Ruby & Sapphire pull rates

Each Ruby & Sapphire pack has 9 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Holo EX, turns up about 1 in 8 packs. The top chase card, Mewtwo ex, is about 1 in 63.

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What makes Ruby & Sapphire special

Did you know?

The first English set adapted by Pokémon USA after the card game moved on from Wizards of the Coast, named after the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire games. en.wikipedia.org
It introduced Hoenn Pokémon to the card game. en.wikipedia.org
It debuted Pokémon-ex: powerful Pokémon with high HP, but your opponent takes two Prize cards if one is Knocked Out. serebii.net

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Pokémon highlights

60 different Pokémon; most featured: Poochyena (3 cards), Ralts (3 cards), Makuhita (3 cards).

Hoenn 77% Kanto 18% Johto 5%

Grass 18%Water 17%Colorless 15%Fire 10%Fighting 10%

First cards ever

and 38 more Pokémon getting their very first card.

Featured artists

Ken Sugimori31 cards here · Camerupt

Mitsuhiro Arita10 cards here · Aggron

Atsuko Nishida10 cards here · Delcatty

Hajime Kusajima8 cards here · Beautifly

Midori Harada7 cards here · Dustox

Kagemaru Himeno7 cards here · Donphan

Drawn by 20 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a Ruby & Sapphire pack pulls

Sealed Ruby & Sapphire 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 $219 of cards, and a typical pack about $198.

$219

average pull per pack

$198

typical pack (half pull less)

$310

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$1,074

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $131 and $310.

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 Ruby & Sapphire, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Mewtwo ex

Rare Holo EX · $677

1 in 63 packs

Half of players pull it within 44 packs; 9 in 10 within 144.

Scyther ex

Rare Holo EX · $174

1 in 63 packs

Half of players pull it within 44 packs; 9 in 10 within 144.

Lapras ex

Rare Holo EX · $173

1 in 63 packs

Half of players pull it within 44 packs; 9 in 10 within 144.

Mudkip

Common · $130

1 in 7 packs

Half of players pull it within 5 packs; 9 in 10 within 15.

Hitmonchan ex

Rare Holo EX · $125

1 in 63 packs

Half of players pull it within 44 packs; 9 in 10 within 144.

Gardevoir

Rare Holo · $106

1 in 42 packs

Half of players pull it within 29 packs; 9 in 10 within 96.

Electabuzz ex

Rare Holo EX · $94.02

1 in 63 packs

Half of players pull it within 44 packs; 9 in 10 within 144.

Sneasel ex

Rare Holo EX · $91.68

1 in 63 packs

Half of players pull it within 44 packs; 9 in 10 within 144.

Odds by rarity

What’s in each pack: 5 commons, 2 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, 1 hit.

Rarity	Pull rate (packs)	Per pack	In this set
Rare Holo best: Gardevoir$106	1 in 3	0.34	14 cards
Rare best: Blaziken$57.90	1 in 2	0.64	13 cards
Uncommon best: Marshtomp$71.41	Every pack	2.4	34 cards
Common best: Mudkip$130	Every pack	5.5	40 cards
Rare Holo EX best: Mewtwo ex$677	1 in 8	0.13	8 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Ruby & Sapphire, 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 Ruby & Sapphire packs

What are the pull rates for Ruby & Sapphire?

Each Ruby & Sapphire pack has 9 cards. Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs; Rare: 1 in 2 packs; Uncommon: every pack; Common: every pack. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Mewtwo ex in Ruby & Sapphire?

About 1 in 63 packs. Half of players would pull it within 44 packs, and 9 in 10 within 144.

Is a Ruby & Sapphire pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $219 of cards, and a typical pack about $198. Sealed Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire pack?

9 cards: 5 commons, 2 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, 1 hit.