Pull rates, chase cards for collectors, players, and investors, all 30 Pikachu with their artists, and a filterable card list with card text.
By TCGGuy Team
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The quick version
- 30th Celebration released worldwide on September 16, 2026. Every card is foil. The set is 128 numbered cards plus 30 secret rares (158), three hidden RGB Mew, and a separate 30-card Classic Collection of golden-bordered reprints.
- Each pack has five foil cards plus a foil Basic Energy, and one of the five is always a Pikachu rare from a 30-artist subset.
- Pull rates are the friendliest of the modern era: a Special Illustration Rare about every 21 packs, an Illustration Rare every 5, a Classic Collection card every 10, and a Futuristic Rare about every 120 (TCGplayer, 3,000 packs). The RGB Mew are too rare to have measured yet.
- Top chases: the three RGB Mew, then the Classic Collection Lugia and Base Set Charizard, then the Mew ex, Gengar ex, and Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rares and the two Futuristic Rares.
- There is no booster box. For which product to buy, see our 30th Celebration product lineup guide.
Most Pokémon sets are built around a handful of hard-to-pull chase cards. 30th Celebration was built around opening packs and finding things: a Pikachu in every pack, an illustration rare every few packs, and a golden reprint of a card you might have owned in 1999 every ten. This guide covers how the set is put together, what the real pull rates look like, which cards collectors, players, and investors are chasing, all 30 Pikachu with their artists, and a full card list you can filter by rarity and search, with the card text one tap away.
Five foil cards plus one foil Basic Energy per pack. One of the five is the guaranteed Pikachu rare; the rest fall across the tiers below.
| Tier | Cards | Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 68 | within 001 to 128 |
| Rare | 18 | within 001 to 128 |
| Double Rare (Pokémon ex) | 12 | within 001 to 128 |
| Pikachu Rare | 30 | 023 to 052 (also 1/30 to 30/30) |
| Illustration Rare | 18 | 129 to 146 |
| Special Illustration Rare | 10 | 147 to 156 |
| Futuristic Rare | 2 | 157 and 158 |
| RGB Rare | 3 | R/RGB, G/RGB, B/RGB |
| Classic Collection | 30 | original set numbers (4/102, 149/147, and so on) |
There is no Uncommon tier, no Ultra Rare gold tier, and no reverse holo slot in this set. Foil Basic Energy cards are not counted above.
The largest public sample is TCGplayer's, opened at 3,000 English booster packs and reported by PokéBeach. A separate 420-pack community sample lands within a point or two of every figure, so we are comfortable calling these the set's rates.
| Pull | Rate | Compared with Phantasmal Flames |
|---|---|---|
| Pikachu rare | Every pack | No equivalent |
| Illustration Rare | About 1 in 5 packs | About twice as easy (Phantasmal Flames ran about 1 in 9) |
| Classic Collection card | About 1 in 10 packs | No equivalent |
| Special Illustration Rare | About 1 in 21 packs | About four times as easy (Phantasmal Flames ran about 1 in 80) |
| Futuristic Rare (Mewtwo ex or Mew ex) | About 1 in 120 packs | Roughly 1.5 times rarer than a Phantasmal Flames SIR |
| RGB Mew (any of the three) | Not measurable yet | 3,000 packs were not enough to pin it down, so they sit at least in gold-card territory |
Because there is no booster box, it helps to translate those rates into products. Nine packs (an Elite Trainer Box) should average about two Illustration Rares and roughly one Classic Collection card, with a Special Illustration Rare showing up in a bit under half of boxes. Twenty-nine packs (an Ultra-Premium Collection) should average about six Illustration Rares, three Classic Collection cards, and a little more than one Special Illustration Rare, before you count the guaranteed Classic Collection pack. That is expected-value math, not a promise; variance on a single box is large. For the products themselves, see the lineup guide, and for a set at the other end of the difficulty scale, see our Pitch Black pull rates article.
The ex cards are the reason a player opens this set. Here is what they actually do, from the card text (the Classic Collection reprints are not Standard-legal, so they are not on this list):
Which of these make competitive lists is for tournament results to decide, and we would rather not guess in print. Tap or click any card in the list below to enlarge it and read its full text.
The friendly pull rates cut both ways. They make the set a pleasure to open, and they push a lot of supply into the singles market, which is why most of the set's cards are inexpensive and why value concentrates at the very top: the RGB Mew, the Classic Collection Lugia and Charizard, and the best SIRs. Sealed value, meanwhile, rests on the product structure rather than on chase math: no booster box, capped pack supply per product, and exclusives (the Classic Collection pack and the Ultra-Premium promos, the Pokémon Center stamp) that packs alone cannot replace. If you are buying sealed to hold, buy the products that carry exclusives; if you are buying singles to hold, buy the cards at the top of the rarity ladder, not the middle. Our Market Insights page for 30th Celebration tracks the sealed products nightly, and the lineup guide explains which product carries what.
