The chase cards in Paldean Fates include Mew ex, Charizard ex, Gardevoir ex and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Paldean Fates
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Paldean Fates — a Scarlet & Violet-series set with 154 secret rares and 11 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Mew ex (#232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$968.49)
- Charizard ex (#234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$336.93)
- Gardevoir ex (#233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$186.13)
- Pikachu (#131) — Shiny Rare (~$89.19)
- Snorlax (#202) — Shiny Rare (~$68.36)
- Charmander (#109) — Shiny Rare (~$58.57)
Which Paldean Fates chase card leads?
Mew ex is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $968.49. Prices on these range from about $58.57 to $968.49 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Paldean Fates chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Paldean Fates:
- Mew — Mew ex (#216), Mew ex (#232)
- Charizard — Charizard ex (#54), Charizard ex (#234)
- Gardevoir — Gardevoir ex (#29), Gardevoir ex (#217), Gardevoir ex (#233)
- Pikachu — Pikachu (#131)
- Snorlax — Snorlax (#202)
Chasing them in Paldean Fates
Paldean Fates runs to 245 cards with 11 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Mew ex, Charizard ex and Gardevoir ex covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 326-card master set. The rarest single pull, Koraidon ex (#245) (Hyper Rare), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.