Darkness Ablaze Card Values & Price Guide

Name: Darkness Ablaze card values & price data
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Released in 2020 as part of the Sword & Shield series, Darkness Ablaze spans 189 cards — 12 of them priced from TCGplayer and Cardmarket.

Released 2020/08/14189 printed cards

Cards tracked

Cards priced

Median value

$7.30

Tracked total

$138.17

Cost to complete

$108.31

cheapest printings

Top card

$39.20

Charizard VMAX

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

Overview

About the Darkness Ablaze set

Dating to 2020/08/14, Darkness Ablaze is a contemporary Sword & Shield-series set with 189 cards. The most valuable card is Charizard VMAX #20, worth $39.20 (Rare Holo VMAX).

This report prices 12 of the 12 tracked cards from live TCGplayer (USD) and Cardmarket (EUR) data, with a median card value of $7.30 and an average of $11.51.

Market

Darkness Ablaze value distribution

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

Set value index

5 days tracked · -0.5%

2026-10-13 · $138.84▼ 0.5% since 2026-10-132026-10-26 · $138.17

Index change

-0.5%

over 5 days

Off recorded high

-0.5%

Max drawdown

-1%

Daily volatility

0.5%

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: Charizard VMAX alone is worth $39.20, and the five most valuable cards — Charizard VMAX #20 ($39.20), Butterfree VMAX #190 ($17.15), Salamence VMAX #194 ($14.66), Scizor VMAX #193 ($11.66), Eternatus VMAX #192 ($9.95) — carry the bulk of the $138.17 tracked total.

The median card value is $7.30 versus an average of $11.51 — a right-skewed distribution where a few chase cards pull the average up.

For collectors, the 5 cards above $9.95 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: 6 Secret Rare, 2 Rare Holo VMAX, 2 Rare Holo V, 2 Ultra Rare. Rarer tiers carry the highest values.

By price band, the set has 0 cards Under $1, 0 cards $1–$5, 11 cards $5–$20, 1 cards $20–$100, 0 cards $100+. Few cards exceed $100.

Charizard VMAX is the standout chase at $39.20; the next tier down (Butterfree VMAX, Salamence VMAX) forms the mid-set value layer.

Price bands

Under $10 cards · 0%

$1–$50 cards · 0%

$5–$2011 cards · 92%

$20–$1001 cards · 8%

$100+0 cards · 0%

Cost to complete

What it costs to complete Darkness Ablaze

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

Rarity	Cards	Cost to complete	Share	Median
Secret Rare	6	$50.89	47%	$10.81
Rare Holo VMAX	2	$39.75	37%	$22.51
Rare Holo V	2	$9.28	9%	$6.72
Ultra Rare	2	$8.39	8%	$6.29

Affordable core vs tail

Cheapest 90% of cards$71.58

Priciest 10% (the tail)$36.73

Total to complete raw$108.31

Most of a set is cheap to collect — the last few chase cards carry most of the cost. The priciest 10% alone are 34% of the total.

Top cards

Most valuable Darkness Ablaze cards

Ranked by live market value from TCGplayer (USD).

#	Card	Rarity	Variant	Market value	You'd net
1	Charizard VMAX #20	Rare Holo VMAX	Holofoil	$39.20	$39.20
2	Butterfree VMAX #190	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$17.15	$17.15
3	Salamence VMAX #194	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$14.66	$14.66
4	Scizor VMAX #193	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$11.66	$11.66
5	Eternatus VMAX #192	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$9.95	$9.95
6	Rillaboom #197	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$7.45	$7.45
7	Charizard V #19	Rare Holo V	Holofoil	$7.15	$7.15
8	Houndoom V #178	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$6.46	$6.46
9	Mew V #69	Rare Holo V	Holofoil	$6.28	$6.28
10	Centiskorch VMAX #191	Secret Rare	Holofoil	$6.27	$6.27
11	Butterfree V #177	Ultra Rare	Holofoil	$6.12	$6.12
12	Butterfree VMAX #2	Rare Holo VMAX	Holofoil	$5.82	$5.82

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Price movement

Heating up in Darkness Ablaze

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

Mew V #69$6.28▲ 54.9%
Eternatus VMAX #192$9.95▲ 34.1%
Scizor VMAX #193$11.66▲ 21.4%
Butterfree VMAX #190$17.15▲ 17.5%
Rillaboom #197$7.45▲ 4.3%
Butterfree VMAX #2$5.82▲ 2.4%

Buy the dip

Cooling off in Darkness Ablaze

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

Salamence VMAX #194$14.66▼ 25.0%
Charizard VMAX #20$39.20▼ 15.3%
Houndoom V #178$6.46▼ 15.1%
Butterfree V #177$6.12▼ 1.1%
Charizard V #19$7.15▼ 0.9%
Centiskorch VMAX #191$6.27▲ 0.8%

FAQ

Darkness Ablaze questions

What is the most valuable card in Darkness Ablaze?

Charizard VMAX #20 is the set's top card, valued at $39.20 (Rare Holo VMAX). It ranks #1 of 12 priced Darkness Ablaze cards.

How many cards are in Darkness Ablaze?

Darkness Ablaze contains 189 printed cards in the Sword & Shield series, released 2020/08/14. This report tracks 12 of them, 12 with live prices.

What is the average Darkness Ablaze card worth?

The median tracked value is $7.30 and the average is $11.51. The gap reflects the set's chase cards, which pull the average above the typical card.

Is Darkness Ablaze worth collecting?

As a contemporary Sword & Shield-series set, Darkness Ablaze remains in active demand driven by playability and collector interest. Completing it raw is affordable at a $7.30 median, while the top chase cards carry the investment case.

Butterfree VMAX

$5.82

Darkness Ablaze

Net ≈ $5.82▲ 2.4%

Rare Holo VMAXSword & Shield

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