# What are the chase cards in Brilliant Stars?

> The chase cards in Brilliant Stars include Charizard V, Charizard VSTAR, Arceus V and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/chase-cards-in-brilliant-stars — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/swsh9-154) — Rare Ultra (~$356.51)
- [Charizard VSTAR (#174)](/card/swsh9-174) — Rare Rainbow (~$80.57)
- [Arceus V (#166)](/card/swsh9-166) — Rare Ultra (~$62.22)
- [Charizard V (#153)](/card/swsh9-153) — Rare Ultra (~$39.82)
- [Pikachu V (#157)](/card/swsh9-157) — Rare Ultra (~$27.99)
- [Ultra Ball (#186)](/card/swsh9-186) — 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.