The chase cards in Champion's Path include Charizard V, Charizard VMAX, Gardevoir VMAX and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Champion's Path
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Champion's Path — a Sword & Shield-series set with 7 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Charizard V (#79) — Rare Secret (~$264.34)
- Charizard VMAX (#74) — Rare Rainbow (~$198.74)
- Gardevoir VMAX (#76) — Rare Rainbow (~$16.76)
- Drednaw VMAX (#75) — Rare Rainbow (~$6.51)
- Alcremie VMAX (#23) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$5.80)
- Gardevoir VMAX (#17) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$4.89)
Which Champion's Path chase card leads?
Charizard V is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $264.34. Prices on these range from about $4.89 to $264.34 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Champion's Path chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Champion's Path:
- Charizard — Charizard VMAX (#74), Charizard V (#79)
- Gardevoir — Gardevoir V (#70), Gardevoir VMAX (#76)
- Drednaw — Drednaw V (#69), Drednaw VMAX (#75)
- Galarian Cursola — Galarian Cursola V (#71)
- Grapploct — Grapploct V (#72)
Chasing them in Champion's Path
Champion's Path runs to 80 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Charizard V, Charizard VMAX and Gardevoir VMAX covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 141-card master set. The rarest single pull, Gardevoir VMAX (#76) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.