Dragon Vault Set Guide

Overview

Dragon Vault came out between Dragons Exalted and Boundaries Crossed as a special set rather than a main expansion. Every Pokémon in it is a Dragon, from the Dratini line to Rayquaza, Latias and Latios.

Its rarity data is thin. The catalog lists the 17 Pokémon and Super Rod as Rare Holo and gives no rarity for Kyurem, Exp. Share or First Ticket. Kyurem is numbered 21 against a printed total of 20, which makes it the set's one secret rare.

Cards and rarities

Dragon Vault has 21 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "1/20", next to the set code DRV.

The printed total is 20, so only Kyurem, 21/20, is a secret rare. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →

Headline Pokémon

Every Pokémon in the set is a holo Dragon. Three of the strongest:

Rayquaza

Dragon Vault #11

120 HP. Shred does 90, unaffected by any effects on the Defending Pokémon; Dragon Pulse does 40 and discards the top 2 cards of your deck.

Dragonite

Dragon Vault #5

150 HP Stage 2. Hurricane Tail flips 4 coins and does 60 for each heads.

Salamence

Dragon Vault #8

140 HP Stage 2. Scornful Storm: once during your turn, your opponent discards until they have 4 cards in hand.

Trainers worth knowing

Two of its three Trainers:

First Ticket

Dragon Vault #19

Item, played before the coin flip that decides who goes first: you go first. If both players play one, flip as normal.

Super Rod

Dragon Vault #20

Item. Shuffle 3 Pokémon and basic Energy cards, in any combination, from your discard pile into your deck.

The chase card: Kyurem

Kyurem

Dragon Vault #21

Rarity No rarity listed

Card number 21/20

Market price, October 22, 2026 $94.18

Illustrator Ryo Ueda

Dragon Vault's chase card is Kyurem, numbered 21/20, a card the catalog lists without a rarity, illustrated by Ryo Ueda, at $94.18 on October 22, 2026.

The Rare Holo Rayquaza (11/20) was second at $61.10 and the Rare Holo Dragonite (5/20) third at $34.76.

Kyurem is printed only once in Dragon Vault, here.

Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →

Chase cards and prices

The secret Kyurem leads, and the holo Rayquaza and Dragonite are the only other cards above $30.

These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on October 22, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →

What a complete set costs

One copy of every card in Dragon Vault, bought as singles, cost $313.42 on October 22, 2026. That is the 11th most expensive of the twelve sets in the Black & White series.

The three most valuable cards, Kyurem, Rayquaza and Dragonite, come to $190.04, or 61% of the total. Without them the set costs $123.38. Of the 21 cards, 4 were under $2.00, together $6.18; the other 17 add up to $307.24.

Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil where both exist, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.

Playing it

No Dragon Vault card carries a regulation mark, so none is Standard-legal as printed. Standard has allowed only the H, I and J marks since April 10, 2026. Every card in Dragon Vault is legal in Expanded, which takes every set from Black & White on.

A reprint with a legal mark makes older printings of the same card legal again, so check a card's name before you rule it out.

Standard, Expanded and deck building rules →

Frequently Asked Questions