Awakened Pulse Pull Rates & Pack EV — Worth Ripping?

Right now: the best rip in Awakened Pulse is the Booster Pack at $12.63 against $5.36 of expected pulls — a −64% margin after ~15% selling fees. Figures refresh every two hours.

Awakened Pulse is where Fusion World started — Bandai's February 2024 reboot of the Dragon Ball Super Card Game, rebuilt from the ground up with a rarity ladder borrowed almost card-for-card from the One Piece TCG. Launch sets carry baggage: collectors treat set one as a keepsake, sealed trades at a sentimentality premium, and the singles inside have never come close to covering it. Of the Fusion World sets we track, this one consistently posts the worst rip margins.

The pack structure is the standard Fusion World template. Twelve cards, two slots that matter: a rare slot that upgrades from Rare to Super Rare about 1 in 5 packs, and a hit slot that's an SR more than half the time, a Leader about 1 in 4, and roughly 1 in 10 each for a Secret Rare or an SP alternate art. Over a 24-pack box, that averages out to two or three SCRs and a similar count of SPs.

The problem isn't the odds — it's that most of what you hit is cheap, and the price of admission is inflated by launch nostalgia. If you want Awakened Pulse cards, the singles market is drastically cheaper than gambling on packs.

Sealed products: price vs. expected value

ProductMargin after ~15% feesMarket priceEV of pulls
Booster Pack −64% $12.63 $5.36
Booster Box −70% $360.43 $128.69

Pull-rate model

Awakened Pulse packs hold 12 cards; the slots below are the ones that carry value.

SlotOutcomeEst. chance
Rare slotRare80%
Rare slotSuper Rare20%
Hit slotSuper Rare55%
Hit slotLeader25%
Hit slotSecret Rare10%
Hit slotSpecial10%

Community-estimated rates — no publisher discloses official pull odds. The calculator prices each outcome from live singles data.

FAQ

How many packs come in an Awakened Pulse booster box?

A booster box holds 24 packs of 12 cards each — 288 cards per box.

What is the chase tier in Awakened Pulse?

Secret Rares (SCR) and SP-stamped alternate arts. Community estimates put each at roughly a 10% chance in the pack's hit slot — about 1 in 10 packs apiece.

Are Awakened Pulse pull rates official?

No. Bandai doesn't publish pull rates for Fusion World. The odds shown here are community estimates aggregated from logged box openings.

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