The chase cards in Brilliant Stars include Charizard V, Charizard VSTAR, Arceus V and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Brilliant Stars
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Brilliant Stars — a Sword & Shield-series set with 14 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Charizard V (#154) — Rare Ultra (~$356.51)
- Charizard VSTAR (#174) — Rare Rainbow (~$80.57)
- Arceus V (#166) — Rare Ultra (~$62.22)
- Charizard V (#153) — Rare Ultra (~$39.82)
- Pikachu V (#157) — Rare Ultra (~$27.99)
- Ultra Ball (#186) — Rare Secret (~$19.54)
Which Brilliant Stars chase card leads?
Charizard V is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $356.51. Prices on these range from about $19.54 to $356.51 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Brilliant Stars chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Brilliant Stars:
- Charizard — Charizard V (#153), Charizard V (#154), Charizard VSTAR (#174)
- Arceus — Arceus V (#165), Arceus V (#166), Arceus VSTAR (#176), Arceus VSTAR (#184)
- Pikachu — Pikachu V (#157)
- Galarian Moltres — Galarian Moltres V (#183)
- Galarian Articuno — Galarian Articuno V (#181)
Chasing them in Brilliant Stars
Brilliant Stars runs to 186 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Charizard V, Charizard VSTAR and Arceus V covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 318-card master set. The rarest single pull, Arceus VSTAR (#176) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.