First Public Portfolio Purchase: Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Boxes

Today marks the first purchase for our public Rarerip portfolio, which anyone will be able to track over time.

The goal of this blog is simple:

to publicly document every sealed Pokémon product purchase, explain why we buy it, and show the real performance of the portfolio over time.

Complete transparency is the objective — including entry price, reasoning, and long-term ROI.

This allows collectors to see how the tools on Rarerip can be used to identify potential opportunities in the Pokémon sealed market.

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First Purchase: 9 Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Boxes

Our first purchase for the portfolio is:

9 × Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Boxes

Average purchase price:

140.82 CAD per ETB (~103.84 USD)

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Why We Bought Ascended Heroes ETBs

Based on our tracker tool, Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Boxes currently rank as one of the most undervalued ETBs of the past 12 years.

Yes, it is the newest Pokémon set on the market, but one of the key metrics we analyze is Total Set Value.

Total set value reflects the combined value of all cards in a set, which helps indicate:

• overall single card demand

• collector interest

• secondary market strength

At the moment, Ascended Heroes ranks #3 in total set value, sitting just behind:

1. Team Up

2. Evolving Skies

3. Ascended Heroes

The last time we saw a newly released set reach this type of position so quickly was Prismatic Evolutions.

Strong single card demand often supports long-term sealed product performance, which is why Ascended Heroes ETBs caught our attention.

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Long-Term Strategy: Dollar Cost Averaging

This is not a one-time purchase.

The plan is to accumulate more Ascended Heroes ETBs over time using a DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging) strategy.

We will continue adding to the position depending on:

• market price

• sealed supply

• set performance

• card value trends

The exact number we accumulate is still unknown, but this will not be the last purchase.

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Track the Portfolio Publicly

This portfolio will remain fully public, allowing anyone to follow:

• our sealed product purchases

• entry prices

• portfolio value over time

• performance of each product

You can track the portfolio anytime using the tools available on Rarerip.

The goal is to demonstrate how collectors can use data to make better Pokémon collecting and investing decisions.