Ruler of the Black Flame (SV3) Card List: All 141 Cards

Set Overview

Ruler of the Black Flame (SV3) released July 28, 2023, as part of the Scarlet & Violet era’s Japanese lineup, with Charizard ex headlining the set’s chase list. Limitless TCG’s index catalogues 141 total rows for the set. Subtracting the 33-card secret tier leaves 108 base-set rows — commons, uncommons, rares, and the like — which lines up with the “/108” denominator printed on the cards themselves. For example, the PSA-graded Ortega Secret Rare single is numbered 130/108.

The secret tier runs from card 109 through card 141, split into four rarities that stack in the order below: Art Rare, Secret Rare, Special Art Rare, and Ultra Rare. As with other Scarlet & Violet-era Japanese sets, any card numbered above the base-set denominator (above 108/108 here) belongs to the secret tier, and matching the printed number to the tables below is the most reliable way to identify what you pulled — several characters repeat across multiple rarities in this set.

The standout example of that repetition is Charizard ex, which appears three times: as a Secret Rare (125/108), a Special Art Rare (134/108), and an Ultra Rare (139/108). That triple-rarity run across the set’s three highest tiers is a big part of why Charizard ex anchors this set’s chase list and why Ruler of the Black Flame remains one of the more heavily searched Japanese sets from its release window.

Five other characters get promoted from Secret Rare straight into Special Art Rare status in this set: Eiscue ex, Revavroom ex, Pidgeot ex, Geeta, and Poppy each appear once as a Secret Rare and again as a Special Art Rare with different, full-art treatment — the same pattern Charizard ex follows one tier further, into Ultra Rare.

If you’re new to Japanese secret-tier structure generally, the short version is that every Scarlet & Violet-era mainline Japanese set stacks its highest-value cards into rarities that don’t exist in the base set at all. Ruler of the Black Flame’s four tiers — Art Rare, Secret Rare, Special Art Rare, and Ultra Rare — run in roughly ascending order of scarcity within the set, though scarcity isn’t the same as market value; a Special Art Rare doesn’t automatically outprice a Secret Rare of a more popular character. What the tier tells you is the print treatment and the numbering block the card sits in, not its price on its own.

Chase Cards: Special Art Rares & Ultra Rares

The six Special Art Rares and the three Ultra Rares sit at the top of the set. These are full-art, textured-foil treatments with the widest borders in the print run, and they’re the cards most collectors are hunting when they open a box.

Eiscue ex 133/108 Special Art Rare

Charizard ex 134/108 Special Art Rare

Revavroom ex 135/108 Special Art Rare

Pidgeot ex 136/108 Special Art Rare

Geeta 137/108 Special Art Rare

Poppy 138/108 Special Art Rare

Charizard ex at 134/108 is the marquee card of the Special Art Rare tier, and the one most searched for from this set — unsurprising given it’s a Charizard ex full art from a set with “Black Flame” in the name. Eiscue ex, Revavroom ex, and Pidgeot ex round out the ex-Pokemon side of the tier, while Geeta and Poppy are the two Trainer Special Art Rares, giving collectors a full-art supporter option alongside the four Pokemon SARs.

Artazon 140/108 Ultra Rare

Basic Fire Energy 141/108 Ultra Rare

The Ultra Rare tier closes the set out at 139/108 through 141/108. The first slot, 139/108, is Charizard ex’s third and final appearance in the secret tier — after the Secret Rare at 125/108 and the Special Art Rare at 134/108 — making it the only card in the set to run across all three of the top rarities. The tier finishes with the Artazon stadium card at 140/108 and a basic fire energy at 141/108, the last two numbers in the entire 141-card print run.

Artazon and the basic fire energy don’t carry the same visual punch as a full-art Pokemon, but both are numbered in the same Ultra Rare tier and catalogued at the same rarity level as Charizard ex’s third printing, which is worth knowing if you’re cross-referencing a listing that only states rarity without a card number.

Among singles, our current in-stock listing is the PSA 10-graded Ortega Secret Rare 130/108, currently listed at ¥5,499 (~$35) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order). PSA independently determines authenticity and grade, so a PSA 10 slab reflects PSA’s own grading standard applied to that individual copy rather than a guarantee we make.

Where to Buy Ruler of the Black Flame Product

We ship Japanese sealed product and graded singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. Whether you’re chasing the Charizard ex triple-rarity run, filling out the Art Rare block, or just want a sealed box to open, the three product types above cover most budgets: the booster box for the full spread of possibilities, the Deck Build Box for a lower-cost entry point, and graded singles when you want one specific card rather than a chance at it.

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For the full visual card checklist, see our SV3 card list page. For specific singles or mixed orders — including any of the secret-tier cards from the tables above that aren’t currently listed as standalone products — request a quote via our Quick Order page and we’ll check current availability.

If you’re weighing sealed product against singles: a booster box gets you a shot at all 33 secret-tier cards plus the full 108-card base set, the Deck Build Box (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) is a lower-cost, smaller-count entry point, and going straight to a single like the PSA 10 Ortega above gets you that exact card directly, without depending on what a box happens to contain. Which route makes sense depends on whether you’re collecting toward a specific card or building out the set as a whole. For current secondary-market context on the chase cards specifically, see our Ruler of the Black Flame best cards guide.