Obsidian Flames card list, prices and set guide

Obsidian Flames set overview

Obsidian Flames is the third main set of the Scarlet & Violet series. It went on sale on 11 August 2023, after prerelease events on the weekends of 29 July and 5 August. The set has 230 cards: a 197-card main list and 33 secret rares numbered 198/197 to 230/197.

It was the first English set with type-shifted Tera Pokémon ex. Charizard ex is a Darkness type here, Tyranitar ex is Lightning, Eiscue ex is Fire and Vespiquen ex is Psychic. Their type and Weakness follow the new type, but their attacks still cost the Pokémon's usual Energy. Dragonite ex and Greedent ex are Tera Pokémon ex in their usual types, which makes six Tera cards beside 15 other Pokémon ex. When you play Charizard ex to evolve, its Infernal Reign Ability attaches up to three Basic Fire Energy from your deck to your Pokémon. Pidgeot ex's Quick Search finds any card in the deck once a turn.

The Pokémon Company pointed to some older cards behind the new ones. The Darkness Charizard ex recalls the type-shifted Charizard ★ from EX Dragon Frontiers (2006), and Pidgeot ex's search Ability recalls the Pidgeot from EX FireRed & LeafGreen (2004). Bonsly (110/197), drawn at a Pokémon Center, is the first Bonsly card since 2007.

The English list is built on the Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame, with cards added from Japanese starter decks, a special set, promos and earlier sets. The changes are listed below.

• 230Cards
• 33Secret rares
• 210Pokémon
• 19Trainers
• 1Energy
• 102Illustrators

What changed from Ruler of the Black Flame

• One Japanese card moved to a promo: Ruler of the Black Flame has two Paldean Wooper cards. The one numbered 067/108, drawn by kirisAki, is not in Obsidian Flames. In English it became the SVP 041 promo in the Single Pack Blister. The other 140 Japanese cards are all in the set.
• Added from the ex Start Decks: Decidueye ex (015/197), Victini ex (033/197), Miraidon ex (079/197), Clefable ex (082/197), Koraidon ex (124/197), Houndoom ex (134/197) and Melmetal ex (153/197), plus other cards from those decks such as Rowlet (013/197) and Clefairy (081/197). The Japanese decks came out on 7 July 2023. Tera Dragonite ex (159/197) and Tera Greedent ex (179/197) come from two more decks that were at first sold only through the Random ex Start Deck, which held one deck at random.
• Added from the ex Special Set: Toedscruel ex (022/197), Pawmot ex (073/197) and Houndstone ex (102/197). The Japanese set came out on 19 May 2023.
• Added from Japanese promos: Klawf ex (120/197) and the Brassius Supporter (187/197).
• Catch-up cards: Triplet Beat, Snow Hazard and Clay Burst cards that Paldea Evolved had not used, such as Surskit (006/197) and Numel (031/197). Arven (186/197) and Team Star Grunt (195/197) are reprints from the English Scarlet & Violet base set.
• Numbering: 197 main cards against 108 in Japan, and 33 secret rares in both. The secret rares keep the Japanese order except that the Ultra Rare Absol ex (214/197) now comes before Charizard ex (215/197).

Obsidian Flames chase cards

The six cards below are the most expensive singles in the set by market price on 9 October 2026. The most expensive of all on that date was Charizard ex (223/197, Special Illustration Rare). The Charizard ex Special Illustration Rare (223/197) is by Akira Egawa; 5ban Graphics drew the other three Charizard ex prints, including the gold Hyper Rare (228/197). Among the Illustration Rares, The Pokémon Company singled out Ninetales (199/197) in a forest and Cleffa (202/197) under a starry sky. Tap a card to jump to it in the list.

1Charizard ex223/197 · SIRAkira Egawa$97.84£74.022Cleffa202/197 · IRHYOGONOSUKE$35.79£27.083Ninetales199/197 · IRSie Nanahara$34.13£25.824Charizard ex228/197 · HR5ban Graphics$32.13£24.315Charizard ex215/197 · UR5ban Graphics$21.33£16.146Gloom198/197 · IRMasako Tomii$17.40£13.16

Obsidian Flames card list

Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price. The secret rares start at 198/197: 12 Illustration Rares, 12 Ultra Rares, six Special Illustration Rares and three gold Hyper Rares (Charizard ex, Artazon and Basic Fire Energy). The Pokémon are sorted by the type printed on the card, so the Darkness Charizard ex sits among the Darkness Pokémon at 125/197, not with the Fire types. Search by name, number, artist or rarity, or narrow the list with the type, rarity and price chips. The Own button marks a card as collected and saves the mark in your browser only.

