Cardze and Courtyard both sell Pokémon packs at the same two price points, $25 and $50, and both give you one real card per pack with the odds shown before you buy. Under that common surface, the two packs are built quite differently. We opened the pack pages on both sites in October 2026 and compared them line by line.
Quick verdict
Courtyard is the bigger, more established platform, with a wide Pokémon catalogue, tighter odds with higher floors, and a resale marketplace with no seller fees. Cardze is smaller but swings wider: higher ceilings on both tiers, more chances at the mid-range hits, a documented Provably Fair system you can check yourself, raffles and a French interface. Pick on what you want from a rip, not on the price tag, which is identical.
Cardze vs Courtyard at a glance
| Cardze | Courtyard | |
|---|---|---|
| Pokémon packs | Silver $25, Gold $50 | Starter $25, Pro $50, plus event packs (Gengar’s Game Night at $35, $75 and $100 when we checked) |
| What you get | One real card per opening. Most top hits are PSA-graded slabs, some cards are raw | One graded card per pack (PSA, BGS and CGC slabs in recent pulls) |
| Odds shown | Six value brackets with a percentage each | Five value brackets with a percentage each, plus an average item value |
| Fairness | Provably Fair: committed server seed, your own client seed, published hash of the card pool | Distribution calculated in real time, card values based on recent sales across several marketplaces |
| After the pull | Keep it in your vault, have it shipped, or sell it back for balance | Instant buyback offer based on market value (7 days to accept), marketplace with 0% seller fees, or shipping |
| Shipping | Physical shipping available | Worldwide by FedEx from a vault in Delaware, up to 10 business days of processing, import tax at checkout (20% listed for France) |
| Beyond Pokémon | Soccer packs, raffles, weekly Super Sunday | Sports, One Piece, sneakers, watches, raffles |
The $25 tier: Cardze Silver vs Courtyard Starter
Here are the published brackets side by side. Both pages show the chance of landing a card in each value range.
| Cardze Silver ($25) | Chance | Courtyard Starter ($25) | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| $13 – $18 | 40% | $17 – $21 | 38% |
| $18 – $25 | 36% | $21 – $25 | 32% |
| $25 – $50 | 20% | $25 – $50 | 28% |
| $50 – $100 | 3% | $50 – $100 | 1% |
| $100 – $300 | 0.7% | $100 – $400 | 1% |
| $300 – $500 | 0.3% |
The two shapes are easy to read. Courtyard is tighter: its floor is higher ($17 against $13) and it gives a 30% chance at a card worth $25 or more, against 24% on Cardze. Cardze stretches further: a $500 ceiling against $400, and a 4% chance at a card worth $50 or more, twice Courtyard’s 2%. Above $100, both sit at exactly 1%. Courtyard also states an average item value of $25 for this pack.
$25 (the pack price)
$50
$100
Sums of the brackets published on each pack page, checked in October 2026.
The $50 tier: Cardze Gold vs Courtyard Pro
| Cardze Gold ($50) | Chance | Courtyard Pro ($50) | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| $25 – $40 | 40% | $35 – $45 | 57% |
| $40 – $55 | 36% | $45 – $50 | 13% |
| $55 – $100 | 20% | $50 – $100 | 28% |
| $100 – $250 | 3% | $100 – $200 | 1% |
| $250 – $600 | 0.7% | $200 – $800 | 1% |
| $600 – $1,000 | 0.3% |
Same pattern, more pronounced. Courtyard Pro has a $35 floor against $25 for Cardze Gold, and 70% of its pulls land between $35 and $50. Cardze Gold spreads its outcomes wider: a 4% chance at $100 or more against 2% on Courtyard, and a top bracket that runs to $1,000 against $800. Courtyard states an average item value of $48 for the Pro Pack.
The chase cards follow the same logic. Cardze’s Gold showcase includes a PSA 9 Charizard GX Rainbow Rare and a PSA 9 Pikachu ex Special Illustration Rare, its Silver showcase a PSA 10 Japanese Charizard ex. See every card, with photos, on our Cardze Pokémon packs page.
Fairness and transparency
Both platforms publish their odds, which already puts them ahead of most physical alternatives. They differ on what you can verify. Cardze documents a full Provably Fair procedure: the server seed is committed by its SHA-256 hash before you open, you can set your own client seed, and each pack page publishes a hash of its entire card pool, so the list you were shown is the list you drew from. Courtyard focuses on the market side: its distribution is calculated in real time and card values come from recent sales on several marketplaces, which also feeds its buyback offers. If being able to check a draw yourself matters to you, Cardze goes further. For the detail of how those draws work, read our guide to Cardze pull rates and odds.
Try before you rip
Every Cardze pack page has a Demo button, so you can watch an opening before buying one. Creating an account is free, and signing up with a referral code costs nothing.
Sign up with code FROZYS7rM →After the pull: sell back, resell or ship
On Courtyard, every pull comes with an instant buyback offer based on the card’s market value (not the pack price), valid for 7 days. You can also list the card on its marketplace with 0% seller fees, or have it shipped. Shipping goes worldwide by FedEx from a vault in Delaware, with up to 10 business days of processing; from France, expect FedEx rates plus import tax, which Courtyard lists at 20%.
On Cardze, the card lands in your vault: keep it, have the physical card shipped, or sell it back for account balance. Cardze also runs a Trade section. We could not confirm Cardze’s shipping fees publicly, so check them in your vault before you request a shipment.
Which one should you choose?
- Choose Courtyard if you want the widest Pokémon catalogue, steadier results with higher floors, and a liquid resale marketplace.
- Choose Cardze if you are after higher ceilings and more mid-range hits, want to verify draws yourself with Provably Fair, like raffles and Super Sunday, or prefer a site available in French.
Nothing stops you from holding an account on both. Whichever you pick, set a budget before you start: these are paid, chance-based openings. We look at that question in detail in is opening Pokémon packs online gambling?