Box EV Calculation Using the slot-based approach with March 2026 JPN market prices: Slot 5 (Rare slot) Expected Value: Slot 4 (Reverse/Mirror slot) Expected Value: Per Pack EV : 443 + 204 = 647 Per Box EV (20 packs) : 647 20 = 12,940 God Pack bonus (1/35 boxes ~15,000): +429 Total Box EV : ~13,369 (~$91) Box Market Price : ~41,500 (~$283) EV Ratio : ~32% An EV ratio of 32% is lower than many modern JPN sets (typically 50-80%), reflecting the extreme value concentration in a few top pulls
In fact, Strike Zone is currently cheaper than all but 1 of the listings on TCGPlayer
The saddest part of this card is that it is from a less-than-stellar set, Ultra Prism
The last card on our list isn't currently making a major impact in all formats but it is a card that I think has a ton of potential upside
Exeggcute Grass HP30 Basic Pokemon [C] Precocious Evolution: If you go first, you can use this attack on your first turn
To get there, the deck takes advantage of multiple large draw spells, extra combat spells, and ways to generate mana efficiently