Salamence ex
30th Celebration · #156 · Special Illustration Rare · Latest · 2026
Pulling Salamence ex in a 30th Celebration pack is about 2.6% (Hit slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Salamence ex market value
Salamence ex (30th Celebration #156) has a live market value of 1,516 Sparks, about $15.16 at the latest market price. That market price for Salamence ex was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 1,516 Sparks is the figure shown for Salamence ex in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Salamence ex, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 1,288 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. A 30th Celebration pack is 1,350 Sparks; this card's market value is 1,516 Sparks. Among the 191 priced cards in 30th Celebration, Salamence ex is the 25th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 66 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Mew at 425,000 Sparks.
How to pull Salamence ex
In a 30th Celebration pack, the Hit slot shows a Special Illustration Rare card about 2.6% of the time. In other words, about one 30th Celebration pack in 38 lands a Special Illustration Rare card in that slot. Salamence ex is one of 10 priced Special Illustration Rare cards in 30th Celebration that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for 30th Celebration: the full slot-by-slot table is on the 30th Celebration page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every 30th Celebration box commits its card order before the first pack is sold, so each rip can be checked once the box sells out.
Rarity and era
Salamence ex is a Special Illustration Rare card, number 156 in 30th Celebration. 30th Celebration lists 10 Special Illustration Rare cards out of 199 cards in total, about 5% of the set list. Among the 10 priced Special Illustration Rare cards, market values run from 1,492 Sparks to 9,284 Sparks, and Salamence ex ranks 9th of them. 30th Celebration is part of the Mega Evolution series and sits in the Latest era of the PackLab catalog. Latest-era sets are the newest releases, so their card prices are still settling as collectors open them.
About 30th Celebration
30th Celebration was released on September 16, 2026 and lists 199 cards on PackLab, 191 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in 30th Celebration carry a combined market value of 1,327,497 Sparks. By market value, Salamence ex sits just below Pikachu (1,999 Sparks) and just above Fuecoco ex (1,492 Sparks).