Obsidian Flames card prices

Market prices in US dollars, collected on 9 October 2026, with pounds at that day's rate (1 USD = 0.757 GBP). They are a snapshot, not live quotes. The bars show each card's price against the most expensive card in the set. The buy links are affiliate links and Bill's Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

• $429.20£324.70One of every card
• 86%Of that value in the 33 secret rares
• 31%In the top two cards alone
• 12Cards at $10 or more
• 41Cards at $1 or more
• 189Bulk cards under $1

The last 90 days

• Top 20 cards combined$351.62−19% since 14 July 2026 ($435.79)
• Biggest riserGeeta226/197 · $2.95 → $3.27 (+11%)
• Biggest fallerEiscue ex222/197 · $8.87 → $5.17 (−42%)
• Most sales recordedCharizard ex125/197 · 337 sales on TCGplayer

TCGplayer market prices for the set's 20 most valuable cards, every three days from 14 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Risers and fallers need 3+ recorded sales and a $3+ price.

Prices by printing

TCGplayer market prices in US dollars by printing, from tcgcsv.com, collected on 9 October 2026. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer’s main listing for that card; the line under the card name splits it by printing. Holo and non-holo prints have their own rows. Rare vintage holos sell infrequently, so their market prices can lag behind recent sales.

The 15 most expensive singles

1. 1Charizard ex223/197 · SIR · Akira Egawa$97.84£74.02TCGplayer
2. 2Cleffa202/197 · IR · HYOGONOSUKE$35.79£27.08TCGplayer
3. 3Ninetales199/197 · IR · Sie Nanahara$34.13£25.82TCGplayer
4. 4Charizard ex228/197 · HR · 5ban Graphics$32.13£24.31TCGplayer
5. 5Charizard ex215/197 · UR · 5ban Graphics$21.33£16.14TCGplayer
6. 6Gloom198/197 · IR · Masako Tomii$17.40£13.16TCGplayer
7. 7Pidgeot ex225/197 · SIR · Jerky$15.94£12.06TCGplayer
8. 8Scizor205/197 · IR · Oku$14.51£10.97TCGplayer
9. 9Pidgey207/197 · IR · Jerky$11.75£8.89TCGplayer
10. 10Houndour204/197 · IR · KYUPIYAMA$11.16£8.44TCGplayer
11. 11Lechonk209/197 · IR · Narumi Sato$10.94£8.28TCGplayer
12. 12Pidgeotto208/197 · IR · Jerky$10.49£7.94TCGplayer
13. 13Charizard ex125/197 · RR · 5ban Graphics$5.65£4.27TCGplayer
14. 14Bellibolt201/197 · IR · Keiichiro Ito$5.35£4.05TCGplayer
15. 15Larvitar203/197 · IR · Miki Tanaka$5.18£3.92TCGplayer

Obsidian Flames illustrators

102 illustrators are credited across the 230 cards, and 5ban Graphics has the most credits, all of them Pokémon ex cards. The Special Illustration Rares are by Akira Egawa (Charizard ex), Jerky (Pidgeot ex), Souichirou Gunjima (Revavroom ex), Toshinao Aoki (Eiscue ex), DOM (Geeta) and Ryota Murayama (Poppy). Jerky also drew the Pidgey and Pidgeotto Illustration Rares, and Souichirou Gunjima drew the Varoom one, so both lines run through the secret rares in one artist's hand. The other Illustration Rares are by Masako Tomii (Gloom), Sie Nanahara (Ninetales), Akira Komayama (Palafin), Keiichiro Ito (Bellibolt), HYOGONOSUKE (Cleffa), Miki Tanaka (Larvitar), KYUPIYAMA (Houndour), Oku (Scizor) and Narumi Sato (Lechonk). Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.

5ban Graphics16 cards in the setCharizard ex · 228/197 · HR · $32.13

+7

Jerky6 cards in the setPidgeot ex · 225/197 · SIR · $15.94

Souichirou Gunjima6 cards in the setRevavroom ex · 224/197 · SIR · $4.44

Kouki Saitou6 cards in the setPaldean Clodsire · 128/197 · U · $0.25

takuyoa5 cards in the setPidgeot ex · 217/197 · UR · $1.97

Oswaldo KATO5 cards in the setArtazon · 229/197 · HR · $1.30

Pani Kobayashi5 cards in the setPaldean Wooper · 127/197 · C · $0.18

Saya Tsuruta5 cards in the setVaroom · 155/197 · C · $0.18

kirisAki4 cards in the setGeeta · 218/197 · UR · $1.26

nagimiso4 cards in the setRyme · 221/197 · UR · $1.03

Yuka Morii4 cards in the setClefairy · 081/197 · C · $0.35

GIDORA4 cards in the setArven · 186/197 · U · $0.32

Japanese source: Ruler of the Black Flame

Japanese source setRuler of the Black Flame (黒炎の支配者)Released 28 July 2023 · 141 cards

