The last few years have been heavy on nostalgia for Pokémon Trading Card Game (or TCG) fans, and that looks set to continue with the next Japanese set release. Or should that be sets, plural, because we’ve got a dual release on the way! That’s right, the sets Black Bolt and White Flare are releasing simultaneously, and between them will feature all of the Pokémon from the Unova region, which debuted in the Nintendo DS video games Pokémon Black and Pokémon White. Those games were released in Japan in 2010, making this set a 15th anniversary celebration of sorts. So let’s take a look at the cards that’ll be included in both of these sets!
Pokémon Black Bolt: Main Set Card Gallery
There are 86 cards in the main sets of both Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare. Black Bolt cards can be identified with the sv11B set code (found in the bottom left of the card, next to each individual card’s set number). All of the cards for the Black Bolt main set can be seen below:
Pokémon Black Bolt: Main Set Card List
Of course, with the cards being in Japanese, it’s helpful to know exactly what they’re named; particularly if you don’t recognize them from their illustrations alone. So here are all the cards shown above, in number order, with their English names (note that some may occasionally change slightly when translated from Japanese):
- 001/086 Snivy
- 002/086 Servine
- 003/086 Serperior ex
- 004/086 Pansage
- 005/086 Simisage
- 006/086 Petilil
- 007/086 Lilligant
- 008/086 Maractus
- 009/086 Karrablast
- 010/086 Foongus
- 011/086 Amoongus
- 012/086 Victini
- 013/086Darumaka
- 014/086 Darmanitan
- 015/086 Litwick
- 016/086 Lampent
- 017/086 Chandelure
- 018/086 Larvesta
- 019/086 Volcarona
- 020/086 Panpour
- 021/086 Siipour
- 022/086 Tympole
- 023/086 Palpitoad
- 024/086 Sismitoad
- 025/086 Tirtouga
- 026/086 Carracosta
- 027/086 Alomomola
- 028/086 Cubchoo
- 029/086 Beartic
- 030/086 Cryogonal
- 031/086 Kyurem ex
- 032/086 Emolga
- 033/086 Tynamo
- 034/086 Eelektrik
- 035/086 Eelektross
- 036/086 Thundurus
- 037/086 Zekrom ex
- 038/086 Munna
- 039/086 Musharna
- 040/086 Solosis
- 041/086 Duosion
- 042/086 Reuniclus
- 043/086 Elgyem
- 044/086 Beheeyem
- 045/086 Golett
- 046/086 Golurk
- 047/086 Meloetta ex
- 048/086 Drillbur
- 049/086 Excadrill ex
- 050/086 Timburr
- 051/086 Gurdurr
- 052/086 Conkeldurr
- 053/086 Throh
- 054/086 Dwebble
- 055/086 Crustle
- 056/086 Landorus
- 057/086 Venipede
- 058/086 Whirlipede
- 059/086 Scolipede
- 060/086 Sandile
- 061/086 Krokorok
- 062/086 Krookodile
- 063/086 Vullaby
- 064/086 Mandibuzz
- 065/086 Escavalier
- 066/086 Pawniard
- 067/086 Bisharp
- 068/086 Cobalion
- 069/086 Genesect ex
- 070/086 Axew
- 071/086 Fraxure
- 072/086 Haxorus
- 073/086 Pidove
- 074/086 Tranquil
- 075/086 Unfezant
- 076/086 Audino
- 077/086 Minccino
- 078/086 Cinccino
- 079/086 Energy Coin
- 080/086 Antique Cover Fossil
- 081/086 Pokegear 3.0
- 082/086 Air Balloon
- 083/086 N’s Plot
- 084/086 Professor’s Research
- 085/086 Fennel
- 086/086 Prism Energy
Pokémon Black Bolt: Secret Rare Card Gallery
All Pokémon sets have a main set, which is what the set number on the card refers to (in this instance, there are 86 cards in the Black Bolt main set), but there are always alternate art and special foil treated variants which are numbered above the designated number of cards. Due to the fact that their numbering goes above the ‘official’ number of cards in the set, they’re known as Secret Rare cards. Here’s the Secret Rare cards we’ve seen for Black Bolt so far, with card numbers starting at 87:
