HGSS Black Star Promos Card List

HGSS Black Star Promos overview

The headline cards of HGSS Black Star Promos are Tropical Tidal Wave, Lugia, Latios, Latias and Ho-Oh. This English-language Pokémon TCG promotional run belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver era and was released on February 11, 2010, with 25 cards under the HGSS Black Star Promos banner. Its release date places it early in the era, and the card list leans on Colorless, Lightning, Water and Fighting Pokémon. Promo collections like this one are assembled from tournament prizes, product inclusions and special events rather than opened in packs, so the checklist reads as a spread of featured Pokémon, with Johto legends and the Hoenn pair at the front.

HGSS Black Star Promos chase cards and rarities

There is no pull ladder here, because every card in HGSS Black Star Promos carries the same Promo rarity and no secret cards sit above the printed 25. The most valuable cards are Tropical Tidal Wave, illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, followed by Lugia and Ho-Oh, both by Takashi Yamaguchi, with Latios by Wataru Kawahara rounding out the leading names. Latias, also by Kawahara, sits just behind. Value is heavily concentrated: the top five cards alone hold 75 percent of the set's total card value, so the remaining twenty cards of this promotional run carry comparatively little of it.

How HGSS Black Star Promos compares