set deskSeptember 2026
ME05: Pitch Black
Full set$669
Median card$0.17
30 days−17.6%
90 days+141.4%
Top 10 share86%
Priced125
All-time high$1,8362026-07-17
From that high−63.6%set value today
From launch−63.6%2026-07-17
Days to peak0from the release date
Dearer than0%0 of 73 recorded days were cheaper
Ask about ME05: Pitch Black
Answers come from this page's recorded prices and verified PSA sold medians, with the sample size behind each one.
Recorded moonstone data only. Not financial advice.
10 cards · $568other 115 · $101
The short, expensive tail of the set.
| No. | Card | Rarity | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tropius | Secret | $0.06 |
| 2 | Grubbin | Secret | $0.07 |
| 3 | Fomantis - 003/084 | Secret | $0.10 |
| 4 | Lurantis ex - 004/084 | Secret | $0.60 |
| 5 | Poltchageist | Secret | $0.13 |
| 6 | Sinistcha | Secret | $0.13 |
| 7 | Heatran | Secret | $0.11 |
| 8 | Mega Delphox ex | Secret | $0.55 |
| 9 | Sizzlipede | Secret | $0.06 |
| 10 | Centiskorch | Secret | $0.04 |
| 11 | Charcadet | Secret | $0.11 |
| 12 | Armarouge - 012/084 | Secret | $0.17 |
| 13 | Goldeen - 013/084 | Secret | $0.12 |
| 14 | Seaking | Secret | $0.10 |
| 15 | Wailmer | Secret | $0.15 |
| 16 | Wailord ex - 016/084 | Secret | $0.56 |
| 17 | Relicanth | Secret | $0.06 |
| 18 | Popplio | Secret | $0.10 |
| 19 | Brionne | Secret | $0.12 |
| 20 | Primarina - 020/084 | Secret | $0.18 |
| 21 | Finizen | Secret | $0.07 |
| 22 | Palafin | Secret | $0.08 |
| 23 | Electrike | Secret | $0.10 |
| 24 | Manectric - 024/084 | Secret | $0.06 |
| 25 | Charjabug | Secret | $0.06 |
| 26 | Vikavolt | Secret | $0.13 |
| 27 | Mega Zeraora ex - 027/084 | Secret | $0.47 |
| 28 | Miraidon | Secret | $0.18 |
| 29 | Slowpoke | Secret | $0.17 |
| 30 | Slowbro - 030/084 | Secret | $0.18 |
| 31 | Mega Slowbro ex | Secret | $0.49 |
| 32 | Jynx | Secret | $0.11 |
| 33 | Shuppet | Secret | $0.16 |
| 34 | Banette | Secret | $0.14 |
| 35 | Spiritomb | Secret | $0.17 |
| 36 | Litwick | Secret | $0.18 |
| 37 | Lampent | Secret | $0.20 |
| 38 | Mega Chandelure ex - 038/084 | Secret | $0.55 |
| 39 | Dhelmise - 039/084 | Secret | $0.13 |
| 40 | Marshadow | Secret | $0.10 |
| 41 | Annihilape | Secret | $0.13 |
| 42 | Mankey | Secret | $0.15 |
| 43 | Primeape | Secret | $0.07 |
| 44 | Cranidos | Secret | $0.13 |
| 45 | Rampardos ex - 045/084 | Secret | $0.52 |
| 46 | Drilbur | Secret | $0.26 |
| 47 | Koraidon | Secret | $0.15 |
| 48 | Mega Darkrai ex - 048/084 | Secret | $0.68 |
| 49 | Vullaby | Secret | $0.07 |
| 50 | Mandibuzz | Secret | $0.06 |
| 51 | Inkay | Secret | $0.10 |
| 52 | Malamar | Secret | $0.04 |
| 53 | Nickit | Secret | $0.13 |
| 54 | Thievul - 054/084 | Secret | $0.11 |
| 55 | Morpeko ex - 055/084 | Secret | $0.54 |
| 56 | Zarude | Secret | $0.22 |
| 57 | Maschiff | Secret | $0.07 |
| 58 | Mabosstiff | Secret | $0.10 |
| 59 | Chi-Yu | Secret | $0.18 |
| 60 | Skarmory | Secret | $0.05 |
| 61 | Shieldon | Secret | $0.14 |
| 62 | Bastiodon - 062/084 | Secret | $0.17 |
