Team Rocket Returns pull rates

Each Team Rocket Returns pack has 9 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Secret, turns up about 1 in 101 packs. The top chase card, Torchic ★, is about 1 in 202.

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What makes Team Rocket Returns special

Did you know?

A sequel to the original Team Rocket set from four years earlier, bringing back Dark Pokémon. en.wikipedia.org
It introduced Pokémon Star cards: shiny-colored Pokémon marked with a star by the name. The first were Mudkip, Torchic and Treecko, illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. api.pokemontcg.io
Star cards were also the first with artwork that overlapped the card's art window. serebii.net

Favorites you can find here

TorchicRare Holo Star

MudkipRare Holo Star

Pokémon highlights

89 different Pokémon; most featured: Rattata (2 cards), Dratini (2 cards), Dragonair (2 cards).

Johto 51% Kanto 46% Hoenn 3%

Darkness 20%Grass 19%Water 18%Fighting 13%Fire 10%

Featured artists

Mitsuhiro Arita10 cards here · Dark Houndoom

Ryo Ueda9 cards here · Rocket's Hideout

Kouki Saitou7 cards here · Dark Electrode

Nakaoka7 cards here · Dark Dragonite

Masakazu Fukuda6 cards here · Dark Sandslash

Atsuko Nishida6 cards here · Dratini

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

What a Team Rocket Returns pack pulls

Sealed Team Rocket Returns 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 $956 of cards, and a typical pack about $870.

$956

average pull per pack

$870

typical pack (half pull less)

$1,384

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$3,179

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $600 and $1,384.

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 Team Rocket Returns, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Torchic ★

Rare Holo Star · $1,970

1 in 202 packs

Half of players pull it within 140 packs; 9 in 10 within 464.

Rocket's Mewtwo ex

Rare Holo EX · $1,500

1 in 89 packs

Half of players pull it within 62 packs; 9 in 10 within 204.

Dark Dragonite

Rare · $1,150

1 in 22 packs

Half of players pull it within 15 packs; 9 in 10 within 50.

Rocket's Zapdos ex

Rare Holo EX · $1,080

1 in 89 packs

Half of players pull it within 62 packs; 9 in 10 within 204.

Rocket's Entei ex

Rare Holo EX · $504

1 in 89 packs

Half of players pull it within 62 packs; 9 in 10 within 204.

Rocket's Snorlax ex

Rare Holo EX · $400

1 in 89 packs

Half of players pull it within 62 packs; 9 in 10 within 204.

Slowpoke

Common · $400

1 in 6 packs

Half of players pull it within 4 packs; 9 in 10 within 13.

Rocket's Sneasel ex

Rare Holo EX · $386

1 in 89 packs

Half of players pull it within 62 packs; 9 in 10 within 204.

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 Secret best: Here Comes Team Rocket!$326	1 in 101	0.01	2 cards
Rare Holo best: Dark Marowak$178	1 in 3	0.33	14 cards
Rare best: Dark Dragonite$1,150	1 in 2	0.62	14 cards
Uncommon best: Dark Gyarados$315	Every pack	2.4	35 cards
Common best: Slowpoke$400	Every pack	5.5	32 cards
Rare Holo EX best: Rocket's Mewtwo ex$1,500	1 in 8	0.12	11 cards
Rare Holo Star best: Torchic ★$1,970	1 in 67	0.01	3 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Team Rocket Returns, 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 Team Rocket Returns packs

What are the pull rates for Team Rocket Returns?

Each Team Rocket Returns pack has 9 cards. Rare Secret: 1 in 101 packs; Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs; Rare: 1 in 2 packs; Uncommon: every pack. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Torchic ★ in Team Rocket Returns?

About 1 in 202 packs. Half of players would pull it within 140 packs, and 9 in 10 within 464.

Is a Team Rocket Returns pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $956 of cards, and a typical pack about $870. Sealed Team Rocket Returns 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 Team Rocket Returns pack?

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