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Is an Expedition Base Set booster display worth opening?

Pokémon (EX). 36 packs of 9 cards. Released 15 September 2002.

Box value

No verdict yet

We don't have prices for this box yet. As soon as Cardmarket prices for it come in, you'll see what the cards inside are worth and whether to open it.

Estimated contents: nobody has published measured pull rates for this box yet, so we use those of boxes with the same pack layout. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

See the oddsPull rates

What you can pull from one box

The chance of opening at least one of each hit in a box of 36 packs.

How many of each per box

Every card type in the box: how many you get on average, and the chance of at least one.

Card typeOn averageBoxes with at least one
Common180 per box100 of 100
Uncommon72 per box100 of 100
Reverse Holo36 per box100 of 100
Rare24 per box100 of 100
Holo Rare12 per boxmore than 99 of 100 boxes

Pull rates we used

Where each number comes from, and how sure we are. Sources checked on 14 October 2026. This box's own pull rates haven't been measured, so these come from boxes with the same pack layout, with extra uncertainty added.

Card typeHow oftenLikely rangeBased on
Common slots, 5 per pack
Common180 per boxPack layout
Uncommon slots, 2 per pack
Uncommon72 per boxPack layout
Reverse holo slots, 1 per pack
Reverse Holo36 per boxPack layout
Rare slot, 1 per pack
Holo Rare12 per box5.5 to 26 per boxEstimate
Rare24 per boxThe rest of the slot

How we work this out

We go through the box pack by pack and slot by slot with the pull rates below. Once we have card prices, the same math tells you what the box is worth opened.

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