Forbidden Light pull rates

Each Forbidden Light pack has 10 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Secret, turns up about 1 in 99 packs. The top chase card, Lucario-GX, is about 1 in 687.

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What makes Forbidden Light special

Did you know?

Ultra Necrozma-GX is the star, showing Necrozma after it absorbed a Legendary Pokémon. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
The Kalos region returns, with Greninja-GX, Zygarde-GX and Yveltal-GX joining Arceus and Volcanion. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

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Pokémon highlights

94 different Pokémon; most featured: Zygarde (5 cards), Dialga (3 cards), Palkia (3 cards).

Kalos 61% Sinnoh 21% Alola 12% Kanto 6%

Fighting 21%Psychic 16%Water 15%Grass 10%Fairy 8%

First cards ever

Poipole

Naganadel-GX

Featured artists

Ken Sugimori8 cards here · Diantha

Toyste Beach8 cards here · Beast Ring

kirisAki5 cards here · Barbaracle

Megumi Mizutani5 cards here · Ultra Recon Squad

kawayoo4 cards here · Delphox

Akira Komayama4 cards here · Vivillon

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

What a Forbidden Light pack pulls

Sealed Forbidden Light 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 $21.69 of cards, and a typical pack about $16.54.

$21.69

average pull per pack

$16.54

typical pack (half pull less)

$46.67

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$151

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $5.07 and $46.67.

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 Forbidden Light, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Lucario-GX

Rare Rainbow · $130

1 in 687 packs

Half of players pull it within 476 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Greninja-GX

Rare Rainbow · $124

1 in 687 packs

Half of players pull it within 476 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Dialga-GX

Rare Rainbow · $76.64

1 in 687 packs

Half of players pull it within 476 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Xerneas-GX

Rare Rainbow · $65.59

1 in 687 packs

Half of players pull it within 476 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Zygarde-GX

Rare Rainbow · $64.57

1 in 687 packs

Half of players pull it within 476 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Greninja-GX

Rare Ultra · $62.19

1 in 258 packs

Half of players pull it within 179 packs; 9 in 10 within 593.

Yveltal-GX

Rare Rainbow · $57.13

1 in 687 packs

Half of players pull it within 476 packs; 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Arceus ◇

Rare Prism Star · $52.79

1 in 99 packs

Half of players pull it within 69 packs; 9 in 10 within 227.

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: Lucario-GX$130	1 in 76	0.01	9 cards
Rare Secret best: Energy Recycler$35.57	1 in 99	0.01	6 cards
Rare Ultra best: Greninja-GX$62.19	1 in 20	0.05	13 cards
Rare Holo best: Pheromosa$9.65	1 in 3	0.30	11 cards
Rare best: Sylveon$20.78	1 in 2	0.56	27 cards
Uncommon best: Dedenne$37.26	Every pack	3.4	38 cards
Common best: Cubone$13.25	Every pack	5.5	33 cards
Rare Holo GX best: Greninja-GX$20.28	1 in 9	0.11	8 cards
Rare Prism Star best: Arceus ◇$52.79	1 in 20	0.05	5 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Forbidden Light, 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 Forbidden Light packs

What are the pull rates for Forbidden Light?

Each Forbidden Light pack has 10 cards. Rare Rainbow: 1 in 76 packs; Rare Secret: 1 in 99 packs; Rare Ultra: 1 in 20 packs; Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Lucario-GX in Forbidden Light?

About 1 in 687 packs. Half of players would pull it within 476 packs, and 9 in 10 within 1,581.

Is a Forbidden Light pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $21.69 of cards, and a typical pack about $16.54. Sealed Forbidden Light 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 Forbidden Light pack?

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