The most valuable card in Darkness Ablaze is Charizard VMAX (#20) at about $54.31.
The most valuable Darkness Ablaze card
Charizard VMAX (#20, Rare Holo VMAX) tops Darkness Ablaze on the secondary market, trading around $54.31. It's the card that anchors the set's value; prices move constantly with supply and hype, so treat this as a snapshot rather than a quote.
What else holds value in Darkness Ablaze
Below Charizard VMAX, the next tier of Darkness Ablaze value by recent market price:
- Butterfree VMAX (#190) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.05)
- Salamence VMAX (#194) — Rare Rainbow (~$15.88)
- Scizor VMAX (#193) — Rare Rainbow (~$13.33)
- Eternatus VMAX (#192) — Rare Rainbow (~$11.25)
- Charizard V (#19) — Rare Holo V (~$10.28)
Star Pokémon driving Darkness Ablaze's prices
These are the headline Pokémon whose cards carry the set, listed with their prints:
- Butterfree — Butterfree V (#177), Butterfree VMAX (#190)
- Salamence — Salamence V (#185), Salamence VMAX (#194)
- Scizor — Scizor V (#183), Scizor VMAX (#193)
- Eternatus — Eternatus VMAX (#192)
- Rillaboom — Rillaboom (#197)
Most valuable isn't always rarest
Value and print rarity can diverge: the rarest card by rarity tier in Darkness Ablaze is Salamence VMAX (#194), a Rare Rainbow, a different card from the priciest one. See the rarest-card breakdown for that angle.
Buying smart in Darkness Ablaze
Charizard VMAX anchors the high end, but Darkness Ablaze has 0 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares and 12 secret rares in total, so there's a full value ladder beneath it. If Charizard VMAX is out of budget, the runners-up above give you the same set at a fraction of the cost — and prices shift, so check a current sold-listings page before you buy or sell.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.