PackRip is a free, browser-based Pokemon Trading Card Game booster pack opening simulator. Currently 127 English booster sets live — from Base Set in January 1999 through Chaos Rising in May 2026, the entire WotC + EX era, the complete Diamond & Pearl + Platinum era, the full HGSS era, the complete Black & White era, the full XY era through Evolutions, the complete Sun & Moon era, the complete Sword & Shield era, the Scarlet & Violet era through White Flare with lowercase ex, Illustration Rare, Special Illustration Rare and Hyper Rare cards, and the new Mega Evolution era through Chaos Rising with Mega Pokémon ex and the gold Mega Hyper Rare chase tier — plus 10 vintage Japanese Pocket Monsters Card Game expansions. New sets ship every few weeks as the catalogue expands chronologically through every Pokemon TCG era, each shipping with matching pack art, era-specific rarity tiers, interactive holographic foil effects, and the same authentic pull-rate distributions Pokemon collectors remember from the original print runs.
PackRip ships 21,115 collectible cards across 127 English booster sets, 10 vintage Japanese Pocket Monsters Card Game expansions (1996-2001), 53 WotC Black Star Promos, 153 POP-series promos, and Trainer Gallery subsets. The catalogue is built from the open-source Pokemon TCG API and includes Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur and the original 16 holos from Base Set, the 8 Shining Pokemon from Neo Destiny, all 9 Crystal cards from Aquapolis and Skyridge, every Pokemon-ex from Ruby & Sapphire through Power Keepers, Gold Star Pokemon, Delta Species, Diamond & Pearl Lv.X, HGSS Prime and LEGEND, BW Full Art, XY Mega EX and BREAK, Sun & Moon GX, Sword & Shield V/VMAX/VSTAR, and Scarlet & Violet Illustration Rare/Special Illustration Rare chase cards.
Players can earn 16 Gym Badges (8 Kanto, 4 Johto, 4 Hoenn) with permanent perks, complete 50+ achievement milestones across four tiers (Bronze through Rainbow), tackle 16 Professor Oak research tasks (Eeveelution Master, Legendary Birds, Living Dex Kanto, Pokemon Professor and more — themed cross-set collection challenges paying coins + XP per completion), claim a daily Wonder Pick (5 face-down cards, date-seeded), tick off a 28-day Monthly Login Calendar with escalating rewards, and run the Pack Dust crafting system that lets every card you pull contribute set-specific dust toward guaranteed acquisition of missing cards.
I grew up collecting WotC-era Pokemon cards in the late '90s and early 2000s. The thrill of ripping open a booster pack and hoping for a holographic Charizard is something that stays with you. PackRip is my way of recreating that feeling — free, accessible to anyone with a browser, with no cards getting lost in a drawer and no money on the line. Every detail is built with nostalgia in mind: authentic pack art from each era, real pull rates, interactive holo effects you can tilt with mouse or finger, and the slow reveal of flipping each card one by one before seeing the rare.
PackRip runs entirely in your browser. No accounts, no downloads, no sign-ups. Your collection, coins, dust pool and progress are saved locally on your device via the browser's localStorage API. Card data and images are sourced from the open-source Pokemon TCG API and the ptcg-assets repository for pack art and set logos. TCGPlayer market prices are bundled as a static snapshot refreshed monthly. Programmatic SEO generates 18k+ prerendered pages — one per card, one per Pokemon hub, plus per-set value/EV/rarity landings — so each unique pull has its own dedicated page with pull odds, market value, attacks, and Pack Dust craft cost.
PackRip is created and maintained by Arınç Elhan, a software engineer based in Istanbul. Built with React 19, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Zustand for state, and Firebase for analytics & remote config. The codebase is mobile-first (GA4 28-day split on 2026-05-21 was about 66% mobile, 32% desktop, 2% tablet) with all interactive elements meeting 44×44 touch-target minimums.
PackRip is completely free to play. The full simulator — 137 booster sets, every rarity, every era — is free, with no signup and no paywall. TCGplayer affiliate links remain live, and BuySellAds Optimize display ads are wired on eligible non-sacred pages. Google AdSense remains ads.txt-only during re-review and is not loaded at runtime. Have feedback, questions, or want to suggest a feature? Reach out at arinc@packrip.co.
