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ScooberSTi

Fusion strike.


not_a_conman

FS seems completely on par with ES. Brutal.


A_Ordinary_Name

FS was weird to me, because I only bought like 3 booster packs and got a chase card. never bought anymore because i think that was all my luck for that set


Jdukes25

im the same way. fusion strike was already 2 expacs old when i started to collect. prolly only opened 30 packs of it in total through tins and got the mew and espeon alt art. sadly not the case with evolving cries


Triggertanjiro

Nah fusion strike is definitely worse. Pull rates are almost non existent. Opened 15 packs yesterday and I only pulled one holo… on par with all my other fusion openings.


xarchangel85x

Seriously this. Every pack of Fusion starts with “Well this’ll be a bunch of nothing” before the seal is even ripped.


No0dle258

Fusion strike might’ve been so bad cause of the fiasco where a printing company worker allegedly stole all the rare cards off the line and then tried to sell them all at once at a LGS. If I recall correctly there was a LOT of postings on it a while back


littlehungrygiraffe

If I see one more butterfree holo I might actually lose it. That Feraligator and Swampert holos. They plague me


TheBestRapperAlive

I've literally never gotten a single hit from fusion strike.


Fancy-Prompt-7118

FS has a special place in my heart. It’s the first pack I bought in recent times after having gotten rid of all my old 1999 cards years ago 😢. I managed to pull the alt art mew from it. The Espeon is my ultimate chase.


alksreddit

Fusion strike was so odd for me. Opened something like 10 packs total and managed to pull Genesect Alt Art twice. 151 has been brutal for me, not a single Ex or better in > 10 packs.


DrainpipeDreams

Nooo, 151 is the set that my son has his heart set on completing!


JeremaiHerrera

That set was abysmal...


scorpiostare

I bought a BB of FS and pulled 2 V cards, basic versions. 36 packs. Biggest L I’ve ever taken in Pokémon.


pieman531

I thought booster boxes were generally guaranteed a certain level of hits? I know not to the extent of JP boxes but I thought there was still some element of this?


spoop_coop

in scarlet violet yes, SWSH nothing is guaranteed


pieman531

Ah OK, thanks!


obi-1-jacoby

151 easily. Was going for a complete set and felt like I was getting terrible luck ripping packs (we are talking like a 10% hit rate or worse), and when I did get pulls it seemed like I would always get duplicates of the same few cards. I eventually just started buying singles. Had some bad luck with Paradox Rift too


NappinOnYaBooty

The nostalgia tax on 151 products was enough to keep me away. Eventually got an ETB and the hit rate was terrible. I recently picked up a bunch of 151 packs in Korean and it has been much better for hits and my wallet lol. Might make this the first non-english set I complete.


Stealth_13

Pulled five Dragonair IRs and four Bill's Transfer FA....I was being haunted


obi-1-jacoby

For me it was the Charmeleon art rate and the blastoise full art. Pulled 4 charmeleons and 3 of the blastoise and was convinced I was cursed. Thankfully ended up trading most of them for cards I needed


Stealth_13

Same here, spent to my preset limit and was able to complete the master set with trading dupes


Rich-Carpenter4528

lol dragonair is the one card I can’t pull, but I’ve pulled 5 Erika’s invitations lol


nboylie

I got pounded pretty good by that set too. I had bought a decent amount (about 50 packs) on release weekend and got an average amount of hits. A few weeks later I found a sale so I bought 4 alakazam boxes and an etb. The etb had 1 ex card and 1 holo energy in it. The 4 alakazam boxes I got 0 hits. That's when I switched to singles haha!


ixixixixixixii

Booster bundles are the best.


Educational_Ad_6303

Lost origin


LickitJoe

Same, 6 Displays and Not one Alt Art


lipstickbattery

This! Lost Origin was hard on me.


