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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Black & White era.
BW4: Dark Rush was released December 16, 2011.
BW4: Dark Rush has 76 cards.
BW4: Dark Rush is part of the Black & White era.
Raikou EX, at $149.99, as of November 11, 2026.
3 cards in BW4: Dark Rush sit at one of its hit rarities. See this set's hits page for the full breakdown by rarity.
BW4: Dark Rush sits in the Black & White era of the Japanese Pokémon TCG as an expansion released on December 16, 2011 under the set code BW4. The card list runs to 76 printings, and the set is built around the EX Pokémon: Darkrai EX, Entei EX, Raikou EX and Tornadus EX each appear twice, in more than one rarity. Raikou EX and Darkrai EX lead the most valuable cards, so the legendary-beast EX cards define the identity of this release more than any single support card does.
The rarity ladder in BW4: Dark Rush climbs from 33 commons and 23 uncommons through 13 rares to 7 chase-tier cards, split between 4 Super Rares and 3 Ultra Rares. Raikou EX in Super Rare tops the card list, followed by Darkrai EX, then Umbreon, an uncommon that outranks most of the rares. Entei EX appears 4th as a Super Rare and 5th as a Rare. The top five cards alone hold 60 percent of the set's total card value, so the value sits in a short list of cards.
As of October 2026, BW4: Dark Rush holds the 5th highest total card value of the 18 comparable Black & White sets, about 1.8 times the era median, and its top card also ranks 5th in the era. Trading activity is stronger still, ranking 4th among those sets, while across the whole game it sits 91st of 189. It followed BW3: Hail Blizzard and came before Dragon Selection, and both hold less total value. Its cards carried over to the English Dark Explorers, released May 9, 2012, which arrived 4 months later.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setBW4: Dark Rush | Median of 18 setsBlack & White median | Previous setBW3: Hail Blizzard | Next setDragon Selection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Dec 16, 2011 | — | Sep 16, 2011 | Jan 27, 2012 |
| Cards | 76 | 58 | 57 | 20 |
| Master set value | ≥ $559.66 | $333.86 | ≥ $246.54 | ≥ $163.80 |
| Most valuable card price | $149.99 | $86.84 | $40.00 | $20.96 |
| Priced cards | 58 of 76 | 44 | 46 of 57 | 19 of 20 |
A full run of BW4: Dark Rush means 76 printings, of which 59 are priced. Because the top five cards hold 60 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of a complete set is driven by a handful of EX cards rather than the commons and uncommons that fill most of the card list. Cards such as Plusle, Minun and Blaziken sit well below the EX tier, and the long tail of low-value printings is what makes up the rest of the run.