Phantasmal Flames is new, and newness changes this question in a way the other pull rate pages never mention. Every problem with published rates gets worse when a set has only been open a few weeks.
Why a new set has the least reliable numbers
The Pokémon Company does not publish per-card odds, so the rates you find are collectors counting what came out of cases. On a set that has been out for years, thousands of people have counted and the estimates settle down. On a set this new you are reading one or two people's case openings, which is a sample of a few hundred packs.
A few hundred packs cannot tell the difference between a one in 150 card and a one in 250 card. Both will usually show up once, or not at all. So the confident percentage you found this week will quietly change over the next six months, and nobody will publish a correction.
What the set is worth right now
We hold live prices for 76 Phantasmal Flames cards, thinner than our older sets for the same reason the rates are thin: the market has not finished forming. These rows are refreshed daily, so this is today rather than launch week.
| Card | Raw | PSA 10 |
|---|---|---|
| Mega Charizard X ex #130 | $256.00 | $2.36k |
| Mega Charizard X ex #125 | $737.03 | $1.90k |
| Suicune [Gamestop] #26 | $25.50 | $589.00 |
| Meowth #106 | $19.50 | $138.75 |
| Mega Charizard X ex #109 | $28.49 | $123.39 |
| Piplup #98 | $15.63 | $112.25 |
| Flygon #101 | $5.49 | $83.23 |
| Dawn #129 | $19.99 | $80.25 |
| Wigglytuff #105 | $6.37 | $78.50 |
| Mega Charizard X ex #13 | $5.50 | $77.98 |
Mega Charizard X ex leads it, which surprises nobody. The Charizard premium is the most durable force in this hobby and it applies to every set he appears in, largely independent of how rare the card actually is. Chase him and you are competing with everyone who has ever collected Pokémon, not just the people who collect this set.
Prices on a new set are a moving target
This is the practical difference between a new set and an old one. Values here are still finding their level: supply is arriving, hype is fading in some corners and building in others. A price you screenshot today can be wrong within a month, in either direction.
That is exactly why the table above is generated when the page loads rather than typed into the article. Most pull rate pages are frozen at the moment somebody wrote them. This one is not.
If you are weighing this against an older set, see which set is best to open and what a box actually contains.
Questions people also ask
Does Phantasmal Flames have good pull rates?
Too new to say honestly. The counts that exist come from very few case openings, and estimates on a set this young typically move a long way over the following months.
How many packs are in a Phantasmal Flames booster box?
A standard Pokemon booster box holds 36 packs. Special products such as Elite Trainer Boxes and Ultra Premium Collections hold fewer, and each one prints the count on the box.
Where can I check Phantasmal Flames card values?
The table above is generated from our own prices when the page loads, and every card links to its own page with the full price history.
The short version
Phantasmal Flames pull rates are unpublished and, on a set this young, unusually poorly estimated. Judge it on what the cards are worth instead, and check that number again in a month.