Moonstone · Set economicsAugust 2026

FIVE cards.43% of the bill.

Darkness Ablaze · 201 tracked cards · $270 to complete

5 cards · $110

The short, expensive tail of the set.THE OTHER 204 CARDS · $159

Butterfree VMAX (Secret)

−15.8% 30d

$15.05

Salamence VMAX (Secret)

Eternatus VMAX (Secret)

What this means if you are building it

You can own 204 of the 209 priced cards in Darkness Ablaze for about $159. The median card is $0.16. The remaining $110 sits in just 5 chase cards, and one of them (Charizard VMAX, $50) is 19% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 57% and then a very short, very expensive tail.

Set value · real TCGplayer prices, summed daily−4.9% 30d · +1.4% 90d

Breadth: 80 cards up · 98 down · 31 flat over 30 days. Biggest mover: Grimmsnarl VMAX (+18.3%).

ENGLISH PRINTS · UNGRADED · TCGPLAYER MARKET · UPDATED DAILY

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

A Darkness Ablaze booster box opens to $84 in singles on average against a real $372 box price — 0% of boxes beat the box. Half of all boxes land between $67 and $91.

The pulls that pay the bill

Charizard VMAX #20$49.69 · 1 in 5.1 boxes

Butterfree VMAX #190$18.15 · 1 in 16 boxes

Salamence VMAX #194$15.3 · 1 in 15 boxes

Scizor VMAX #193$13.7 · 1 in 16 boxes

Eternatus VMAX #192$11.14 · 1 in 18 boxes

Simulated with the same sourced pull-rate model and card pools as the pack simulator; singles at TCGplayer market. Unpriced cards count $0 (201/201 priced). Tiers without published rates are excluded. Sealed box price: TCGplayer.