As of November 5, 2026, the top chase cards of Pitch Black are the two Mega Darkrai ex: the Special Illustration Rare at $155 raw and the gold Mega Hyper Rare at $147 (medians over the last 7 days). Next comes Morpeko ex at $58, then the other Special Illustration Rares, from $41 down to $20. Eight cards sell for $10 or more, all eight below their first full week: the Special Illustration Rare Mega Darkrai ex is down 42% since the week of July 20, so the figures near $300 from release no longer hold.
| # | Card | Rarity | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 | Special Illustration Rare | $134.64 |
| 2 | Mega Darkrai ex 120/084 | Mega Hyper Rare | $125.00 |
| 3 | Morpeko ex 117/084 | Special Illustration Rare | $57.99 |
| 4 | Mega Zeraora ex 114/084 | Special Illustration Rare | $31.18 |
| 5 | Mega Chandelure ex 115/084 | Special Illustration Rare | $31.01 |
| 6 | Gwynn 119/084 | Special Illustration Rare | $20.25 |
| 7 | Gladion's Final Battle 118/084 | Special Illustration Rare | $19.99 |
| 8 | Misty's Vitality 111/084 | Ultra Rare | $10.13 |
| 9 | Mega Darkrai ex 101/084 | Ultra Rare | $7.54 |
| 10 | Morpeko ex 102/084 | Ultra Rare | $7.11 |
Raw median of real completed sales, updated November 10, 2026.
1. Mega Darkrai ex 116/084
Special Illustration Rare
Median (last 7 days)
18 sales
AKIRA EGAWA's Mega Darkrai rises out of a swirl of black and white ink flecked with green, about 1 pack in 480 for this card on a count of July 2026. Five PSA 10 copies sold at auction for $511 to $710 from October 18 to November 3, 2026.
2. Mega Darkrai ex 120/084
Mega Hyper Rare
Median (last 7 days)
5 sales
The set's one gold card, about 1 pack in 1,000 on counts of July 2026, with the Mega Darkrai drawn as a silhouette on a gold ground. One PSA 10 copy sold at a fixed price of $1,375 on October 27, 2026.
3. Morpeko ex 117/084
Special Illustration Rare
Median (last 7 days)
21 sales
NC Empire's Morpeko screams out of a clash of hot pink and black. It is the one Pokémon among the six Special Illustration Rares that is not a Mega Evolution. Three PSA 10 copies sold at auction for $274 to $455 from October 22 to 31, 2026.
4. Mega Zeraora ex 114/084
Special Illustration Rare
Median (last 7 days)
30 sales
GIDORA's Mega Zeraora crackles with blue and white lightning, about 1 pack in 480 for this card on a count of July 2026. One PSA 10 copy sold at a fixed price of $453 on October 19, 2026.
5. Mega Chandelure ex 115/084
Special Illustration Rare
Median (last 7 days)
10 sales
REND's Mega Chandelure fills the card, its candle flames burning purple against a dark, smoky ground, about 1 pack in 480 for this card on a count of July 2026.
6. Gwynn 119/084
Special Illustration Rare
Median (last 7 days)
25 sales
Naoki Saito's Gwynn against a burst of golden light, with a small ghost Pokémon at her shoulder. The card also plays: discard up to 2 Pokémon without a Rule Box from your hand and draw 3 cards for each.
7. Gladion's Final Battle 118/084
Special Illustration Rare
Median (last 7 days)
23 sales
DOM's Gladion under a bright, windy sky, one hand raised to his face. The card can only be played as the last card in your hand, and adds 80 damage for Pokémon without a Rule Box.
8. Misty's Vitality 111/084
Ultra Rare
Median (last 7 days)
32 sales
En Morikura's Misty runs beside a swimming pool in a blue top and shorts, about 1 pack in 217 for this card on a count of July 2026. One PSA 10 copy sold at auction for $147 on October 31, 2026.
9. Mega Darkrai ex 101/084
Ultra Rare
Median (last 7 days)
15 sales
The third Mega Darkrai ex above the set's main numbers, a black figure on a lime green ground by 5ban Graphics, about 1 pack in 217 for this card on a count of July 2026.
10. Morpeko ex 102/084
Ultra Rare
Median (last 30 days)
4 sales · Estimated (limited data)
5ban Graphics draws a furious Morpeko on swirls of orange and hot pink, about 1 pack in 217 for this card on a count of July 2026.
How we rank them
Chase here means what sells highest: the 10 highest raw medians in the set. Each price is the median of real completed sales of the English print, which beats list prices and release-week estimates, over the shortest window with enough sales. The 84 cards numbered up to 084 and five above that number (Thievul, Energy Switch, Iron Defender, Rust Syndicate Grunt and Tremendous Bomb) are outside our sales tracking, so the ranking covers the other 31. None of those 89 shows more than $3 on the Pitch Black set page, which lists the whole set, as of November 5, 2026.
