Paldea Evolved has 86 secret rares — cards numbered above 193.
Where Paldea Evolved's secret rares begin
Secret rares sit past the printed total of 193, so in Paldea Evolved they run #194 to #279 — 86 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 36 Illustration Rares, 26 Ultra Rares, 17 Double Rares and 15 Special Illustration Rares.
The Paldea Evolved secret rares everyone wants
The rarest is Ting-Lu ex (#275), a Hyper Rare. The priciest by market value is Magikarp (#203) at about $406.13 — so the scarcest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
- Magikarp (#203) — Illustration Rare (~$406.13)
- Raichu (#211) — Illustration Rare (~$118.89)
- Maushold (#226) — Illustration Rare (~$106.19)
- Tyranitar (#222) — Illustration Rare (~$80.47)
- Iono (#269) — Special Illustration Rare (~$68.26)
- Tinkaton ex (#262) — Special Illustration Rare (~$61.56)
Star Pokémon among Paldea Evolved's secret rares
The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:
- Magikarp — Magikarp (#203)
- Raichu — Raichu (#211)
- Maushold — Maushold (#226)
- Tyranitar — Tyranitar (#222)
- Tinkaton — Tinkaton ex (#240), Tinkaton ex (#262)
Finishing the Paldea Evolved secret-rare run
Landing all 86 is the hard part of completing Paldea Evolved; they push the full checklist to 279 cards and a master set to 455. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 86-card band, so even a near-complete Paldea Evolved 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.