Sword & Shield has 14 secret rares — cards numbered above 202.
Where Sword & Shield's secret rares begin
Secret rares sit past the printed total of 202, so in Sword & Shield they run #203 to #216 — 14 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 17 Rare Holo Vs, 17 Rare Holos, 16 Rare Ultras and 8 Rare Rainbows.
The Sword & Shield secret rares everyone wants
The rarest is Snorlax VMAX (#206), a Rare Rainbow.
- Snorlax VMAX (#206) — Rare Rainbow (~$96.57)
- Snorlax VMAX (#142) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$63.86)
- Marnie (#200) — Rare Ultra (~$38.23)
- Snorlax V (#197) — Rare Ultra (~$31.13)
- Morpeko VMAX (#204) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.78)
- Marnie (#208) — Rare Rainbow (~$22.75)
Star Pokémon among Sword & Shield's secret rares
The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:
- 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)
Finishing the Sword & Shield secret-rare run
Landing all 14 is the hard part of completing Sword & Shield; they push the full checklist to 216 cards and a master set to 390. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 14-card band, so even a near-complete Sword & Shield 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.