4,000 packs measured · Rates checked Oct 4, 2026 · Prices Nov 12, 2026

Pitch Black pull rates

About 1 in 3 Pitch Black booster packs holds a card rarer than a Rare. The commonest hit is a Double Rare at about 1 in 5 packs; the rarest, a Mega Hyper Rare, is about 1 in 1,110. At today’s prices an average pack holds $3.26 of cards against a shop price of $4.49.

Pitch Black odds by rarity

Per booster pack, and per booster box of 36 packs.

Rarity	Per pack	Chance in a pack	Average per box	At least one in a box
Double Rare	1 in 5	21%	7.6	Over 99%
Illustration Rare	1 in 9	11%	4.0	98%
Ultra Rare	1 in 12	8.3%	3.0	96%
Special Illustration Rare	1 in 80	1.2%	0.5	36%
Mega Hyper Rare	1 in 1,110	0.09%	0.0	3.2%

Odds of pulling the top Pitch Black chase cards

One named card, not just its rarity: cards of a rarity come up equally often, so each takes an even share of its rarity’s rate. Ranked by ungraded price, as on the chase cards page. “In packs” is what the packs you would expect to open for one copy cost at the $4.49 shop price; all 10 cost less bought as a single at today’s ungraded price.

Is a Pitch Black pack worth opening?

Average pack holds: $3.26
Typical pack holds: $1.78
Shop price: $4.49
Returned in cards: 73%
Packs worth $4.49+: 8.9%

Every card’s chance of turning up, from the rates above, times its ungraded price today, added across the pack. On average a pack gives back 73% of what it costs; most of an average pack’s value sits in the few rare pulls, so most packs are worth less and a few far more: of 20,000 simulated packs the typical (median) one held $1.78, and 8.9% were worth $4.49 or more. An average box of 36 holds $117.36. Ordinary reverse holos are counted at the card’s ordinary price. All figures are in US dollars. The shop price is the official store’s list price (Pokémon Center (US): Booster Bundle (6 Packs) at $26.94, $4.49 a pack, read Oct 21, 2026); on the sealed market a pack often costs more while a set is sold out.

Where these rates come from

TCGplayer Authentication Center, “Pokémon TCG: Pitch Black Pull Rates”, from at least 4,000 opened packs. We last checked the figures on Oct 4, 2026. The per-pack odds count every slot a rarity can fill; a box’s are those of 36 packs opened one after another. Real boxes are packed to a pattern, so one box can come out better or worse than these odds say. We publish rates only for sets with a measured, named source, and never estimate one.

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Common questions

What are the pull rates (hit rates) for Pitch Black?

A Double Rare about 1 in 5 packs, an Illustration Rare about 1 in 9 packs, an Ultra Rare about 1 in 12 packs, a Special Illustration Rare about 1 in 80 packs, a Mega Hyper Rare about 1 in 1,110 packs. From TCGplayer Authentication Center, “Pokémon TCG: Pitch Black Pull Rates”, 4,000 packs opened.

How many packs does it take to pull a Special Illustration Rare in Pitch Black?

About 80 on average: each pack has a 1.2% chance. A booster box of 36 packs holds at least one 36% of the time.

How many hits are in a Pitch Black booster box?

About 14 of the 36 packs in an average box hold a card rarer than a Rare: 7.6 Double Rares, 4.0 Illustration Rares, 3.0 Ultra Rares, 0.5 Special Illustration Rares, 0.0 Mega Hyper Rares. Boxes are packed to a pattern, so a real box can differ.

What are the odds of pulling Mega Darkrai ex 116/84?

About 1 in 480 Pitch Black packs, 7.2% in a booster box. It is the set’s most valuable chase card at $160 ungraded.

Is Pitch Black worth opening?

At today’s prices an average pack holds $3.26 of cards against a shop price of $4.49, so on average it gives back 73% of its cost. Most of that sits in the rare pulls, so most packs come in under it: 8.9% of single packs are worth the price or more.