The chase cards in Paldea Evolved include Magikarp, Raichu, Maushold and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Paldea Evolved
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Paldea Evolved — a Scarlet & Violet-series set with 86 secret rares and 51 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Magikarp (#203) — Illustration Rare (~$406.13)
- Raichu (#211) — Illustration Rare (~$118.89)
- Maushold (#226) — Illustration Rare (~$106.19)
- Tyranitar (#222) — Illustration Rare (~$80.47)
- Iono (#269) — Special Illustration Rare (~$68.26)
- Tinkaton ex (#262) — Special Illustration Rare (~$61.56)
Which Paldea Evolved chase card leads?
Magikarp is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $406.13. Prices on these range from about $61.56 to $406.13 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Paldea Evolved chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Paldea Evolved:
- Magikarp — Magikarp (#203)
- Raichu — Raichu (#211)
- Maushold — Maushold (#226)
- Tyranitar — Tyranitar (#222)
- Tinkaton — Tinkaton ex (#240), Tinkaton ex (#262)
Chasing them in Paldea Evolved
Paldea Evolved runs to 279 cards with 51 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Magikarp, Raichu and Maushold covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 455-card master set. The rarest single pull, Ting-Lu ex (#275) (Hyper Rare), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.