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Wizards Black Star Promos

Base · 1999/07/01 · 53/53 cards
An all-Promo set centered on character-focused Pokémon illustrations, dominated by simple compositions and vibrant, bright color. Playful and whimsical moods shape much of the visual tone.
Cards53
Pokémon49
Trainers4
Energy0
Illustrators20
Unique Pokémon40
Avg art score61.08
Median art score60.00
Priced cards53
Avg market price$57.32
Median market price$24.99
Collector note
With every card carrying the Promo rarity, interest often comes down to specific artworks and a few standout Trainers, including Pokémon Center as the set’s top market outlier. The range of illustrators and repeated Pokémon appearances make it approachable to collect in focused sub-themes.
Visual identity
The visual language is clean and character-forward: simple, focused layouts with balanced framing, often placing the subject clearly against uncluttered space. Color trends strongly vibrant and bright, with frequent contrasting accents and occasional pastel softness; the prevailing mood stays playful, lighthearted, and energetic, with only brief turns toward mysterious or majestic.

About Wizards Black Star Promos

Wizards Black Star Promos gathers 53 Promo cards into a compact visual survey: 49 Pokémon and 4 Trainers, all under a single rarity banner. With 40 Pokémon represented and 20 illustrators credited, the set reads less like a linear checklist and more like a curated spread of character moments. The dominant structure is straightforward—simple, focused, balanced compositions—paired with a consistently vibrant, bright palette that keeps the artwork legible at a glance.

Stylistically, the collection is led by cartoonish and traditional approaches, with playful and whimsical moods appearing most often, supported by energetic and lighthearted beats. Highlights include Ho-oh and Celebi, both singled out by the set’s strongest art scores, and Articuno as another visual point of reference. Across the roster, recurring faces like Pikachu, Mewtwo, and Mew reinforce the set’s character-first emphasis, while the overall look stays clean and color-forward rather than densely scenic.

Illustrators

Ken Sugimori anchors the set’s illustrator mix with the largest share of cards, supported by Toshinao Aoki, Atsuko Nishida, and Kagemaru Himeno. Together, their contributions reinforce the set’s preference for readable character design, upbeat expression, and straightforward composition.

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Printed total53
Set total53
SeriesBase
Release1999/07/01

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Mitsuhiro Arita
Hajime Kusajima
Toshinao Aoki
Hironobu Yoshida
Atsuko Nishida
Toshinao Aoki
Atsuko Nishida
Tomokazu Komiya
Christopher Rush
Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori
Kagemaru Himeno
Toshinao Aoki
Hiromichi Sugiyama
Ken Sugimori
Toshinao Aoki
Kagemaru Himeno
Toshinao Aoki
Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori
Sumiyoshi Kizuki
Atsuko Nishida
Kagemaru Himeno
Ken Sugimori
Atsuko Nishida
Hideki Kazama
Craig Turvey
Shin-ichi Yoshida
Ken Sugimori
Atsuko Nishida
Ken Sugimori
Ken Sugimori
"Big Mama" Tagawa
Kagemaru Himeno
Tomokazu Komiya
Atsuko Nishida
Miki Tanaka
Gakuji Nomoto
Kunihiko Yuyama
Ken Sugimori
"Big Mama" Tagawa
Keiji Kinebuchi
Ken Sugimori
Keiji Kinebuchi
Keiji Kinebuchi
Hironobu Yoshida
Ken Sugimori
Mitsuhiro Arita