Moonstone · Set economicsAugust 2026

FIVE cards.59% of the bill.

Destined Rivals · 244 tracked cards · $2,006 to complete

5 cards · $1,187

The short, expensive tail of the set.THE OTHER 251 CARDS · $819

$532

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex - 231/182

−4.0% 30d

$263

Cynthia's Garchomp ex - 232/182

−7.6% 30d

$175

Ethan's Ho-Oh ex - 230/182

−11.9% 30d

$108

What this means if you are building it

You can own 251 of the 256 priced cards in Destined Rivals for about $819. The median card is $0.2. The remaining $1,187 sits in just 5 chase cards, and one of them (Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex - 231/182, $532) is 27% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 41% and then a very short, very expensive tail.

Set value · real TCGplayer prices, summed daily−9.8% 30d · +0.8% 90d

Breadth: 108 cards up · 131 down · 17 flat over 30 days.

ENGLISH PRINTS · UNGRADED · TCGPLAYER MARKET · UPDATED DAILY

Rip or hold · 2,000 boxes simulatedSOURCED PULL RATES · REAL MARKET PRICES

A Destined Rivals booster box opens to $154 in singles on average against a real $439 box price — 4% of boxes beat the box. Half of all boxes land between $91 and $168.

The pulls that pay the bill

Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex #231$492 · 1 in 33 boxes

Cynthia's Garchomp ex #232$238 · 1 in 26 boxes

Ethan's Ho-Oh ex #230$155 · 1 in 27 boxes

Team Rocket's Nidoking ex #233$103 · 1 in 30 boxes

Team Rocket's Moltres ex #229$93.37 · 1 in 30 boxes

Simulated with the same sourced pull-rate model and card pools as the pack simulator; singles at TCGplayer market. Unpriced cards count $0 (244/244 priced). Tiers without published rates are excluded. Sealed box price: TCGplayer.