| 63 | Bronzor | Secret | $0.04 |
| 64 | Bronzong | Secret | $0.06 |
| 65 | Mega Excadrill ex - 065/084 | Secret | $0.55 |
| 66 | Pikipek | Secret | $0.15 |
| 67 | Trumbeak | Secret | $0.14 |
| 68 | Toucannon - 068/084 | Secret | $0.14 |
| 69 | Type: Null | Secret | $0.18 |
| 70 | Silvally - 070/084 | Secret | $0.17 |
| 71 | Bombirdier | Secret | $0.05 |
| 72 | Antique Armor Fossil | Secret | $0.20 |
| 73 | Antique Skull Fossil | Secret | $0.13 |
| 74 | Backtrack Badge | Secret | $0.13 |
| 75 | Dark Bell - 075/084 | Secret | $0.17 |
| 76 | Fossil Quarry | Secret | $0.22 |
| 77 | Gladion's Final Battle - 077/084 | Secret | $0.17 |
| 78 | Gwynn - 078/084 | Secret | $0.17 |
| 79 | Jett | Secret | $0.08 |
| 80 | Misty's Vitality - 080/084 | Secret | $0.18 |
| 81 | Rust Syndicate Grunt - 081/084 | Secret | $0.12 |
| 82 | Tremendous Bomb - 082/084 | Secret | $0.09 |
| 83 | Shadowy Darkness Energy | Secret | $0.21 |
| 84 | Voltaic Lightning Energy | Secret | $0.23 |
| 85 | Fomantis - 085/084 | Secret | $1.83 |
| 86 | Armarouge - 086/084 | Secret | $2.89 |
| 87 | Goldeen - 087/084 | Secret | $4.84 |
| 88 | Primarina - 088/084 | Secret | $2.49 |
| 89 | Manectric - 089/084 | Secret | $1.72 |
| 90 | Slowbro - 090/084 | Secret | $7.69 |
| 91 | Dhelmise - 091/084 | Secret | $2.13 |
| 92 | Thievul - 092/084 | Secret | $1.48 |
| 93 | Bastiodon - 093/084 | Secret | $1.53 |
| 94 | Toucannon - 094/084 | Secret | $1.50 |
| 95 | Silvally - 095/084 | Secret | $1.43 |
| 96 | Lurantis ex - 096/084 | Secret | $2.31 |
| 97 | Wailord ex - 097/084 | Secret | $4.71 |
| 98 | Mega Zeraora ex - 098/084 | Secret | $5.77 |
| 99 | Mega Chandelure ex - 099/084 | Secret | $6.64 |
| 100/84 | Rampardos ex | Ultra Rare | $2.93 |
| 101/84 | Mega Darkrai ex | Ultra Rare | $7.61 |
| 102/84 | Morpeko ex | Ultra Rare | $3.15 |
| 103/84 | Mega Excadrill ex | Ultra Rare | $5.68 |
| 104/84 | Brave Bangle | Ultra Rare | $2.74 |
| 105/84 | Crushing Hammer | Ultra Rare | $5.13 |
| 106/84 | Dark Bell | Ultra Rare | $2.03 |
| 107/84 | Energy Switch | Ultra Rare | $1.92 |
| 108/84 | Gladion's Final Battle | Ultra Rare | $2.66 |
| 109/84 | Gwynn | Ultra Rare | $6.50 |
| 110/84 | Iron Defender | Ultra Rare | $1.23 |
| 111/84 | Misty's Vitality | Ultra Rare | $8.96 |
| 112/84 | Rust Syndicate Grunt | Ultra Rare | $1.85 |
| 113/84 | Tremendous Bomb | Ultra Rare | $1.47 |
| 114/84 | Mega Zeraora ex | Special illustration rare | $48.18 |
| 115/84 | Mega Chandelure ex | Special illustration rare | $38.43 |
| 116/84 | Mega Darkrai ex | Special illustration rare | $178.24 |
| 117/84 | Morpeko ex | Special illustration rare | $71.12 |
| 118/84 | Gladion's Final Battle | Special illustration rare | $26.76 |
| 119/84 | Gwynn | Special illustration rare | $28.79 |
| 120/84 | Mega Darkrai ex | Mega Hyper Rare | $147.13 |
Every ME05: Pitch Black card in the moonstone catalog, in collector-number order. Market is the same TCGplayer figure each card page quotes; a dot means we hold no price for that card yet.
