Delta Reign arrived on Friday, November 6, and its first weekend already tells a clear story. Collectors across Canada spent the weekend opening packs, and now the early pack counts and the first settled prices are on the table. The headline holds a small surprise. The card with the artwork leads the card made of gold, and the gap below the top of the set is wide.

What a Box Actually Gives Up

The best early count comes from 252 packs opened around release. Across that sample, 42.9 percent of packs held an ex or better, while 57.1 percent held only a regular Rare in the hit slot. A 36 pack booster box works out to about eight standard ex, about 3.4 Illustration Rares and about 3.1 Ultra Rares. A Special Illustration Rare landed roughly once per 1.75 boxes. Those numbers will sharpen as bigger counts arrive, and the broad shape already feels familiar for this era. A box is generous with good cards, and still honest about how many packs hold no hit at all.

The Art Card Leads the Gold Card

Mega Rayquaza ex as a Special Illustration Rare, numbered 138 of 103, sits on top of the set at $319.52 USD [$451 CAD]. It is a Basic Colorless Pokemon with 280 HP, illustrated by Kazuki Minami. Its Ability, Ruler's Roar, looks at the top four cards of your deck and attaches a Basic Energy found there, and Storm Emerald does 50 damage for each Fire Energy and each Lightning Energy attached to all of your Pokemon. The gold Mega Hyper Rare print, numbered 141 of 103 and illustrated by takuyoa, plays exactly the same and stands second at $284.88 USD [$403 CAD]. It is the only Mega Hyper Rare in the whole set, and the early 252 pack count logged exactly one pull of it. Recent sets put that top tier closer to one in a thousand packs or more, so treat the early rate as a hint, not a promise.

Raikou Holds Third, Then the Air Gets Thin

Raikou ex as a Special Illustration Rare, numbered 136 of 103, holds third place at $79.74 USD [$113 CAD]. It is a Basic Lightning Pokemon with 200 HP, illustrated by Oku, and its Power Rush attack hits for 200, with a coin flip that can leave it unable to attack on the following turn. Below Raikou the set settles fast. The other three Special Illustration Rares stand at $32.30 USD [$46 CAD] for Zinnia's Trust, $28.79 USD [$41 CAD] for Mega Golurk ex and $19.57 USD [$28 CAD] for Mega Golisopod ex, with Aarune at $11.52 USD [$16 CAD]. Two Rayquaza cards and one thunder cat carry this set, and the rest of the binder fills in at friendly prices.

What Opening Weekend Means in Canada

Prices this young move every day, and both Rayquaza prints have already traded places more than once, so patience rewards anyone watching a single card. The pull picture matters just as much. With a Special Illustration Rare roughly once in two boxes and the gold card far rarer still, most opening weekends will be built on ex, Illustration Rares and Ultra Rares, and that is a fine weekend by any measure. Delta Reign cards join tournament play on November 20, giving players two more weeks of opening and trading first. The storm has landed, the numbers are real now, and Rayquaza, in art more than in gold, rules it.