Basic Water Energy #279
Paldea Evolved · Hyper Rare
Where to pull it
Every ranked product whose packs can contain this exact card, best odds first. Odds assume uniform pull rates within the card's rarity tier — real sets short-print their biggest chases, so read them as a ceiling.
| Product | Market | Per pack | P(≥1) / product |
|---|---|---|---|
 Paldea Evolved Booster Box (36 packs) | $473.93 | 1 in 511 | 6.8% |
 Paldea Evolved Elite Trainer Box (9 packs) | $216.38 | 1 in 511 | 1.7% |
| Paldea Evolved Elite Trainer Box — Pokémon Center (9 packs) | — | 1 in 511 | 1.7% |
 Paldea Evolved Booster Pack | $17.78 | 1 in 511 | 0.2% |
 Stellar Crown Terapagos ex Ultra-Premium Collection (18 packs) | $243.93 | — | — |
 Destined Rivals Team Rocket's Moltres ex Ultra-Premium Collection (18 packs) | $332.73 | — | — |
How much is Basic Water Energy #279 worth?
Basic Water Energy #279 is a Hyper Rare from the Pokémon TCG set Paldea Evolved. Its current raw market value is $10.62, blended from live eBay sold prices and TCGplayer market data, and a PSA 10 copy sells for about $41.01.
How rare is Basic Water Energy #279?
You can expect to pull Basic Water Energy roughly 1 in 511 packs — its Hyper Rare slot appears in about 1.8% of packs, shared across 9 cards of that rarity in Paldea Evolved. Opening a whole Paldea Evolved Booster Box (36 packs) gives you about a 6.8% chance of pulling at least one.
Which Paldea Evolved product should you open for it?
Every product in the table above draws from the same Paldea Evolved pack pool, so the honest answer is whichever costs least per pack — currently the Paldea Evolved Booster Pack at $17.78. Bear in mind that on our numbers nearly every sealed Pokémon TCG product returns less than it costs when opened: buying the single outright is usually cheaper than chasing it.