Dawn of Perim: Secrets Decoded is built on a six-tier rarity ladder, and knowing where each tier sits changes how you open a box.
With only 215 cards total and just 5 at the very top rarity, the math on pulling a true chase card is tighter than most modern sets.
Leaked art has also pointed to two of Chaotic's original flagship creatures making the jump into the relaunch, which is its own kind of chase for returning fans.
Here's the full rarity breakdown, what actually separates each tier, and an honest look at which characters are confirmed versus still rumored.
The checklist splits into 81 Common, 75 Uncommon, 30 Rare, 13 Super Rare, 11 Ultra Rare, and 5 Secret Rare cards across the full 215-card set.
That means Secret Rares make up barely over 2% of the checklist, a tighter top-end ratio than a lot of comparable hobby-box trading card games.
Together, Common and Uncommon account for 156 of the 215 cards, or roughly 72% of the full checklist.
That's the expected shape for a set meant to teach new players the game through starter decks and Foundation Decks before chasing anything rarer.
Rare, Super Rare, and Ultra Rare combine for 54 cards, the tier range most players will realistically pull multiple times across a booster box.
An 18-pack box gives reasonable odds at several Rare-or-better hits, even if a specific Ultra Rare target takes patience. Slide any Rare-or-better pull straight into a EVORETRO topload card holder before it travels anywhere.
Only 5 Secret Rares exist in the entire set, making them the clearest chase target in Dawn of Perim: Secrets Decoded.
Panini hasn't published a per-box Secret Rare pull rate publicly, so treat early box-break reports from hobby shops as the more reliable read once the set actually ships.
Leaked artwork from the Chaotic relaunch site identified cards marked Battlegear Maxxor and Fierce Chaor, reviving the franchise's two most recognizable creatures from the original run.
Both characters anchored the 2006-2010 series as rival faction leaders, so their return alone is a strong signal of how closely this relaunch leans on legacy characters rather than an all-new cast.
Intress and Tartarek remain part of Chaotic's established lore and show up in official relaunch marketing, but neither has been confirmed yet as a specific card in this 215-card checklist.
Don't build a box-break strategy around pulling either one until an official checklist image or box-break result actually confirms it.
The original 2006-2010 Chaotic TCG used its own distinct rarity system, but Panini hasn't published a direct side-by-side mapping between those old tiers and the new six-tier structure.
Treat Dawn of Perim: Secrets Decoded as its own checklist rather than assuming a Common in the new set lines up with a Common from fifteen years ago. Collectors chasing nostalgia should compare card names and artwork directly instead of relying on rarity symbols to bridge the two eras.
Across an 18-pack box, the bulk of cards land in Common and Uncommon simply because those two tiers make up 72% of the checklist by card count.
A realistic box break should be budgeted around several Rare-tier hits and perhaps one Super Rare or Ultra Rare, with a Secret Rare pull remaining the exception rather than the expectation. That math is also why dedicated box breakers often open several boxes at once instead of judging a set's rarity distribution off a single box. A single box is simply too small a sample to prove or disprove how the official rarity percentages actually play out in practice.
Six: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Super Rare, Ultra Rare, and Secret Rare.
Just 5, out of 215 total cards.
Yes, leaked art confirms Battlegear Maxxor and Fierce Chaor as returning cards.
Not yet; they're confirmed lore characters but no specific 2026 card has been confirmed for either.
With only 5 Secret Rares in the whole checklist, every one that comes out of a pack is worth sleeving the second it's pulled. Reach for an EVORETRO graded card sleeve before a Battlegear Maxxor or Fierce Chaor ever gets passed around a table.
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