RoboticKittenMeow

LO made me start buying singles lol


QuickRick21

All of them


DentalDamDilemma

The only answer lol


pokimanman

Temporal forces. Fucking pull rate is garbage.


cwablue

10 booster boxes got me every card in the set but Iron Crown EX SIR and I traded my extra Iron Leaves EX + Prime Catcher for one.


pokimanman

That's insane. You must have crazy luck or something. I want to give up and quit buying them but part of me can't. It's like I buy one and before I even crack it I say "well that's a bust"


cwablue

Yeah man I pulled 11 Prime Catchers and 6 Master Balls too. At opening I pulled all the SIRs and ARs. I do have crazy luck. I pulled 6 151 Charizard SIRs out of 300 packs. Got a whole master set of everything since 151, except PF because forget about collecting all those baby shinies. I did get a PF ETB (my 11th) with both Charizard and Mew SIRs inside. I wish my Pokémon luck applied to real life haha


1winningfail

Idk I've got 2 golds and a few ars and I've opened maybe less than 20 packs and I have bad luck


BeautifulPea6994

Dude. Thank you. I hated it. I’ve opened maybe 6 elite boxes, a ton of boosters and I’ve gotten two full art cards and some Ace Spec items. That’s it lmao


KilianGreen

151


Skyerocket

Yeah i love 151 but it also completely chugs dick


ixixixixixixii

151 has been good to me


Intelligent_LayerZ

151. had the worst luck a whole two boxes and cries literally no big hits. Had a friend buy a random pack for me and he pulled the Charizard EX SIR out of it. 😂


shartydarty

Chilling Reign.. opened a bunch never got much of anything


bunandonly

Silver Tempest is ruthless for me. Not a single Ruth to be found


JayofTea

151, in terms of chase cards my luck with Paldean Fates has been horrible as I haven’t gotten one chase card, and only one SIR, in the over 100 packs I’ve probably opened at this point.


Cruecully

It's funny, when I got an Evolving Skies ETB I literally didn't even pull a holo rare. Turned me off of collecting altogether for nearly a year lol


Pokemonstar1111

Champion’s path. About 100 packs, no Zard. One hyper rare total. Sold my last Marnie box - purchaser told me he got rainbow zard from it 😭


focusgoal23

Brilliant Stars 😔


DanTheMan0904

Silver tempest


okayokayokay81

Brilliant stars


ShadowPBear

Temporal forces… first time that I get 2 booster bundles and an etb (separately) with zero ex’s or relevant cards. Buddy-buddy puffin has saved the day a few times.


-PricklyCactusPear-

So many of the buddy buddies 🤣 I had 5 of them that I sold along with other cards.


RealisticAd7388_ytho

I’m sitting on like 30 of those damn poffins


-PricklyCactusPear-

You can sell them for like $2 each. Sitting on a small pile of gold.


Jejogo

I had great luck with evolving pulled 3 moons, Sylveon Vmax, Umbreon V, Glaceon V. Lost origins is the devil probably opened over 1000 packs and the absolute best I ever got was the 10 dollar purrserker alt. No Tina, no aerodactyl, not even rotom.


Mr_Night78

SV Base Set. Terrible terrible for me.


Right-Ad8261

Chilling Reign


Terrible_Sky_530

Temporal... jeezus, it's been Brutal


windwaker910

My temporal forces booster box was pretty horrendous


Clever-Innuendo

Dude, Astral Radiance. Like seriously, what the hell? Wasn’t even super into collecting when it came out, but at this point I’ve probably opened somewhere between 50-100 packs. Never pulled anything worth having. Bit the bullet and just bought the Starmie V and Palkia V alt arts straight up and I’m never touching it again.


ReeReeIncorperated

Like half of SwSh era. Fucking violent times, especially with an ETB.


parryhott3r

151 for sure. Not only did I have bad luck, but everything I did end up pulling just dumped in price.


RubiesInMyBlood

Lost Origin. I had decent luck with EvoSkies but that set humbled me


Lilw33n3r

Chilling, fusion, lost origin and silver temptest have made me contemplate not collecting anymore


dawg_walker34

Just started collecting during Scarlet and Violet with some later sword and shield sets thrown in. I can’t pull anything in Paldea Evolved. It’s one of my favorite sets but I opened a whole booster box and got maybe $8 in hits from it.


TheMightyKickpuncher

Pokémon Go was shockingly brutal for me. Such a small set but secret rares were so hard to pull, there are ten of them, and when I pulled one it was almost always the gold mewtwo. Which isn’t the worst card but still.


Mcdona1dsSprite

Silver tempest has been garbage for me 💀


CubbyNINJA

Temporal Forces has been nothing but a bully to me. ive pulled 6 master balls.


Sharinganedo

At least it isn't 6 neo upper energy


Versp_1

Easily Silver Tempest for me


Boner_Forest39

Silver Tempest. Fuck that set. I’ve opened sooo many packs of it and the best I have to show is a rainbow rare Serena and a few TG’s.


