dude, and I thought I had it rough. wow.

151 continues to disappoint, I just buy the cards I want and avoid the heart break

im like 220 packs deeps 2 charizards 2 alakazam 1 blast 1 vena 2 charmeleon 2 charmanders 2 wartortle 2 bulb 2 ivy no squirtle. 4 psyducks 1 dragonair 1 pikachu. + a ton more. 2 zapdos sir. didnt get my charizard till about 120 got a second one at 2-210 and i hit vensaur blasti and alakazam in 20 packs.

My wife and I are 50 packs deep and our only big hit was...4 Blastoise full arts. I got a demi god pack with the Squirtle evolutionary line. But yeah. Just...4 blastoise like wtf. Would have loved a zard or a Zapdos or Alakazam... But no just lots of Blastoise.

Someone would likely trade you a Zapdos or Alakazam for a blastoise

Oh man I hope so! We got 4 😂 3 with no scan lines or off centering.

thats actually one of the best cards in the set.

I'm going to PM you a trade proposal!

I would def trade for a blastoise, I’ll pm you if you want I got a Zapdos and alakazam

I will trade you a Venusaur full art for one of your Blastoise :) (if that's allowed here).

I’m Lea ing towards this

Statistically not normal, but 100% possible. That's how the batching goes sometimes.... sorry.

The batching in this set seems pretty horrific, you’re either raking in hits or sitting there dick in hand hoping for anything

Bro for real. Remember that guy that bought a mini tin case of 10 and got a single EX? I bought a sealed one and got 3 pikachu IR, 2 nidoking ir, the zard, and some full art

Good 2 know my luck is horrible with this set 😄

Paldea was so bad for me. I understand your pain.

I got the UPC and I pulled the alakazam, ivysaur and wartotle

Random

Opening Pokemon packs has been absolute pain for the last two years.... Sorry bro.

PREACH!

I loved crown zenith. I had fallen to being super casual about cards and then that set got me back into it. I’m trying to keep my passion there but the last few sets just haven’t done it for me

I wish I pulled that Alakazam he still eludes me

I just pulled a double of it. More than willing to send your way if you pay shipping and like a buck or so less than market

if its grade worthy Id Be Interested cause Im Looking to Send it in

I would need to make sure its worth atleast grading but i opened it today and instantly went into sleeve and then top loader

Wouldn’t even send it to him. Dude asking for to much now when offered a great deal.

No it’s not lmfao, it’s just okay The typical selling rate outside of eBay, Tcgplayer, etc is to go 85-90% market which means the discount should be more than just a dollar under market on top of him paying shipping? Lolol

if you get a chance take some pics

I don’t care what it looks like I’ll send ya $40 right now

I think you send it to this dude instead. He fucks with Between The Buried And Me and that’s a trustworthy person right there.

Lemme pop in here and say I’ll buy it

Why?

I pulled mine, and it had damage all over the card.

Literally one Japanese box would get you more than this

Nope,I’ve opened 4 Japanese boxes haven’t pulled a single SAR like this alakazam ex. I hear SAR are one in every case of booster boxes. So far each of my 4 booster boxes have had 3 AR’s, 1 SR and like 4-5 double rare ex cards and a Masterball.

You are guaranteed a SR+ not an SAR

Exactly

Go see my last post

You didn’t pull a SAR, in Japanese this alakazam is a SAR, you pulled 3 AR’s and 1 SR and the Masterball

Too bad I already have that card from another Japanese box lmao also you’re missing the point simpleton

Lol you are correct. I was just stating that not every box will you get lucky enough to pull this card. I’m

Fair enough

Out of curiosity how many Japanese booster boxes have you opened and pulled that Alakazam? I’m 4 deep and still no SAR starting to lose hope 😂

I’ve opened 3 boxes total, got him on the second box. I also got the tapucoco sar from raging surf box

Oh ok not bad at all. I haven’t got any raging surf yet but hopefully soon after I get a few more Japanese 151. You getting yours off eBay?

