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Pull Rates for Boundaries Crossed

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Bought 2 Packs. Pulled a Celebi EX, and Scizor. Felt good pulling an Ex out of just 2 packs. Going to buy 15 or so packs at my Yugioh local tommorow. Nobody buys Pokemon, so more for me. I'm really the only one who buys stuff from my store.
 
I bought a pack for the first time in a while, pulled a Keldeo 47 and a Shaymin. Then I pulled a Crystal Wall in my TCGO pack. Man, I wish it was reversed.
 
I wasn't going to buy boxes from this set when I didn't get any EXs, shinies, or FA in my box from Dragons Exalted, but thanks to you guys posting your pull rates, I decided to take a chance... And it was worth it! I bought two boxes, and got:

2 Crystal Edge
1 Computer Search
1 Gold Potion

FA Black Kyruem EX
FA White Kyruem EX
FA Keldeo EX

2 White Kyruem EX
2 Cressalia EX
Celebi EX
Keldeo EX
Landorus EX

2 Stoutland
2 Ditto
2 Charizard
2 Vileplume
2 Dusknoir
1 Flygon
1 Blastoise
1 Keldeo (Hydro pump)


Between that and the prerelease, I have all the normal rares except 2. As a collector, I'm only missing 12 total rares after two boxes and two prerelease purchases. THIS is how I feel it should be! I'm very happy!
 
Out of 3 boxes we pulled:

FA Bianca
FA Black Kyurem
FA Cresselia

Celebi EX
2 Black Kyurem EX
Landorus EX

3 Gold Potion
1 Crystal Wall
2 Computer Search

Shiny Terrakion


We didn't do very well. Two EX, one FA, and 2 Ace Spec per box. (I got Bianca/Landorus/Compy Search out of one box though haha~)
 
Bought 14 Packs. I bought them at separate times. First I bought 8, then 4, then 2.

Pulls
First 8
Keldeo Holo
Melotta Holo and Reverse
Tangrowth Holo

Needless to say I was disappointed.
Pulls from Second Lot
Crystal Edge ( Already had one, was hoping for Computer Search)

I was really disappointed in the pulls from my first 12 packs; so I bought 2 more.

1st Pack Crap RH
2nd Pack Landorus EX Full Art!

This was the first expensive EX I have ever pulled; and needless to say he looks amazing! :biggrin:

So 14 Packs yielded.

1 Full Art EX
1 Ace Spec
1 RH of a Holo
3 Holos

These were from an untouched box at locals.
 
Box 1:
Landorus EX
White Kyurem EX
Celebi EX FA
Computer Search
Crystal Wall

Blastoise
Ditto
Vileplume
4xSkyla

What was really unnerving me, was the catastrophic collation of Common cards. You have them either 0 times (or 1 times as a reverse) or 6 to 11 times in the box.
So out of a box and five boosters, I have all regular Rares and Uncommons, but I am missing 9 Commons.
 
After seeing everyone post the great pull ratios for this set, I decided to test my luck. Here's what I got:

Cresselia EX
White Kyurem EX
Black Kyurem EX
Crystal Wall
Gold Potion
FA Skyla
2 Blastoise (1 rev)
1 Vileplume
1 Charizard
4 Skyla (1 rev)
2 Hugh
3 Town Map
3 Aspertia City Gym

I'm a bit bummed that I didn't get a Keldeo EX or Landorus, but I'm pretty happy about the Blastoises.
 
Opened my first box ever and got:

Landurus ex
Skyla FA
Shiny Rocky Helmet
Crystal Wall
Crystal Edge
3 Skyla
3 Aspertia City Gym
2 Hugh
1 Bastoise
1 Charizard Reverse

Kinda dissapointed that I only got 1 EX and not even a gold potion :/ All FA, EXs and Shinys were on the left side. The right side only had Crystal wall -__-
 
In my box, I pulled the two ACE SPEC Tool cards, a full-art Celebi EX, a White Kyurem EX, and didn't get a fifth or sixth ultra-rare. I got at least 3 of each uncommon Trainer except Hugh (2).

I agree with a few posters that the commons were catastrophically collated. There were several packs where I got duplicates of the same common (and the dupe was NOT in the reverse spot!) One particularly egregiously-collated pack had 2 regular Snivy AND 2 regular Switch. (Thankfully, there were no packs missing rares or uncommons.)

For that matter, after I recorded for the Print Run thread (which has yet to appear?!) and looked at the list of cards, there were FIFTEEN (15) commons that I pulled ZERO (not even a reverse), eleven (11) "singleton reverse" commons, and one singleton regular common. Here is my enumeration thereof:

VOIDS (i.e. there were none in my box):
Oddish*
Cottonee
Numel*
Psyduck #33*
Marill*
Ducklett
Electabuzz*
Chinchou
Croagunk #64*
Gothita
Makuhita
Mienfoo #86
Togepi
Spinda
Buneary*

SINGLETON REGULAR (i.e. only got 1 regular and 0 reverse):
Dunsparce

SINGLETON REVERSE (i.e. only got 1 reverse and 0 regular):
Darumaka
Squirtle*
Psyduck #32*
Frillish
Sandshrew*
Dwebble
Vullaby
Rattata*
Meowth
Skitty*
Lillipup

The ones that I have asterisked are especially peeving, since they are Basics that don't have other prints in the current format.