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PackRip is a free, browser-based Pokemon Trading Card Game booster pack opening simulator. Currently 137 booster sets live (127 English + 10 vintage Japanese) — from the 1996-2001 Pocket Monsters Card Game (Expansion Pack, Jungle, Mystery of the Fossils, Rocket Gang) and Base Set in January 1999 through Chaos Rising in May 2026 — with new sets shipping every few weeks as the catalogue expands chronologically through every Pokemon TCG era. The Scarlet & Violet era through White Flare is live with lowercase ex, Illustration Rare, Special Illustration Rare and Hyper Rare cards. The Mega Evolution era is live too, through Chaos Rising (2026), bringing back Mega Evolution as Mega Pokémon ex with the gold Mega Hyper Rare chase tier. The Diamond & Pearl + Platinum-era Lv.X mechanic is live across thirteen distinct Sinnoh and Platinum chase pulls with the silver/ice-blue/white shimmer overlay, the HGSS-era Prime + LEGEND tiers are live, the full Black & White era ships with Full Art Pokemon-EX, Dragon-type cards (Dragons Exalted), and the first-ever Gold Secret Rares (Boundaries Crossed onwards), the XY era spans the inaugural Mega Evolution debut through Primal Clash's alpha/omega Ancient Traits and the gold BREAK Evolution cards, the Sun & Moon era debuts GX, and the complete Sword & Shield era introduces Pokémon V, VMAX, VSTAR, Radiant, Amazing Rare and Trainer Gallery cards.
21,115 collectible cards across 127 English booster sets, 10 vintage Japanese Pocket Monsters Card Game expansions (1996-2001), 53 WotC Black Star Promos, 153 POP-series Play! Pokémon promos (2004-2009), and Trainer Gallery subsets. The catalogue is built from the open-source Pokemon TCG API and includes Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur and the original 16 holos from Base Set, Shining Pokemon, Crystal Pokemon, every Pokemon-ex from Ruby & Sapphire through Power Keepers, Gold Star Pokemon, Delta Species, Diamond & Pearl + Platinum Lv.X, HGSS Prime + LEGEND, BW Full Art, XY Mega EX and BREAK, Sun & Moon GX, Sword & Shield V/VMAX/VSTAR, and Scarlet & Violet Illustration Rare / Special Illustration Rare chase cards.
Most WotC-era packs contain 11 cards (1 Rare or Holo Rare, 3 Uncommon, 5 Common, 2 Energy). The single rare slot splits roughly 64% non-holo Rare, 28% Holo Rare and 5% Secret Rare, with ultra-rare tiers (Pokemon-ex, Shining, Crystal, Gold Star) layered into that same slot. e-Card era packs (Expedition, Aquapolis, Skyridge) shrink to 9 cards. EX-era packs (Ruby & Sapphire onwards) are also 9 cards but add a guaranteed reverse-holo slot and a roughly 1-in-6 chance at a Pokemon-ex. Neo Destiny rolls Shining Pokemon at about 2%; Aquapolis and Skyridge gate Crystal Pokemon to specific card IDs at roughly 1%. God Packs land 1-in-500 and deliver an all-holo 11-card rip.
Players open 5 free packs daily (6 with Cascade Badge, 7 with Hive Badge), earn coins by selling duplicates at real TCGPlayer market value (10% base sell rate, scaled by trainer level and badge multipliers), buy Basic (50), Premium (150) or Hunt (350) packs from the in-game shop, complete 3 daily / 1 weekly / 4 super quests, and progress through 16 Gym Badges (8 Kanto, 4 Johto, 4 Hoenn) that unlock permanent gameplay perks. A 28-day Monthly Login Calendar layers escalating coin rewards and weekly milestone packs on top. The Pack Dust crafting system lets every pulled card contribute set-specific dust (Common 1 → Crystal 50, +50% on duplicates) toward guaranteed acquisition of any missing card from that same set — endgame pity that doesn't break the per-pack economy.
Holo Rare and Secret Rare cards feature interactive holographic shimmer effects that follow your mouse or touch. Drag cards to tilt them and inspect the foil from every angle. Crystal Pokemon use a translucent prismatic effect; Pokemon-ex carry a red-orange-gold metallic shimmer; Gold Star Pokemon have a unique gold-overlay foil; Shining Pokemon glow with a metallic alternate-colour sheen; Delta Species (δ) Pokemon layer a violet-cyan-rose dual-type tint that composes on top of any underlying rarity. God Packs (1-in-500) deliver an all-holo 11-card pull.
No accounts, no downloads, no sign-ups. All progress is saved in your browser via localStorage. Your collection never leaves your device unless you explicitly export it. PackRip is fully free; we earn a small commission on TCGplayer affiliate links if you choose to buy real cards.
Direct links into every booster expansion (1999-2026). Each set links to the free pack opener, binder completion calculator, top chase card pull-rate page, market-value ranking, and per-pack expected value math. The full set index lives at /sets.
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