Battle Styles Booster Box vs Japanese Single & Rapid Strike (Pokemon)

Battle Styles vs Single Strike Master & Rapid Strike Master at a Glance

The table sets the English expansion beside the two Japanese boxes. English cells come from the official pokemon.com pages, apart from the printed total, which comes from pokemon-tcg-data (a third-party source), and the Limitless row counts. Japanese cells come from Bulbapedia’s list of Japanese expansions (snapshot September 15, 2026), the Limitless set headers and the official pokemon-card.com database.

The English set carries both battle styles in one release, numbered 1 to 163 with a secret block above. Each Japanese box holds one style’s cards: the Single Strike Pokémon sit in S5I and the Rapid Strike Pokémon in S5R.

Set Size: Over 160, 163 Printed, 183 Rows

As of September 30, 2026, three sources give different numbers for the same English set, and each is correct on its own counting basis. The official page prints an approximate figure, pokemon-tcg-data gives the printed and total counts, and Limitless TCG counts every row it lists.

The header and the row count agree at 183. By Limitless’s labels the 183 rows split as follows; the rarity names are Limitless’s own, not the official English names. Limitless’s 12 Double Rare and 6 Triple Rare rows match in number the 12 Pokémon V and 6 Pokémon VMAX that the official page announces.

The Six VMAX Cards and Their RRR Prints

Limitless labels English cards 19, 22, 51, 86, 88 and 110 Triple Rare, and each of the six VMAX cards has one Japanese RRR print in S5I or S5R. The official database credits each Japanese print to the same illustrator that Limitless shows for the English card. A matching credit supports the match; it does not by itself show that the artwork is identical.

Three of the six Japanese VMAX cards are in S5I (Flapple, Tapu Koko and Single Strike Urshifu) and three are in S5R (Victini, Rapid Strike Urshifu and Corviknight).

Rainbow Rare and Secret Rare Cards: EN 164–183

Limitless labels English cards 164 to 177 Rainbow Rare (except 168 and 170, which it labels Secret Rare) and 178 to 183 Secret Rare. Limitless’s Japanese-print lists for the Rainbow Rare and Secret Rare VMAX cards show the same RRR prints as for the Triple Rare versions, and the Supporter cards show the same U and SR prints as for the Ultra Rare versions, so these 20 English cards have no verified same-tier Japanese print. The table shows the Japanese prints of the same game text instead.

Japanese singles above the SR tier are offered as PSA 10 cards: Single Strike Urshifu VMAX HR: SA S5I 085/070 as a back order at ¥76,683 (~$498), Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX HR: SA S5R 084/070 as a PSA 10 at ¥98,093 (~$637) or a back order at ¥96,206 (~$625), Cheryl HR S5R 088/070 as a back order at ¥10,199 (~$66) and Houndoom UR S5I 089/070 as a back order at ¥15,300 (~$99). These are Japanese singles in their own right and are not paired with an English card. The Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX HR 084/070 card guide and the Single Strike Urshifu VMAX HR 085/070 PSA 10 guide cover the two Urshifu VMAX prints.

English or Japanese: A Print Checklist

A card from the Battle Styles era can be an English card, a Japanese S5I card or a Japanese S5R card. Four printed details separate them.

• Number against set size. English Ultra Rare cards are numbered 142 to 163 in a set whose printed total is 163 (per pokemon-tcg-data). Japanese SR prints are numbered above their main list, such as 077/070 in S5I or S5R.
• Set code and style. The Japanese cards carry S5I (Single Strike, 一撃) or S5R (Rapid Strike, 連撃); the English cards carry the Battle Styles set, and the style name sits in the card name, as in Rapid Strike Urshifu V.
• Two Japanese SR prints for one English card. Empoleon V, Single Strike Urshifu V, Rapid Strike Urshifu V and Tyranitar V each have two SR prints in the Japanese box, so the print number matters when you order.
• Illustrator credit. A matching credit supports an English-to-Japanese match but does not prove that the artwork is identical.

The guide to reading Japanese Pokemon cards and the Japanese vs English Pokemon cards comparison cover the region and print differences in more depth.

Where to Buy the Japanese Boxes from Japan

Graded Japanese singles from the tables above sit in the PSA 10 collection, and the PSA 10 card list runs through the same products. Korrina’s Focus SR S5R 079/070 is offered as a PSA 10 at ¥20,550 (~$133) or a back order at ¥20,665 (~$134), and the Rapid Strike Urshifu V SR: SA S5R 077/070 as a back order at ¥9,690 (~$63). Sourcing requests for a specific card or a sealed S5I or S5R box go through Schnellbestellung.

For the buying process from outside Japan, the guide to buying Japanese Pokemon cards from Japan walks through it step by step. Back-order listings are covered in the PSA 10 back-order explainer, and the Japanese Pokemon card sets in order lists the Japanese sets in release order.

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