Scarlet & Violet has 60 secret rares — cards numbered above 198.
Where Scarlet & Violet's secret rares begin
Secret rares sit past the printed total of 198, so in Scarlet & Violet they run #199 to #258 — 60 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 24 Illustration Rares, 20 Ultra Rares, 12 Double Rares and 10 Special Illustration Rares.
The Scarlet & Violet secret rares everyone wants
The rarest is Koraidon ex (#254), a Hyper Rare. The priciest by market value is Gardevoir ex (#245) at about $89.05 — so the scarcest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
- Gardevoir ex (#245) — Special Illustration Rare (~$89.05)
- Drowzee (#210) — Illustration Rare (~$70.93)
- Ralts (#211) — Illustration Rare (~$53.81)
- Kirlia (#212) — Illustration Rare (~$51.81)
- Slowpoke (#204) — Illustration Rare (~$46.64)
- Riolu (#215) — Illustration Rare (~$43.29)
Star Pokémon among Scarlet & Violet's secret rares
The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:
- Gardevoir — Gardevoir ex (#86), Gardevoir ex (#228), Gardevoir ex (#245)
- Drowzee — Drowzee (#210)
- Ralts — Ralts (#211)
- Kirlia — Kirlia (#212)
- Slowpoke — Slowpoke (#204)
Finishing the Scarlet & Violet secret-rare run
Landing all 60 is the hard part of completing Scarlet & Violet; they push the full checklist to 258 cards and a master set to 444. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 60-card band, so even a near-complete Scarlet & Violet 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.