Pack battles: who wins what
Every seat pays for the same packs and one seat takes the main share. The rules at Gemint, BOXED.GG, ripz.gg, and RipRip.io, in their own words, and what the format does to your chance.
By Alexander Korsager · Checked 7 October 2026 · We earn nothing from any app on this site
- 1 in 4
- battles won by your seat: 25%
- 4 packs
- of cards at most for the winner, for the price of one
Equal seats, same packs, ties split evenly. Before any fee: none is published.
What a pack battle is
Four steps, the same at the 4 apps read that pick a winner. The words are the operators' own.
- 1Every seat paysThe same priceGemint: “Every player buys a pack at the listed price”. BOXED.GG: “Every player pays the same amount to enter.”
- 2Packs open in roundsOne a roundBOXED.GG: “Each round, everyone opens one box, and the items pulled are added up.”
- 3A rule picks the winnerHighest totalUnless the room is set to a mode that flips it or counts only the last round.
- 4The cards move1 in 4 at four seatsOne seat takes the main share. At Gemint “every other participant receives a single card”.
The fifth, Phygitals, runs a Pack Party, which deals one card to every slot. It is set apart further down.
The outcome, seat by seat
Set the table and the rule. The chance comes from the seat count alone: every seat opens the same packs at the same odds.
Every round is added up. The highest total wins. Tap a seat to make it the winner.
Gemint: Classic
BOXED.GG: No mode set
RipRip.io: seats not publishedA battle does not change what the packs hold. Where every card opened goes to a seat, as Gemint's terms say below, 4 packs in is 4 packs of cards out: one pack a seat on average. What changes is the spread: at four seats you take the main share 25% of the time.
GemintTerms of service, 4.3“Gemint does not take a position against any participant: all Cards opened in a format are allocated among the participants.”Open Gemint's termsNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026
The chance assumes ties are split evenly. Of the four apps, only ripz.gg says the winner takes every card. Winning is not ending ahead: a winner whose cards are worth less than one pack is still behind. A pack's own odds are on the odds page.
App by app: the rules each one prints
35 lines were looked for across 5 apps. 14 are not on any page read, and are drawn dashed.
- Seats
- 2 to 4“Rip graded Pokémon packs live with other collectors in rooms of 2 to 4 players.”Battle page
- How the winner is picked
- Three modesClassic: “The player with the highest total value wins.” Reverse: “The player with the lowest total value wins.” One Shot: “The player with the highest card value in the final round wins.”Mode picker text, in the page script
- Who takes the cards
- Main share to one seat“the participant designated by the format rules receives the main allocation, and every other participant receives a single card as described in the rules”. Which card is not on a public page. Gemint's entry notice says “Every pack contains one card”, so the main share is not every card opened.Terms, 4.3, and the entry notice on gemint.io
- Battle fee
- Not published“Participation fees, any platform fee, and any guaranteed minimum contents are disclosed before you join.” The battle page shows none.Terms, 4.3
- Bots
- Not explainedThe room script labels seats “BOT” and has an add-bot button. No public page says who runs a bot or what happens when one wins.Room page script
- A tie
- Not publishedThe terms and the battle page give no tie rule. The room script has a screen titled “TIEBREAKER”; how it settles a tie is not stated.Terms, 4.3, and the room page script
- Checking a result
- No receipt found“Pull rates are published on every pack.” Finished rooms on the battle page carry a “Rewatch” button. No receipt or way to check a draw is described.Battle page
| App | Seats | Who takes the cards | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| GemintPack Battle | 2 to 4 | Main share to one seat | Not published |
| BOXED.GGBox Battles | 2 to 6, or teams | Not spelled out | None named |
| ripz.ggPack Battles | 2 | Winner takes every card | Not published |
| RipRip.ioPack battles | Not published | Cards: not stated | Not published |
| PhygitalsPack Party | 2 to 8 slots | One card a slot | Rate not published |
Gemint's mode picker and ripz.gg's rules sheet open only after sign-in. Their wording was read from the script each public page loads, and is marked that way on the sheet.
Mode names, matched
Three apps sell the same few rules under different names. None of them moves a seat's chance.
| Rule | What each app calls it | Chance at 4 seats |
|---|---|---|
| Highest total |
| 1 in 4 wins |
| Lowest total |
| 1 in 4 wins |
| Last round only |
| 1 in 4 wins |
| Shared |
| No winner |
Two more modes change the show and not the result. ripz.gg's Hit Mode “only changes the reveal, showing just the hit slots”. BOXED.GG's Group Unboxing has “no winner or loser”: everyone keeps their own pulls.
