Black & White Master Set Checklist & Cost

Variants in the Black & White master set

Only three variant families make up the Black & White master set: Normal, Reverse Holo and Holo. The 110 normal slots are the base of the checklist, while the 68 reverse holo slots are a second print of cards in the Uncommon, Common and Rare tiers, so each of those cards needs two slots in the binder. The 6 holo slots are the smallest family. A reverse holo is a card with the foil on the frame and the art left flat, and it counts as a separate slot from the standard print of the same card.

Where the Black & White master set's cost sits

The Black & White master set cost is concentrated at the top. As of October 24, 2026, 177 of the 184 slots carry a price, and the ten highest-value slots hold 66 percent of the total. Normal prints account for 69 percent of the value, reverse holos for 26 percent and holos for 5 percent. The lower-value half of the priced slots adds up to only 5 percent, so most of the checklist is filled by slots that barely move the total while a handful decide the rest.

Written from market data as of October 24, 2026; the tables update live.

• Top 10 slots66%
• Normal slots69%
• Reverse holo slots26%
• Holo slots4.7%
• Lower-value half5.2%

Shares of the master set’s priced value, from the slot prices in the checklist above.

Hardest Black & White master set slots

Three slots set the difficulty here: the secret rare Pikachu, then the Ultra Rare Zekrom and Reshiram, ranked first, second and third by value. Two reverse holos follow in fourth and fifth, and they surprise people. The Rare Reshiram reverse holo and the Common Deerling reverse holo are both variants, not the main prints of their cards, yet they sit among the five hardest slots. Together these five hold 59 percent of the master set's total value.

Most valuable slots

1. 1Pikachu · Normal · Secret Rare$177.08
2. 2Zekrom · Normal · Ultra Rare$124.26
3. 3Reshiram · Normal · Ultra Rare$107.02
4. 4Reshiram · Reverse Holo · Rare$14.65
5. 5Deerling · Reverse Holo · Common$12.78
6. 6Sawsbuck · Reverse Holo · Rare$11.13
7. 7Zekrom · Holo · Rare$10.98
8. 8Zorua · Reverse Holo · Common$10.31
9. 9Reshiram · Holo · Rare$10.30
10. 10Zoroark · Reverse Holo · Rare$9.76

How the Black & White master set compares

At 184 slots, the Black & White master set is about equal to the era median of 184 slots, so it is an average-sized job for its era. By master set value it ranks 10th of 12 comparable sets in the era. Its neighbours differ in size: Call of Legends has 205 slots and a master set that holds higher value, while Emerging Powers has 158 slots and a master set that holds lower value.