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Includes the Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery subset.
Release date, card count, chase cards and how it compares with the Sword & Shield era.
The headline cards of Brilliant Stars are its Charizard V and Charizard VSTAR, alongside Arceus V and Arceus VSTAR, which appear in several versions each. Brilliant Stars is an expansion in the Sword & Shield era of the English-language Pokémon TCG, with release date February 25, 2022 and the set code BRS. It lists 172 official cards, plus 14 secret cards numbered above that count, for 186 printings in the card list. The set leans on Psychic, Water, Colorless and Grass Pokémon, and Cheren's Care and Cynthia's Ambition are two Trainer names it prints in more than one version.
Brilliant Stars was released February 25, 2022.
Brilliant Stars has 186 cards.
Brilliant Stars is part of the Sword & Shield era.
62 cards in Brilliant Stars sit at one of its hit rarities. See this set's hits page for the full breakdown by rarity.
Brilliant Stars builds its pull ladder from commons, uncommons and rares up to 62 chase-tier cards, spread across Holo Rare V, VSTAR and VMAX, Ultra Rare and Secret Rare, with the 14 secret rares numbered past the printed 172. Charizard V in Ultra Rare leads the most valuable cards, followed by Charizard VSTAR in Secret Rare, Arceus V and a second Charizard V. Ryota Murayama illustrated the top card, while 5ban Graphics drew the Charizard VSTAR and 16 cards overall. The top five cards hold 60 percent of the set's total card value, so a few pulls carry most of the weight.
As of October 2026, Brilliant Stars holds the 8th highest total card value of the 17 comparable Sword & Shield sets, about 1.4 times the era median, and ranks 106th across the game's 130 comparable sets. Its single most valuable card ranks 6th in the era and its trading activity also ranks 6th. At 172 official cards it sits about level with the era median of 189. It followed Fusion Strike, which holds more total value, and came before Astral Radiance, which also holds more. Many of its cards first appeared in the Japanese set S9: Star Birth, released January 14, 2022, with 80 shared cards.
Written from market data as of October 22, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setBrilliant Stars | Previous setFusion Strike | Next setAstral Radiance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Feb 25, 2022 | Nov 12, 2021 | May 27, 2022 |
| Printed cards | 172 | 264 | 189 |
| Master set value | — | $2,233.91 | $884.21 |
| Most valuable card price | — | $1,032.52 | $191.22 |
| Priced cards | — | 284 of 284 | 216 of 216 |
A complete run of Brilliant Stars means 186 catalog printings, and all 186 are priced. Because the top five cards carry 60 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of finishing it depends mostly on the Charizard and Arceus cards, while the commons, uncommons and rares fill out the rest. The sealed line has 29 products, built around blister packs, booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes, Build & Battle Boxes, a booster box and a booster case.
Sealed Brilliant Stars: all 29 products with prices
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