God packs

Updated 11 October 2026

In 30 secondsA god pack is a booster pack where (almost) every card is a top rare, instead of the usual mostly common cards. They are hidden in a few modern sets on purpose, mostly Japanese, and since 2023 some English sets too. They are very rare: collectors estimate roughly 1 in every 600 to 2,000 packs, depending on the set. You cannot tell a god pack from the outside.

Charizard ex special illustration rare from Pokemon 151 — A special illustration rare from Pokemon 151 (2023)

Umbreon ex special illustration rare from Prismatic Evolutions — A special illustration rare from Prismatic Evolutions (2025)

God packs are full of cards like these, the "special illustration rares" (SAR) and "illustration rares" (IR), where the art covers the whole card.

What is inside one?

A normal modern pack has mostly common and uncommon cards, a reverse holo or two, and one rare slot. In a god pack, the common slots are replaced with full-art rares. Collectors use a few names:

God pack: every card, or nearly every card, is an illustration rare or better.
Demi-god pack: several big hits in one pack, but not every slot. For example, a full evolution line in one pack.
Rare Pack (Pokemon TCG Pocket): the phone game has its own version, with official odds of 0.05%, about 1 in 2,000 packs.

Which sets have them?

This list comes from collectors who have opened and recorded packs. The Pokemon Company has never published it.

Set	What collectors found
Tag All StarsJapanese, 2019	The first Pokemon set where collectors found god packs.
Shiny Star V, VMAX Climax, VSTAR UniverseJapanese, 2020-2022	Japanese "high class" sets. From VSTAR Universe on, god packs became a regular feature of these sets.
Pokemon Card 151 / Pokemon 151Japanese and English, 2023	The first English set with god packs. Some hold whole evolution lines as full-art cards.
Shiny Treasure exJapanese, 2023	Japanese high class set.
Terastal Festival ex / Prismatic EvolutionsJapanese and English, 2024-2025	Eevee and its evolutions. Collectors have recorded more than one kind of god pack here, including packs with nine special illustration rares.
Black Bolt and White FlareEnglish, 2025	Reported god packs of illustration rares plus a special illustration rare.
MEGA Dream ex / Ascended HeroesJapanese and English, 2025-2026	Every slot reported as an illustration rare, special illustration rare or Mega Attack Rare.

Is it official?

No. "God pack" is a collectors' name, not a Pokemon term, and no official odds have ever been published for the paper card game. The odds you see online, including ours above, are estimates from people recording thousands of pack openings. Only Pokemon TCG Pocket, the phone game, publishes its rate.

Before you buy packs hoping for one

The odds are tiny. At around 1 in 1,000, most people will never open one. Videos online show the lucky few, not the thousands of normal packs.
Packs cannot be checked from the outside. Anyone claiming to sell "god pack" or "weighed" packs is a warning sign.
Only buy sealed packs from trusted shops. See spot a resealed pack.
If you want a particular card, buying that one card is usually the surer route. See packs or single cards?

Card images © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, via TCGdex, shown for identification only. Odds are community estimates as of October 2026.

Sources (checked October 2026): SNKRDUNK Magazine: everything to know about god packs · CardCodex: god packs, sets and odds · Dexerto: god packs (Rare Packs) in Pokemon TCG Pocket