Teams and odd sizes
BOXED.GG prints seven formats. In a team format the chance belongs to your side, not to you.
- 1v12 players1 in 2
- 1v23 players1 in 3
- 1v34 players1 in 4
- 1v56 players1 in 6
- 2v24 players, teams of 21 in 2
- 2v2v26 players, teams of 21 in 3
- 3v36 players, teams of 31 in 2
“Formats beginning with 1v are individual battles, where every player competes for themselves. Formats like 2v2, 2v2v2, and 3v3 are team battles, where players are grouped and results are pooled by team.” How a winning team divides its items is not in the article. BOXED.GG pays in gems, which do not turn into cash: see the BOXED.GG review.
A pack party is not a battle
Phygitals files its Pack Party under packs in its docs. The cards are a seller's own, shown first, and nobody takes the lot.
- The cards
- Drawn from packs on the spot, at each pack's odds
- Who gets them
- One seat takes the main share
- Before you pay
- You see the odds, not the cards
- The entry money
- Goes to the app, for the packs
- The cards
- A seller's own, picked in advance
- Who gets them
- Every slot, one each, at random
- Before you pay
- You see each card and its listed value
- The entry money
- Goes to the seller, less a platform fee
Because the pool is shown, a party can be priced before you join: add the listed values, divide by the slots, and set that against the entry price. The rules still warn: “The value of the card you receive may be higher or lower than the entry fee you paid.”
What no app prints
Five things that decide what a seat is worth, and are on no public page read.
- What does a Gemint battle cost on top of the packs?Not publishedThe terms allow “any platform fee”, shown only before you join.Where we lookedNo commission
- Which card does a losing Gemint seat keep?Not publishedIt decides whether a loss returns nearly nothing or part of the pack price.Where we lookedNo commission
- How often does a RipRip house bot take a seat?Not publishedWhen a bot wins, the vouchers in that battle are not issued to anyone.Where we lookedNo commission
- Does a BOXED.GG winner take every item?Not spelled outThe help article names the modes and not the prize.Where we lookedNo commission
- What rate is the Pack Party platform fee?Not publishedIt comes out of the entry fees, so a creator prices it in.Where we lookedNo commission
A battle is a faster way to spend several packs at once. Set a limit before the first one: see responsible play.
Questions people ask
What is a pack battle?
Two or more players pay for the same packs, the packs are opened one round at a time, and a rule picks one winner. At ripz.gg the winner “takes every card from both sides”. At Gemint the other seats keep “a single card”.
Does a pack battle improve my odds?
No. With equal seats you win 1 in 2 two-player battles and 1 in 4 four-player ones. Where every card opened goes to a seat, the average per seat is one pack of cards, the same as opening alone. What changes is the spread: more cards less often.
What is Crazy Mode or Reverse mode?
The lowest total wins instead of the highest. Gemint calls it Reverse; BOXED.GG and ripz.gg call it Crazy Mode. Your chance of winning is the same either way, because every seat opens the same packs.
Do pack battles have a fee?
None of the 5 apps prints one on a public page. Gemint's terms say “any platform fee” is “disclosed before you join”. BOXED.GG says the cost “is based on the boxes in the battle”. Read the price on the join screen against the packs' own price.
Can I end up playing a bot?
At two apps, by their own pages. RipRip's docs describe what happens “If a house bot wins”, and ripz.gg lets you challenge a “Ripz Bot”. How either app draws its cards is on the provably fair page.
Has cardrip played a pack battle?
No. No account was opened and no battle was joined or watched. Every rule here is the operator's own wording, read on 7 October 2026, and the chances follow from the seat count alone.
Sources7
- Gemint: Pack Battle page gemint.io
- Gemint terms of service, 4.3 (modified 2 Oct 2026) help.gemint.io
- BOXED.GG help desk: Box Battles, formats and rules helpdesk.boxed.gg
- ripz.gg: games page and the script it loads ripz.gg
- RipRip.io developer docs: pack battle receipts and scores riprip.io
- Phygitals docs: Pack Party rules docs.phygitals.com
- Phygitals docs: Pack Party overview docs.phygitals.com
Every figure was read on public pages between 6 October 2026 and 7 October 2026. Nothing here has been tested with money yet. The battle pages, terms, help articles and developer docs of 5 apps were read on 7 October 2026. No battle was joined. How apps are scored is on the rating method page.