# What are the chase cards in Battle Styles?

> The chase cards in Battle Styles include Tyranitar V, Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX, Empoleon V and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
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> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/chase-cards-in-battle-styles — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**The chase cards in Battle Styles include Tyranitar V, Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX, Empoleon V and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.**

## The cards collectors chase in Battle Styles

Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Battle Styles — a Sword & Shield-series set with 20 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:

- [Tyranitar V (#155)](/card/swsh5-155) — Rare Ultra (~$268.08)
- [Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (#170)](/card/swsh5-170) — Rare Rainbow (~$73.56)
- [Empoleon V (#146)](/card/swsh5-146) — Rare Ultra (~$66.74)
- [Mimikyu V (#148)](/card/swsh5-148) — Rare Ultra (~$46.73)
- [Single Strike Urshifu VMAX (#168)](/card/swsh5-168) — Rare Rainbow (~$32.99)
- [Houndoom (#179)](/card/swsh5-179) — Rare Secret (~$25.61)

## Which Battle Styles chase card leads?

Tyranitar V is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $268.08. Prices on these range from about $25.61 to $268.08 on the secondary market.

## Star Pokémon behind the Battle Styles chase

Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Battle Styles:

- **Tyranitar** — Tyranitar V (#154), Tyranitar V (#155)
- **Rapid Strike Urshifu** — Rapid Strike Urshifu V (#152), Rapid Strike Urshifu V (#153), Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (#169), Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (#170)
- **Empoleon** — Empoleon V (#145), Empoleon V (#146)
- **Mimikyu** — Mimikyu V (#148)
- **Single Strike Urshifu** — Single Strike Urshifu V (#150), Single Strike Urshifu V (#151), Single Strike Urshifu VMAX (#167), Single Strike Urshifu VMAX (#168)

## Chasing them in Battle Styles

Battle Styles runs to 183 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Tyranitar V, Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX and Empoleon V covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 306-card master set. The rarest single pull, Corviknight VMAX (#171) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.

Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.