# What are the chase cards in Sword & Shield?

> The chase cards in Sword & Shield include Snorlax VMAX, Snorlax VMAX, Marnie and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/chase-cards-in-sword-shield — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**The chase cards in Sword & Shield include Snorlax VMAX, Snorlax VMAX, Marnie and other Illustration/Hyper Rares.**

## The cards collectors chase in Sword & Shield

Every set has a handful of cards everyone's hunting. In Sword & Shield — a Sword & Shield-series set with 14 secret rares and 0 full-art cards — the headliners, in rough order of demand, are:

- [Snorlax VMAX (#206)](/card/swsh1-206) — Rare Rainbow (~$96.57)
- [Snorlax VMAX (#142)](/card/swsh1-142) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$63.86)
- [Marnie (#200)](/card/swsh1-200) — Rare Ultra (~$38.23)
- [Snorlax V (#197)](/card/swsh1-197) — Rare Ultra (~$31.13)
- [Morpeko VMAX (#204)](/card/swsh1-204) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.78)
- [Marnie (#208)](/card/swsh1-208) — Rare Rainbow (~$22.75)

## Which Sword & Shield chase card leads?

Snorlax VMAX is the card most collectors open packs for, trading around $96.57. Prices on these range from about $22.75 to $96.57 on the secondary market.

## Star Pokémon behind the Sword & Shield chase

Most of these pulls belong to the set's headline Pokémon. Each marquee name and its prints in Sword & Shield:

- **Snorlax** — Snorlax V (#197), Snorlax VMAX (#206)
- **Morpeko** — Morpeko V (#190), Morpeko VMAX (#204)
- **Zacian** — Zacian V (#195), Zacian V (#211)
- **Lapras** — Lapras V (#189), Lapras VMAX (#203)
- **Sableye** — Sableye V (#194)

## Chasing them in Sword & Shield

Sword & Shield runs to 216 cards with 0 Illustration/Special Illustration Rares, but landing Snorlax VMAX, Snorlax VMAX and Marnie covers most of what collectors actually want — a far quicker goal than the full 390-card master set. The rarest single pull, Snorlax VMAX (#206) (Rare Rainbow), rounds out the want-list.

Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.