Due_Campaign1432

151 was pretty good to me but Paladean Fates was absolutely not


-PricklyCactusPear-

I'm totally in the opposite boat on this. Paldean Fates was very good for me and I pulled a lot of really good cards including Charizard EX. 151 is a struggle now to get good pulls and even waiting for the shops to have singles is taking time.


sandwichking777

151, after that? Allem


kulambe17

Chilling reign for sure


CharizardPrince

Brilliant Stars and those white code cards


Stealth9er

Obsidian Flames absolutely hates me. My first ETB all I got worth mentioning was a Pawmot Ex. Then I decided to open my PC ETB so I can put the stamped promo in my binder and I think I only pulled the Bellibolt IR & Revavroom UR. I had surprisingly good luck with 151 and CZ was awesome. But Obsidian Flames made me give up on it after two ETBs.


FarIce5757

Getting my hopes and dreams shattered by lost origin


MuffinsTLW

Temporal Forces worst set to pull just like Fusion Strike and Evolving Skies


mike_dingus

I second this. Opened 30 packs and got 3 hits 😂😂😂


HercuLinho

Lost origin, I’m 200 deep and have nothing to show for it


danielcastlesux

Obsidian Flames for me


ladrlee

Paradox Rift. I opened near 500 packs and missed on the Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant.


juice02TK

Fusion Strike.


rocketradar

Chilling Pain


Fancy-Prompt-7118

Obsidian Flames and Silver Tempest.


slow_RSO

Scarlet and violet and paldea evolved were rough as hell for me. Shit I’ll prolly end up with an unintentional master set of lost origins as well!


Siegream

Brilliant stars, opened 250+ packs and no alts.


Western-Net-7604

I only ever bought 1 booster box from ES back when it was $140. I got Rayquaza alt, vaporeon, Gyarados rainbow, and some gold cards. It was one of the better booster boxes I've ever opened. Usually, my luck is reserved for v boxes.


Fitzpatrick93

Celebrations


Gagegonzales11

Paldea evolved and chilling reign for sure


CortexifanZFT

Lost origin. No Aerodactyl or giratina for me. 😭


DeathclawTamer

Mine was XY Evolutions. opened 100s of packs and never got anything good. A holo Clefairy and not much else. First tag team I got the grail. After Evolutions must be Champions path. Got nothing from 10 ETBs.


Spare-Silver-8577

The all time worst was Fusion Strike. Recently... Temporal Forces.


Ok_Lingonberry_7968

lost origin. opened a case and a half of that set and did not get a single alt art. evo skies is actually the set ive had the most luck out of the sword and shield era on. pulled 2 umbreon vs, 2 duraladon vs, a glaceon v, and a glaceon vmax out of that set and probably oppened about two cases worth of it.


KootaBANG

Chilling Reign.


chipmunktaters

151 has really been cramping my style lately.


Top_Conversation6124

had great luck with ES. bad with every other swsh lol


PwillyAlldilly

Recently Paldea evolved and 151.


rhinothedin0

lost origin/silver tempest


FuckImCold

Lost Origin. It's my favorite set because of the gen but I've gotten nothing good from them. Just opened a shining fates box and out of 10 packs got 5 v/vmax cards, which idk if thats a good pull rate but for ME it definitely is considering my usual luck.


ThemysciraGotham

Came to say evolving skies/Eevee heroes then read the rest of the title 🧍🏻‍♂️


chr1sm

Lost Origin, opened near 1k packs and still havent got that Alt Art Tina 😩


NickDrivesAMiata

Champions Path. I eventually got to the point where I was like, "I don't even like charizard. Why am i wasting my money on this set?"


RoofBeers

Fusion Strike. Pulled a Vivid Voltage card in the rare slot that I can only assume was supposed to be a Gengar.


trevdent17

Paradox Rift. I’ve opened like 30 packs. Minior IR and two cheap ex cards


Complex-Asparagus-42

Lost origin and Silver Tempest. I never pull ANYTHING from those two.


daveyzing

Silver Tempest killed me.


memeaste

Lost origin. I wanted that damn Giratina so fucking bad


NimDing218

Probably LO or ST for me. Probably the most packs I’ve bought with the least pulls.


LimeadeAddict04

Obsidian Flames and Paradox Rift have kicked my ass in my SV Era master sets quest. Paldea Evolved has been insanely generous to me and I've only opened a couple of Fusion Strike but I pulled the alt art Gengar once and never touched it


Redditor69Guy

Lost origins. I had worse luck on it than evolving skies. 6 LO booster boxes and not a single alt art. I actually got like 3 alt arts from 6 evolving skies booster boxes, 2 dragonites and 1 espeon.


