The chase cards in Destined Rivals include Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Cynthia's Garchomp ex, Ethan's Ho-Oh ex and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Destined Rivals
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Destined Rivals — a Scarlet & Violet-series set with 62 secret rares and 34 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231) — Special Illustration Rare (~$566.14)
- Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$289.98)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230) — Special Illustration Rare (~$196.98)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$127.52)
- Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229) — Special Illustration Rare (~$124.09)
- Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$81.55)
Which Destined Rivals chase card leads?
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $566.14. Prices on these range from about $81.55 to $566.14 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Destined Rivals chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Destined Rivals:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo — Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#81), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#213), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#240)
- Cynthia's Garchomp — Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#104), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#215), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#241)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh — Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#39), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#209), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#239)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking — Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#119), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#216), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233)
- Team Rocket's Moltres — Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#31), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#208), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229)
Chasing them in Destined Rivals
Destined Rivals runs to 244 cards with 34 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Cynthia's Garchomp ex and Ethan's Ho-Oh ex covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 409-card master set. The rarest single pull, Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#242) (Hyper Rare), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.