# What are the chase cards in Surging Sparks?

> The chase cards in Surging Sparks include Pikachu ex, Latias ex, Milotic ex and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/chase-cards-in-surging-sparks — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/sv8-238) — Special Illustration Rare (~$358.36)
- [Latias ex (#239)](/card/sv8-239) — Special Illustration Rare (~$194.45)
- [Milotic ex (#237)](/card/sv8-237) — Special Illustration Rare (~$142.91)
- [Pikachu ex (#247)](/card/sv8-247) — Hyper Rare (~$95.41)
- [Hydreigon ex (#240)](/card/sv8-240) — Special Illustration Rare (~$43.41)
- [Latios (#203)](/card/sv8-203) — 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.