The chase cards in Surging Sparks include Pikachu ex, Latias ex, Milotic ex and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
The cards collectors chase in Surging Sparks
Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Surging Sparks — a Scarlet & Violet-series set with 61 secret rares and 34 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:
- Pikachu ex (#238) — Special Illustration Rare (~$358.36)
- Latias ex (#239) — Special Illustration Rare (~$194.45)
- Milotic ex (#237) — Special Illustration Rare (~$142.91)
- Pikachu ex (#247) — Hyper Rare (~$95.41)
- Hydreigon ex (#240) — Special Illustration Rare (~$43.41)
- Latios (#203) — Illustration Rare (~$38.23)
Which Surging Sparks chase card leads?
Pikachu ex is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $358.36. Prices on these range from about $38.23 to $358.36 on the secondary market.
Star Pokémon behind the Surging Sparks chase
Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Surging Sparks:
- Pikachu — Pikachu ex (#57), Pikachu ex (#219), Pikachu ex (#238), Pikachu ex (#247)
- Latias — Latias ex (#76), Latias ex (#220), Latias ex (#239)
- Milotic — Milotic ex (#42), Milotic ex (#217), Milotic ex (#237)
- Hydreigon — Hydreigon ex (#119), Hydreigon ex (#223), Hydreigon ex (#240)
- Latios — Latios (#203)
Chasing them in Surging Sparks
Surging Sparks runs to 252 cards with 34 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Pikachu ex, Latias ex and Milotic ex covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 417-card master set. The rarest single pull, Alolan Exeggutor ex (#248) (Hyper Rare), rounds out the want-list.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.