The chase cards in Evolving Skies include Umbreon VMAX, Rayquaza VMAX, Dragonite V and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Evolving Skies
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Evolving Skies — a Sword & Shield-series set with 34 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Umbreon VMAX (#215) — Rare Rainbow (~$2,270.18)
- Rayquaza VMAX (#218) — Rare Rainbow (~$1,047.06)
- Dragonite V (#192) — Rare Ultra (~$506.45)
- Rayquaza V (#194) — Rare Ultra (~$447.29)
- Leafeon VMAX (#205) — Rare Rainbow (~$393.63)
- Sylveon VMAX (#212) — Rare Rainbow (~$390.79)
Which Evolving Skies chase card leads?
Umbreon VMAX is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $2,270.18. Prices on these range from about $390.79 to $2,270.18 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Evolving Skies chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Evolving Skies:
- Umbreon — Umbreon V (#188), Umbreon V (#189), Umbreon VMAX (#214), Umbreon VMAX (#215)
- Rayquaza — Rayquaza V (#193), Rayquaza V (#194), Rayquaza VMAX (#217), Rayquaza VMAX (#218)
- Dragonite — Dragonite V (#191), Dragonite V (#192)
- Leafeon — Leafeon V (#166), Leafeon V (#167), Leafeon VMAX (#204), Leafeon VMAX (#205)
- Sylveon — Sylveon V (#183), Sylveon V (#184), Sylveon VMAX (#211), Sylveon VMAX (#212)
Chasing them in Evolving Skies
Evolving Skies runs to 237 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Umbreon VMAX, Rayquaza VMAX and Dragonite V covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 369-card master set. The rarest single pull, Duraludon VMAX (#220) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.