The problem I see with this set is that there are way too many holo cards when considering the ACE SPEC cards, as well as the EX cards and full-arts and secret cards.
 
So I just received 20 boundaries crossed in the mail. I am 99% sure that the packs were weighed first. I got 0 holo rares, 0 Exs, 0 full arts. I did get 2 ACE SPECS, but the lack of any holo made me think the seller hosed me.
 
Snorlaxed said:
So I just received 20 boundaries crossed in the mail. I am 99% sure that the packs were weighed first. I got 0 holo rares, 0 Exs, 0 full arts. I did get 2 ACE SPECS, but the lack of any holo made me think the seller hosed me.
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Where did you order them from? As a general rule, its probably best not to order loose packs from online retailers- unless they are reputable.
 
Boundaries Crossed has AMAZING pull rates out of 1 booster box I managed to pull:
Black Kyurem EX FA
Cheren FA
White Kyurem EX Reg
Landorus EX Reg
Shiny Golurk
Crystal Edge
Gold Potion
Reverse Blastoise
Pretty Amazing if you ask me extremely satisfied.
 
From a BLISTER box, I managed to get a full art Cressellia EX, full art Landorus EX, regular Cressellia EX, regular Celebi EX, shiny Golurk and five holos (2 Samurott, a Flygon, a Stoutland and a Gliscor). No Ace Specs, though, oddly enough. Also, I don't know why, but I seem to get a LOT of Samurott (aside from those two holo ones, I pulled a reverse in that Blister Box and pulled a holo and reverse from a box previously) and Victini. (I got three regular and a reverse from the previous box, though only 1 reverse and 1 regular from this blister box.) Also, annoyingly, I'm yet to pull a Black Kyurem EX or full arts of either Kyurem EX. (Despite having pulled 2 full art Landorus and having pulled every other regular EX, including multiples of Cressellia and Celebi. >.>) I didn't really seek many commons/uncommons at this point, but I didn't get any Skyla and only 1 Hugh, which I could have done with more of.
 
rivershock said:
From a BLISTER box, I managed to get a full art Cressellia EX, full art Landorus EX, regular Cressellia EX, regular Celebi EX, shiny Golurk and five holos (2 Samurott, a Flygon, a Stoutland and a Gliscor). No Ace Specs, though, oddly enough. Also, I don't know why, but I seem to get a LOT of Samurott (aside from those two holo ones, I pulled a reverse in that Blister Box and pulled a holo and reverse from a box previously) and Victini. (I got three regular and a reverse from the previous box, though only 1 reverse and 1 regular from this blister box.) Also, annoyingly, I'm yet to pull a Black Kyurem EX or full arts of either Kyurem EX. (Despite having pulled 2 full art Landorus and having pulled every other regular EX, including multiples of Cressellia and Celebi. >.>) I didn't really seek many commons/uncommons at this point, but I didn't get any Skyla and only 1 Hugh, which I could have done with more of.
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If I might ask- where did you manage to find a blister box? Online or in store?
 
Kayle said:
You're assuming that Pokemon owes you good cards, which would be nice, but isn't really true. I take kind of a strong stance on this just because I buy singles religiously, and only open packs for fun. I pulled a shiny rayquaza out of the first 32 packs of new cards I got... and nothing else good, at all.
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I know this is bumping an old post, but I'll do it anyway since its still relevant.


If I go to a steak house and pay $20 for a steak (or more at a higher end steak house), I assume they are going to give me a good steak. If I thought they were going to give me a crappy steak, i wouldn't order it. Seriously, if you went into a restaurant and said, "Give me the 20 oz" and the waitress informed you that the new cook had no idea how to cook steaks, you probably wouldn't order it. In fact, a big part of any "service" industry is that they are better than their competitor. X steak house makes better steaks than Y steak house, lets go eat there instead. X cleaning company cleans my house awesome every time, Y cleaning company pisses me off every time they come and do a bad job. To assume that I expect good service from those companies seems reasonable to me. If I'm paying you for your product and you can't do it right, I'll go to someone else.

The other side to that is consistency. If I go to a steak house one day and ask for a medium well steak and it comes back more done than I like, next time, I order medium and it comes closer to medium well, that's fine. But, if I go back next time and buy a medium steak to compensate for the too well done steak and the steak is still mooing, I just can't order steak from there. But, lets assume they do have some consistency. I take all of my friends out for steak at a steak house I've frequented for years. I know they over cook their steaks and I've compensated by order one step rarer than I like and its always been perfect for years! So, i take 3 friends out with me at $30 a plate. We order our steaks all at medium (actually wanting medium well) and they all come out....lets just say, below medium rare.