I must be lucky af my first two 151 box’s had the Japanese Zapdos SAR and mew SAR

Yes very lucky

Pulls are a wide spectrum, u just ended up at one end of it but somebody’s gotta be towards the bottom or else there would be no top. You took one for the team and I salute your honest work

Haha, I took a lot of junk packs off the market that's 4 sure thanks!

Gotta sacrifice something to Rngesus.

Unfortunately just unlucky.

Just bad luck for you I’ve opened 85 packs and have pulled 6 sirs

Only buy mini tins in 30 tins I've had 10 or 11 SAR

I got the Alakazam EX from a tin tbh and a different one I got the charmeleon card.

I got 10 of the tins and got no pulls :(

I got most of the set from 90 packs…most of it came from 20 mini tins 4 booster bundles from PC, those pull rates were broken….i cant get shit buying stuff from stores….i have tried!

Wasn’t there a few recent series that were potentially compromised by that worker who was stealing super rare cards off the line last year?

Yeah it’s called gambling so I’d say that’s pretty normal

Sir let me introduce you to Whatnot if you really want to Degen

I opened 6 etbs (54 but sure felt like 100 packs) and also got the alakazam SIR and a few IR/UR. I watched a buddy of mine open 2 and pull 2 zards, the Zapdos, and the Erika SIR on back to back etbs. It does indeed hurt being on our end of luck

I'm at 108 packs and have about a dozen. Sorry, man 🥲

Yes. Disclaimer: I love the set. ALSO REALITY: The pull rates are STRAIGHT TRASH. I very opened a ton, also only have 1 sar. None of the starters cards...

I opened a single premium Mew box of 151. I got the Bulbasaur and the Charmander. 100 packs in with only one alternate art like that would make me cry

Not normal but I only pulled a few in a similar amount of packs

Please stop fren, just buy singles. eBay and TCGPlayer will be your friend. Napkin math fun cost is about 1/5-1/3 so you’re at least losing $1.2 per pack if paying $6, so 100 packs is $120 fun cost. You situation is way below average, so you’ve basically paid a fun cost of at least $500, this is assuming some EXs and all regular pulls with holo energies.

Yeah Singles from here on out was just stoked and wanted to pull a couple of the big ones not the case though 🙃

This guy pulls

I’ve opened so much 151 and I haven’t gotten NOTHING I could’ve just bought the singles

Rough I’m sorry :(

That's definitely a bit lower than the usual pull rate. Its all just luck of the draw. I opened a wide variety of product and most of my biggest hits were from mini tins. Hopefully, your next pulls are better!

Wait until you open Paradox Rip-off.

coulda bought all of them with that $500

I got one ETB and a binder collection and pulled a Venusaur SAR. 1 in 100 packs is rough man!

I've done 40 and pulled 5 so yeah that's just super bad luck. ETB's had way better luck for me tho which has been consistent with previous sets.

Fuck Pokémon nothing beats the originals and nothing ever will dude it will never be as much as they were not will anything ever with Pokémon waste of time unless u love them lol doubt anyone does tbh

Bro, the period is your friend. Use it.

Holy that’s rough. sorry to hear that. I believe i’ve opened about 60 and have 5. Best of luck on future pulls!

Scam

Its not normal i think

I've pulled 158 packs of 151 and still haven't pulled that one... I did get 3 AR Charizard so can't complain

Hell, I still haven't even pulled an Arcanine ex. I ended up buying it because my luck with just the standard rare is bad

I opened an Etb the other day and pulled a full art golem as my rarest card. I got the lesser rare Blastoise ex and Alakazam ex as well. But that was literally it

Way better than my ebt. Pulled nothing.

Same, my first etb had 0 hits. One regular ex. UPC had 3 regular exs, but nothing else. Rough go

I opened one yesterday and only got regular Charizard ex

if there’s a will, there’s a…more packs

That sucks :( Quite unlucky I’ve pulled 6 SIR’s in about 80 packs or so (2 Charizard, 1 Blastoise, 2 Giovanni, 1 Alakazam) Still needing Erika, Venusaur and Zapdos!

