Burning Shadows pull rates

Each Burning Shadows pack has 10 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Secret, turns up about 1 in 94 packs. The top chase card, Charizard-GX, is about 1 in 943.

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What makes Burning Shadows special

Did you know?

Necrozma made its debut, with Marshadow-GX, Tapu Fini-GX, Charizard-GX, Darkrai-GX and Ho-Oh-GX also in the lineup. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
Team Skull members and Alola's Trial Captains appear as Full Art secret rare Trainers. en.wikipedia.org

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Pikachu

CharizardRare Rainbow

LucarioRare Holo

Ho-OhRare Ultra

GardevoirRare Rainbow

Charmander

Meowth

Vulpix

Pokémon highlights

110 different Pokémon; most featured: Darkrai (5 cards), Lycanroc (4 cards), Tapu Fini (4 cards).

Kanto 26% Alola 24% Unova 14% Johto 12% Sinnoh 10%

Fighting 16%Grass 15%Psychic 13%Water 11%Darkness 11%

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Featured artists

Masakazu Fukuda9 cards here · Guzma

Ken Sugimori7 cards here · Acerola

Toyste Beach7 cards here · Escape Rope

Shin Nagasawa6 cards here · Lycanroc

Kouki Saitou6 cards here · Turtonator

Mitsuhiro Arita6 cards here · Kingdra

Drawn by 47 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a Burning Shadows pack pulls

Sealed Burning Shadows 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 $6.77 of cards, and a typical pack about $3.28.

$6.77

average pull per pack

$3.28

typical pack (half pull less)

$13.09

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$847

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between 50¢ and $13.09.

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 Burning Shadows, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Charizard-GX

Rare Rainbow · $841

1 in 943 packs

Half of players pull it within 654 packs; 9 in 10 within 2,171.

Fairy Energy

Rare Secret · $96.86

1 in 849 packs

Half of players pull it within 589 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,954.

Wicke

Rare Ultra · $63.45

1 in 358 packs

Half of players pull it within 248 packs; 9 in 10 within 824.

Darkrai-GX

Rare Rainbow · $55.65

1 in 943 packs

Half of players pull it within 654 packs; 9 in 10 within 2,171.

Darkness Energy

Rare Secret · $54.32

1 in 849 packs

Half of players pull it within 589 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,954.

Acerola

Rare Ultra · $53.55

1 in 358 packs

Half of players pull it within 248 packs; 9 in 10 within 824.

Gardevoir-GX

Rare Rainbow · $53.38

1 in 943 packs

Half of players pull it within 654 packs; 9 in 10 within 2,171.

Machamp-GX

Rare Rainbow · $38.73

1 in 943 packs

Half of players pull it within 654 packs; 9 in 10 within 2,171.

Odds by rarity

What’s in each pack: 5 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, 1 hit.

Rarity	Pull rate (packs)	Per pack	In this set
Rare Rainbow best: Charizard-GX$841	1 in 73	0.01	13 cards
Rare Secret best: Fairy Energy$96.86	1 in 94	0.01	9 cards
Rare Ultra best: Wicke$63.45	1 in 19	0.05	19 cards
Rare Holo best: Gyarados$3.00	1 in 3	0.32	14 cards
Rare best: Alolan Ninetales$2.83	1 in 2	0.59	25 cards
Uncommon best: Guzma$3.52	Every pack	3.4	43 cards
Common best: Pikachu$7.35	Every pack	5.5	40 cards
Rare Holo GX best: Charizard-GX$26.46	1 in 9	0.12	14 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Burning Shadows, 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 Burning Shadows packs

What are the pull rates for Burning Shadows?

Each Burning Shadows pack has 10 cards. Rare Rainbow: 1 in 73 packs; Rare Secret: 1 in 94 packs; Rare Ultra: 1 in 19 packs; Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Charizard-GX in Burning Shadows?

About 1 in 943 packs. Half of players would pull it within 654 packs, and 9 in 10 within 2,171.

Is a Burning Shadows pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $6.77 of cards, and a typical pack about $3.28. Sealed Burning Shadows 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 Burning Shadows pack?

10 cards: 5 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, 1 hit.