# Does Black Bolt have Poké Ball and Master Ball pattern cards?

> Yes — Black Bolt has 80 Poké Ball and 72 Master Ball pattern cards.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/does-black-bolt-have-ball-pattern-cards — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**Yes — Black Bolt has 80 Poké Ball and 72 Master Ball pattern cards.**

## Black Bolt's pattern cards

Black Bolt is one of the few sets with Poké Ball and Master Ball mirror cards — reverse-style foils stamped with a repeating pattern instead of the usual holo sheen. Each is a separate variant on top of the normal print, so every one is its own card to chase.

## How many pattern cards in Black Bolt?

Across every pattern there are 152 cards to track down: 80 Poké Ball and 72 Master Ball. They sit on top of the base print run, so each one is a distinct card for a master set.

## Star Pokémon to find in pattern form

The marquee Pokémon worth hunting Poké Ball and Master Ball copies of in Black Bolt:

- **Zekrom** — Zekrom ex (#34), Zekrom ex (#158), Zekrom ex (#166)
- **Seismitoad** — Seismitoad (#105)
- **Kyurem** — Kyurem ex (#28), Kyurem ex (#157), Kyurem ex (#165)
- **Haxorus** — Haxorus (#147)
- **Volcarona** — Volcarona (#100)

They sit alongside Black Bolt's headline chase cards:

- [Victini (#171)](/card/zsv10pt5-171) — Rare (~$576.63)
- [Zekrom ex (#172)](/card/zsv10pt5-172) — Black White Rare (~$541.00)
- [Zekrom ex (#166)](/card/zsv10pt5-166) — Special Illustration Rare (~$273.53)
- [Seismitoad (#105)](/card/zsv10pt5-105) — Illustration Rare (~$235.70)

## Why the patterns inflate Black Bolt

Because these patterns count toward a complete set, they're the main reason a Black Bolt master set balloons to 404 cards versus 86 for the base. Plan binder space for the 152 pattern variants too if you're going for everything — that's roughly 17 extra 9-pocket pages on top of the base Black Bolt run.

Figures from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.