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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Black & White era.
BW1: Black Collection was released December 17, 2010.
BW1: Black Collection has 56 cards.
BW1: Black Collection is part of the Black & White era.
Reshiram, at $140.00, as of November 10, 2026.
BW1: Black Collection arrived in Japan on December 17, 2010, an expansion that opened the Black & White era for the Japanese Pokémon TCG. It carries the set code BW1 and catalogs 56 printings. Reshiram and Tornadus are the names that define it, each printed twice in the set, and both sit among its most valuable cards. As the era's opening release, the Black Collection card list is compact and built around those two headline Pokémon, with a spread of commons and uncommons from the new Unova roster filling out the rest of the run.
The release date is only half the story; the chase cards are what drive the Black Collection market. The rarity ladder is short: commons, uncommons and rares, topped by just three chase-tier cards, two Super Rares and one Ultra Rare. The most valuable cards are Reshiram and Tornadus as Super Rares, followed by the regular Rare versions of Reshiram and then Swoobat, an Uncommon. Value is heavily concentrated, with the top five cards holding 72 percent of the set's total card value, so a handful of cards carry the whole set.
As of October 2026, BW1: Black Collection holds the 14th highest total card value among the 18 comparable Black & White sets, about 0.7 times the era median, and ranks 164th across the whole game. Its single most valuable card ranks 6th in the era. It followed L3: Clash at the Summit, which holds higher total value, and came before BW2: Red Collection, which holds similar value. English collectors met 33 of these cards in Black & White, released April 25, 2011, 4 months after the Japanese original.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setBW1: Black Collection | Median of 18 setsBlack & White median | Previous setL3: Clash at the Summit | Next setBW2: Red Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Dec 17, 2010 | — | Jul 8, 2010 | Jul 15, 2011 |
| Cards | 56 | 58 | 81 | 72 |
| Master set value | ≥ $232.75 | $334.02 | ≥ $1,693.45 | ≥ $231.23 |
| Most valuable card price | $140.00 | $86.84 | $628.55 | $45.00 |
| Priced cards | 42 of 56 | 44 | 80 of 81 | 68 of 72 |
Completing the Black Collection card list means tracking down 56 catalog printings, of which 48 are priced. Because the top five cards hold 72 percent of total card value, the cost of a complete set depends mostly on the two Super Rares and a few strong Rares, while the large base of commons and uncommons is the easy part. The 24 commons and 22 uncommons make up most of the checklist and are the quick part of the run.
SawsbuckBW1: Black Collection · 007 · Normal · Unlimited$9.990.0%N/AQuant score — not availableToo few of the sub-scores resolved on this instrument to compose one. An honest absence: a partial composite would rank it against cards the model knows far more about.