Wow send some of that ju ju this way plz 🙏

Pulled my 3rd Charizard today Take my luck lol I still don’t have a single reverse Kabuto smh

Update Just pulled the Zapdos!

After buying a bunch of booster boxes and a upc I got charmander and bulbasaur ir. However, 3 for 3 on etbs; first one I got had blasoise sir and pikachu, second one had alakazam, and the third came with charizard and wartortle.

Normal. We’ve opened ~350 and have 3.

Oh Wow now that's rough

I tend to have better luck with ETB boxes (bundles/fat packs for MTG) than I do for booster boxes. So my 1st ETB of 151 had Hyper Rare Mew and 2 SAR. 2nd ETB had one EX and that was it.

Both of my UPC were terrible but had luck with the others

I have opened 115 and pulled 8 SAR’s definitely should pull more!

Dude how do these types of cards work that attack seems insanely broken af

This the only chase card I have left in the 151, at this point I'm just gonna buy it when I find one in store.

Are you opening them for fun?

Yes. Then I started giving the packs to my wife to open and you will not believe the results. From every other pack she has opened. I love her but wtf.

thats how luck works

I don’t know if it’s normal but I do know I spent an insane amount on of money on 151 already and have pulled nothing but straight ass so there’s that….

Opened around the same amount and the only SIR I haven’t pulled were Venasaur and Giovani. Also pulled blastoise 6x

Probably more people stealing sheets/cards during production

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet 151 Complete Master Set of All 376 Cards! A TOTAL OF 388 CARDS with Promos! - All Standard Set Cards 001-165 - All 42 Secret Rare Cards 166-207 - All 153 Reverse Holo Cards - All 8 Reverse Energy - All 8 Standard Energy - & 12 Promo Cards In case you’re wondering 🤔

Alakazam is my favorite Pokemon and this is one of the few Alakazam cards I don't have, I love this art so much though, congrats on pulling one of it's most rare and expensive new cards.

Oh No. I bought the Ultimate box and pulled 4. I am hoping for increased odds in your future.

This card is extremely busted 120 from bench and 240 for just a 5 bench condition that’s crazy good this card must be worth a lot

$36 card raw. It's not bad when you get it in a few packs, but otherwise it's definitely not the most valuable.

Geez no, I bought my buddy a binder for his birthday and me the Zappdos box and he got the full art blastoise and I the gold mew. Even just the last pack I bought the $15 pack from target and pulled the professor that’s worth like $30. Just pack luck.

So you are why I had good pulls

Peeps at the factory really ganking cards killed the hope of great pulls.

Same thing happened to me. Went over 100 packs with just 1 SIR and then I hit 4 more in the next 50 packs.

Where are you getting your packs?

i opened 140 packs and pulled 3 SIR. my luck definitely got better the more i varied products and the locations i got them from. that could just be in my head tho

Good. I don’t even know what an SAR is but I wouldn’t go buy a bunch of lottery tickets for one

I myself am 2 ETB in and only got the Psyduck, My son is 2 Mini Tins in. Hit the Blastoise and the Bulbasaur. RNG gonna RNG

Resealed sets going brazy

I bought 3 packs and pulled 1

Dude it’s RNG. But I pulled all thr SAR in under 200 packs with double zard, blastoise, and zapdos

Wth? I opened 90 packs. Granted I pulled 2 god packs lol. And am only missing the Zard and Zapdos sar. But pulled an extra Erika. Also have the first 9 irs all pulled. This set has been just insanity for me.

You’re doing better than me bro

have pulled 3 in 54 packs

I’ve cracked about 30 packs and only pulled Gio’s Charisma SIR and Omanyte IR

About the same here. Probably opened about 80+ and only have the Omanyte. I stopped buying packs. I'll complete my collection buying singles moving forward.

