Paldea Evolved Elite Trainer Box.

Opening the 9 packs inside gives back $32.75£24.72€29.22 in cards for a typical one, against $214.66£162.05€191.52 to buy it sealed. That is 15% of what it costs. About 2% of simulated openings came out ahead.

Typical opening, middle of 2,000,000 runs

$32.75£24.72€29.22

Average opening

$49.10£37.07€43.81 (23% of price)

Middle 8 openings in 10 land between

$15.38£11.61€13.72 and $90.75£68.51€80.97

Best case, the luckiest 1 opening in 100

$375.63£283.57€335.14 (beats the $214.66£162.05€191.52 price)

Of that average, hits rather than bulk

$38.66£29.18€34.49

Worth opening under, after selling fees

$33.10£24.99€29.53 (85% under what it costs)

Card carrying most of the average

Magikarp, 14%

$10.44£7.88€9.31 of the average is commons and uncommons at a few cents each, priced at what the market quotes rather than what a person gets for a box of them, so read the average as a ceiling. Only the packs are counted: any promo card packed alongside them is not. Rates from the published per-set openings read on Aug 30, 2026. Every product ranked, and how this is worked out.