# How many secret rares are in Scarlet & Violet?

> Scarlet & Violet has 60 secret rares — cards numbered above 198.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-secret-rares-in-scarlet-violet — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/sv1-245) — Special Illustration Rare (~$89.05)
- [Drowzee (#210)](/card/sv1-210) — Illustration Rare (~$70.93)
- [Ralts (#211)](/card/sv1-211) — Illustration Rare (~$53.81)
- [Kirlia (#212)](/card/sv1-212) — Illustration Rare (~$51.81)
- [Slowpoke (#204)](/card/sv1-204) — Illustration Rare (~$46.64)
- [Riolu (#215)](/card/sv1-215) — 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.