Black Bolt has 86 secret rares — cards numbered above 86.
Where Black Bolt's secret rares begin
Secret rares sit past the printed total of 86, so in Black Bolt they run #87 to #172 — 86 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 69 Illustration Rares, 8 Ultra Rares, 7 Special Illustration Rares and 6 Double Rares.
The Black Bolt secret rares everyone wants
The rarest is Genesect ex (#169), a Special Illustration Rare. The priciest by market value is Victini (#171) at about $576.63 — so the scarcest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
- Victini (#171) — Rare (~$576.63)
- Zekrom ex (#172) — Black White Rare (~$541.00)
- Zekrom ex (#166) — Special Illustration Rare (~$273.53)
- Seismitoad (#105) — Illustration Rare (~$235.70)
- Kyurem ex (#165) — Special Illustration Rare (~$82.12)
- Haxorus (#147) — Illustration Rare (~$75.74)
Star Pokémon among Black Bolt's secret rares
The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:
- 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)
Finishing the Black Bolt secret-rare run
Landing all 86 is the hard part of completing Black Bolt; they push the full checklist to 172 cards and a master set to 404. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 86-card band, so even a near-complete Black Bolt binder can be missing the bulk of its value if the secret rares aren't in yet.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.