What is the best gacha pack for my budget?

RipIndex ranks every pack it tracks into price bands and measures realized 7-day cash-back — what real recorded opens actually paid, valued at each site's own instant buyback. The band winner is the pack whose measured cash-back leads with a 95% confidence interval that clears the runner-up's. It is the best of the options, and still negative-EV.

Is any gacha pack positive-EV?

No. Every pack on every site RipIndex tracks is negative-EV by design — the house keeps an edge. A short-window reading above breakeven is sampling luck on a heavy-tailed game, not an edge you can keep.

How does RipIndex rank packs across sites?

Only measured data ranks: realized 7-day cash-back at each site's own instant buyback, with at least 200 recorded pulls to compete. Published or theoretical odds never rank. Packs without an instant buyback or without a per-pull feed display but cannot rank. Rankings are never influenced by referral, partnership, or advertising.

Best pack for your budget

pick a budget — the spotlight lands on the measured leader · every option is still −EV · refreshed Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:22:02 GMT · methodology

How the spotlight works

Ranked by realized cash-back over the last 7 days — what real opens actually paid, valued at each site's own instant buyback, as a share of pack price. a band is only called when the leader's 95% CI clears the runner-up's; overlapping CIs read too close to call. Packs need 200+ measured pulls to compete; published/theoretical EV never ranks; packs without an instant buyback (Tilt Rips) or without a per-pull feed to measure (Beezie) display unranked; sold-out packs and thin samples display but cannot compete. Neutrality: rankings are computed from measured pulls only — never influenced by referral, partnership, or advertising. And the part that never changes: every pack on every site is negative-EV by design. "Best EV" here is relative — the option that loses the least on average within its band. A short-window read above breakeven is sampling luck on a heavy-tailed game, not an edge you can keep.

BEST EV · CI-CLEARED

GachaPull Pokemon Asia Abyss Eye Pack

96.4%

realized cash-back · 7 days

2,197 pulls · CI 81.7–111.1% · $1.5 to open · 93% buyback of market value

biggest hit · recent

$104

Abyss Eye Box

already pulled — a rare outcome

Open on GachaPull ↗

CONTENDERS

80.7%

Courtyard

Sealed Pokémon Booster

$15 · 18,977 pulls
CI 80.2–81.2%

chase $166

Open on Courtyard ↗

CAN'T RANKTilt Rips Pokemon Mini Pack 89.7% · no instant buyback open on tilt rips ↗

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