The chase cards in Astral Radiance include Machamp V, Origin Forme Palkia V, Beedrill V and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Astral Radiance
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Astral Radiance — a Sword & Shield-series set with 27 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Machamp V (#172) — Rare Ultra (~$216.37)
- Origin Forme Palkia V (#167) — Rare Ultra (~$89.89)
- Beedrill V (#161) — Rare Ultra (~$72.10)
- Origin Forme Dialga V (#177) — Rare Ultra (~$68.57)
- Hisuian Sneasler V (#175) — Rare Ultra (~$36.46)
- Hisuian Lilligant V (#163) — Rare Ultra (~$26.64)
Which Astral Radiance chase card leads?
Machamp V is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $216.37. Prices on these range from about $26.64 to $216.37 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Astral Radiance chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Astral Radiance:
- Machamp — Machamp V (#171), Machamp V (#172), Machamp VMAX (#194)
- Origin Forme Palkia — Origin Forme Palkia V (#167), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (#192), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (#208)
- Beedrill — Beedrill V (#160), Beedrill V (#161)
- Origin Forme Dialga — Origin Forme Dialga V (#177), Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (#198), Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (#210)
- Hisuian Sneasler — Hisuian Sneasler V (#174), Hisuian Sneasler V (#175)
Chasing them in Astral Radiance
Astral Radiance runs to 216 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Machamp V, Origin Forme Palkia V and Beedrill V covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 344-card master set. The rarest single pull, Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (#198) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.