Weiss Schwarz Case Ratio / Rarity Distribution - IanTCG (2024)

As a new player or collector, finding out how rare your (signed or stamped) pull is can be very daunting, and in some cases impossible, because rarities have changed many times over the history of Weiss Schwarz. Through this article, we hope you can get a better insight in what the different rarities are in Weiss Schwarz, and also get a grip on how rare certain rarities are. This article may be updated over time to include the ratio’s of newer sets over time, but you should be able to get a rough estimate of a set that is not listed as well by looking at other sets that have released around the same time.

This article will use information also posted on the Weiss Schwarz subreddit, with some updates, which was last updated by Ian a couple months ago.

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Card Rarity Basics

The Rarity of a card can be seen on the bottom left of a card, next to the card number.

These are the standard rarities. We will use the Quintessential Quintuplets set as example:

SP = Special, usually signed by the voice actor of the character. In more recent times, these may be stamped instead with sometimes a quote in Japanese. Most likely, this is due to Bushiroad not being able to get the license for the voice actor signatures for the English market / product.

RRR = Triple Rare, has special textured foiling
SR = Super Rare, has a glossy foiling
RR = Double Rare
R = Rare
U = Uncommon
C = Common
CR = Climax Rare
CC = Climax Common

TD = Trial Deck
PR = Promo

Some sets have the following Rarities:

RR+ = Double Rare+
XR = Extra Rare
SSP = Super Special
SEC = Secret Rare

There are also some set specific rarities, such as JJR for Jojo. These generally come with some golden stamp. These will be listed in Distribution in Sets if applicable.

We will use the termFoil as a collection for all rarities with special foiling (Generally SR, RRR, SP, but also SSP, SEC, JJR etc.). This will exclude RR+ and below.

Rarity Distribution

New Booster Packs (EN)

(Every full booster set release starting from KNK, so starting February 11 2022, is in this format)

You can recognize this booster box by the flatter type box.

Each Booster Pack contains 9 cards.

• A Pack has:
  • 4 Common slots
  • 2 Uncommon slots
  • 1 Rare slot
  • 1 Flex slot
  • 1 Climax slot
• The Rare slot is always an R, as opposed to the old Boosters.
• The Climax slot is always a CC, as opposed to the old Boosters.
• The Flex slot is used for the Foil, RR, CR and U.

Each box of Booster Packs contains 16 Booster Packs. The cards that are guaranteed in a box change by set. Refer to Distribution in Sets for detailed information.

A box contains:

• A spread of either:
  • 4 RRs and 2 Foils
  • 5 RRs and 1 Foils
• 4 or 5 different RRs
• 16 different Rs
• 4 different CRs
• At least 1 Boxtopper PR

Each case of Booster Boxes contains 18 Booster Boxes. The cards that are guaranteed in a case change by set. Refer to Distribution in Sets for detailed information.

A case isusuallyguaranteed:

• 8 copies of each RR.
• A set amount of SPs.
• A set amount of RRRs.
• A set amount of SRs.
• 1 Stitched Casetopper Playmat.

Each Master Case of Cases contains 2 Cases. Usually this does not matter, but for specific sets it does.

A Master Case is guaranteed:

• At least 1 SEC/SSP, if the set has one.

Old Booster Packs (EN)

(Every full booster set release before KNK, so before February 11 2022, is in this format)

You can recognize this booster box by the vertical type box.

A Booster Pack set generally contains 100 different cards (And Box Topper Promos)

Each Booster Pack contains 8 cards.

• A Pack has:
  • 4 Common slots
  • 2 Uncommon slots
  • 1 Rare slot
  • 1 Climax slot
• The Rare slot contains either
  • an R
  • a RR
• The Climax slot contains either:
  • A CC (80%)
  • A CR (20%)
• Depending on the set, either 1 Uncommon slot or 1 Rare slot can be filled by a Foil.

Each Box contains 20 Booster Packs. The cards that are guaranteed in a Box change by set. Refer to Distribution in Sets for detailed information.

A box contains:

• 4 or 5 different RRs
• 16 or 15 different Rs
• 4 different CRs
• At least 1 Foil
• At least 1 Boxtopper PR

Each case of Booster Boxes contains 16 Booster Boxes. The cards that are guaranteed in a case change by set. Refer to Distribution in Sets for detailed information.

A case isusuallyguaranteed:

• 8 copies of each RR.
• A set amount of SPs.
• A set amount of RRRs.
• A set amount of SRs.
• 4 Casetopper Playmats or 1 Stitched Casetopper Playmat.

Each Master Case of Cases contains 2 Cases. Usually this does not matter, but for specific sets it does.

A Master Case is guaranteed:

• At least 1 SEC/SSP, if the set has one.

New Booster Packs (JP)

Refer to New Booster Packs (EN), excluding the casetopper playmats. Master cases in JP contain 3 cases.

Old Booster Packs (JP)

Refer to Old Booster Packs (EN), excluding the casetopper playmats.

Extra Boosters

A Booster Pack set generally contains 50 different cards (And Box Topper Promos)

Each Extra Booster Pack contains 6 cards.

An Extra Booster is guaranteed:

• 2 Foil Cards
• 4 Non-Foil Cards

Each Box contains 6 Extra Booster Packs.

A Box is guaranteed:

• 1 Boxtopper PR

Each Case contains 30 Boxes.

Trial Decks

Trial Deck

Trial Decks come with a preset card list. The amount of copies you can receive of each card can range between 1 and 4 copies, so if you want to complete a playset of all Trial Deck cards, you need to buy 4.

Each Trial Deck contains:

• 1 SR cover card
• 48 TD cards
• Either:
  • A 49th TD card (83.33%)
  • A RRR (12.5%)
  • An SP (4.17%)

A Box of Trial Decks contains 6 Trial Decks.

A Box is guaranteed:

• 1 TD with a RRR and 5 TDs without RRR/SP (75%)
• 1 TD with an SP and 5 TDs without RRR/SP (25%)

A Case of Trial Decks contains 8 Boxes (48 TDs)

A Case is guaranteed:

• 6 Boxes with 1 RRR
• 2 Boxes with 1 SP

A Master Case contains 2 Cases.

Trial Deck+

Trial Deck+es come with a preset card list. The amount of copies you can receive of each card can range between 2 and 4 copies, so if you want to complete a playset of all Trial Deck+ cards, you need to buy 2.

Each Trial Deck+ contains:

• 2 SR cover card
• 47 TD cards
• Either:
  • A 48th TD card (83.33%)
  • A RRR (12.5%)
  • An SP (4.17%)

A Box of Trial Deck+es contains 6 Trial Deck+es.

A Box is guaranteed either:

• 1 TD with a RRR (75%) and 5 TDs without RRR/SP
• 1 TD with an SP (25%) and 5 TDs without RRR/SP

A Case of Trial Deck+es contains 8 Boxes (48 TD+es)

A Case is guaranteed:

• 6 Boxes with 1 RRR
• 2 Boxes with 1 SP

A Master Case contains 2 Cases.

Distribution in Sets

A set with only SP, RRR, SR, RR, R, C, CR and CC will be considered ‘standard’ under the rarities column. If there are rarities in addition to this, they will be listed in that column. Distributions only consider rarities higher than RR and are per case.

Some sets are reprinted with silver SP writing instead of the original gold. This will be noted under special notes.