IR / SIR Tierlist - Black Bolt VS White Flare

Its time for a Tierlist again! This time I created two Tierlists, one for each of the new upcoming BW Sets, so that you can see and share which of the two sets you prefer & of course, to appreciate the artwork of each of the cards while going through.
Which of these two sets do you prefer, and why?

Black Bolt:
https://tiermaker.com/create/black-bolt-16788423

White Flare:
https://tiermaker.com/create/white-flare-16788423

Here are my results:


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Here are my tier lists, between the 2 I have to give it to Black Bolt.

BB has better art overall from my view with more artists who use sharp and clean styles.

Best thing about both sets whether I like the style or not is that a lot of artists really really pushed their styles onto the card and it is nice to see them all give such a strong dose of their souls on a full sized canvas.

Prior to this Pokekyun was my favorite special set of all time. This is now first, making Pokekyun second, and VMAX Climax third.

I count both BB and WF combined as a special set (when it comes to the 144 AR 12 SAR and 3 BWR subset) even though I know they are not.

Best part of it all is I hate gen 5 Pokemom design wise and only like 17/156, and yet I’m smitten with this “special set.” Bravo Pokemon you got me

You’re missing Victini, Gothitelle and Reuniclus.


Not sure an artist whose style I disliked managed to rise above bad. I think the most disappointing would be Saboteri since the rest I don’t expect to like their cards.

Also in 8 days, we’ll get HD pictures of all of them which would probably help since the tints are pretty bad on the scans.

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I did not include these three since they arent in the english set. I wanted a comparison of the english, but shouldve specified that of course!