Temporal Forces pull rates

Each Temporal Forces pack has 9 cards. The rarest kind, Hyper Rare, turns up about 1 in 89 packs. The top chase card, Gastly, is about 1 in 237.

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What makes Temporal Forces special

Did you know?

ACE SPEC cards returned, now with a magenta design. They first appeared in 2012 and had not been printed since 2013's Plasma Blast, and a deck can still hold only one. press.pokemon.com
Master Ball came back as one of the new ACE SPEC cards. tcg.pokemon.com
Its theme is time and the Paradox Pokémon, featuring Walking Wake, Iron Leaves, Raging Bolt and Iron Crown, with Gouging Fire ex and Iron Boulder ex making their TCG debut. tcg.pokemon.com
Its illustration rares show Pokémon in everyday moments, like Grotle with Marill and Starly. tcg.pokemon.com

Favorites you can find here

Pikachu

GengarUltra Rare

Pokémon highlights

131 different Pokémon; most featured: Walking Wake (4 cards), Iron Leaves (4 cards), Arbok (2 cards).

Paldea 19% Hoenn 16% Unova 16% Alola 14% Johto 11%

Grass 18%Psychic 14%Fighting 13%Colorless 11%Fire 10%

First cards ever

Featured artists

Teeziro5 cards here · Gouging Fire ex

GOSSAN4 cards here · Eri

takuyoa4 cards here · Walking Wake ex

Toyste Beach4 cards here · Rescue Board

Souichirou Gunjima3 cards here · Shiftry

Mitsuhiro Arita3 cards here · Relicanth

Drawn by 140 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a Temporal Forces pack pulls

Some packs win big. The average pack pulls about $4.82 of cards against about $4.50 in stores, but rare hits carry that average: a typical pack pulls about 45¢.

$4.82

average pull per pack

45¢

typical pack (half pull less)

$4.50

store price of a new pack

18%

of packs pull more than they cost

8 in 10 packs pull between 45¢ and $12.97. The gold line is the store price of a new pack.

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. Store price is the usual price of a new pack. Opening packs on Holobrook is free.

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Chase cards and how long they take

The most valuable cards in Temporal Forces, how often each turns up, and how many packs it usually takes.

Gastly

Illustration Rare · $91.56

1 in 237 packs

Half of players pull it within 164 packs; 9 in 10 within 545.

Raging Bolt ex

Special Illustration Rare · $61.74

1 in 687 packs

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

Sawsbuck

Illustration Rare · $51.04

1 in 237 packs

Half of players pull it within 164 packs; 9 in 10 within 545.

Gengar ex

Ultra Rare · $50.43

1 in 230 packs

Half of players pull it within 160 packs; 9 in 10 within 529.

Iron Crown ex

Special Illustration Rare · $50.20

1 in 687 packs

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

Gouging Fire ex

Special Illustration Rare · $50.06

1 in 687 packs

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

Morty's Conviction

Special Illustration Rare · $49.19

1 in 687 packs

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

Deerling

Illustration Rare · $42.76

1 in 237 packs

Half of players pull it within 164 packs; 9 in 10 within 545.

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
Special Illustration Rare best: Raging Bolt ex$61.74	1 in 69	0.01	10 cards
Hyper Rare best: Gouging Fire ex$14.64	1 in 89	0.01	6 cards
Illustration Rare best: Gastly$91.56	1 in 11	0.09	22 cards
Ultra Rare best: Gengar ex$50.43	1 in 13	0.08	18 cards
Double Rare best: Gengar ex$6.46	1 in 6	0.17	15 cards
Rare best: Dudunsparce$0.92	Every pack	0.67	14 cards
Uncommon best: Mist Energy$1.91	Every pack	3.4	55 cards
Common best: Metang$3.71	Every pack	4.5	71 cards
ACE SPEC Rare best: Hero's Cape$30.09	1 in 17	0.06	7 cards

Odds are worked out across only the rarities that exist in Temporal Forces, 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 Temporal Forces packs

What are the pull rates for Temporal Forces?

Each Temporal Forces pack has 9 cards. Special Illustration Rare: 1 in 69 packs; Hyper Rare: 1 in 89 packs; Illustration Rare: 1 in 11 packs; Ultra Rare: 1 in 13 packs. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Gastly in Temporal Forces?

About 1 in 237 packs. Half of players would pull it within 164 packs, and 9 in 10 within 545.

Is a Temporal Forces pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $4.82 of cards, and a typical pack about 45¢, against about $4.50 for a new pack in stores. About 18% of packs pull more than they cost. Most people open packs for the fun of the reveal and the Pokémon they love, not as an investment.

How many cards are in a Temporal Forces pack?

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