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The Hobbit: Surge foil pull rate

In The Hobbit collector boosters (12 packs per box), you can expect about 4.34 surge foil cards per box - roughly 0.362 per pack. That works out to a 98.7% chance of pulling at least one surge foil card per box, or about 1 in 2 for your first hit. The chase end is often The One Ring (about 1 in 27 for that specific printing).

Rainbow surge-foil treatment on chase slots. Pull rates vary by set; often split across a dedicated slot and foil booster-fun slots.

Full HOB EV dashboardAll sets: Surge foil
Expected / box
4.34
cards
P(≥1 per box)
98.7%
1 in N boxes
1 in 2

Top Surge foil cards in HOB

Per-printing expected pulls and odds of at least one per box.

CardPriceExpected / boxP(≥1)1 in N boxes
The One Ring
#84 · mythic
$4730.0373.7%1 in 27
Gleaming Splendor
#275 · mythic
$4100.0373.7%1 in 27
Smaug the Magnificent
#265 · mythic
$2250.0373.7%1 in 27
The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
#283 · mythic
$1850.0373.7%1 in 27
Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
#278 · mythic
$1740.0373.7%1 in 27
Orcish Bowmasters
#59 · mythic
$1690.0373.7%1 in 27
Galadriel, Light of Valinor
#72 · mythic
$1670.0373.7%1 in 27
The Queen of Dale
#253 · mythic
$1250.0373.7%1 in 27
Sauron, the Dark Lord
#76 · mythic
$1230.0373.7%1 in 27
Bard, King of Dale
#280 · mythic
$1230.0373.7%1 in 27
Thorin, Mountain-king
#279 · mythic
$1050.0373.7%1 in 27
Gollum, Riddle Master
#277 · mythic
$94.000.0373.7%1 in 27
The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
#270 · mythic
$84.900.0373.7%1 in 27
Galadriel's Dismissal
#56 · mythic
$84.140.0373.7%1 in 27
Thranduil, the Elvenking
#282 · rare
$74.990.0757.2%1 in 14
Bilbo, Thief in the Night
#255 · mythic
$70.740.0373.7%1 in 27
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
#272 · mythic
$70.000.0373.7%1 in 27
Smaug, Wicked Worm
#281 · rare
$69.480.0757.2%1 in 14
Beorn the Fierce
#266 · mythic
$62.950.0373.7%1 in 27
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
#63 · mythic
$61.660.0373.7%1 in 27
Mithril Coat
#83 · mythic
$61.180.0373.7%1 in 27
Delighted Halfling
#65 · mythic
$58.000.0373.7%1 in 27
Last March of the Ents
#67 · mythic
$54.840.0373.7%1 in 27
Palantír of Orthanc
#85 · mythic
$49.000.0373.7%1 in 27
Flowering of the White Tree
#54 · mythic
$47.080.0373.7%1 in 27