One in every pack. Each Pikachu rare is by a different illustrator and carries both a set number (023 to 052) and a subset number (1/30 to 30/30). The Pokémon Company unveiled OKACHEKE's, Yuu Nishida's, and Atsuko Nishida's first; the full roster is below. Tap or click any card to enlarge it and see the artist and card text.
Thunder Shock 20. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Volt Tackle 80. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.
Spark 20. This attack also does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Peer At. Your opponent reveals their hand.
Nap. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon.
Ability Lonely Gaze: As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, attacks used by your opponent's Active Pokémon do 20 less damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Pika Ball 20.
Find a Friend. Search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Mach Bolt 30.
Gnaw 10.
Scurry About. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Ability Keep Hidden: As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks from your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. Tiny Charge 10.
Pika Chain 40×. This attack does 40 damage for each of your Pikachu and Pikachu ex in play.
Rollout 30.
Slight Intrusion 40. This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself.
Energized Tail. Search your deck for an Energy card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Pika Punch 30.
Targeted Spark. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Iron Tail 20×. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage for each heads.
Overwriting Bolt 10. The Defending Pokémon's Weakness is now until the end of your next turn. (Apply Weakness as ×2.)
Hang Down 10. Zap Kick 40.
Charge-Up Dash. Flip a coin until you get tails. Search your deck for an amount of Basic Energy up to the number of heads and attach it to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck. Pika Bolt 50.
Tropical Vibes. This Pokémon is now Asleep. Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand.
Agility 10. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon.
Nighttime Stroll. Draw a card. Static Shock 20.
Get Some Air. This Pokémon recovers from all Special Conditions. Smash Kick 20.
Play Rough 10+. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.
Store Up. Put up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Fighting Lightning 20+. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon ex, this attack does 80 more damage.
Satisfied Spark 100.
Lightning Crash. Discard all Energy from this Pokémon, and this attack does 90 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Angry Bolt 10+. This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon.
Every card in the set, the Classic Collection, the three RGB Mew, and the product promos, in set order. Filter by rarity, search by name, number, or artist, and tap or click a card to enlarge it and read its text. There are no Uncommon, Holo Rare, or Reverse Holo tiers in this set; every card is foil.
209 cards shown. Tap or click a card to enlarge it and read its text.
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Card text and illustrator credits come from the TCGdex open database (MIT licence), checked against the printed cards where we had them in hand. Promo illustrators come from the official card images. Three Trainer cards (Poké Pad, Switch, Ultra Ball) and the RGB Mew do not have text in that data yet.
The international products add eighteen black-star promos, numbered in the ME promo series, plus the Eevee 116/128 that comes with the Knock Out Collection and the 2-Pack Blister. Filter by product to see exactly which promo each one carries.
19 cards shown. Pick a product to see exactly which promo it carries; tap or click a card to enlarge it.
Fetch and Hide. Your opponent reveals their hand, and you put an Item card you find there on the bottom of your opponent's deck. Tackle 10.
We deliberately do not print prices in our guides because they go stale within days. Instead, TCGGuy Market Insights records the market price of every 30th Celebration sealed product nightly from public US marketplace listings and sales, with a set index, seven-day movers, and each product's history. We collect single-card prices for this set as well and will add them to the public pages once the singles side of Market Insights is ready.
Bottom line: 30th Celebration is the set to open, not the set to gamble on. Pull rates are generous, the Pikachu subset is a joy to complete, and the real chases are a short list: the RGB Mew, the Classic Collection Lugia and Charizard, and the top Special Illustration Rares. Buy singles for the specific card you want, buy products for the exclusives, and enjoy the packs.
Stock on this set comes and goes by wave, so the two links above always show what is buyable right now. To follow the market for every product in the release, sealed prices are tracked nightly on TCGGuy Market Insights (no login needed):
See the whole set on Market Insights →
Every product in the release, wave by wave, is in the 30th Celebration product lineup guide.
Reviewed and edited by TCGGuy.
Set details are from the official Pokémon TCG site (tcg.pokemon.com) and The Pokémon Company's announcements. Pull rates are community-tracked figures (TCGplayer's 3,000-pack sample as reported by PokéBeach, cross-checked against a 420-pack community sample), not official Pokémon numbers. Card text and illustrator data via TCGdex (MIT). Card images are the property of The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures, and GAME FREAK and are shown for identification. Card values change constantly.
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