Paldean Fates Booster Pack.

Opening the 1 packs inside gives back $1.89£1.43€1.69 in cards for a typical one, against $23.90£18.04€21.32 to buy it sealed. That is 8% of what it costs. About 4% of simulated openings came out ahead.

Typical opening, middle of 2,000,000 runs

$1.89£1.43€1.69

Average opening

$7.30£5.51€6.51 (31% of price)

Middle 8 openings in 10 land between

$1.40£1.06€1.25 and $9.78£7.38€8.73

Best case, the luckiest 1 opening in 100

$49.24£37.17€43.93 (beats the $23.90£18.04€21.32 price)

Of that average, hits rather than bulk

$6.23£4.70€5.56

Worth opening under, after selling fees

$5£3.77€4.46 (79% under what it costs)

Card carrying most of the average

Mew ex, 26%

$1.07£0.81€0.95 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.