# How many secret rares are in Obsidian Flames?

> Obsidian Flames has 33 secret rares — cards numbered above 197.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-secret-rares-in-obsidian-flames — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**Obsidian Flames has 33 secret rares — cards numbered above 197.**

## Where Obsidian Flames' secret rares begin

Secret rares sit past the printed total of 197, so in Obsidian Flames they run #198 to #230 — 33 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 21 Double Rares, 12 Illustration Rares, 12 Ultra Rares and 6 Special Illustration Rares.

## The Obsidian Flames secret rares everyone wants

The rarest is Charizard ex (#228), a Hyper Rare. The priciest by market value is Charizard ex (#223) at about $138.94 — so the scarcest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.

- [Charizard ex (#223)](/card/sv3-223) — Special Illustration Rare (~$138.94)
- [Ninetales (#199)](/card/sv3-199) — Illustration Rare (~$48.07)
- [Charizard ex (#228)](/card/sv3-228) — Hyper Rare (~$46.27)
- [Cleffa (#202)](/card/sv3-202) — Illustration Rare (~$45.26)
- [Gloom (#198)](/card/sv3-198) — Illustration Rare (~$28.36)
- [Pidgeot ex (#225)](/card/sv3-225) — Special Illustration Rare (~$24.18)

## Star Pokémon among Obsidian Flames' secret rares

The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:

- **Charizard** — Charizard ex (#125), Charizard ex (#215), Charizard ex (#223), Charizard ex (#228)
- **Ninetales** — Ninetales (#199)
- **Cleffa** — Cleffa (#202)
- **Gloom** — Gloom (#198)
- **Pidgeot** — Pidgeot ex (#164), Pidgeot ex (#217), Pidgeot ex (#225)

## Finishing the Obsidian Flames secret-rare run

Landing all 33 is the hard part of completing Obsidian Flames; they push the full checklist to 230 cards and a master set to 406. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 33-card band, so even a near-complete Obsidian Flames 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.