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Darkness Ablazecard list & price guide

Released Aug 14, 2020 · Sword & Shield era · 201 cards

Set, ungraded
$249
Set, PSA 10
$7,807
Cards priced
201 of 201
Typical card
$0.24
Top card
Charizard VMAX 20/189 $35.00
Prices as of Nov 12, 2026

Darkness Ablaze checklist

201 of 201 Darkness Ablaze cards shown

Cost to complete

Base set 189 cards
$159
Secret rares 12 cards
$89.51
Reverse holos 155 cards
$71.13
Complete set
$249
Master set
$320

Ungraded near mint at today’s prices, as of Nov 12, 2026; a card without a price counts as missing, not free. Master set, card by card.

201 of 201 cards priced · PSA 10 priced on 185. Each total adds up the cards that have a price. It is not the cost of a complete set unless every card is priced, and buying a set card by card usually costs more. Prices updated Nov 12, 2026.

Released
Aug 14, 2020All 2020 sets
Cards
201 (189 + 12 secret)
Set code
DAA
Series
Sword & Shield
Set symbol
Darkness Ablaze set symbolAll symbols

Darkness Ablaze is an English Pokémon TCG set of 201 cards, released in August 2020 as part of the Sword & Shield era. As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete set is worth about $249 ungraded, and a typical card sells for $0.24.

The most valuable cards are Charizard VMAX 20/189 ($35.00), Butterfree VMAX 190/189 ($17.10) and Salamence VMAX 194/189 ($14.00). See the most valuable Darkness Ablaze cards for the full top 50, or the Darkness Ablaze chase cards for the pulls collectors open packs for.

Pokémon collectors look for here include Charizard, Butterfree, Scizor, Salamence and Eternatus. The set before it was Rebel Clash; the next was Champion's Path.

Ungraded prices are UltraBall’s current value for a near-mint copy, read from recorded sales; PSA 10 values come from sales of graded copies. How we price cards.

Darkness Ablaze

Most valuable cards

Full ranking
  1. Charizard VMAX 20/189
    Rank #1Charizard VMAX20/189$35.00ungraded
  2. Butterfree VMAX 190/189
    Rank #2Butterfree VMAX190/189$17.10ungraded
  3. Salamence VMAX 194/189
    Rank #3Salamence VMAX194/189$14.00ungraded
  4. Scizor VMAX 193/189
    Rank #4Scizor VMAX193/189$12.80ungraded
  5. Eternatus VMAX 192/189
    Rank #5Eternatus VMAX192/189$12.70ungraded
  6. Charizard V 19/189
    Rank #6Charizard V19/189$9.00ungraded

Last 90 days

Darkness Ablaze sales

Set statistics

Cards by rarity

Darkness Ablaze: number of cards, combined ungraded value and top card per rarity
RarityCardsShareTop card
Rare Holo V147%Charizard V $9.00
Rare Holo VMAX73%Charizard VMAX $35.00
Common5326%Trapinch $0.34
Uncommon5025%Hiding Darkness Energy $0.34
Rare3417%Mimikyu $0.56
Rare Holo189%Arctozolt $1.88
Ultra Rare136%Houndoom V $6.49
Rainbow Rare73%Butterfree VMAX $17.10
Secret Rare52%Rillaboom $7.52

Market prices

Darkness Ablaze sealed products

All sealed

As of Oct 26, 2026, the Darkness Ablaze Booster Box is about $351, and the Darkness Ablaze Elite Trainer Box is about $125. These are TCGplayer market prices for one sealed unit.

In this set

Key Pokémon

Graded

Top PSA 10 values

Darkness Ablaze graded

Population

Hardest to gem

The lowest share of PSA-graded copies that came back a 10, among cards graded 100 times or more. A history of what was submitted, not the odds for a copy.

  1. 1
    Lugia140/189 · 1,036 graded
    37%
  2. 2
    Tyranitar88/189 · 322 graded
    39%
  3. 3
    Aggron123/189 · 109 graded
    48%
  4. 4
    Blaziken24/189 · 182 graded
    48%
  5. 5
    Milotic39/189 · 152 graded
    48%
  6. 6
    Suicune37/189 · 289 graded
    49%
  7. 7
    Darkrai105/189 · 176 graded
    53%
  8. 8
    Mew V69/189 · 2,661 graded
    56%
  9. 9
    Kangaskhan133/189 · 110 graded
    58%
  10. 10
    Charizard V19/189 · 10,443 graded
    58%

From PSA’s population report, as on each card page; growth from PSA’s weekly report through CardTrack. PSA counts the cards it has graded, not every copy that exists. More on graded supply.

Sword & Shield

Related sets

All sets in this era

Common questions

How much is a complete Darkness Ablaze set worth?

As of Nov 12, 2026, a complete Darkness Ablaze set is worth about $249 ungraded, adding up each card’s ungraded value. Every card in PSA 10 adds up to about $7,807. Buying card by card usually costs more.

What is the most valuable card in Darkness Ablaze?

Charizard VMAX 20/189 is the most valuable Darkness Ablaze card, worth about $35.00 ungraded and $135 in PSA 10. Next is Butterfree VMAX 190/189 at $17.10.

How many cards are in Darkness Ablaze?

Darkness Ablaze has 201 cards: 189 in the main set plus 12 secret rares numbered past 189. The full checklist above lists every card with its price.

When was Darkness Ablaze released?

Darkness Ablaze was released in English on Aug 14, 2020, in the Sword & Shield era.

Which Darkness Ablaze cards are worth money?

5 of the 201 priced Darkness Ablaze cards are worth $10 or more ungraded. The rest are commons, uncommons and non-holo rares that sell for a few dollars at most. The checklist sorts by price so the valuable ones sit at the top.

What are the chase cards in Darkness Ablaze?

The cards collectors open Darkness Ablaze packs for are Butterfree VMAX 190/189 ($17.10), Salamence VMAX 194/189 ($14.00) and Scizor VMAX 193/189 ($12.80). The full list is on the Darkness Ablaze chase cards page.

Which Darkness Ablaze card gains the most from a PSA 10?

Mew V 69/189: $6.72 ungraded against $155 as a PSA 10, 23.1 times more. Whether grading pays depends on the odds of a 10 and the grading fee: is it worth grading Pokémon cards?