Moonstone · Set economicsAugust 2026

FIVE cards.40% of the bill.

Black Bolt · 172 tracked cards · $4,548 to complete

5 cards · $1,804

The short, expensive tail of the set.THE OTHER 328 CARDS · $2,744

What this means if you are building it

You can own 328 of the 333 priced cards in Black Bolt for about $2,744. The median card is $0.74. The remaining $1,804 sits in just 5 chase cards, and one of them (Victini - 171/086, $595) is 13% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 60% and then a very short, very expensive tail.

Set value · real TCGplayer prices, summed daily+2.8% 30d · +36.8% 90d

Breadth: 142 cards up · 133 down · 58 flat over 30 days. Biggest mover: Victini (Master Ball Pattern) (+131.6%).

ENGLISH PRINTS · UNGRADED · TCGPLAYER MARKET · UPDATED DAILY

Rip or hold · 2,000 boxes simulatedSOURCED PULL RATES · REAL MARKET PRICES

A Black Bolt booster box opens to $256 in singles on average ($7.12 per pack). Half of all boxes land between $193 and $282.

The pulls that pay the bill

Zekrom ex #166$288 · 1 in 18 boxes

Seismitoad #105$229 · 1 in 24 boxes

Kyurem ex #165$76.82 · 1 in 17 boxes

Haxorus #147$72.94 · 1 in 23 boxes

N's Plan #170$71.22 · 1 in 19 boxes

Simulated with the same sourced pull-rate model and card pools as the pack simulator; singles at TCGplayer market. Unpriced cards count $0 (172/172 priced). Tiers without published rates are excluded. Sealed box price: TCGplayer.