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PetalDanceD July 24th, 2014 7:39 AM

The most elusive card you can never seem to pull?
 
Whatever set you are currently working on there is always one particular card that no matter how many boosters you open you just manage to miss so just wondering what is your unlucky break?

I've heard of people open like 3 booster boxes of the same set and miss out on one vital card holo, how unlucky can you get!

donavannj July 24th, 2014 9:22 PM

Lately, it's been EX cards in general. :(

With XY in particular, I bought 30-some packs before pulling a single EX.

Boss Salamence July 25th, 2014 11:19 AM

Mewtwo EX from Legendary Treasures :(

Hundreth July 25th, 2014 8:42 PM

I have always had the problem of finding the cards I need for a deck at the time, then I have to find people to trade and I live in a small town with no trainers and it sucks

The_Iron_Bat July 25th, 2014 9:21 PM

I always pull the cards I need (Sometimes I even get cards I didn't know I need)
In one of my earlier posts I said I have a Yveltal deck. I bought a tin, I got 2 normal yveltal and the promo. I proceeded to get a zoroark, so I now own a Yveltal/Darkrai/Zoroark deck.

Maserati777 July 26th, 2014 7:19 PM

I'd say Vivillon, I've never pulled one and I've opened about 140 XY packs. This includes reverses also.

The_Iron_Bat July 27th, 2014 2:41 PM

Scratch what I said earlier. Pyroar is the most elusive card. As a gift, a friend bought me an entire case (6 Booster Boxes, 216 Packs) not a single Pyroar. I will have a fun time over the next couple weeks...

donavannj July 27th, 2014 8:01 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Iron_Bat (Post 8372173)
Scratch what I said earlier. Pyroar is the most elusive card. As a gift, a friend bought me an entire case (6 Booster Boxes, 216 Packs) not a single Pyroar. I will have a fun time over the next couple weeks...

At that point, it'd probably be cheaper just to buy the Pyroar Box to get the Pyroar you need, haha.

The_Iron_Bat July 28th, 2014 8:58 AM

Very funny, not the Pyroar I want.

PetalDanceD July 29th, 2014 12:21 AM

I've opened up a fair share of Base Set Booster Packs I don't remember ever pulling a Charizard, Blastoise or Venusaur.

I may of opened up a Blastoise one but it may of been a Poliwrath i just remember it was a water pokemon and it definitely wasn't Gyarados.

donavannj July 29th, 2014 8:05 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Iron_Bat (Post 8373428)
Very funny, not the Pyroar I want.

Wait, they're two different Pyroar? I should really have paid more attention when I opened mine. My cards are starting to blur together now! D:

Quote:

Originally Posted by PetalDanceD (Post 8374510)
I've opened up a fair share of Base Set Booster Packs I don't remember ever pulling a Charizard, Blastoise or Venusaur.

I may of opened up a Blastoise one but it may of been a Poliwrath i just remember it was a water pokemon and it definitely wasn't Gyarados.

Well, rares weren't guaranteed in Base Set packs, and I'm not sure what set they were actually first guaranteed in, so it makes sense that you couldn't pull any of those 3, since they weren't guaranteed at all.

PetalDanceD July 29th, 2014 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 8375903)
Wait, they're two different Pyroar? I should really have paid more attention when I opened mine. My cards are starting to blur together now! D:



Well, rares weren't guaranteed in Base Set packs, and I'm not sure what set they were actually first guaranteed in, so it makes sense that you couldn't pull any of those 3, since they weren't guaranteed at all.

Holos are only guaranteed in Theme Decks of the Base Set from memory Overgrowth was Gyarados, Brushfire was Ninetales, Blackout was Hitmonchan, Zap was Mewtwo and The 2 player starter set was Machamp. Obviously you would be the most unlucky person on the planet if you didn't get one single holo in a booster box probably guaranteed between 11 or 13 a box though generally 1 in 3 so 12 out of 36.

The_Iron_Bat July 30th, 2014 5:37 AM

[QUOTE=donavannj;8375903]Wait, they're two different Pyroar? I should really have paid more attention when I opened mine. My cards are starting to blur together now! D:
[QUOTE=donavannj;8375903]

Wow, I thought you were making a joke, anyways, the "good" Pyroar is FLF #20, the other Pyroar is XY #26 and is only obtainable through the Pyroar box.

donavannj July 30th, 2014 6:20 PM

[QUOTE=The_Iron_Bat;8376436][QUOTE=donavannj;8375903]Wait, they're two different Pyroar? I should really have paid more attention when I opened mine. My cards are starting to blur together now! D:
Quote:

Originally Posted by donavannj (Post 8375903)

Wow, I thought you were making a joke, anyways, the "good" Pyroar is FLF #20, the other Pyroar is XY #26 and is only obtainable through the Pyroar box.

