
30th Celebration Booster Pack - ME: 30th Celebration (30C) Pokemon
Every card in a Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration (30C) booster pack is foil — that alone makes this unlike anything Pokémon has released before — but the real reason collectors are tearing into these packs is the debut of the brand-new Futuristic Rare rarity: Mew ex (#158/128) and Mewtwo ex (#157/128), two neon-photographic masterpieces by graphic artist YOSHIROTTEN that command triple-digit prices on the secondary market and hit at roughly 1 in 100 packs.
Pack configuration: 5 foil cards + 1 foil Basic Energy + 1 Pokémon TCG Live code card. One of the five is a guaranteed Pikachu Rare drawn from 30 unique illustrations by 30 different artists — every pack, every time. The Energy card is itself one of eight YOSHIROTTEN-illustrated foils numbered 009–016, matching the aesthetic of the Futuristic Rares. There are no reverse holos and no commons without foil treatment.
The 199-card English set breaks down as 128 main-set cards, 18 Illustration Rares, 10 Special Illustration Rares (including the stunning day/night Pikachu ex SIR pair by kantaro), and the two Futuristic Rares. Beyond those, the 30-card Classic Collection reprints 30 iconic vintage cards — gold-bordered and stamped with the 30th anniversary logo — including the Base Set Charizard (#4/102) and Aquapolis Crystal Lugia, pullable from ordinary boosters at around 1 in 10 packs.
And then there are the RGB Mew cards — three secret Mew variants numbered R/RGB, G/RGB, and B/RGB, also illustrated by YOSHIROTTEN, honoring the original Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue games. Community estimates place them at roughly 1 in 4,000 packs per color, and a first public sale of an RGB Mew ex reached $20,000.
What you're hunting:
- Mew ex Futuristic Rare (#158/128) — the set's headline chase, 1 in ~100 packs, YOSHIROTTEN's neon-photographic art
- Mewtwo ex Futuristic Rare (#157/128) — the other FUR, equally elusive, same artist and rarity
- RGB Mew (R/RGB, G/RGB, B/RGB) — the set's true case-hit secret; community estimates ~1 in 4,000 packs per color, with one sale reaching $20,000
- Pikachu ex SIR (day #149 / night #150) by kantaro — the most coveted Special Illustration Rares in the set, 1 in ~20 packs for any SIR
- Classic Collection reprints — Base Set Charizard, Aquapolis Crystal Lugia, and 28 other legends with gold borders and the 30th anniversary stamp
- 30 Pikachu Rares (023–052/128) — guaranteed one per pack, each by a different artist; completing the run requires the full 30-card rainbow
This is the first simultaneous worldwide Pokémon TCG release in history, and the Futuristic Rare rarity will never have a debut again — collectors targeting this set right now are locking in the first-print chase window before population reports and graded populations stabilize.
Available at Collector Station, Easley, SC. Local pickup available. All sales final. Shipping damage must be reported within 48 hours of delivery with photos.