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Release date, card count, chase cards and how it compares with the EX era.
Nintendo Black Star Promos, which carries the set code POP, is a promotional run from the EX era, released on October 1, 2003. It holds 40 cards, all printed at the same Common rarity, so the set works as a card list of distributed promos rather than a ladder of pulls. What defines it is the starter trio. Mudkip, Torchic and Treecko each appear three times, and Groudon ex and Kyogre ex appear twice apiece. The Pokémon types lean on Water, Colorless, Fire and Grass, with Mudkip heading the value rankings.
Nintendo Black Star Promos has no rarity tiers to chase through, since every one of its 40 cards is a Common and none sits above the printed count. Demand instead follows the cards themselves. Mudkip, illustrated by Atsuko Nishida, is the most valuable card in the set, followed by Tropical Tidal Wave, Ryo Ueda's Rayquaza ex and his Groudon ex, with Nishida's Treecko in 5th. Those top five cards hold 54 percent of the set's total card value, so a small group of promos carries just over half the worth of the run.
As of October 2026, Nintendo Black Star Promos holds the highest total card value of the 10 comparable EX era sets, about 13.9 times the era median, and 2nd across the whole game. Its Mudkip ranks 2nd among the era's most valuable single cards, and it leads the era in trading activity. At 40 cards it runs larger than the era median of 17. It followed Best of game, which holds less total value, and came before Poké Card Creator Pack, which also holds less. Its cards first appeared in Japan in ADV-P Promotional cards, released January 1, 2003.
Nintendo Black Star Promos was released October 1, 2003.
Nintendo Black Star Promos has 40 cards.
Nintendo Black Star Promos is part of the EX era.
Written from market data as of October 23, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setNintendo Black Star Promos | Previous setBest of game | Next setPoké Card Creator Pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Oct 1, 2003 | Dec 1, 2002 | Jul 1, 2004 |
| Printed cards | 40 | 9 | 5 |
| Master set value | — | $2,540.97 | — |
| Most valuable card price | — | $1,766.67 | — |
| Priced cards | — | 9 of 9 | — |
The full run is 40 printings, and 38 of them carry a market price. Because the top five cards account for 54 percent of the set's total card value, the cost of a complete Nintendo Black Star Promos run depends mostly on a few cards rather than the many low-value promos around them. The three starter Pokémon, each printed three times, make up a good share of the checklist, so tracking which version is which matters when working through it.
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