Destined Rivals has 62 secret rares — cards numbered above 182.
Where Destined Rivals' secret rares begin
Secret rares sit past the printed total of 182, so in Destined Rivals they run #183 to #244 — 62 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 23 Illustration Rares, 22 Ultra Rares, 17 Double Rares and 11 Special Illustration Rares.
The Destined Rivals secret rares everyone wants
The rarest is Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#242), a Hyper Rare. The priciest by market value is Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231) at about $566.14 — so the scarcest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231) — Special Illustration Rare (~$566.14)
- Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$289.98)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230) — Special Illustration Rare (~$196.98)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$127.52)
- Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229) — Special Illustration Rare (~$124.09)
- Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$81.55)
Star Pokémon among Destined Rivals' secret rares
The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo — Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#81), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#213), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#240)
- Cynthia's Garchomp — Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#104), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#215), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#241)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh — Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#39), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#209), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#239)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking — Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#119), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#216), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233)
- Team Rocket's Moltres — Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#31), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#208), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229)
Finishing the Destined Rivals secret-rare run
Landing all 62 is the hard part of completing Destined Rivals; they push the full checklist to 244 cards and a master set to 409. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 62-card band, so even a near-complete Destined Rivals binder can be missing the bulk of its value if the secret rares aren't in yet.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.