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XY pull rates

Each XY pack has 10 cards. The rarest kind, Rare Ultra, turns up about 1 in 16 packs. The top chase card, Blastoise-EX, is about 1 in 99.

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What makes XY special

Did you know?

The first set of the Kalos region, built around Pokémon X and Y and the Legendary Pokémon Xerneas and Yveltal. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
Mega Evolution arrived in the card game here as M Pokémon-EX. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net
It also introduced the Fairy type. bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

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Pokémon highlights

105 different Pokémon; most featured: Venusaur (3 cards), Blastoise (3 cards), Xerneas (3 cards).

Kalos 33% Kanto 25% Unova 22% Hoenn 10% Johto 7%

Grass 17%Colorless 14%Water 12%Darkness 11%Fairy 10%

Back after a long break

Cloysterfirst card in 6 years

Shellderfirst card in 6 years

Arbokfirst card in 6 years

Ekansfirst card in 6 years

Swellowfirst card in 5 years

First cards ever

and 12 more Pokémon getting their very first card.

Featured artists

Ryo Ueda6 cards here · Venusaur-EX

Kanako Eo5 cards here · Volbeat

Kagemaru Himeno5 cards here · Zoroark

Eske Yoshinob4 cards here · Venusaur-EX

Kouki Saitou4 cards here · Simipour

Mizue4 cards here · Wigglytuff

Drawn by 29 artists in all. Tap one to see everything they have drawn.

What a XY pack pulls

Sealed XY 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 $21.66 of cards, and a typical pack about $14.29.

$21.66

average pull per pack

$14.29

typical pack (half pull less)

$37.72

a good pack (better than 9 in 10)

$207

best of 5,000 packs

8 in 10 packs pull between $5.30 and $37.72.

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

Blastoise-EX

Rare Ultra · $176

1 in 99 packs

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

Venusaur-EX

Rare Ultra · $125

1 in 99 packs

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

Xerneas-EX

Rare Ultra · $119

1 in 99 packs

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

Yveltal-EX

Rare Ultra · $97.84

1 in 99 packs

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

Emolga-EX

Rare Ultra · $55.21

1 in 99 packs

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

Skarmory-EX

Rare Ultra · $41.10

1 in 99 packs

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

M Blastoise-EX

Rare Holo EX · $32.74

1 in 57 packs

Half of players pull it within 40 packs; 9 in 10 within 131.

M Venusaur-EX

Rare Holo EX · $24.10

1 in 57 packs

Half of players pull it within 40 packs; 9 in 10 within 131.

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 Ultra best: Blastoise-EX$176	1 in 16	0.06	6 cards
Rare Holo best: Greninja$11.88	1 in 3	0.30	16 cards
Rare best: Wigglytuff$4.17	1 in 2	0.59	26 cards
Uncommon best: Quilladin$6.02	Every pack	3.4	42 cards
Common best: Pikachu$13.86	Every pack	5.5	48 cards
Rare Holo EX best: M Blastoise-EX$32.74	1 in 7	0.14	8 cards

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

What are the pull rates for XY?

Each XY pack has 10 cards. Rare Ultra: 1 in 16 packs; Rare Holo: 1 in 3 packs; Rare: 1 in 2 packs; Uncommon: every pack. These are community estimates, not official odds.

How rare is Blastoise-EX in XY?

About 1 in 99 packs. Half of players would pull it within 69 packs, and 9 in 10 within 227.

Is a XY pack worth opening?

On average a pack pulls about $21.66 of cards, and a typical pack about $14.29. Sealed XY 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 XY pack?

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