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Star Wars Unlimited— what's in the box

Snapshot as of 2026-07-23 · every rate carries its basis — estimates are estimates

Does the publisher tell you the odds?

Yes, partially — the most transparent of the three. FFG's launch 'Booster Pack Breakdown' article published odds charts (with the caveat 'these odds assume perfect distribution, and the actual odds may vary slightly'); community sites transcribed them as: foil 1:1 pack, Legendary 1:8 packs, Hyperspace variant 2:3 packs, Hyperspace Rare/Legendary 1:15 packs, foil Hyperspace Rare/Legendary 1:50 packs, Showcase 1:288 packs. FFG's official 2026 article 'A Shift from What Was' states non-foil Prestige at 'about 1 in every 18 booster packs' and serialized Prestige print runs of 250/100/50 copies.

Star Wars Unlimited

Pack anatomy

Cards per pack
16 (1 Leader, 1 Base with token reverse, 9 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 Rare-or-Legendary, 1 foil of any rarity)
Packs per box
24
Boxes per case
6 (retail cases are consistently sold as 6 displays across all sets)

Guaranteed slots: Leader + Base + 1 Rare/Legendary + 1 foil in every pack; from 'A Lawless Time' (Mar 2026) every pack also guarantees at least 1 Hyperspace card and 1 Hyperspace-foil card

2026 structural shift (official, effective with 'A Lawless Time'): black-border foils removed; Hyperspace/Hyperspace-foil drop rates increased across all rarities; ~1:18 packs contains a non-foil Prestige variant. Separate premium 'Carbonite Edition' boosters: every card is special (foil/Hyperspace/Showcase/Prestige), incl. a guaranteed non-foil Prestige per pack, ~4+ Hyperspace cards, 6 Hyperspace-foils, 1 Hyperspace/Showcase leader; Showcase leader rates in Carbonite were 'significantly dialed back' vs the prior premium product.

Rarity ladder

  1. ·Common
  2. ·Uncommon
  3. ·Rare
  4. ·Legendary
  5. ·— variants: Foil (any rarity)
  6. ·Hyperspace (borderless variant, any card)
  7. ·Hyperspace foil
  8. ·Showcase (Leaders only, alt-art + unique frame + special foil)
  9. ·Prestige (2026+, Carbonite-first; includes serialized versions)

Approximate rates

Confidence is part of the data: a low-confidence range is an honest answer, a precise-looking number without a basis is not.

Foil (any rarity)high confidence

1 per pack (the dedicated foil slot)

Basis: Official publisher statement (FFG Booster Pack Breakdown) source →

Same product worldwide; EN and localized print runs share the stated odds

Legendaryhigh confidence

~1 in 8 packs (~3 per 24-pack box)

Basis: Official FFG odds chart (perfect-distribution caveat), transcribed by Card Gamer source →

Hyperspace variant (any)high confidence

2 in 3 packs at launch era; guaranteed ≥1 per pack from 'A Lawless Time' (Mar 2026)

Basis: Official (launch odds chart + FFG's 'A Shift from What Was' announcement) source →

Hyperspace Rare or Legendaryhigh confidence

~1 in 15 packs (non-foil); foil Hyperspace Rare/Legendary ~1 in 50 packs

Basis: Official FFG odds chart (launch era), transcribed by Card Gamer source →

Showcase Leadermedium confidence

1 in 288 packs = ~1 per 12 boxes (2 per case on average is WRONG — it's ~1 per 2 cases) at launch; community/aggregator reporting says later 2024-2025 sets made Showcases 'much more common', but no official number was published for the changed rate

Basis: Official FFG launch odds chart (1:288, high confidence for Spark of Rebellion era); the 'more common in later sets' claim is aggregator/community observation without published figures (low confidence) source →

Prestige (non-foil, standard boosters)high confidence

~1 in 18 packs from 'A Lawless Time' (Mar 2026) onward

Basis: Official publisher statement: 'about 1 in every 18 booster packs will contain a non-foil Prestige variant' source →

Rare occurrences — god packs, case hits, oddities

Serialized Prestige

Numbered serialized versions of Prestige cards, found in Carbonite Edition boosters; global print runs are fixed counts, not ratios

Approximate frequency: Print-run capped: most at 250 total copies worldwide, selected subsets at 100, and some at only 50 copies each (official publisher statement, high confidence)

Sets: Carbonite Edition boosters; expanded rules stated for 'A Lawless Time' (Mar 2026) onward

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Carbonite Edition boosters

Premium parallel booster line where every card is foil/Hyperspace/Showcase/Prestige; each pack has a guaranteed non-foil Prestige, ~1 Hyperspace-or-Showcase leader, multiple Hyperspace and Hyperspace-foil cards

Approximate frequency: Contents per pack are guaranteed by product design (official); Showcase leader rate within Carbonite 'significantly dialed back' with no published number

Sets: Introduced alongside 'A Lawless Time' (2026)

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Showcase Leaders

Full-bleed alt-art Leader cards with unique frame and special foil — the original chase tier

Approximate frequency: 1:288 packs (~1 per 12 boxes / ~1 per 2 cases) per official launch-era chart; later sets reportedly more generous (unquantified)

Sets: All sets since Spark of Rebellion (2024)

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Rates drift between sets, print waves, and regions; where our sources disagreed we kept the disagreement visible instead of averaging it away. Nothing on this page is investment or purchase advice — it exists so you know what a box is before you buy one.

Machine-readable twin: /api/v1/pulls · snapshot 2026-07-23