# What are the chase cards in Fusion Strike?

> The chase cards in Fusion Strike include Gengar VMAX, Espeon VMAX, Mew VMAX and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/chase-cards-in-fusion-strike — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/swsh8-271) — Rare Rainbow (~$979.95)
- [Espeon VMAX (#270)](/card/swsh8-270) — Rare Rainbow (~$343.15)
- [Mew VMAX (#269)](/card/swsh8-269) — Rare Rainbow (~$253.06)
- [Mew V (#251)](/card/swsh8-251) — Rare Ultra (~$114.13)
- [Mew VMAX (#268)](/card/swsh8-268) — Rare Rainbow (~$108.00)
- [Celebi V (#245)](/card/swsh8-245) — 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.