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Burning Shadows

Series: Sun & Moon

Release date: August 4, 2017

Cards: 147 (22 secret)

Set code: SM3

Team Skull runs through this expansion, and its boss gets a Supporter that does two things in one play: Guzma drags an opposing benched Pokémon into the Active spot, then switches your own Active out for one of yours. Ken Sugimori drew the ordinary print of it and Masakazu Fukuda the Full Art. Necrozma appears here before any of the forms it would take in later sets, and PLANETA painted its Pokémon-GX, as it did those of Ho-Oh and Darkrai, while 5ban Graphics rendered the rest. Charizard-GX is what most people opened the packs for, printed once inside the numbered list and again under the rainbow treatment past its end. Twenty two cards sit past that end in all, the last of them a gold Fairy Energy. Japan issued the contents in June 2017 as To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow and Darkness that Consumes Light, and the English set folds in a third Japanese product, the Facing a New Trial subset. Burning Shadows (SM3) was released on August 4, 2017 in the Sun & Moon series, with 147 cards plus 22 secret rares. Its most expensive card is Charizard GX #150 (Secret Rare), at $117.18 (median of 8 sales over 30 days, October 1, 2026). A sealed booster box sells for $1,026.56 (median of 9 sales over 90 days, September 25, 2026).

Burning Shadows Card List


Burning Shadows stamped variants (12)


Burning Shadows Sealed Products (4)

Burning Shadows Pull Rates

RarityPull rate
Rare Holo GX~1 in 9.1 packs
Ultra Rare~1 in 25.5 packs
Secret Rare~1 in 39.4 packs
Rainbow Rare~1 in 62.9 packs
1/1k$10$100pull chance (1 in N packs)market priceCharizard GXFairy EnergyDarkness EnergyDarkrai GXWicke
Ultra RareSecret Rare

Burning Shadows Chase Cards

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Frequently asked questions

When was Burning Shadows released?

Burning Shadows released on August 4, 2017.

How many cards are in Burning Shadows?

Burning Shadows contains 147 official cards, plus 22 secret rares and bonus cards, for a total of 169 cards.

How many Secret Rares are in Burning Shadows?

There are 22 secret rare cards in Burning Shadows.

What is the most expensive card in Burning Shadows?

The most expensive card in Burning Shadows is Charizard GX #150 (Secret Rare), at $117.18: the median of 8 completed sales over the last 30 days, as of October 1, 2026.

How much is a Burning Shadows booster box?

A sealed Burning Shadows booster box sells for $1,026.56: the median of 9 completed sales over the last 90 days, as of September 25, 2026.

What are the pull rates in Burning Shadows?

Estimated odds per pack in Burning Shadows: Rainbow Rare, about 1 in 62.9 packs; Secret Rare, about 1 in 39.4 packs; Ultra Rare, about 1 in 25.5 packs; Rare Holo GX, about 1 in 9.1 packs.

Why is there no Full Art Charizard-GX inside Burning Shadows?

Japan printed Charizard-GX three ways in To Have Seen the Battle Rainbow: regular, Full Art and Rainbow Rare. The English set took only the regular print (20/147) and the Rainbow one (150/147); the Full Art was issued as an SM Black Star Promo in the Charizard-GX Premium Collection, which also held a Jumbo copy.

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