Black Bolt Card Values & Price Guide

Name: Black Bolt card values & price data
Creator: CardLedger

Black Bolt (Scarlet & Violet, 2025) contains 86 cards; the set's tracked market value totals $3,142.44 across 78 priced cards.

Released 2025/07/1786 printed cards

Cards tracked

Cards priced

Median value

$16.12

Tracked total

$3,142.44

Cost to complete

$2,801.74

cheapest printings

Top card

$623.46

Victini

By CardLedger Research · Market data updated October 26, 2026 · Prices from TCGplayer & Cardmarket

Overview

About the Black Bolt set

Released on 2025/07/17, Black Bolt anchors the Scarlet & Violet series with 86 printed cards. The most valuable card is Victini #171, worth $623.46 (Black White Rare).

This report prices 78 of the 78 tracked cards from live TCGplayer (USD) and Cardmarket (EUR) data, with a median card value of $16.12 and an average of $40.29.

Market

Black Bolt value distribution

How market value is spread across the set's tracked cards.

Set value index

4 days tracked · -2.9%

2026-10-15 · $3,236.86▼ 2.9% since 2026-10-152026-10-26 · $3,142.44

Index change

-2.9%

over 4 days

Off recorded high

-2.9%

Max drawdown

-2.9%

Daily volatility

0.7%

The index sums the live market value of every priced card in the set, built from our own daily snapshots.

The set's value is concentrated at the top: Victini alone is worth $623.46, and the five most valuable cards — Victini #171 ($623.46), Zekrom ex #172 ($595.79), Zekrom ex #166 ($245.34), Seismitoad #105 ($191.88), Kyurem ex #165 ($67.02) — carry the bulk of the $3,142.44 tracked total.

The median card value is $16.12 versus an average of $40.29 — a right-skewed distribution where a few chase cards pull the average up.

For collectors, the 5 cards above $67.02 are the ones worth sleeving; the rest of the set is affordable to complete raw.

Checklist

Rarity & price distribution

The tracked checklist breaks down by rarity as: 69 Illustration Rare, 7 Special Illustration Rare, 2 Black White Rare. Rarer tiers carry the highest values.

By price band, the set has 0 cards Under $1, 0 cards $1–$5, 46 cards $5–$20, 28 cards $20–$100, 4 cards $100+. 4 cards trade above $100.

Victini is the standout chase at $623.46; the next tier down (Zekrom ex, Zekrom ex) forms the mid-set value layer.

Price bands

Under $10 cards · 0%

$1–$50 cards · 0%

$5–$2046 cards · 59%

$20–$10028 cards · 36%

$100+4 cards · 5%

Cost to complete

What it costs to complete Black Bolt

Cheapest-printing cost to gather every tracked Black Bolt card, broken down by rarity tier.

Rarity	Cards	Cost to complete	Share	Median
Illustration Rare	69	$1,260.03	45%	$13.88
Black White Rare	2	$1,089.00	39%	$609.63
Special Illustration Rare	7	$452.71	16%	$41.01

Affordable core vs tail

Cheapest 90% of cards$1,145.36

Priciest 10% (the tail)$1,656.38

Total to complete raw$2,801.74

Most of a set is cheap to collect — the last few chase cards carry most of the cost. The priciest 10% alone are 59% of the total.

Top cards

Most valuable Black Bolt cards

Ranked by live market value from TCGplayer (USD).

#	Card	Rarity	Variant	Market value	You'd net
1	Victini #171	Black White Rare	Holofoil	$623.46	$623.46
2	Zekrom ex #172	Black White Rare	Holofoil	$595.79	$595.79
3	Zekrom ex #166	Special Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$245.34	$245.34
4	Seismitoad #105	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$191.88	$191.88
5	Kyurem ex #165	Special Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$67.02	$67.02
6	Haxorus #147	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$57.39	$57.39
7	N's Plan #170	Special Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$57.24	$57.24
8	Volcarona #100	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$50.79	$50.79
9	Lilligant #92	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$47.80	$47.80
10	Dwebble #129	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$43.67	$43.67
11	Amoonguss #96	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$42.94	$42.94
12	Audino #151	Illustration Rare	Holofoil	$42.56	$42.56

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Price movement

Heating up in Black Bolt

Cards in this set trading furthest above their 30-day average (7-day momentum).

Klang #140$7.02▲ 61.1%
Dwebble #129$43.67▲ 55.0%
Fraxure #146$28.41▲ 47.7%
Zekrom ex #172$595.79▲ 42.4%
Seismitoad #105$191.88▲ 27.4%
Beheeyem #121$5.63▲ 17.8%

Buy the dip

Cooling off in Black Bolt

Cards in this set trading furthest below their 30-day average — potential value windows.

Snivy #87$26.95▼ 35.2%
Solosis #118$28.26▼ 31.8%
Axew #145$16.85▼ 22.4%
Lilligant #92$47.80▼ 21.1%
Alomomola #108$20.53▼ 19.9%
Conkeldurr #127$28.11▼ 15.6%

FAQ

Black Bolt questions

What is the most valuable card in Black Bolt?

Victini #171 is the set's top card, valued at $623.46 (Black White Rare). It ranks #1 of 78 priced Black Bolt cards.

How many cards are in Black Bolt?

Black Bolt contains 86 printed cards in the Scarlet & Violet series, released 2025/07/17. This report tracks 78 of them, 78 with live prices.

What is the average Black Bolt card worth?

The median tracked value is $16.12 and the average is $40.29. The gap reflects the set's chase cards, which pull the average above the typical card.

Should I collect Black Bolt?

As a contemporary Scarlet & Violet-series set, Black Bolt remains in active demand driven by playability and collector interest. Completing it raw is affordable at a $16.12 median, while the top chase cards carry the investment case.

What are the top Black Bolt cards to buy?

The highest-value cards are Victini #171 ($623.46), Zekrom ex #172 ($595.79), Zekrom ex #166 ($245.34), Seismitoad #105 ($191.88), Kyurem ex #165 ($67.02). These are the set's chase cards and the ones most worth grading or holding.

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