“Black Bolt” and “White Flare” English Set Guides: Full Card Lists, Pull Rates, Cut Cards, Products, and More!

[Water Pokémon Master]

We now have the full English set lists for Black Bolt and White Flare -- featuring all 156 Unova Pokemon!
Our sets are based on Japan's sets of the same names. This marks the first time we're getting dual sets like Japan.

Our English products will release from July 18th through August 22nd. Since these are special sets, there are no booster boxes releasing. You can only get the booster packs within products like Elite Trainer Boxes and Booster Bundles.

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[Frost]

170+ chase cards and the same awful pull rates as any other modern set. Okay. Thank you for nothing, TPCi.

 

[Psychic Nature]

I was hoping the IR pull rate would be closer to Japanese thick packs. 1 IR per 35 cards.
But I guess not.
At least the cards look pretty!

 

[Ice Arceus]

And here I was hoping for CZ-level of pull rates. That looks rough

 

[MarlinRimes]

Remeber, if you want a specific cards, just buy singles. Not worth it to try to open hundreds of packs just to not get it

 

[christopher.elric]

I’ve said it once but I’ll say it again, but that Serperior ex makes me unreasonably angry

 

[alddente]

The pull rates aren't Crown Zenith good, but the illustration rare hit rate is double the regular rate. It's absolutely not bad. It's not Prismatic at least. For such an IR heavy set they absolutely should've made it 1/3 or something though.

 

[Warlord]

If those pull rates are real that is not the news we needed. At 1/6 for an IR, that's double the pull rate of IRs compared to recent sets (which have been around 1/12), but with more than 10x as many IRs that's gonna present a big problem. And the SIR pull rate continues to be absolute garbage.

 

[TheMaskMaker]

I just don’t understand not juicing the pull rates at least a little for a set with *so many* IRs. Opening a bunch of packs for a card that’ll probably end up being a couple of dollars or less is nuts. At this point it’s taking the gambling aspect of the TCG to a ridiculous level

Anyway, I forgot that booster bundles—which is where my preorders went— don’t come out until later for these sets, so I can wait to be disappointed lol.

 

[Warlord]

Also, no mention of BWR pull rates is extremely ominous. Could be rolled into the SIR pull rate, but most likely they didn't pull enough of them to compute an estimated pull rate...

 

[Ribbitstein]

Is the English Zekrom BWR a lighter color compared to the Japanese Zekrom BWR?

 

[Frost]

There's honestly no reason there shouldn't be an IR in every pack and I will die on this hill. There's like 150 of them and a pull rate of 1 in 6 packs to get one (1!!!) is asinine for a set that is already a) so big it's getting divided into subsets internationally for the first time ever, b) getting its initial print wave slashed to reprint older sets, and c) is already the SECOND "special set" we've gotten this year.

Even if TPCi were super generous and guaranteed a hit (and I mean an actual hit, not pretending Pokeball reverse holos or whatever are hits), you would still need to somehow get your hands on HUNDREDS OF PACKS to complete this set. I also don't want to hear "just buy singles" either because with so many chase cards how cheap do you think any single is going to be?

Sets like Legendary Treasures that cranked up the pull rates were adored both upon their initial release and in the years after. Why can't they learn from that?

 

[Maggswell]

Is the English Zekrom BWR a lighter color compared to the Japanese Zekrom BWR?

It's probably just that we have the English image has renders how it looks with the holo but the Japanese is just a scan

 

[NinjaPanda]

Sounds like it might just be me, but these pull rates seem fair. They doubled the IR rates and improved the SIR rate by about 25% over the previous few S&V sets.

My only wish is that they gave the original 151 the same treatment. Theres always hope for Gen 2 or 3 though.

 

[MarlinRimes]

There's honestly no reason there shouldn't be an IR in every pack and I will die on this hill. There's like 150 of them and a pull rate of 1 in 6 packs to get one (1!!!) is asinine for a set that is already a) so big it's getting divided into subsets internationally for the first time ever, b) getting its initial print wave slashed to reprint older sets, and c) is already the SECOND "special set" we've gotten this year.

Even if TPCi were super generous and guaranteed a hit (and I mean an actual hit, not pretending Pokeball reverse holos or whatever are hits), you would still need to somehow get your hands on HUNDREDS OF PACKS to complete this set. I also don't want to hear "just buy singles" either because with so many chase cards how cheap do you think any single is going to be?

Sets like Legendary Treasures that cranked up the pull rates were adored both upon their initial release and in the years after. Why can't they learn from that?

I mean like, some IRs will be worth more than others. But I doubt a good majority of them will reach above 5$. Like, who is paying 10$ for a stunfisk IR lol

 

[Alex6179]

So you need 2 Victini to complete Master Set? lol

 

[excelsium2]

Also, no mention of BWR pull rates is extremely ominous. Could be rolled into the SIR pull rate, but most likely they didn't pull enough of them to compute an estimated pull rate...

A guy on Reddit reported that getting one was like 1 in ~500 based on the livestream pulls he saw.

 

[Nirvanna21]

Perfect. All I wanted was promo confirmation and I got it. Victimized promo ftw. Singles all the way for the rest. I would say RIP to master set collectors but if you did it before you were already dead

 

[danglavendor]

wait why is Escavalier after Klinklang?

 

[MedvidekMisha]

So you need 2 Victini to complete Master Set? lol

Yes. Because you'll be building two sets, not one