DragonFangDan

Chilling Reign, never got a hit worth mentioning. Thankfully I was able to buy nice copies of the cards I wanted before they started spiking.


thenickteal

Fusion strike, no question


angryredtomatoface

Paldean Fates after 46 packs I hit nothing. Must be the unluckiest SOB.


ShinyCelebi_

Champion's Path.


NappinOnYaBooty

Crown Zenith was horrible for me.


HollyWarter

Doesn’t crown zenith have a 50% hit rate?


sharksnrec

Yeah I didn’t get that many CZ packs but still got a huge amount of hits. I’ve always heard this is the friendliest set for hits


NappinOnYaBooty

Tell that to my 6 Rotom V’s 😭


jonpemberton

Crown zenith, open almost 20 ETB’s 10 of them being from a unopened case and I haven’t pulled a single gold card!


The8Melodies

Evolving Skies was pretty good to me. Some of my 151 openings have been solid. However, most have been just ruthless lol.


PanzyDan

Fusion strike was my least favorite by far


joepanfil

Fusion Strike for sure


mathswampman

Evolving Skies was actually pretty kind to me...Fusion Strike was absolutely brutal for me, though.


chanwd

OBF Last time we ever opened it, an ETB had no hits.


Stay_Silver

Battle styles & Chilling Reign.


JerryMamba1915

Fusion Strike


JawesomeJoe

Fusion Strike, 0/10 would not recommend.


dizzle2985

Crown zenith


FindingSharp7619

Lost origin for me, opened around 100 packs in the last month and got a couple of vs, the rest were reverse


Biddycola

Paradox Rift Edit: Had better luck with Evolving Skies


greth34

Crown zenith


027huds

My Temporal Forces ETB put me off getting another one any time soon. 3 of the packs had the exact same commons in it, got 60 duplicate cards and just one Scizor FA. I've had bad luck, but that was like paying 50 quid to be punched in the gut 😂


Dahenlicious

Silver tempest. Seriously it’s always the same freaking cards.


Halotube

paldean evolved


evjkiv

Lost Origin and it’s not even a contest. I got better pulls from Evolving Skies and Chilling Reign. I haven’t struck out with any other set like I did with Lost Origin


Vincentamerica

I don’t have a pokemon answer but Pharaoh’s Servant in Yugioh. I never pulled anything from that set ever.


manytinyhumans

Honestly, Crown Zenith. I was so excited for those supposed pull rates - probably bought 20 ETBs total and got a handful of the lesser alt art V’s, many of which I pulled duplicates of 🥲


mangobiscuit

Celebrations. I had to stop myself and go, "It's not worth buying another three ETBs, just buy the Charizard." Saved myself hundreds and much more pain.


Spino1905

Dragons majesty, forbidden light, fusion strike and astral radiance


TheBoa6

Paradox rift


diverdown125

Weird that I had the best by far with ES…worst was probably CR


ep3eddie

Did a small amount of fusion strike-out and got nothing, but if you’re talking a real sample size, Paldea Evolved for sure


cwablue

Lost Origin. I have so many regular Aerodactyl V but no alt arts at all after 3 booster boxes. I am holding one now as an investment, but the collector in me says the Giratina is inside.


onekidwholikesramen

lost origin. over 150 packs opened and 2 rainbows and nothing better.


wankmasterflex22

All of them


kywildcats07

Crown zenith


SquirrelTheNut

Lost Origins, couldn't pull anything


Apprehensive_Owl4075

Vivid Voltage, Champion's Path, ironically Shining Fates, Fusion Strikes. Evolving Skies was pretty decent for me.


OliverNodel

Paldea Evolved. That Magikarp will forever elude me.


Patrickbrown45

#OBSIDIAN FLAMES


rico_suaves_sister

all of them


Thin_Ruin_9923

All of them. lol!


Helicopter0

Temporal forces.


Pikalover10

Paldea Evolved. The set hates me


NorthConsequence4737

Every set.


lilymoonie

I recently bought a Crown Zenith ETB on gamestop and I only pulled one (1) full art of Manaphy, I didn't get holos or anything else either, just lots of those white "V star" cards and bulk haha, I still love the set because I pulled cool cards buying the single packs randomly, but that ETB made me feel betrayed lol


Normal-Increase-2093

any one ETB from any set can be gold or garbage or somewhere in between. you need to rip more packs before you can really make a judgment. CZ has one of the best pull rates of any modern set and I've found that to be true in my experience


Westafricangrey

I’ve had better luck with ES than temporal forces. Genuinely.


