Black Bolt: a guide for young collectors

Black Bolt came out on 18 July 2025. It has 172 cards to collect: 161 Pokémon, 10 Trainer cards and 1 Energy cards.

Cards: 172

Secret rares: 86

Most common type: Water

Set code: BLK

Most HP: Serperior ex (320)

Star Pokémon to look for

These big “ex” and Mega Pokémon are the cards most collectors hope to find in Black Bolt:

Serperior ex Kyurem ex Zekrom ex Meloetta ex Excadrill ex Genesect ex

The rarest kind of card

The rarest cards in this set are Black White Rare cards. A special rarity found in the Black Bolt and White Flare sets.

Rarities in Black Bolt

Rarity	Cards	What it means
Common	39	The easiest cards to find. Look for a small circle near the card number.
Uncommon	31	A little harder to find. They have a diamond shape near the number.
Rare	11	Marked with a black star. Most packs have at least one rare card.
Double Rare	6	Two black stars. These are usually the big “ex” Pokémon cards.
Ultra Rare	8	Two silver stars. The picture often fills the whole card.
Illustration Rare	69	One gold star. These show a Pokémon in a beautiful scene, like a painting.
Special Illustration Rare	7	Two gold stars. Big, detailed pictures of the most powerful Pokémon and characters — some of the hardest cards to pull.
Black White Rare	1	A special rarity found in the Black Bolt and White Flare sets.

Cards numbered higher than 86 — from 87/86 upwards — are the 86 secret rares.

How to tell a card is from Black Bolt

Look at the bottom of the card. You'll see a small set symbol and a number out of 86, like 12/86. Newer cards also show a short code: for this set it's BLK.

Types in this set

Water (25) · Grass (23) · Psychic (20) · Fighting (19) · Metal (17) · Colorless (16) · Lightning (13) · Darkness (12) · Fire (10) · Dragon (6)

Black Bolt checklist

Tap “+ Have” for each card you own. Your list is saved only on this device.

