The Mewtwo deck is considered one of the strongest decks right now.
Among those who are trying to build a Mewtwo deck, you can often find cases where they say 'I can't build a Mewtwo deck because I don't have Gardevoir'.
Besides Gardevoir, cards like Victreebel, Hypno, Kabutops, Kangaskhan, and Aerodactyl are similar cases.
So why do these cards feel less accessible than Pokemon ex cards?
The truth is, the actual probability of obtaining them for battles and deck building is low.
A common point of Gardevoir, Hypno, Kangaskhan, etc. is that they are all cards with a rarity of ◆◆◆.
The probability of a ◆◆◆ rank (◆3) card being included when opening a pack is about 24%.
This is much higher than the 8.2% of ◆◆◆◆ rank (◆4), which corresponds to Pokemon ex.
However, there are 14 candidates for ◆3, but only 5 candidates for ◆4.
So, when calculating the probability of obtaining individual cards, ◆3 rank is 1.78%, and ◆4 rank is 1.66%.
The probability of obtaining ◆3 is still higher, but the difference becomes so small that it is difficult to feel.
The point to note is the existence of special illustration cards, which are marked with ★ or a crown.
These cards are treated the same as ◆ cards when building a deck or battling.
For example, with Mewtwo ex, you only need to collect 2 of the 4 types of Mewtwo ex, such as #129 Mewtwo ex (◆4), #262 Mewtwo ex (★2), #282 Mewtwo ex (★3), and #286 Mewtwo ex (crown).
However, Gardevoir does not have a special illustration card, so you have to collect 2 of only #132 Gardevoir (◆3).
Therefore, the actual probability of obtaining Mewtwo ex for deck building is 3.15%, which is much higher than Gardevoir's 1.78%.
In fact, all Pokemon ex cards included in the strongest gene have at least one special illustration card in the ★2 rank.
Considering this, the probability of obtaining ex cards is 1.92%, which is higher than 1.78%.
Similar to Mewtwo ex, Pikachu ex, Charizard ex, Zapdos ex, and Articuno ex, which have several types of special illustration cards, are also easy to include when building a deck.
Other examples include Alakazam, Koffing, and Dragonite.
These cards are ◆3 cards like Gardevoir and Hypno, but they have a special illustration card in the ★1 rank, so the actual probability of obtaining them is high at 3.39%.
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