Kinda of cards to get from a booster pack?

[Magius]

I tried looking on Google but all i could find is this.

Originally 11 cards per booster pack - 1 rare card, 3 uncommons, and 7 commons. With the release of the E-Series, it became 9 cards per booster - 5 commons, 2 uncommons, 1 reverse holo, and 1 rare. Became 10 cards after the release of Diamond and Pearl with 3 uncommons instead of 2.

That is a start, but I need to know out of the uncommons and commons how many are energy, Pokemon, or trainer cards, or does it not matter? Also what order do they come in as the first card being the first card you see the front of from the pack.

 

[donavannj]

The number of Pokemon, Trainers, and Energy varies randomly per pack, although some cards are more common than others in certain areas by random happenstance.

And I think the first card you see is usually a common.

 

[Squirrel]

Certain cards are more common in different boosters, different countries and different manufacture dates, but the amount of energies, trainers, pokemon and stadium cards is random throughout each pack you open. I'm not sure if there is a set order or anything like that since in the last pack I opened the first card was rare, the next common and the next holo. :s Unless this was a packaging issue...

 

[donavannj]

Certain cards are more common in different boosters, different countries and different manufacture dates, but the amount of energies, trainers, pokemon and stadium cards is random throughout each pack you open. I'm not sure if there is a set order or anything like that since in the last pack I opened the first card was rare, the next common and the next holo. :s Unless this was a packaging issue...

It might vary from set to set, though it also depends on how you open the pack.

 

[Squirrel]

It might vary from set to set, though it also depends on how you open the pack.

Ahah, didn't actually think of that - you're probably right there. Still, I don't see why they'd put them in a set order?

 

[donavannj]

Maybe they want to change up the order with each set. And there are packing mistakes that cause variation in the pack orders as well.

 

[AquaticWartortle]

Well the current booster packs have: 1 rare, 1 reverse holo, about 6 common cards, and about 2 trainer cards.

 

[donavannj]

Well the current booster packs have: 1 rare, 1 reverse holo, about 6 common cards, and about 2 trainer cards.

Er, trainer cards aren't guaranteed. The current pack ratios are, and have been for quite a while: 1 rare, 1 reverse holo of any card in the set or a special rare, 3 uncommons, and 5 or commons. Trainers and energy are inserted into packs randomly based on their rarity.