Ruler of the Black Flame (黒炎の支配者) released in Japan on 28 July 2023, two weeks before the English set, with 141 cards: 108 main cards and 33 secret rares. Obsidian Flames keeps 140 of them. The missing card is the kirisAki Paldean Wooper, numbered 067/108 in Japan, which became an English promo (SVP 041) instead. The English main list adds 90 cards from other Japanese releases, which is why it runs to 197. The 33 secret rares are the same cards in both versions. Japanese secret rares use the AR, SR, SAR and UR labels, where the English set uses IR, UR, SIR and HR.

Obsidian Flames products and sealed prices

Everything below launched with the set on 11 August 2023 except the Build & Battle Box, which went on sale at prerelease stores from 28 July, and the Build & Battle Stadium, which followed on 25 August. The Build & Battle promos are Palafin (SVP 036), Cleffa (SVP 037), Togekiss (SVP 038) and Mawile (SVP 039). Both Elite Trainer Boxes show Charmander and hold a full-art Charmander promo (SVP 044); the Pokémon Center version, sold through the online Pokémon Center stores, adds two packs and a stamped second Charmander. A Collector's Kit with one pack, and Stage 1 Blisters with the Houndstone or Revavroom line, also came out on launch day. English packs came in four artworks: Tera Charizard, Tera Dragonite, Tera Tyranitar and Revavroom. Sealed prices are market prices from the same snapshot as the singles.

Booster Box

36 booster packs; Europe also had an 18-pack display

$366.27£277.09TCGplayer

Elite Trainer Box

9 booster packs, full-art Charmander promo (SVP 044), 65 sleeves, 45 Energy and dice

$273.76£207.10TCGplayer

Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box

11 booster packs and two Charmander promos, one with the Pokémon Center stamp

$629.79£476.45TCGplayer

Booster Bundle

6 booster packs

$121.45£91.88TCGplayer

Build & Battle Box

4 booster packs and a 40-card deck with 1 of 4 promos (SVP 036 to 039)

$57.76£43.70TCGplayer

Build & Battle Stadium

2 Build & Battle Boxes, 3 more booster packs and 121 basic Energy. Released 25 August 2023

$186.00£140.71TCGplayer

3-Pack Blister

3 booster packs and a Houndstone or Eevee promo (SVP 042 or 043); this price is the Eevee version

$41.19£31.16TCGplayer

Single Pack Blister

1 booster pack, a coin and a Pawmi or Paldean Wooper promo (SVP 040 or 041); this price is the Pawmi version

$14.63£11.07TCGplayer

Premium Checklane Blister

1 booster pack, a coin and the Kingambit or Annihilape evolution line reprinted from Scarlet & Violet; this price is the Kingambit version

$49.99£37.82TCGplayer

Sleeved Booster Pack

1 booster pack in a hanging sleeve

$13.93£10.54TCGplayer

No photo yet

Booster Pack

One booster pack

$12.65£9.57TCGplayer

Collector's notes

A few things worth knowing before you buy singles or sealed product from this set.

More Scarlet & Violet era set guides

Every English set of the Scarlet & Violet era in release order.

• Scarlet & Violet31 March 2023 · 258 cards
• Paldea Evolved9 June 2023 · 279 cards
• Obsidian Flames11 August 2023 · 230 cards
• Pokémon 15122 September 2023 · 207 cards
• Paradox Rift3 November 2023 · 266 cards
• Paldean Fates26 January 2024 · 245 cards
• Temporal Forces22 March 2024 · 218 cards
• Twilight Masquerade24 May 2024 · 226 cards
• Shrouded Fable2 August 2024 · 99 cards
• Stellar Crown13 September 2024 · 175 cards
• Surging Sparks8 November 2024 · 252 cards
• Prismatic Evolutions17 January 2025 · 180 cards
• Journey Together28 March 2025 · 190 cards
• Destined Rivals30 May 2025 · 244 cards
• Black Bolt18 July 2025 · 172 cards
• White Flare18 July 2025 · 173 cards

Previous English setPaldea Evolved9 June 2023Next English setPokémon 15122 September 2023

Obsidian Flames FAQ