Moonstone · Set economicsAugust 2026

FIVE cards.53% of the bill.

Obsidian Flames · 230 tracked cards · $488 to complete

5 cards · $255

The short, expensive tail of the set.THE OTHER 233 CARDS · $234

$114

Charizard ex - 223/197

Charizard ex - 228/197

Charizard ex - 215/197

−3.6% 30d

What this means if you are building it

You can own 233 of the 238 priced cards in Obsidian Flames for about $234. The median card is $0.16. The remaining $255 sits in just 5 chase cards, and one of them (Charizard ex - 223/197, $114) is 23% of the entire set on its own. A full set is not one long climb. It is a cheap, fast 47% and then a very short, very expensive tail.

Set value · real TCGplayer prices, summed daily−8.6% 30d · −0.8% 90d

Breadth: 102 cards up · 103 down · 33 flat over 30 days. Biggest mover: Varoom - 206/197 (+3.4%).

ENGLISH PRINTS · UNGRADED · TCGPLAYER MARKET · UPDATED DAILY

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

A Obsidian Flames booster box opens to $126 in singles on average against a real $368 box price — 0% of boxes beat the box. Half of all boxes land between $94 and $147.

The pulls that pay the bill

Charizard ex #223$109 · 1 in 15 boxes

Ninetales #199$41.47 · 1 in 4.8 boxes

Cleffa #202$38.17 · 1 in 4.9 boxes

Charizard ex #228$36.64 · 1 in 13 boxes

Gloom #198$22.76 · 1 in 5.1 boxes

Simulated with the same sourced pull-rate model and card pools as the pack simulator; singles at TCGplayer market. Unpriced cards count $0 (230/230 priced). Tiers without published rates are excluded. Sealed box price: TCGplayer.