Which sets have god packs
God packs began in Japanese sets, in the high-class sets that are built around full-art cards. Collectors have reported them in Tag All Stars, Shiny Star V, VMAX Climax, VSTAR Universe, Pokémon Card 151, Shiny Treasure ex, Terastal Festival ex and MEGA Dream ex, according to a roundup by CardCodex.
In English, collectors have reported god packs, or packs close to them, in these sets:
- Ascended Heroes. The English version of MEGA Dream ex. The god pack reported most often holds seven Special Illustration Rares and three Mega Attack Rares.
- Black Bolt and White Flare. Reported as nine Illustration Rares and one Special Illustration Rare.
- Prismatic Evolutions. Reported as a run of Eeveelution Special Illustration Rares, with several variations described.
- 151. Reported as complete starter evolution lines across the illustration rare slots. Not every card in it is a big hit, so some collectors call it a "demi-god" pack.
The make-up of a god pack can vary within a set, and reports don't always agree. If you think you've opened one, film the opening from a sealed pack. Without that, nobody will believe you.
What a god pack is worth today
We can't say how often god packs turn up, but we can say what one holds. The table takes the god pack reported for each set and values every slot at the average price of that rarity in the set today. It updates every day.
| Set | Reported god pack | Average god pack holds | Best card it can hold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascended Heroes | 7 Special Illustration Rares + 3 Mega Attack RaresReported by CardDeckr | $964 | Mega Gengar ex $675 |
| Black Bolt | 9 Illustration Rares + 1 Special Illustration RareReported by CardCodex | $244 | Zekrom ex $207 |
| White Flare | 9 Illustration Rares + 1 Special Illustration RareReported by CardCodex | $225 | Reshiram ex $157 |
Each slot is valued at the average ungraded price of that rarity in the set today, with every card of a rarity taken as equally likely. A real god pack can be worth a lot more or less than the average, depending on which cards land in it.
The average hides a wide range. A god pack's value depends on which cards land in it, and a single top Special Illustration Rare can be worth more than the other nine cards together. The last column shows the best card each god pack can hold.
How rare are god packs?
Nobody knows for sure. The figures you'll see are estimates pieced together from community openings, and they disagree. The most common estimates put god packs at somewhere around 1 in 600 to 1 in 2,000 packs, depending on the set, per CardCodex. Treat any exact number as a guess.
Pokémon TCG Pocket, the digital game, is different. It shows its own rare-pack rate in the app, and that's the only god pack rate the company has published anywhere. It tells you nothing about physical packs.
Should you buy packs to chase a god pack?
No. A god pack is luck on top of luck, and the odds are a guess. If you want the cards a god pack holds, buying them as singles costs far less than opening packs until one turns up. For which sets give the most back on an ordinary pack, see the best Pokémon packs to buy. For the odds of pulling each chase card in a set, open its chase-cards page from the set list.
