Pokémon EX Legend Maker Booster Box - Sealed, English (2006)

EX Legend Maker is one of the most loved and evocative sets of the Pokémon EX era, built around the mystery of Mew and the atmosphere of the Mirage Forest. The twelfth main expansion of the EX Series, it followed EX Delta Species directly, keeping the tone of the mid-2000s while narrowing its roster and sharpening its theme: the forest, Mew, and a subtext of ancient and fossil Pokémon that runs through the holographic cards and the fossil Trainer cards — Claw Fossil, Mysterious Fossil, Root Fossil.

The set's standing among collectors rests on its chase cards. Three Gold Star cards — Regice, Regirock and Registeel — depict the three Regis in alternate colourways and rank among the most coveted Gold Stars in the history of the game; the Pokémon-ex roster, though contained, includes Arcanine ex, Flygon ex, Mew ex and Walrein ex. A secret rare Pikachu δ numbered 93/92 extends the run beyond the standard 1/92, and the foil structure itself is unusually articulated, with cards 1-14 printed as holo rares in two finishes and 15-82 existing in both non-holo and foil, plus a distinctive cosmic reverse holofoil pattern. It is a set that rewards the master-set collector as much as the chase-card hunter.

This is an English booster box, released 13 February 2006, factory sealed and never opened: 36 booster packs of nine cards each, with genuine odds on one of the three Regi Gold Stars. Sealed vintage boxes of the EX era have become among the most closely followed products in the high-end Pokémon market, and English boxes of this expansion are increasingly difficult to find authentically sealed and clean.