You can own 115 of the 125 priced cards in ME05: Pitch Black for about $101. The median card is $0.17. The remaining $568 sits in just 10 chase cards, and one of them (Mega Darkrai ex - 116/084, $182) is 27% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 14% and then a very short, very expensive tail.
chase card · Mega Darkrai ex - 116/084$178.24
sealed booster box · ME05: Pitch Black$186.46
the card95.6% of the box
LEVEL WITH THE BOX
The single most valuable card in this set and one sealed booster box of it are within 5% of each other, which is too close to call either way. Box price TCGplayer, as of 2026-09-26.
Two recorded prices. The odds of pulling the card are the rip simulation below, not this line.
30-day return-17.8%
90-day return-36.8%
Realized vol205%annualized, ~90d daily returns
Max drawdown-66.8%recorded window
Off recorded high-66.8%
Computed from this set's own recorded value series; windows are stated and nothing is modeled. Medians anchor the return windows so a single outlier day never makes the figure.
Monte Carlo · 10,000 boxes
Should you rip Pitch Black?
8.7%
of boxes beat the $186 box price
We simulated 10,000 booster boxes of Pitch Black using today's real market price for every card in the set, the real box price ($186, $5.18/pack), and the published per-pack pull rates for this set. Most simulated boxes came out worth less than they cost. The contents are worth 51.9% of the box ask on average.
Median box
$75
Expected value
$97
Bottom 5%
$57
Top 5%
$244
Where 10,000 boxes landed
49.7%$0-75
39.5%$75-150
4.3%$150-225
5.7%$225-300
0.6%$300-375
0.2%$375-450
0.0%$450-525
0.0%$525-600
Red buckets end below the $186 box price. 69.7% of boxes returned less than half the box cost; 0.3% doubled it.
What a box actually pulls (sim average)
| Hit tier | Published rate | Pool | Avg / box | Mean value | Best case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special illustration rare | 1-in-101 (0.99% +/- 0.27%) (inherited) | 6 | 0.36 | $66.30 | Mega Darkrai ex ($182) |
| Ultra rare (full art) | 1-in-12 (8.23% +/- 0.76%) (inherited) | 18 | 2.99 | $3.97 | Misty's Vitality ($9) |
| Illustration rare | 1-in-9 (10.89% +/- 0.86%) (inherited) | 11 | 3.93 | $2.69 | Slowbro - 090/084 ($7) |
| Mega hyper rare (gold) | 1-in-1260 (0.08% +/- 0.08%) (inherited) | 1 | 0.03 | $145.69 | Mega Darkrai ex ($146) |
| Double rare (ex) | 1-in-5 (20.91% +/- 1.12%) (inherited) | 10 | 7.5 | $0.56 | Mega Darkrai ex - 048/084 ($1) |
Simulation, clearly labeled as one. Card prices and the $186 box price (Pitch Black Booster Box, 36 packs) are live recorded data. Per-pack odds are published measurements: every rate here is inherited from an era study of 5,000+ packs, not measured on this set (the study opened packs of Mega Evolution (ME1)) (tcgplayer.com, 5,000+ packs). The simulation assumes every card in the tier is equally likely, which flatters any tier holding one expensive card: valuing each tier at its median card instead of its mean moves the expected value by 10.9% on this set. Commons, uncommons and reverse holos are worth $43 of the box before any hit. Unpriced cards count $0 (120 of 120 pooled cards are priced). Selling costs, fees and shipping are NOT deducted, so real-world outcomes skew worse than shown. Re-simulated every 2 days. Not financial advice.
Breadth: 33 cards up · 85 down · 7 flat over 30 days. Biggest mover: Gladion's Final Battle - 118/084 (−7.9%).