No.	Card	Rarity
1/86	Snivy	Common
2/86	Servine	Common
3/86	Serperior ex	Double Rare
4/86	Pansage	Common
5/86	Simisage	Uncommon
6/86	Petilil	Common
7/86	Lilligant	Uncommon
8/86	Maractus	Common
9/86	Karrablast	Common
10/86	Foongus	Common
11/86	Amoonguss	Uncommon
12/86	Victini	Rare
13/86	Darumaka	Common
14/86	Darmanitan	Uncommon
15/86	Larvesta	Common
16/86	Volcarona	Rare
17/86	Panpour	Common
18/86	Simipour	Uncommon
19/86	Tympole	Common
20/86	Palpitoad	Common
21/86	Seismitoad	Uncommon
22/86	Tirtouga	Uncommon
23/86	Carracosta	Rare
24/86	Alomomola	Uncommon
25/86	Cubchoo	Common
26/86	Beartic	Rare
27/86	Cryogonal	Uncommon
28/86	Kyurem ex	Double Rare
29/86	Emolga	Common
30/86	Tynamo	Common
31/86	Eelektrik	Uncommon
32/86	Eelektross	Uncommon
33/86	Thundurus	Rare
34/86	Zekrom ex	Double Rare
35/86	Munna	Common
36/86	Musharna	Uncommon
37/86	Solosis	Common
38/86	Duosion	Common
39/86	Reuniclus	Uncommon
40/86	Elgyem	Common
41/86	Beheeyem	Uncommon
42/86	Golett	Common
43/86	Golurk	Uncommon
44/86	Meloetta ex	Double Rare
45/86	Drilbur	Common
46/86	Excadrill ex	Double Rare
47/86	Timburr	Common
48/86	Gurdurr	Common
49/86	Conkeldurr	Rare
50/86	Throh	Uncommon
51/86	Dwebble	Common
52/86	Crustle	Uncommon
53/86	Landorus	Rare
54/86	Venipede	Common
55/86	Whirlipede	Common
56/86	Scolipede	Uncommon
57/86	Sandile	Common
58/86	Krokorok	Common
59/86	Krookodile	Uncommon
60/86	Escavalier	Uncommon
61/86	Klink	Common
62/86	Klang	Common
63/86	Klinklang	Rare
64/86	Pawniard	Common
65/86	Bisharp	Uncommon
66/86	Cobalion	Rare
67/86	Genesect ex	Double Rare
68/86	Axew	Common
69/86	Fraxure	Common
70/86	Haxorus	Rare
71/86	Pidove	Common
72/86	Tranquill	Common
73/86	Unfezant	Uncommon
74/86	Audino	Common
75/86	Minccino	Common
76/86	Cinccino	Uncommon
77/86	Rufflet	Common
78/86	Braviary	Uncommon
79/86	Air Balloon	Uncommon
60/86	Antique Cover Fossil	Common
81/86	Energy Coin	Uncommon
82/86	Fennel	Uncommon
83/86	N's Plan	Uncommon
84/86	Pokégear 3.0	Uncommon
85/86	Professor's Research	Uncommon
86/86	Prism Energy	Uncommon
87/86	Snivy	Illustration Rare
88/86	Servine	Illustration Rare
89/86	Pansage	Illustration Rare
90/86	Simisage	Illustration Rare
91/86	Petilil	Illustration Rare
92/86	Lilligant	Illustration Rare
93/86	Maractus	Illustration Rare
94/86	Karrablast	Illustration Rare
95/86	Foongus	Illustration Rare
96/86	Amoonguss	Illustration Rare
97/86	Darumaka	Illustration Rare
98/86	Darmanitan	Illustration Rare
99/86	Larvesta	Illustration Rare
100/86	Volcarona	Illustration Rare
101/86	Panpour	Illustration Rare
102/86	Simipour	Illustration Rare
103/86	Tympole	Illustration Rare
104/86	Palpitoad	Illustration Rare
105/86	Seismitoad	Illustration Rare
106/86	Tirtouga	Illustration Rare
107/86	Carracosta	Illustration Rare
108/86	Alomomola	Illustration Rare
109/86	Cubchoo	Illustration Rare
110/86	Beartic	Illustration Rare
111/86	Cryogonal	Illustration Rare
112/86	Emolga	Illustration Rare
113/86	Tynamo	Illustration Rare
114/86	Eelektrik	Illustration Rare
115/86	Eelektross	Illustration Rare
116/86	Munna	Illustration Rare
117/86	Musharna	Illustration Rare
118/86	Solosis	Illustration Rare
119/86	Duosion	Illustration Rare
120/86	Elgyem	Illustration Rare
121/86	Beheeyem	Illustration Rare
122/86	Golett	Illustration Rare
123/86	Golurk	Illustration Rare
124/86	Drilbur	Illustration Rare
125/86	Timburr	Illustration Rare
126/86	Gurdurr	Illustration Rare
127/86	Conkeldurr	Illustration Rare
128/86	Throh	Illustration Rare
129/86	Dwebble	Illustration Rare
130/86	Crustle	Illustration Rare
131/86	Landorus	Illustration Rare
132/86	Venipede	Illustration Rare
133/86	Whirlipede	Illustration Rare
134/86	Scolipede	Illustration Rare
135/86	Sandile	Illustration Rare
136/86	Krokorok	Illustration Rare
137/86	Krookodile	Illustration Rare
138/86	Escavalier	Illustration Rare
139/86	Klink	Illustration Rare
140/86	Klang	Illustration Rare
141/86	Klinklang	Illustration Rare
142/86	Pawniard	Illustration Rare
143/86	Bisharp	Illustration Rare
144/86	Cobalion	Illustration Rare
145/86	Axew	Illustration Rare
146/86	Fraxure	Illustration Rare
147/86	Haxorus	Illustration Rare
148/86	Pidove	Illustration Rare
149/86	Tranquill	Illustration Rare
150/86	Unfezant	Illustration Rare
151/86	Audino	Illustration Rare
152/86	Minccino	Illustration Rare
153/86	Cinccino	Illustration Rare
154/86	Rufflet	Illustration Rare
155/86	Braviary	Illustration Rare
156/86	Serperior ex	Ultra Rare
157/86	Kyurem ex	Ultra Rare
158/86	Zekrom ex	Ultra Rare
159/86	Meloetta ex	Ultra Rare
160/86	Excadrill ex	Ultra Rare
161/86	Genesect ex	Ultra Rare
162/86	Fennel	Ultra Rare
163/86	N's Plan	Ultra Rare
164/86	Serperior ex	Special Illustration Rare
165/86	Kyurem ex	Special Illustration Rare
166/86	Zekrom ex	Special Illustration Rare
167/86	Meloetta ex	Special Illustration Rare
168/86	Excadrill ex	Special Illustration Rare
169/86	Genesect ex	Special Illustration Rare
170/86	N's Plan	Special Illustration Rare
171/86	Victini	Rare
172/86	Zekrom ex	Black White Rare

Pokémon in this set: 77.

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