The chase cards in Mega Evolution include Mega Lucario ex, Mega Lucario ex, Mega Gardevoir ex and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Mega Evolution
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Mega Evolution — a Mega Evolution-series set with 56 secret rares and 32 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Mega Lucario ex (#188) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$267.38)
- Mega Lucario ex (#179) — Special Illustration Rare (~$242.26)
- Mega Gardevoir ex (#187) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$227.03)
- Mega Gardevoir ex (#178) — Special Illustration Rare (~$206.16)
- Mega Venusaur ex (#177) — Special Illustration Rare (~$185.80)
- Mega Latias ex (#181) — Special Illustration Rare (~$97.51)
Which Mega Evolution chase card leads?
Mega Lucario ex is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $267.38. Prices on these range from about $97.51 to $267.38 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Mega Evolution chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Mega Evolution:
- Mega Lucario — Mega Lucario ex (#77), Mega Lucario ex (#160), Mega Lucario ex (#179), Mega Lucario ex (#188)
- Mega Gardevoir — Mega Gardevoir ex (#60), Mega Gardevoir ex (#159), Mega Gardevoir ex (#178), Mega Gardevoir ex (#187)
- Mega Venusaur — Mega Venusaur ex (#3), Mega Venusaur ex (#155), Mega Venusaur ex (#177)
- Mega Latias — Mega Latias ex (#100), Mega Latias ex (#163), Mega Latias ex (#181)
- Mega Absol — Mega Absol ex (#86), Mega Absol ex (#161), Mega Absol ex (#180)
Chasing them in Mega Evolution
Mega Evolution runs to 188 cards with 32 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Mega Lucario ex, Mega Lucario ex and Mega Gardevoir ex covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 310-card master set. The rarest single pull, Mega Lucario ex (#188) (Mega Hyper Rare), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.