# What are the chase cards in Darkness Ablaze?

> The chase cards in Darkness Ablaze include Charizard VMAX, Butterfree VMAX, Salamence VMAX and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/chase-cards-in-darkness-ablaze — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**The chase cards in Darkness Ablaze include Charizard VMAX, Butterfree VMAX, Salamence VMAX and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.**

## The cards collectors chase in Darkness Ablaze

Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Darkness Ablaze — a Sword & Shield-series set with 12 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:

- [Charizard VMAX (#20)](/card/swsh3-20) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$54.31)
- [Butterfree VMAX (#190)](/card/swsh3-190) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.05)
- [Salamence VMAX (#194)](/card/swsh3-194) — Rare Rainbow (~$15.88)
- [Scizor VMAX (#193)](/card/swsh3-193) — Rare Rainbow (~$13.33)
- [Eternatus VMAX (#192)](/card/swsh3-192) — Rare Rainbow (~$11.25)
- [Charizard V (#19)](/card/swsh3-19) — Rare Holo V (~$10.28)

## Which Darkness Ablaze chase card leads?

Charizard VMAX is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $54.31. Prices on these range from about $10.28 to $54.31 on the secondary market.

## Star Pokémon behind the Darkness Ablaze chase

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

- **Butterfree** — Butterfree V (#177), Butterfree VMAX (#190)
- **Salamence** — Salamence V (#185), Salamence VMAX (#194)
- **Scizor** — Scizor V (#183), Scizor VMAX (#193)
- **Eternatus** — Eternatus VMAX (#192)
- **Rillaboom** — Rillaboom (#197)

## Chasing them in Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze runs to 201 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Charizard VMAX, Butterfree VMAX and Salamence VMAX covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 356-card master set. The rarest single pull, Salamence VMAX (#194) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.

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