The chase cards in Phantasmal Flames include Mega Charizard X ex, Mega Charizard X ex, Mega Charizard X ex and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Phantasmal Flames
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Phantasmal Flames — a Mega Evolution-series set with 36 secret rares and 18 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Mega Charizard X ex (#125) — Special Illustration Rare (~$799.71)
- Mega Charizard X ex (#130) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$367.95)
- Mega Charizard X ex (#109) — Ultra Rare (~$36.89)
- Dawn (#129) — Special Illustration Rare (~$29.25)
- Meowth (#106) — Illustration Rare (~$24.62)
- Mega Sharpedo ex (#127) — Special Illustration Rare (~$24.28)
Which Phantasmal Flames chase card leads?
Mega Charizard X ex is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $799.71. Prices on these range from about $24.28 to $799.71 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Phantasmal Flames chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Phantasmal Flames:
- Mega Charizard X — Mega Charizard X ex (#13), Mega Charizard X ex (#109), Mega Charizard X ex (#125), Mega Charizard X ex (#130)
- Meowth — Meowth (#106)
- Mega Sharpedo — Mega Sharpedo ex (#61), Mega Sharpedo ex (#113), Mega Sharpedo ex (#127)
- Mega Lopunny — Mega Lopunny ex (#84), Mega Lopunny ex (#115), Mega Lopunny ex (#128)
- Rotom — Rotom ex (#29), Rotom ex (#111), Rotom ex (#126)
Chasing them in Phantasmal Flames
Phantasmal Flames runs to 130 cards with 18 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Mega Charizard X ex, Mega Charizard X ex and Mega Charizard X ex covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 214-card master set. The rarest single pull, Mega Charizard X ex (#130) (Mega Hyper Rare), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.