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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the HeartGold & SoulSilver era.
The headline cards of HGSS Black Star Promos are Tropical Tidal Wave, Lugia, Latios, Latias and Ho-Oh, and they define a promotional run that carries the English-language Pokémon TCG through the HeartGold & SoulSilver era. Released on February 11, 2010, this promo collection holds 25 cards, with the same 25 catalogued as printings. The set code is HGSS. It leans on Colorless, Lightning, Water and Fighting Pokémon, and every card is a Promo, so the appeal comes from the individual cards rather than any rarity ladder.
HGSS Black Star Promos was released February 11, 2010.
HGSS Black Star Promos has 25 cards.
HGSS Black Star Promos is part of the HeartGold & SoulSilver era.
Tropical Tidal Wave, at $1,400.00, as of October 22, 2026.
HGSS Black Star Promos has no rarity ladder to climb: all 25 cards are Promo rarity and none is a chase tier, so there are no secret cards sitting above the printed count. Value sits with a few names. Tropical Tidal Wave, illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, ranks first by value, followed by Lugia and Ho-Oh, both illustrated by Takashi Yamaguchi, and then Latios by Wataru Kawahara. The top five cards alone hold 75 percent of the set's total card value, which makes the most valuable cards the real story of this card list.
As of October 2026, no era ranking or multiple against the HeartGold & SoulSilver median is available for HGSS Black Star Promos, so it is best placed by its neighbours. It follows Basic Energy (2010 copyright), released January 1, 2010, and comes before Basic Energy (2011 copyright), released January 1, 2011. At 25 cards it is a compact promotional run. English collectors can trace 15 of its cards back to the Japanese set L-P: Legends Promos, released September 1, 2009, which is where those cards first appeared.
| Measure | This setHGSS Black Star Promos | Previous setBasic Energy (2010 copyright) | Next setBasic Energy (2011 copyright) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Feb 11, 2010 | Jan 1, 2010 | Jan 1, 2011 |
| Printed cards | 25 | — | — |
| Master set value | $3,493.00 | — | — |
| Most valuable card price | $1,400.00 | — | — |
| Priced cards | 25 of 25 | — | — |
Completing HGSS Black Star Promos means finding all 25 catalogued printings, and every one of them is priced. Because the top five cards hold 75 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of a complete set is driven by Tropical Tidal Wave, Lugia, Latios, Latias and Ho-Oh, while the remaining cards, including Feraligatr, Entei and Minun, carry much less. Thirteen distinct illustrators worked on the run, with Kouki Saitou and Masakazu Fukuda each credited on four cards.
Market comparisons as of October 2026.