The rarest card in Black Bolt is Genesect ex (#169), a Special Illustration Rare.
Why Genesect ex tops the list
Black Bolt prints just 7 Special Illustration Rares, the thinnest tier in the set, and Genesect ex sits at #169 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Victini (#171) at about $576.63, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
How Genesect ex sits in the wider chase
Black Bolt runs to 172 cards including 86 secret rares, and Genesect ex is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- 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)
Star Pokémon to chase in Black Bolt
Beyond the single rarest card, these are the headline Pokémon and their prints in the set — each appears in multiple slots, so there's more than one Black Bolt card to hunt per name:
- 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)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Genesect ex is the one to prioritise; the rest of Black Bolt's chase fills in from there. With 86 secret rares and 76 full-art cards across the 172-card set, there's a deep bench of rare pulls behind it.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.