Jungle Booster Pack

Jungle Booster Pack guide

What's inside the Jungle Booster Pack

One sealed Jungle Booster Pack contains a random selection of 9 to 11 cards, with at least one rare, all from Jungle.

Vintage packs came with different artwork on the wrapper, and collectors often pay more for a particular Pokémon on the front. Some sellers also list "heavy" packs picked by weight to hold a holo, which is worth knowing before you buy loose packs.

1st Edition and Unlimited booster packs are both listed here, and 1st Edition sells for far more, so check the listing title before comparing prices.

About Jungle

The first expansion after Base Set, adding Pokémon such as Snorlax, Scyther and the Eevee evolutions. Packs came in 1st Edition and Unlimited prints. Released on 16 June 1999, it belongs to the Wizards of the Coast era, when Pokémon cards first took off and print runs were far smaller than today. It came out 27 years ago, so most sealed stock has been opened and what is left sits with collectors.

Jungle has 64 cards in its main numbering.

What collectors open Jungle for

The Jungle cards collectors most want to pull are Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Snorlax and Scyther. Any one pack can hold them, but most packs will not: buying the single card is usually cheaper than opening for it.

Our catalogue lists the set's rarest tiers as 32 Rares. Prices for every card are on the Jungle set page.

Jungle Booster Pack price today

There are 81 matching listings on eBay at the moment (ebay.de from €305.49, ebay.co.uk from €347.25, ebay.com from €394.58). The lowest total with delivery to Germany is €305.49, against a typical asking price of €551.00.

Bear in mind these are asking prices rather than sold prices: sellers at the top of the range often accept offers or wait a long time to sell.

Price per pack

At the typical price, a Jungle Booster Pack costs €551.00, compared with €1,130 in a Jungle Booster Box. That makes it the cheapest way to buy Jungle packs sealed right now.

Is the Jungle Booster Pack a good investment?

Sealed Jungle is now a collector's item: very few unopened booster packs survive, and each one opened makes the rest rarer. Condition and authenticity matter more than anything else at this age. Single packs are the easiest to resell but also the most likely to have been searched or weighed. Watch the price of Vaporeon, the set's headline card, since sealed Jungle tends to move with it.

None of this is financial advice: sealed prices can fall as well as rise. Our guide should you buy sealed Pokémon products? weighs up both sides.

Before you buy

Look closely at the wrapping in the photos. Factory wrap on packs is tight and crimped evenly at both ends; baggy, shiny or uneven wrap is a common sign of a reseal. For a Jungle Booster Pack at around €551.00, ask the seller for photos of all sides and stick to accounts with plenty of positive feedback. Avoid "weighed" or searched packs from bulk sellers: some sellers weigh packs to pull the holos out first. For product this old, ask whether it has been checked by an authenticator: fakes and resealed vintage boxes are made to fool buyers. Compare the total with delivery, not just the price, and store sealed product flat, out of sunlight and away from damp.