The chase cards in Fusion Strike include Gengar VMAX, Espeon VMAX, Mew VMAX and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Fusion Strike
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Fusion Strike — a Sword & Shield-series set with 20 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Gengar VMAX (#271) — Rare Rainbow (~$979.95)
- Espeon VMAX (#270) — Rare Rainbow (~$343.15)
- Mew VMAX (#269) — Rare Rainbow (~$253.06)
- Mew V (#251) — Rare Ultra (~$114.13)
- Mew VMAX (#268) — Rare Rainbow (~$108.00)
- Celebi V (#245) — Rare Ultra (~$100.86)
Which Fusion Strike chase card leads?
Gengar VMAX is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $979.95. Prices on these range from about $100.86 to $979.95 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Fusion Strike chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Fusion Strike:
- Gengar — Gengar VMAX (#271)
- Espeon — Espeon VMAX (#270)
- Mew — Mew V (#250), Mew V (#251), Mew VMAX (#268), Mew VMAX (#269)
- Celebi — Celebi V (#245)
- Genesect — Genesect V (#254), Genesect V (#255)
Chasing them in Fusion Strike
Fusion Strike runs to 284 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Gengar VMAX, Espeon VMAX and Mew VMAX covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 501-card master set. The rarest single pull, Greedent VMAX (#272) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.