Salamence
Arceus · #8 · Rare Holo · Mid-era · 2009
Pulling Salamence in an Arceus pack is about 31.6% (Rare slot). Published, provably-fair odds you can verify.
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Salamence market value
Salamence (Arceus #8) has a live market value of 1,784 Sparks, about $17.84 at the latest market price. That market price for Salamence was last updated on October 19, 2026. On PackLab one Spark equals one cent of card value, so 1,784 Sparks is the figure shown for Salamence in the set browser, on this page and in your vault after you pull it. If you pull Salamence, you can sell it back instantly at 85% of market value, which comes to 1,516 Sparks at the current price. Sparks have no cash value and are only used on PackLab. An Arceus pack is 3,800 Sparks; this card's market value is 1,784 Sparks. Among the 99 priced cards in Arceus, Salamence is the 12th most valuable. The median priced card in the set is 81 Sparks, and the most valuable card is Gengar LV.X at 72,405 Sparks.
How to pull Salamence
In an Arceus pack, the Rare slot shows a Rare Holo card about 31.6% of the time. In other words, about one Arceus pack in 3 lands a Rare Holo card in that slot. Salamence is one of 12 priced Rare Holo cards in Arceus that can fill that result, so landing this exact card is less likely than the rarity figure. These are the published odds for Arceus: the full slot-by-slot table is on the Arceus page, and the odds page explains how each set's rates are built. Every Arceus 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 is a Rare Holo card, number 8 in Arceus. Arceus lists 12 Rare Holo cards out of 111 cards in total, about 11% of the set list. Among the 12 priced Rare Holo cards, market values run from 155 Sparks to 11,129 Sparks, and Salamence ranks 4th of them. Arceus is part of the Platinum series and sits in the Mid-era era of the PackLab catalog. Mid-era sets sit between the early classics and the current releases, and sealed packs from them are harder to find today.
About Arceus
Arceus was released on November 4, 2009 and lists 111 cards on PackLab, 99 of them with a live market price. Together, the priced cards in Arceus carry a combined market value of 168,642 Sparks. By market value, Salamence sits just below Zapdos G (1,846 Sparks) and just above Haunter (1,368 Sparks).
