Rising Rivals pull rates

Each Rising Rivals pack has 9 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Secret, turns up about 1 in 100 packs. The top chase card, Snorlax LV.X, is about 1 in 200.

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What makes Rising Rivals special

Did you know?

The Gym Leaders and Elite Four of the Sinnoh League arrive here, with their own Pokémon SP based on the teams they used in Pokémon Platinum. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
A special Rotom subset shows all five of Rotom's appliance forms: Fan, Frost, Heat, Mow and Wash Rotom. pkmncards.com
Pikachu, Flying Pikachu and Surfing Pikachu are hidden among the secret cards. pkmncards.com
In Japan it was called Bonds to the End of Time. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

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Pokémon highlights

83 different Pokémon; most featured: Rotom (5 cards), Pikachu (3 cards), Snorlax (3 cards).

Kanto 36% Sinnoh 34% Hoenn 22% Johto 8%

Psychic 16%Water 14%Fighting 14%Lightning 12%Grass 12%

Featured artists

Ken Sugimori14 cards here · Gastrodon East Sea

Kagemaru Himeno12 cards here · Lucario GL

Kouki Saitou10 cards here · Flygon

Mitsuhiro Arita8 cards here · Pikachu

Masakazu Fukuda7 cards here · Arcanine

Midori Harada7 cards here · Floatzel GL

Drawn by 33 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a Rising Rivals pack pulls

Sealed Rising Rivals 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 $149 of cards, and a typical pack about $133.

$149

average pull per pack

$133

typical pack (half pull less)

$235

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$1,237

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $62.84 and $235.

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 Rising Rivals, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Snorlax LV.X

Rare Holo LV.X · $1,000

1 in 200 packs

Half of players pull it within 139 packs; 9 in 10 within 460.

Surfing Pikachu

Rare Secret · $389

1 in 300 packs

Half of players pull it within 208 packs; 9 in 10 within 690.

Infernape E4 LV.X

Rare Holo LV.X · $350

1 in 200 packs

Half of players pull it within 139 packs; 9 in 10 within 460.

Pikachu

Rare Secret · $343

1 in 300 packs

Half of players pull it within 208 packs; 9 in 10 within 690.

Alakazam E4 LV.X

Rare Holo LV.X · $336

1 in 200 packs

Half of players pull it within 139 packs; 9 in 10 within 460.

Flying Pikachu

Rare Secret · $260

1 in 300 packs

Half of players pull it within 208 packs; 9 in 10 within 690.

Luxray GL LV.X

Rare Holo LV.X · $121

1 in 200 packs

Half of players pull it within 139 packs; 9 in 10 within 460.

Gallade E4 LV.X

Rare Holo LV.X · $116

1 in 200 packs

Half of players pull it within 139 packs; 9 in 10 within 460.

Odds by rarity

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

Rarity	Pull rate (packs)	Per pack	In this set
Rare Secret best: Surfing Pikachu$389	1 in 100	0.01	3 cards
Rare Holo best: Darkrai G$96.38	1 in 3	0.33	13 cards
Rare best: Heat Rotom$95.07	Every pack	0.71	30 cards
Uncommon best: Gengar GL$78.61	Every pack	3.4	32 cards
Common best: Turtwig GL$79.99	Every pack	4.5	33 cards
Rare Holo LV.X best: Snorlax LV.X$1,000	1 in 22	0.04	9 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Rising Rivals, 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 Rising Rivals packs

What are the pull rates for Rising Rivals?

Each Rising Rivals pack has 9 cards. Rare Secret: 1 in 100 packs; Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs; Rare: every pack; Uncommon: every pack. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Snorlax LV.X in Rising Rivals?

About 1 in 200 packs. Half of players would pull it within 139 packs, and 9 in 10 within 460.

Is a Rising Rivals pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $149 of cards, and a typical pack about $133. Sealed Rising Rivals 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 Rising Rivals pack?

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

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