Close pairs can swap places. Compared over the same windows, Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 leads the gold card each time, while Mega Chandelure ex leads Mega Zeraora ex over 7 days, on 6 sales, and trails it over 30:
| Card | Last 7 days | Last 30 days | Last 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 | $155 (31 sales) | $160 (184 sales) | $194 (711 sales) |
| Mega Darkrai ex 120/084 | $147 (17 sales) | $141 (72 sales) | $167 (353 sales) |
| Morpeko ex 117/084 | $58.39 (27 sales) | $62.50 (114 sales) | $78.49 (371 sales) |
| Mega Chandelure ex 115/084 | $41.46 (6 sales) | $31.23 (51 sales) | $38.70 (297 sales) |
| Mega Zeraora ex 114/084 | $35.29 (26 sales) | $35.28 (116 sales) | $47.07 (411 sales) |
Raw medians of real completed sales of the English print, as of November 5, 2026.
Morpeko ex 102/084, an Ultra Rare, ranks on thin evidence: its $8.57 rests on 3 sales over 30 days, while its 59 sales over 90 days give $5.94.
Pull odds: what is known
The publisher prints no pull rates for English packs. These come from two tallies of opened packs reported in July 2026. They agree closely, but the second gathers about 5,750 packs from sources it does not name, and those may include the first:
| Tier | Cards | Any card, 4,000+ packs | Any card, 5,750 packs | One given card |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Hyper Rare | 1 | 1 in 1,081 | 1 in 950 | Same as the tier |
| Special Illustration Rare | 6 | 1 in 80 | 1 in 77 | About 1 in 480 |
| Ultra Rare | 18 | 1 in 12 | 1 in 12 | About 1 in 217 |
| Illustration Rare | 11 | 1 in 9 | 1 in 9 | About 1 in 100 |
| Double Rare | 10 | 1 in 5 | 1 in 5 | About 1 in 48 |
One given card comes from the count of more than 4,000 packs, reported July 21, 2026, and assumes equal odds inside the tier. The tally of about 5,750 packs was reported July 26, 2026, and does not say which language's packs it counts.
The first count gives the Mega Hyper Rare a margin as wide as its rate (0.09%, plus or minus 0.09%), so treat 1 in 1,081 as rough. In booster boxes of 36 packs, these rates work out to about one Special Illustration Rare every 2 boxes, one given Special Illustration Rare every 13 boxes and one gold Mega Darkrai ex every 30 boxes.
Which Mega Darkrai ex is worth more?
Raw, the Special Illustration Rare, even though the gold card looks about twice as rare. In PSA 10 the order flips for now, on thin evidence: the one gold copy on file sold for $1,375 on October 27, 2026, 1.9 to 2.7 times what the Special Illustration Rare brought at auction from October 18 to November 3. That card had itself reached $1,425 at auction on September 5. Far fewer gold cards reach the top grade:
| Card | PSA graded | PSA 10s | PSA 10 share | PSA 10 sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 | 1,557 | 899 | 58% | $511 to $710, 5 auctions, Oct. 18 to Nov. 3 |
| Mega Darkrai ex 120/084 | 380 | 90 | 24% | $1,375, one fixed price, Oct. 27 |
| Morpeko ex 117/084 | 207 | 117 | 57% | $274 to $455, 3 auctions, Oct. 22 to 31 |
| Mega Zeraora ex 114/084 | 115 | 63 | 55% | $453, one fixed price, Oct. 19 |
| Mega Chandelure ex 115/084 | 56 | 35 | 63% | None on file |
| Misty's Vitality 111/084 | 47 | 21 | 45% | $147, one auction, Oct. 31 |
PSA population as of October 1, 2026; latest sales on file in 2026, read one by one. Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 also sold at auction for $1,425, $880 and $793 on September 5, 25 and 27. Slabs only, never an ungraded copy listed as a PSA 10 contender. Slabs sold on an accepted offer are left out, because the listing does not show the price paid.
CGC's counts of November 1, 2026 point the same way: 39% of 257 graded gold copies reached a 10 or Pristine 10, against 57% of 327 Special Illustration Rares. These counts show what came back from the grader, not why, and collectors may send in different copies of each card. CGC 10 sales lean the same way since mid-October: five gold copies at $325 to $449 from October 21 to 30, one Special Illustration Rare at $258 on October 18. Counts for every graded card are in the Pitch Black pop report.
How prices moved since release
| Card | Week of July 20 | Week of Aug. 24 | Week of Sept. 28 | Week of Oct. 26 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Darkrai ex 116/084 | $273 (29) | $213 (57) | $165 (34) | $159 (61) | -42% |
| Mega Darkrai ex 120/084 | $205 (62) | $181 (29) | $149 (13) | $142 (19) | -31% |
| Morpeko ex 117/084 | $108 (12) | $87.09 (22) | $69.45 (19) | $60.39 (26) | -44% |
| Mega Chandelure ex 115/084 | $49.05 (52) | $38.52 (17) | $32.23 (14) | $33.27 (9) | -32% |
| Mega Zeraora ex 114/084 | $62.32 (7) | $50.79 (18) | $44.65 (33) | $32.58 (26) | -48% |
| Gwynn 119/084 | $38.22 (51) | $29.98 (62) | $26.79 (41) | $24.20 (27) | -37% |
| Gladion's Final Battle 118/084 | $28.18 (56) | $25.26 (43) | $20.83 (24) | $20.16 (30) | -28% |
| Misty's Vitality 111/084 | $33.68 (8) | $17.97 (89) | $11.35 (60) | $10.12 (37) | -70% |
| Morpeko ex 102/084 | $10.99 (2) | $6.32 (3) | $5.01 (3) | $4.92 (1) | -55% |
| Slowbro 090/084 | $19.48 (19) | $14.10 (48) | $8.43 (39) | $7.91 (21) | -59% |
Weekly raw medians of real completed sales, with the number of sales in parentheses, converted at 1 EUR = 1.1267 USD (November 5, 2026). The set came out on July 17, 2026, so the week of July 20 is its first full week; change runs from that week to the week of October 26, which ended on November 1.