That is such a TPCI thing for them to have done. Leave the hyped one in the set and make the bad one the promo. And they wonder why people decry the stagnation and lack of balance between the haves and the have-nots sometimes (even though it's far better in Pokemon than it is in most other TCGs).

LuckyLucario2000 July 30th, 2014 10:35 PM

Talonflame has been eluding me for quite a while now.

Phillips13jake July 30th, 2014 11:40 PM

If you keep trying you will get him

The_Iron_Bat July 31st, 2014 8:13 AM

I agree, then again it seems I am a good pull magnet lately.

Majestic Electric August 1st, 2014 7:20 AM

No matter how many booster packs (XY) I open up, I can never seem to get a Delphox. -_-

The_Iron_Bat August 1st, 2014 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Majestic Electric (Post 8380037)
No matter how many booster packs (XY) I open up, I can never seem to get a Delphox. -_-

I could give you one of mine. I tried to make a Rayboarfox deck, it didn't really work.

Raikou August 1st, 2014 9:01 PM

Mega Charizard Y. x_x

I've pulled seven of the Mega Charizard X, 6 regular and 1 SR. I've yet to pull one Y. I've traded for the two that I needed for my deck. It's crazy.

RandomHype August 2nd, 2014 8:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Iron_Bat (Post 8372173)
Scratch what I said earlier. Pyroar is the most elusive card. As a gift, a friend bought me an entire case (6 Booster Boxes, 216 Packs) not a single Pyroar. I will have a fun time over the next couple weeks...

Thats strange....
Because of Vivillon's two coloration's to the same set number, it makes it twice as easy to pull a vivillon than any other holo rare

(unless you are opening French cards)

Majestic Electric August 3rd, 2014 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Iron_Bat (Post 8380419)
I could give you one of mine. I tried to make a Rayboarfox deck, it didn't really work.

That's really nice of you. However, I did manage to pull a bunch of Delphox from online packs. I'll just use those for now until I get lucky and pull a physical copy. Thank you though. :)

RyanPelley August 4th, 2014 9:51 PM

For whatever reason, I couldn't pull Furfrou holo from XY Base Set. I bought a booster box, both trainer boxes and various other booster packs and never came up with it. I was starting to think it was a pretty rare card, until I bought it off Ebay for $1.75...

Maserati777 August 5th, 2014 1:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandomHype (Post 8382624)
Thats strange....
Because of Vivillon's two coloration's to the same set number, it makes it twice as easy to pull a vivillon than any other holo rare

(unless you are opening French cards)

I know, I have to roll my eyes everytime I watch a tin opening on Youtube and they get Vivillon.

Forrest Guardian August 5th, 2014 4:24 PM

Entei EX, i have opened endless Dark Explores packs and have had zero luck in pulling a regular or full art. It's one of about 5 cards from the set i don't own and i always seem to opt to buy 4 or 5 packs rather then to just buy the card. LOL at this point i know if i ever do pull it, it will be super exciting so i guess i will continue on making myself suffer in the process.

Fratomon August 6th, 2014 4:02 AM

Any FA in general. I've only ever pulled Thundurus FA from Emerging Powers aside from the Radiant Collection FA's, and it sucks. I've been collecting for almost a year, and to sit here with only so many ultra rare pulls, it's a shame.

Shilohfur August 8th, 2014 9:54 PM

In Flashfire, I need a few holos still. But to me, it's odd that I only need one more non-holo rare and that is Walrein. After dozens and dozens of packs, I still have not gotten one.

Maserati777 August 12th, 2014 7:22 PM

In Plasma Freeze I think my most elusive holos were the first ones I pulled and the last.

I've opened almost 200 Plasma Freeze packs and opened two Dragonite Holos in the first 4 packs I ever opened, then got one more holo and 1 reverse. That's it. 3 Dragonite Holos in 190 packs.
It took almost 160 packs to get a Metagross Holo, while I've pulled 3 Metagross Reverses.

For full arts and ex's I've pulled 4 Professor Juniper Full Arts, but 1 Ghetsis FA, 2 Latios Full Arts, 4 Latios Ex, but only 1 Latias ex and no Latias Full Arts.

Raikou August 13th, 2014 4:03 PM

I've never pulled any FA trainers aside from the FA Lysandre I pulled last week. I've opened so many packs of Boundaries Crossed and absolutely nothing. I've traded for two Colress, one N, one Juniper, and one Cheren.

LetsPlayALoveGame September 1st, 2014 2:32 PM

Back when Neo Genesis was new, I probably spent damn near $100 of my allowance trying to pull a Pichu. I had previously bought a Japanese prerelase one from the Nostalgia Zone, but I could never get that English one. 8 year old me got so frustrated that I'd sometimes rip up the cards if it wasn't what I wanted.


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