Is a Temporal Forces booster box worth opening?
Cardmarket prices as of 13 October 2026 · TCGplayer pull rates · 20,000 simulated boxes
Opening means paying for the fun: a typical box returns ~€75 for the €249 you pay. It pays for itself in cards 0.3% of the time.
As of 13 October 2026, a Temporal Forces booster box costs €248.72 on Cardmarket. The hits inside (double rare and up) are worth €82.03 on average, 33% of the price. That average is pulled up by the chase cards: the typical box returns €75, and only 0.3% of boxes pay for themselves. One pack in 3 holds at least one hit. The top chase, Gastly 177/162 (€72.37), turns up in 12% of boxes.
- Box price
- €249
- English box, Cardmarket price
- Average hits
- €82
- double rare and up
- Average return
- 33%
- of the price, on average
- Typical box
- €75
- 10% return under €33, 10% over €143
- Pays for itself
- 0.3%
- of simulated boxes
- One hit every
- 3 packs
- 13.7 hits per box on average
The 3 cards people open it for
Cheapest way to open it
Cardmarket (€)| Format | Per pack | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Single packcheapest | €6.81 | €6.81 |
| Booster box (36 packs) | €6.91 | €248.72 |
| Booster bundle (6 packs) | €9.06 | €54.34 |
| Elite Trainer Box (9 packs) | €10.63 | €95.70 |
Rarity by rarity
36 packs per box| Rarity | One pack in | Cards | Mean price | Median price | Per pack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double rare | 6 | 15 | €0.99 | €0.63 | €0.17 |
| Ultra Rare | 15 | 18 | €3.80 | €1.93 | €0.25 |
| ACE SPEC Rare | 20 | 7 | €3.86 | €1.17 | €0.19 |
| Illustration rare | 13 | 22 | €15.44 | €11.37 | €1.19 |
| Special illustration rare | 86 | 10 | €33.99 | €37.52 | €0.40 |
| Hyper rare | 139 | 6 | €10.66 | €10.51 | €0.08 |
| Total per pack | €2.28 | ||||
Where the numbers come from
Pull rates: TCGplayer study (more than 8,000 booster packs), published 22 March 2024, read on 14 October 2026. Card and product prices: Cardmarket trend as of 13 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is a Temporal Forces booster box worth opening?
Opening means paying for the fun: a typical box returns ~€75 for the €249 you pay. It pays for itself in cards 0.3% of the time. On average its hits are worth €82.03, 33% of its price (Cardmarket prices as of 13 October 2026).
What are the odds of pulling Temporal Forces’s top chase card in a box?
Gastly 177/162, priced at €72.37, turns up about once every 285 packs, so in 12% of 36-pack boxes.
Temporal Forces booster box or ETB: which should you buy to open?
Cheapest per pack today: Single pack, at €6.81 per pack (€6.81 on Cardmarket). The packs are the same; an ETB adds accessories, a box only packs.
How many hits are in a Temporal Forces booster box?
13.7 on average across 36 packs (double rare and up): one pack in 3 holds at least one, per the TCGplayer study.