The last few years have been heavy on nostalgia for Pokémon Trading Card Game (or TCG) fans, and that looks set to continue with the next Japanese set release. Or should that be sets, plural, because we’ve got a dual release on the way! That’s right, the sets Black Bolt and White Flare are releasing simultaneously, and between them will feature all of the Pokémon from the Unova region, which debuted in the Nintendo DS video games Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. Those games were released in Japan in 2010, making this set a 15th anniversary celebration of sorts. So let’s take a look at the cards that’ll be included in both of these sets!
Pokémon Black Bolt: Main Set Card Gallery
There are 86 cards in the main sets of both Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare. Black Bolt cards can be identified with the sv11B set code (found in the bottom left of the card, next to each individual card’s set number). All of the cards revealed so far for the Black Bolt main set can be seen below:
Pokémon Black Bolt: Main Set Card List
Of course, with the cards being in Japanese, it’s helpful to know exactly what they’re named; particularly if you don’t recognize them from their illustrations alone. So here are all the cards shown above, in number order, with their English names (note that some may occasionally change slightly when translated from Japanese):
- 001/086 Snivy
- 002/086 Servine
- 003/086 Serperior ex
- 012/086 Victini
- 031/086 Kyurem ex
- 033/086 Tynamo
- 034/086 Eelektrik
- 035/086 Eelektross
- 036/086 Thundurus
- 037/086 Zekrom ex
- 056/086 Landorus
- 078/086 Tornadus
- 082/086 Air Balloon
- 084/086 Professor’s Research
- 086/086 Prism Energy
Pokémon Black Bolt: Secret Rare Card Gallery
All Pokémon sets have a main set, which is what the set number on the card refers to (in this instance, there are 86 cards in the Black Bolt main set), but there are always alternate art and special foil treated variants which are numbered above the designated number of cards. Due to the fact that their numbering goes above the ‘official’ number of cards in the set, they’re known as Secret Rare cards. Here’s the Secret Rare cards we’ve seen for Black Bolt so far, with card numbers starting at 87:
Pokémon Black Bolt: Secret Rare Card List
As with the main set of cards for Black Bolt, we’ve listed the names of the Secret Rare cards in English below:
- 087/086 Snivy
- 088/086 Servine
- 097/086 Victini
- 120/086 Thundurus
- 137/086 Landorus
- 158/086 Tornadus
- 167/086 Serperior ex
- 174/086 Zekrom ex
Pokémon White Flare: Main Set Card Gallery
Alongside the Black Bolt set is White Flare; there are also 86 cards in its main set, identified by the sv11W set code:
Pokémon White Flare: Main Set Card List
The list of cards for White Flare’s main set is as follows:
- 011/086 Tepig
- 012/086 Pignite
- 013/086 Emboar
- 017/086 Reshiram ex
- 018/086 Oshawott
- 019/086 Dewott
- 020/086 Samurott
- 072/086 Lillipup
- 073/086 Herdier
- 074/086 Stoutland
- 079/086 Energy Retrieval
- 084/086 Cheren
- 085/086 Hilda
- 086/086 Ignition Energy
Pokémon White Flare: Secret Rare Card Gallery
As with Black Bolt, there are a number of rare cards featuring alternate illustrations and special foil treatments. The numbers for White Flare’s Secret Rare cards begin at 87, and here are the cards we’ve seen so far:
Pokémon White Flare: Secret Rare Card List
Finally, here are the English names of the White Flare Secret Rare cards:
- 096/086 Tepig
- 097/086 Pignite
- 098/086 Emboar
- 102/086 Oshawott
- 103/086 Dewott
- 104/086 Samurott
- 174/086 Reshiram ex
When Will Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare Be Released?
The dual sets of Black Bolt and White Flare will be released in Japan on the 6th of June, 2025. As previously mentioned, they’re themed after the Pokémon Black and White video games, which were set in the Unova region; those games featured 156 Pokémon unique to the region. Excitingly for long term fans, Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare are going to feature all 156 of the Unova Pokémon!
The Black Bolt and White Flare sets will launch in English (and other languages) on July 18th, and we’ll have details of the Western sets as soon as they’re revealed.
Want to check out other Japanese Pokémon sets? Check out our lists of the cards in The Glory of Team Rocket, Heat Wave Arena and Battle Partners.
