Shining Legends pull rates

Each Shining Legends pack has 10 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Secret, turns up about 1 in 53 packs. The top chase card, Mewtwo-GX, is about 1 in 53.

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What makes Shining Legends special

Shining Legends (2017) brought back Shining Pokémon for the first time since the Neo era.

Did you know?

It revived Shining Pokémon, a card style first seen in the Neo era, with Pokémon shown in their alternate colors. en.wikipedia.org
In Japan it was released to coincide with the twentieth Pokémon movie and gathered Legendary and Mythical Pokémon from all the movies made up to then. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
Packs were sold only in special collection products, not booster boxes, and each pack had 2 guaranteed foil cards. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

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Pokémon highlights

57 different Pokémon; most featured: Mewtwo (4 cards), Entei (4 cards), Zoroark (3 cards).

Unova 28% Kanto 21% Hoenn 14% Sinnoh 14% Johto 11%

Psychic 20%Fire 17%Darkness 17%Water 15%Grass 14%

Back after a long break

Arceusfirst card in 7 years

Ivysaurfirst card in 5 years

Bulbasaurfirst card in 5 years

Featured artists

Mitsuhiro Arita5 cards here · Mewtwo-GX

kawayoo4 cards here · Virizion

nagimiso4 cards here · Zekrom

Toyste Beach4 cards here · Damage Mover

Ryo Ueda4 cards here · Great Ball

Mizue3 cards here · Shaymin

Drawn by 27 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a Shining Legends pack pulls

Sealed Shining Legends 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 $35.01 of cards, and a typical pack about $14.25.

$35.01

average pull per pack

$14.25

typical pack (half pull less)

$41.29

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$859

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $2.59 and $41.29.

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 Shining Legends, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Mewtwo-GX

Rare Secret · $829

1 in 53 packs

Half of players pull it within 37 packs; 9 in 10 within 121.

Shining Mew

Rare Shining · $203

1 in 64 packs

Half of players pull it within 45 packs; 9 in 10 within 147.

Shining Rayquaza

Rare Shining · $157

1 in 64 packs

Half of players pull it within 45 packs; 9 in 10 within 147.

Mewtwo-GX

Rare Rainbow · $96.51

1 in 164 packs

Half of players pull it within 114 packs; 9 in 10 within 377.

Raichu-GX

Rare Rainbow · $44.16

1 in 164 packs

Half of players pull it within 114 packs; 9 in 10 within 377.

Shining Arceus

Rare Shining · $34.77

1 in 64 packs

Half of players pull it within 45 packs; 9 in 10 within 147.

Shining Jirachi

Rare Shining · $33.59

1 in 64 packs

Half of players pull it within 45 packs; 9 in 10 within 147.

Entei-GX

Rare Rainbow · $32.78

1 in 164 packs

Half of players pull it within 114 packs; 9 in 10 within 377.

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: Mewtwo-GX$96.51	1 in 41	0.02	4 cards
Rare Secret best: Mewtwo-GX$829	1 in 53	0.02	1 card
Rare Ultra best: Mewtwo-GX$30.39	1 in 11	0.09	4 cards
Rare Holo best: Latios$1.40	1 in 2	0.56	12 cards
Uncommon best: Venusaur$2.67	Every pack	3.4	26 cards
Common best: Pikachu$11.82	Every pack	5.6	23 cards
Rare Holo GX best: Mewtwo-GX$14.92	1 in 5	0.21	5 cards
Rare Shining best: Shining Mew$203	1 in 11	0.09	6 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Shining Legends, 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 Shining Legends packs

What are the pull rates for Shining Legends?

Each Shining Legends pack has 10 cards. Rare Rainbow: 1 in 41 packs; Rare Secret: 1 in 53 packs; Rare Ultra: 1 in 11 packs; Rare Holo: 1 in 2 packs. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Mewtwo-GX in Shining Legends?

About 1 in 53 packs. Half of players would pull it within 37 packs, and 9 in 10 within 121.

Is a Shining Legends pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $35.01 of cards, and a typical pack about $14.25. Sealed Shining Legends 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 Shining Legends pack?

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