Hi all,
I’m aware that the holo pull rate for wotc era is 1:3 packs on average.
i’ve opened about 8 booster boxes in the past from wotc era and from my memory they all yielded 12 holos (in line with average)
has anyone on here experienced less or more holos in a box, particularly from base/jungle/fossil? Just curious to know whether getting 11 or 13 is not that uncommon and if there are crazy stories of ppl pulling 14 or more.
The Base Set box I opened contained 11 holos, 3 of them Gyarados 
Ouchie mumma. It’s sobering to hear horror stories like these.
The holo ratio with WOTC boxes is rather large, boxes I’ve opened have always had 12 holos. Worst youtube opening I can think of was 9 holos from 1st ed. Jungle box, in other hand best box would be unlimited Neo Destiny inc. 15 holos ( 5 of them were Shinings ). 
Tears of joy!
I saw a Base Set booster box opening on YouTube where half the packs didn’t even have rares.
That’s outrageous. Do you have a link for this?
I did think of you when i initially saw acebren’s comment.
Hmmm…knowing the feed method, I’d like a link to this also. Can you post the link here?
Here’s the video (dodgy packs don’t start until part 2)
I’m pretty sure that box had been tampered with. @gemmintpokemon did you feel the same way about it?
Tough to say, although I’d be more inclined to agree the packs were tampered with. I’m assuming the “ironing method” to reseal packs.
back in my day… i was opened some booster packs from a chinese box, which were placed under a light for a long time on display by the store owner… turned out, all the foils melted into the card, and came out grand and crinkled, peeling and sticking to the card infront…
it was a great time of pulls