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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Scarlet & Violet era.
Charizard ex is the headline of SV3: Ruler of the Black Flame, a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the Scarlet & Violet era, released on July 28, 2023 under set code SV3. The card list runs to 141 printings. Charizard ex appears in four versions, while Eiscue ex, Geeta, Lechonk and Pidgeot ex each turn up three times. Charizard ex holds three of the four highest value ranks in the set, so the release reads as a Charizard set first, with Pidgeot ex and a spread of Art Rare cards behind it.
SV3: Ruler of the Black Flame was released July 28, 2023.
SV3: Ruler of the Black Flame has 141 cards.
SV3: Ruler of the Black Flame is part of the Scarlet & Violet era.
The rarity structure of Ruler of the Black Flame runs from commons and uncommons up through plain rares into 41 chase-tier cards, spread across Double Rare, Super Rare, Art Rare, Special Art Rare and Ultra Rare slots. The most valuable cards are Charizard ex in Special Art Rare, Charizard ex in Ultra Rare, Pidgeot ex in Special Art Rare and the Super Rare Charizard ex, with the Art Rare Ninetales fifth. The top five cards alone hold 68 percent of the set's total card value, so nearly all of the worth sits in a few pulls.
As of October 2026, SV3: Ruler of the Black Flame ranks 13th by total card value among the 25 comparable Scarlet & Violet sets, level with the era median, and 119th across the 189 sets in the Japanese Pokémon TCG. Its single most valuable card ranks 12th in the era, and its trading activity ranks 9th. It followed SV2a: Pokemon Card 151, which holds more total value, and came before SV3a: Raging Surf, which holds less. English players got its cards in Obsidian Flames, 2 weeks later, with 82 cards shared.
Written from market data as of October 23, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setSV3: Ruler of the Black Flame | Median of 25 setsScarlet & Violet median | Previous setSV2a: Pokemon Card 151 | Next setSV3a: Raging Surf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Jul 28, 2023 | — | Jun 16, 2023 | Sep 22, 2023 |
| Cards | 141 | 108 | 210 | 92 |
| Master set value | $412.41 | $412.41 | $1,422.42 | $329.78 |
| Most valuable card price | $175.57 | $160.24 | $388.35 | $37.15 |
| Priced cards | 141 of 141 | 108 | 210 of 210 | 92 of 92 |
Completing the set means tracking down all 141 catalog printings, and every one of them is priced. Because 68 percent of the card value is concentrated in the top five cards, the cost of a full run is driven by the Charizard ex and Pidgeot ex chase cards, while most of the commons and uncommons that fill out the list carry little weight. The sealed line for the set is small, made up of a booster box and a booster pack.
Absol exSV3: Ruler of the Black Flame · 126$2.89-0.3%24Quant score24 / 100
Vespiquen exSV3: Ruler of the Black Flame · 123$1.46+3.5%18Quant score18 / 100