The 10 Most Valuable Pokémon Cards From Japan's Black Bolt and White Flare Expansions

Black Bolt and White Flare are retired successful Japan, and prices are already settling connected the astir sought-after cards. I've been pursuing the aboriginal marketplace intimately connected TCGPlayer and eBay, and it's wide which cards are starring the packs... get it?

Zekrom and Reshiram are pulling successful the highest numbers, portion full-art Trainers and EX cards are besides climbing fast. For now, here's a look astatine the astir costly cards from some sets close now, based connected what I've found.

Black Bolt: Japan's Most Expensive Cards

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I’ve been tracking Black Bolt and White Flare since their Japanese launch, and the aboriginal marketplace has already picked its favorites. No surprise, Zekrom ex 174/086 leads the Black Bolt battalion astatine $343.12, and it’s not adjacent close.

The alternate Secret Rare version, Zekrom ex 169/086, is holding beardown excessively astatine $171.29. Both are large pulls with bold creation and precocious aboriginal demand. But it's not conscionable dragons making waves.

N’s Plot 173/086 is already climbing to $97.51, making it the priciest Trainer paper successful either set. Mid-tier cards similar Kyurem ex 168/086 and Serperior ex 167/086 beryllium successful the $50 to $60 range, portion Meloetta ex and Genesect ex are somewhat little but inactive fetching steadfast prices for caller EXs.

Even the cheaper cards, similar Kyurem ex 160/086 astatine $10.93, oregon Snivy and Pansage, some hovering astir $20, are drafting successful aboriginal collectors looking to implicit those concealed uncommon numbers earlier the English release.

White Flare: Japan's Most Expensive Cards

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Over successful White Flare, things look conscionable arsenic competitive. Reshiram ex 174/086 has taken the apical spot here, priced astatine $347.76, fundamentally mirroring Zekrom’s dominance.

The 2nd Reshiram ex, 168/086, isn’t acold behind, fluctuating betwixt $159.95 and $181.85.

Then there’s Hilda 173/086, which is shaping up to beryllium the Trainer propulsion from this set. It’s listed astatine $110, but already hitting $121.36 connected eBay.

Beyond that, we’ve got Hydreigon ex astatine a coagulated $57.50, and a fewer mid-range hitters similar Keldeo ex, Jellicent ex, and Whimsicott ex, each sitting astir $25 to $30.

Even cards similar Oshawott 102/086, Zoroark, and the alternate Hilda 166/086 are seeing involvement astir the $16 to $24 range.

These sets are conscionable getting started, and the market’s already showing wide lines betwixt casual rares and superior collector targets.

Where to Buy Sealed Boosters (JP)

Japanese Cards are much fashionable than ever. The situation is getting clasp of them, which is wherever TCGPlayer comes in. Instead of paying for importers and stores' fees from getting this worldly for retail successful Japan to get into your hands, you're paying marketplace worth for sealed products.

There's plentifulness of pursuit cards successful a booster container for Black Bolt and White Flare, specifically 1 concealed rare, afloat art, hyper uncommon oregon alt creation alongside 3 creation rares. I'm not saying you'll get your wealth backmost successful paper values, but it's amusive ripping boosters open. It's the adjacent champion enactment if you're not conscionable buying cards standalone for display.

Black Bolt White Flare Preorders

There's been caller preorder restocks for large container retailers specified arsenic Walmart, truthful we'd recomend keeping an oculus connected these listings to unafraid your time 1 sealed product.

Black Bolt and White Flare sealed products are besides connected TCGPlayer, though they're each implicit MSRP which is to beryllium expected connected the secondary collectors marketplace close now. My advice? Wait until aft merchandise connected July 18 to spot wherever to marketplace setles earlier making immoderate large moves.

This Week's Pokémon TCG Crashers and Climbers

With Black Bolt and White Flare wrapping up the Scarlet & Violet era, each eyes are present connected what’s adjacent —and Mega Evolution is officially back.

The Japanese Championships 2025 confirmed MEGA Symphonia and MEGA Brave arsenic the archetypal entries successful the caller Mega Expansion Packs, launching August 1 successful Japan. These sets reintroduce Mega Evolution ex cards successful a almighty caller form, present Stage 2 Pokémon worthy 3 Prize Cards erstwhile knocked out.

Cards similar Mega Gardevoir ex, Mega Venusaur ex, and Mega Lucario ex are starring the charge, and collectors are already snapping up classical Mega cards successful anticipation of their instrumentality to the spotlight.

Looking for much TCG treatment and marketplace watch? Check retired the afloat MTG merchandise docket for 2025, this week's MTG terms movers and shakers, and the Pokemon broadside of things, the astir costly 151 cards going close present for Pokemon trainers, and the latest terms rises and drops for the biggest cards close now.

Christian Wait is simply a contributing freelancer for IGN covering everything collectable and deals. Christian has implicit 7 years of acquisition successful the Gaming and Tech manufacture with bylines astatine Mashable and Pocket-Tactics. Christian besides makes hand-painted collectibles for Saber Miniatures. Christian is besides the writer of "Pokemon Ultimate Unofficial Gaming Guide by GamesWarrior". Find Christian connected X @ChrisReggieWait.