Pokémon Black Bolt: Secret Rare Card List
As with the main set of cards for Black Bolt, we’ve listed the names of the Secret Rare cards in English below:
- 087/086 Snivy
- 088/086 Servine
- 097/086 Victini
- 102/086 Chandelure
- 120/086 Thundurus
- 137/086 Landorus
- 148/086 Bisharp
- 155/086 Unfezant
- 167/086 Serperior ex
- 174/086 Zekrom ex
Pokémon White Flare: Main Set Card Gallery
Alongside the Black Bolt set is White Flare; there are also 86 cards in its main set, identified by the sv11W set code:
Pokémon White Flare: Main Set Card List
The list of cards for White Flare’s main set is as follows:
- 001/086 Sewaddle
- 002/086 Swadloon
- 003/086 Leavanny
- 004/086 Cottonee
- 005/086 Whimsicott ex
- 006/086 Deerling
- 007/086 Sawsbuck
- 008/086 Shelmet
- 009/086 Accelgor
- 010/086 Virizion
- 011/086 Tepig
- 012/086 Pignite
- 013/086 Emboar
- 014/086 Pansear
- 015/086 Simisear
- 016/086 Heatmor
- 017/086 Reshiram ex
- 018/086 Oshawott
- 019/086 Dewott
- 020/086 Samurott
- 021/086 Basculin
- 022/086 Ducklett
- 023/086 Swanna
- 024/086 Vanillite
- 025/086 Vanillish
- 026/086 Vanilluxe
- 027/086 Kaldeo ex
- 028/086 Blitzle
- 029/086 Zebstrika
- 030/086 Joltik
- 031/086 Galvantula
- 032/086 Stunfisk
- 033/086 Woobat
- 034/086 Swoobat
- 035/086 Sigilyph
- 036/086 Yamask
- 037/086 Cofagrigus
- 038/086 Gothita
- 039/086 Gothorita
- 040/086 Gothitelle
- 041/086 Frillish
- 042/086 Jellicent ex
- 043/086 Roggenrola
- 044/086 Boldore
- 045/086 Gigalith
- 046/086 Sawk
- 047/086 Archen
- 048/086 Archeops
- 049/086 Mienfoo
- 050/086 Mienshao
- 051/086 Terrakion
- 052/086 Purrloin
- 053/086 Liepard
- 054/086 Scraggy
- 055/086 Scrafty
- 056/086 Trubbish
- 057/086 Garbodor
- 058/096 Zorua
- 059/086 Zoroark
- 060/086 Deino
- 061/086 Zweilous
- 062/086 Hydreigon ex
- 063/086 Ferroseed
- 064/086 Ferrothorn
- 065/086 Klink
- 066/086 Klang
- 067/086 Klinklang
- 068/086 Durant
- 069/086 Druddigon
- 070/086 Patrat
- 071/086 Watchog
- 072/086 Lillipup
- 073/086 Herdier
- 074/086 Stoutland
- 075/086 Bouffalant ex
- 076/086 Rufflet
- 077/086 Braviary
- 078/086 Tornadus
- 079/086 Energy Retrieval
- 080/086 Tool Scrapper
- 081/086 Antique Plume Fossil
- 082/086 Brave Bangle
- 083/086 Harlequin
- 084/086 Cheren
- 085/086 Hilda
- 086/086 Ignition Energy
Pokémon White Flare: Secret Rare Card Gallery
As with Black Bolt, there are a number of rare cards featuring alternate illustrations and special foil treatments. The numbers for White Flare’s Secret Rare cards begin at 87, and here are the cards we’ve seen so far:
Pokémon White Flare: Secret Rare Card List
Finally, here are the English names of the White Flare Secret Rare cards:
- 096/086 Tepig
- 097/086 Pignite
- 098/086 Emboar
- 102/086 Oshawott
- 103/086 Dewott
- 104/086 Samurott
- 155/086 Unfezant
- 158/086 Tornadus
- 174/086 Reshiram ex
When Will Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare Be Released?
The dual sets of Black Bolt and White Flare will be released in Japan on the 6th of June, 2025. As previously mentioned, they’re themed after the Pokémon Black and White video games, which were set in the Unova region; those games featured 156 Pokémon unique to the region. Excitingly for long term fans, Pokémon Black Bolt and White Flare are going to feature all 156 of the Unova Pokémon!
The Black Bolt and White Flare sets will launch in English (and other languages) on July 18th, and we’ll have details of the Western sets as soon as they’re revealed.
Want to check out other Japanese Pokémon sets? Check out our lists of the cards in The Glory of Team Rocket, Heat Wave Arena and Battle Partners.
