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ThePaldea Evolved Build & Battle Box was released as a prelude to thePaldea Evolved expansion and offered people the opportunity to experience the cards before their general release on June 9, 2023. Tournaments were typically held on the weekends of May 27-29 and June 3-4, 2023. Boxes could also be purchased from stores in the Prerelease Program from May 26, 2023; they were also included in copies of thePaldea Evolved Build & Battle Stadium, which were sold from June 23, 2023.
Each box included a ready-to-play 40-card deck plus four Paldea Evolvedbooster packs to potentially integrate useful cards into it. Decks comprised two of four possible groups of cards, including an alternate-art promotional card, as well as 17 basicEnergy cards and an assortment ofTrainer cards. The possible promotional cards includedBaxcalibur,Tinkaton,Murkrow, andPelipper. Paldea Evolved Build & Battle Boxes were categorized as Play Level 2.
The boxes could provide exclusive Non Holofoil versions of cards only available as Holofoil in Paldea Evolved booster packs:Lokix,Baxcalibur,Tinkaton,Boss's Orders, as well as bothProfessor Sada's version ofProfessor's Research andProfessor Turo's version ofProfessor's Research fromScarlet & Violet.
Box structure
Section 1
Each box included two of the following four different groups of Pokémon cards; one group always coincided with the enclosed promotional card.
Section 2
Each box also included two random (1 if Pelipper Group included in box)Trainer cards from the following, with no more than two copies of a particular card.