According to your "you expect good cards" theory, i should gladly pay for my bad steaks in either situation and feel foolish for "expecting a good product" from a company that I'm paying.

Lets be honest here. Pokemon sales are doing very well DESPITE the situation of our economy. Personally, I'm going to say its because R&D and Japan has done a pretty good job creating some pretty sweet cards and keeping the format....exciting, if nothing else. When they new sets come out, you want to go buy the cards! I remember when I started playing and SP was dominating the format, the only reason you bought HGSS was for the uncommons. Then, nothing format changing came out in UL, UD offered Vileplume, etc. Lately, an environment that is favorable to sales and a healthy environment has been created by Japan. Then, TPCI gets the cards and makes the cards more favorable to sales and puts the health of the format as a secondary concern. To make it even worse, the last two sets have just had ABSOLUTELY sporadic pull rates, which equates to not being able to get a steak cooked the same way twice. The moral of the story, Pokemon sales late aren't doing as well as they are because of TPCI's decisions, they are doing well because of R&D's decisions.

The Pokemon community is the only community that continually gets the short end of the stick and not only thinks its OK, but thinks you're a jerk (or an idiot) if you expect good service for a product you buy.

Any of you guys looking for ocean front property in Arizona?

The pull rates in this set are just as bad as the last. Lets be honest about it, its a problem. Even if it doesn't bother YOU, I don't understand why it bothers YOU (and the word you is being used as a collective sum of everyone that agrees with the statement to which I'm replying) that other people are upset about it. And, if it doesn't bother YOU, just know, it does some people, like Vaporeon....and me. Total pack wise, I probably bought about 200 packs from DEX. I haven't bought one from Boundaries Crossed...and probably won't actually buy one, other than in drafts.

As far is the fact that its supposed to be a gamble, lets even put gambling ideas into.

Would you buy a lottery ticket that didn't have a win ratio printed on it? Lets say you buy 5 and never win, do you buy a 6th? Lets say you do and even buy as many as....oh, i don't know, $50 more worth and didn't win, would you buy another not knowing what the ratio was like, on the pretext that "its supposed to be a gamble?"

So you buy a lotto (the kinds with drawings) ticket. In the real world, as an example in Texas, the Texas Lotto has 50 numbers (I think, been a while since I've actually bought one, did when it came out anyway). The lottery commission not only has the probably on the website, but its even on the tickets! The probability has nothing to do with sales, but a statistical equation. You can buy tickets and play odds. But, what if they didn't have known odds? All they would have to do is have the first drawing ever with 20 balls, but not tell anyone. Then, next drawing, when everyone comes out to buy tickets, bump it to 40 balls (with out telling them, of course). When people see that it is still reasonably easy to win, when ticket sales go up, bump the drawing to 60 balls (without telling anyone). Then, just wait for the pot to get huge because no one can win and sales are down and everyone hops in to hit the big one, do 60 balls for 5 numbers and 40 balls for the 6th number, jacking probably through the rough. Not know how many balls would be in the drawing, at what point would you quit buying tickets?

One more...what about sports gambling? "Oklahoma is a 4 point favorite." You're betting on the spread. Do I think Alabama can either beat them or be with 3 points and loose? That's how you gamble in sports. Or, sometimes, they give you something like "a 5-1 underdog," which is just stating the odds. If the spread or the odds in sports gambling wasn't stated, would you gamble on it? If you didn't know the spread, you don't know what condition has to be meet, you would never bet on a football gam?. In boxing, if you don't know the odds, you won't know what your payout would be for betting on the underdog, you would never do it.

So, tell me again, why this is ok for Pokemon to expect us to "gamble" but not give us reasonable "odds?" Come on man, even Vegas gives probability...I find it hard to believe if you are going to try and convince me that Vegas has higher moral standards than a family institution like Pokemon.
 
I was steadfastly determined not to open a box. After witnessing and reading about so many good ones, and a bunch of bad ones, I finally gave in. I never buy single packs and I always flip tails. But I decided to treat myself.

Keldeo EX FA
Black Kyurem EX FA
Keldeo EX
Landorus EX
Cresselia EX

Golurk Shiny

Crystal Edge
Crystal Wall

Skyla RH
Blastoise Holo
Charizard Holo

All in the same box. I wish I could clone it!:thumb:
 
Snorlaxed said:
So I just received 20 boundaries crossed in the mail. I am 99% sure that the packs were weighed first. I got 0 holo rares, 0 Exs, 0 full arts. I did get 2 ACE SPECS, but the lack of any holo made me think the seller hosed me.
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Have you ever weighed packs? i bought a box, weighed EVERY pack. Got close to the same gram for each pack. There was no consistency between weights and better cards.

But that's only 36 packs. Maybe someone has a different experience.
 
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