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Great Encounters pull rates

Great Encounters booster pack

Each Great Encounters pack has 9 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Holo LV.X, turns up about 1 in 22 packs. The top chase card, Darkrai LV.X, is about 1 in 88.

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What makes Great Encounters special

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Togepi
Torchic
Mudkip

Pokémon highlights

92 different Pokémon; most featured: Unown (4 cards), Darkrai (3 cards), Dialga (2 cards).

Hoenn 46% Kanto 25% Johto 15% Sinnoh 14%
Water 24%Colorless 23%Psychic 14%Grass 14%Fighting 8%

First cards ever

Tangrowth
Togekiss
Porygon-Z
Rotom
Cresselia
Darkrai

Featured artists

Houndoom by Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori27 cards here · Houndoom
Rotom by Daisuke Ito
Daisuke Ito12 cards here · Rotom
Hypno by Mitsuhiro Arita
Mitsuhiro Arita8 cards here · Hypno
Blaziken by Kagemaru Himeno
Kagemaru Himeno7 cards here · Blaziken
Cresselia by Ryo Ueda
Ryo Ueda7 cards here · Cresselia
Darkrai by Masakazu Fukuda
Masakazu Fukuda7 cards here · Darkrai

Drawn by 24 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a Great Encounters pack pulls

Sealed Great Encounters packs are collector’s items now, so opening one is about the memories and the moment of the reveal. On average a pack pulls about $109 of cards, and a typical pack about $90.32.

$109
average pull per pack
$90.32
typical pack (half pull less)
$184
a good pack (better than 9 in 10)
$536
best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $51.15 and $184.

From 5,000 packs opened with the same odds Holobrook uses, valued at current market prices (regular printings), with cards under $1 counted as bulk at 5¢ since they rarely sell for more. Opening packs on Holobrook is free.

Chase cards and how long they take

The most valuable cards in Great Encounters, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Darkrai LV.X
Darkrai LV.X
Rare Holo LV.X · $263
1 in 88 packs
Half of players pull it within 61 packs; 9 in 10 within 202.
Palkia LV.X
Palkia LV.X
Rare Holo LV.X · $215
1 in 88 packs
Half of players pull it within 61 packs; 9 in 10 within 202.
Dialga LV.X
Dialga LV.X
Rare Holo LV.X · $171
1 in 88 packs
Half of players pull it within 61 packs; 9 in 10 within 202.
Slowpoke
Slowpoke
Common · $99.01
1 in 8 packs
Half of players pull it within 6 packs; 9 in 10 within 18.
Mudkip
Mudkip
Common · $89.73
1 in 8 packs
Half of players pull it within 6 packs; 9 in 10 within 18.
Cresselia LV.X
Cresselia LV.X
Rare Holo LV.X · $65.75
1 in 88 packs
Half of players pull it within 61 packs; 9 in 10 within 202.
Rotom
Rotom
Rare Holo · $58.01
1 in 33 packs
Half of players pull it within 23 packs; 9 in 10 within 75.
Swampert
Swampert
Rare Holo · $45.62
1 in 33 packs
Half of players pull it within 23 packs; 9 in 10 within 75.

Odds by rarity

What’s in each pack: 4 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, 1 hit.

RarityPull rate (packs)Per packIn this set
Rare Holo1 in 30.3311 cards
RareEvery pack0.7221 cards
UncommonEvery pack3.432 cards
CommonEvery pack4.538 cards
Rare Holo LV.X1 in 220.054 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Great Encounters, so they’re specific to this set. They are community estimates, not official, and they’re the exact odds Holobrook’s packs use. A rare God Pack (all hits) turns up about 1 in 1,000.

Questions about Great Encounters packs

What are the pull rates for Great Encounters?

Each Great Encounters pack has 9 cards. Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs; Rare: every pack; Uncommon: every pack; Common: every pack. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Darkrai LV.X in Great Encounters?

About 1 in 88 packs. Half of players would pull it within 61 packs, and 9 in 10 within 202.

Is a Great Encounters pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $109 of cards, and a typical pack about $90.32. Sealed Great Encounters packs are collector’s items now, so opening one is about the memories and the reveal more than the money.

How many cards are in a Great Encounters pack?

9 cards: 4 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, 1 hit.

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