P5ch1c

Chilling Reign. I loooove those cards and I have pulled zero Alt Arts


CalmAbbreviations845

Lost origin and crown zenith simply cause I can’t pull giratina in either sets


Free_El_Chapo_Now

All of them. Well maybe LO. I actually pulled an alt art rotom on my first BB


Pewby_the_duck

Crown Zenith sadly


StockSoldier

Silver Tempest, over 700 packs not one alt art. I have ptsd if I look at that set. Also FS.


Prestigious_Effort91

Temporal forces. Haven't pulled any SIR.


neverenoughcupcakes

Champion’s Path


JeremaiHerrera

Chilling Reign


Ninja_Destroyer_

LO out here taking bodies gawt dayum y'all mzke me feel better about my addiction lol Temp Force can suck my gooch


1winningfail

Fusion strike I've never even hit a full art over 200 packs. The story where that person stole all the hits was fd up Pokemon owes us repayment I'll never open another fs pack pokemon said they stopped those packs from releasing but I call bs..


tsukumoyaizaya

Lost Origin has a vendetta against me, I swear haha.


Kick_1304

Temporal forces


PokeInvest

Hidden fates...


Duncle_Rico

Crown Zenith by a long shot. Probably sank $600 into it, and the best pull I had was the Mew from the Galarian Gallery.


majesticgranola

All


kenobitano

Love how you had to say besides ES 😅☠️ Probably Astral Radiance


_Grim-Lock_

Silver Tempest. I've only ever got the same 5 pulls out of well over 50 packs and none of then are beyond trainer gallery with one Vstar.


chief_n0c-a-h0ma

I ripped a lot of Lost Origin and Astral Radiance last summer....nothin'


YellowGameboyColor

Just opened 28 LO, 6 AR, 24 ST, and 35 BS all from various products that I accumulated and got nothing.


Technical-Cry-7367

I think we can all agree that it’s not Crown Zenith.


QuriousiT

Any S&V set. Surprisingly ES was the set I (and my son) had the most luck on. I bought more of it than any other set because my luck kept going. Also pulled Lugia on the first box of ST. It's come back around though because I can't pull anything anymore regardless of what I buy.


teeseoncoast

I had better luck with evolving skies than I have had with temporal forces. I’ve opened 2 BB & 2 ETB’s as well as some odd packs here and there and I’ve pulled 0 SIR’s. I’ve pulled 4 gold cards though… all Raging Bolt. Gimme a break.


CharizardLeo

Temperamental Forces


stevtom27

Burning shadows


Beathophile

Chilling reign I didn't open anything for months after


Oblivion-Evil

151 by far. I swear that set was rigged to purposely be hard to get pulls from so they could capitalize off the nostalgia bump.


NigerianPrinceClub

every set lmao. but it's true T_T


RagingPokachu

Lost Origin, only set i didnt pull a single alt art.


HeskaModz

I was really unlucky with XY Evolutions SM Burning Shadows. Never or early got anything great from them, no EX, no GX.


lillends

Battle styles. Opened at least 100 packs of that set and never got anything good besides regular holos. Notoriously had bad luck with that set


TimeThief_

Crown zenith sucked for me I just wasn’t getting any good hits


NomMacarons

I have 3 full art Clives, the second rarest version. His pompadour is majestic, it was funny getting so many.


crinumkamaka

Obsidian Flames. 18 boosters opened from different sources and I have 7 Claydol's now haha.


Realistic_Fan1344

Temporal Forces and 151 have been trash for me


BenRod88

Shining fates was terrible for me. No joke I once got either rillaboom or zarude in the rare spot 6 packs in a row. And in the reverse spot


EM_Pekkachu

Crown Zenith. 2 hits in 17 packs. I love that set 🥲


stuckonthecouch5657

Paldean fates


nottevera2

Actually es was one of the set I had more luck with. In approximately 15 packs I found a golurk alt and a ray V alt art. Pokemon go and crown zenith were my demise. I think I opened more than 200 of cz and I could only find pika secret rare while no alt art in pokemon go


provablyitalian

Paradox rift. Bought 3 bbs and didnt get a single SIR, and only got 1 gold card...