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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Black & White era.
The Japanese Pokémon TCG released BKB: Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck on October 19, 2012, as a deck product in the Black & White era. Its set code is BKB, and the catalog lists 18 printings in total. The deck is built around Black Kyurem EX as its headline card, backed by Zapdos EX, Magnezone and Professor Juniper, so the release date and card list point to a ready-to-play build rather than a booster-style expansion with a deep rarity ladder.
BKB: Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck was released October 19, 2012.
BKB: Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck has 18 cards.
BKB: Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck is part of the Black & White era.
Black Kyurem EX, at $15.99, as of November 8, 2026.
The most valuable cards in the Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck start with Black Kyurem EX, the clear headline of the deck. Zapdos EX sits 2nd, with Magnezone 3rd, then Squirtle and Professor Juniper rounding out the top five. The rest of the run is supporting material, including the Magnemite and Magneton that feed the Magnezone line, and Cheren in the trainer slot. As a fixed deck product it has no secret cards above a printed count, so the chase cards here are the EX and its closest partners.
As of October 2026, nine of the 18 printings in BKB: Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck carry market values. It came after Team Plasma's Powered Half Deck, led by Koffing, which arrived in September 2012, and before the Team Plasma Battle Gift Set, led by Bisharp, on November 16, 2012. The Japanese cards reached English-language players in Plasma Storm on February 6, 2013, three months later, and Plasma Storm shares 11 cards with this deck, so Japan had these cards first.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setBKB: Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck | Previous setTeam Plasma's Powered Half Deck | Next setTeam Plasma Battle Gift Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Oct 19, 2012 | Sep 14, 2012 | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Cards | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| Master set value | ≥ $43.21 | ≥ $26.69 | ≥ $37.84 |
| Most valuable card price | $15.99 | $11.00 | $18.84 |
| Priced cards | 8 of 18 | 6 of 17 | 5 of 16 |
Completing the Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck means finding all 18 catalog printings, of which only 9 are currently priced, so part of the run has no market reading yet. Since the value sits mostly in Black Kyurem EX and Zapdos EX, those two cards will shape the cost of finishing the deck far more than the trainers and basic Pokémon around them. The unpriced half of the run is worth keeping in mind, since the full cost of a complete deck cannot be read from the priced cards alone.