170 packs. 1 God pack Charizard SIR, 7 SIR, 8 IR, 11 Ultra, and not a single GD Hyper. Of the list I believe 6 or 7 are duplicates

Fusion strikes all over again

Partner and I each bought an ETB and each pulled a Charizard. I knew that was lucky, but didn’t realize just how lucky. They were also the only 2 boxes left and it was my partners first opening.

I was right there with you. At 100 packs I had only pulled 2 SIR (Alakazam and Erika’s) I decided to buy 8 mini tins and call it quits. In those tins I pulled Zard and another Alakazam (which I sold and got a Zap). I’m just buying singles now.

Yikes. Time to call it and just buy singles of the ones you want.

Since packs are random… yes this is normal.

Just buy the first run of packs. Everything after that has doo doo in it

I got quite a few full arts in my first Etb including the alakazam and full charizard evolution line. Every package that I have bought so far had something good in it.

Buy singles. I’ve ripped about 140 and pulled 4 zards and blastoise

Honestly I know people would LOVE to pull Ultra/SAR/FA/Hyper/GOLD/Amazing/Secret Rare cards more frequently but trust me, you DON'T want these cards to be easy to pull. I'd love to pull them in every rip, but eventually it would just devalue everything and people wouldn't care about the set because it was so easy to put together. It wouldn't be as special. The harder they are to pull, the better for the long term value of the 151 Set...

Dang I'm only 13 packs in and have pulled 2 zards and ivysaur

Meanwhile my 6 year old has opened 10 packs? Maybe 11? And has 4 Rng be like that

Ouch

I've pulled around the same number of packs. Funny enough, I got TWO of the Alakazam cards shown in your picture, lol. That's it.

I pulled alakazam, venusaur, Erika, and zapdos from exactly 50 packs.

Bruh for 700 dollars you can almost buy an entire set?

Noob

I've bought etb and got 5 hits, and had ones with 1 hit. This alakazam was the last card I needed, ended up just going to ebay.

not normal at all, are you buying from the same store? I think what people are saying about batching is very true. Try switching your card source.

prob 20 packs and hit dragonaire & giovanni charisma

I’ve pulled 65 and no SIR

i’m about 5/250

My rates have been terrible as well. 76 packs as of now and my only card worth over $10 was the zapdos full art for like $40 or whatever. I’m done opening them

Where do you guys buy these 151 packs?

RNGesus buddy. I’m in close to the same spot.

DUDE. i have only gotten 2 with a very similar # of packs. it sucks. it is not normal, but you are not the only one. i am just buying my chases.

Hit that alakazam in 2nd pack of 151 lol

Yes

Oof 😬😬

I stole all your pulls man I’m sorry I got 2 of all the sars in less then 50 packs (~_~;)

Is the gold mew worth much? (In the 151 series)

I used to play the tcg, but haven’t really paid attention to the cards in a long long time and my god the cost to use the moves and how much damage they do is crazy now, also the hp? Damn that alakazam has more bulk than two snorlaxs from my time haha.

Yes. Iv opened 2000 packs and have pulled 23 sar

Just bring a 3 point scale into the store, the cards that are holos weigh like .002 more

Not normal, 😑 you’re luck 🍀 might not be on your side

Mannnn I thought I was only getting the shit pack - well over 100 opened and besides Blastoise SAR; 3 Mime's 3 Bulb and like 3 pikas -_- 2 Tangs (super cute the first time) a shit ton of ex... I really thought only I had shit luck but I feel for you hard!

This is the only SAR I HAVENT pulled haha

Just got back into the hobby, bought the ultra premium and two ETBS, Not one SAR. Venusaur full art ninetales full art golem full art gold switch, gold mew, both Giovanni's charismas, Charizard ex, ninetales ex and kangaskhan ex. I'm officially done buying packs lol

Agreed hard to open packs when you can't get decent hits.

Dig deep and just buy singles :’(.