Ruler of the Black Flame (SV3) card list and chase cards

Ruler of the Black Flame is the Charizard ex set of the Scarlet & Violet era, released on 28 July 2023. Charizard ex appears in three of its secret tiers as a Super Rare, a Special Art Rare and the gold Ultra Rare. The Special Art Rare is the one to pull. Its cards went into the English set Obsidian Flames.

What are the chase cards in Ruler of the Black Flame?

1. 
   Charizard exSpecial Art Rare (SAR) · 134/108

   Market price$236AUD

2. 
   Charizard exUltra Rare, gold (UR) · 139/108

   Market price$67AUD

3. 
   Pidgeot exSpecial Art Rare (SAR) · 136/108

   Market price$39AUD

Ranked by what an ungraded copy sells for on PriceCharting, October 2026, converted to Australian dollars. No card is guaranteed in any box.

The 10 most valuable Ruler of the Black Flame cards

Market prices are for ungraded cards in near mint condition and move every week. Our guide to checking Japanese card prices shows where to look up a card before you buy or sell it.

How many cards are in Ruler of the Black Flame?

Ruler of the Black Flame has 141 cards. The main set is numbered 001/108 to 108/108, while the 33 secret rares carry on above it from 109/108 to 141/108. The secret rares are where the chase cards live:

• 12 Art Rares
• 12 Super Rares
• 6 Special Art Rares
• 3 gold Ultra Rares

Our rarity guide explains what each of those codes looks like on the card and what it is called in English.

Every secret rare in Ruler of the Black Flame

What is in a Ruler of the Black Flame booster box?

A sealed Ruler of the Black Flame box holds 30 packs of 5 cards, 150 cards in all. Pokémon doesn't publish pull rates. Going by what collectors report, a standard Scarlet & Violet box like this one typically holds three Art Rares and one card of SR or better as the main hit, along with about four Double Rare Pokémon ex. Special Art Rares turn up in roughly 1 box in 3 to 6 and the gold Ultra Rare in about 1 box in 10. These are unofficial figures, so no box is promised any of them. Our pull rates guide explains where the collector numbers come from.

What is Ruler of the Black Flame called in English?

The cards of Ruler of the Black Flame went into the English set Obsidian Flames. English cards also use different rarity names, so the Japanese AR is called an Illustration Rare and the SAR a Special Illustration Rare.

Where to buy Ruler of the Black Flame in Australia

We stock Ruler of the Black Flame at $223.88 and Ruler of the Black Flame · 5-Pack Bundle at $53.88, sealed and on the shelf in Sydney. Every order ships tracked for a flat $14 anywhere in Australia. For the three most valuable cards of every other set, see the top hits guide.

Sources

• Limitless TCG, Ruler of the Black Flame (SV3) Japanese card list
• TCGdex, Ruler of the Black Flame Japanese set data
• PriceCharting, Pokémon Japanese Ruler of the Black Flame prices
• Pokémon Card Game official card search (card pictures)

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