All ten fell, by 28% to 70%. Misty's Vitality and Slowbro lost the most; the gold Mega Darkrai ex held up better than the Special Illustration Rare, at -31% against -42%. The top card opened higher still, at $306 (24 sales) in the week of July 13, which includes copies sold before the release date.
Week by week, the median of the cards in the table fell to 58% of its level in the week of July 20 by the week of October 26, 2026; the chart follows the five most expensive one by one. For how Pitch Black compares with the other 2026 sets, see our study of Pokémon card prices after release.
The falls have slowed at the top: from the week of September 28 to the week of October 26, the two Mega Darkrai ex lost 4% and 5%, though Mega Zeraora ex lost 27%. The same early slide shows in the next English set: see our 30th Celebration chase cards, and why Pokémon cards cost so much for the pattern.
Open packs or buy singles?
For one given card, buy the single. As of November 5, 2026, a pack costs about $5.02 in a booster box ($181 for 36, 44 sales), $5.88 in a Booster Bundle ($35.27 for 6, 50 sales), $6.66 loose (63 sales) and $7.54 in an Elite Trainer Box ($67.83 for 9, 103 sales). At the box price, the average 480 packs for one given Special Illustration Rare cost about $2,411, against $155 for Mega Darkrai ex, and the average 1,081 for the gold card about $5,430, against $147.
For the fun of opening, expect to get back about a third of the cost in these cards. At those odds and medians, an average pack holds about $1.76 of Illustration Rares and above:
| Tier | Odds per pack | Average raw median | Value per pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Illustration Rare | 1 in 80 | $55.69 | $0.70 |
| Ultra Rare | 1 in 12 | $5.71 | $0.48 |
| Illustration Rare | 1 in 9 | $4.06 | $0.45 |
| Mega Hyper Rare | 1 in 1,081 | $147 | $0.14 |
| Total | $1.76 |
As of November 5, 2026, on the 31 cards of these tiers with sales on file. Odds from the count of more than 4,000 packs. Double Rares, Rares, lower cards and reverse holos are left out, as are selling fees and shipping.
That is 35% of the $5.02 box price. Double Rares, at about $0.65 on the set page, would add about $0.13 a pack, and the cards below them show pennies. Our best packs for rare cards ranking counts only cards at $100 or more, at September 24 prices, so its returns do not compare with this table.
FAQ
What is the most expensive Pitch Black card?
Mega Darkrai ex 116/084, the Special Illustration Rare by AKIRA EGAWA, at $155 raw (31 sales over 7 days) as of November 5, 2026. The gold Mega Darkrai ex 120/084 follows at $147, though its one PSA 10 sale on file, $1,375 on October 27, 2026, tops the Special Illustration Rare's PSA 10 auctions since October 18. For all sets, see the most expensive Pokémon cards.
What are the chase cards in Pitch Black?
As of November 5, 2026, seven cards sell for $20 or more raw: the gold Mega Darkrai ex and the six Special Illustration Rares, which are Mega Darkrai ex, Morpeko ex, Mega Chandelure ex, Mega Zeraora ex, Gwynn and Gladion's Final Battle.
How rare is the gold Mega Darkrai ex?
About 1 pack in 1,000: counts of more than 4,000 and about 5,750 packs found 1 in 1,081 and 1 in 950, with a wide margin. That is about one every 30 booster boxes. Our rarity guide covers the Mega Hyper Rare mark.
What are the pull rates in Pitch Black?
On a count of more than 4,000 English packs reported July 21, 2026: a Double Rare in 1 pack in 5, an Illustration Rare in 1 in 9, an Ultra Rare in 1 in 12, a Special Illustration Rare in 1 in 80 and the Mega Hyper Rare in 1 in 1,081. A pack holds 10 cards, a basic Energy and a code card.
Is a Pitch Black booster box worth opening?
Rarely for resale. As of November 5, 2026, a box costs about $181, and its 36 packs hold about $63 of Illustration Rares and above at their medians, before Double Rares, fees and shipping. On average, a box holds less than half of one Special Illustration Rare.
How many cards are in Pitch Black?
120: 84 numbered up to 084 and 36 above that, including 11 Illustration Rares, 18 Ultra Rares, 6 Special Illustration Rares and 1 Mega Hyper Rare. It came out on July 17, 2026, and draws on the Japanese set Abyss Eye.
