over the past 7 days.

Official Releases This Week (October 22–28)

Our release calendar has one official street date inside this week's window, and it isn't a Pokémon product. Riftbound: Radiance is dated October 23. The publisher hasn't listed an MSRP in our facts, so check your local game store for pricing.

There's no official Pokémon TCG release dated October 22–28 in our calendar. For Pokémon collectors, this week is about store drops and restocks, which we cover store by store below.

• October 23: Riftbound: Radiance (Riftbound), MSRP not listed

Next Week's Releases: October 30

Three releases land on October 30, all from One Piece and Gundam. Here's what's dated and the listed MSRPs.

• One Piece: Mini Case Set -Luffy/Shanks/Hancock- [TS-03], $11.99
• One Piece: EXTRA BOOSTER -ONE PIECE HEROINES EDITION vol.2- [EB-05], $4.99 per pack
• Gundam Card Game: Booster Pack: Stardust Trails [GD06], $4.99 per pack

Target, Walmart, Best Buy & Pokémon Center Drops

These are store drops our team flagged from retailer announcements, retailer graphics and member reports. Most of them went live in the days before this week, so treat them as recent drops that show what tends to restock rather than as upcoming events. Dates and times can change, and stock varies by store.

Target (online): On October 16, Target had a large online restock, with 10+ stock showing and a cart limit of 2 on each item. Our team noted the 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box sold out at 00:37 PT and the 30th Celebration Greninja ex Box at 00:49 PT. Prices weren't recorded for this drop.

Walmart (online): A Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box at $69 is on our team's watch list, sold by Walmart.com with a cart limit of 3. It's set up as a Walmart drawing. The note our team flagged on October 15 referenced a drawing on the 14th, which falls before this week, and no new date has been announced. Treat any future drawing as expected, not scheduled, until Walmart posts a date.

Best Buy (online): On October 19, our team flagged an invite request for the Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box. They later noted it wasn't confirmed to happen that day and suggested staying ready through the week. No price or firm date was announced.

Pokémon Center (online): On October 15, more 30th Celebration tins went live, including the Mini Tin – Mew (Day). Our team saw the Pokémon Center queue go up a few minutes before the tins were called live.

• Target: 30th Celebration Mini Tin (styles may vary), online, cart limit 2
• Target: Mega Feraligatr ex Tin, Mega Meganium ex Tin, Mega Emboar ex Tin (Ascended Heroes), online, cart limit 2
• Target: First Partner Illustration Collection S1, online, cart limit 2
• Target: 30th Celebration Sylveon ex Box, online, cart limit 2
• Target: 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box and Greninja ex Box, online, sold out October 16
• Walmart: Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box, $69, online drawing, date not announced
• Best Buy: Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box, online invite, date not announced
• Pokémon Center: 30th Celebration Mini Tin – Mew (Day), online, went live October 15

Costco, Sam's Club, Walgreens, Dollar General & Other Stores

Our team didn't flag any specific drops at Costco or Sam's Club for this week. Warehouse club stock is very local, so checking individual stores is the best way to know what's on the shelf near you.

Walgreens and Dollar General didn't have announced drops either, but both were busy in restock sightings over the past 7 days (details in the next section). At Dollar General, members kept reporting 30th Celebration items. At Walgreens, Elite Trainer Boxes were among the most reported.

Smaller shops showed Pokémon activity too. Zulus Games had Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box and Surging Sparks Booster Display sightings. Spoils and Loot had 30th Celebration Booster Bundle and Mini Tin sightings.

Where Pokémon Restocks Were Reported Most (Past 7 Days)

These are counts of restock sightings logged by our store monitors and members over the past 7 days. They're sightings, not live stock or quantities, but they give a good picture of where activity has been. Not every top item is Pokémon, so we've noted the Pokémon highlights.

• Dollar General: 896 reports. Top items include a 30th Elite Trainer Box, a 30th Poster Collection and assorted Pokémon TCG Mini Tins
• Walgreens: 446 reports. Top items include Pokémon TCG products and Pokémon Elite Trainer Boxes
• Amazon: 407 reports. Mostly Magic: The Gathering Star Trek products
• Best Buy: 103 reports. Top items were Yu-Gi-Oh!, Magic: The Gathering and Disney Lorcana
• Walmart: 87 reports. Includes the Pokémon First Partner Illustration Collection Series 2
• Target: 37 reports. Includes the Pokémon Mega Evolution Pitch Black Booster Bundle
• Zulus Games: 29 reports. Includes the Prismatic Evolutions Elite Trainer Box
• Spoils and Loot: 23 reports. Includes the 30th Celebration Booster Bundle and Mini Tin

How Plugged Inn Helps With This Week's Pokémon Drops

Most of the drops above happened online and moved quickly. The Target 30th Celebration Elite Trainer Box was gone by 00:37 PT. That's the kind of drop Plugged Inn is built around.

Restock alerts: The Plugged Inn Discord has 10,000+ members and sends fast restock alerts from 500+ monitored sites. It also has release and drop calendars and our team's heads-ups on upcoming store drops, like the Walmart Prismatic Evolutions drawing and the Best Buy invite. The Plugged Inn app sends Pokémon restock alerts too.

Autocheckout for online drops: For online drops at Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Pokémon Center and more, members can set up a checkout profile for autocheckout attempts. Not every attempt ends in a checkout, but it gives you a shot when a cart-limited drop goes live overnight.

In-store stock checker: If you'd rather shop in person, members can check Pokémon card stock and allocations at Best Buy, Costco and Sam's Club stores by ZIP code. It's a handy way to see what your local warehouse club or Best Buy has before you drive over.

New members can start with a free 3-day trial and try all of this during a drop week.